Adirondack Family Time™

Learning to ride a bicycle has as many stages as learning to walk, though walking seems to come with less drama. First the scooter stage (quad-cycle,) then on to the tricycle, which leads to training wheels. Finally that two-wheeled sense of freedom is achieved. Each stage brings a different challenge. For my family, each stage was clung to with white-knuckled intensity. Read More Here

Pendragon Theatre* in Saranac Lake is celebrating its 30th year with deals on live performance subscriptions. Four subscription types are available between May 1, 2010 - April 30, 2011. Pendragon will offer 11 productions Year Round: All 11 events (including Moby Dick and Shakespeare) $120 Year Round: All 9 events $100 The 5 Show Summer Full Length: $70 Special 30th year deal: "3 for $30" = 3 events for $30 restrictions do apply. only one per person per season) Good for any combination of full length, cabaret, alumni event, etc but just three events. The line-up is An adaptation of Jungle Book Sarah Ruhl's Eurydice Constance Cogdon's adaptation of The Imaginery Invalid Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolff A return engagement of Orson's Welle's Moby Dick Rehearsed A return engagement of The Complete Works of Shakespeare (abridged) One Night Only "Pendragon Alumni" staged reading on July 17, 2010 with reception Cabaret Evenings - so

After a few weekends filled with theatre we needed a little family outdoor time to bring back some balance. We have never entered the William C. Whitney Wilderness area. We have driven past with a longing look wondering what lies beyond that road. As we drive down the winding road private posted signs flank the road. At first we are unsure if we are going the right way. Finally those familiar DEC signs start appearing. The William C. Whitney area is surrounded by private land in and around the Wilderness area. We cross the bridge over Little Tupper Lake when someone spots a pair of mallards paddling on the marsh. It is one of our first signs of spring. The horse trail is just beyond so we eagerly question what other spring gifts may be on the trail. We have no plans to walk the complete four miles to the shore of Little Tupper Lake. Stony Pond is a little closer at 2.75-miles. The snow is granular and the ground is bare in most places. The snowshoes are obsolete here. We kick t

The 45-minute opera of The Three Little Pigs will be held at the Charles R. Wood Theatre in Glens Falls free of charge at 1:00 p.m. on March 27. According to Executive Director Bill Woodward seating for the operatic performance at the Wood Theatre is on a first-come, first-serve basis. The 299-seat theatre will be open a half-hour before show time. “This a great opportunity for kids to come and see opera where it is reachable. It is a fairy tale and children are mesmerized with the singing. It’s a good way to assimilate them to opera,” says Woodward. “Parents will enjoy it just as much as the kids.” Read More

The Saranac Lake Ski Club is hosting a fun ski event with U.S. Ski Team members at Mt Pisgah on Friday March 19th from 4-6 pm. Ted Ligety, Andrew Weibrecht (not skiing) and a number of other Olympians are planning on being at Pisgah from 4-5:30 training with racers. An autograph session will occur from 5:30 to 6 in the lodge. $15 to ski at Mt Pisgah includes the lift ticket. Additional donations are also welcome. If you would like to donate but can't be present please send donation to Friends of Mt Pisgah, DBA Saranac Lake Ski Club, PO Box 978, Saranac Lake, NY 12983. Friends of Mt Pisgah is a 501c3 corporation. Donations are tax deductable. Twenty years ago volunteers raised money and installed snow making. Ten years ago volunteers raised the money and built a new base lodge and now the 1950's T-Bar is beyond repair. This will be a unique opportunity to ski and meet our U.S. Ski Team members. Please join the Saranac Lake Ski Club in this fundraising effort.

Craving Corn Beef and Cabbage? Need for an Irish jig? Here are some events to quench your thirst. Tri-Lakes All Day: $38 tickets to Whiteface with a Coca-Cola product 4:30 p.m - 7:00 p.m. St. Agnes St. Patrick’s dinner, Lake Placid held at the Comfort Inn 6:00 p.m. Irish music at Charlie's Inn Lake Clear , 518-891-9858 Western Noon: St. Patty's lunch at the Senior Nut Site, Long Lake Southern All Day: $38 lift tickets to Gore (with a Coca-Cola product) noon - midnight Olde Post Grille, 1300 State Route 9 Lake George 5:00 p.m. Corn Beef and Cabbage dinner at Emmanuel United Methodist Church, Steward Avenue Bolton Landing, NY Irish Step Dancers and the Adirondack Highlanders Pipe & Drum Band at the Parting Glass Pub , Saratoga Springs 5:00 p.m. All day celebration at the Irish Times Pub in Sarantoga Springs 6:00 p.m. -9:00 p.m. Performances by Aces High and Tom Moriarty at the Bolton Landing School Gymnasium. Lake Champlain 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. VFW 125 Corned Beef and Cabb

Go to www.adkfamilytime.com for a listing of family-friendly activities for March 13-14 out and about the Adirondack Park. This is a partial listing. Please let me know if I need to add something. I do the best I can! Enjoy! Tri-Lakes Adirondack Family Time (Lake Placid, Saranac Lake, Tupper Lake and Just Beyond 3/13/10 10:00 am Easter activities at Book Store Plus, Lake Placid; 10:30 am story time AuSable Forks Library; 3/14 11:30 Wild Center Wild Days with story time 1:00 Wild Center Wild Days workshop on raising chickens in your backyard *Ski at Big Tupper and get a free pass to the Wild Center 3/14 1:00 Wild Center Art Day, Family Art and Nature project 6:00 Play with your soup (some adult language, Lake Placid Center for the Arts and Pendragon Theatre Western Adirondack Family Time 3/13/10 All Day: Snow Fest at the George T. Hilebrant Pavilion Old Forge 11:00 -3:00 Kestral Nesting Box workshop, Newcomb VIC 3/14/10 1:30 Adk Museum Cabin Fever: free to school-aged children and m