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 ...

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 ...