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

May 2005

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Classes and Workshops
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May 2005 Calendar of Events

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

 

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Codes:  Activity (A), Concert (C), Gallery Event (G), Historical (H),
Lecture (L), Meeting (M), Other (O), Theater (T), Workshops/Classes (W)
May 1 C Lake George Chamber Orchestra
Stephen Beck, piano
Eric Jacobsen, cello
Ayree Koh, violin
2 pm Lake George Chamber Orchestra
at the Hyde Collection
  O May Day Arts Expo
Art & Craft Fair/music/dance/food/more
noon-4 pm Washington Co. Arts Coalition
Hudson Falls
  G 14th Annual Regional Juried
High School Art Exhibition opens

May 1-22
See
Galleries
The Hyde Collection
Glens Falls
www.hydecollection.org
518-792-1761
  O Special Tours of the DeLong House
April 30 & May 1
series of dramatic vignettes
Sunday tours start every half hour
Reservations recommended.
every half hr. 1-3:30 pm
$5/$4 members
Chapman Historical Museum
Glens Falls
www.ChapmanMuseum.org
518-793-2826
  G Exhibition Opens
Lil & Joan Kantoruinis--
Watercolors & Pastels
Call for
times
Tannery Pond Community Center
North Creek
www.TPCCA.org
518-251-2505
  C  Nazzaro Strings Quartet &
SSYO Jazz Ensemble

at Trombley Auditorium, Maple Avenue Middle School, Saratoga Springs
2 pm
free/
donations
welcome
 Saratoga Springs Youth Orchestra
Saratoga Springs
5518-87-7730
  O Art Expo
in Hudson Falls
Noon -
4:00 pm
free
Feeder Canal Alliance
Glens Falls
feedercanalalliance@choicemail.com
518-792-5363
May 2 T Youtheatre Auditions for
Beauty & Beast, Aida, Annie
audition details at www.lgyoutheatre.com
  Youtheatre
Lake George
www.lgyoutheatre.com
  M Monthly Meeting
Upper Hudson Valley Watercolor Soc.

open to anyone interested
7-9 pm
 
Upper Hudson Valley
Watercolor Society

Glens Falls
Meets at LARAC
518-798-1144
  G Adirondack Camera Club
Annual Members Show

at Crandall Library May 2-31
Opening
May 19
6-8 pm
Adirondack Camera Club
Glens Falls
518-798-1144
May 3 W Art Lessons with Janine Thomas
May 3, 10, 17, June 7, 14, 21
7 pm
$30
The Georgi Museum
Shushan
518-854-9020
  F Tarnation 6:30 &
8:30 pm
free
Crandall Public Library
Glens Falls
www.CrandallLibrary.org
518-792-6508
  A Wasted Beauty
Eric Bogosian
4:15 pm
free
NYS Writers Institute
Albany
518-442-5620
  O Library at Lunchtime:
Teachers from Thailand
 
noon
free
Saratoga Springs Public Library
Saratoga Springs
518-584-7860
May 4 W 3-day Drawing Workshop
with Carol Green

May 4, 11, 18
7:30-8:30 pm
free
Easton Library
Easton
518-692-2253
  H 2005 Cronkhite Series--
The Fort Edward Railroad Station Restoration Project

Presented by Keith Griffin
7:30 pm
 
Washington Co. His. Soc.
Fort Edward
www.wchs-ny.org
518-747-9108
May 5 T Maynard Ferguson
$30 pre-sale/$34 at the door
for 1 show
$50 pre-sale/$56 at the door
for 2 shows with wine tasting
6:30 pm &
9:30 pm
Charles R. Wood Theater
Glens Falls, NY
518-798-9663
www.ticketmaster.com
Tickets:  371-0012, 792-2761
  G Lil & Joan Kantoruinis
Watercolors & Pastels

TPCCA Gallery
1 pm
free
Tannery Pond Community Center
North Creek
518-251-2505
  O 2nd Annual
Courthouse Talent Trials

tickets available after April 9
7 pm
call for ticket
infor.
His. Salem Courthouse Preservation
Salem
518-854-7053
  G Exhibition:  ColorFORMS
Reception:  6-8:30 pm
Gallery Talk: 6:30 pm
See
Galleries
Saratoga County Arts Council
Saratoga Springs
www.saratoga-arts.org
518-584-4132
  G First Thursday
Featuring 7 gallery sites
Call for
information
Saratoga County Arts Council
Saratoga Springs
www.saratoga-arts.org
518-584-4132
May 6 T The Emperor's New Clothes
tickets on sale April 2nd
7 pm
adults $10
12 under $5
Charles R. Wood Theater
Glens Falls, NY
518-798-9663
  T 2nd Annual Old Courthouse Talent Trials showcasing regional performers
at Fort Salem Theatre, Salem
7 pm
$10/
$6 students
His. Salem Courthouse Preservation
Salem
518-854-7053
May 7 C Battenkill Chorale performs
Dvorak/Ives
at St. Joseph's Church, Greenwich
8 pm
$14
$10 students &
seniors
Battenkill Chorale
Cambridge
518-692-8261
  O Perennials Sale 9 am-noon Hubbard Hall
Cambridge
www.HubbardHall.org
518-677-2495
  G Cirque de Soiree
fundraiser will include continuous entertainment, open bar, authentic French dinner, and more
$150 or $135 for those 35 and under
6-11pm
$150 each,
$135 for those 35 and under
The Hyde Collection
Glens Falls
www.hydecollection.org
518-792-1761
  C Melodie Studios Voice Recital
at the Gospel Lighthouse Church
30 LaCrosse St.,  Hudson Falls
5 pm
$5
Melodie Studios
Queensbury
www.melodiestudios.com
518-260-0914
  T The Emperor's New Clothes
on sale April 2nd
2:30 & 7 pm
adults $10
12 under $5
Charles R. Wood Theater
Glens Falls, NY
518-798-9663
  C Concert Series:  Samite
 
7 pm
$15/$5
Tannery Pond Community Center
North Creek
www.TPCCA.org
518-251-2505
  C Bill Smith, Storyteller & Musician &
Don Woodcock, Champion Fiddler

at Burton Hall
Art Exhibit: Work of Carol Bollinger Green
& 4 generations of her family 6-8 pm
8 pm
free
Easton Library
Easton
518-692-2253
  G Exhibition:  Jeri Macdonald
Pattern, Transparency & Reflections

May 7-25
See
Galleries
Valley Artisans Market
Cambridge
www.ValleyArtisansMarket.com
518-677-2765
May 8 C Battenkill Chorale performs
Dvorak/Ives
at St. Joseph's Church, Greenwich
3 pm
$14
$10 students &
seniors
Battenkill Chorale
Cambridge
518-692-8261
  O Glens Falls Sing Along
Open to all; not auditions
in the Brown Room
3-4:30 pm Crandall Public Library
Glens Falls
www.CrandallLibrary.org
518-792-6508
  T The Emperor's New Clothes
on sale April 2nd
2:30 pm
adults $10
12 under $5
Charles R. Wood Theater
Glens Falls, NY
518-798-9663
  O Mushroom Club
 
7 pm
free
Tannery Pond Community Center
North Creek
www.TPCCA.org
518-251-2505
  O Saratoga Poetry Zone
open mic
3pm
free
Saratoga Springs Public Library
Saratoga Springs
518-584-7860
May 9 C Music of the Masters 7:30 pm
adults $8
seniors $6
students $5
Voices of the Adirondack Foothills
@ Christ Church United Methodist
Bay St, Glens Falls
May 10 F Born Into Brothels 6:30 &
8:30 pm
free
Crandall Public Library
Glens Falls
www.CrandallLibrary.org
518-792-6508
May 11 C A Living History of Orra Phelps
presented by Leslie Dame
(reservations required)
7 pm Adirondack Mountain Club
Lake George
518-668-4447
May 12 W Thresholds: Shamanic Perception & Technique
6 Thurs. evenings w/ Bonnie Hoag
May 12- June 16
6-9 pm
$150
Dionondehowa Wildlife Sanctuary
Shushan
www.dionondehowa.org
518-854-7764
  T Pygmalion
May 12, 14-15, 19-22, 26-29
See
Theater
Hubbard Hall
Cambridge
www.HubbardHall.org
518-677-2495
  E The Library at Lunchtime:
A History of Broadway & Congress Park by Jamie Parillo
Brown Bag Presentation
"Then and Now"
12 noon
free
Saratoga Springs
Public Library

Saratoga Springs
518-584-7860
May 13 F Teens Only! Monty Python Film Festival
TPCCA Youth
7 pm
free
Tannery Pond Community Center
North Creek
www.TPCCA.org
518-251-2505
  G Senior Thesis Exhibition
runs May 13-May 23
at the Tang Museum
Reception:
6-8 pm
Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs
518-580-8080
  A Library Garden Program:
Lawn Care Tips and Tricks
1:30 pm
free
Saratoga Springs
Public Library

Saratoga Springs
518-584-7860
May 14 G Open House & Awards Ceremony
14th Annual High School Juried Art Exhibition
Helen Froehlich Auditorium
1 pm The Hyde Collection
Glens Falls
www.hydecollection.org
518-792-1761
  A Scrabble Tournament
May 14th & 15th
9:00 am - 6:00 pm
$60-75 for tournament
Saratoga County Arts Council
at The Arts Center Gallery
www.saratoga-arts.org
518-584-4132
  O Writer's Retreat
May 14 & 15
call
518-854-7764
Dionondehowa Wildlife Sanctuary
Shushan
www.dionondehowa.org
518-854-7764
  C Concert: Amherst Saxophone Quartet
Upper Hudson Musical Arts
7:30 pm
$15/$5
Tannery Pond Community Center
North Creek
www.TPCCA.org
518-251-2505
  O Victorian Tea
at Harrisena Community Church, Queensbury Performer Maxine Getty will portray the character of Mary Livermore (1820-1905), a nurse and founding member of the Sanitation Commission.  Reservations required.
12:30-2:30 pm
$15/$12 members
Chapman Historical Museum
Glens Falls
www.ChapmanMuseum.org
518-793-2826

 

  O Open Studio at the Troy Shirt Factory
May 14 & 15. This is in connection with the Adirondack Quilts annual Shop Hop
10 am-5 pm Troy Shirt Factory
Glens Falls
518-93-9309
  A Science Saturday Night for ages 6-10
pre-registration required
5:30-8 pm
$8/$6 siblings/$12 nonmembers/$10 siblings
The Children's Museum
Saratoga Springs
518-584-5540
May 15 C Brilliant Beethoven
Charles Peltz, conducting
at The Performing Arts Center at Glens Falls High School
4 pm Glens Falls
Symphony Orchestra

Glens Falls
www.GlensFallsSymphony.org
518-793-1348
  C Ella Nace and Molly Bigness
Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy
 
3 pm
$10 adults
$5students/
seniors
 
Saratoga Springs
Youth Orchestra

Saratoga Springs
518-587-7730
  C Monday Musical Club of Albany
Helen Froehlich Auditorium
518-434-5302
3 pm
free
The Hyde Collection
Glens Falls
www.hydecollection.org
518-792-1761
  O Open Studio at the Troy Shirt Factory
May 14 & 15. This is in connection with the Adirondack Quilts annual Shop Hop
10 am- 5 pm Troy Shirt Factory
Glens Falls
518-93-9309
  O An Oriental Rug Auction
to benefit the Preservation Foundation will at the Holiday Inn on Broadway
1 pm Saratoga Preservation Society
Saratoga Springs
518-587-5030
May 16        
May 17 W Workshop:
Victorian Wall and e Stenciling

Also see April 5 & June 8
noon-1 pm
$10 for 3 classes
Saratoga Preservation Society
Saratoga Springs
518-587-5030
  F Moolaade 6:30 &
8:45 pm
free
Crandall Public Library
Glens Falls
www.CrandallLibrary.org
518-792-6508
  A Tuesday for Tots for ages 5 & under 10 am-noon The Children's Museum
Saratoga Springs
518-584-5540
May 18 A Slate Quarry and Mill Tour
Sheldon Slate Products
Peter Tanko
rain date May 19
9 am
$10/
$5 members
 
Slate Valley Museum
Granville
www.slatevalleymuseum.org
518-642-1417
  A International Museum Day
Bring something identified from another museum & receive discount
All day The Children's Museum
Saratoga Springs
518-584-5540
May 19 A Kykuit
trip to Sleepy Hollow/Tarrytown
Union Church of Pocantico Hills- Matisse & Chagall stained glass windows
Rockefeller family home
Hyde members $89, $99 all others The Hyde Collection
Glens Falls
www.hydecollection.org
518-792-1761
  G Opening Reception
Adirondack Camera Club
6-8 pm
free
Adirondack Camera Club
Glens Falls
at Crandall Library
  G Closing Reception
Spring at LARAC

light refreshment
5-7 pm
Free &
open to the public
LARAC
7 Lapham Place, Glens Falls
www.LARAC.org
518-798-1144
May 20 O Chapman Golf Tournament
17th Annual tournament at
Hiland Golf Course
call for more details Chapman Historical Museum
Glens Falls
www.ChapmanMuseum.org
518-793-2826
  O Golf Competition Fundraiser
at Top of the World Golf Course
noon-5:30pm
$75/per person
North Country Arts Center
Glens Falls
  C Cambridge Songwriters
Showcase 2005

featuring Contemporary American & Swing, American Folk & Light Jazz, Italian & Irish Folk, Instrumentalists, Southern Folk & Bluegrass, Acoustic Jam Session
6-10 pm Cambridge Public Library
Cambridge
518-677-2719
  A Discount Day Admission
reduced to
$2.50 from $5
The Children's Museum
Saratoga Springs
518-584-5540
May 21 H Lake George Historical Association
Opening Day Reception
  Lake George Historical
Association

Lake George
www.lakegeorgehistorical.org
518-668-5044
  F Film Series: Autumn Spring
Our Town Theatre Group
7 pm
$5 suggested
donation
Tannery Pond Community Center
North Creek
www.TPCCA.org
518-251-2505
  D Spring Dance Concert
at the Charles R. Wood Theater
ARDT dancers, Stephen Satterfield &
Cassia Phillips of the Miami City Ballet
music by Eight Strings and a Whistle and
the Whippersnappers
7:30 pm
$12 adults/
$10 students & seniors
$15 at the door
Adirondack Repertory Dance Theatre
Glens Falls
www.timesunion.com/communities/ardt
518-761-0873
  D Hudson-Mohawk Traditional Dances
Contras and Traditional Square Dances
8-11 pm
Call for
information
Hudson-Mohawk
Traditional Dances

Ballston Spa, NY
518-885-4430
  O Architectural Garage Sale
at 117 Grand Av
10 am Saratoga Preservation Society
Saratoga Springs
518-587-5030
  C "Some Things Never Change"
Nate Buccieri
7:30 pm
$12
Saratoga County Arts Council
at The Arts Center Gallery
www.saratoga-arts.org
518-584-4132
  A Drop-in Workshops
Dress for messy activities
1-2 pm The Children's Museum
Saratoga Springs
518-584-5540
  W Build a Rustic Curio Shelf
with Furniture Builder Russ Defonce owner of Bookman Rustic Furniture in Long Lake

 

See
Classes
Adirondack Lakes
Center for the Arts

Blue Mountain Lake
www.adk-arts.org
518-352-7715
  C Cabaret Night
Nate Buccieri, " Some Things Never Change"
7:30 pm
$12
Saratoga County Arts Council
at The Arts Center Gallery
www.saratoga-arts.org
518-584-4132
May 22 A You be the Judge
vote for five Best In Show
create your own artwork inspired by the winners
2 pm
free
The Hyde Collection
Glens Falls
www.hydecollection.org
518-792-1761
  H History Bike Tour by Kip Grant
historical importance of The D & H Hudson Valley Railways as well as the Hudson Valley electric railway to the local community. Meet at Leonard Street bikeway parking lot in Glens Falls.
Advance reservations required
12:30-3:30 pm
free
Chapman Historical Museum
Glens Falls
www.chapmanhistorical.org
518-793-2826
  C Lerner and Loewe Cabaret
with Kevin McGuire & friends
Songs from My Fair Lady,
Brigadoon and Camelot
7 pm
Non members - $20
Members $17
Students
$12
Hubbard Hall
Cambridge
www.HubbardHall.org
518-677-2495
May 23 O Adirondack Slide Presentation Series
presented by Paul Gibaldi
7 pm
free
The Glen at Hiland Meadows
Queensbury
information:  518-812-0361
  C Four Nations Ensemble
Helen Froelich Auditorium
8 pm
students free
de Blasiis Chamber Music
Glens Falls
at The Hyde Collection
518-793-0531
May 24 F The 23rd Annual Black Maria
Film and Video Festival

 

6:30 pm Crandall Public Library
Glens Falls
www.CrandallLibrary.org
518-792-6508
May 25 L Art at the Georgi
with Dawne Polis presenting slides, information, and history about the significance of the Georgi Museum and its art treasures
7-9 pm
free
The Georgi Museum
Shushan
518-854-9020
  L Writers on Reading
Marnie Mueller reading her own work,
also discussion of
Paris Trout by Pete Dexter
7:30 pm
free

 

Saratoga Springs
Public Library

Saratoga Springs
518-584-7860
May 26 T You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
at Temple Beth El, Glens Falls
Benefit for HHC 42nd Infantry Div.
May 26, 28, June 2 & 4 at 8 pm
May 29, June 5 at 2 pm
8 pm
donation
Collaborative Artists
 
  A Sally Ride Day
Celebrate the first American woman
in space; bring something with a space theme and get $1 off
$5 The Children's Museum
Saratoga Springs
518-584-5540
  C Friends in Harmony, Classic Chords, &
North Country Harmony
7 pm
free will offering
Unitarian-Universalist Church
21, Weeks Rd., Queensbury
  O 10th Anniversary Dinner Celebration
at the Queensbury Hotel
Guest Speaker:  Lydia Kulbida, WNYT
$50 World Awareness
Children's Museum

Glens Falls
www.worldchildrensmuseum.org
518-793-2773
May 27 O Take Flight with Rich Guthrie
slide program about bird banding
7 pm
Suggested
donation
Dionondehowa Wildlife Sanctuary
Shushan
www.dionondehowa.org
518-854-7764
  L Collecting Oral History
from our Veterans
7:30 pm
free
Fort Edward Historical Assoc.
Fort Edward
518-747-3693
  O Adirondack Museum opens
for the season
10 am Adirondack Museum
Blue Mountain Lake
www.adirondackmuseum.org
518-352-7311
May 28 O Bird Banding at 6-9 am
Bird Walk at 10 am
Suggested
donation
Dionondehowa Wildlife Sanctuary
Shushan
www.dionondehowa.org
518-854-7764
  A Teens Only! Rafting Trip
w/ Whitewater Challengers
Call for
information
Tannery Pond Community Center
North Creek
www.TPCCA.org
518-251-2912
  C Tony Desare, pianist
sponsored by Habitat for Humanity
SOLD OUT
7 pm
$25
Charles R. Wood Theater
Glens Falls
www.woodtheater.org
518-798-9633
  O Ulysses S. Grant Cottage
opens for the season
State Historic Site
10-4 Wed.-Sun. Call for fees The Friends of the
Ulysses S. Grant Cottage

Wilton
518-587-8277 or 372-0997
  G Exhibition:  Anita Witten
Here and Far Away

May 28-June 15
See
Galleries
Valley Artisans Market
Cambridge
www.ValleyArtisansMarket.com
518-677-2765
  C Spike Wilner
"Ragtime Rediscovered"

Solo Piano
7:30 pm
$10/$5 students
Tannery Pond Community Center
North Creek
www.TPCCA.org
518-251-2505
May 29 L Ancient Local People
w/ speaker Harry Orlyk
3 pm
$10
Dionondehowa Wildlife Sanctuary
Shushan
www.dionondehowa.org
518-854-7764
    Pack Basket Workshop See
Classes
Hubbard Hall
Cambridge
www.HubbardHall.org
518-677-2495
May 30        
May 31 F The Merchant of Venice

 

6:30 &
9 pm
free
Crandall Public Library
Glens Falls
www.CrandallLibrary.org
518-792-6508
  T Summer Teen Repertory Theatre Company Auditions
May 31, June 1, & June 5
Studio 303 Old Troy Shirt Factory
actors ages 14 - 20 for touring Teen Theatre Repertory Company.  Auditions are open and no preparation is necessary. To schedule your audition, call ATT.
May 31, 6-9 pm
June 1, 6-9 pm
June 5, 2-4 pm
Adirondack Touring Theatre
Glens Falls
www.AdirondackTouringTheatre.org
518-615-0603
   
 

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