Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council
Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council
information@larac.org

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March 2005 Calendar of Events

A calendar of arts and cultural events in the Adirondack region.

 

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Codes:  Activity (A), Concert (C), Film (F), Gallery Event (G), Historical (H),
Lecture (L), Meeting (M), Other (O), Theater (T), Workshops/Classes (W)
March 1 W Basics & Beyond in Watercolor
6 weeks instruction begins
Instructor:  Betty O'Brien
See
Classes
The Watermedia Academy
Glens Falls
www.larac.org/Betty_Obrien.htm
518-260-3764
  L Cookies, Cocoa and Curators
Adirondack Ingenuity

with Chief Curator Caroline Welsh
6 pm
free
Adirondack Museum
at Lake Placid
www.adirondackmuseum.org
518-352-7311
March 2 O Film followed by Discussion
Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid
7 pm
free
Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts
Blue Mountain Lake
www.adk-arts.org
518-352-7715
March 3

 

  Lee Boroson/Outer Limit
  Large scale works, room-filled inflated sculptures. February 5-June 5
Curator's Tour of Lee Bronoson/ noon
An artist's dialogue with Bronoson/ 8 pm
noon
 & 8:00 pm
Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs
518-580-8080

 

  C Wood's Tea Company 7 pm
Free
Crandall Public Library
Glens Falls
www.CrandallLibrary.org
518-792-6508
  T Guys and Dolls
March 3-6
at Burton Hall, Easton
See
Theater
Washington Co. HS Chorale
Cambridge
518-692-7943
  O First Thursday
Artist Receptions at downtown galleries
free Saratoga County Arts Council
Saratoga Springs
www.saratoga-arts.org
March 4 T The Three Sisters
Directed by Kevin McGuire
Mar. 4-6, 11-13
See
Theater
Hubbard Hall
Cambridge
www.HubbardHall.org
518-677-2495
March 5 O Robert the Guitar Guy's
Interactive Musical Fairy Tales

presented by Robert Markowitz
1 pm
free
Cambridge Public Library
Cambridge
518-677-2443
  W Marvelous Masks
Learn about mask making &
create your own
10:30 am-
12:30 pm
$2/members
free
The Hyde Collection
Glens Falls
www.hydecollection.org
518-792-1761
  W Library Computer Class Registration
7:30 am for Saratoga Sprgs.
residents 18 and over
9 am open to non-residents
Registration
opens at
7:30 am
Saratoga Springs
Public Library

Saratoga Springs
518-584-7860
  G Monoprints ~ Jean Clark
Opening Mar. 5, 3-5 pm
Exhibit runs Mar. 5-23
See
Galleries
Valley Artisans Market
Cambridge
www.ValleyArtisansMarket.com
518-677-2765
  L Ask an Architect
featuring Tom Frost of
Frost-Architecture

at the Preservation Foundation’s office
117 Grand Avenue
9:39-11:30 am
free
Saratoga Preservation Society
Saratoga Springs
518-587-5030
  T Afterplay
March 5,6
March 12,13
See
Theater
Hubbard Hall
Cambridge
www.HubbardHall.org
518-677-2495
  G Still Time; A Photographic Journey
1974-2004
by Dona Ann McAdams
free Crandall Public Library
Glens Falls
www.CrandallLibrary.org
518-792-6508
March 6 C Blazing Concerto
Kotaro Fukuma, Piano
at Glens Falls High School
4 pm
$20/$10 students
 
Glens Falls
Symphony Orchestra

Glens Falls
www.GlensFallsSymphony.org
518-793-1348
  A Fundraiser:  Bands-N-Beans
Chili and music festival
at Roaring Brook Ranch
2-7 pm
call for
ticket info
 
Lake George Arts Project
Shepherd Park
www.lakegeorgearts.org
668-2616
  L An Adirondack Portrait:
The Life & Writing of Jeanne Robert Foster

a multimedia program
1:30 pm
members
free/$3 non
Adirondack Museum
Blue Mountain Lake
www.adirondackmuseum.org
518-352-7311
  C Piano & Winds
with Skidmore Faculty & Students
2 pm Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs
518-580-8080
  C  Saratoga Springs Youth Orchestra
at Maple Ave. Middle School
Trombley Auditorium, Saratoga Springs
3 pm
$10 adults/
$5 students
Saratoga Springs
Youth Orchestra

Saratoga Springs
518-587-7730
  C Celtic Festival 12-6 pm Glens Falls Civic Center
Glens Falls
518-798-0366
March 7 M Painting Demonstration-Peter Huntoon
 & general meeting
at the Troy Shirt Factory
7-9 pm Upper Hudson Valley
Watercolor Society
Glens Falls
  C Kotaro Fukuma, Pianist 8 pm
$18/
students free
de Blasiis Chamber Music
Glens Falls
at The Hyde Collection
518-793-0531
March 8 W Preschool Art & Craft/Film/Stories
Mar. 8-May 8, Tues. & Thurs.
See
Classes
Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts
Blue Mountain Lake
www.adk-arts.org
518-352-7715
  L Judith Johnson Reading 8 pm NYS Writers Institute
Albany
518-442-5620
  W Papermaking
for ages 8-12
See
Classes
Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts
Blue Mountain Lake
www.adk-arts.org
518-352-7715
March 9 O Film followed by Discussion
The Big Sleep
7 pm
free
Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts
Blue Mountain Lake
www.adk-arts.org
518-352-7715
  L Mary Gordon
Reading and Seminar
8 pm
Reading
4:15 pm
Seminar
NYS Writers Institute
Albany
518-442-5620
  T Movies Without Pictures
reception & staged reading of Barbara Chepaitis' screenplay The Finite Heart
7 pm Saratoga County Arts Council
Saratoga Springs
www.saratoga-arts.org
518-584-4132
  L The History & Lore of the Dix Range
presented by 46er Doug Arnold
(reservation required)
7 pm Adirondack Mountain Club
Lake George
518-668-4447
  F Abbett & Costello Meet Frankenstein
at the Hotel Saranac, Saranac Lake
call 518-891-1139
6:30 pm
$7/$6
students & srs.
Arts Council for the
Northern Adirondacks

Westport
www.artsnorth.org
518-962-8778
March 10 T Auditions for
The Man Who Came to Dinner

Cast of 15 men & 9 women
Scripts available by calling 745-5988
Call for times
792-7013
Glens Falls
Community Theatre

Glens Falls
www.GFCommunityTheatre.org
518-792-1740
March 11 T Trumpets Away
(20th Anniversary Production)

a South Pacific  Biblical Adventure by Cynthia Whitman
7:30 pm
 
Christ Church United Methodist Theatre Guild
Christ Church- Bay & Washington Glens Falls
518-793-3468
March 12 C Chamber Music, USA
Concertante Chamber Players
8 pm
$20
Union College
Schenactady, NY
518-388-6098
  T Trumpets Away
(20th Anniversary Production)

a South Pacific  Biblical Adventure by Cynthia Whitman
7:30 pm
 
Christ Church United Methodist Theatre Guild
Glens Falls
518-793-3468
  W Floorcloth Workshop
Instructor:  Susan Wiley
See
Classes
Saratoga County Arts Council
Saratoga Springs
www.saratoga-arts.org
518-584-4132
  W Textile Exploration
Learn about textile design
bring a piece of clothing to decorate
10:30 am-
12:30 pm
$2/members
free
The Hyde Collection
Glens Falls
www.hydecollection.org
518-792-1761
  O Island Paradise Benefit Celebration
island themed food & live music
at Chili Nights
7-11 pm
$25/$30 non-members
Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts
Blue Mountain Lake
www.adk-arts.org
518-352-7715
  O Opera to Go
The Three Little Pigs

presented by the Lake George Opera
 
11 am
$2/$1 children
Saratoga County Arts Council
Saratoga Springs
www.saratoga-arts.org
518-584-4132
  W Origami for Children 1 pm
free
Town of Johnsburg Library
North Creek
518-251-4343
March 13 O Saratoga Poetry Zone
Open Mic
3 pm Saratoga Springs
Public Library

Saratoga Springs
518-584-7860
March 14 O Courtly Music Unlimited
presents 3 programs on learning music
through the recorder.  For all ages.
1 pm
free
Saratoga Springs
Public Library

Saratoga Springs
518-584-7860
  M Painting Demonstration-Peter Huntoon
and network meeting
7-9 pm Upper Hudson Valley
Watercolor Society
Glens Falls
March 15 L  Cookies, Cocoa and Curators
Historic Photograph Collection
with Laura Rice
6 pm
free
Adirondack Museum
at Lake Placid
www.adirondackmuseum.org
518-352-7311
  L Maxine Kumin
Reading and seminar
8 pm
reading
4:15 pm
seminar
NYS Writers Institute
Albany
518-442-5620
March 16 O Film followed by Discussion
The Women
7 pm
free
Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts
Blue Mountain Lake
www.adk-arts.org
518-352-7715
  O The Writers Project at ACC
Maxine Kumin
in the Student Ctr. Lounge
12:30-2 pm
free
Adirondack Community College
Queensbury
518-743-1433
  F Blazing Saddles
at the Hotel Saranac, Saranac Lake
call 518-891-1139
6:30 pm
$7/$6
students & srs.
Arts Council for the
Northern Adirondacks

Westport
www.artsnorth.org
518-962-8778
March 17 L One Ring Zero 8 pm NYS Writers Institute
Albany
518-442-5620
  T Salem Community Theater Meeting
Organizational meeting to discuss
details the June production
7 pm His. Salem Courthouse Preservation
Salem
518-854-7053
  G Glens Falls Art Walk
featuring 17 sites in
downtown Glens Falls
 
5-7 pm
See
Galleries
Glens Falls Art Walk
downtown Glens Falls
maps available at each site
518-792-6857
March 18 O Preservation 360°
March 18-19, 2005
Skidmore College campus, Saratoga Springs
Fri. 8:30-4
Sat. 7:30-4
$50-$120
Saratoga Preservation Society
Saratoga Springs
518-587-5030
  C Spring Fling Cabaret 8 pm
$18 nonmembers
$15 members
$10 students/children
Hubbard Hall
Cambridge
www.HubbardHall.org
518-677-2495
  G Third Thursday
Artist Receptions at downtown galleries
free THIRD THURSDAY
Glens Falls
www.third-thursday.org
March 19

 

A Hudson-Mohawk Traditional Dances
Saratoga Contradance, traditional squares danced to live music.
Kathryn Wedderburn calling
$8 adults/
$6 students/
$5 children under 15
 
First Presbyterian Church
22 W. High Street
(NY Rte. 67)
Ballston Spa, NY
Info 518-885-4430
  C Vision & Performance:
A Musical Response to the
Louisiana Purchase

Part of State-of-the-Arts Series
The Hyde Collection & Lake George Opera
6-7 pm
$7/
$5 Hyde
members
The Hyde Collection
Glens Falls
www.hydecollection.org
518-792-1761
  W Pysanky Easter Egg Workshop See
Classes
Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts
Blue Mountain Lake
www.adk-arts.org
518-352-7715
    Preservation 360°
March 18-19, 2005
Skidmore College campus, Saratoga Springs
Preservation Perk-up 7:30-8:30 am
in Palamountain Hall
See Mar. 18 Saratoga Preservation Society
Saratoga Springs
518-587-5030
  O Troy Shirt Factory Open House
Visit artists' studios
10 am-3 pm
free
Troy Shirt Factory
Glens Falls
7518-93-9309
  W Origami for Adults 2 pm
free
Town of Johnsburg Library
North Creek
518-251-4343
March 20        
  O Fundraiser for Tsunami Relief
Performing:  Dan Bergeren, Roy Hurd &
Peggy Lynn
prepaid $10/$5
2-4 pm
$12/$7
at the door
 
Tannery Pond Com. Center
North Creek
www.TPCCA.org
518-251-2505
March 21 G Artist in Residence, Amelia Biewald
(call to view artist at work)
March 21-April 15
Reception: April 14, 2005 6:30-7:30 pm
Free Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs
Schick Art Gallery
518-580-8080
  O Courtly Music Unlimited
presents 3 programs on learning music
through the recorder.  For all ages.
1 pm
free
Saratoga Springs
Public Library

Saratoga Springs
518-584-7860
  O Writers on Reading
Barbara Ungar will read her work &
lead a discussion of The Farming of Bones by
Edwidge Danticat
7:30 pm
free
Saratoga Springs
Public Library

Saratoga Springs
518-584-7860
March 22 O Arts Day in Albany
Meet with your legislators
All day Alliance of NYS Arts Organ.
631-298-1234
  W Printmaking
for ages 8-12
See
Classes
Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts
Blue Mountain Lake
www.adk-arts.org
518-352-7715
  L Peter Bernstein
Economist and nonfiction writer
6 pm NYS Writers Institute
Albany
518-442-5620
  O Poetry Reading by C. D. Wright
in the Davis Auditorium
8 pm Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs
518-580-5150
March 23 W 2 part Calligraphy Workshop
Mar. 23 & Mar. 30
See
Classes
Lake George Arts Project
Shepherd Park
www.lakegeorgearts.org
518-668-2616
  F The Nutty Professor
at the Hotel Saranac, Saranac Lake
call 518-891-1139
6:30 pm
$7/$6
students & srs.
Arts Council for the
Northern Adirondacks

Westport
www.artsnorth.org
518-962-8778
March 24        
March 25        
March 26 C Chamber Music, USA
Johannes String Quartet
8 pm
$20
Union College
Troy, NY
518-388-6098
  T "Soldier of Orange" (Dutch Film)
Rated "R"
7 pm
$5.00 Donation
Our Town Theatre Group
North Creek
www.ourtowntheatergroup.org
518-251-2938
  A Scout Fun Day
Drawing and Painting
 
1 pm
$3
The Hyde Collection
Glens Falls
www.hydecollection.org
518-792-1761
  W Come Fly a Kite
Build your own kite and fly it
10 am-noon
$5
Hubbard Hall
Cambridge
www.HubbardHall.org
518-677-2495
March 27 A Create Your Own:   Children's Books
Family activity
2 pm
free
The Hyde Collection
Glens Falls
www.hydecollection.org
518-792-1761
  O Adirondack Slide Presentation Series
presented by Paul Gibaldi
7 pm
free
The Glen at Hiland Meadows
Queensbury
information:  518-812-0361
March 28 O Courtly Music Unlimited
presents 3 programs on learning music
through the recorder.  For all ages.
1 pm
free
Saratoga Springs
Public Library

Saratoga Springs
518-584-7860
  L Francine Prose
Reading and seminar
4:15 pm
seminar
8 pm
reading
NYS Writers Institute
Albany
518-442-5620
March 29 F Pulpville
shot on location in Cambridge, NY
starring many Cambridge residents
7 pm
free
Hubbard Hall
Cambridge
www.HubbardHall.org
518-677-2495
  W Creative Writing Class
6-session Workshop
Bonnie Hoag, Instructor
Registration Deadline:  Mar. 23
See
Classes
LARAC
Glens Falls
www.larac.org
518-798-1144
March 30 W How to Hang Your Work
presented by Pearl Rucker

Preparator at The Hyde Collection
Topics:  use or archival materials, cleaning, hanging, lighting, pricing artwork
5:30 pm
$5 pre-register
$8 at the door
LARAC
Glens Falls
www.larac.org
518-798-1144
  F Alibi Ike
at the Hotel Saranac, Saranac Lake
call 518-891-1139
6:30 pm
$7/$6
students & srs.
Arts Council for the
Northern Adirondacks

Westport
www.artsnorth.org
518-962-8778
March 31

 

G Opening Reception:  Investigations
Visual Arts Facility at
Emma Willard School
exhibit runs March 31- April 21, 2005
6-8 pm
Free
Visual Arts Gallery
ACC/Queensbury
518-743-2328
  L Cynthia Ozick 8 pm NYS Writers Institute
Albany
518-442-5620
  C Mountain Women Can Be Heroes
Presented by Peggy Lynn and Sandra Weber
7 pm
Free
Crandall Public Library
Glens Falls
www.CrandallLibrary.org
518-792-6508
  L Same Sex Marriage and the
Shadow of Polygamy

presented by Karen Levin Coburn
at Gannett Auditorium
8 pm Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs
518-580-5222
  L Slide Talk:  Nepal & Tibet
with Dr. Roger Ellis
7 pm
free
Crandall Public Library
Glens Falls
www.CrandallLibrary.org
518-792-6508
  C Recital by Sterne Virtuoso Series
artist Michael Ludwig
at Filene Recital Hall
8 pm Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs
518-580-5320
  O Rehearsals begin for
Lake George Community Band

at the Lake George High School, band room on the second floor.  No auditions are necessary
7 pm Lake George Community Band
Lake George
518-668-5452
masong@lkgeorge.org
 
  O Puppeteer, Bernd Ogrodnik
Figuren Theatre -from Iceland
7 pm
$7/$5
children
$20 maximum/
family
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Glens Falls
Queensbury
518-668-5689
 
 

Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council
7 Lapham Place
Glens Falls, NY 12801
(518) 798-1144 • Fax: (518) 798-9122
information@larac.org