The Whallonsburg Grange Hall in Essex, is set to welcome historian and author Amy Godine to the Lyceum lecture series on Tuesday, April 23 at 7:30 pm. Her lecture will … Continue reading Godine’s “Adirondack Blackface: A Hidden History” at Whallonsburg Grange
Mary Sanders Shartle & Jane Agee to present on “Saints & Scalawags”
The Saratoga Springs Heritage Area Visitor Center and the Saratoga Springs Public Library launches the spring Brown Bag Lunch Series. March 14: "Saints and Scalawags: Stories from Bethesda's History," presented … Continue reading Mary Sanders Shartle & Jane Agee to present on “Saints & Scalawags”
Local Author, Dr. Rick Henry Publishes Sixth Book “Letters”
SUNY Potsdam Professor Dr. Rick Henry’s latest novel, “Letters,” was recently published by RA Press. His sixth published book is set in a rural area of upstate New York, a … Continue reading Local Author, Dr. Rick Henry Publishes Sixth Book “Letters”
Adirondack Literary Award Winners
The Adirondack Literary Awards has come to an end, and we are celebrating the books of our region in a new event. The Local's Book Fair June 8, 2019. 6:00-7:30 … Continue reading Adirondack Literary Award Winners
Blacks in the Adirondacks: A History by Sally Svenson now available
Blacks in the Adirondacks: A History by Sally Svenson With an Afterword by Alice Paden Green Syracuse University Press Traces the extensive but little-known history of blacks in the Adirondacks. … Continue reading Blacks in the Adirondacks: A History by Sally Svenson now available