Educators help inspire a love of learning and teach us lessons that last a lifetime. In honor of Teacher Appreciation...
Composer Glenn McClure and Northern Lights Choir founder Helen Demong are kindred musical souls. On May 8, their talents unite again with a performance in Saranac Lake of McClure's folk opera Promised Land, telling the true tale of an often-overlooked chapter in the history of the Adirondacks and the fight for racial justice.
We are proud to share that one of our recent stories has been nominated for a Regional Emmy Award by the Boston/New England chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
It’s National Library Week! Here in the North Country, Mountain Lake PBS in Plattsburgh and WPBS in Watertown are partnering with the Clinton-Essex-Franklin Library System, the North Country Library System, the Northern New York Library System, John Brown Lives!, and the NYS Education Department to present screenings of the documentary "The Librarians."
The Plattsburgh State Gospel Choir celebrated thirty-five years of life this weekend, with three days of special programs planned. Yet for this choir, and for longtime director Dexter Criss, this is about more than music. It represents a oneness of humanity, a special plateau that the music director calls 'Level Four.'
A federal court recently struck down part of an Executive Order to end federal funding for PBS and NPR. Unfortunately, that ruling did not restore funding for local stations like Mountain Lake PBS.
Sometimes, music requires a journey. The performance that Champlain Strings will present at the Plattsburgh Memorial Chapel is filled with such adventures. In their presentation of music by Henry Purcell, Isaac Albeniz, and Gustav Holst, listeners will hear the results of wide-ranging travels -- sometimes across oceans, sometimes only a few hundred yards from home -- that changed the lives of each composer and the course of musical history forever.