‘Mush!’

April 20, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Photographer: Patrick Danforth/Evans Mills
Media: Digital photograph
Camera: Nikon D7000, ISO 200f/5.6 1/600 145mm
Date: Winter 2012
Photographer’s notes: Here is Max, a German shepherd, and Alyson. Max stayed with us at Click to Zen Canine Behavioral Services for training while his rescue searched for a foster home. He was going to be put to sleep in a shelter in Brooklyn. Here he enjoys pulling Alyson on a sled. He loved pulling people on skis, a kick sled and mountain boards. He eventually found a foster home and was adopted.
Editor’s note: Mr. Danforth’s photo won the 2013 Watertown Daily Times Cabin Fever Photo Contest in the outdoor recreation category.

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Summer lineup at the Clayton Opera House

March 18, 2013 By 1 Comment

Comedian Rob Schneider kicks off the summer season at the Clayton Opera House on June 20. Photo courtesy Neil Visel Photography.

CLAYTON — When officials at the Thousand Islands Performing Arts Fund were planning the summer 2013 season for the Clayton Opera House, some good-natured debate broke out.

“Each year, the shows seem to be getting bigger with more national names,” said TIPAF Executive Director Joseph M. Gleason. “There was some debate whether we wanted to continue that or stick with smaller shows and more of them.”

A compromise was struck. [Read more...]

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Clayton Opera House, TIPAF director rediscovers his artistic stride

March 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment

‘We try to make everybody welcome here at the opera house,’ says Joseph M. Gleason, Thousand Islands Performing Arts Fund executive director. Photo by Justin Sorensen/Watertown Daily Times.

CLAYTON — Joseph M. Gleason has found his stride again as theater manager.

You could see it in the swift way he moved from his third floor office to the first floor stage of the Clayton Opera House on the morning of March 8 as he and a crew prepared for the first show of the spring season. Questions were answered and directions given. Within the hour, students in grades 3 to 5 from three schools were to burst through the doors for Garry Krinsky’s “Toying With Science” matinee. [Read more...]

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29th annual Frederic Remington Art Museum Holiday Gala

February 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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Free art classes for children

February 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment

The Kid’s Place at the Frederic Remington Art Museum in Ogdensburg has launched a “Make a Masterpiece” program, which features free art classes for children ages 5 and older.

From 3 to 5 p.m. on the first and third Tuesday of the month from February through May, the art museum will utilize a children’s book to take a look at a famous artist and discover what types of materials and subject matter the artist enjoyed working with. Artists covered include Vincent Van Gogh, Georgia O’Keeffe, Pablo Picasso and several others. A guided art activity based on the artist being studied will be lead by Lauren Gilmour, the museum’s educator and a state certified art instructor. For information, call Miss Gilmour at 393-2425 or email lauren@fredericremington.org.

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Growing community through the arts

February 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment

New St. Lawrence County Arts Council director ready for challenge with a ‘world of experience’ behind her

Rebekah Wilkins-Pepiton, new executive director of the St. Lawrence County Arts Council. Photo courtesy of the Arts Council.

Colorado, Texas, Idaho, Alaska, New York and China: Rebekah L. Wilkins-Pepiton has seen them all.

Although she’s been across the United States and the globe, Ms. Wilkins-Pepiton has most recently settled in as a St. Lawrence County resident. She brings her worldly travels and all of the experiences that go with them to her new post as executive director of the St. Lawrence County Arts Council.

“It’s been great, the community here has been incredibly welcoming; it’s probably the most welcoming place I’ve ever lived,” she said. “My perspective is a bit skewed, because I was just in Southern China.” [Read more...]

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‘The path forward’

February 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Photographer: Holly Boname, Watertown.
Media: Digital photograph
Camera:  Apple iPhone
Date: December 2012
Photographer’s notes: I took a trip to Black Pond, just outside of Henderson. The road and path were not plowed and the snow was fresh with no footprints. While walking I was blown away at the brilliant sun shining through the trees and the untouched path in front of me.

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Grace Potter and the Nocturnals returning to SLU

February 3, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Grace Potter returns to the St. Lawrence University campus next Sunday for a 10-year anniversary concert with her band, the Nocturnals. The group was formed at SLU. Photo courtesy Williams + Hirakawa.

Grace Potter found her voice and her passion at St. Lawrence University — potent ingredients for the singer who USA Today last summer called “the best female rock singer in the country.”

So her return to the Canton campus next Sunday, as leader of Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, has special meaning for her.

“Having this be a part of our history and being able to pay tribute to such a big part of why we are, who we are and where we came from is a great way to round out our 10-year anniversary,” she said. [Read more...]

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TAUNY will reopen with exhibit and concert

February 3, 2013 By Leave a Comment

CANTON — Traditional Arts in Upstate New York will reopen with an exhibit, Artists of the Forest, and a benefit concert by singer and instrumentalist Lee Knight. Mr. Knight will perform Adirondack and Appalachian folk songs on guitar, fretless banjo, dulcimer, Cherokee flute and mouth bow at 7 p.m. Friday in the renovated upstairs classroom at TAUNY, 53 Main St. A suggested donation of $5 to $10 will benefit TAUNY.

The exhibit in the main gallery, which features traditional artists from the northern forest, opens Saturday.

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Arts Council has raised two-thirds of the money needed for Screen on the Square

January 28, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Michael C. Miller, North Country Arts Council president, and Patricia I. Tague look over plans for the Enchanted Gardens arts gala and family day at Thompson Park in the summer of 2011. Photo by Amanda Morrison/Watertown Daily Times.

The North Country Arts Council is only six months and $50,000 away from the construction phase of the Screen on the Square.

The multipurpose facility will bring independent films and local theater to downtown Watertown. It is the biggest project for the council, which is busy preparing for several initiatives this year. [Read more...]

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