Wednesday, May 16 at 6:00 p.m. at the Kelly Adirondack Center Copies of the book will be available for sale. (cash or check only) Co-sponsored by Adirondack Explorer and UCALL, Union’s academy for lifelong learning This event is free and open to the public. For more information on Dr. Terrie’s book please visit the Adirondack […]
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Jefferson Project Update 2018
Thursday, May 17, 2018 | 7:00 p.m. | Olin 115 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 […]
Attachment Bonds and Wild Places
with Jillmarie Murphy, PhD Associate Professor of English, Director of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Thursday, April 5, 2018 at 7:00 in Reamer Auditorium Refreshments from 6:30 This event is free and open to the public. This talk will focus on both the material and immaterial bonds that humans develop to place, specifically the […]
Exhibit: The High Peaks Photography of Manny Palacios
January 23 through April 6, 2018 at The Kelly Adirondack Center Meet the Photographer Night April 6, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. Open 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday This event is free and open to the public. Preview select images at zone3photography.com.
Contesting Authentic Practice and Ethical Authority in Adventure Tourism
Contesting Authentic Practice and Ethical Authority in Adventure Tourism with Elizabeth S. Vidon, PhD Assistant Professor, SUNY College of Environmental Studies Thursday, February 15, 2018 at 5:30 p.m. in Old Chapel Refreshments from 5:00 p.m. This event is free and open to the public. Dr. Vidon is a Cultural Geographer whose research seeks […]
Environmental Justice & Racism in the Food System
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!
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 […]
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 […]