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Arts

Lake Placid Film Fest sets 2024 dates

LAKE PLACID — Adirondack Film recently announced the dates for the 2024 Lake Placid Film Festival. It will run from Nov. 7 to Nov. 10. “The 2023 edition of the Lake Placid Film Festival was one of our most successful to date,” Adirondack Film Board Chairperson Gary Smith said in a ...

Christmas movie starts filming in Lake Placid

LAKE PLACID — Shortly after 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 5, Bill Duffy of Queensbury arrived at the Lake Placid Public Library on Main Street. He was told to be there by 8 a.m. to be an extra for a scene in the Hallmark-style movie — “A Jar Full of Christmas” — being shot on Main ...

Sam Balzac’s musical adaptation of ‘The Wrong Box’ to premiere Dec. 9

SARANAC LAKE — A visit to the Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage and Museum here on Stevenson Lane became the impetus for the creation of a new musical theater piece premiering Saturday, Dec. 9 at the Saranac Lake Free Library. Full of intrigue, mistaken identities, humor and heart, this ...

Sen. Schumer tours LPCA during Adirondack trip

LAKE PLACID — U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer toured the Lake Placid Center for the Arts on Wednesday, Nov. 22 as a part of his annual official visit to Essex County. “When COVID occurred, the arts was threatened with a total shutdown, whether it was Broadway or much ...

So wrong it’s right

LAKE PLACID — At the final dress rehearsal for the North Country School’s fall play Wednesday, Nov. 15, a door fell off its hinges, actors forgot props backstage, a rogue spotlight continuously missed its mark and two actresses were knocked unconscious. It was all going according to ...