LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid Center for the Arts held a groundbreaking ceremony on Monday, Sept. 22 for the new performance and gallery building. The center also launched the public phase of fundraising and unveiled a new name and branding for the center, which will now be called Art ...

LAKE PLACID — The fear of losing jobs to an increasingly digitized world is not new, at least not for professional artists. Anthony Clark Pierce, who will be featured at this year’s Lake Placid Film Festival, was in art school more than 30 years ago when one film sent a shock wave ...

LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid Film Festival has announced the 30 finalists selected for their 2025 “Your Shorts Are Showing” short film program. The selected short films will screen on Friday, Oct. 31 and Saturday, Nov. 1 as part of the 24th edition of the Adirondacks’ premier film ...

LAKE PLACID — When the calendar for the Lake Placid Center for the Arts renovation was solidified, it just happened to be around the time Parons Dance was due to come for their recurring residency there. This hatched an idea — the dancers will be the last ones to perform on the stage ...

LAKE PLACID — The fourth annual Adirondack Family Book Festival on Saturday, Aug. 16 gave local kids the opportunity to meet some of their favorite authors, and maybe find some new ones. Four-year-old Violet King was returning for her third year and received a book signed by Tracey ...

KEENE VALLEY — Acclaimed jazz pianist Fred Hersch will perform a solo concert in Keene Valley this summer at the Keene Valley Congregational Church, presented by East Branch Friends of the Arts, Thursday, Aug. 28, at 7:30 p.m. For reservations, visit ...