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Arts

Pendragon unveils summer lineup

SARANAC LAKE — Pendragon Theatre has been busy. After a recent trip to Washington to appeal for more federal funds for local theaters, the over-40-year-old company officially released its Summer Festival lineup, which includes one American classic, one cult classic, one new play, one fairy ...

Crane quintet to give free recital Friday evening in Lake Placid

LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid Sinfonietta Education Committee this week announced a residency of the Frackenpohl Honors Brass Quintet, on Friday, March 31. The quintet will be in the Lake Placid Schools during the day and will offer a public recital followed by a meet-and-greet reception ...

Maple heritage on display at Heaven Hill Farm

LAKE PLACID — Since the old Lake Placid Convention Center was demolished in 2009, and a new conference center was constructed in its place, opening in the spring of 2011, I’ve wondered about the whereabouts of a historic painting. This was no ordinary painting. It was a large mural, ...

It’s sugar season, now and always in Conwell’s 1952 painting

(Editor’s note: This story was originally published in the April 4, 1997 issue of the Lake Placid News. It was written by current LPN Editor Andy Flynn when he was the News staff writer.) LAKE PLACID — Every year, thousands of people walk by Averil Conwell’s 1952 painting entitled ...

From E Street to Algonquin Drive

LAKE PLACID — For the upcoming NYSEF fundraiser at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Max Weinberg’s Jukebox will be as interactive as its namesake machine. The band lets the crowd pick the setlist. Audience members choose from a menu of more than 200 classic rock songs, write ...

‘The Addams Family’ musical at LPHS blends spooky with goofy

LAKE PLACID — Thirty-one Lake Placid Middle High School students are tapping into the gloomy, goofy and macabre to put on a live performance of the comedy musical “The Addams Family” from Thursday, March 2 to Saturday, March 4. Based on the spooky fictional family from the famous ...