Plein Air Thursdays at the Kelly Adirondack Center July 10, 17, and 24, 2025 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. free and open to the public Please feel free to share this invitation! Do you like to paint or draw outside with others in natural spaces? Please join us for Plein Air Thursdays at the Kelly […]
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A Force for Nature: Paul Schaefer’s Adirondack Coalitions
with Dave Gibson September 4, 2025 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. in the Adirondack Room at the Kelly Adirondack Center Books will be available for purchase at the event. A staunch advocate for the Adirondack Park, activist and writer Paul Schaefer deeply influenced conservation policy in New York State. His work and writing inspired countless […]
Wild Forest Lands: Finding History and Meaning in the Adirondacks
with author Phil Terrie September 25, 2025 5:00 p.m. in the Adirondack Room at the Kelly Adirondack Center Books will be available for purchase at the event. Since 1894, the New York Constitution has protected wilderness in the State Forest Preserve, most of which is in the Adirondacks. Phil Terrie’s latest book examines closely the […]
Minerva Jams Sessions are back this summer
in the Adirondack Room at the Kelly Adirondack Center June 27 and Fridays July 11 through August 29, 2025 12:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. free and open to the public Stop in for a few songs or stay for the whole session! These will be northeast style round-robin sessions with a mix of old-time, […]
Join us at the Schenectady Kids’ Art Festival
The Kelly Adirondack Center table will be helping children start nature journals at the Schenectady Kid’s Art Festival! Saturday, June 7 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Jay Street, Schenectady
Join us at the Union College Community Carnival!
We’ll be coloring sheets that share information on the New York State official fish, amphibian, and insect.
Join us at Pride Fest!
We’ll be making Pride bracelets Saturday, May 10 2:30p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Pride Fest is hosted annually by Union Pride to celebrate and uplift Union’s LGBTQ+ community and its allies. Dozens of departments, organizations, clubs, and businesses, from both on and off campus, will be tabling. They will have resources, trivia, games, activities, and […]
Spring 2025 Kelly Adirondack Center Newsletter
The Spring 2025 Kelly Adirondack Center Newsletter is now online! Learn more about our upcoming exhibition, Time and Place West and East, opening May 1. The exhibition of photographs by Carol McCord and poems by Professor Emeritus Jim McCord will be up through September. Missed a Kelly Adirondack Center program? The Newsletter includes […]
Time and Place West and East Exhibition
Eyeing the Sea Photography of Carol McCord and Poetry of Jim McCord May 1 through September 31, 2025 Opening May 1 at The Kelly Adirondack Center 897 St. David’s Lane, Niskayuna 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Jim McCord will read his poetry and Carol’s accompanying photos will be shown beginning at 5:30 p.m. in the […]
Minerva Jams Session
Friday, March 28 | 12:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Kelly Adirondack Center free and open to the public Come for a few songs or stay for the whole session! This will be northeast style round-robin session with a mix of old-time, New England, Irish, and Canadian tunes along with traditional and contemporary songs, key changes […]