Things to Do in Glens Falls, August 2010

Downtown Events

Saturday, September 11, 2010, 9 am
Remembering the Fallen - 9/11 Ceremony Glens Falls Fire Station, 134 Ridge Road. Please join us as we remember and reflect upon the fallen men and women who gave their lives.

Thursday, September 16, 5:00pm - 10:00 pm
Art in the Public Eye

Wednesday, September 22, 6:30 pm
CHAIRitable Auction The “Chair”-itable Auction is FREE to anyone who wants to join the party, no reservations required! The auction will take place on Wednesday, September 22; the preview starts at 6:30PM, the auction begins at 7PM. The auction will be held at 166 Glen Street (next to The Chocolate Mill). Look for the auction sign in the window. And last, it’s important to note that there are no minimum bids and no reserve bids, so you could get a great deal on a fine piece of
functional art.
Martin Seelye will still be the auctioneer extraordinaire for the evening, sure to entertain. Artists will receive 25% of the sale price of their chairs, and any proceeds from the project will benefit the City Park Restoration Project, Crandall Public Library, and Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council. Artists will be touching up their chairs if necessary to ensure that they are auctioned off in pristine condition.

Friday, September 24, 5:30p - 9:30p
Adirondack Balloon Festival Kickoff From 5:30pm to 9:30pm, Glen Street will be closed off to make one big block party so folks can safely enjoy the downtown fun. Over 50+ classic cars on display. The Boothill Band and Bobby Dick & The Sundowners will perform. Balloonists who will be show off their baskets. Upstate Model Railroaders will have a model train set up on the sidewalk. At 9:30, fireworks from Centennial Circle!

The Shirt Factory

Saturday, November 27, 10 am - 5 pm
Sunday, November 28, 10 am - 5 pm
Open House at the Shirt Factory

Crandall Public Library
No films scheduled.

Charles R. Wood Events

Friday, September 10, 7:30p
Saturday, September 11, 7:30p
Eurydice Pendragon Theatre of Saranac Lake presents Sara Ruhl’s “Eurydice”. Eurydice was produced off-Broadway at New York's Second Stage Theatre in June-July 2007. Prior to that it had been staged at Yale Rep (2006), Berkeley Rep (2004), Georgetown University, and Circle X Theatre. Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice is one of the most acclaimed plays in recent years, written by one of the contemporary theatre’s most celebrated playwrights, (The Clean House, In the Next Room,) Eurydice revisits the Orpheus myth through the eyes of its heroine. It is the playwright’s posthumous love letter to her own father. Tickets are $23, Seniors: $19, Students: $11 including all fees.

Friday, September 17, 8 pm
Saturday, September 18, 8 pm

Neil Akins In: “Mark Twain Tonight” Presented by Wrightstage Productions in Association with the Wood Theater.

Saturday, September 25, 2p
The Jungle Book Pendragon Theatre of Saranac Lake presents “The Jungle Book.”

Wednesday, September 29, 7p
Ed Asner As FDR Presented by Adirondack Broadcasting.

Friday, October 1, 7:30p
Saturday, October 2, 7:30p
Imaginary Invalid Pendragon Theatre of Saranac Lake presents Moliere’s “Imaginary Invalid.”

Saturday, October 9, 8pm
Lorreta LaRoche Humorist, Acclaimed Stress Expert and Emmy nominated PBS star, Loretta LaRoche has been enlightening and entertaining millions with her unique vision of the absurdities of our evolved lifestyle. Her hilarious one-woman comedy shows have played in many theatres throughout the country. She shows that for most of us life has become such a pressure cooker of unrealistic expectations, information overload, relentless marketing and workaholism that we spend our days stressed out over being stressed out. With her contemporary wit and a hearty dose of old-world wisdom, Loretta brings a breath of fresh air for everyone who’s suffocating in our techno crazed, germ-phobic, “go-go-go” world. For tickets ($45.50) and more information about The CR Wood Theater or this event, call the box office at

Saturday, October 16, 6p
Your Help Carries Wait: Wait House Gala Fundraiser

Friday, October 22, 8p
Pops Concert with the Lake George Community Band

Saturday, October 23, 3p and 7:30 pm
The Return of The Rat Pack with WCKM Radio

Thursday, November 4, 8p
John Lennon Song Project Birthday Celebration with Rex Fowler and Tom Dean.

Sunday, November 7, 8p
The Applause Factory presents Pianist George Winston

Friday, November 12, 8p
Saturday, November 13, 8p
“It Goes Without Saying” Starring Bill Bowers. Presented by Adirondack Theatre Festival and Lynx Ensemble.

Thursday, November 18, 8pm
John Waite in Concert Adirondack Broadcasting proudly announces a solo acoustic performance by John Waite featuring hits Change, When I See You Smile, Missing You and many more. Tickets for the first performance in the Adirondack Broadcasting Acoustic Music Series for Richard Marx sold out in nine days! Tickets can be purchased on line at www.woodtheater.org or by visiting the box office at 207 Glen Street in Glens Falls, NY.

Friday November 19
Saturday, November 20
Warren Miller’s “Dynasty” Ski Film Presented by West Mountain Educational Association.

Red Fox Bookstore

Every Saturday, 11 am
StoryTime for Busy Families

Wednesday, September 15, 7:30 pm
Geoffrey O'Brien, author of The Fall of the House of Walworth: A Tale of Madness and Murder in Gilded Age America.

Thursday, September 16, 5 pm
Amy Guglielmo, Touch the Art Series/Third Thurs Art Walk Meet the authors of the popular Touch the Art series. And join in a touch-the-art project coordinated by The Hyde Collection. At Red Fox Books, in conjunction with the Third Thursday Art Walk. For more information on the series, please visit www.touchtheart.com

Saturday, September 25, 2 pm
David Pitkin, Ghosts of New England Booksigning with author David Pitkin. His newest book is Ghosts of New England.

Friday, October 8, 7 pm
David Klein Author of the new novel, Stash.

Friday, October 15, 7 pm
Jon Katz, Rose in a Storm Jon Katz will discuss his new novel, Rose in a Storm. Event will take place in the Community Room of Crandall Public Library. Preorder Rose in a Storm and take 20% off list price.

Monday, October 25
Laurie Halse Anderson Author of the new YA novel, Forge.

Saturday, November 13
Spelling Bee with Crandall Library and The Chronicle! Stay tuned for more information.

Rock Hill Bakehouse

Every Saturday & Sunday Noon to 2 pm Live Acoustic Renaissance

Progressive Film Forum Our entire DVD collection is free to borrow with the purchase of a Film Forum membership ($25 a year - $15 Seniors/Students). Membership entitles you to borrow any film without charge. Upon its return, you may borrow another. 100% of your annual dues are used to purchase more films for our collection.

Lending Library We have amassed a collection of interesting books and are excited to share them with you. So, please feel free to borrow books from our collection. We just ask that you make an honest effort to return them so that others can enjoy them, as well.

Matt's latest scribblings for the Times Union.

Hyde Collection

Friday, September 3, 7 pm
Saturday, September 4, 7 pm
Andrew Wyeth in Music, Poetry, and Dance The Hyde Collection once again presents a Catherine Reid multimedia event in conjunction with its summer exhibition. Titled Andrew Wyeth in Music, Poetry, and Dance, the performance piece is based on original music by Catherine Reid and will be held on Friday and Saturday evenings, September 3 and 4, 2010 in the Museum’s Helen Froehlich Auditorium. Inspiration for the presentation is the Museum’s Andrew Wyeth: An American Legend exhibition that closes this Labor Day weekend.
The experience, which explores Andrew Wyeth’s work and life, will feature several modern/jazz/hip-hop dances choreographed by Heather Walczyk and performed by her dance team. The dances will be accompanied by projected collages created by visual producer Katherine Corney and featuring images by writer/photographer Jon Katz. A beat poet/rap piece that represents the three generations of artists (NC, Andrew, and James Wyeth) will be performed by Chris Reed Jr. and Nick Lyon. Laura Roth, Debbie Gecewicz, Patrick Doyle, Hillary Parker, Jim Chaffin, and Scott Jarett will perform Catherine’s musical settings of poems by Wyeth’s contemporaries (that contain imagery relating to Wyeth’s work), as well as Andrew Wyeth-inspired songs with words by local poets Paul Pines and Stu Kuby. In addition, the evenings include poetry written by up-and-coming poets Lucy Reid and Johnny Gecewicz, inspired by the Wyeth painting Christina’s World. According to Reid, “Selections included in the performance were chosen to illustrate specific Wyeth paintings in the exhibition, as well as specific themes in Wyeth’s art, such as mortality, the seasons, and loneliness.” Each performance will be at 7 pm. General admission for these special performances is $30; Hyde members - $20. Seating is limited so reservations are suggested. Advance tickets can be purchased at the Museum or by phone at 518-792-1761 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              518-792-1761      end_of_the_skype_highlighting, ext. 10.

Sunday, September 5, 2 pm
The Art of The Wyeths at The Farnsworth Michael Komanecky, who is the chief curator at The Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine, will discuss the Farnsworth pictures that are featured in The Hyde’s current exhibition Andrew Wyeth: American Legend. In addition, he will discuss the Wyeth family legacy at The Farnsworth and how the works came to be a part of that museum’s distinguished collection. The lecture will be held at 2 pm. Admission to the talk is free for members; suggested donation for all others is $5 and includes admission to historic Hyde House. This is the closing day of The Hyde’s summer exhibition. Tickets for the Andrew Wyeth: An American Legend exhibition are $5 for members and $10 general admission. Children under 14 are admitted free of charge.

Now through Sunday, September 5, 2010
Andrew Wyeth: An American Legend The exhibition, organized by The Hyde Collection, will introduce the broad span of work by this most beloved American artist. Curated by Hyde Executive Director David F. Setford and Deputy Director and Chief Curator Erin B. Coe, the exhibition will seek to unravel the myth surrounding Wyeth and understand the man behind the paintbrush. According to Setford, “This will be the first opportunity since the artist’s death earlier this year to begin to critically reevaluate his contribution to and position in American art of the twentieth century.”
The exhibition will feature sections devoted to early coastal watercolors and landscape paintings, as well as a look at Wyeth’s models, his interest in vernacular architecture, and his connection to both the Regionalist tradition and Magic Realism.
The exhibition will comprise approximately fifty works, with the core coming from the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine. Featured in the exhibition will be examples of the artist’s works created in dry brush, watercolor, pencil, and tempera - including The Hyde’s own Wyeth watercolor – The Ledge and the Island, 1937- as well as works on loan from museums and private collections. “By showing the spectrum of the artist’s subject matter and his masterful skill in a variety of media, we expect the exhibition to appeal to a very broad audience,” said Coe.

Friday, September 24, 2010, 6:30 - 9:30 pm
8th Annual A Taste of Art The evening’s offerings include a broad array of wines, complementary foods, and live entertainment. Putnam Wine (Saratoga Springs) brings wines from New York and other US wine-producing regions, as well as vintages from Europe, South America, and Australia. The wines are complemented by food samplings from a number of area restaurants including SUNY Adirondack Culinary Program, The Anvil Restaurant, Friends Lake Inn, Fifty-South, GG Mama’s, The Georgian, The Grist Mill on the Schroon, The Inn at Erlowest, Luisa’s Italian Bistro, and The Sagamore. Attendees will have to opportunity to bid on silent auction items including regional food specialties, ceramics, and original works of art and will be entertained by the music of Tim Wechgelaer and Larry Clyman, playing a variety of roots- based music, including folk, blues, Irish, and swing standards.
Tickets for ‘A Taste of Art’ are $75 per person. Reservations are required and accepted on a first-come, first served basis. Those interested in attending should call 518-792-1761 ext. 23 or email bchildress@hydecollection.org. A special master class is open to Connoisseur Committee members (those contributing an additional $250 to the event). This year’s master class will feature the wines of Kermit Lynch, a Berkeley, CA-based importer, focusing on traditional, classic, and French wines. Liz Farley, a representative from Kermit Lynch, will be on hand from Manhattan for the evening. Because of the limited master class space, those wishing to join the Connoisseur Committee should contact the Museum at their earliest convenience.

Chapman Museum

Now through Sunday, September 5
Special Places: An Exhibit Featuring YOUR History For all of us there are special places that evoke strong memories of experiences from the past. Everyone has favorite stores where they shopped, restaurants where they socialized with friends, or secluded spots where they found quiet. A home, or a camp on the lake, has associations with family gatherings. Beaches, backyards and ball fields prompt memories of summer fun.
Special Places will be shaped by what members of the community choose to share with each other. People are invited to get out their personal photo collections and to see which photos evoke memories, and to bring favorite photos into the museum. There they will be reproduced and displayed so those memories can be shared with others. Items are welcome as well. Throughout the run of the exhibit people are encouraged to return to discover what memories others have contributed.
One doesn't have to contribute a photo to participate. To start the flow of memories the exhibit is seeded with more than 50 photos of places from the area's past. Included are images of street scenes, schools, churches, major factories and well-known stores. A large Memory Map allows people to share their memories of special places in the greater Glens Falls region, from northern Saratoga County to Lake George. For families there also will be activity in which kids can make maps of their own neighborhoods.
During the spring and summer the museum will host a series of evening Community Sharing Sessions open to the general public. Participants will have conversations about such topics as great restaurants, shopping in Glens Falls, fun in Crandall Park and favorite spots in the area. More serious discussions will address urban renewal, suburban sprawl and what's important to keep. The discussion topics also will be posted on the Chapman's Facebook so that people who cannot attend may participate.

Ongoing
S.R. Stoddard Exhibit - Animal Studies
Stoddard is best known for his landscape views of the Adirondack region. However, he also photographed other subjects that caught his creative fancy. This lighhearted sampling of the museum's 3000 Stoddard photographs features animals -- kittens, dogs, cows and even a frog.

Lower Adirondack Arts Council

Now through Saturday, September 18
LARAC “Viewpoints” Exhibit The exhibit explores the works of five artists: Robert Hacunda, Anne Havel, John Kudukey, Judith Plotner, and Dolores Thomson. Through the use of photography, oils, fabrics, and organics such as clay, enamels, metals, and glass, “Viewpoints” is an exhibit reflecting diverse interpretations of the artists’ world around them; for example, their sense of personal connection to the earth, the fragility and timelessness of nature, the essence of life experiences, and the celebration of imperfections around us.
Lapham Gallery is located on City Park in Downtown Glens Falls. For more information on the exhibit, or for directions to Lapham Gallery, call 798-1144, x-2 or visit the website at www.larac.org. This exhibition is made possible in part with public funds from the NY State Council on the Arts, a state agency. Gallery hours are Tuesday – Saturday, 10 am – 3 pm.

Glens Falls Civic Center

Wednesday, December 8,
NCAA Basketball: Brigham Young University vs. University of Vermont Glens Falls native Jimmer Fredette leads the Brigham Young Cougars agaisnt the Catamounts of the University of Vermont.

Lake George Dinner Theatre

June 30 through October 14, see website for specific times
Our Son's Wedding Sparks fly as an Italian-American plumber and his strong-willed wife check into Boston's Ritz-Carlton Hotel on the occasion of their son's nuptials--to another man! In the hilarious antics preparing to attend the wedding, Mom & Dad discover as much about their own marriage as they do about the relationship with their son, while coming to terms with a love that transcends tradition. OUR SON’S WEDDING is a timely, 'laugh-out-loud', poignant new play. (For Mature Audiences)

Special Events

Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 7:00 PM
Notre Dame Glee Club at Glens Falls High School Auditorium The Notre Dame Glee Club will be performing in Glens Falls as part of their 2010 Fall Tour. The ND Glee Club tours each Fall and Spring all over the United States, but only performs in the Northeast US once every 2-3 years, and may never again perform this close. Don't miss this wonderful opportunity to see one of the Nation's premier all-male collegiate choral groups on Tuesday, October 19, 2010 at 7:00 PM at the newly renovated Glens Falls High School Auditorium. Tickets are $15 and available online at www.woodtickets.com.