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Excerpts from Living North Country: Essays of Life and Landscapes in Northern New York
Jul 25, 2001 — Writers Elizabeth Inness-Brown and Heather Allison-Jenkins read excerpts from the new book Living North Country: Essays of Life and Landscapes in Northern New York. Go to full article
Looking for the North Country: Is there a distinct North Country culture? Call-in #5
Oct 30, 2000 — We conclude our series of five radio call-in conversations about the place, the people, the history and the local culture we call North Country. Tonight we explore the question: Is there a distinct North Country Culture?--landscape, values, attitudes, expressions? In the studio are series host NCPR news director Martha Foley, TAUNY executive director Varick Chittenden, Betsy Folwell, editor of Adirondack Life magazine, freelance writer and editor Neal Burdick, and John Deans, president of Jefferson Community College. Go to full article
Looking for the North Country: Are we what we make? Call-in #4
Oct 23, 2000 — We continue our series of five radio call-in conversations about the place, the people, the history and the local culture we call North Country. Tonight we explore the question: Are we what we make?--customs, crafts, art and architecture of the region. In the studio are series host NCPR news director Martha Foley, TAUNY executive director Varick Chittenden, Hallie Bond, curator at the Adirondack Museum and author of Boats and Boating in the Adirondacks, Karen Taussig-Lux of the New York Folklore Sociey, and a summer resident of Big Moose Lake, and Steve Engelhart, of Adirondack Architectural Heritage. Go to full article
Looking for the North Country: Bleak, Genuine, Bittersweet
Oct 17, 2000 — In 1984, writer Mason Smith wrote a much-discussed and disputed essay called "North Country," for Adirondack Life magazine. He wrote, in part: "(In my definition of... Go to full article
Looking for the North Country: How do we create a sense of place? Call-in #3
Oct 16, 2000 — We continue our series of five radio call-in conversations about the place, the people, the history and the local culture we call North Country. Tonight we explore the... Go to full article
Looking for the North Country: An "Outsider" View
Oct 10, 2000 — Commentator Paul Willcott is clearly an "outsider." He divides his time between New York City and Saranac Lake--and you can't miss the Texas in his talk. But he is a close... Go to full article
Looking for the North Country: Latter-Day Homesteaders
Oct 10, 2000 — From 1970 to 1980 the population of St. Lawrence County grew by more than 2,000 people. It's hard to say by just reading the Census Bureau figures how many of those were... Go to full article
Looking for the North Country: Who is the North Country? Call-in #2
Oct 09, 2000 — Tonight we continue our series of five radio conversations about the place, the people, the history and the local culture we call North Country. Tonight we explore the... Go to full article
Looking for the North Country: That's Where I Live
Oct 03, 2000 — Our North Country Identity series prompted response from many listeners, including these thoughts from John Greene, a retired biology professor and naturalist for the Nature... Go to full article
Looking for the North Country: You'll Know It When You Leave It
Oct 03, 2000 — Canton mayor Bob Wells observes that while much about the North Country has changed, much remains as it always has been. Go to full article
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