Thursday, October 13, 2016 • 5:30 TO 6:30 PM Old Chapel • Free and open to the public An illustrated lecture with Richard Nason Nason has always been interested in history. In the 1970s, he came upon a collection of 16 mm films of Finch, Pruyn’s milling operations and has given illustrated lectures since. He […]
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Sustainably Managing Adirondack Woodlands
Thursday, September 29, 2016 • 5:30 TO 6:30 PM Reamer Auditorium • Free and open to the public The Adirondack region is touted as a great “wilderness,” but it is also home to over 130,000 people. Even much of the uninhabited, state-owned land has been shaped by human activity through logging, mining, tourism, reconstruction, and reforestation. […]
Meet the 2016 Summer Research Fellows
Women writers and the wilderness: Student research projects to explore Adirondack connection The writer Joyce Carol Oates has frequently set many of her short stories and novels in the Adirondacks. Born in the upstate New York farming community of Lockport, Oates is intimately familiar with the landscape of her childhood. Sydney Paluch ’17 is spending […]
Reception and Presentation on Impact Investing
Thursday, May 26, 2016 5-8 pm Kelly Adirondack Center 897 St. David’s Lane A reception and presentation at the Kelly Adirondack Center. The reception will begin at 5:00 pm, a brief presentation on Impact Investing will take place from 6:00 to 6:45 pm, and the reception will continue again until 8:00 pm. It’s expected to […]
The Jefferson Project: An Update
April 21 | 5:30 p.m. | Nott Memorial The Jefferson Project is a collaboration between Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, IBM, and The FUND for Lake George that studies the past, present, and potential future states of Lake George. Jefferson Project findings will feed back into improved decision and policy making in an effort to preserve this incredible resource. This […]
2016 Adirondack Week
Adirondack Week 2016 May 8-13 Special events include: A talk on the “Value of Wilderness” with Sierra Club President Aaron Mair Two exhibition openings and receptions: Grassroots Activism and the American Wilderness: Pioneers in the 20th Century Adirondack Park Conservation Movement The Kelly Adirondack Center: From Family Home to Academic Institution A presentation by social entrepreneur […]
These Things are Gifts: Baskets from the Adirondack Woods
with Jill Breit Thursday, April 7, 2016 at 5:30 p.m. Reamer Auditorium, Union College Folklorist and Executive Director of Traditional Arts in Upstate New York Ash basketry in the Adirondacks originated with the region’s Native Americans and was adopted by white settlers who worked in the woods. Folklorist Jill Breit will describe the cultural […]
Wha de Wata Bring: Gullah/Geechee Cultural Continuation and Environmental Preservation
Thursday, February 18 | 5:30 p.m. Nott Memorial | Union College | Free and open to the public as part of the Kelly Adirondack Center’s lecture series on Young leaders, diversity and the environment A histo-musical presentation provided by Queen Quet, Chieftess and Head-of-State for the Gullah/Geechee Nation. Queen Quet presented on the importance of cultural continuation […]
Art Exhibition | Anne Diggory: On Location in Keene Valley and Lake George
Exhibition Corridor | Kelly Adirondack Center January 13 – May 6, 2016 Exhibition Opening and Gallery Talk – February 11, 2016, 5:30 pm Meet the Artist – April 9, 2016, 2:00 – 4:00 pm Saratoga Springs-based Anne Diggory is known for her combination of accurate detail with expressive painting and strong abstract structure – an outgrowth of […]
Color of Climate: The Changing Face of the American Environmental Movement
Tuesday, October 27 | 5:30 p.m. Nott Memorial | Union College Free and open to the public as part of the Kelly Adirondack Center’s lecture series on young leaders, diversity and the environment Dorien Paul Blythers will present From the Sierra Club to Silicon Valley, new and old efforts to diversify have taken center stage […]