Tag: american portrait

  • American Portrait | Dr. Nina Schoch

    American Portrait | Dr. Nina Schoch

    Mountain Lake PBS is highlighting changemakers throughout the North Country as a part of the PBS American Portrait initiative. This video features the story of Dr. Nina Schoch. Dr. Schoch is the Executive Director for the Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation in Saranac Lake, New York.  She talks about her work as a researcher at…

  • American Portrait | Mike Farrell

    American Portrait | Mike Farrell

    Mountain Lake PBS is highlighting changemakers throughout the North Country as a part of the PBS American Portrait initiative. This video features the story of Mike Farrell. Mike is the CEO of Forest Farmers/New Leaf Syrups and talks about how the maple production operation he co-founded in the Adirondacks is now the largest in New…

  • American Portrait | Katsitsionni Fox

    American Portrait | Katsitsionni Fox

    Mountain Lake PBS is highlighting changemakers throughout the North Country as a part of the PBS American Portrait initiative. This video features the story of Katsitsionni Fox. Katsitsionni is a filmmaker, from Akwesasne, whose new documentary, that recently aired on Mountain Lake PBS, uncovers the hidden history of the influence Indigenous women had on the…

  • American Portrait | Dr. John Rugge

    American Portrait | Dr. John Rugge

    Mountain Lake PBS is highlighting changemakers throughout the North Country as a part of the PBS American Portrait initiative. This video features the story of Dr. John Rugge. Dr. Rugge retired just last fall after 47 years of practice as a general practitioner in Chestertown & Warrenburg, New York.  He is also the founder of…

  • TUTORIAL: American Portrait: Tell Your Story

    TUTORIAL: American Portrait: Tell Your Story

    Check out this tutorial on how to submit your story to the American Portrait courtesy of Texas Tech Public Media!

  • American Portrait [full episodes]

    American Portrait [full episodes]

    You can watch all four full length episodes of American Portrait here below. Explore the thousands of stories on the American Portrait website, and then share your own! Because the American Portrait isn’t complete without you!

  • American Portrait: North Country Changemakers Event

    American Portrait: North Country Changemakers Event

    Join us for a community conversation! With PBS’ American Portrait, we’re looking at North Country Changemakers. So many folks in the Adirondacks and North Country work every day to make their communities better in ways both big and small. Now we want to hear from you! What does it mean to be an American? What does…

  • I took a risk when… | American Portrait

    I took a risk when… | American Portrait

    Mountain Lake PBS has partnered with the Adirondack Center for Writing, a local organization dedicated to bringing people and words together, to share PBS American Portrait prompts and collect unique stories from ACW members in our community! Continue below to read some of these featured submissions, each adding to the great mosaic of the American Portrait, and our collective…

  • The tradition I carry on is… | American Portrait

    The tradition I carry on is… | American Portrait

    Mountain Lake PBS has partnered with the Adirondack Center for Writing, a local organization dedicated to bringing people and words together, to share PBS American Portrait prompts and collect unique stories from ACW members in our community! Continue below to read some of these featured submissions, each adding to the great mosaic of the American Portrait, and our collective…

  • I was raised to believe… | American Portrait

    I was raised to believe… | American Portrait

    Mountain Lake PBS has partnered with the Adirondack Center for Writing, a local organization dedicated to bringing people and words together, to share PBS American Portrait prompts and collect unique stories from ACW members in our community! Continue below to read some of these featured submissions, each adding to the great mosaic of the American Portrait, and our…