NCPR Community Calendar

In addition to the Tulip Route, there's lots of special events & entertainment, too. Plus, "A Celebration of Ideas" brings some of the most brilliant thinkers of our time to Ottawa to speak. Novelist Sir Salman Rushdie headlines. www.tulipfestival.ca

Sponsored by the Handweaving Museum & Arts Center, Clayton.

The Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK) is offering this workshop for beginner wildflower enthusiasts, or those who are looking for a review. This workshop will familiarize participants with Adirondack wildflowers. ($70/$77) [www.adk.org]

Civil War Encampment with over 100 re-enactors. Three battles, camp tours, sutler, cannon demos, "Gotta Dance" performance. Alexandria Battery CSA and 11th NY Battery Light Artillery present.

With the ADK's Laurentian Chapter and Indian Creek Nature Center. Easy two mile walk through several habitats (shrub land, wetland, marsh, forest). Many species. Meet at main parking lot of the Center at 7am. Bring binoculars. Contact Joan Collins.

At the General Schuyler Emergency Squad, 51 Ferry Street. Contact Diane Varney. Walk-ins are welcome; appointments are recommended. 1-800-GIVE-LIFE, www.donatebloodnow.org

Volunteers should meet at 8AM at the Community House on Market Street at Joseph. Bring clean-up gear (gloves, shovel, rake, broom, bags) is you have it. Picnic follows at 12:30. Sponsored by the The Cape Vincent Improvement League.

Weave 7" x 7" base with flat reed. Pre-registration required.

The United States Coast Guard auxiliary in Ogdensburg kicks off National Safe Boating Week with this event, which stresses water safety. Get information about water safety, and have your vessel inspected for safety by non law-enforcement folks. Free.

A search for warblers, woodpeckers, osprey, hawks and other songbirds along the trails of the nature center.

Parade at 9:30am on the Church Street Marketplace. Other events at Waterfront Park, 10-3. Concert features children, youth and young adults 25-years-old-and-under who play, sing and/or dance in folk and traditional styles. [www.enjoyburlington.com]

For families with children of all ages. Songs and sing-a-longs with Dan Sullivan-Catlin, as well as social dances led by Beth Robinson and Matt Bullwinkel. Admission: $5/family. Presented by What a Racquette Music and Dance. www.nnymusicanddance.org

The front lawn of the zoo will be open to gardeners who wish to swap ideas and flowers. Any plants donated to the zoo will be used in the Butterfly house. Free zoo admission with plant donation or with proper military ID, for Armed Forces Day.

At the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. Maypole & medieval dances and live music. [www.goodshepherdjericho.org]

At the Holy Family School, 12 Homestead Park. Over 100 bed-sized quilts and dozens of quilted items, all made by the guild members, will be on display. Public welcome. $5 per person donation would be appreciated. All proceeds benefit Hospice.

Features art works of 38 artists from Eastern Ontario and western Quebec. While at the exhibit over the Long Weekend, you can lunch at the Starving Artists’’ Caféé, catered by Brewed Awakenings. For more information call (number below).

Open for research Friday, May 16. Conference on Saturday, May 17 includes: Don Papson - North Country Ancestors and the Underground Railroad - Judy Turner - Scrapbooking to protect and preserve your family heritage.

More info - www.nnyacgs.com

Presented by Kruse International, the oldest and largest auction house in America for vintage vehicles of all makes and models. Bidder's preview 8-10am. Admission to one day of the event is $10 for adults, and $5 for juniors (7-15 years).

The parade will start in the Watertown High School parking lot, proceed down Washington Street with a brief stop at the reviewing stand in front of the Dulles State Office Building and end on Stone Street.

Takes place in the Helen M. Hosmer Concert Hall. Tickets are required for entrance, but those without tickets may view the ceremony on a large projection screen in the Sarah M. Snell Music Theater. Keynote speaker isDavid A. Paciencia, Class of 1972.

A two day training. Day 1: Instruction to further assist the practitioner in using Reiki to it's fullest potential, the Reiki Symbols, the art of distance healing. Day 2: 2nd degree attunement, hands on work. Details at: www.thereikihealingcircle.com

Registration starts at 8:30am at the Village Park Gazebo. Opening ceremony begins at 10:15am. The 1-mile walk concludes at the Gouverneur Fair Grounds. Sponsored by the Gouverneur Business Women to help local North Country women with breast cancer.

Spring festival...All are welcome! Good food, music by the Appalachian String Band, seasonal crafts, dancing around the maypole, outdoor games..and so much more! Admission fee: $5 per person or $15 per family.

Outdoors across from French Hall. Nearly 500 graduates are expected to participate, including several World War II veterans (or veteran's family members) who did not have a chance to attend their own graduation ceremonies due to the war in the 1940's

In Auditorium. Performance July 17-19. Be prepared to sing 16 bars of an up-beat song and 16 bars of a slow ballad, read and dance. Accompanist provided. Come with your summer schedule of commitments. Rehearsals start immediately. Roles for all ages.

Adirondack Watershed Alliance’s canoe & kayak race series kicks off with this 10.5-mile race starting at Ampersand Bay Resort on Lower Saranac Lake and finishing on Lake Flower in Riverfront Park. Registration starts at 9:30am. $20/paddler.www.macscanoe.com.

An all-day event with teams from Northern NY and Canada. Admission $3/adult; $2/child.

At Black Water River Park and Campgrounds, 1605 Huntington Street, Watertown. Dale Pondysh will be traveling to Watertown via Potsdam & Canton, and welcomes passengers (4 max). Details on website: http://nysmarchesforpeace.org/

This documentary features spectacular, close-up footage of Hummingbird
species flying, feeding, fighting, and nesting. Movie will be shown in our multi-purpose room. Registration is not required. Free.

Naturalist-led canoe paddle on Barnum Pond. Bog and pond habitats interpreted by canoe. Canoes, paddles and PFDs provided. Short walk required to the canoe dock. Preregistration required. Cost: $3 adults, $1 kids, ADK Park Institute members free.

Will be rescheduled. The Adirondack Center for Writing presents this poetry workshop, which includes a range of practices including yoga, meditation and movement techniques, and in-class creative writing exercises. www.adirondackcenterforwriting.org

Statewide Gathering at Black Water Park (between Pearl Street and Route 3, alongside the river). FREE! Live music (rock, country, folk, R&B, hip hop), games & fun for kids, food for sale, information for veterans.

Congreve's Restoration masterpiece is a timelessly urbane comedy of manners, directed by Artistic Director Peter Hinton. Two performances today at 2PM & 7:30PM.

Randy enjoys singing southern gospel music and is known for his heart warming entertainment. This performance is free.

Peter Quilter's comedic biography of the infamous "Diva of Din", Florence Foster Jenkins, examines the life of one of music's most enduring eccentrics. Two performances today at 2:30PM & 8PM.

New York's longest running musical (more than 17,000 Off-Broadway performances), is a charming, inventive and funny celebration of first love filled with terrific songs. Closing performances today at 3PM & 8PM.

With the members of the local improv group, Gag Reflex. This workshop is open to all ages and all members of the public. The cost is $5 per person. The troupe will give a performance at the Grange Hall at 7pm tonight.

Live music from Herbert Liebenhagen. German Lagers, Pilsners, Bocks, and Hefeweizens will be available. Dinner served at 6:00 PM. Dinner choices are German Goulash or Chicken in a creamy mushroom sauce with red cabbage and vegetable at $20.

This Celebratory Soiree will benefit Creative Healing Connections, Inc. and Blueedlings, Bluseed Studios’ creative program for children.

In Gunnison Chapel. Free, open to public.

At The Hedges in Blue Mountain Lake. Annual Birthday Party Benefit for Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts includes hors d'oeuvres & cocktails at 6PM, dinner at 7PM. Reservations required by May 9. [$40/guest. Cash bar.]

French meal at 6PM by the Depot Museum Committee. Call Nancy Beaudin to reserve (at 518-251-2240. Cost is $15/person.) At 7:30PM, there's a screening of the French film "Ma Vie en Rose" (R). Free with $5 suggested donation.

Open to all ages and all members of the public. The cost is $3 per person.

Contact Person for Opera House events is Tess Eells.

All donations recieved will go to support the work of the Racquette Valley Habitat Organization. The event will feature the Norfolk Methodist Choir and the Adirondack Harmony Company, barbershop quartet.

Will be rescheduled at a later date. From her book, "Wet Apple, White Blood." The program is free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Adirondack Center for Writing.

At the Rutland Station Community Center, 98 Route 95.

Community Education Room. Every Saturday evening. For more information, please call the Massena Memorial Hospital Public Relations Office (see below).

Presented by the BROCKVILLE CONCERT BAND. Free admission.

At Carol's Hungry Mind Cafe.

Naturalist Ruth Schottman, author of Trailside Notes, will take us on a photographic journey through spring with stories of spring flora, plant adaptations, relationships, and uses. What a way to welcome spring wildflowers!

Naturalist Ruth Schottman, author of Trailside Notes, will take us on a photographic journey through spring with stories of spring flora, plant adaptations, relationships, and uses. What a way to welcome spring wildflowers!

Temple Beth El, 3 Marion Ave. Sponsored by DanceFlurry, a nonprofit organization. Bring soft-soled shoes for dancing. No experience or partner necessary. All ages welcome. All dances taught. Free lessons at 7:40 p.m. $8/$7/$6/$5

Presented by the Community Theater Players. Additional performances are May 23, 24 and 25 at 8 pm and May 18 at 2pm.

Also with Angel Band in a seated show in the Higher Ground Ballroom.
($22 advance | $25 day of show)

At the Capitol City Grange. With Steve Zakon-Anderson (Caller) and a trio of musicians. Part of the regular series of dances on 1st, 3rd and 5th Saturdays.

At the Walkover Listening Room.

In St. James United Church, 463 Sainte Catherine Street. The Festival promotes chamber music in all its diverse forms through collaborations with other artistic disciplines. Individual tickets & festival passes available. [www.festivalmontreal.org]

Great lighting, go-go dancers, and an inviting atmosphere with classic 80's tunes served up by DJs Alan Perry and Rob Douglas in the Showcase Lounge. [$7 advance | $10 day of show]