Robin Caudell

People attend last year’s Local Author Festival. The second annual event will be an intimate opportunity to meet and talk with authors in Crapser Hall in Brasher Falls.

North Country Underground Railroad Historical Association President Jacqueline Madison discusses the history of Juneteenth, as well as the importance of the North Country for those seeking freedom, during an event to mark the holiday at the Elizabethtown Social Center, June 19, 2025.

The Adirondack Dance Company presents “An Evening of the Arts featuring the Wizard of Oz,” Friday at 7 p.m. in the E. Glenn Giltz Auditorium, Hawkins Hall, SUNY Plattsburgh.

PLATTSBURGH — The Plattsburgh State Art Museum hosts “What Remains: Voices from the Margins of History,” an exhibit of photographs from the Clinton County Historical Association, Saturday through Oct. 2

PLATTSBURGH — Gather "top o’ the morning to ya" greetings at Vacation Bible School June 29 through July 3 at the First Assembly of God, 164 Prospect Ave., Plattsburgh.

Creatives of any age can explore a variety of media at the Keeseville Community Arts Festival, which kicks off next week.

Buy Now A portrait of Dr. Alice P. Green painted by Robert Shetterly. Green experienced a traumatic instance of racism as a Black teenager growing up in the lily-white, iron ore-mining hamlet of Witherbee. She devoted the rest of her life to fighting injustice wherever she found it. In 1985, she founded and served as executive director of the Center for Law and Justice in Albany. She established the center in response to the killing of Jesse Davis, an unarmed and mentally ill Black man who was shot to death in his apartment in 1984 by three white Albany police officers, who were later exonerated. {span}Among her many honors, Green’s community advocacy and civil rights work were acknowledged by President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at a White House ceremony in 2015. She received the John Brown Lives! Spirit of John Brown Freedom Award in 2016 and UAlbany’s highest honor, the Citizen Laureate Award, in 2022, along with her husband of 52 years, philanthropist and affordable housing developer Charles Touhey.

The medical-surgical team on R6 at University of Vermont Health Network - Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital celebrates the DAISY Award presented to resident nurse Christina Rumyantseva during a surprise ceremony.

Buy Now Currently based in Mont‑Tremblant, Quebec, Patricia Bellerose also spends a great deal of time in Binghamton with her husband’s family. From an early age, her family encouraged her to draw, explore watercolors and experiment with various painting mediums. She graduated in graphic design in 2000 from Ahuntsic College in Montreal. She now exhibits in multiple galleries across Canada and the United States. See her work at patriciabellerose.com

Buy Now Ann Pember earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston in 1968 and worked as a freelance commercial artist for 12 years. She and her husband relocated to Lake Champlain region in 1976. She has been painting in watercolor since 1960 and is a signature member of 22 art and watercolor societies. Read more at annpember.com