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Dancers Honor Leonard Cohen in PBS Show
Leonard Cohen: Dance Me Tuesday, December 5 at 9:30 pm on Mountain Lake PBS Montréal native Leonard Cohen’s music has inspired films, paintings and now a stage spectacle you may enjoy at home on Mountain Lake PBS. The Canadian singer-songwriter’s works have motivated the movements of dancers in Ballets Jazz Montréal. Leonard Cohen: Dance Me is an energetic…
Long-term monitoring of Adirondack lakes reveals impacts of climate change
For decades, researchers have monitored 58 lakes in the Adirondack Park, yielding critical data on the region’s health and recovery of environmental threats like Acid Rain. While many lakes have recovered from past challenges due to regulatory changes, they now show new impacts due to climate change. The Adirondack Watershed Institute at Paul Smith’s College…
Sculptures by David Smith Dance at the Hyde Collection
This summer you may see some large abstract sculptures that helped make artist David Smith famous around the world. They’re at the Hyde Collection in Glens Falls, New York. The Songs of the Horizon exhibit, however, mostly showcases lesser known and rarely seen pieces inspired by music and dance. The 20th century artist, whose steel sculptures shine…
Adapting to Climate Change’s Impact on Adirondack Hiking Trails
All the heat, humidity, haze, and smoke from the wildfires in Canada & heavy rains and flooding across Vermont & the Adirondacks this summer has opened a lot of people’s eyes to the dramatic effects of climate change. Those who love and work to protect the wilderness have changed how they design & build trails…
Historical forager finds abundance in the Adirondacks
Melanie Sawyer shares with us the bounty of wild foods she finds growing in the Adirondacks, and how it helped land her on one of the most popular reality shows on television.
Poetry machine makes it’s way around the Adirondacks
The Adirondack Center for Writing has come up with a really cool way to share poetry here in the Adirondack Region. They’ve taken an old gumball vending machine and filled it with capsules that contain poetry from writers around the world. There’s no need to worry about finding a quarter, the poems are all free.…
Documentary Wins New Fans for Paper Artist Claude Lafortune
The Paper Man Watch Friday, March 24 at 1 Streaming now on Passport A documentary about a Quebec paper artist and TV host aims to charm you with its beauty and artistic spirit, and it may succeed whether you grew up watching his programs or not. The Paper Man is a Canadian documentary film celebrating the…
Crow Behavior
It’s a common sight during the winter months, crows by the hundreds, if not thousands, flock together and roost in treetops in towns and cities across Northern New York. What brings crows together in such large numbers at night? Producer Michael Hansen asks John Thaxton, an author, columnist for Adirondack Explorer, and the longtime Director…
Harmonious Pictures
Musicians in motion appear on the walls of the Lake Placid Center for the Arts gallery, performing in paintings by artist Patricia Bellerose of Mont-Tremblant, Quebec. A life-long music lover, Bellerose is inspired by live concerts she has attended at Le Festival de Lanaudiere, the largest classical music festival in Canada. It happens every year…
Path Through History | Jack LaDuke’s Adirondack Journal
Students in Franklin County, New York are learning this month how an important era in our nation’s history is connected to some landmarks right in their own communities in the North Country. Our Jack LaDuke shows us.