LAKE PLACICD — Out of Lake Placid, jam outfit The McGraw Project is playing one final summer show with free admission at Lake Placid Center for the Arts this Friday, Aug. 16 at 8:45 p.m. Lead guitarist David McGraw, who played with Rusty Hlavacek in local late-1970’s acoustic duo Late ...

SARANAC LAKE — The kids of Camp Pendragon are bringing the sounds of the sea to the stage for 10 days with a production of “The Little Mermaid.” The show was scheduled to open Thursday, Aug. 8. Rafaela DeMartis, 13, plays Ariel. She has plenty of experience to bring to the role — ...

LAKE PLACID — Halfway through its season, the Lake Placid Sinfonietta’s schedule is packed with free and ticketed concerts planned across the Tri-Lakes into August. “We have three concerts a week for the next three weeks,” Sinfonietta Executive Director Debbie Fitts said. “One ...

TUPPER LAKE — The Wild Center and Gemelli Films have added a second night for the premiere of Gemelli Films’ holiday movie, “A Jar Full of Christmas.” The event will take place on July 25 and 26. Tickets are $15 for members and $20 for non-members. Attendees can expect a magical ...

KEENE VALLEY — Full-length, Broadway-bound shows spend an average of two months in rehearsal before performing in front of an audience. The Book and Blanket Players in Keene Valley, ever the overachievers, give themselves a single week — start to finish. Kathleen Recchia, the Book ...

KEENE VALLEY — John Hudson, 69, said that growing up in the town of Keene, he didn’t know he was an artist. He liked to doodle, but he didn’t consider his drawing and sketching a serious occupation; in that time and place, artistic pretensions were for girls. Other boys in ...