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Tag: Spotlight
A Dose of Dickens this December
Adirondack Regional Theatre invites you to experience the sounds and scares of a live radio play, with a sprig of holiday cheer. Ghost stories have long been part of the oral tradition, leaving much to the imagination, and A Christmas Carol is the best-known holiday ghost story of all time. Enjoy this timeless December tale like never…
Sing in the Season!
Pianist and composer Adrian Carr invites you to sing in the season in Plattsburgh, New York. He has organized an Interfaith Carol Sing for folks who love music to usher in the Christmas spirit. Participants may sing their favorite carols, and offer song suggestions as well. The event begins at 3 pm this Saturday, December 9th at…
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…
Film Fans Flock to Lake Placid!
Filmmakers and movie lovers will head to Lake Placid this month, for a variety of films, seminars and parties at the 22nd Lake Placid Film Festival. Enjoy Spotlight producer Paul Larson’s interview with festival director Gary Smith about the upcoming events. Special Screenings Special events include a 30th anniversary screening of the film Cool Runnings,with Q&A from Jamaica Bobsleigh Federation…
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…
Costume drama Downton Abbey inspires costume exhibit
This article originally published August 3rd. Many viewers of the Masterpiece Classic program Downton Abbey™ find themselves wishing they could spend some time in the early 1900s world of the Yorkshire estate, and this summer they can get pretty close in Lake Placid, close to the costumes at least, beautiful garments that graced the halls of the aristocratic Crawley…
Mural Celebrates Picture Postcard Destination: Plattsburgh NY
The words “Welcome to Plattsburgh: The Lake City” appear on the latest mural to decorate a wall in the city. Work began June 19th on the 18th mural from Outside Art Plattsburgh Public Art Project, an organization dedicated to decorating public spaces with large-scale works of art, and at 36 hundred square feet, this is…
Two artists share an Alaskan adventure, a century apart
A Dreamer’s Search airs on Mountain Lake PBSFriday, June 30 at 2 pmSaturday, July 1 at 6:30 pmSunday, July 2 at 10:30 am Monday, July 3 at 5 pm Art and nature lovers may behold the majesty of Alaska, through the eyes of two artists living a century apart. One artist is Rockwell Kent, the 20th century…
A fervor for film in the digital age
Old-fashioned reel-to-reel movies? Andy MacDougall owns plenty. The former Press-Republican film critic is marking 50 years of hosting public film exhibition dating back to the day he first threaded up a 16mm projector before a gathering of any size, at age 11 during a classroom presentation while a student at (long-defunct) St. John’s grade school in…
This Week on Mountain Lake Journal – June 16, 2023
This week on Mountain Lake Journal you’re invited to journey to other worlds of imagination, thanks to young filmmakers in the Mountain Lake PBS region. You’ll be seeing a variety of short subjects created for the “Beyond the Peaks” student film festival, as young artists explore the art of making movies. Paul Larson hosts this…
