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Lake George Jazz, Summer Concert Series Cancelled

June 16, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

lake george arts projectLake George Arts Project Staff and Board of Directors have decided to cancel the Summer Concert Series and Jazz at the Lake programs for this year. The Summer Concert Series was scheduled for Wednesdays nights in July and August and Jazz at the Lake was scheduled for September 19 and 20, both in Shepard Park in Lake George. [Read more…] about Lake George Jazz, Summer Concert Series Cancelled

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Arts, Capital-Saratoga, Events Tagged With: concert, Lake George, Lake George Arts Project, Music

Poetry: My Turn

June 13, 2020 by George Cassidy Payne Leave a Comment

My Turn

When it was my turn
to go in

I sat cross-legged
by the ventilator

and told my buddy
goodbye.

I could have cried
but he deserved more

than that. He deserved
what carries no weight.

Time.
Before the lungs fill

with river water,
and the dream oozes

away from fingers like
the slime of drowning

lotus petals
caught between the rocks.

Read More Poems From The New York Almanack HERE.

Filed Under: Arts Tagged With: Poetry

Preserving Motion Picture History (Podcast)

June 12, 2020 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

The Historians LogoThis week on The Historians Podcast, movie historian and SUNY Albany lecturer emeritus Audrey Kupferberg discusses film preservation. [Read more…] about Preserving Motion Picture History (Podcast)

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Arts, Capital-Saratoga, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, New York City, Western NY Tagged With: Archives, film, Film History, Podcasts, SUNY Albany

Adirondack Anti-racism Online “Listen-in” Series

June 11, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Protesters hold signs and engage with passersby during a peaceful protest at Riverside Park in Saranac Lake by Mark KurtzThousands have gathered for peaceful protests across Northern New York in recent weeks, as people and communities seek ways to engage in the broader national movement for racial justice.

In response, the Adirondack Diversity Initiative (ADI), in partnership with the Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA), will host a series of virtual “Listen-in” and “Teach-in” sessions focused on mobilizing the community on issues of racial equity and transformational justice in America. [Read more…] about Adirondack Anti-racism Online “Listen-in” Series

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Arts, Events Tagged With: Adirondack Diversity Initiative, Adirondack North Country Association, diversity, Saranac Lake

Bayreuth and Brown Berries: German-American Music Traditions

June 8, 2020 by Jaap Harskamp Leave a Comment

full house at the old Metropolitan Opera House in 1937The history of musical taste in the United States has a Germanic flavor. The symphony orchestras in Philadelphia, New York City, and Boston were founded by German-Americans. The impact of Richard Wagner’s operas is still apparent. A patch of the Bronx contains locations such as Lohengrin Place, Siegfried Place, Parsifal Place, and Valhalla Drive. [Read more…] about Bayreuth and Brown Berries: German-American Music Traditions

Filed Under: Arts, History, New York City Tagged With: Cultural History, German-American History, Jazz, Music, Musical History, New York City, Performing Arts, Radio History

Poetry: Summit

June 6, 2020 by Edward Zahniser Leave a Comment

Summit

Wind dances atop
Crane Mountain
blowing sideways
No mosquitoes
fewer deerflies
No sweat beads
bud on face or neck
as the trail dries too
Nature balances
costs and benefits.

Read More Poems From The New York Almanack HERE.

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

NY Almanack’s John Warren Featured On Podcast

June 5, 2020 by Chris Kretz Leave a Comment

long island history project logoOn the latest episode of the Long Island History Project, we discuss the wider world of New York State history with John Warren, founder and editor of New York Almanack (formerly the New York State History Blog). He shares his experiences working in the history field as a documentarian, author, and public proponent for learning more about our state’s past. [Read more…] about NY Almanack’s John Warren Featured On Podcast

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

Adirondack Plein Air Festival Online and Outdoors

June 5, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Baker Mountain in the Spring by Sandra HildrethThe 2020 Adirondack Plein Air Festival is still on schedule, but the viewing and purchasing part of the event will be held online. [Read more…] about Adirondack Plein Air Festival Online and Outdoors

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Arts, Nature Tagged With: art, nature, painting, plein air painting, Saranac Lake, Saranac Lake ArtWorks

Danny Kaye In The Catskills

June 3, 2020 by John Conway 2 Comments

playbill featuring Danny Kaye from the President Hotel in Swan LakeIt has often been said that the first play Danny Kaye ever saw, he was in.

That would have been in June 1929, at the White Roe Lake House in Livingston Manor, Sullivan County, NY, where the soon-to-be legendary performer got his professional start, and refined his trademark comedy routine. [Read more…] about Danny Kaye In The Catskills

Filed Under: Arts, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Brooklyn, Catskills, Theatre

Gompers and Hammerstein: The Cigar Makers Who Transformed Theatre

June 1, 2020 by Jaap Harskamp 5 Comments

Interior of a NYC cigar factory before the strike of 1877In 1693, Leicestershire-born immigrant William Bradford was appointed public printer for New York. Living in Pearl Street, Manhattan, he published from his offices in Hanover Square the first book with a New York imprint, entitled New-England’s Spirit of Persecution Transmitted to Pennsylvania by Quaker author George Keith.

Between 1725 and 1744, Bradford produced the New-York Gazette, the city’s first newspaper. Lower Manhattan continued to be the center of New York’s printing industry for many years, but by the 1860s the street took on a northern European accent and became known for a different type of leaf – tobacco. [Read more…] about Gompers and Hammerstein: The Cigar Makers Who Transformed Theatre

Filed Under: Arts, History, New York City Tagged With: art, Hispanic History, Labor History, Manhattan, New York City, Newspapers, Oscar Hammerstein, Performing Arts, Publishing, Samuel Gompers, Theatre

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