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Weekender A&E

Free 4-week workshop on theater directing

UPPER JAY — Scott Renderer, artistic director of the Upper Jay Art Center, is offering a free 4-week workshop for those at The Recovery Lounge interested in playmaking. Classes will begin Wednesday, Sept. 18 and will meet for the next three Wednesdays. All four sessions will 5:30 to 7 ...

Saranac Lake Lions Club to hold Canned Food Plus Sculpture Contest

SARANAC LAKE — The Saranac Lake Lions Club will hold a Canned Food Plus Sculpture Contest on Sunday at Riverside Park. People can enter with a team or individually. People of all ages are welcome, and business are welcome to participate. The sculptures can be made of canned and ...

Mutt Strut 5K fun run slated for Sept. 22

LAKE PLACID — The Tri-Lakes Humane Society and North Country SPCA are teaming up again for the annual Mutt Strut 5K fun run, scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 22 at 10 a.m. Jointly benefiting both organizations, all ages are welcome to join in the sixth year of this annual untimed fun run for ...

Photoshop is where Ed Williams expresses his art

SARANAC LAKE — Ed Williams' photography will open Friday at the NorthWinds Fine Art Gallery. It starts with taking a photograph for Williams. For many others like him and who've inspired him, this first step is essential and varies little. But for the next step, Williams takes photography ...

Sinfonietta passes the baton

LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid Sinfonietta announced Tuesday that Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra conductor and Music Director Stuart Malina will be the orchestra’s next music director. “It feels very real,” Malina said Wednesday by phone from his home in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. ...

Adirondack Film Society honors Russell Banks

LAKE PLACID — The Adirondack Film Society will pay tribute to co-founder and world-renowned author Russell Banks at the 2019 Tribute Gala, scheduled for Friday, Oct. 25 at the High Peaks Resort. The Tribute Gala is a highlight of the Lake Placid Film Festival, which runs Oct. 23-27. The ...