The arts are coming back to Blue Mountain Lake this summer. The Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts was closed to the public for over a year, and used on-line platforms for performers, visual arts and workshops. But now, ALCA says its “Back.
The view that awaits visitors to the ADKX in Blue Mountain Lake. (Photo courtesy the Adirondack Experience)
May 28, 2021
Mitch Teich
On the May edition of First Person, we speak with Bill Fox. The 18th President of St. Lawrence University will step down at the end of June after 12 years in office. Fox talks with us about the mark he hopes he left on the liberal arts school, how students today compare with his undergraduate days at St. Lawrence in the 1970s, and about the global crises that bookended his tenure. Later, the Adirondack Experience in Blue Mountain Lake is reopening to visitors for the first time since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. We ll talk with Executive Director David Kahn about how the museum campus has weathered the last 15 months, how it s preparing for visitors, and the excitement and uncertainty of the 2021 Summer season. North Country Bookmarks host Jessica Lawrence offers a preview of the June edition of her show. And we ll reconnect
Safe Travels: 10 Upstate NY museums with nearby restaurants to visit
Posted May 14, 2021
Editor’s Note: This is part of an ongoing series that features things to do in Upstate New York while we still experience the Covid-19 pandemic. Before venturing out, please take proper precautions and check for any changed business hours, park hours or availability. Safe travels!
The statewide reopening of museums at full capacity on May 19 should provide a boost to tourism for any number of Upstate venues. And, along with paying visits to our many and varied museums, visitors also no doubt will be paying restaurants located near them.
David Sand
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Jim Allison
(Photo provided) LAKE PLACID Regional philanthropy organization Adirondack Foundation welcomes Jim Allison, David Sand and Carolyn Sicher to its Board of Trustees. In addition to new trustees, the foundation also established a Community Council to broaden perspectives and engage people across the region. “In order to meet our mission, we need a strong board that understands the evolving needs of our communities,” said Adirondack Foundation Chairman Rich Kroes. “The collective skills and wisdom of our new trustees and community council members adds to the foundation’s overall effectiveness as we work to build healthier, stronger, more equitable communities.”
Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve
Paul Schaefer is seen at his Adirondack camp in fall 1995.
(Provided photo â Dave Gibson)
Adirondack wilderness champion, conservationist, author, filmmaker and hunter/fisher Paul Schaefer (1908-1996) was a pied piper for young people in search of a cause, just as John Apperson and Bob Marshall had been for him when Schaefer was in his early 20s. During the 1980s and ’90s, Paul was in his eighth decade of life, and scouts, teens and Earth activists of all ages found a way to Paul’s doorstep in search of wisdom and to gain a sense of Adirondack history and current direction.