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This Week Nature exhibit at Paul Smith’s VIC PAUL SMITHS „ Artist Ella Davidson and nature photographer Karla Brieant will be featured in an exhibition at the Paul SmithÍ s College VIC. DavidsonÍ s paintings deal with experiencing the wilderness. Her focus is on simple, quiet moments which elicit reflective and spiritual experiences. Brieant is a landscape/ nature photographer who specializes in photographs of the Adirondack Park. The show will be held in the Great Room Art Gallery at the Paul SmithÍ s College VIC at 8023 State Route 30, Paul Smiths. The show will open on June 8 and hang through July 7. The VIC building is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free.
Wildflower program with ADK LAKE PLACID „ Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK) is presenting a special program, ñ Adirondack Wildflowers Through the Seasons.î Frank Lescinski will bring you on a visual journey through the seasons of Adirondack wildflowers. You will be amazed by natureÍ s beauty and leave inspired to find these forest gems on your own. This presentation will be held on Saturday, June 8, at 8 p.m. at ADKÍ s High Peaks Information Center, located at the Heart Lake Program Center in Lake Placid. This presentation is free and open to the public. For more information, call 523-3441 or visit adk. org.
Trustees of the Henry Uihlein II and Mildred A. Uihlein Foundation visited Dewey Mountain Recreation Center in Saranac Lake recently and presented a check for $25,000 toward construction of a new base lodge. The Uihlein Foundation offered the grant as a challenge last fall, contingent on Dewey Mountain Friends and Saranac Lake Rotary Foundation raising at least $50,000 in other gifts over the winter. More than 300 generous families and businesses responded with $59,000 in gifts. Dewey Mountain is now well-positioned to match a state Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation grant, which it will apply for this year in hopes of breaking ground in spring 2014. Dewey Mountain is a year-round in-town recreation center owned by the Town of Harrietstown. For more information please see DeweyMountain.com or call 891–1080.
Pendragon Theatre opens season with ‘Dirty Blonde’ SARANAC LAKE „ The Pendragon Theatre is pleased to announce the opening of its first full length production of the Saints & SinnerÍ s Season with ñ Dirty Blonde,î by Claudia Shear and James Lapine. Laura-Jean Swanson is directing the production, with scenic design by Tijana Bjelajac, Lighting Design by Bonnie B. Brewer and Costume Design by Kent Streed. The cast features Brandy Clark as Mae West with Dylan Duffy and Matt Eick as a myriad of characters. The show opens on Friday, June 7 at 8 p.m. There will be a reception following the performance. There will also be the
new second night special, June 8, with tickets on sale for $10. ñ Dirty Blonde,î explores the phenomenon of legendary American icon Mae West, Featuring songs from ñ IÍ m No Angelî and ñ She Done Him Wrong,î the musical play, intersperses WestÍ s life with two modern fans who meet at her gravesite and subsequently celebrate Mae WestÍ s joy of living, sexual power and freedom though their relationship during the course of the play. Playwright Claudia Shear has sprinkled the biographical flashbacks with Mae WestÍ s spot on repartees, sparkling jewels of double entendre. The title is from one of WestÍ s film quips, “I made myself plati-
num, but I was born a dirty blonde.î ñ I feel like a million,î the actress playing Mae tells the audience, then puts up her hand, ñ but one at a time.î Even if youÍ re not Cary Grant, why donÍ t you come up and see her sometime in delightful Dirty Blonde. Tickets for Dirty Blonde are $22 for adults, $20 for seniors and $12 for those under 17. You can also take advantage of the Dinner Theatre Special for $42. For more information or to purchase tickets, call Pendragon Theatre at 891-1854, email at info@pendragontheatre.org or visit online at pendragontheatre. org. Brandy Clark as Mae West.
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