AdirondAckcEntErfor Writing

28 - ARTS IN THE PARK • SUMMER/FALL 2022

Adirodack Center for Writing features first ever Kickass Writers Festival

SARANAC LAKE — The Adirondack Center for Writing will present its first Kickass Writers Festival, featuring writers, poets, comedians, mountaineers and more on Aug. 19 and 20. The festival will take place across various locations all over Saranac Lake and will include readings, workshops, talks, publishing programs, special performances, a book fair, speed dating, and more. The Kickass Writers Festival celebrates how writing and storytelling-in all of their forms-are essential to art, entertainment and social change.

The two-day event will kick-off Friday, Aug. 19 at Pendragon Theater with the 2021 New York State Author, AYAD AKHTAR, and the 2021 New York State Poet, Willie Perdomo. The pair will be introduced by former New York State Writer, Russell Banks along with the award-winning poet Chase Twitchell.

On Saturday, Aug. 20, ACW will present memoirist, feminist, and humanitarian, Silvia Vasquez-Lavado, the first Peruvian woman to climb Mt. Everest and the first openly gay woman to climb The Seven Summits (the highest mountains on each of the seven continents). Her debut memoir, In the Shadow of the Mountain, tells the story of how an early life of abuse and addiction led her to discover hiking as a method of healing. These pursuits transformed her life and empowered her to not only climb the world’s most challenging summits, but also to found the non-profit, Courageous Girls “...dedicated to healing and empowering survivors of violence and abuse through adventures in nature.” Her memoir is currently being adapted into a major motion picture starring Selena Gomez.

The Adirondack Center for Writing brings words and people together through events, programs, and classes throughout the entire Adirondack region. Learn more about all that ACW has to offer readers, writers, and storytellers of all ages at www.adirondackcenterforwriting.org.

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Saturday, July 30

¯ ArtMarket — 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Riverfront Park, Saranac Lake. More information at www.bluseedstudios.org or saranaclakeartworks.com.

¯ Play: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream

(Abridged)” — Shakespeare in the Parks tour directed by Karen Lordi-Kirkham. Outdoor and free to the public. Performances July 30-Aug. 4, with venues throughout the central Adirondacks. For more information and links to tickets, visit AdirondackArts.org.

Sunday, July 31

¯ ArtWorks Open Studio Tours — Various artists will be on hand to demonstrate and talk about their work in the Saranac Lake region. Maps and directions to participating artists’ studios will be available each month at the Adirondack Artists Guild Gallery. Visitors can also check online each month for the participating artists at saranaclakeartworks.com/studiotour. Contact ArtWorks at info@saranaclakeartworks.com. Studio Tour hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., unless individual artists choose to modify them.

¯ Symphony Series: Lake Placid Sinfo-

nietta — 7:30 p.m. at Lake Placid Center for the Arts. More information, registration and ticketing can be found at lakeplacidarts. org or by calling 518-523-2512.

Monday, August 1

¯ Gallery: Susan Whiteman — Featuring Susan Whiteman during the month of August. Located at 85 Main St., Saranac Lake. For hours and more info, visit www. northwindfineartsgallery.com.

¯ Summer Sunset Series: Shakespeare

in the Park — A Midsummer Night’s Dream, part of the Adirondack Lakes Summer Theatre Festival. 7 p.m., Tupper Lake Sunset Stage, Flanders Park, Tupper Lake.

Tuesday, August 2

¯ Songs at Mirror Lake: Indie Rock

Night with Stephen Clair — 7 p.m., Mid’s Park on Main Street, Lake Placid, free

Wednesday, August 3

¯ Summer Sunset Series: Crackin’

Foxy — Ukulele-Driven Jazz Ensemble; Saranac Lake-based. 7 p.m., Tupper Lake Sunset Stage, Flanders Park, Tupper Lake. ¯ Art opening: The Elusive Wild: — Sculptures & Paintings by PJ LaBarge: Capturing the untamed Adirondack wild with her expert bronze sculptures and paintings; www.pjlabarge.com. Show continues through Aug. 31. Monday - Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tupper Arts Center, 106 Park Street, Tupper Lake. More info at www.tupperarts.org.

¯ Art opening: Wood-En-Lightened

— Sculpture, Furniture, Light, and Video: Featuring the future of woodworking through Tyler Schrader’s immersive pieces, brought to life with sound, light, gems, and video; www.tylerschrader.com. Show continues through Aug. 31. Monday - Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tupper Arts Center, 106 Park Street, Tupper Lake. More info at www.tupperarts.org.

¯ Seagle Festival: “Fellow Travelers”

— Based on the novel by Thomas Mallon. Premiered in 2016, the powerful story of this opera focuses on the forbidden love affair of two men working in the US federal government during the lavender scare witch hunt of the McCarthy era of the 1950s. The beautiful music of the opera compliments the deeply personal stories of the characters along with the dark situation in which they find themselves.Performances Aug. 3-6., Wednesday, Thursday

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