Lake Placid Center for the Arts presents an Elementary School Art Show on Friday, March 7 through Saturday, April 5:
Opening reception set for Friday, March 7 from 4 to 6 p.m.
The annual Elementary School Art Show features a wide variety of student pieces selected for display in the Gallery at LPCA. The public is invited to tour the gallery to view and appreciate the diverse arts curriculum offered in our area. Showcased among the student submitted pieces is a range of work done in a variety of mediums.
For more details, click HERE.
LPCA, 17 Algonquin Drive, Lake Placid
The Chapman Museum Family Craft Program
The Chapman Museum Family Craft Program to offer a free 3-D Hot Air Balloon Workshop on Wednesday, March 5 from 4 to 5 p.m.:
Let your creativity soar this month as you craft your own 3D hot air balloon! With markers, colored pencils, paint, and other materials, participants have the freedom to decorate their balloons in any style that sparks their imaginations. Guests can even add some passengers to join the adventure in their one-of-a-kind creations. Parental participation is encouraged, and supervision is required.
This program is free, but requires a reservation.
To register, call (518)793-2826.
The Chapman Museum, 348 Glen Street, Glens Falls
The Adirondack Sky Center & Observatory presents From Earth to the Universe on March 6, 8, 15 & 20 in Tupper Lake:
The night sky, both beautiful and mysterious, has inspired awe and been the subject of campfire stories, and ancient myths for as long as there have been people. A desire to comprehend the Universe may well be humanity’s oldest shared intellectual experience. Yet only recently have we truly begun to grasp our place in the vast cosmos. To learn about this journey of celestial discovery, from the theories of the ancient Greek astronomers to today’s grandest telescopes, we invite you to experience From Earth to the Universe.
This stunning, 30-minute voyage through space and time conveys, through sparkling sights and sounds, the Universe as revealed to us by science. Space is limited to 10 participants with chaired seating. Children ages 5 and up are welcome with an accompanying adult at any presentation time.
Find out more by clicking HERE.
Adirondack Sky Center & Observatory, 68 Park St, Tupper Lake
Birding Walk at Point Au Roche State Park on Friday, March 7:
As part of our First Friday Bird Walks series, this event runs from 9 to 10:30 a.m. and is perfect for nature enthusiasts of all skill levels. Our friendly guides, Kristin Collins, an environmental educator at Point Au Roche State Park Nature Center, and Torey Patenaude, the Community Engagement and Outreach Manager for Champlain Area Trails, will lead the walk. While they’re not expert birders, they bring a deep love for nature and an interest in birdwatching.
Explore the Great Outdoors:
Located on the stunning northwestern shore of Lake Champlain, Point Au Roche State Park features a wonderful combination of forested and open areas. As we stroll a few miles along the trails, we will look for birds that overwinter in this region. Enjoy breathtaking views of Lake Champlain and lush forests during this delightful morning outing!
Note to Participants:
– This is an outdoor walk in March, so dress warmly with good layers.
– BYOB (Bring Your Own Binoculars) – the Nature Center will provide a few pairs for those in need.
Location: Point Au Roche State Park
Address: 19 Camp Red Cloud Road, Plattsburgh, NY.
To register, please email torey@champlainareatrails.com or join the group on Friday morning.
Ausable Freshwater Center to host an Invasive Species Winter Tour and Workshop at the Ausable Preserve on Friday, March 7 at 1 p.m.:
Wilmington, NY – All are welcome to join Ausable Freshwater Center staff for an Invasive Species Winter Tour and Workshop at the Ausable Preserve. We’ll strap on some snowshoes and take a walk in the beautiful winter landscape. Our Biodiverse Habitats team will teach you how to identify common invasive plants in our area and provide hands-on demonstrations to manage them in winter. From there, you can join us as we work to clear some invasive plants or wander over to a small bonfire and enjoy cocoa and conversation. The tour is free, but space is limited and registration is required. We will provide snowshoes and hand lenses for participants to use.
To register, please email events@ausablecenter.org or call (518)637-6859.
Old Forge’s annual Snofest set for Friday and Saturday, March 7 and 8:
The Central Adirondack Association is hosting Snofest at the George T. Hiltebrant Recreation Center in Old Forge on Friday and Saturday, March 7-8. The annual festival is a late-season celebration of the snowmobile industry featuring leading manufacturers and a preview of 2026 models. Snofest 2025 will celebrate the best North Country snowmobiling season in many years. The recreation center on North Street will be overflowing with vendors offering special deals on snowmobile merchandise from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days.
Bombardier Recreation Products will offer demo rides on the 2026 Ski Doo and Lynx snowmobiles, conditions permitting. It appears that the great riding conditions in the Old Forge area will continue through Snofest weekend. Snofest would not be complete without the added excitement and thrills of the RAVE X Motorsports Show. The RAVE X professional snowmobile jumpers will perform
Saturday, March 8 at 3 p.m. Another favorite at SNOFEST is the Blizzard snowmobile trailer raffle. Someone will win a 2025 Blizzard Nor’Eastern Trailer valued at $7,200, donated by North-South Connection. Only 500 tickets will be sold at $20 each. The drawing will be held on Saturday, March 8 at 5 p.m., and the winner does not need to be present.
For information and updates, follow SnoFest 2025 or Old Forge Events on Facebook, or call (315) 369-6983.
Lake Placid’s Adirondack Winter Pride event slated for March 7-9:
A new event will bring a three-day weekend of wintertime fun and adventure to LGBTQ+ residents, travelers, and allies in the Adirondacks. The first ever Adirondack Winter Pride Weekend is scheduled for March 7 to 9, featuring a wide range of indoor and outdoor activities for all ages and abilities across the Village of Lake Placid, the Whiteface region, and the region’s historic Olympic venues.
Hosted by the Adirondack North Country Gender Alliance (ANCGA) in partnership with I LOVE NY, the Olympic Regional Development Authority (Olympic Authority), and the Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism (ROOST), the 2025 Adirondack Winter Pride Weekend will support the LGBTQ+ community with an inclusive weekend that will offer something for everyone, including:
- A welcome party
- Downhill skiing for all levels at Whiteface Mountain
- Cross country skiing on 55km of Olympic trails
- Bobsled and Skeleton World Championships
- Relaxing shopping and dining on Lake Placid’s charming Main Street
- Discovering the spirit of the Lake Placid Olympic Museum
- Music and dancing at Saturday’s après-ski party
Guests are encouraged to register to ensure they receive event updates – additional Adirondack Winter Pride Weekend details will be announced as they are available. Additional information can be found at AdkWinterPride.com.
Lake George Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Monitoring Weekend scheduled for March 7 to 9:
Hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA) has been confirmed throughout the southeastern Adirondacks, and invasive species professionals are asking for the public’s help documenting its presence. HWA is an invasive insect that, once established, can kill a mature hemlock tree in 10 years. It was first documented in the Adirondacks in 2020.
To better understand where HWA is and how it’s spreading, the Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program teamed up with the Lake George Association and Lake George Land Conservancy to organize Lake George Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Monitoring Weekend.
The weekend is an effort to recruit community scientists to survey a trail for HWA in the Lake George region between Friday, March 7 and Sunday, March 9. There’s an educational component, too—the weekend will include a guided HWA walk on the Buck Mountain Trail from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, March 8.
Participants of the guided walk will learn basic plant identification, how to identify hemlock trees, how to identify hemlock woolly adelgid, and how to report invasive species like HWA using the iMapInvasives app. The walk will begin at the Buck Mountain trailhead in Fort Ann and continue up the trail, with the group learning plant identification and seeing examples of HWA along the way. There will be an optional hike to Stewart’s Ledge overlook for those interested in continuing farther.
Those who can’t attend the Guided HWA Walk can still participate in Lake George Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Monitoring Weekend.
The event organizers recommend watching an HWA training video, “Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Background, Identification, and Reporting,” which is available on APIPP’s YouTube channel.
Participants are then encouraged to adopt a trail through APIPP’s Forest Pest Hunters program. Learn more about the Forest Pest Hunters program here.
Lastly, participants are asked to fill out an online form to document which trail they intend to monitor. To learn more, visit www.adkinvasives.com/events.
Lake George Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Monitoring Weekend is a collaborative effort between APIPP, LGA, and LGLC to train and encourage people to identify and report HWA in the Adirondacks. By reporting HWA and other invasive species, community scientists are helping scientists better understand how to manage and prevent the spread of invasive species. For more information, visit www.adkinvasives.com.
Maple Festival at Up Yonda Farm on Saturday, March 8 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.:
All are welcome to gather for a Naturalist-led tour learning all about the science and history behind maple syrup. You’ll see sap collection, learn about our sugarbush, and get a tour of our onsite Sugarhouse. Your tour will conclude with a tasting flight of golden, amber, and dark maple syrup served with French toast stick dippers.
When: Saturday, March 8th.
Tours starting at: 9:30, 10:00, 10:30, 11:00, 11:30, 12:00, 1:00, 1:30, and 2:00.
What: 45 minute-1 hour Naturalist-led tours ending with a syrup tasting served with French toast sticks. Tours will include a walk along our Sugar Trail and Base Loop Trails. Stops during the tour will include sap collection and tasting and a firsthand look at how we turn sap into syrup in our Sugarhouse.
Who: This tour is suitable for guests of all ages who are interested in learning about maple sugaring, and are able to traverse roughly a quarter mile of mostly flat trail/terrain in a mix of forested dirt and gravel trails. Depending on weather, the trail may have some snow, ice, and or mud. The trail is not stroller accessible.
Rates and Reservations: $5 per person in addition to the $5 per vehicle Day Use Fee. Reserve your spot via a $1 per person deposit at upyondafarm.com. Upon arrival for your scheduled time, the remainder of $4 per person and Day Use Fee will be paid at check in. Please note that the $1 reservation deposit is nonrefundable. Members only pay the $1 per person deposit.
Champlain Area Trails to host its second Saturday volunteer project on the Wildway Overlook Trail in Essex on Saturday, March 8 at 9 a.m.:
All are invited to connect with the community while lending a hand to develop scenic trails in Essex by taking part in a volunteer trail building project organized by Champlain Area Trails. This session on the new connector trail will focus on connecting lower Brookfield Road to the Boquet Mountain Trail systems, opening up a scenic old road. Activities will include trail building, lopping, clearing brush, and hand-sawing, with tasks varying based on weather conditions. Volunteers should expect to walk approx. 2 miles during the event.
What to Bring: Participants are encouraged to bring gloves, protective eyewear (if using a string trimmer), water, and snacks. While Champlain Area Trails will provide tools such as loppers, hand saws, and string trimmers, feel free to bring any additional tools you may have.
Directions: The trailhead is situated on Brookfield Road, ¼ mile south of Reynolds Road in Essex, NY.
Registration: Please register by 6 p.m. the day before the event by emailing tony@champlainareatrails.com. If you cannot register in advance, feel free to join the group on Saturday at 9 a.m.
Wearable Art Show set for Saturday, March 8 at 3 p.m. and 6 p.m.:
This unique event, presented by Old Soul Design Shop and LY Productions, will showcase 15 talented artists who have created stunning wearable art pieces. The show features a diverse range of artistic styles, transforming traditional fashion into living, breathing artwork.
Old Soul Design Shop, 124 Margaret Street, Plattsburgh
The Depot Theatre and the Westport Wadhams Community Alliance present a staged play reading of The Thanksgiving Play on Sunday, March 9 at 3 p.m. at the Westport Heritage House:
Good intentions collide with absurd assumptions in Larissa FastHorse’s wickedly funny satire, as a troupe of terminally woke teaching artists scrambles to create a pageant that somehow manages to celebrate both Turkey Day and Native American Heritage Month.
Larissa FastHorse (a member of the Sicangu Lakota tribe) is a playwright and choreographer based in Santa Monica, California. In 2023, she became the first known female Native American playwright produced on Broadway with The Thanksgiving Play at Second Stage’s Hayes Theater.
The staged reading is directed by Beth Glover and features Peter Corley, Laura Farrell, Tyler Nye, and Tara Palen.
The event is free and open to the public.
Westport Heritage House, 6459 Main St, Westport
Hill and Hollow Music presents Irish band Lúnasa in concert on Sunday, March 9 at 4 p.m. in Plattsburgh:
Architects of a bold new Irish music landscape for more than 25 years, the renowned Irish band Lúnasa—on tour from the Emerald Isle—will perform in Plattsburgh’s historic Strand Theater.
Named for an ancient Celtic harvest festival honoring the Irish god Lugh, Lúnasa was formed in 1997 with members of some of the greatest Irish groups of the previous decade. From the start, the band’s complex arrangements and unique sound reshaped the boundaries of traditional Irish music and energized audiences the world over. An early review from Folk Roots magazine described the band as an “Irish music dream team.”
More critical acclaim followed, The Irish Echo describing the band as the “the hottest Irish acoustic band on the planet.” MOJO magazine named the band “the new gods of Irish music,” adding that “nobody since the Bothies has wielded such a thrilling rhythmic underlay.” Billboard raved that “anybody who listens can’t help but find them contagious.” Having since sold over a quarter of a million records and performed over 2,500 shows across 36 countries, Lúnasa has won multiple awards and become one of the most influential bands in the history of traditional Irish music.
A video of the band performing, admission tickets, and more information is available by clicking HERE.
Strand Center for the Arts, 23 Brinkerhoff St, Plattsburgh
The Chapman Museum presents “Conversations with the Past: Seneca Ray Stoddard’s Saratoga Connection” on Wednesday, March 12 at 7 p.m.:
Dr. Daniel Way, a Glens Falls native and retired primary care physician with Hudson Headwaters Health Network, will delve into the fascinating life and enduring impact of Seneca Ray Stoddard—renowned artist, photographer, explorer, surveyor, cartographer, inventor, and environmental advocate for the Adirondacks.
In this engaging presentation, Dr. Way will shine a spotlight on Stoddard’s significant work in nearby Saratoga Springs, NY, offering insight into the artistry and legacy of one of the region’s most influential figures.
This program is free for Chapman Members or $10 for non-members. Payment is required at the time of registration. Space is limited.
To register, please call (518) 793-2826.
Chapman Museum, 348 Glen Street, Glens Falls
Photo at top: Wikimedia Commons photo.