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SARANAC LAKE The Pendragon TheatreÕ s 10th annual Wine Tasting will take place at the Whiteface Club and Resort at the Clubhouse from 6 to 9 p.m. on Friday, May 3. Savor tapas, sip wines from around the world and see what the sensational silent auction has to offer. For more information contact the theatre at 891-1854 or go to pendragontheatre.org. Ñ
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KEENE Ñ East Branch Friends of the Arts (EBFA) presents SomaBeats and Wulaba on Saturday, May 18, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Keene Arts, 10881 NYS Route 73 in Keene. SomaBeats West African-inspired dance tribe began 30 years ago and arrived in the Adirondacks in 2004. Created by Johnna MacDougal, SomaBeats dance tribe has been performing all over the North Country with Wulaba, a West African drumming group.
‘Go Digital or Go Dark’ kicks off By Keith Lobdell keith@denpubs.com
LAKE PLACID Ñ Almost 200 people made their way into the main screening room at the Palace Theatre in Lake Placid April 26 to help launch a campaign to keep small town movie cinemas in the Adirondack region alive. The Ò Go Digital or Go DarkÓ Campaign, a collaborative fundraiser between the Adirondack North Country Association and the Adirondack Film Society, started with a premiere of a Ò movie trailerÓ that will be shown in local theaters about their need to convert from film to digital technology since movie companies will stop sending out film reels within the next six months. Ò This is something that is directly aligned and will impact local economies,Ó ANCA Executive Director Kate
Fish said. Ò We want to raise enough money to help our small theaters transfer. We cannot imagine our small towns without these theaters, and we feel that this is something that these communities can get behind. We are going to make sure that every local theater can make this transition.Ó Fish said that for the four-screen setup at the Palace Theatre in Lake Placid, it would take about $300,000 for a complete changeover of all screens. Ò RegÕ s (Clark) goal is to get one of the theaters changed over as soon as they can and then work on the rest,Ó said Naj Wikoff, who has worked with the film society on the issue. Ò However, then you have the theaters that have only one screen and this is life or death to them. We want this to succeed for all of them. If we fail, then every single theater in the Adirondacks could close.Ó
The 10 theaters that have come together to take part in the campaign include the Palace, the Hollywood in Au Sable Forks, Cinematheque in South Glens Falls, The Glen Drive In of Queensbury, the Indian Lake Theater, the Ogdensburg Cinema and the Adirondack State Theater in Tupper Lake, along with a trio of Strand Theaters located in Old Forge, Schroon Lake and Plattsburgh. Ò A lot of people said that something has to be done,Ó said John Huttlinger, president of the Adirondack Film Society. Ò Sen. Betty Little called in the folks at ACNA to help coordinate this fundraising effort for these theaters.Ó Between showings of the trailer, people were asked to talk about their experiences going to the movies at their local theater. CONTINUED ON PAGE 9
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Palace Theater projectionist Benjamin Flynn and Hollywood Theater owner Cory Hanf talk with Palace Theater owners Barbara and Reg Clark at the “Go Digital or Go Dark” campaign kick off. Hanf started his career in movies as an employee of the Clark’s in Lake Placid. Photo by Keith Lobdell
LAKE PLACID Ñ Tap into a night of craft beer on May 18, at the beautiful Heaven Hill Farm in Lake Placid. The fun begins at 3 p.m. with live music from Colleen Blanchard and a lot of great raffle items. We will also highlight some of our studentsÕ masterpieces. Tickets are $30 per person, $15 for designated drivers and must be 21 to enter. Proceeds will support Literacy Volunteers of Essex/Franklin CountiesÕ Adult Literacy Programs. For more information and tickets, call 546-3008.
LAKE PLACID Ñ On Saturday, May 4, music from around the globe will fill the Lake Placid Center for the Arts. The event, the World Music Festival, will be the largest fundraiser ever held to benefit Reason 2 Smile, a non-profit organization that helps orphaned and at-risk children in developing countries. Keela Grimmette, executive director of Reason 2 Smile, Inc., started Reason 2 Smile in 2007, shortly after volunteering for 10 weeks at Jambo Jipya school in Mtwapa, a fishing village located in Kenya, Africa. When she realized the school might have to close if it didnÕ t receive help, Grimmette became determined not to let that happen. To help raise money for her cause, Grimmette organized the first-ever World Music Festival at Saranac Lake High School about five years ago. Since then, the event has grown from a few performances to a full day of workshops and presentations for people of all ages. Ò ItÕ s a celebration of different cultures, and to help promote the local groups that do a lot of different cultural dances,Ó Grimmette said. Ò A lot of these people have groups that meet on a weekly or monthly basis.Ó This year Õ s all-day festival will begin at 8:45 a.m., and will culminate in a series of performances beginning at 7 p.m.
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