The Adirondack Research Consortium and Paul Smith’s College present The Fall 2020 Webinar Series Ask an Expert All of these webinars were recorded and are now available on YouTube. Four one-hour interactive discussions Fridays 10 a.m. -11:00 a.m. in October to address key environmental, cultural and policy issues facing the Adirondack […]
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The Joys of Atlasing: Recording Now Available
It has been 20 years since the last breeding bird atlas in New York State. The third atlas will take place from 2020-2025 and involve thousands of volunteers from across the state. Learn about the history of the atlas, the importance of atlas data, and how you can get involved. Atlasing is a great excuse […]
Cooped up? Take a walk in the woods!
The Kelly Adirondack Center is adjacent to the Hudson-Mohawk Bird Club’s 111 acre Henry G. Reist Wildlife Sanctuary, which has miles of winding trails. You can access the Sanctuary from the KAC parking lot at 897 St. David’s Lane. Before you go, take a look at the Reist Sanctuary Field Guide, which includes the history of […]
Industry in the Mountains: The Tahawus Mine in Adirondack History
The Kelly Adirondack Center in collaboration with UCALL present Phil Terrie Professor Emeritus, Bowling Green University Wednesday, November 13, 2019 5:30 p.m. lecture, refreshments from 5:00 p.m. Reamer Auditorium This event is free and open to the public. Anyone who has approached the High Peaks from the south has driven past the imposing […]
Homecoming Weekend Open House
Saturday, October 19, 2019 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. This event is free and open to the public. The Kelly Adirondack Center will be hosting an Open House on October 19 from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Students from this summer’s Adirondack Mini-term course “A Peopled Wilderness” will share their experiences and […]
Great Camps and the Rustic Tradition
The Kelly Adirondack Center and UCALL present Steven Engelhart Executive Director of Adirondack Architectural Heritage October 22, 2019 5:30 p.m. lecture, refreshments from 5:00 Reamer Auditorium This event is free and open to the public. New York State’s Adirondack Park, a six-million-acre mixture of public and private lands, is the largest park […]
2019 Summer Research Fellows’ Presentations
at the Kelly Adirondack Center August 13, 2019 7:00 p.m. Each summer, the Kelly Adirondack Center funds two summer fellowships. The goal of the program is to support students doing scholarly work on the Adirondacks under the guidance of a faculty sponsor. The range of inquiry supported is broad and ideally interdisciplinary. This […]
Falling for the Adirondacks: Autumn Photography with Manuel Palacios
With Manuel Palacios Thursday, September 19, 2019 7:00 p.m. Reamer Auditorium Manny is a local freelance outdoor photographer. He has spent countless days and nights wandering around and basking in the beauty of the Adirondack State Park in New York. For him, landscape photography is not just a means for documenting moments, but rather […]
ReUnion Weekend Open House
Saturday, May 18, 2019 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. free and open to the public Now on exhibit 150th Anniversary of Adventures in the Wilderness; or, Camp-Life in the Adirondacks
Blacks in the Adirondacks with Author Sally Svenson
Wednesday, May 15, 2019 Old Chapel, Union College Campus 5:30 Presentation, Refreshments from 5:00 When Sally Svenson mentioned to people during the several years that she was researching and writing about the history of blacks in the Adirondacks, the typical response was, “What blacks?” For, indeed, Adirondack inhabitants have been and still are […]