OGDENSBURG — The Frederic Remington Art Museum invites the public to the next Sketching in the Gallery class on Saturday, May 11 from 10:00 am-12:00 pm in the Museum’s Albert P. Newell and Addie P. Newell Galleries. Participants will get a chance to spend some time with Frederic Remington’s … Read More ⇒Remington Museum offering Sketching in the Gallery class
SYRACUSE — The 2024-25 Syracuse Stage season will open with a classic murder/mystery tale and conclude with a story of espionage and baseball. Read More ⇒Syracuse Stage announces 2024-25 season
In theory, “The Fall Guy” may be former stuntman David Leitch’s loving tribute to stunt professionals, but in practice, it’s a demonstration of the importance of movie star charisma. Loosely based on the 1980s TV show that starred Lee Majors as a stunt man moonlighting as a bounty hunter, “T… Read More ⇒‘The Fall Guy’ a testament to star power, not stunts
POTSDAM — SUNY Potsdam will bring together campus and community with its annual celebration of creativity — the LoKo Arts Festival. Read More ⇒SUNY Potsdam’s Loko Arts Festival open through Sunday
More than 30 Reality Check youth and their coordinators from Canton and Indian River came together for their annual “Central Region Youth Summit” at TEAM Adventure in Liverpool on April 20. Read More ⇒Reality Check hosts youth summit
Dylan Reed, Watertown, unwinds after work with a skate session Thursday afternoon at the Watertown Fairgrounds skatepark. Read More ⇒PHOTOS: Unwinding after work
OGDENSBURG — Upgrading the Parish Mansion at the Frederic Remington Art Museum is the lone project awarded in the latest round of funding from the New York State Council on the Arts in St. Lawrence, Jefferson and Lewis counties. Read More ⇒Remington Museum recipient of state arts funding to upgrade Parish Mansion
SYRACUSE — Actor, author and Blue Origin space traveler William Shatner will visit Destiny USA on Saturday, May 4. Read More ⇒William Shatner to host meet and greet signing event at Destiny USA
CLAYTON — A dynamic show featuring creations from the Syracuse Weavers Guild opened Wednesday at the Thousands Islands Arts Center. Read More ⇒TIAC exhibit displays dynamic work of Syracuse Weavers Guild
Is there anyone in cinema right now who has a gaze as coolly assured as Zendaya’s? In Luca Guadagnino’s tennis love triangle “Challengers,” she owns the movie and the camera, eyeing it as if daring it to reveal her thoughts. As Tashi Duncan, a tennis megastar-turned-coach after an injury, sh… Read More ⇒Zendaya serves up an ace in steamy love triangle
The North Country Quilting Guild has announced that Canadian Quilters Association-certified judge Bonnie Rankin has been named to judge the Guild’s 2024 biennial quilt show to be held May 31 to June 2 at Cerow Recreation Park arena in Clayton. Read More ⇒Canadian Quilters Association judge chosen for North Country Quilting Guild show
MASSENA — The Massena Village Board has set a public hearing for 3:45 p.m. Tuesday to discuss its plan to apply for Restore New York grant funding for the historic Schine Theater downtown. Read More ⇒Massena applying for grant for Schine Theater; hearing on plans is Tuesday
WATERTOWN — The producer of the North Country Music Project’s July 31 concert is gratified that the event at the Clayton Opera House sold out within days after it was announced last year. Read More ⇒North Country Music Project documenting a legacy, beginning with rock
OGDENSBURG — The Seaway Valley Prevention Council and the Community Health Center of the North Country held its second annual Seaway Spring Fest on April 13 at Ogdensburg Free Academy’s Edgar A. Newell II Memorial Golden Dome. Read More ⇒Sliding into Spring (Fest)
The filmmaking team known as Radio Silence, made up of directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, and producer Chad Villella, struck black (comedy) gold with their 2019 horror thriller “Ready or Not,” about a young bride, played by Samara Weaving, who has to battle her way out of a m… Read More ⇒Radio Silence brings maximalist style to vampire flick ‘Abigail’
DETROIT — ABC News Studios is set to release a documentary about James and Jennifer Crumbley, the parents of the Oxford High School shooter who were recently sentenced to 10 to 15 years in prison for involuntary manslaughter after their son killed four classmates in 2021. Read More ⇒ABC News doc on Crumbley trials airs today
This week I will share jokes and groaners that are remotely related to food. But as I can’t remember a funny story any longer than I have time to laugh, these have been gathered from various sources (with a few personal edits). Read More ⇒Here’s some food fun to ease the pain of tax day
The Orchestra of Northern New York will present its annual spring concert, “Visions & Reflections” next weekend in Potsdam and Watertown. Read More ⇒ONNY offers “Visions & Reflections” for spring concert
WATERTOWN — Students at Watertown High School were treated to a sneak preview Wednesday of an upcoming performance of a musical presented by the Case Middle School Music Department. Read More ⇒Watertown High students treated to preview performance of Case Middle School’s “Frozen Jr.”
CHAUMONT — The Monday Music on the Lake returns to Chaumont this summer with three concerts presented by the Lyme Performing Arts Council. Read More ⇒A summer of music returning to Chaumont
WATERTOWN — The concert by the bands FireHouse and Warrant on May 11 hosted by the Disabled Persons Action Organization will proceed despite the death on Friday of the founder and lead singer of FireHouse. Read More ⇒DPAO May 11 concert continuing despite death of FireHouse founder, lead singer
WATERTOWN — The Case Middle School Music Department invites the community to come and chill out with its production of “Frozen Jr.” Read More ⇒Case Middle School staging ‘Frozen’ on Friday and Saturday
WATERTOWN — People from around the world, as far away as Israel, convened at Watertown International Airport as the north country plunged into darkness on Monday. Read More ⇒44 private planes land at Watertown International Airport for eclipse
CANTON — Among the 60 or so people gathered at littleGrasse Foodworks to view the eclipse was Bruce Mclure, long-time, now retired, writer for Earth and Sky Magazine. Read More ⇒Eclipse wows Canton
HENDERSON — As the moon made its way in front of the sun on Monday afternoon, the town of Henderson, like the rest of the north country plunged into total darkness. Read More ⇒People pile into Sackets Harbor and Henderson to view eclipse
WATERTOWN — A “Where were you when?” moment on Monday afternoon, unencumbered by tragedies usually associated with such monumental events, may have been the first time that residents in this north country city applauded the disappearance of the sun. Read More ⇒Downtown Watertown bustles with joy and awe during eclipse
LOWVILLE — More than 2,000 people congregated at the Lewis County Fairgrounds for Totality on the Tug Monday. The event hosted by the Lewis County Agricultural Society, Naturally Lewis County, the Lowville Free Library and William H. Bush Memorial Library in Martinsburg attracted people from… Read More ⇒Totality on the Tug totally awesome
The Tibbetts Point Lighthouse may have been the best kept secret for viewing the Great American Eclipse. Less than thirty people, including a couple who visited from North Carolina, chose the Cape Vincent landmark to witness the spectacle. Read More ⇒Tibbetts Point Lighthouse lights up for totality
MASSENA — Darkness arrived early on Monday at the Barnhart Marina. Read More ⇒Solar eclipse draws around 100 people to Massena marina
OGDENSBURG — With their heads tilted to the sky, Rebecca and Aaron Richardson and their seven children watched as the total eclipse began at 3:23 p.m. Monday in Ogdensburg. Read More ⇒Visitors take in total eclipse in Ogdensburg
SYRACUSE — In much of Upstate New York, the sun may be obscured by more than just the moon during the total solar eclipse on Monday. Read More ⇒Update: NNY forecast gets gloomier for the solar eclipse
WATERTOWN — People gathered downtown on Saturday to take part in the Native American Solar Eclipse Festival, and celebrate The Haudenosaunee Confederacy, democracy and the solar eclipse. Read More ⇒Solar Eclipse Festival celebrates Native American heritage
Ready or not, keen or indifferent, a moment of darkness will settle over the north country Monday afternoon, the only time a solar eclipse’s totality will be visible in the region until the year 2399. Got your glasses? A viewing spot? Or will you hunker down at home? Read how locals are preparing. Read More ⇒For the north country’s once-in-a-lifetime eclipse, where will you be?
Twenty vendors set up kiosks in Potsdam’s Market Square Mall on Saturday for a craft/vendor fair hosted by The Rotary Club of Potsdam to benefit its book distribution literacy program. Read More ⇒Rotary Club of Potsdam hosts craft fair
CANTON — The upcoming solar eclipse has been a topic of interest in science classes across the region. Read More ⇒Canton 6th graders create eclipse documentary
CLAYTON — While the snow fell outside the Cerow Recreation Park Arena on Friday afternoon, those inside could let their imaginations take them away to warm and sunny days on the water. Read More ⇒Clayton hosting boat show all weekend
MASSENA — Roles have been cast for Massena filmmaker Elijah O. Winfrey’s next movie and he’s ready to begin production, but he’s looking for financial assistance to make it a reality. Read More ⇒Massena filmmaker seeks funding for next movie
CANTON — The weekend events will kick off on the Grasse River with the Friday afternoon Rushton Tour on May 3. The Rushton Tour is a 4.5-mile one-way downstream recreational paddle from Pyrites to Taylor Park, or you may choose to launch at Taylor Park and paddle upstream and return to Taylo… Read More ⇒Canton Canoe Weekend returns in May
SYRACUSE — Upstate New York may defy the historical odds and boast some of the clearest skies of anywhere along the total solar eclipse path in the U.S. on Monday. Read More ⇒Upstate N.Y. now looks like one of the clearest spots in U.S. to see the solar eclipse
SARANAC LAKE — It was all about monarch butterflies in the Harrietstown Town Hall. Children decorated the wings of butterfly-shaped cookies, town officials discussed the need to protect and support the insect, and the town council passed a resolution from Supervisor Jordanna Mallach declarin… Read More ⇒Community pledges to protect monarch butterflies
SACKETS HARBOR — A sea of suns, moons, and everything celestial will be featured at the Sackets Harbor Arts Center on Saturday and Sunday in celebration of Monday’s solar eclipse. Read More ⇒Sackets Harbor Arts Center to host Celestial Solar Eclipse Art Show
WATERTOWN — City native Ed Abbate is continuing his extracurricular activities as a movie extra, something he has done since 2004, with a couple of recent film projects. Read More ⇒Watertown movie ‘extra’ finds no shortage of work
BEAVER FALLS — The weekend following the solar eclipse, Beaver River Central School Theater Department will stage “Little Shop of Horrors” — a musical about a killer plant which appears after an eclipse. Read More ⇒‘Little Shop of Horrors’ coming to Beaver River stage
WATERTOWN — “Gone With the Wind” is returning to theaters for its 85th anniversary. Read More ⇒‘Gone With the Wind’ blowing into city for 85th anniversary
WATERTOWN — When Christian musician Timothy J. Grant died at the age of 48 in 2001, the community mourned the silencing of a much-loved talent who had a gift for connecting with people. That connection now endures through a new recording project of his music. Read More ⇒A musical fellowship revives the music of Tim Grant
ATV riders came from far and near to participate in the annual Snirt Run on Saturday. Read More ⇒Snirt Run “absolutely phenomenal” this year, official says
POTSDAM — On a crisp Saturday morning, the Raquette River Racing community was excited as they prepared for the Third Raquette River Marathon, Half, 10k, and 5k, with proud sponsors like Northern Power and Light, Seacomm, Hex and Hops Brewery, and Great Northern Printing. Runners gathered at… Read More ⇒Runners take to the streets for Raquette River Racing events
LAKE PLACID — As the total solar eclipse on April 8 fast approaches, forest rangers with the state Department of Environmental Conservation are preparing for a potential spike in backcountry traffic and emergency response. Read More ⇒Rangers prepare for eclipse: DEC urges visitors to stay out of backcountry
SYRACUSE — Tickets went on sale March 13 for the Disney On Ice production of “Frozen” and “Encanto” to be presented May 9-12 at Upstate Medical University Arena at The Oncenter War Memorial. Read More ⇒Disney on Ice bringing ‘Frozen,’ ‘Encanto’ to Syracuse
DALLAS — As we gear up for the first total solar eclipse in nearly 150 years, The Dallas Morning News has curated an eclipse-inspired playlist as a soundtrack for April 8. Read More ⇒Here’s your ultimate solar eclipse playlist
WATERTOWN—A 1907 Steinway piano is back at home inside the First Presbyterian Church after spending the last year in Iowa for a $70,000 restoration, funded by the congregation. Read More ⇒Historic Steinway piano brought back to life for Holy Week recital