Fixated on photography, modern life revolves around the urge to capture and record every fleeting moment on our iPhones. It all started with the invention of the daguerreotype. [Read more…] about Camera Notes: Alfred Stieglitz and Adolph De Meyer
Arts
A New Novel of Survival During the Revolution
Based on a true story, Craig Pennington’s new novel West of the Alleghenies: A Story of Survival during the Revolutionary War (Self-Published, 2020) is the epic tale of one man’s struggle to survive in a war-torn land and return to the woman he loves. [Read more…] about A New Novel of Survival During the Revolution
Poetry: I Believe In
I Believe In
The bending of starlight
and my next breath, given
unto me as the heart is given
unto the chest. Or the summer
moon is given unto the Mohawk
warrior. And I have faith in you,
kissing me, under Creeping Snowberry,
in the wild gardens of Keene Valley,
where dancing dragonflies dare to land.
Saratoga Preservation’s Porch Party Going Virtual
Traditionally, on the Saturday of Mother’s Day Weekend the Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation hosts its Historic Homes Tour, their largest fundraiser of the year, as a way to celebrate the history and architecture of Saratoga Springs.
This year, due to social distancing guidelines, the Foundation will be hosting a Virtual Porch Party. [Read more…] about Saratoga Preservation’s Porch Party Going Virtual
Central Adirondack Art Show Winners Announced
View, the Center for Arts and Culture in Old Forge, has announced the award winners of the Central Adirondack Art Show. This art show is a long-standing Old Forge tradition, showcasing artists throughout the Central Adirondack Region and beyond.
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#GivingTuesdayNow Is Your Chance To Help
#GivingTuesday is a generosity movement created in 2012 with a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good.
Over the past eight years, it has grown into a global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity. [Read more…] about #GivingTuesdayNow Is Your Chance To Help
Henry Miller In The Clubhouse
On January 27, 1990, ninety-three year old Alfred John Barret died in the cathedral city of Wells, Somerset, South West England. He was cremated and his ashes scattered. Since their move from London, he and his Scottish wife had resided in that city for some four decades, leading an unassuming life in a redbrick housing estate.
His death went unnoticed. [Read more…] about Henry Miller In The Clubhouse
The Color of Wind: Photographs by Barry Lobdell
The Adirondack Artists Guild Gallery will open its 2020 season with an online exhibit of photographs by Guild member Barry Lobdell. [Read more…] about The Color of Wind: Photographs by Barry Lobdell
Poetry: Rodentia Olympics Tryouts
Rodentia Olympics Tryouts
In our cabin attic’s non-crawl space
I still hear night sounds of the mice
as though in a country no longer extant.
They practice the run-and-slide event
for the Rodentia Summer Olympics.
They scurry then slide shy of the ceiling’s
open circle for a former woodstove- pipe
artifact of the prior owner-builders who
lived year-round with zero insulation.
It’s a world no longer locally extant.
Yearly more seasonal rentals
appear up and down the road
as remodels or new construction.
Our summer stays grow shorter.
Rodents are the real residents now.
NYS Writers Institute, WAMC Launch #IndieBookstoreBoost
The New York State Writers Institute and WAMC are joining forces to aid Capital Region’s indie bookstores with a new initiative they’re calling #IndieBookstoreBoost.
Writers Institute director Paul Grondahl and WAMC “Book Show” host Joe Donahue are conducting virtual interviews with notable authors on their newly published books as part of the effort to encourage book sales at independent bookstores. [Read more…] about NYS Writers Institute, WAMC Launch #IndieBookstoreBoost