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Saturday, April 27, 2013
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GREEN UP DAY
SISTER DEBBIE BLOW
By Shaun Kittle shaun@denpubs.com PLATTSBURGH Ñ As the snow receded in downtown Plattsburgh, places like Trinity Park became marred by the presence of litter and leaves blowing around like urban tumbleweed. Yes, spring is here, and the Clinton County Advocacy and Resource Center teamed up with Plattsburgh StateÕ s newest fraternity, Pi Kappa Phi, to do some spring cleaning on Saturday, April 20. The Earth-Day inspired Green-up Day was the first of its kind for the two organizations. It was also a chance for the ARC, which serves individuals with developmental disabilities throughout the region, and the Eta Kappa chapter of Pi Kappa Phi, which was installed at Plattsburgh State in November 2012, CONTINUED ON PAGE 15
Plattsburgh Sister recognized for her volunteerism. PAGE 3 LIFE SAVING
ARC Direct Support Supervisor Ray Murtagh, right, holds the bag for Angie French of the ARC’s Home Services Department at Trinity Park in Plattsburgh as part of the Green-up Day city clean up. Photo by Shaun Kittle
Adrian Carr’s retrospective art show By Shaun Kittle
Baseball team hopes to find marrow donors. PAGE 8 GIGGLES FOR GIRLS
shaun@denpubs.com PLATTSBURGH Ñ On Saturday, April 20, Adrian Carr put his life on display at ROTA Gallery. His show, Ò The Hidden Art of Adrian CarrÑ A Retrospective 1976-2005,Ó includes about 20 pieces and is open through Monday, May 6. It all starts with Carr’s first oil painting, “Farmhouse,” completed in 1976. It’s of his grandmother’s farm in Wilson, a town in western New York. Carr admitted that the hills in the brightly colored painting are a bit exaggerated, but said that is how he saw them. It is in this way that CarrÕ s surroundings affect his work. In 1977, Carr painted a blizzard in Buffalo. The colors arenÕ t as bold as they are in “Farmhouse”—instead, its whites are splashed over grays in a lively, twisting fury. And then Carr moved to New York City, and his paintings changed again. It was there that his Ò Subway SeriesÓ was born. Adrian Carr performed pieces from his previous recordings at the opening of his new show, “The Hidden Art of Adrian Carr—A Retrospective 1976-2005,” on display at ROTA Gallery in Plattsburgh through Monday, May 6.
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