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Artwork of the Day
"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.
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 wordsToday's Arts Events
Bella Voce Women's Chorus of Vermont - Spring Concert
(May 19, 2013, 03:00 pm) "Songs of Hope and Freedom." Tickets: $18 Adults, $15 Seniors and Students. Advance tickets available from FLYNNTIX.org or 802-86-FLYNN. South Hero Congregational Church, 24 S. Hero St.,South Hero,VT More info
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AN ILIAD playing at Syracuse Stage
(May 19, 2013, 02:00 pm) In this powerful adaptation of Homer's account of the Trojan War, a lone poet weaves contemporary speech with evocative poetry to create an encounter with this resonant chronicle of a distant event. Syracuse Stage, 820 East Genesee Street,Syracuse,NY More info
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Art Reception: A Retrospective - Remembering Thelma Cameron
(May 19, 2013, 02:00 pm - 04:00 pm) Vernissage this afternoo; work will be on display through May 26th. Featuring original works of this amazing Eastern Ontario artist. Artscene, 11 Spencer Street,Spencerville,ON More info
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Performance: Hamlet Cha Cha Cha
(May 19, 2013, 08:00 pm - 11:00 pm) Totally insane. And totally hilarious. You all know the story of Hamlet--but never has a plot line been followed by such gleefully drunken footsteps, singing all the way! If you think you know the way the story turns out--you don't. The Central New York Playhouse, Shoppingtown Mall 3649 Erie Blvd. E.,Syracuse,NY More info
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Arts & Culture
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Three Gambian songs performed by Al-Haji Papa Susso
Sep 19, 2001 — Al-Haji Papa Susso is a griot and master kora player from Gambia, now living in the Bronx and visiting the North Country to teach and perform. Griot is a word of French origin for a traditional storyteller/singer of the Mandinka culture in West Africa. David Sommerstein interviewed Susso while he played and sang in the NCPR studio. He described the three songs recorded here as: a song about saying no to enemies and slavery, a favorite song (though they are all favorites) and, a song celebrating peace and those who fought slavery. Go to full article
People: Rockwell Blake, Tenor
Sep 19, 2001 — Joel Hurd profiles Rockwell Blake, one of the most renowned tenors in the world and a Plattsburgh native. Go to full article
Theatre Review: Quarry at 1000 Islands Playhouse in Gananoque
Sep 17, 2001 — Quarry, now running at the 1000 Islands Playhouse in Gananoque, is a twisty new who-done-it. Resident theatre critic Connie Meng attended a recent matinee and has this review. Go to full article
Authors: Stephen Doheny-Farina, The Grid and the Village
Sep 11, 2001 — Martha Foley talks with Stephen Doheny-Farina, author of The Grid and the Village, about losing electricity, finding community and surviving disaster. His book is a... Go to full article
9th Annual TAUNY Heritage Awards
Sep 10, 2001 — Four North Country mainstays will be honored next week for the preservation of customs and traditions in the area. Among the recipients of this year's 9th annual Heritage... Go to full article
Bahia, February 2 and Hawking performed by Steven White
Sep 01, 2001 — Steven F. White is a poet and translator teaching at St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY. During August 2001, he performed a selection of twenty years of his poems and... Go to full article
Steel string medleys performed by Danny Gotham
Aug 31, 2001 — Former String Fever host Dan Gotham shared the stage with current host Barb Heller for a concert at Canton's Unitarian Universalist Church in the summer of 2001. The... Go to full article
Four Guitar Duets performed by Dan Gotham and Barb Heller
Aug 31, 2001 — Former String Fever host Dan Gotham was joined by current host Barb Heller for a concert at Canton's Unitarian Universalist Church.
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Theatre Review: You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown at St. Lawrence Stage in Brockville
Aug 31, 2001 — You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, currently playing in Brockville, features the St. Lawrence Stage's Young Company. Resident theatre critic Connie Meng was at the... Go to full article
People: Peter Owens, Author of Rips, a St. Lawrence River Historical Novel
Aug 30, 2001 — A trip to an island on the St. Lawrence river for a chat with author Peter Owens. His family's island is the setting for a historical novel about life on the St. Lawrence... Go to full article
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