Eye on the Arts

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Grammy nominated singer-songwriter Maria Muldaur will perform at BluSeed Studios in Saranac Lake on Oct. 4 at 7:30 p.m. Muldaur — known for her 1974 hit “Midnight at the Oasis” — has had a lengthy career in American roots music. Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets are $25. For more information, visit bluseedstudios.org.

On Sept. 30, the Not Too Far From Home comedy tour will land at the Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts in Blue Mountain Lake. Comedian Aaron David Ward and friends will take the stage at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door. For more information, visit adirondackarts.org.

The Whallonsburg Grange will host another installment of their lyceum lecture series “What’s the Big Idea?” on Oct. 3 at 7:30 p.m. Speaker Andy Buchanan will head this next event, titled “Why World War Two Still Matters.” Tickets are $5 per person. For more information, visit thegrangehall.info.

SCREENINGS

The Lake Placid Center for the Arts will screen “The Lost City of Z” in collaboration with the Adirondack Film Society on Sept. 29-30. Starring Sienna Miller, Tom Holland, Angus Macfadyen and Robert Pattinson, the James Gray-directed film follows the true story of a two decade search in the jungles of the Amazon by British explorer Percy Fawcett. Tickets are $10 per person. The screening starts at 7 p.m. on both days. For more information, call 518-523-2512 or visit lakeplacidarts.org.

Ahead of Plattsburgh’s second annual pride parade on Sept. 30, a screening of “Pride” is slated for Sept. 29 at 7 p.m. in Yokum 200 on campus at SUNY Plattsburgh. “Pride,” a movie that chronicles the work of gay activists in the United Kingdom to help miners during a lengthy strike in the summer of 1984, is rated R. For more information, contact 518-564-5212.

“Paterson,” a film that follows a blue-collar poet who finds wisdom in everyday life, will screen at the Whallonsburg Grange Hall on Sept. 30 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $6 for adults, $3 for minors. For more information, contact info@cvfilms.org.

The Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts in Blue Mountain Lake will screen “Blissville... An Investigation,” a film that works to chronicle a remote corner of Queens, on Sept. 29 at 7 p.m. For more information, visit adirondackarts.org.

EXHIBITIONS

The NorthWind Fine Arts Gallery in Saranac Lake will open an exhibit featuring the works of artist Anne Hughes, known for her dedication to art created only with natural materials, throughout the month of October. An opening reception for the new exhibit, titled “Out of the Woods,” is slated for Oct. 6 at 5-7 p.m. For more information, call 518-354-1875. 

Glens Falls’ Hyde Collection will open a new exhibit, “A Shared Legacy: Folk Art in America,” on Oct. 8. To learn more about the exhibit, visit hydecollection.org/exhibition/a-shared-legacy-folk-art-in-america.

Saranac Lake’s Adirondack Artists Guild will display an exhibit of oil paintings by artist Sandra Hildreth through Oct. 1. For more information, visit adirondackartistsguild.com. 

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

The Champlain Wine Company in downtown Plattsburgh will open a new exhibit featuring the works of local author and artist Amy Guglielmo on Oct. 6. The opening reception, which will double as a book signing, is slated for 5-8 p.m. Guglielmo’s work is colorful, lively — reminiscent of the innocence and wonder of childhood. For more information on the exhibit, titled “Colors Everywhere,” contact 518-564-0064. 

Soovin Kim and Gloria Chien will perform at the Saranac United Methodist Church on Oct. 8 at 3 p.m. This duo, renown locally for their skill and engaging live performances, will perform works by Charles Ives, Richard Strauss and Robert Schumann. Tickets are $15 per person, $12 for students and seniors. For more information, contact 518-293-7613.

On Oct. 6, the NorthWind Fine Arts Gallery in Saranac Lake will open a new exhibit featuring the works of Anne Hughes. For more information about Hughes and the gallery’s upcoming displays, visit northwindfineartsgallery.com.