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Artwork of the Day
"Raurri at the Sandbanks," acrylic. Artist: Denny Morreale. This piece is included in the Members Juried Exhibit going on throughout the summer at the Fredrick Remington Art Museum in Ogdensburg, NY.
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
1000 Islands Jazz & Blues Festival 2013
(June 15 to June 22, All Day) The first event will be a free concert on June 15 from 11:00 - 1:00 p.m. during the Brockville Farmers' Market, Market Square at the Waterfront. Brockville, ON More info
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Shrek the Musical
(June 17, 2013, 07:00 pm) Contact View for tickets. $20/$15 Members; $5 children 12 and under View, 3273 State Route 28,Old Forge,NY More info
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Simple Books Workshops on June 17 & 24
(June 17, 2013, 06:00 pm - 07:30 pm) Learn to create simple books for journaling, sketching, scrapbooks or photo albums. The workshop is Mondays; June 10, 17 & 24, 6-7:30pm. Come to all or just one; a different book taught at each! Cost: $65/all classes or $25/class. Bluseed Studios, 24 Cedar Street,Saranac Lake,NY More info
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Monday Night Bluegrass
(Every Third Monday of the month, 07:00 pm - 10:00 pm) Bring an instrument, your voice, or just your ears. Tell your friends and family, Everyone is Welcome! Pickens Hall, 83 State Street Heuvelton NY,Heuvelton,NY
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Festival Chorale Concert
(June 17, 2013, 07:30 pm) A grand celebratory music event featuring over 60 community members from upstate New York and the North Country will gather in Gould Hall at View in Old Forge, to perform a concert. $15/$10 members; info@viewarts.org View, 3273 State Route 28,Old Forge,NY More info
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Arts & Culture
Jun 17, 2013 — There was a time — a time long, long ago — when MySpace dominated the teen social-media world. Not anymore. NPR's Sami Yenigun looks at how teenagers use various social platforms in today's increasingly segmented online universe.
Jun 17, 2013 — Neil Gaiman's latest, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, is the story of an artist who returns to his childhood home and recalls a magical struggle he was involved in as a young boy. Reviewer Annalee Newitz says the book balances "frenetic action with wistful self-knowledge."
Jun 17, 2013 — What do you expect when you ask a terrible question in a ridiculous setting?
Jun 17, 2013 — If any story screams out for a multimedia e-book treatment, it's the tale of The Rock Bottom Remainders, a small band of best-selling authors — including Amy Tan, Dave Barry and Stephen King — who yowled out rock standards. Hard Listening is a digital scrapbook about their years as musicians.
Jun 17, 2013 — For this week's Sandwich Monday, we try "The T-Rex Burger," a nine-patty monster that, until this week, had been on the menu of a renegade Canadian Wendy's franchise.
American Identities: Lure of the Road
Mar 14, 2001 — Mark Edmonds, author of Longrider, and Dee Gagnon, author of Dee Tours discuss their extensive experiences "on the road" and literature of the road. Both writers are taking part in the American Identities Festival this week at SUNY Potsdam. Go to full article
Norman Hallendy: St. Lawrence Festival of the Arts Guest on Inuit Megaliths
Mar 07, 2001 — Martha Foley spoke with Norman Hallendy, author of Inuksuit: Silent Messengers of the North. Go to full article
Publishing Books in the Adirondacks: Sisters from the Bronx Open Publishing House in Tupper Lake
Mar 06, 2001 — Two sisters from the Bronx have opened a publishing company in the Adirondacks. Highbridge Press moved to Tupper Lake last year. The fledgling company has already published eight books, mostly novels. The sisters--who are African American---say the move to a small town far from New York City was just what their business needed. Brian Mann has this profile. Go to full article
Inuit Drumming and Throat Singing
Mar 02, 2001 — Martha Foley reports on the Aqsarnit drum dancers and throat singers who visited Canton for St. Lawrence University's Festival of the Arts, focusing on Inuit culture. Go to full article
Readers & Writers: Bone Dance by Wendy Rose
Mar 01, 2001 — On this edition of our call-in on contemporary literature, our guest is poet Wendy Rose, talking about her volume of collected and new poems Bone Dance. Host Jackie... Go to full article
Jose Kusugak, Inuit Tapirisat: From Snow Age to Space Age
Feb 27, 2001 — The Inuit people populate a huge swath of land from Alaska in the West, across Canada to the Atlantic Ocean, and East to Greenland. Despite the broad territory, they speak a... Go to full article
Peter Schickele Brings PDQ Bach to Potsdam
Feb 23, 2001 — Peter Schickele and PDQ Bach: "The Jeckyl and Hyde Tour" visits the Crane School of Music Saturday night, February 24 at 7:30 in Hosmer Hall. The concert is part of the... Go to full article
A Singing Valentine, Barbershop-style
Feb 14, 2001 — As much a part of the American culture as Mom and apple pie, barbershop quartet singing is an American institution. It's alive today, largely through the efforts of an... Go to full article
Dam Builders and Vow performed by Dale Hobson
Feb 10, 2001 — Dale Hobson, NCPR Webnaut from Potsdam, New York, reading Dam Builders and Vow before a rowdy crowd at Martha And Ev's annual barn party, February 2001. Go to full article
TAUNY Cookbook Wins National Award
Feb 02, 2001 — The Traditional Arts In Upstate New York's cookbook, Good Food, Served Righthas won first place in the 2000 Tobasco Community Cookbook Competition. Martha Foley has... Go to full article
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