Join The Bookstore Plus in welcoming author Jeanne Selander Miller to Lake Placid on Saturday, October 6th. Miller will be reading from her memoir, A Breath Away: A story of love, loss and light from noon to 2 PM. Copies of her book will be available to purchase and Miller will be available to answer questions. For more information, please visit www.thebookstoreplus.com or call 518-523-2950.

Please join The Bookstore Plus in welcoming the authors of Adirondack Mysteries and Other Mountain Tales to Lake Placid on Saturday, October 6^th from 3-5 PM. Several of the authors of Adirondack Mysteries and Other Mountain Tales: Volume 2 will be on hand to sign copies of this new volume, including John Briant, Patti Brooks, Cheryl Ann Costa, Jenny Milchman, Paul Nandzik, W. Keith Pomeroy, Woody Sins, Otto Vanschoonhoven & Dennis Webster. For more information, please visit www.thebookstoreplus.com or call 518-523-2950.

Mountain Lakes art show at Lake Placid Library opens 10/11

An exhibition of artworks by students of Mountain Lakes Academy will open with a free reception at the Lake Placid Public Library on Thursday, October 11 from 6 to 8 p.m.

Mountain Lakes art instructor Ann Bayruns and her students, aged 12 through 18, are  bringing together projects that include free-form sculptures, drawings, paintings and photography.

Food for the reception will be provided by students in the school’s culinary arts program, which has catered several events from weddings to meetings in the Lake Placid area.

“The students are really excited over this opportunity to show people of the community their art works and let them know the kinds of projects we do at the school,” said Ms. Bayruns.  “We hope that a lot of people take time to drop in.”

All are invited.

The show will remain at the library through November 10.

Paul Smiths Gabriels Volunteer Fire Department is holding an open house on Saturday October 13th from 10am until 4pm at the fire station.

Live Fire Matics Demonstration at noon

Franklin County Emergency Services Fire Prevention Trailer with education for the kids

Food and beverages for a donation

Bring the kids to sit in the trucks and check out the equipment

Interested in Volunteering? the fire service offers many different jobs. See what they have to offer.

Artists Rachel S. Lamb and C. Peter Ordway will exhibit their painted relief wood carvings at the Saranac Lake Free Library from October 15 to November 18, 2012 in a show titled “Carvings, Contemporary and Abstract.”

           Rachel produces dramatically stained and painted carved forms in wood; her stylistic renditions of nature show seasonal flair with images of dreamy, ethereal, and fantasy scenes.  One of her wood carvings was featured on the cover of the Arts Directory for The Arts Council for the Northern Adirondacks this year.  She displays her works at NorthWind Fine Arts Gallery in Saranac Lake, NY.

           Peter carves scenes of nature in wood, using a realistic style in the folk art tradition. He finishes his works with colorful paint and stains, allowing the carved wood to be the prominent feature of each piece. This is the premier exhibit of his most recent artistic creations.  He will also display some of his photographic art at this show.

           Both artists find satisfaction in the slow carving process.  Working with their hands using steel chisels and knives, applying finishes, turning raw wood into creative artistic reliefs, they allow the world around them to momentarily fade away as they produce one of a kind pieces.

           A “Meet the Artist” opening reception will be held Friday, October 26, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at the Cantwell Room in the Saranac Lake Library on Main Street in Saranac Lake. Be sure to take this opportunity to see the most recent additions to the long tradition of Adirondack relief carving.

 Contact – C Peter Ordway 518-523-9561

Artists Rachel S. Lamb and C. Peter Ordway will exhibit their painted relief wood carvings at the Saranac Lake Free Library from October 15 to November 18, 2012 in a show titled “Carvings, Contemporary and Abstract.”

           Rachel produces dramatically stained and painted carved forms in wood; her stylistic renditions of nature show seasonal flair with images of dreamy, ethereal, and fantasy scenes.  One of her wood carvings was featured on the cover of the Arts Directory for The Arts Council for the Northern Adirondacks this year.  She displays her works at NorthWind Fine Arts Gallery in Saranac Lake, NY.

           Peter carves scenes of nature in wood, using a realistic style in the folk art tradition. He finishes his works with colorful paint and stains, allowing the carved wood to be the prominent feature of each piece. This is the premier exhibit of his most recent artistic creations.  He will also display some of his photographic art at this show.

           Both artists find satisfaction in the slow carving process.  Working with their hands using steel chisels and knives, applying finishes, turning raw wood into creative artistic reliefs, they allow the world around them to momentarily fade away as they produce one of a kind pieces.

           A “Meet the Artist” opening reception will be held Friday, October 26, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at the Cantwell Room in the Saranac Lake Library on Main Street in Saranac Lake. Be sure to take this opportunity to see the most recent additions to the long tradition of Adirondack relief carving.

 Contact – C Peter Ordway 518-523-9561

Roy Brinker, the Best in Show winner of the 2012 juried art show at the Adirondack Artists Guild, will be the featured artist at the November show at the Guild.  His exhibit, “Vessels,” will be on display from Friday, November 2 through Tuesday, November 22.  Each fall the winner of the spring juried show is given the opportunity to present a solo exhibition.  This year Karen Grant, Russ Hartung, and Lynda Naske, the three other award winners in the show, have also been invited to hang two works each.

The Tea Cup

Brinker, a Plattsburgh resident, writes of his work, “I am intrigued by what happens when my eye interprets an object that exists in space, and through the use of my hand attempts to recreate this object on a two dimensional surface. There is so much that can happen during this process, and much of it is frustrating but also pleasing. I think of this as a process of abstraction. When the third dimension that allows something to be built, held, and used is discarded or lost, an abstraction is the result. Two dimensions are not restrictive and so it is possible to distort reality. Artists and art lovers have found beauty in this distortion since this interpretation became possible.

”While sitting in front of an object and drawing or painting it, I naturally focus on trying to create an accurate representation. The camera though, has made accuracy easily obtained, so it can seem trivial to draw from life. For me, though, the value is not in the accuracy but in the small abstractions and bits of myself that distort the work making it unique and giving it value.

”The drawings and paintings that I am presenting in this exhibition represent a recent return to creating images from life after many years of life itself taking priority. I have limited myself to objects that could be defined as vessels. This was a way for me to diminish the anxiety of choosing a subject. It also conveniently gives me a name for the show.”

Roy Brinker’s path to art began when he was a young child, and became more formalized in high school when he attended drawing classes and workshops.  Later, his teachers at the Laguna Beach School of Art pushed his understanding of art into the realm of thought, experience and expression.  He worked in sculpture, as an art handler/installer, and managed a crew to restore the iron artifacts at the Los Angeles Central Library.  His next creative challenge was as a clay modeler in the automotive design industry, translating the drawn concepts of car designers from two or three dimensions to quarter and full scale models.

The Teapot

“Now,” Brinker writes, “I have a daughter who has a creative mind similar to mine.  It has been really fun to sit down with her for fifteen or thirty minute drawing sessions, and see how she develops her skills in order to express herself.  These sessions with my daughter led me very directly into the kind of classes I have been conducting at the North Country Cultural Center for the Arts for the last year and a half.  I have enjoyed making drawing a challenging and nurturing experience for the various students who have come to learn.

”I thank the Artists Guild for affording me this show. I was not ready to consider showing my paintings on such a scale, and preparing for it has been a strong motivation and cause for consideration of my work. It was my desire to fill the alcove with paintings, but the harder I tried to produce quantity the slower my brush moved, and so I have included my drawings as well. More important, I am grateful that Karen Grant, Russ Hartung, and Lynda Naske have agreed to help fill the space with their fine work also.”

The show opens on Friday, November 2 with a reception from 5-7 PM.  It runs through  Thursday, November 27.  Everyone is welcome.

The Adirondack Artists Guild is a cooperative retail art gallery representing a diverse group of regional artists residing and working in the Tri-Lakes region of the Adirondack Park. The gallery is located at 52 Main St, Saranac Lake, 518 891-2615.  Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 10 until 5 and 11-3 on Sundays.  The gallery is closed on Mondays. The Guild is on the web at www.adirondackartistsguild.com, and on Facebook at Adirondack Artists Guild.

Author Reading with Author Reading with International Bestselling author Hillary Jordan

Wednesday, November 7th 6:30 PM
Meet the Author Night at The Whiteface Lodge
Cost $5.00, cash bar available

Author, Hillary Jordan will be with us to discuss When She Woke.

The Bookstore Plus’ fall author reading is back! Bring your book club, bring a friend or spouse, come meet new friends and be ready to hear author Hillary Jordan read and discuss When She Woke. This is a fun night to mingle with old friends, meet new friends and discuss great books. The pre-reading event includes cash bar with choice of appetizers starting at 6:30 followed by the reading at 7 PM. For more information, please visit www.thebookstoreplus.com or call 518-523-2950.

As an added bonus The Whiteface Lodge will be offering 20% off any spa treatment any Tuesday after the event for the month of November. The special discount card will be passed out at the event and may be redeemed at The Spa.

Suzanne Langlier-Lebeda will be the featured artist at Pendragon Theatre,Saranac Lake,NY-November, 2012 – January 1, 2013. The artist’s reception is November 10, 5-7 p.m. at the theatre,15 Brandy Brook Ave.

The exhibit, “Selected Works” features mixed media images, including drawings, paintings and photographs with writing, selected from solo exhibits held at The Adirondack Artists’ Guild, Saranac Lake, NY where she has been a member since 2004.

Images from “Works on Paper”, “Winter Solstice: Darkness into Light” and “Raquette River Seasons” reflect nature as the common theme. The images explore the enigmatic nature of the seasons, the contemplation of nature as metaphors in human terms, and strive to capture elusive essences and intimations in nature that seem just out of reach or understanding.

The images, in “Works on Paper”, for example, reflect her experience as a graphic designer and use the discipline of that design process, grid-like compositions and white space to communicate the “story” of the image.

Suzanne was Publications director/designer at SUNY Potsdam and now does freelance design and illustration: SnowLine Design; snowlinedesign.com.

For further information, contact the theatre: 518-891-1854, via email: pdragon@northnet.org or on the web: pendragontheatre.org.

“How I see the Adirondacks,” is the theme by fine arts photographer Carl Rubino in his upcoming show at the Lake Placid Public Library.  All are invited to a free reception for the opening from 5 to 7 p.m., Friday, November 16.

The exhibit will encompass the past five years of Rubino’s work which includes shimmering reflections on a beaver pond, raging rivers, trees that look like paintings and naturally occurring abstracts in stunning colors. His works vary in size from huge to note card. Rubino says that when he was five years old, his mother played classical music and told him if he closed his eyes he would be able to “see” the music. “That has made all the difference in the way I see the creative world,” he says.

Rubino’s photos have appeared in Adirondack Life, and are part of the permanent collection at The View in Old Forge. He has had solo shows in Burlington, VT and recently had two large works chosen for the Adirondack Juried Art Show at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts. He also teaches for the Adirondack Photography Institute. Samples of his works may be seen at carlrubino.photoshelter.com.

The show will remain at the library’s Guy Brewster Hughes Gallery until the second week of January. The LPPL is open from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday. There is never any admission charge.

EVENING STORY TIME PROGRAM – Join the fun at an evening children’s Story Time Program on Tuesday, November 20, at 5:30 p.m. in the Children’s Room of the Saranac Lake Free Library,109 Main Street. Terrie Perkins will present stories about Thanksgiving and family. Call 891-4190 for more information.

The Adirondack Artists’ Guild is pleased to announce an exhibition of new pastel paintings by Diane E. Leifheit. The exhibit, “In The Raw,” is scheduled to open November 30 with a reception open to the public to meet the artist from 5-7 PM at the gallery at52 Main StreetinSaranacLake. The exhibit will continue through January 2. This will be the artist’s fifth solo exhibition at the Guild since 2003.

 The body of work presented in the exhibit “In the Raw” will be shown “as is.” The approach for the exhibit is to allow the viewer to really see the color and medium without the one layer that separates the viewer from the work – glass.

“My passion for the medium revolves around color,” said Leifheit. “Pastel has an immediacy that is most striking when it is viewed without glass. The pure pigment glows on the paper, demanding to be seen.”

The body of work includes some paintings of familiarAdirondacklandscapes made outdoors plein air, most not far from the artist’s studio in Gabriels. “There is a cycle to the work.” says Leifheit. “Working with pastel outdoors is wonderful when the weather cooperates but it is nearly impossible when the weather “goes south.” Then my work comes into the studio where I work on other ideas: the figure, still life and other landscapes I have captured via sketch books and photographs. I don’t like getting stuck or pigeonholed in what genres I explore.”

The exhibit will give viewers a variety of subject matter to see. Most of the work is presented “as is,” the way a visitor to the studio would first see a piece, rough edges and all. Without the glass, “In the Raw” makes for an unusual manner to view pastel works in a gallery setting.

Diane Leifheit has been a member of the Guild since 2002.  Her work has been included in numerous solo and group exhibitions regionally and nationally. In 2013 her work “An Incidence of Bridges,” the art map ofSaranacLake’s bridges, will be published by North Light Books in “Strokes of Genius 5.”

The Adirondack Artists’ Guild is a cooperative retail art gallery representing a diverse group of regional working artists. The Guild promotes development of the arts in the community year-round. The art gallery, located at52 Main St.,SaranacLake,  is open 7 days a week in December and is on the web at www.adirondackartistsguild.com.

SARANAC LAKE NY — The Adirondack holiday season begins with the Sparkle Village Craft Show in Saranac Lake on Friday and Saturday, December 7 & 8, 2012. It’s one of the largest handmade craft shows in the North Country, and over 1500 people are expected to attend!

“It’s a great way for people to get a start on their holiday shopping if they haven’t already done so,” said Sylvie Nelson, Executive Director at the Saranac Lake Area Chamber of Commerce.

“It’s a wonderful place to find quality, regionally-made items from artisans – and also a great opportunity to head to downtown Saranac Lake and visit all of the locally-owned shops and restaurants and just make a day of it!”

The Sparkle Village Craft Show is held at Harrietstown Town Hall Auditorium in Saranac Lake NY. The craft show is open Friday from 4pm to 8pm and Saturday from 10am to 4pm. Admission is $1.

It’s the perfect place to find one-of-a-kind holiday giftsfor the special people in your life this season! Browse original paintings and photographs by regional artists and many other unique finds, including handcrafted jewelry, pottery, hats, candles and much more.

The Sparkle Village Craft Show is a juried show. All of the 40 participating vendors are hand-selected artisans with exemplary talent and craftmanship.

The Sparkle Village Craft Fair is sponsored by the Saranac Lake Area Chamber of Commerce. Contact them directly at 518-891-1990 for more information about this event.

SARANAC LAKE NY — The Adirondack holiday season begins with the Sparkle Village Craft Show in Saranac Lake on Friday and Saturday, December 7 & 8, 2012. It’s one of the largest handmade craft shows in the North Country, and over 1500 people are expected to attend!

“It’s a great way for people to get a start on their holiday shopping if they haven’t already done so,” said Sylvie Nelson, Executive Director at the Saranac Lake Area Chamber of Commerce.

“It’s a wonderful place to find quality, regionally-made items from artisans – and also a great opportunity to head to downtown Saranac Lake and visit all of the locally-owned shops and restaurants and just make a day of it!”

The Sparkle Village Craft Show is held at Harrietstown Town Hall Auditorium in Saranac Lake NY. The craft show is open Friday from 4pm to 8pm and Saturday from 10am to 4pm. Admission is $1.

It’s the perfect place to find one-of-a-kind holiday giftsfor the special people in your life this season! Browse original paintings and photographs by regional artists and many other unique finds, including handcrafted jewelry, pottery, hats, candles and much more.

The Sparkle Village Craft Show is a juried show. All of the 40 participating vendors are hand-selected artisans with exemplary talent and craftmanship.

The Sparkle Village Craft Fair is sponsored by the Saranac Lake Area Chamber of Commerce. Contact them directly at 518-891-1990 for more information about this event.

Saranac Lake Holiday Art Stroll Dec 7-8-9

The weekend of December 7-8-9 will find Saranac Lake bustling with art activities, in addition to all the wonderful events planned for “Home for the Holidays”.

The first Holiday Art Stroll has been organized by Saranac Lake ArtWorks. Like the 3rd Thursday ArtWalks in the summer, the public is invited to stroll the festive, holiday decorated streets of Saranac Lake. Visit various art venues for special exhibits, demonstrations, opportunities to meet the artists, live music, and holiday refreshments.

The Adirondack Carousel will be open Friday from 6 – 9 and Saturday and Sunday from 11 – 4 and it’s reported that Santa will be stopping in for a ride!

The Adirondack Artists Guild at 52 Main St. will be open until 7 on Friday and Saturday, with regular 11 – 3 hours on Sunday. The featured artist of the month is Diane Leifheit, whose exhibit of pastels ‘In the Raw” will be on display. The works of the other 13 members of the Guild will also be on display and there will be free refreshments.

Up above the Artists Guild, Matt Paul and Maria DeAngelo will have their studio open with work on display and refreshments available.

Mark Kurtz Photography, also above the Artists Guild, will be open Friday until 8 pm, Saturday til 6 and Sunday from 12 – 4 with “hot, steaming holiday refreshments to warm the stroller between gallery visits”!

Friday from 4 – 8 and Saturday from 10 – 4 the Saranac Lake Area Chamber of Commerce “Sparkle Village Arts & Crafts Fair” will be going on in the Harrietstown Town Hall. 40 regional vendors will have their handicrafts on display for holiday shoppers.

Pendragon Theatre is hosting a Holiday Cabaret Fund Raiser on Friday evening with some holiday music and a “sprinkling of showtunes”! Art work by Artist Guild member Suzanne Langelier-Lebeda is on display in the theatre gallery.

The Small Fortune Studio will be open during the weekend with Tim Fortune at work, as usual, on his oils and watercolors of the Adirondacks. Stop in for a chat with the artist!

Sandra Hildreth, another painter of Adirondack landscapes, will have an Open House at her home Studio/Gallery at 182 Lake Street on Sunday, only, from 10 – 4.

The “Enchanted Christmas on Helen Hill” will be continuing with various artists studios open on Saturday from 11 – 3. More information is on their Facebook page.

Over at 36 Broadway, there will be live music at the Left Bank Cafe, where the “Rustic Riders” will be performing Saturday from 7 – 9. The NorthWind Fine Arts gallery is hosting a Holiday Reception on Friday from 6 – 8 pm.  New small works by all 10 gallery members will be on display as well as handmade ornaments. Refreshments available and the gallery will be open throughout the weekend. At Piece by Piece studio, Beth Gallagher will be open until 7 on Friday and Saturday and will conduct demonstrations on how to make fabric and wool ornaments.

Bluseed Studios, at 32 Cedar St., welcomes visitors to stop in and see “Tsi Nón:we Tewèn:teron / Where our home is”, an exhibit of original, hand-made traditional prints by  Iroquois artists trained at the Atelier CIEM in Mirabel, QC.

“Home for the Holidays’ will be hosting a Marshamallow Roast Friday from 4 – 6; a Community Sing-Along with High School Carolers, and at 5 pm the official Tree Lighting in Berkeley Square with Mayor Clyde Rabideau.

Come celebrate both the Holiday season and the arts in Saranac Lake! To obtain more information, visit SaranacLakeArtWorks.com.

Sandra Hildreth, shildreth@roadrunner.com, 518-891-1388

Saranac Lake ArtWorks

PO Box 1274

Saranac Lake, NY

CHILDREN’S HOLIDAY PARTY — The Story Time Holiday Party, sponsored by the Saranac Lake Free Library, 109 Main Street, will take place Thursday, December 13, at 10:30 a.m., in the Thomas B. Cantwell Community Room. The program will include seasonal stories and festive treats. All preschoolers are cordially invited to attend. Call 891-4190 for more information.

EVENING STORY TIME PROGRAM – Join the fun at the evening children’s Story Time Program on Tuesday, December 18, at 5:30 p.m. in the Children’s Room of the Saranac Lake Free Library,109 Main Street. Terrie Perkins will present stories about the holidays. Call 891-4190 for more information.