
Artist John Van Alstine uses nature as inspiration
World-renowned stone sculptor John Van Alstine’s interpretation of nature’s interaction with the man-made world extends from his art to his home to his appreciation of the world around him.
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World-renowned stone sculptor John Van Alstine’s interpretation of nature’s interaction with the man-made world extends from his art to his home to his appreciation of the world around him.
Why I love the Adirondacks: The people. We “get” each other, for the most part. We understand the spirit of creativity that is born of necessity.
The Adirondack Diversity Initiative and its supporters hope to create a more welcoming environment in the state’s largest park and its rural communities.
The inaugural director of the Adirondack Diversity Initiative confirmed she is moving from Saranac Lake due to safety concerns but will remain in her post.
By Janet Reynolds Predicting the 2020 Adirondack Park tourism season’s crucial cash infusion is like trying to read a crystal ball. It’s a murky crystal ball, at that. The variables include the success of a state-mandated, four-phase reopening of the economy. If that goes well, there’s still the question of whether visitors will actually travel…
Book explores bonds forged at an Adirondack feminist collective during the 70s and early 80s in rural Warren County
By Melissa Hart
Author/editor John Davis, of The Rewilding Institute spends a lot of time reading, even when it’s not a pandemic. Davis, who lives in Westport, recently shared a list of books of regional interest and/or environmental bent that he’d suggest to neighbors sheltered at home and looking for new ways to pass the time during COVID-19…
Four brothers, originally from the Albany area, reflect on the coronavirus pandemic from their homes in the Adirondacks to Hong Kong.
By Melissa Hart
“You want to advance your cause in the Adirondacks? Then temper your idealism with realism.” That’s the advice Paul Schaefer gave a group of students on Earth Day a generation ago. Dave Gibson of Adirondack Wild looks back in this essay on Adirondack Almanack. At the time, Schaefer challenged the students to start at his…
Addressing his latest executive orders closing golf courses, some parks and boat launches, Cuomo said the state has to act as one during the pandemic.