SARANAC LAKE — If you live in Lake Placid or Tupper Lake, keep your eyes peeled for the Adirondack Center for Writing Poetry Machine this winter. Created in collaboration with visiting writer Erin Dorney, the repurposed gumball machine distributes free, pocket-sized poems. The Poetry ...

KEENE VALLEY — Dar Williams adjusted her guitar strap and microphone stand as the auditorium lights dimmed around her. A spotlight appeared. The audience fell silent and still as she played the opening notes of her song “Today and Everyday.” This is typical for Williams; she has ...

SARANAC LAKE — What happens when the world goes right? New York Times best-selling author Neal Shusterman explored this question and discussed his work with hundreds of middle and high school students Friday, Sept. 22 at an event in the Harrietstown Town Hall hosted by the Adirondack Center ...

LAKE PLACID — Film lovers are invited to join over 100,000 film enthusiasts around the world to view and vote on 10 short films when the 26th annual Manhattan Short Film Festival screens at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 29. Tickets are $25 in advance or $30 ...

KEENE VALLEY — East Branch Friends of the Arts will present the award-winning guitarist William Kanengiser in a concert set for 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7 at the Keene Valley Congregational Church. As special part of the evening’s program, Kanengiser will give the premier performance of ...

LAKE PLACID — Emma Hubbard is one of Lake Placid Public Library’s star patrons, according to librarians Linda Blair and Kate Curry. Now, at 7 years old, her first book — “Let’s Keep Assateague Wild” — has hit the shelves. Emma is homeschooled and spends a lot of her time in ...