Julie R. Garnsey, executive director of the Thousand Islands Performing Arts Fund, stands for a photo at the Clayton Opera House on Thursday in Clayton. Kara Dry/Watertown Daily Times Kara Dry
Live entertainment venues that went dark last spring with COVID-related lockdowns and lockouts saw some signs of hope in late December with the passage of the coronavirus relief package signed into federal law.
The $900 billion in relief includes the Save Our Stages provision, providing $15 billion to independent venues such as live music stages, movie theaters and museums shuttered by the pandemic.
In June, U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, introduced the Save Our Stages Act to provide Small Business Administration grants for independent venue operators affected by the coronavirus pandemic. The grants could provide six months of financial support to keep venues afloat, pay employees, and, the senators say, âpreserve a crit
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Above are NCCM Program Coordinator Emilia Gatti, museum Executive Director Sharon Vegh Williams and museum intern Justin Leftwich. Photo submitted by NCCM.
POTSDAM The North Country Children’s Museum recently received $1,000 to support the museum s exhibits and programs.
The cash came from Casella Waste Management.
The museum is open from Wednesday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with limited capacity.
The reopening tab on www.northcountrychildrensmuseum.org has more information on current health and safety guidelines.
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POTSDAM St. Lawrence Federal Credit Union made a recent donation to the North Country Children s Museum in Potsdam.
Above, on the right, is Sharon Vegh Williams, co-Founder and executive director of the museum accepting a check from Alyssa Hicks, branch manager at the Potsdam branch.
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Monday, December 14, 2020 - 2:30 pm
A student and faculty member from SUNY Canton helped arrange the personal narratives and create dynamic imagery for a new exhibit at the North Country Children’s Museum in Potsdam.
Logan Coggins, a student in the Technological Communications bachelor’s degree program from Redwood, worked with Associate Professor Alainya Kavaloski, Ph.D., to shape the oral recollections of residents’ childhood memories for the History of a North Country Childhood display.
“We wanted to share senior citizens’ memories and stories so that young visitors can learn from their experiences,” said North Country Children’s Museum Director Sharon Vegh Williams. “Laini met with us at the very beginning of the project. She brought on a student to help figure out some of the digital components. Logan did a very good job editing the stories to an evocative length.”