| Performing Arts |
Community Theatre Players, Inc. visit website
Community Theatre Players is an amateur theatre organization established in 1972. Through volunteer efforts they stage three or four productions each year.
Lake Placid Center for the Arts visit website
(518) 523-2512
Largest arts organization in the Tri-Lakes region and one of the few in the entire Adirondacks region that is open year round and has its own facilities. Produces local community theater, hosts professional dance troupes, classical concerts and theater presentations, regular art film viewings, offers a series of programs for youngsters and school groups throughout the year, and hosts year round daily exhibits in two Fine Arts Galleries.
Lake Placid Sinfonietta
(518) 523-2051
Dedicated musicians, devoted audiences and the individual stamp of five conductors have combined to create one of this country's finest summer orchestras: Each orchestra member is a recognized artist and it is a sinfonietta tradition to include a number of its own musicians as soloists in concert programs.
Pendragon Theatre Company visit website
(518) 891-1854
The Adirondacks' only year-round professional theatre. Award winning professional company, stages imaginative and innovative productions of classical and contemporary threatre throughout the year.
| Live Music |
The Downtown Thursday Night Entertainment Series schedule
Finest local and regional musicians on the Berkeley Green each Thursday night in July and August.
Saranac Lake Friday Night In The Park Concert Series schedule
Brings both regionally and nationally renowned bands to Riverside Park on the shore of Lake Flower every Friday night in July and August.
Adirondack Festival of American Music
In residence each July, and for over 20 years has celebrated the imagination and exuberance of American music with concerts and workshops held at venues throughout the village.
Local Pubs
host a variety of bands throughout the year.
| Antiques and Crafts |
Annual Antique/Craft Fairs
These shows provide a festive atmosphere in which to enjoy the finest pottery, jewelry, weaving, carving, basketry and rustic furniture that the Adirondacks has to offer.
Antique shops
Provide opportunities to search for treasures in a number of charming settings.
| Fine Arts |
Art Shows
Galleries
| Art Organizations |
Arts Council for the Northern Adirondacks visit website
(518) 962-8778
Organized in 1980 to promote, encourage, develop and sustain cultural activities at the local and regional level, to facilitate the sharing of information, to provide technical assistance to emerging and established cultural organizations and artists, to assist the artist and audience in obtaining the resources and publicity of the cultural community and deliver cultural programs.
High Peaks Artists
(518) 576-4457
This group of artists from Keene and Keene Valley produces an annual art exhibit of its members in the Keene Valley Fire Department. The art exhibition and sale generally is held in August. Admission is free.
Lake Placid Institute for the Arts and Humanities visit website
(518) 576-2063
The Lake Placid Institute for The Arts and Humanities fosters and sustains arts and cultural activities in the Adirondacks. Its cultural and educational activities include a series of Summer Music Seminars, ethics seminars for schools, professional and community groups, and sponsoring visual arts workshops, and Adirondack-wide school projects.
Mountain Artists of New York
(518) 946-7152
P.O. Box 429, Wilmington 12997 š 946-7152
MANY is a group of Adirondack artists and crafters who work cooperatively to exhibit their work. The group showcases its artists every Memorial Day and Thanksgiving weekend in Wilmingtonās Town Hall, off N.Y. Route 3. Admission is free.
Paint and Palette
(518) 523-3837
Group of artists, primarily painters and illustrators from Saranac Lake and Lake Placid area, arranges group and individual exhibits for its members. A summer exhibit and sale is generally held in the Town Hall in Saranac Lake in early August. Admission is free.
