On Monday, September 21, SUNY Potsdam’s Crane School of Music invites the public to enjoy a Guest Artist Recital by the Virginia Tech Chamber Players at 7:30 p.m. in the Sara M. Snell Music Theater. For more information visit potsdam.edu/academics/crane.

On Tuesday, September 22, learn how to make Silk paper at the Pink House Gallery in Saranac Lake. Carol Boyer will teach you how to produce this beautiful material and then use it to make a very personal journal cover. To register call 518-524-0533.

On Thursday, September 24, there will be a Gallery Talk and Dunkerley Dialogue With Mark Allen, Rachel Seligman and Beck Krefting at the Tang Teaching  Museum in Saratoga Springs. The event starts at 5:30 pm and more information can be found at skidmore.edu/tang.

At 6:30 pm, the Mohawk Valley Center for the Arts has an ‘Art for Good Health’ free workshop. The program will be led by Mary Zielinski, Administrator at Alpine Rehabilitation & Nursing Center in Little Falls. For more information visit mohawkvalleyarts.org.

On Friday the 25th, the Death of Drama will begin its run during the Long Lake Murder Mystery Weekend with two performances. There will be shows at the Adirondack Hotel on the 25th and 26th starting at 7:03 pm. Make your reservations by calling 518-624-4700.

Also on Friday, the 25th, Filmgoers in Lake Placid will unite with audiences in more than 250 cities spanning six continents to view and judge the work of the next generation of filmmakers from around the world when the 18th annual Manhattan Short Film Festival screens at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts at 8:00 pm.  Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door.  Tickets are available by calling the LPCA Box Office at 518.523.2512 or online at lakeplacidarts.org.

On Saturday the 26th, there will be a Watercolor Workshop – Painting The Adirondacks at Gore Mountain from 10 am -3 pm. Led by skilled teaching artist Frances Gaffney, students will enjoy exploring traditional watercolor approaches to landscape painting and develop and enhance their own personal style. Painters at any level are welcome. For more information call 646-539-8023.

Also on the 26th, there’s the Fall Landscapes and Full Moon Rise Photo Tour with Carl Heilman II at View, Old Forge from noon until 8:00 pm. For more information call 315-369-6411 extension 201.

Going on from 1:30 pm till 10:30 pm, is The American Music Festival for the Lake at Lake George – Rock, country, Americana, plus kids activities and more. The festival benefits S.A.V.E. Lake George and is being held at theCharles R. Wood Park – check festivalforthelake.com for specific event times.

Finally on Sunday, you can check out another workshop with Carl Heilman at The Wild Center in Tupper Lake, continue with The American Music Festival for the Lake at Lake George, have an ARTfull Afternoon at the Hyde House in Glens Falls, or listen to the de Blasiis Chamber Music Series while having your ARTful afternoon at the Hyde.