Leah Penniman January 30, 2018, 12:45- 1:45 Reamer Auditorium This event is sponsored by the Kelly Adirondack Center, the Multicultural Affairs Office, and the Sustainability Office. It is free and open to the public!
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Union receives grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to highlight the Adirondacks
NOVEMBER 16, 2017 Union has been awarded a $250,000 presidential leadership grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to strengthen its Adirondack Studies initiative. The three-year grant will develop a new Adirondack mini-term, which will combine classroom work with experiential learning though guided trips to local communities, historic sites and places that will educate students […]
Quickstep Music and Dance with John Kirk and Trish Miller
with John Kirk and Trish Miller Thursday, November 16, 2017, 5:30 p.m. Refreshments from 5:00 p.m. Reamer Auditorium, Union College Free and Open to the Public Traditional and original Adirondack tunes and witty songs are presented with brilliant arrangements using fiddle, guitar, banjo, mandolin, and warm clear vocals. Since 1988, John Kirk and […]
Adirondack Research Library
The Kelly Adirondack Center and the Adirondack Research Library are open to the public Monday through Thursday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The Adirondack Research Library is a vibrant educational and research unit of the Kelly Adirondack Center which supports Union College’s educational mission. The ARL actively collects and maintains a collection of archives, […]
Adirondack Museums and Historical Sites
The Kelly Adirondack Center has compiled this list to raise awareness of the many counties, towns, institutions, and organizations sharing their histories with the public at facilities throughout the Adirondacks. It is not a complete list. It is constantly being updated as new digital materials are made available. Adirondack Experience, Blue Mountain Lake Adirondack […]
Adirondack Research Resources Online
The Kelly Adirondack Center has compiled this list of online resources to raise awareness of the many government agencies, institutions, and organizations sharing their digital collections. It is not a complete list. It is constantly being updated as new digital materials are made available. Adirondack Experience Online Collections Database Adirondack Mountain Club High Peaks […]
Through Native Eyes: Adirondack History, Stories, and Music
October 19, 2017 at 5:30 Reamer Auditorium This program mixes traditional Native American history and stories of the Northeast and Adirondack Region with drum songs and flute music. Joseph Bruchac is a writer and traditional storyteller who lives in the Adirondack Mountains Region of Northern New York in the house he was raised in […]
“Pioneering Peak-bagger Bob Marshall” with Phil Brown
When Bob and George Marshall began their quest to become the first to conquer New York’s highest peaks with Herb Clark almost a century ago, they never could have imagined that in the next 100 years over 10,000 hikers would literally follow in their footsteps. Join us as Phil Brown shares his thoughts on the […]
Parts but Little Known
On Exhibit fall 2017 through spring 2018 At the Kelly Adirondack Center The Adirondack region is no longer uninhabited, as The London Magazine once claimed, but anyone who has hiked there knows that parts are still impassable. The maps in this exhibit graphically demonstrated the increase in knowledge about the region and what was […]