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"Wood and Tree," charcoal drawing. Artist: Isack Azaev. Azaev will teach a charcoal drawing class at the St. Lawrence County Arts Council in Potsdam, Thursday May 30 and June 6 at 7:30 pm. Register by May 25 to attend.
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Spring Haiku Challenge

The kanji character "haru" means spring. It's time again for the annual NCPR Spring Haiku challenge. Join the hundreds who have sniffed out the season of new growth and put it all into a very few words

Today's Arts Events

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Siblings' Separation Haunts In 'Kite Runner' Author's Latest
May 19, 2013 — Khaled Hosseini's new novel, like his two earlier works, is set partly in Afghanistan — but this time, political turmoil isn't a major element of the plot. Instead, And The Mountains Echoed is a story of a family's loss that spans decades and continents.
One Couple, Nearly 20 Years, All 'Before Midnight'
May 19, 2013 — We've already met Jesse and Celine, twice. In the 1995 film Before Sunset, they had a romantic encounter in Vienna. Nine years later, they found each other in Paris. In this third film, their relationship has progressed another nine years. The romance hasn't left, says director Richard Linklater, it's simply changed.
Stories Of Hope Amid America's 'Unwinding'
May 19, 2013 — When the factory she worked at closed down, Tammy Thomas reinvented herself as a community organizer; and when Dean Price's truck stop business went belly up, he became a champion of biofuel. In a new book, George Packer examines how ordinary people are adapting to a new America.
'Scandal': Preposterous, Unmissable, Important
May 18, 2013 — The show has become a social event for a large and varied crowd of African-Americans and others on Twitter, for reasons mysterious, complex and worth exploring.
'Waiting To Be Heard' No More, Amanda Knox Speaks Out
May 18, 2013 — Less than two months into her study abroad program in Italy, Amanda Knox was accused and eventually convicted of murdering her roommate, Meredith Kercher. After her conviction was overturned, Knox returned home to Seattle — and now faces a potential retrial. Knox tells her story in a new memoir.
Contestants are pictured left to right and top to bottom in the order they appear at right.
Contestants are pictured left to right and top to bottom in the order they appear at right.

Winners of TAUNY's 3rd Annual Borderland Fiddling Festival

by Concert Hall
Nov 10, 2001 — Fiddling contest judge Tim Woodbridge explains how the contest works and demonstrates a variety of fiddling and song styles. He is followed by the winning contestants in order:
Rebecca Koehler, 1st: Open
Tom Wilkinson, 2nd: Open
Gerry Smith, 3rd: Open
Andrew Clark, 1st: Senior
Luc Richard, 1st: Junior
Marie Anne Richard, 1st: Youth  Go to full article

Third Borderland Fiddling Festival Saturday in Canton

Nov 09, 2001 — TAUNY's annual Borderland Fiddling Festival takes place tomorrow at St. Lawrence University. This year's event includes workshops, a fiddling contest and a concert with Canadian Grand Champion Fiddler Pierre Schryer.  Go to full article

Visitors: Composer Thomas Albert and Son, Violinist Matthew Albert Come To Crane Festival of New Music

by Todd Moe
Nov 02, 2001 — The Crane School of Music hosts its annual Festival of New Music with a guest composer and one of the most exciting young ensembles performing today--eighth blackbird. Todd Moe talks with visiting composer Thomas Albert and his son, Matthew, who's the violinist with eighth blackbird.  Go to full article

Readers & Writers: Last Refuge of Scoundrels: A Revolutionary Novel by Paul Lussier

by Readers & Writers
Nov 01, 2001 — Guest: Paul Lussier. Last Refuge of Scoundrels: A Revolutionary Novel is a new work of fiction described as "an audacious tale of the American Revolution from the...  Go to full article

Challenging the Assumption "Growth is Good"

by David Sommerstein
Nov 01, 2001 — It's generally accepted that economic growth is good. David Sommerstein talks with a biologist who challenges that notion: Brian Czech, author of Shoveling Fuel for a...  Go to full article

Theatre Review: Brighton Beach Memoires at Syracuse Stage

by Connie Meng
Oct 31, 2001 — Brighton Beach Memoires, the first play in Neil Simon's autobiographical trilogy, gets a solid production at Syracuse Stage. Resident theatre critic Connie Meng...  Go to full article

Living North Country: A Talk with the Editors

by Martha Foley
Oct 29, 2001 — Martha Foley talks with editors Neal Burdick and Natalia Singer about their new book, Living North Country: Essays on Life and Landscape in Northern New York.  Go to full article

Faure Requiem performed in Memory of September 11 Victims

by Todd Moe
Oct 25, 2001 — This evening at seven, North Country Public Radio presents a performance by musicians from the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam, recorded three weeks ago as part of a...  Go to full article

Shenandoah Shakespeare Express Returns to Canton

by Todd Moe
Oct 24, 2001 — The Shenandoah Shakespeare Express: members of the troupe join Todd Moe in the studio for a fresh approach to the works of William Shakespeare. The company is visiting St....  Go to full article

A speech and a ditty from Shakespeare by Shenandoah Shakespeare Express

by Concert Hall
Oct 22, 2001 — The Shenandoah Shakespeare Express returns to Canton each year. They brought their not-your-father's-Shakespeare approach to the Bard into the NCPR studio. We hear Allison...  Go to full article

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