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Poetry: At Lake Minerva

April 10, 2021 by Edward Zahniser Leave a Comment

At Lake Minerva

Clouds brush by my notebook to lose cohesion
downhill: No smoke from someone’s campfire.
Chipmunks beg — or worse — near the snack bar.
Fix your mind on this moment, and the mountain
asks: “Who are you?” But you hear “Who am I?”

Read More Poems From the New York Almanack HERE.

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Arts Tagged With: art, Poetry

Columbia County Road Tour Explores Local Movie History

April 8, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

1737 Luykas Van Alen HouseThe Columbia County Historical Society (CCHS) has announced the return of “Drive Through History,” a series of free, self-guided road trips. [Read more…] about Columbia County Road Tour Explores Local Movie History

Filed Under: Arts, Capital-Saratoga, Events, History Tagged With: Columbia County, Columbia County Historical Society, Film History

Suffrage Centennial Embroidery Exhibit Extended Through Summer

April 8, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

embroidery by Tisha DoltonThe Folklife Center at Crandall Public Library in Glens Falls, Warren County, NY, has announced the extension of the current exhibition, Equali-tea: Suffragist Tea Cozies in Redwork: A Centennial Suffrage Exhibition through summer 2021.

The suffrage centennial exhibit is the work of embroiderer Tisha Dolton. [Read more…] about Suffrage Centennial Embroidery Exhibit Extended Through Summer

Filed Under: Arts, Capital-Saratoga Tagged With: exhibits, Fiber Arts - Textiles, Glens Falls

New Novel From Ray Phillips Tells Story of Native Twins

April 8, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

laughing_rain_and_awakens_corn_03 (2) coverBook purchases made through this link support New York Almanack’s mission to report new publications relevant to New York State.

Ray E. Phillips’s new novel Laughing Rain and Awakens Corn: Look-the-Same Girls in the Land of the Cloud-Splitter (Self-Published, 2021) looks at how life in early America is experienced by twin girls, Laughing Rain and Awakens Corn from a Mohawk clan in an Adirondack village. [Read more…] about New Novel From Ray Phillips Tells Story of Native Twins

Filed Under: Arts, Books, History Tagged With: Books, Cultural History, Native American, Native American History

Manhattan ‘Flash’ Culture: Madams and Sporting Men

April 4, 2021 by Jaap Harskamp 1 Comment

Harris’s ListThroughout the nineteenth century, prostitution was rife in American cities. In 1820 there were an estimated two hundred brothels in New York, growing to more than six hundred after the Civil War. By the early 1840s the city was the nation’s whoring capital, its own Gomorrah.

Most houses of assignation before the Civil War were owned and controlled by women. Some madams made spectacular careers, nobody more so than Fanny White whose Mercer Street brothel was, from 1851 onward, a meeting place for Congressmen, dignitaries and diplomats – a Manhattan whoreocracy. [Read more…] about Manhattan ‘Flash’ Culture: Madams and Sporting Men

Filed Under: Arts, History, New York City Tagged With: Crime and Justice, Cultural History, Manhattan, New York City, Social History, Vice, womens history

Poetry: Stropharia semiglobata

April 3, 2021 by George Cassidy Payne Leave a Comment

Stropharia semiglobata

I awoke to see
pupils floating
in balls of light

In that shade
enchanted by
the music of

Time missed,
they hovered
in the darkness.

Like a guru
meditating.
Strange creatures

haunting every room
of my brain. Oval and
mushroom shaped.

Like the red and white
knapsack of a dwarf, so
mischievous and charming.

As quaint and extraterrestrial
as an English fairy tale.

Read More Poems From the New York Almanack HERE.

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Arts Tagged With: art, Poetry

Showmanship: The Master of Brass Meets The King of Waltz

March 28, 2021 by Jaap Harskamp Leave a Comment

The 4000 seat Academy of Music on the corner of East 14th Street ManhattanThe era of “Monster Concerts” started in Vienna in 1839 when Beethoven’s pupil Carl Czerny organized a performance to raise money for victims of a flooding of the River Danube.

Twenty pianists at ten pianos performed a program of four-hand duet pieces. In the history of musical entertainment, the tradition was raised to a new level after the end of Civil War in America. [Read more…] about Showmanship: The Master of Brass Meets The King of Waltz

Filed Under: Arts, History, New York City Tagged With: art, Art History, Music, Performing Arts

Songs Of The Women’s Suffrage Movement Watch Party Monday

March 28, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Suffrage Singer provided by Crandall LibraryThe Folklife Center at Crandall Public Library in Glens Falls has announced the return of its Folklife After Hours Series with Songs Celebrating 100 Years of Votes for Women by Tisha Dolton, set for Monday, March 29th. [Read more…] about Songs Of The Women’s Suffrage Movement Watch Party Monday

Filed Under: Arts, Events, History Tagged With: Folklife Center, Performing Arts, Suffrage Movement

Plans Afoot For Adirondacks Children’s Museum

March 28, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Play ADK Childrens MuseumPlay ADK is a nonprofit organization working to create a state-of-the-art children’s museum in Saranac Lake, NY that hopes to offer exhibits and experiences to engage children in meaningful play and exploration, and provide valuable resources for families. [Read more…] about Plans Afoot For Adirondacks Children’s Museum

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Arts Tagged With: Museums, Play ADK, Saranac Lake

70th Annual Central Adirondack Art Show Opening April 3

March 28, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Greenwood Falls by Jeanne LampsonView, the Center for Arts and Culture located in Old Forge, is set to open the 70th Annual Central Adirondack Art Show to the public on April 3rd.

The Show is a long-standing Old Forge tradition, showcasing some of the finest artists from throughout the Central Adirondack Region and beyond. Held for the first time in 1951 in the front yard of View founder Miriam Kashiwa, it’s a testament to the significant place the arts hold within the hearts and minds of the residents and visitors to the Adirondacks. [Read more…] about 70th Annual Central Adirondack Art Show Opening April 3

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Arts, Events Tagged With: View

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