Music & Arts

Some of the members of Canton's community theater troupe stopped by to talk about their upcoming winter production, Enchanted April. With settings in London, on trains and an Italian villa, the show is a new incarnation of an old-fashioned romantic comedy. Enchanted April opens Thursday, February 11th, at the Presbyterian Church in Canton. Todd Moe talks with some of the cast for a sneak peek at the production.

A song written and performed by Adirondack musicians will reach a very big audience tonight. The song, "In Knowing" by the band Swimming in Speakers will be featured on tonight's episode of Grey's Anatomy. The medical drama on ABC had more than 12 million viewers last week.

Guitarist and songwriter Chris Clarke, of Saranac Lake, says this is a dream come true for him and band mate Meadow Eliz, who lives in Rainbow Lake.

Portions of the song were originally recorded here, in North Country Public Radio's music studio. Clarke came back to the station yesterday and told Jonathan Brown how the song came together.

Listen to the song featured on tonight's episode of Grey's Anatomy.

Lake Placid’s Olympic heritage goes deep — back to 1932, and through the “Miracle on Ice” 1980 games, to this month’s games in Vancouver, Canada. The story of how Lake Placid developed as a winter sports resort and hosted two Olympic Winter Games is told in the documentary Small Town, Big Dreams. The film is being shown nationwide on public television this month as part of the 30th anniversary of the winter games in Lake Placid. It includes rare film footage and audio recordings from museums and private collections. Todd Moe talks with Adirondack-area filmmaker Scott Carroll about some of the people behind the '32 and '80 Winter Olympics, and whether the region could host the winter games again.

Souvenir is running at Vermont Stage Company in the FlynnSpace through February 7 and at the Town Hall Theater in Middlebury February 11-13. Resident theatre critic Connie Meng was at the opening night and has this review. More...

The Our Town Theatre Group in North Creek has invited back a guest director to perform a one-man show this weekend. Bob Paisley, from Kansas City, takes center stage in "The Event" at Tannery Pond Community Center on Saturday night (7:30). It's a one-night-only performance and fundraiser for the theater group. Todd Moe spoke with Bob Paisley about how sometimes a simple piece of theater can shake perceptions of reality.

Flutist and piper Chris Norman and violinist David Greenberg performed music from Scotland and Cape Breton live on The Eight O'Clock Hour while visiting St. Lawrence Univeristy for a 3-day residency.

A new exhibit at the Hyde Collection art museum in Glens Falls explores American Impressionism. The "Enduring Legacy" exhibit includes 64 paintings from the private collection of Saratoga County resident Thomas Clark. His collection is considered one of the finest of this genre in upstate New York. The show is up through March 28. Todd Moe talks with Hyde Collection chief curator Erin Coe about the new exhibit, Thomas Clark and Impressionism, a genre that began in France in the 1870s.

Four North Country men are determined to see that the good old days of barbershop quartet singing are not forgotten. Members of the Adirondack Harmony Company quartet will travel to Tampa this weekend to compete for an international title against 25 other quartets. They’re members of the Canton Goldenaires Barbershop Chorus and the Seaway Sound Chorus from Cornwall, Ontario. Last fall, the quartet won top honors at the Seneca Land District Championship in Rochester. Todd Moe stopped by a recent rehearsal and found four guys who share a love of classic barbershop harmony.

The Lewis County Historical Society’s Black River Valley Concert series continues its sixth season this Saturday night in Lowville. Before she struck out on her own, Kelly Flint made a name for herself, as the sultry voice in Dave’s True Story, a jazzy New York City cult band. Drive all Night is Flint’s first solo cd. These are songs from heart. “Postmodern folk with a tinge of Americana”, according to her website. Todd Moe spoke with Kelly Flint about her own music and the title track from Drive all Night.