The Depot Theatre in Westport, Essex County, NY has announce the cast of its 2022 season opener “Putting It Together,” a celebration of the stage and screen work of multiple Tony Award-winner Stephen Sondheim. [Read more…] about Westport’s Depot Theatre Celebrates Sondheim with ‘Putting It Together’
Adirondacks & NNY
Grandfather’s Tool Chest: Vintage and Antique Tools
This week on The Historians Podcast, Don Williams of Gloversville discusses his new book, Grandfather’s Tool Chest. The book has stories about 400 vintage and antique tools pictured in the book.
Williams, 88, is an educator, lecturer, columnist, and author. He has written eleven books on local and Adirondack history. [Read more…] about Grandfather’s Tool Chest: Vintage and Antique Tools
Abenaki Heritage Weekend at Champlain Maritime Museum
The Lake Champlain Maritime Museum will host an Abenaki Heritage Weekend, exploring the Abenaki perspective on life in the Champlain Valley, set for June 18th and 19th. [Read more…] about Abenaki Heritage Weekend at Champlain Maritime Museum
Colvin’s Adirondack Survey Anniversary Events at Crown Point
Verplanck Colvin grew up in Albany accompanying his father on trips through the Helderbergs. The landscape captured his imagination and sparked a passion for exploration and study of the mountains. He wrote extensively of their natural beauty, accompanied by his own illustrations, which were published and widely read.
At 18, he spent the summer along the Sacandaga River near Speculator, in Hamilton County, noting the destructive effects of lumbering and the fragility of the forests in the aftermath of logging. After law school, he was appointed secretary of the New York State Park Commission and became the superintendent of the Topographical Survey of the Adirondack Mountains. [Read more…] about Colvin’s Adirondack Survey Anniversary Events at Crown Point
Adirondack Coast Museum Days Set For June 18-19
The Adirondack Coast Cultural Alliance (ACCA) will host the 13th Annual Museum Days Weekend throughout Clinton County, on June 18th and 19th, 2022, inviting visitors and residents to explore the area’s wealth of museums, galleries, and cultural organizations. [Read more…] about Adirondack Coast Museum Days Set For June 18-19
NY-VT Border Conflict Dramatization Planned for June 18th
The public is invited to a dramatization of the immediate aftermath of the capture and rescue of Arlington settler and Green Mountain Boy Captain Remember Baker.
On March 21, 1772 a posse of New Yorkers under John Munro (1728-1800) attempted to collect the New York bounty on Baker at his cabin at what is now East Arlington, Vermont. The area was initially claimed by New Hampshire, but New York, which also claimed the territory, began issuing grants of its own, some of which conflicted with those already made by New Hampshire. Armed conflicts between the rival claimants were common, and the Green Mountain Boys were organized to expel the settlers from New York. The dispute was resolved when Vermont (originally called New Connecticut) was established as an independent republic in 1777. [Read more…] about NY-VT Border Conflict Dramatization Planned for June 18th
Fort Ticonderoga’s Scots Day Event Returns June 18th
Fort Ticonderoga will host a Scots Day Celebration, a celebration of Scottish history, heritage and culture, set for Saturday, June 18th. [Read more…] about Fort Ticonderoga’s Scots Day Event Returns June 18th
Juneteenth Celebration in Potsdam Saturday
The third annual Potsdam community-wide Juneteenth Celebration, celebrating the culture of African-Americans and providing a space for Black voices to be honored, is set for Saturday, June 18th, at the Ives Park Gazebo. [Read more…] about Juneteenth Celebration in Potsdam Saturday
North Country ‘Colors of Freedom Tour’ to Celebrate Juneteenth
Clinton and Essex counties were a center of the roiling abolition controversies before the Civil War, helping many freedom-seekers fleeing enslavement follow the Lake Champlain corridor to Canada in the 1830s, 1840s and 1850s.
A first-ever North Country Juneteenth celebration of the region’s role in the fight against slavery will highlight Underground Railroad work in the area, as well as prominent anti-slavery Quakers and abolitionist John Brown. [Read more…] about North Country ‘Colors of Freedom Tour’ to Celebrate Juneteenth
Company H: Catskills Soldiers At Cedar Mountain
On Friday, August 8th, 1902, the surviving members of the 28th New York Volunteer Regiment held their annual reunion at the National Cemetery in Culpeper, Virginia.
Among those attending that day were two men from the Sullivan County, NY: John H. Waller of Monticello and William McIntyre of Mongaup Valley. [Read more…] about Company H: Catskills Soldiers At Cedar Mountain