AdirondAck LAkEs cEntEr for thE Arts

20 - ARTS IN THE PARK • SUMMER/FALL 2022

‘Back in Blue, Act II: The Magic Returns!’

BLUE MOUNTAIN LAKE — The Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts has announced its lineup of programming for the 2022 season, “Back in Blue, Act II: The Magic Returns!” featuring a return to the “magic” of live music and theater, along with new art exhibits and the first workshops and kids’ activities there since pre-pandemic years.

The Arts Center lineup will include classical, folk, rock, alternative and Broadway music through its Weekend Series, including legendary pianist Misha Dichter performing on the Arts Center Steinway on Aug. 6. The magic continues with three Adirondack Lakes Summer Theatre Festival productions, all with the theme of enchantment and love.

“55 years ago, in 1967, a little group called the Beatles came out with The Magical Mystery Tour, a musical tour de force that helped define a generation,” says ALCA Artistic General Director George Cordes. “That same year, Jim and Sheila Hutt founded the arts center in Blue Mountain Lake, a magical place that has continued to help define what the arts mean to our Adirondack communities.”

The arts center is open through summer and fall, and hours will be Wednesday-Sunday, noon to 4 p.m., with gallery exhibits featured all season in the Arts Center’s firstfloor spaces. The Gift Shop will also reopen to the public. All current New York State COVID-19 guidelines will be followed.

The Weekend Series kicks off on Saturday, June 11, with the classic rock of Tri-Lakes band Spring Street. On Saturday, June 18, Ryan Leddick & George Kuubetesuri bring original alternative, African rhythm-influenced music. Duo Ingolfsson-Stoupel rounds out the month with a program of classical violin and piano on Saturday, June 25.

The Weekend Series continues in July when the Canadian Juno-Award-nominated group, Sultans of String, return to the Arts Center on Friday, July 15, followed by the classical cello and piano music of the Daurov/Myer Duo on Saturday, July 23.

August begins with pianist Misha Dichter and his wife, Cipa, performing a solo and duo classical program on Saturday, Aug. 6. The Adirondack folk trio Jamcrackers — featuring Dan Berggren, Peggy Lynn, and Dan Duggan — performs Saturday, Aug. 20, and Annie & the Hedonists bring their vintage blues and jazz to the Arts Center on Friday, Aug. 26. September’s Weekend Series schedule will include folk duo Brillhart & Smith on Saturday, Sept. 10; the touring Seagle Music Festival on Friday, Sept. 16; and the pop/rock/folk-influenced music of the Vermont group Phil Henry and the News Feed, on Saturday, Sept. 24. All concerts of the Weekend Series begin at 7 p.m. The Adirondack Lakes Summer Theatre Festival also returns with three touring productions: the romantic comedy 2 Across by Jerry Mayer, with performances July 7-11; an abridged A Midsummer Night’s Dream, free and outdoors, July 30-Aug 4; and Beguiled Again, the Music of Rodgers & Hart, with performances August 12-15. The festival concludes with Bewitched at Sagamore: A Concert featuring Rodgers & Hart favorites at Great Camp Sagamore on Wednesday, Aug. 17.

Visual-arts exhibits at the arts center will resume with its Members’ Show, along with the return of the macro photography of Cathy Marczyk and drawings on shelf mushrooms by Robert Hameline. A number of wonderful artists have applied for 2022 gallery shows, and a list of subsequent exhibits will be released in the coming weeks. In-person workshops, lectures, and Kids’ Camp activities will also be reintroduced in the 2022 season, with more information to come.

To close its season, the Arts Center welcomes back the songs and skits of our Adirondack neighbors in Forever Wild, with two performances Oct.7-8 for ALCA’s season finale. Both shows begin at 7 p.m.

More details on all this programming and other events are available at adirondackarts.org.

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55th Annual SLC Gem & Mineral Show August 27th & 28th, 2022 Hours: Sat. 9:00 – 4:30; Sun. 9:00 - 3:00

55th Annual Gem and Mineral Show August 27 & 28, 2022

Canton Pavilion, 90 Lincoln St., Canton, NY. Museum quality mineral specimens, crystals, gemstones, and hand-crafted gemstone jewelry for sale from numerous collectors/vendors from all over the Northeast and Canada *** Free Kid’s Fluorescent Mineral Hunt *** Friday, August 26, 2022 @ Dusk.

For more show information and/ or to become a member Visit the St. Lawrence County Rock & Mineral Club’s website: stlawrencecountymineralclub.org