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The Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts is set to welcome local instructor, historian, and artisan Hallie Bond to teach participants how to make balsam wreaths, garland, and pillows on Saturday, November 23rd from 10 am to 4 pm. » Continue Reading.
Posts Tagged ‘Blue Mountain Lake’
Holiday Balsam Bee with Hallie Bond on Nov. 23
Adirondack Museum Antique Show Ending After 25 Years
The Adirondack Experience, The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake (ADKX, formerly the Adirondack Museum) has announced that 2019 will be the last year of its annual Antique Show and Sale.
ADKX said the event will be replaced by the Adirondack Artisan Festival, premiering in September 2020. » Continue Reading.
ADKX Holiday Shopping Offers Local, Artisan Gifts
Adirondack Experience, The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake (ADKX) is set to open the Visitor Center and the ADKX Store for select dates during the holiday season.
Visitors can find unique Adirondack themed gifts made by local and regional artisans. » Continue Reading.
Blue Mountain Wild Forest Comments Being Sought
The Adirondack Park Agency (APA) and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) are holding a joint public comment period to solicit comments for an amendment to the Blue Mountain Wild Forest Unit Management Plan.
Public comment will be accepted until October 30, 2019. » Continue Reading.
Second World War and the Adirondacks Stories, Artifacts Sought
Adirondack Experience (ADKX), formerly the Adirondack Museum, is set to host a free open house event and community collecting day on November 11th, from 10 am to 4 pm, in support of the ADKX 2020 seasonal exhibition From Wilderness to Warfront: The Adirondacks and World War II.
This exhibition, planned to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, is devoted to the connections between Adirondack people and the global conflict. From regional industry and tourism to first-person accounts, the exhibition will explore diverse stories — those previously untold as well as those well-remembered — of regional mine workers, Mohawk code-talkers, Tuskegee airmen, and the countless local men and women who bravely served on the homefront or abroad during the world’s deadliest conflict. » Continue Reading.
Folk and Blues Concert in Blue Mountain Lake
The Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts in Blue Mountain Lake is set to present a folk and blues concert featuring Barry Oreck and Friends on Friday, October 11th at 7:30 pm. » Continue Reading.
Blue Mountain Lake Landmark Reopening To Guests
A notable Blue Mountain Lake historic landmark, The Steamboat Landing, is being reopened as guest accommodations. The complex was established in 1879 to serve William West Durant’s Blue Mountain and Raquette Lake Steamboat Line.
According to Richard Longstreth’s architectural guide to the Adirondacks, portions of the complex were constructed as the baggage house. The large main building was built to house the construction of the steamboat line’s largest craft, the twin-stacked, seventy-five-foot-long Tuscarora. Following the launch in 1900, the building was used to house the vessel during the off-season. » Continue Reading.
Adirondack Preservation Award Winners Announced
Adirondack Architectural Heritage (AARCH) is set to present its annual Preservation Awards on Monday, September 9 to six recipients that exemplify extraordinary stewardship of individual historic properties and ongoing preservation work in communities across the Adirondacks.
The recipients of the 2019 AARCH Preservation Awards are: » Continue Reading.
Plastic Bakelite Documentary Highlights Adirondack Connection
The Indian Lake Theater is set to show the documentary All Things Bakelite: The Age of Plastic by John Maher, a provocative story about the “father of modern plastics.”
Belgian-born chemist and inventor Leo Hendrik Baekeland invented Velox photographic paper as well as what is considered the world’s first synthetic plastic which has been used for everything from jewelry to communications equipment. » Continue Reading.
August Events At ADKX Adirondack Museum
Adirondack Experience, The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake (ADKX) has announced its roster of events for the month of August. Starting on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 9 and 10, the American Mountain Men are returning to the ADKX.
They will pitch tents, build fires, cook rustic meals, demonstrate their firearm, bow shooting, tomahawk and knife throwing skills, and many more traditional wilderness trades during their annual weekend encampment. » Continue Reading.
Eckford Chain Septic Initiative Announced
Community groups and a local septic service company are cooperating to provide discounted septic system pumping to homeowners in the Eckford Chain watershed, which includes Blue Mountain, Eagle and Utowana Lakes, and is the headwaters of the Raquette River.
While Blue Mountain Lake has some of the highest quality water in the state and there is no immediate threat, cottages and houses, some with systems that are quite old, grace the shorelines and tributaries and a pumped-out septic system works better. The goal is to enhance awareness about septic and sewage issues and to inspire homeowners with septic systems to take timely action, perhaps learning the location of their tank and leach field for the first time. » Continue Reading.
‘Made in the Adirondacks’ Fair Returning
Adirondack Experience, the Museum on Blue Mountain Lake, is set to bring artists, artisans, musicians, traditional crafters, and contemporary makers to the campus for its sixth annual Made in the Adirondacks North Country Fair on Saturday, July 20th from 10 am to 5 pm. » Continue Reading.
Two New Maps of Blue Mountain Lake
Divers, amateur geologists, anglers and anyone with curiosity about what lies beneath the waves, will enjoy the new water depth map of Blue Mountain Lake. The printed contour map reveals dramatic underwater terrain. Sharp cliffs tumble into cavities, giant glacial erratics are scattered about, and unseen underwater ridges link some islands while deep holes separate others.
Blue Mountain Lake straddles the divide between the Saint Lawrence and Hudson watersheds and is ringed by mountains whose slopes continue below the surface. An enormous northeast to southwest glacial groove runs under West Bay and includes the lake’s deepest spot. That low point is 102.7 feet down where there is a huge erratic. » Continue Reading.
ADKX Museum Opening Boathouse of Historic Watercraft
Adirondack Experience (formerly the Adirondack Museum) is set to open its ADKX Boathouse on Minnow Pond July 1, 2019.
Visitors can take the historic Minnow Pond Trail to the rustic boathouse designed by contemporary Adirondack architect Michael Bird before paddling around Minnow Pond in an array of historic Adirondack watercraft – some more than 100 years old. » Continue Reading.
Adirondack Experience Now Open
The folks at Adirondack Experience: the Museum on Blue Mountain Lake, which opens for the season today, have spent the winter updating and adding to its exhibits and creating new ones. The popular “Great Outdoors” and “Life In the Adirondacks” exhibits remain along with other permanent and scenic displays.
The new Curious Creatures exhibit explores the relationship of humans, nature, and animals through taxidermy. Some of these private pieces have never been on public exhibition before. Private Views: Collecting the Adirondacks features 19th century artists inspired to paint an Adirondack landscape. Borrowed from private collectors, this exhibit is a unique opportunity to see the work of these artists. » Continue Reading.
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Latest Adirondack News
- Historic Home Being Razed For Dollar Store
- FBI: Violent Hate Crimes At 16-Year High
- Snow Arrives, Skiing Begins
- Study: Mission Up 54 Percent Per Ranger
- Police Search for Missing Teenager
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- Stefanik Uses Impeachment For National Exposure
- New 60 Lot Subdivision Proposed in Schroon Lake
- Warren Co Sales Tax Increase Scuttled
- Stefanik Tweets Attacks During Hearing
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