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41st Asbury Short Film Concert in Lake Placid

May 7, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Asbury Shorts USAAsbury Shorts USA, New York City’s longest running, non-competitive short film exhibition and touring show, will present their “41st Asbury Short Film Concert” on Thursday, May 12th at The Lake Placid Center for the Arts beginning at 7 pm. [Read more…] about 41st Asbury Short Film Concert in Lake Placid

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Arts, Events Tagged With: Lake Placid Center for the Arts

Poetry: Spin Painting

May 7, 2022 by Neil Shaw Leave a Comment

Spin Painting

Blood spurted out from pale nostrils,
White stars surrounded green eyes,
Rocks crashing down on soft foreheads,
Glaring shock, the result of hot lies.
Explosions occurred all around me,
The pole, for a moment, stood still,
Missions were burnt in a cloud-burst,
Sparks flew through the air in the chill.
Vines, breathing fire, began crawling,
While the globe lay there burning too fast,
Aqua leaves, off red branches, were falling,
Scarred women all wept for the past.
Kaleidoscope spun in the meadows,
The heavens awkward and still,
Illusions of love danced around me,
The cadence increased with the thrill.
Hot flash! Then it all started slowing,
Beads of sweat became salty and dried,
Flaming disc in my mind sank fast, glowing,
I just stared at the colors and cried.

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Filed Under: Arts Tagged With: art, Poetry

Mechanicville’s Unique Second World War Photo Collection

May 5, 2022 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

Carmine DeCrescente Sr. by Charles Siciliano, Sr. courtesy Mechanicville Public LibraryOn May 8th, 1945, Nazi Germany surrendered to Allied forces, ending the Second World War in Europe. Less than four months later, on September 2nd, Japan formally surrendered aboard the USS Missouri anchored in Tokyo Bay, bringing history’s most destructive conflict to an end. [Read more…] about Mechanicville’s Unique Second World War Photo Collection

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Arts, Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Mechanicville, Military History, Photography, Rensselaer County, Saratoga County, Saratoga County History Center, Saratoga County History Roundtable, Washington County, World War Two

Saratoga County Life in Photographs Exhibit Opens May 5th

May 2, 2022 by Editorial Staff 2 Comments

County Life in Photographs Racetrack at Saratoga County Fairgrounds 1914 courtesy Brookside MuseumThe Saratoga County History Center at Brookside Museum will open a new exhibit, “County Life in Photographs,” on Thursday, May 5th, with a 7 pm reception.

The exhibit includes 26 images of gatherings in Saratoga County between the 1870 and 1950, interpreting the ways in which county residents interacted in social, political, and celebratory contexts. [Read more…] about Saratoga County Life in Photographs Exhibit Opens May 5th

Filed Under: Arts, Capital-Saratoga, Events, History, New Exhibits Tagged With: Brookside Museum, Saratoga County History Center

Dear Teacher… (A Teachers’ Day Poem)

April 30, 2022 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

Dear Teacher…

Thank you –

From the child you taught to read
From the battered child you held close
From the one you taught to act on stage
So she could be herself
From the one who couldn’t count
Until you convinced him he did
From the one who stuttered
And you waited
From the friendless one
You shared lunch with
From the heavy one
You taught to dance
From the immigrant
You welcomed
From the one they teased
And you told I’m with you
From the one who acted tough
But you weren’t fooled
From the one whose writing was an angry shout
That you read and corrected
From the one whose life was closed
And you opened a door
From the one who said no
And you said yes
From all the kids you taught were okay
And can be better

Thank You.

Jerry McGovern of Peru, NY, taught at Peru Central School and SUNY Plattsburgh for many years, beginning in 1969.

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April 29, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

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Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Arts, Capital-Saratoga, Events, Food, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, Nature, New Exhibits, New York City, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: New York Almanack

The Showboat Era on Lake George 1933-1937

April 27, 2022 by Dave Waite 1 Comment

Horicon IIWhen the sidewheel steamboat Horicon II was launched on Lake George in 1910, she was both the longest and fastest passenger vessel to ever sail the lake. Over the next 29 years, she would be used for transportation of cargo and residents around the lake, as well as cruises for tourists.

The construction of a road on the west side of the lake, as well as the region’s rapidly increasing mobility with the introduction of the automobile, brought a dramatic decline in passengers. In response to this trend, in 1932 the Delaware & Hudson Railroad, owners of the steamboats on the lake through the Lake George Steamboat Company, announced that they would not be running boats that year. [Read more…] about The Showboat Era on Lake George 1933-1937

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Arts, History Tagged With: Adirondacks, Bolton, Delaware & Hudson Railroad, Essex County, Jazz, Lake George, Maritime History, Musical History, Performing Arts, railroads, Steamboating, Ticonderoga, Transportation History, Warren County

Woodstock Weavers 50th Anniversary Exhibit, Demonstrations, Sale

April 27, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Scarf by Margaret Koepel, photo by Carol WoodThe Woodstock Weavers Guild and the Historical Society of Woodstock have announced an exhibit of handwoven textiles, with demonstrations of weaving, at the Eames House Museum to celebrate the Woodstock Weavers 50th anniversary. [Read more…] about Woodstock Weavers 50th Anniversary Exhibit, Demonstrations, Sale

Filed Under: Arts, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, New Exhibits Tagged With: Historical Society of Woodstock, Woodstock Weavers

Museum Association of NY Has New Board President, Members

April 27, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

2022 New MANY Board Members The Museum Association of New York (MANY) has announced the election of Brian Lee Whisenhunt, Executive Director of The Rockwell Museum as Board President.

Whisenhunt joined MANY in April 2018 and has served as Program Chair and Vice President. He previously served on the board of the Mountain-Plains Museums Association and currently serves on the Museum Advisory Council of the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute. [Read more…] about Museum Association of NY Has New Board President, Members

Filed Under: Arts, History, Nature Tagged With: Museum Association of New York

Life and Artistic Legacy of Sidney Simon

April 22, 2022 by Clare Sheridan Leave a Comment

crossroads of rockland historyOn the April episode of Crossroads of Rockland History we explored the life and artistic legacy of Sidney A. Simon (1917–1997). On the occasion of an exhibition of his works at the Blue Hill Art and Cultural Center (Pearl River, NY), two of Simon’s children, Teru Simon and Mark Simon, joined Clare Sheridan to share memories of their father and their own recollections of growing up on South Mountain Road in Rockland County. [Read more…] about Life and Artistic Legacy of Sidney Simon

Filed Under: Arts, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, New York City Tagged With: Art History, Education, painting, Podcasts, Rockland County, sculpture

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