Depot Theatre offers ticket discounts
WESTPORT — The Depot Theatre offers discounted ticket prices for this season's shows through its subscription program.

Subscribers, according to a press release, can save 25 percent on tickets. New subscribers get additional free tickets and existing members can earn free tickets through the Westport theater's referral program.

To learn more, call 962-4449 or go to depottheatre.org.



Grant winners announced
WESTPORT — Thirteen Essex County organizations are recipients of the 2009 Arts Council for the Northern Adirondacks Cultural Assistance Program (CAP) grants, made possible with public funds from Essex County, the New York State Council on the Arts and contributions from friends of the Arts Council.

A total of $7,500 was awarded to the following organizations for programs, projects and general operating support taking place in 2009: Essex Initiatives, Fort Ticonderoga Association Inc., the Lake Placid Institute for Arts and Humanities, Lake Placid Sinfonietta Inc., Rebecca Kelly Ballet, Ticonderoga Festival Guild Inc., Westport Library Association, Adirondack Architectural Heritage, The Depot Theatre, Essex County Historical Society, Historic Saranac Lake, Lake Placid Center for the Arts and Pendragon Inc.

For more information on this and other grant opportunities, contact Athena Roth, outreach/grants coordinator at the Arts Council for the Northern Adirondacks, at 962-8778 or e-mail her at grants@artsnorth.org.



Donation supports oral history projects
BLUE MOUNTAIN LAKE — A $2,500 donation from Stewart's Shops to the Adirondack Museum at Blue Mountain Lake will provide support for the museum's school-based oral history/video documentary program "Adirondack Tales."

The project is currently under way at the L.P. Quinn Elementary School in Tupper Lake and Indian Lake Central School, with 16 students in grades five and six participating.

The special project, directed by Museum Educator Christine Campeau, explores and preserves the significance of people who live and work in the Adirondacks by recording their personal stories.

Grant deadline nears
WESTPORT — Artists living in the counties of Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence may apply for Special Opportunity Stipends (S.O.S.) grants of up to $600 through the Arts Council for the Northern Adirondacks.

The grants are designed to help individual and collaborating artists take advantage of an imminent opportunity that will have a significant impact on their career or artistic development. The program, developed by the New York Foundation for the Arts, is open to artists working in all disciplines (including literature, media arts, visual arts, music, and theater).

For applications or more information, contact the Arts Council for the Northern Adirondacks at 962-8778 or e-mail grants@artsnorth.org. Additional applications may be downloaded at www.nyfa.org. All applications must be received in the Arts Council for the Northern Adirondacks offices (not postmarked) by 5 p.m. Thursday, May 28.

Long Lake Razz wins band battle
INDIAN LAKE — The Long Lake Razz — the Long Lake High School jazz band — was named "Best Band in the Adirondacks" at the Adirondack Battle of the Bands at the Indian Lake Theater May 8.

The Battle of the Bands is the first in a series of collaborative efforts between the Indian Lake Theater and the Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts. Anyone with ideas for programming is asked to contact Stephen at the arts center or Pat at the Indian Lake Theater. In a press release, both organizations extended their thanks to all the participants, the three judges and the community for coming out in support of the new event.

For more information about the arts center, call 352-7715.