Things to Do in Glens Falls, Mid-winter 2009

Downtown Events

Saturday, February 7, 4pm - 8 pm
2009 North Country Micro Brew Festival
Check out what is being poured by your favorite North Country Micro Breweries. Several of the brewers are featuring something new, and you'll also have a chance to sample beers from smaller microbrewers. This year's festival is being held at the Queensbury Hotel in downtown Glens Falls. Tickets are $20 advance, $25 at the door.


Crandall Public Library

Black History Month Film Series

Tuesday, February 3, 6:30 pm-8:30 pm
Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun
Director Sam Pollard and writer Kristy Anderson combine dramatic reenactment, archival footage, and narration to establish the wide-ranging contributions of author Zora Neale Hurston best known for Their Eyes Were Watching God. They use Hurston’s own ethnographic films of Eatonville, the all-black community of her childhood. Maya Angelou, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Alice Walker, who rescued Hurston from obscurity in the 1970’s, examine this lively, dramatic, contradictory personality who helped to usher in the Harlem Renaissance. Crandall Public Library and the Glens Falls Chapter of the NAACP Celebrate Black History Month 2009 and the 10th Annual African-American Film Forum In the Library’s Community Room A discussion will follow each film This program is made possible in part with public funds from the NYS Council on the Arts, a State agency.

Tuesday, February 10, 6:30 pm -8:30 pm
Trouble the Water
Just as Tia Lessin and Carl Deal were packing their gear after a failed attempt to produce a documentary on Hurricane Katrina and the National Guard in Louisiana, Kimberly Rivers Roberts burst onto the scene, claiming she had footage that “should be worldwide. Ain’t nobody got what I got.” She was right. Immediately, they joined forces to tell a story of courage and survival in the face of what had become a federal disaster. Torrential rains and rising waters pushed residents into a self-reliant, courageous post-storm existence as Roberts and others make their way through the rubble, and endure the red tape of governmental indifference. Awards: 2008 Full Frame Documentary Festival – Grand Jury Award; Kathleen Bryan Edwards Award for Human Rights; 2008 Sundance Film Festival – Documentary Grand Jury Prize; 2008 Silverdocs Festival – Honorable Mention Crandall Public Library and the Glens Falls Chapter of the NAACP Celebrate Black History Month 2009 and the 10th Annual African-American Film Forum In the Library’s Community Room A discussion will follow each film This program is made possible in part with public funds from the NYS Council on the Arts, a State agency.

Tuesday, February 17, 6:30 pm -8:30 pm
The Order of Myths
Margaret Brown offers an up-close perspective on the oldest Mardi Gras celebration in the U.S. in her hometown of Mobile, Alabama. Unlike the more famous rites in New Orleans, the events in Mobile have been racially segregated from the start with both black and white Mardi Gras celebrations which run one after the other. Both celebrations are put on by mystic societies that accept this racial divide in a city with a diverse government, and one that is currently served by a black mayor. The queens, kings, and their courts have always been invited to the others’ ball but neither has ever accepted the invitation. In a year when the documentary crew was filming, mystic society members of both races face the camera, masked and unmasked, explain and defend the history of this local beloved tradition. 2008 Silverdocs Cinematic Vision Award 2008 Sundance Nomination – Best Documentary Crandall Public Library and the Glens Falls Chapter of the NAACP Celebrate Black History Month 2009 and the 10th Annual African-American Film Forum In the Library’s Community Room A discussion will follow each film This program is made possible in part with public funds from the NYS Council on the Arts, a State agency.

Tuesday, February 24, 6:30 pm -8:30 pm
Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North
Katrina Browne, in her filmmaking debut, navigates the waters of racial politics through a personal documentary about her slave owning ancestors, the New England DeWolfs. The largest slave-trading family in U.S. history, they transported over 10,000 Africans in the triangle trade of humans, rum and sugar. Browne invited over 200 DeWolf ancestors to participate in a re-tracing of that route – from Rhode Island, to the slave forts of Ghana, to the sugar plantations of Cuba, and back. Nine family members agreed. Browne chronicles their travels, disagreements about the family’s history, and the group’s self-examination. At one point, one of the film’s African-American producers openly speaks her mind on camera and confronts the family about her feelings about their journey and perceptions. This year marks the U.S. bicentennial of the abolition of the slave trade. The film’s journey, not merely one of geography and history, prompts the group to formulate questions pertinent to race relations today – what of reparation, both spiritual and material? What was our complicity? What are our responsibilities – as a nation, and as individuals of the white race? 2008 Silverdocs Cinematic Vision Award; 2008 Sundance Nomination – Best Documentary Crandall Public Library and the Glens Falls Chapter of the NAACP Celebrate Black History Month 2009 and the 10th Annual African-American Film Forum In the Library’s Community Room A discussion will follow each film This program is made possible in part with public funds from the NYS Council on the Arts, a State agency.

Crandall Library Special Events

Friday, February 6, 2009 (9am to 5pm)
Saturday, February 7, 2009 (9am to 4pm)
Sunday, February 8, 2009 (1pm to 4pm
Friends of Crandall Public Library Book Sale

Charles R. Wood Events

Friday, February 13, 7:30 pm
A Walk in the Woods Wrightstage Productions. "A Walk in the Woods" is fiction, but based on a true incident from the last years of the Cold War. During the 1982 Geneva peace negotiations, American delegate Paul Nitze would occasionally stroll through the nearby forest between negotiation sessions. During one of these walks, he encountered Yuli Kvitsinsky, a member of the Soviet delegation. In an informal setting away from bureaucratic protocol, these two men of good will were able to discuss nuclear brinkmanship (and possible solutions) far more honestly than they were able to do at the negotiating table.The Russian is a seasoned veteran who has mastered the Soviet "hard line," is urbane and humorous but, at the same time, profoundly cynical about what the current sessions can accomplish. His young American counterpart is a newcomer to the arms-control talks, is a bit stuffy and pedantic, but also fervently idealistic about what can—and must—be achieved through perseverance and honest bargaining. They continue their informal meetings as the talks drag on and the seasons change, and through their absorbing and revealing conversations we become aware both of the deepening understanding between these two wise and decent men and also of the profound frustration that they increasingly feel. Local actors John Kearney and Nicholas Baroudi star in this performance.

Friday, February 20, 7:30 pm
Saturday, February 21, 7:30 pm
Belle of Amherst
"The Belle of Amherst" by William Luce, delicately explores the life of Emily Dickinson, America's greatest woman poet, at various stages in her experience from the age of 15, when she was full of hope and success, until she died at 56, a virtual recluse with her door closed against society. Her life is recreated with liberal excerpts from her poetry and by the method of her playing the roles ofher father, teacher and friends. Mr. Luce wrote the play for Julie Harris, who won her fifth Tony Award for Best Actress in 1977. The first performance was at the Moore Egyptian Theatre in Seattle, Washington, on February 25, 1976.The play opened on Broadway on April 28, 1976, at the Longacre Theatre after playing Seattle, Denver, Chicago, and Boston. This performance is produced by The Charles R. Wood Theater and Wrightstage Productions by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. Local actress Barbara Miner stars in this production.

Friday, March 6, 7:00 pm
Saturday, March 7, 2:00 pm
Sunday, March 8, 2:00 pm
Willie Wonka Junior Adirondack Children's Troupe

Sunday, March 22, 12:30 & 4:00 pm
Our Own Cinderella Adirondack Ballet Theatre

Saturday, April 4, 11:00 am
Billy Goats Gruff Lake George Opera: Opera To Go. Opera for Children. This is a FREE event.

Sunday, April 5, 7:00 pm
Timeless Tango Fusion Dance Company

Friday, April 17, 7:30 pm
Tom Paxton in Concert Cafe Lena

Friday, May 1, 8:00 pm
Saturday, May 2, 8:00 pm
Sunday, May 3, 2:00 pm
Confessions of a Dirty Blonde Glens Falls Community Theatre

Saturday, May 9, 6:00 pm
Rising Stars at the Wood Second annual fundraiser for the Wood Theater featuring the best of local High School talent!

Saturday, May 16, 8:00 pm
Tribute to the Armed Forces Concert by Lake George Community Band

Wednesday, May 20, 2:00 pm
Thursday, May 21, 7:00 pm
Mayhem at the Wood aka Law & Disorder
Glens Falls Community Theatre's Senior Workshop. Donations accepted at the Door.

Saturday, May 30, Time TBD
Dance Recital Glens Falls Ballet and Dance

Red Fox Bookstore

Thursday, February 5, 2009 7:00 pm
Slideshow Presentation Come join us at Red Fox Books for a slideshow presentation and discussion with Michael Carpenter.

Monday, February 9, 2009 6:00 pm
Poetry Open Mic Come join us at Red Fox for our monthly second Monday poetry open mic.

Tuesday, February 10, 2009 3:30 pm
Teacher Appreciation Day Teachers: come join us for chair massages, refreshments, and giveaways. Please RSVP by Feb. 6th....

Saturday, February 14, 2009 10:30 am
Valentine's Day A special storytime about LOVE! Bring your favorite friend (stuffed animal or doll) ...

Thursday, February 26, 2009 7:30 p.m.
Foodie Book Group The Foodie book group will meet tonight to discuss the book "Trail of Crumbs" by Kim Sunee.

Saturday, February 28, 2009 1:00 p.m.
Tea Tasting and Book Signing
Come join us at Red Fox for a tea tasting, booksigning, and talk with author and tea connoisseur Michael Harney, author of "Harney and Sons Guide to Tea".

Rock Hill Bakehouse

Our Progressive Film Forum memberships are just $25/yr ($15 Seniors/Students). Members can borrow films without charge. There are plenty of thought-provoking DVD's to choose from as we use our membership dollars exclusively to buy and screen new films.


Wednesday, February 4, 7:00 pm
DEMOCRACY FOR AMERICA (DFA) All are welcome. Local Democrats meet the first Wednesday every month to plan, organize and support candidates for local, regional and national office. http://www.democracyforamerica.com/

Thursday, February 5, 7:00 pm
OPEN MIC NIGHT hosted by our very own Cory Avon. Sing, play, read or just watch and listen. Free.

Saturday, February 7, 7:00 pm
HEART OF THE GAME (2006) Ward Serrell 98 min. RT Rating = 86 % "Sink your teeth in their necks! Draw blood!" is the rallying cry of the Roosevelt Roughriders girls' basketball team. Imagining themselves as a pack of wolves, the girls tear into opposing teams and stand together as warriors both on and off the court. When Seattle filmmaker Ward Serrill met Bill Resler, a college tax professor who moonlights as a girls' basketball coach, he didn't realize that he was about to embark on an incredible seven-year journey. Serrill, camera in hand, followed Resler - who looks more like Santa Claus in Birkenstocks than a whistle-blasting high school coach - into the Roosevelt High School gym and soon discovered a group of girls whose unbridled toughness, passion and energy he came to call 'the heart of the game'. Then, one day, onto the Roughriders' court (and into the film) walked Darnellia Russell - a tough, inner-city girl whose off-court struggles would eventually threaten to crash the star athlete's plans to play college ball and be the first person in her family to get a college education. At the center of the film is Darnellia's unforgettable true story - the loss of her eligibility and her legal battle to get back on court to play the game that means everything to her. With Coach Resler, her team and her family standing by her side, she takes on enormous personal obstacles as well as the ruling body of high school sports in Washington State.

Thursday, February 12, 7:00 pm
OPEN MIC NIGHT hosted by our very own Cory Avon. Sing, play, read or just watch and listen. Free.

Saturday, February 14, 7:00 pm
THE CULT OF THE SUICIDE BOMBER (2006) Robert Baer 96 min RTB Rating = 100 % Modern day suicide bombers who strike fear into the heart of Western cities are a relatively recent phenomenon. Baer’s film reveals the secret history of the suicide bomber, from the child martyrs of the Iran-Iraq war to the truck bombers in Southern Lebanon, to the young men and women who now strap explosives to their bodies and calmly blow up themselves and hundreds of others in the streets of the Middle East. Bob Baer is the former CIA agent whose book, See No Evil, was the inspiration for the film, Syriana.

Thursday, February 19, 7:00 pm
OPEN MIC NIGHT hosted by our very own Cory Avon. Sing, play, read or just watch and listen. Free.

Saturday, February 21, 7:00 pm
GIRLHOOD (2003) Liz Garbus 82 min RT Rating = 94 % Tells two coming-of-age stories from the real America: Shanae, ten years old when she was gang-raped by five boys, responded by drinking and drugging, and then graduated to murder, with the stabbing death of a friend, at age 11. Megan, whose mother abandoned her to turn tricks to support her ravaging heroin addiction, ran away from ten different foster homes before being arrested for attacking another foster child with a box cutter. Both girls ended up in the Waxter Juvenile Facility, home to Maryland's most violent juvenile offenders. It is here that their journeys really begin. With unprecedented access to the system and to the complex interior lives of the protagonists, the film follows Shanae and Megan over the next three years as they struggle to come to terms with their crimes, their pasts, and their futures. Both will struggle to come of age in an America in which childhood, as we would all like to imagine it, is in shorter and shorter supply. A story of mothers and daughters, crime and consequences, and ceaseless striving in the face of inconceivable adversity, Girlhood is a testament to the faith and struggles of two girls just trying to grow up.

Thursday, February 26, 7:00 pm
OPEN MIC NIGHT hosted by our very own Cory Avon. Sing, play, read or just watch and listen. Free.

Friday, February 27, 7:00 pm
* Booksigning & Reading * A booksigning and reading by a wonderful writer and great friend of the cafe whose identity we promise to announce shortly!

Saturday, February 28, 7:00 pm
SPEEDO (2004) Jesse Moss 78 min Exposing all the thrills and spills of the demolition derby, this highly personal documentary from director Jesse Moss focuses on the life of driver Ed "Speedo" Jager. Life as a top derby racer takes its toll on Jager's private life, with every professional peak being leveled out by a very personal trough. Totally addicted to the rush of the track, the latest in a long line of tragedies to befall the superstar is the break-up of his marriage. Moss captures all the gruesome details on camera, as well as Jager's pursuit of a track official who catches his eye. The film is shot over a year in the life of the driver, and captures all the highs and lows he encounters.

Wednesday, March 4, 7:00 pm
DEMOCRACY FOR AMERICA (DFA) http://www.democracyforamerica.com/
Local Democrats meet the first Wednesday of each month to plan, organize and support candidates for local, regional and national office. All are welcome.

Thursday, March 5, 7:00 pm
OPEN MIC NIGHT Hosted by our very own Cory Avon. Sing, play, read or just watch and listen. Free.

Friday, March 6, 7:00 pm
LITTLE ROCK - 50 YEARS LATER (2006) Brant & Craig Renaud 70 min This documentary film explores the ways in which race relations have changed--and the ways in which they've stayed the same--as Brent and Craig Renaud return to Little Rock Central High School fifty years after the famous incident in which nine African-American students were denied entrance to the building by an angry white mob.

Thursday, March 12, 7:00 pm
OPEN MIC NIGHT Hosted by our very own Cory Avon. Sing, play, read or just watch and listen. Free.

Friday, March 13, 7:00 pm
PUCKER UP (2005) Kate Davis & David Heilbroner 76 min RT Rating = 80 % This appropriately named film is a documentary on the world of competitive whistling. The filmmakers travel to the International Whistling Convention and Competition in North Carolina to view the latest competitors, as well as giving a detailed history of the sport.

Thursday, March 19 7:00 pm
OPEN MIC NIGHT Hosted by our very own Cory Avon. Sing, play, read or just watch and listen. Free.

Friday, March 20, 7:00 pm
A/K/A TOMMY CHONG (2007) Josh Gilbert 80 min RT Rating = 70 % A dynamic portrait of comedy legend Tommy Chong, set against the unfolding political horror story of post 911 America. Filmmaker Josh Gilbert follows the tragic and absurd tale of Chong as he travels down the rabbit hole of America's war on drugs and the federal prison system after becoming the primary target in a government sting, code named "Operation Pipe Dreams." In February of 2003, at a time of unparalleled assaults to our freedoms by international terrorists, John Ashcroft and U.S. Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan spent 12 million dollars to take down Tommy Chong for selling art glass water pipes (a/k/a bongs) over the internet. In the words of the great Magritte, "Ceci n'est pas une pipe." What emerges is an intimate portrait of a cosmic character, caught in the crosshairs of a surreal Cheech and Chong fantasy come to life.

Thursday, March 26, 7:00 pm
OPEN MIC NIGHT Hosted by our very own Cory Avon. Sing, play, read or just watch and listen. Free.

Friday, March 27, 7:00 pm
EXCELLENT CADAVERS (2005) Marco Turco 92 min RT Rating = 77 % Based on the book by Alexander Stille and featuring the photos of Sicilian photojournalist Letizia Battaglia, the film chronicles the recent history of the Mafia and its integral, seemingly ineradicable, relationship to postwar Italian politics. Whereas in the past the Cosa Nostra used to kill only their own, beginning in the Seventies the Mafia began assassinating prosecutors, judges and others who were fighting them, and thus began producing the "excellent cadavers," as Sicilian writer Leonardo Sciascia called them. This documentary focuses on the efforts of two courageous prosecutors, Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, whose efforts in the mid-Eighties led to the Maxi-Trials in Palermo, where, in a heavily-protected underground bunker the size of a football field, hundreds of Mafia defendants were tried and convicted. The film shows us that successive Italian governments -- including the current Berlusconi regime -- either ignore the Mafia or essentially do nothing about it.

Saturday, March 28, 7:00 pm
PIANO MADNESS (Part Two) Local composer and pianist, Steven Galluci, cooks up more of his unique blend of his own classical and contemporary music.

Hyde Collection

Sunday, February 8, 2009 through Sunday, April 19, 2009
Thomas Chambers (1808-1869): American Marine and Landscape Painter This exhibition - the first major survey of Thomas Chambers' work since 1942 - seeks to define his style, examine his sources, and investigate the popular audience for marine and landscape painting in the mid-nineteenth century. Active for almost three decades as a painter, Chambers left behind a boldly expressive and puzzling body of work. Recovered from obscurity in the mid-twentieth century, he was enthusiastically celebrated as an American folk painter whose rhythmic sense of contour, lively pattern, and strong color anticipated modern taste.
Thomas Chambers (1808-1869): American Marine and Landscape Painter will feature approximately sixty works, borrowed from public and private collections throughout the United States, including forty-five paintings by Chambers and related paintings by his contemporaries.
This exhibition was organized by the Philadelphia Museum of Art and its Center for American Art, in association with the Indiana University Art Museum, and with the support of a generous gift from Mr. and Mrs. William C. Buck.

Sunday, April 19
Closing Reception With Kathleen A. Foster, Philadelphia Museum of Art The curator of Thomas Chambers (1808-1869): American Marine and Landscape Painter, Kathleen A. Foster of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, will speak at the exhibition’s closing reception at The Hyde on Sunday, April 19, 2009. Sponsors of the exhibition at The Hyde Collection are SCA Tissue and NBT Bank.

Sunday, July 12, 2009 through Sunday, October 18, 2009
Degas & Music
Coming in 2009 to the Charles R. Wood Gallery. Edgar Degas, known throughout the world as "the painter of dancers," was equally inspired by the world of music. This exhibition will bring together works that reflect the French Impressionist's fascination with music, including portraits of musician friends, dramatic images of cabaret singers, and stunning scenes of the music-filled world of the ballet. Degas & Music presents an engaging subject that has never been explored in depth or chosen as the subject of an exhibition. Degas & Music is organized by The Hyde Collection and curated by guest curators Richard Kendall and Jill DeVonyar.

Chapman Museum Events
Now through Sunday, February 15 Civic Pride: Glens Falls 100 Years Ago Civic Pride, the last in the museum’s Glens Falls Centennial series, is a celebration of 100 years of Glens Falls community - the everyday people who gathered together to supply essential services; achieve goals great and small; share interests and skills; or simply have fun. In a time when women had limited opportunities for advanced education, one finds the Friends In Council, a study group for women. In the aftermath of the Civil War, a Post of the Grand Army of the Republic, veterans helped veterans to recover and rebuild lives.
On a broader scale, groups such the Elks and Masons continued their missions of charitable works and fellowship. Organizations that focused on children and young adults, such as the Boy Scouts and Campfire Girls, began to emerge. Schools and churches flourished. Visitors will discover that people from all backgrounds joined with one another to educate, entertain, guide in faith, foster friendships, and care for and support their neighbors.
Through Civic Pride the museum hopes to represent the many organizations and institutions that played a role in the creation of Glens Falls as a city, and to recognize their contributions. The exhibit features over sixty photographs of civic organizations, schools, churches, fraternal organizations and clubs active in the early decades of the 20th century. Also included are such rare items as a 1920 Campfire Girls uniform worn by Elsie Wolfe and a Knights of Columbus ceremonial sword. To add a current element to the exhibit members of local organizations active today are invited to contribute group photos to post on a special community bulletin board in the gallery.

Now through Thursday, April 30 Stoddard Exhibit: Adirondack Interiors Linen tablecloths, folded napkins, selections of fine cigars… and mounted deer heads? These items do belong together, in the setting of the Adirondack lodgings photographed by Seneca Ray Stoddard. This new exhibit will feature glimpses into the interiors of the hotels and inns that flourished in northern New York during the later 19th and early 20th centuries. While offering a light-hearted view of Victorian “rustic” décor, these fascinating images speak also of the lifestyle enjoyed by the wealthy of the period and their penchant for maintaining a level of comfort and control amidst the wildness of the Adirondack mountains.

Thursday, April 23 - Sunday, October 18, 2009
All Cordially Invited: Entertainment in the North Country, 1850 - 1920
What did people in Glens Falls and other communities in the North Country do for entertainment before TV? The Chapman Historical Museum’s summer 2009 exhibit, All Cordially Invited, will explore forms of entertainment from 1850, when most North Country communities were quite isolated, through 1920 when the automobile and the radio radically changed how people socialized.
In the 19th century the ball or dance was a popular form of entertainment that drew people together, often to support a local cause. Other social gatherings included lectures, picnics, revival meetings, clam roasts, excursions and ice cream socials. Later, railroads brought the circus and Wild West shows to town. Agricultural fairs, baseball games and horse tracks attracted crowds of spectators. People also experienced such new forms of entertainment as vaudeville acts and nickelodeons -- to be replaced by movie houses. Soon to follow in the 20th century was the radio, which with the automobile ended the region’s isolation, changing social customs as it did.
"All Cordially Invited" is planned in conjunction with the Hyde Collection’s Season of Degas. From July 12 to October 18, 2009, The Hyde Collection in Glens Falls, New York will present Degas & Music, an exclusive exhibition devoted to the music-inspired works of French Impressionist Edgar Degas (1834-1917). To enhance the experience of regional visitors and tourists alike, The Hyde Collection is collaborating with area arts and community organizations to present a full summer/fall calendar of Degas-related events. The Season schedule will include exhibits, musical performances, lectures, and family events complementing the Degas exhibition.

LARAC Events

Now through Saturday, February 28 Apply for the LARAC June Festival LARAC seeks those who create fine art and craft to participate in our 38th Annual June Festival.

Now through Saturday, March 7
What's Out Is In Northeast Feltmaker's Guild Annual Juried Exhibit.
and Avian Sculpture by World Class Woodcarver Richard Jones.

Thursday, February 12, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Artist Potluck at LARAC Are you a local artist looking for information and opportunity to help you promote your art? Or are you interested in getting to know more artists in the area? LARAC invites you to an Artist Potluck themed “For the Love of Art”, on Thursday, February 12th from 6 to 8pm. Open to the public, artists of all mediums are invited to attend this no cost event. Bring a dish and share an evening of fun and food with other artists. Come to exchange ideas and resources, and announce your upcoming exhibitions and events! LARAC staff will also be on hand to announce 2009 events including exhibitions in Lapham Gallery, low-cost workshops for artists and organizations, opportunities in the LARAC Shop, the June and Fall festivals, plus grant opportunities. And while we are celebrating the theme of love, LARAC will be accepting non-perishable food items for donation to a local food pantry. The community will thank you! For the Potluck set-up purposes please RSVP by February 10th, 518-798-1144 x 2 or email gallery@larac.org.

Thursday, March 26 - Saturday, April 25
ONCE AGAIN Jane Bouchard, Helga Grobel, Lynda Naske, Jon Segan, Lise Winne. Opening Reception: Friday, March 20, 5-7 pm

Friday, May 8 - Sunday, June 14
LARAC ANNUAL MEMBERS SHOW Opening Reception: Friday, May 8, 5-7 pm. Due to the popularity of this exhibition, we must limit each member to one piece of artwork.

Saturday, May 23, 7:00 pm
Art Auction to Benefit the Glens Falls Medical Mission to Guatemala
**SAVE THE DATE**
Enjoy an evening of music, wine and refreshments during a unique fine art and utilitarian art auction. From painting, photography and pottery to walking sticks, trout flies and hand painted original floor cloths; this auction is not to be missed!

Saturday, June 13, 10 am - 5 pm
Sunday, June 14, 10 am - 5 pm
2009 LARAC June Arts Festival Glens Falls City Park, downtown Glens Falls. Local non-profit groups provide food as well as various children’s activities.

Friday, June 26 - Friday, July 31
MIDSUMMER MIX Opening Reception: Friday, June 26, 5-7 pm

Friday, August 14 - Sunday, October 4
IN THE SPIRIT OF DEGAS: ART INSPIRED BY MUSIC Juried exhibition: Work to be dropped off Aug. 1, 3, 4. Pick-up of work not juried into the exhibition: Aug. 6, 7, 8. Opening reception: Friday, August 14, 5-7 pm

Friday, October 9 - Saturday, October 31
THE WORK OF TOM MYOTT Opening Reception: Friday, October 9, 5-7 pm

Glens Falls Civic Center

Saturday, February 7, 5 pm
Albany River Rats AHL Hockey
The Albany River Rats, of the American Hockey League, will play four of their home games at the Civic Center this season.

Sunday, February 8, 2 PM
High School Hockey
South High Hockey South Glens Falls vs. Mohon/Scalmont

Thursday, February 12, 7 PM
High School Hockey
South High Hockey South Glens Falls vs. Queensbury

Friday, February 13
Saurday, February 14
Adirondack League Basketball Tournament

Wednesday, February 18, 7:30 PM
Larry the Cable Guy Comedy show.

Friday, February 20
Saturday, February 21
Section II High School Wrestling Championships

Tuesday, February 24, 7 PM
Wednesday, February 25, 10:30 AM
Wednesday, February 25, 7 PM
Sesame Street Live

Saturday, February 28, 4:30pm
Section II High School Hockey Championship

Sunday, March 1, 5 pm
WWE Smackdown Live

Monday, March 2
Tuesday, March 3
Wednesday, March 4
Thursday, March 5
Friday, March 6
Saturday, March 7
Section II High School Basketball Championships

Sunday, March 8, 5 pm
Albany River Rats AHL Hockey
The Albany River Rats, of the American Hockey League, will play four of their home games at the Civic Center this season.

Monday, March 9
Section II High School Basketball Championships

Friday, March 20, 10 AM
Friday, March 20, 5 PM
Saturday, March 21, 9 AM
Saturday, March 21, 5:30 PM
Sunday, March 22, 1 PM
High School Hockey
New York State Public High School Boys Basketball Championship Tournament

Wednesday, March 25, 7 PM
Harlem Globetrotters

Thursday, March 26
Larry the Cable Guy

Friday, March 27
Saturday, March 28
Sunday, March 29
High School Basketball
New York State Federation of Secondary Schools Athletic Association
Boys & Girls Basketball Championships

Friday, April 3, 7:30 pm
Albany River Rats AHL Hockey
The Albany River Rats, of the American Hockey League, will play four of their home games at the Civic Center this season.

Saturday, April 4, 1:30 pm
Playhouse Disney Live on Tour!

Friday, April 17
Saturday, April 18
Sunday, April 19
North Country Home and Garden Show

Monday, April 27
Music As A Weapon IV Tour Featuring Disturbed, Killswitch Engage, Lacuna Coil, Chimaira. Festival opens at 2PM. Concert starts at 7PM. TICKETS ON SALE SATURDAY JANUARY 31 at 10AM. All Tickets: $39.75

Things to Do in Glens Falls in 2009

Crandall Public Library

Tuesday, February 3, 10, 17, 24
Black History Month Film
The NAACP will co-sponsor a film and discussion series on Tuesday evenings in February with Crandall Public Library. Movie titles and a schedule will be announced soon.

Friday, February 6, 2009 (9am to 5pm)
Saturday, February 7, 2009 (9am to 4pm)
Sunday, February 8, 2009 (1pm to 4pm
Friends of Crandall Public Library Book Sale

Charles R. Wood Events

Due to losing our Film Distributor we must cancel the remaining films in our series. We apologize for any inconvenience. The Wood Theater is busy searching for another distributor. The Wood Theater would like to thank NYSCA, Warren County and LARAC for their support of the film festival.

Saturday, January 30, 7:30 pm
Sunday, January 31, 7:30 pm
The Musical "Oliver" Saint Mary / Saint Alphonsus Players.

Friday, February 13, 7:30 pm
A Walk in the Woods Wrightstage Productions.

Friday, February 20, 7:30 pm
Saturday, February 21, 7:30 pm
Belle of Amherst
Wrightstage Productions.

Red Fox Bookstore

Rock Hill Bakehouse

Our Progressive Film Forum memberships are just $25/yr ($15 Seniors/Students). Members can borrow films without charge. There are plenty of thought-provoking DVD's to choose from as we use our membership dollars exclusively to buy and screen new films.

Our current "ARTIST IN RESIDENCE" is MONTANA TRACY (11/30 to 1/24). Montana is a photographer and a good friend of the cafe. She has an excellent eye and her photographic work is warm and emotional and honest. Darkness AND light abound.

Saturday, January 24 7:00 pm
THE HEMP REVOLUTION (1998) Anthony Clarke 75 min. RT Rating = N/A Tells the amazing and little known story of the Hemp plant. Probably the first plant to be cultivated and one of the world’s largest agricultural crops until the late 1800’s, this feature length documentary explores the plant’s fascinating history, its thousands of uses, the economic and cultural forces behind its prohibition and its modern potential to solve some major environmental problems. Hemp, together with biotechnologies presented in the film, can be a panacea of answers to societal issues as varied as bio-fuel, sustainable natural food supply, clothing and energy needs. George Washington saw Hemp as an answer to independence while corporate America sought to regulate and criminalize it using marihuana as an excuse.

Thursday, January 29 7:00 pm
OPEN MIC NIGHT hosted by our very own Cory Avon. Sing, play, read or just watch and listen. Free.

Saturday, January 31 7:00 pm
BAM 6.6 - HUMANITY HAS NO BORDERS (2006) Jahangir Golestan-Parast 80 min. RT Rating = N/A %
This film transcends geopolitical differences with a simple message of love and hope amidst tragedy, unfolding through the story of two young American victims of this devastating earthquake. Set against a backdrop of death and destruction, BAM 6.6 captures the indomitable will of the human spirit and the pervasive and altruistic culture of Iranian hospitality, kindness and generosity. Veteran film producer/director Jahangir Golestan-Parast, visually captures the horrendous destruction that took 50,000 lives and left tens of thousands injured, orphaned and homeless. Eschewing a sterile narration, Golestan tells the story of tragedy and resurrection through sequential and emotional interviews that allow viewers to draw their own conclusions on a first-hand basis. You are introduced to Tobb and Adele, the American tourists buried in the rubble, as you experience the personal and medical hospitality extended to Adele and her parents following Tobb's death. You will meet tour guide Farzaneh Khatame, who selflessly stayed with the American couple throughout their ordeal. You will experience the Iranian children as they find the inner resources to prevail over such overwhelming loss and destruction. You will come to realize the sacrifices made by Jilla Kashef as she works to help these children overcome their vulnerability and begin a journey of recovery. The ruins of the 2,000-year-old Citadel may portray the outward face of the earthquake, but Bam 6.6 portrays the magnificent inner strengths of love, hope, kindness and human commonality. As reviewer Brian Appleton stated, “I assumed it would put me in tears…I certainly did not think that it would bring any joy.”

Wednesday, February 4, 7:00 pm
DEMOCRACY FOR AMERICA (DFA) All are welcome. Local Democrats meet the first Wednesday every month to plan, organize and support candidates for local, regional and national office. http://www.democracyforamerica.com/

Thursday, February 5, 7:00 pm
OPEN MIC NIGHT hosted by our very own Cory Avon. Sing, play, read or just watch and listen. Free.

Saturday, February 7, 7:00 pm
HEART OF THE GAME (2006) Ward Serrell 98 min. RT Rating = 86 % "Sink your teeth in their necks! Draw blood!" is the rallying cry of the Roosevelt Roughriders girls' basketball team. Imagining themselves as a pack of wolves, the girls tear into opposing teams and stand together as warriors both on and off the court. When Seattle filmmaker Ward Serrill met Bill Resler, a college tax professor who moonlights as a girls' basketball coach, he didn't realize that he was about to embark on an incredible seven-year journey. Serrill, camera in hand, followed Resler - who looks more like Santa Claus in Birkenstocks than a whistle-blasting high school coach - into the Roosevelt High School gym and soon discovered a group of girls whose unbridled toughness, passion and energy he came to call 'the heart of the game'. Then, one day, onto the Roughriders' court (and into the film) walked Darnellia Russell - a tough, inner-city girl whose off-court struggles would eventually threaten to crash the star athlete's plans to play college ball and be the first person in her family to get a college education. At the center of the film is Darnellia's unforgettable true story - the loss of her eligibility and her legal battle to get back on court to play the game that means everything to her. With Coach Resler, her team and her family standing by her side, she takes on enormous personal obstacles as well as the ruling body of high school sports in Washington State.

Hyde Collection
Now through Sunday, January 18, 2009
California Impressionism: Paintings from the Irvine Museum at Charles R. Wood Gallery
California Impressionism: Paintings from The Irvine Museum will include sixty stunning paintings of California Impressionist art. Impressionism found fertile ground in California in the early twentieth century. Known as the "The Land of Sunshine" with its temperate climate and remarkable landscape, California was a popular locale for painters who worked en plein air, or out of doors, seeking to infuse their work with intense light and color.
The artists comprising this group include Maurice Braun, Anna Hills, Edgar A. Payne, Hanson Puthuff, Guy Rose, Elmer Wachtel, Marion Kavanagh Wachtel, William Wendt and several other noted painters of this period. The exhibition is accompanied by a full-color catalogue, with four essays by the leading authorities in the field of American Impressionism including William H. Gerdts, Ph.D., Harvey L. Jones, David Dearinger Ph.D., and Jean Stern. The exhibition is organized by The Irvine Museum, Irvine, California.

Sunday, February 8, 2009 through Sunday, April 19, 2009
Thomas Chambers (1808-1869): American Marine and Landscape Painter

Sunday, July 12, 2009 through Sunday, October 18, 2009
Degas & Music
Coming in 2009 to the Charles R. Wood Gallery. Edgar Degas, known throughout the world as "the painter of dancers," was equally inspired by the world of music. This exhibition will bring together works that reflect the French Impressionist's fascination with music, including portraits of musician friends, dramatic images of cabaret singers, and stunning scenes of the music-filled world of the ballet. Degas & Music presents an engaging subject that has never been explored in depth or chosen as the subject of an exhibition. Degas & Music is organized by The Hyde Collection and curated by guest curators Richard Kendall and Jill DeVonyar.

Chapman Museum Events
Now through Sunday, February 15 Civic Pride: Glens Falls 100 Years Ago Civic Pride, the last in the museum’s Glens Falls Centennial series, is a celebration of 100 years of Glens Falls community - the everyday people who gathered together to supply essential services; achieve goals great and small; share interests and skills; or simply have fun. In a time when women had limited opportunities for advanced education, one finds the Friends In Council, a study group for women. In the aftermath of the Civil War, a Post of the Grand Army of the Republic, veterans helped veterans to recover and rebuild lives.
On a broader scale, groups such the Elks and Masons continued their missions of charitable works and fellowship. Organizations that focused on children and young adults, such as the Boy Scouts and Campfire Girls, began to emerge. Schools and churches flourished. Visitors will discover that people from all backgrounds joined with one another to educate, entertain, guide in faith, foster friendships, and care for and support their neighbors.
Through Civic Pride the museum hopes to represent the many organizations and institutions that played a role in the creation of Glens Falls as a city, and to recognize their contributions. The exhibit features over sixty photographs of civic organizations, schools, churches, fraternal organizations and clubs active in the early decades of the 20th century. Also included are such rare items as a 1920 Campfire Girls uniform worn by Elsie Wolfe and a Knights of Columbus ceremonial sword. To add a current element to the exhibit members of local organizations active today are invited to contribute group photos to post on a special community bulletin board in the gallery.

Now through Thursday, April 30 Stoddard Exhibit: Adirondack Interiors Linen tablecloths, folded napkins, selections of fine cigars… and mounted deer heads? These items do belong together, in the setting of the Adirondack lodgings photographed by Seneca Ray Stoddard. This new exhibit will feature glimpses into the interiors of the hotels and inns that flourished in northern New York during the later 19th and early 20th centuries. While offering a light-hearted view of Victorian “rustic” décor, these fascinating images speak also of the lifestyle enjoyed by the wealthy of the period and their penchant for maintaining a level of comfort and control amidst the wildness of the Adirondack mountains.

LARAC Events

Now through Saturday, February 28, 2009 Apply for the LARAC June Festival LARAC seeks those who create fine art and craft to participate in our 38th Annual June Festival.

Thursday, February 12 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Artist Potluck at LARAC Are you a local artist looking for information and opportunity to help you promote your art? Or are you interested in getting to know more artists in the area? LARAC invites you to an Artist Potluck themed “For the Love of Art”, on Thursday, February 12th from 6 to 8pm. Open to the public, artists of all mediums are invited to attend this no cost event. Bring a dish and share an evening of fun and food with other artists. Come to exchange ideas and resources, and announce your upcoming exhibitions and events! LARAC staff will also be on hand to announce 2009 events including exhibitions in Lapham Gallery, low-cost workshops for artists and organizations, opportunities in the LARAC Shop, the June and Fall festivals, plus grant opportunities. And while we are celebrating the theme of love, LARAC will be accepting non-perishable food items for donation to a local food pantry. The community will thank you! For the Potluck set-up purposes please RSVP by February 10th, 518-798-1144 x 2 or email gallery@larac.org.

Saturday, May 23, 2009, 7:00 pm
Art Auction to Benefit the Glens Falls Medical Mission to Guatemala
**SAVE THE DATE**
Enjoy an evening of music, wine and refreshments during a unique fine art and utilitarian art auction. From painting, photography and pottery to walking sticks, trout flies and hand painted original floor cloths; this auction is not to be missed!

Glens Falls Civic Center

Saturday, February 7, 5 pm
Albany River Rats AHL Hockey
The Albany River Rats, of the American Hockey League, will play four of their home games at the Civic Center this season.

Sunday, February 8, 2 PM
High School Hockey
South High Hockey South Glens Falls vs. Mohon/Scalmont

Thursday, February 12, 7 PM
High School Hockey
South High Hockey South Glens Falls vs. Queensbury

Wednesday, February 18, 7:30 PM
Larry the Cable Guy
Comedy show.

Tuesday, February 24, 7 PM
Wednesday, February 25, 10:30 AM
Wednesday, February 25, 7 PM
Sesame Street Live

Sunday, March 8, 5 pm
Albany River Rats AHL Hockey
The Albany River Rats, of the American Hockey League, will play four of their home games at the Civic Center this season.

Friday, March 20, 10 AM
Friday, March 20, 5 PM
Saturday, March 21, 9 AM
Saturday, March 21, 5:30 PM
Sunday, March 22, 1 PM
High School Hockey
NYSPHSAA Boys Basketball Championship Tournament

Wednesday, March 25, 7 PM
Harlem Globetrotters

Friday, April 3, 7:30 pm
Albany River Rats AHL Hockey
The Albany River Rats, of the American Hockey League, will play four of their home games at the Civic Center this season.