Local musician Yod Crewsy will provide entertainment with his band the Yod Squad at the arts center to welcome the solar eclipse. (Provided photo)

BLUE MOUNTAIN LAKE — The Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts will open its doors on April 8 to those planning to experience the rare total solar eclipse passing over the Adirondacks.

The arts center will be open to the public from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. to serve food and beverages and provide eclipse-viewing glasses as part of a $20 deal. Live entertainment takes the arts center stage with local band Yod Crewsy and the Yod Squad from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

With the glasses, guests can choose chicken and stars or veggies and stars soup — gluten-free options available — along with cornbread and a hot beverage. Meals are limited to the first 250 visitors.

While the eclipse reaches totality over Blue Mountain Lake at 3:24 p.m., viewers will have time to get to wherever they are planning to watch. The eclipse will not be visible from the arts center.

The Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts is located at 3446 state Route 28 in Blue Mountain Lake.