The Community String Orchestra of the Adirondacks will perform a concert following the evolution of occidental music from the cradle to the 21st century, according to the orchestra’s executive director, Dorit Gaedke. Two performances are scheduled: - Wednesday, June 19 at 7:30 p.m., ...

SARANAC LAKE — The Adirondack Center for Writing is set to host the 2024 Kickass Writers Festival on June 7 and 8. The festival, held biennially, features writers, poets, comedians and other creatives from across the country. It is a celebration of how writing and storytelling — in all ...

LAKE PLACID — Area students and music enthusiasts will have the opportunity to hear the Finger Lakes Guitar Quartet perform on Monday, June 3 as a part of the Lake Placid Sinfonietta’s education program. “Our primary season is during the summer, but every year, we do some type of ...

LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid Elementary School gymnasium Friday morning, May 24, was filled with the rhythmic sounds of West African music — drumming and singing — as students, faculty and staff listened and danced to songs from four musicians. Dian Oury Bah — master drummer and ...

ELIZABETHTOWN — Sisters Aria Knechtges and Alisha Govindaraj are accomplished musicians. Aria, a pianist, is 13 years old and Alisha, a violinist, is 12. They live in Buffalo, and both are world travelers. The two were featured guests at the third annual CODA concert presented at the ...

LAKE PLACID — A boy wizard and his two best friends attend a boarding school to learn more about magic. For the next seven years, they encounter a variety of monsters, villains and mayhem, all while navigating the ins and outs of adolescence. There’s just one catch: The boy’s name is ...