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, ...

(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

LAKE PLACID — Winter has long been a time of personal reflection, and local artist Ingrid Van Slyke has taken the “Wintering” concept to a whole new level, creating a body of work that explores her own dark days and hopes for a brighter future. “Wintering” is the title of her ...

SARANAC LAKE — The Adirondack Center for Writing is hosting a Teen Night on Friday, March 3, from 3 to 7 p.m. to help teenagers draft, revise and send their writings to “Wild Words: Adirondack Teen Writing Anthology.” As the March 10 deadline to submit writing to the anthology ...