North Country Community Calendar

Writing teacher Irene Sherlock hones your writing style and deepens your understanding of the craft--all genres, levels. Daily workshops, writing time, readings & consultations. www.PersisGranger.com. Phone/email with questions. Camp Dippikill.

The five towns of the Champlain Islands are presenting the best of the Islands. Adults will enjoy concerts, flea markets,wine tastings, farm stands, yard sales, community meals. Many special events for children. Come, visit, relax, and enjoy with us.

On the first Sunday of the month, Rev. Mark Pierce of the Lake Parishes Churches invites all interested men to join in.

$125.00 includes a $25 materials fee
Workshop will explore three common printmaking techniques: etching, woodcut and collagraph. No experience necessary.
Adirondack Art Association members receive a 10% discount!

Please call gallery to register

The Sackets Harbor Battlefield Alliance, Inc. is hosting the huge North American War of 1812 Grand Tactical at the Sackets Harbor Battlefield State Historic Site, as a prelude to the upcoming War of 1812 Bicentennial observance.

Celebrating Gar Wood boats as well as other vintage and classic inboards and outboards. Saturday's auction will offer hobby projects and restored crafts. Nautical marketplace, series of forums, food and a Grand Parade of Boats on Sunday.

23rd Annual Craft Fair. Over 40 Vendors. Penelope the Clown. Music by Reflections starts at 12:30pm. LL Lions Club sells lunch.

Live music, a craft show, Voyageur Canoe Races, eco-fun, Merrickville Lions Barbecue, loads of children's activities, and more! It's all part of Merrickville's salute to the Rideau Canal taking place at Blockhouse Park. www.merrickvillecanalfest.com

10 AM: Free guided tour of Great Camp Sagamore
2 PM: Water Taxi Service to St. Huberts
3 PM: Annual ecumenical vespers at St. Huberts. Celebrating 30 years on Raquette Lake.

Travel by bike between Colchester/Burlington and South Hero and islands.
Suggested donation $10 for all day round-trip.

$10 for Fri Only
Full Weekend (Fri-Sun)
$40 in Advance
Children under 12 free.
A weekend-long celebration of diverse folk music, dance & song traditions of the Champlain Valley and beyond. Family-friendly event boasts concerts, workshops, & crafts.

Join our Family orientated guided adventure on the Majestic St Lawrence River as we observe wild birds in their natural habitat. Also watch the many different kinds of fish, turtles, frogs and mammals. Stop on Grindstone Island for Nature walk.

The UU Church of Canton NY welcomes Rev. David Blanchard as our new settled minister. Our 10:30 Worship Service will feature his Sermon titled Scout, Atticus & Boo: Fifty Years Later. Refreshments and conversation will follow.

Practice your reading skills over the summer by reading aloud to an adorable dog from Therapy Dogs of Vermont. Every Sunday during June, July & August. 1:00-2:00 p.m. Free. Ages 5 7 up. No preregistration needed.

Meets Sat & Sun, July 24 & 25, July 31 & Aug 1. Learn this Japanese method of dying cloth with a pattern. $90 for all 4 classes, plus $8 materials fee. To register and for list of materials to bring, call SLC Arts Council: 315-265-6860

A summer hymn sing led by organists Evelyn Riehl and Cyndy Hennessy will be held at the Colton Methodist Church. Free to public; all are welcome.

Come see twelve professional actors present Shakespeare's supernatural and bloody tale (whose name we dare not speak)!

TICKETS
Adults $10
Students $5
Children 13 & under FREE

Multi-show discounts available.

Visit WWW.ADKSHAKES.ORG for more info!

-"With this Moby Dick, the theatre becomes once more a house of magic."(K.Tynan)

The Classic Theatre Festival, Ontario's newest professional summer theatre presents classic hits of Broadway and the London Stage. We run Wed.-Sat. at 8 pm, 2 pm matinees Wed., Sat & Sun. Group, youth discounts, theatre packages available.

Features the students from the Festival's Young Artists Training Program - stars of the future!

At the Thendara Moose River B&B: The classic jazz songs of the '50s keep the beat for this tuneful, topsy-turvy tale of mistaken identities and foiled lovers. When the Rat Pack meets the Bard, it's way cool. This FREE performance is rated G. Join us!

Good Shepherd (Church) on St. Hubert's Isle -
FREE boat service from Raquette Lake Village Dock beginning at 2:00 pm
More info - http://www.sthubertsisle.com

We celebrate the War of 1812 weekend with our own warriors the 10th Mountain Division Band. This is tentative, they may be deployed, but we will have another band if they are not here

Adapted by Patrick Barlow From the novel by John Buchan From the movie of Alfred Hitchcock Dashing Richard Hannay works desperately to track down a spy ring before it’s too late! A spoofy take on Hitchcock’s 1935 film classic.

Concert at the Gazebo. For more info, call 518-643-9513 ext. 7

Everyone is welcome for this free concert and all should bring a chair or a blanket. The rain location will be the Hiltebrant Recreation Center Pavilion on North Street. The Summer Concert Series on Sunday evenings is sponsored by the Town of Webb.

Friends of Roy Hurd & Amy Kohanski will present a benefit concert for the Hurd-Kohanski family who lost their home in a fire last week. A $10 donation is requested. Featuring Martha Gallagher, Dogs of Jazz, Fran Yardley and more.

Meetings are EVERY Friday & Sunday evening.

Compadres and Juno Award winners James Keelaghan & Oscar Lopez with the Compadres band create their hybrid they dub Celtino. James (Canadian, Celtic and Australian), Oscar (Chilean and Latin).

Newcomb Town Beach (Rain venue: Newcomb School) - The classic jazz songs of the '50s keep the beat for this tale of mistaken identities and foiled lovers. When the Rat Pack meets the Bard, it's way cool. This FREE performance is rated G. Join us!

Now in its 14th season in the Adirondacks, Loon Lake Live! presents a free concert of string instruments featuring the U.S. premiere of Ellen Lindquist's string trio "Aanlanden."

Doc Watson, one of the most admired and imitated traditional country musicians in America, performs his time honored mix of mountain music, blues and early country music accompanied by guitarist Richard Watson and banjo player David Holt. TIX: $34.50

www.LakePlacidSinfonietta.org Letters written to Rodzinski by composers Copland, Barber, Shostakovitch, Sibelius and others will be read, music by these composers will be performed. Maestro Rodzinski lived in and in fact is buried in Lake Placid.

Athol Fugard's award-winning play is both funny and devastating in recounting the relationships of a white boy, his bigoted father and two black waiters in his mother's cafe during the period of apartheid. Special price: $16.