• John Brown in the Adirondacks with Author Sandra Weber

    Sandra Weber will share historic photos and personal insights from her two newest books about John Brown and his connection to the Adirondacks. A Q&A and book signing will follow the talk. Books will be available for purchase. John Brown in New York: The Man, His Family, and the Adirondack Landscape (Excelsior/SUNY Press, Dec 2025) offers … Continue reading John Brown in the Adirondacks with Author Sandra Weber

  • The Art of Keeping a Trail Journal

    Learn how and why to keep a trail journal, recording your hikes, bikes, runs, climbs, and other adventures in the great outdoors. Data-focused, filled with poetry, decorated with doodles and drawings—there’s no one way to trail journal! Participants should bring a notebook, their favorite writing utensil, and a paper or digital map. Art supplies such … Continue reading The Art of Keeping a Trail Journal

  • Crime Writing

    Join ACW and The Adirondack Folk School for the second installment of the Kathleen Fagan Adirondack Writer Series. Hear from best selling crime writers with Matt Witten, Lee Matthew Goldberg, Jennifer Fawcett & Liz Mugavero. Readings and book signing to follow. This event is free & open to all, but pre-registration is required. Jennifer Fawcett … Continue reading Crime Writing

    Free
  • Teen Lit Camp for ages 12-16

    Publish your own Teen Literary Journal! Young writers will work independently on their pieces and also collaboratively to write, design, and produce a teen literary journal with children’s author and NYSCA 2026 grantee Rebecca Donnelly. Find your voice through experimentation with poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and illustration. Writers will take copies of the journal home … Continue reading Teen Lit Camp for ages 12-16

    $100 – $250
  • A Night of Stories with Legends of Journalism

    Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts 8897 NY-30, Blue Mountain Lake, New York

    Adirondack Center for Writing director, Nathalie Thill, will lead a conversation with three legends in the field of journalism: Tom Curley, Peter Pringle, and Eleanor Randolph. Randolph has been on the editorial board of the NY Times since 1998, working mainly on city and state politics, media, and Russia. For thirty years Peter Pringle was … Continue reading A Night of Stories with Legends of Journalism

    Free
  • Howl Story Slam in Speculator

    The Howl Story Slam is heading to Lemon Tree Brewery in Speculator, NY. This year, we’ll start with the theme “What's My Line?” Stories of lines crossed, being on the right or wrong side, lifelines, standing in line, line in the sand, lines in a performance, or any kind of line!  What’s your line? Sign … Continue reading Howl Story Slam in Speculator

    $10
  • Howl Story Slam at 1844 House

    The Howl Story Slam is back for its TENTH season! Sign up and take the stage to tell a true story in under 5 minutes. Judges (2-3 audience members) score the stories, and at the end of the night, a winner is announced. All winners are invited to our annual Grand Slam at the end … Continue reading Howl Story Slam at 1844 House

    $10