In mid-March, as the pandemic set in and caused the cancellation of my exhibition in New York City, I sought distraction and solace at one of my favorite painting spots, … Continue reading Art in the Pandemic – Distraction, Solace and Direction by Anne Diggory
I Ponder While the Virus Rages by Kernan Davis
I identify myself as a natural hermit, so isolation does not bother me. My wife tells me that I am too gregarious to be a real hermit. Although I can … Continue reading I Ponder While the Virus Rages by Kernan Davis
An BĂłthar Fada by Ed Collins
I think of all the Irish who settled in the Adirondacks to work in mines, logging, tanneries, mills, schools, hospitals, road building, guiding, public services and law, stores, eateries, hotels … Continue reading An BĂłthar Fada by Ed Collins
My (Pet) Corona by William Blackburn
-A message to our new friend Lean-to shanty roadside snack barButcher house of unusual tastes From those wet works you crawledTraded false hopes for troubled wheezing The gagging sneezing, dry … Continue reading My (Pet) Corona by William Blackburn
Raining Poetry Project
Coming soon to a Saranac Lake sidewalk near you in mid-July 2020 is the Raining Poetry Project presented by the Adirondack Center for Writing and Village of Saranac Lake. Twenty … Continue reading Raining Poetry Project
Creative Aging Training for Teaching Artists in the North Country, Capital Region and Long Island
This training will be part of The New York State Creative Aging Initiative, an innovative partnership between the NYS Council on the Arts, NYS Office for the Aging, and Lifetime Arts. This 2020 pilot project … Continue reading Creative Aging Training for Teaching Artists in the North Country, Capital Region and Long Island
Local event spotlight: Midwinter Retreat in Westport
Midwinter Retreat February 14-18, 2020 You deserve it. Get away. Spend time on yourself -- your writing, your art, your creativity. Find friends, fellow writers and artists, a new point … Continue reading Local event spotlight: Midwinter Retreat in Westport
The Good Old Days at LPCA, a collaborator teacher and student original
"Which decade has the BEST music?" asks a character in the new musical The Good Old Days onstage later this month at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts. The best part... It's up … Continue reading The Good Old Days at LPCA, a collaborator teacher and student original
Bookmobile hits the road in Elizabethtown & Essex, NY
The newest, cutest pop-up bookstore has launched and is coming to a town near you this summer! The bookmobile is stocked with used and new books of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, … Continue reading Bookmobile hits the road in Elizabethtown & Essex, NY