Upcoming 2025:
January 24th, 7pm ENO, a generative film 24-hour world-wide screening. By invitation.
February 1th, 8:30pm. BOB MEYER’s CIRCULAR JAZZ QUARTET. $20 at-the-door.
Clothed-Model Drawing Sessions, Tuesdays 6-9pm, $15 Contribution, email seward.peter@gmail.com to reserve and confirm. To participate as a model the fee is $75.
PAST EVENTS:
BILL AYERS, book event, When Freedom is the Question, Abolition is the Answer: Reflections on Collective Liberation, presented by John Brown Lives! December 7th, 2024
Syd Straw, Chris Kowanko and Scott Renderer, “MONSTERDOE” October 12, 2024
HINTERLANDS (accordion/violin duo) October 5, 2024
BILLY & SHAMIM “THE ALLENS & FRIENDS” Sept 22, 2024
ELECTRONIC MUSIC SUMMIT Sept 15, 2024, with PEARLYKESH, ANTONIN FAJT, BRIAN DEWAN
The Dust BunniesReunion Concert Sept 8th, 2024
Ampersand Vocal Chamber Ensemble February 16th, 2024
ARKAI Co-presented with Hill & Hollow Music. January 28, 2024
Casey Neill with Tyler Dezago opening. December 2nd, 2023
*Brian Dewan, November 4th, 2023
*Doug Wieselman, October 28th, 2023
*December Wind First Nation Mohawk Akwasasne Band, September 30th 2023 at Pendragon Theatre
John Brown Lives! Film Screening: His Truth Goes Marching On with Film-maker Dan Morrison. Saturday, Sept 16, 2023
*Nine Conversations about Justice and Equity 3pm, Thursdays July & August 2023, John Brown Farm State Historic Site, Lake Placid FACILITATORS:
July 6: Shawndel N. Fraser, Dr. Shenell Evans
July 13: Pete Nelson
July 20: Jeri Zempel
July 27: Mike Bishop
August 3: Yunga Webb, Kathy Bonavist
August 10: Dr. J.W. Wiley, Ellen Bettmann
August 17: Russ DeFonce
August 24: Melissa Lambert
August 31: Jen Kretser, Dr. Martin Tyler
Häxan, a 100 year-old silent film with live music featuring Lori Goldston on cello and Greg Kelley on trumpet. October 30th, 2022
The MANTIS ENSEMBLE with Niloufar Shiri , Antonin Fajt & Alan Simon New Music via Iran, the Czech Republic & Pakistan. Oct. 19th, 2022
The Back Door, Refugees at Roxham Road Janet McFetridge, Plattsburgh Cares board member Paula Allen, internationally-acclaimed photographer Adrian Carr, Grammy -nominated composer/pianist. October 16th, 2022
The RESONANT ROGUES September 28th, 2022
TIMOTHY HILL September 10th, 2022
KUF KNOTZ & CHRISTINE ELISE with Gene Baker & Kyle Murray June 18th, 2022
JESSIKA KENNEY & EYVIND KANG, opening Alan Simon. May 17th, 2022
ELECTRONIC MUSIC SUMMIT with Jerod Sommerfeldt, Michael Hart, Claude & Ola, and Echo. May 1st, 2022
LOUISA STANCIOFF & THE KELLY BROS, Tyler Dezago & Caitlin Kelly April 28th, 2022
BIG LAZY, MAMIE MINCH, and FILMIC MUSIC with RUSSELL SCHOLL November 12th & 13th, 2021 at Pendragon Theatre and the Recovery Lounge
Iva Bittová, Alan Simon, Antonin Fjat & Andrea Villiere August 21st, 2021
*Violin Vigil for Black Lives in the Memorial Field for Black Lives at the Brown Farm State Historic Site, with violinist Charlie Burnham & Fred Cash August 29, 2020
“August” connecting artists from three corners of New York state, with Famous Letter Writer, Vince Quatroche, and Anthony Scalzo, 2020
Techung & Sisa performance November 15th, 2019
*Sound & Vision Screening: video mashup and live music from Mark Hofschneider , with Gene Baker, Alan Simon, and Pat McAvoy November 8th, 2019
*Sound & Vision: Iva Bittová & Esther Rogers concert November 1st, 2019
*Sound & Vision Screenings An Art that Nature Makes w Rosamund Purcell October 17th, 2019
Dawson City, Frozen Time w film-maker Bill Morrison October 18th, 2019
Iva Bittová & Concetta Abate concert August 17, 2019
Screening Paul Laurence Dunbar: Beyond the Mask August 18th, 2019 presented with John Brown Lives!
Screening: THE FBI’S WAR ON BLACK AMERICA with film-makers Deb Ellis and Denis Mueller October 11th, 2018 with John Brown Lives!
Lyle de Vitry and Eliza Edens July 11, 2018
Electronic Music Summit: Pamelia Stickney, Brian Dewan, Jerod Sommerfeld, Famous Letter Writer & Figure to Ground. June 15th, 2018
Alan Simon & Friends (Stephanie Sears, Alex Marklund & Clinton Green) June 12, 2018
Digging into Poetry: A Workshop for New Work April 28, 2018 Hosted by the Adirondack Center for Writing
Pamelia Stickney & Transcendental Dissonance Quartet Animation: Lotte Reiniger’s The Adventures of Prince Achmed Sarah Bernstein, violin; Stuart Popejoy, piano/keys; Danny Tunick, vibes/marimba. Arrangements of Bartok, Ravel, Messiaen, Bach, & Boulanger. September 21st, 2018
Vento Trio Woodwind chamber, August 5th, 2018
Oliver the Crow debut album release, July 31st, 2018
- Double bill: Antonin Fajt & Concetta Abbate, July 26th, 2018
- Triple bill: Dyado, Partridge in the Pines, and Izaak Opatz June 15th, 2018
- “Old in Art School” book signing with Nell Painter, June 17, 2018
- Double bill: Famous Letter Writer & the Curios , Alt-indie-cabaret, June 2nd, 2018
- Alan Simon, Table recital, Indian potluck dinner
- National screening of Human Flow, live webcast Q&A w/ film-maker Ai Weiwei, April 29th, 2018
- Sweet Megg & the Wayfarers New Orleans swing, Harlem swing, Parisian cabaret, and gut bucket blues, May 22nd, 2018
- Hugh Pool solo concert, with Steve Langdon, opening March 24, 2018
- J. Schnitt with John Doan, Kyle Murray, Colin DeHond & Redia Spada January 26th, 2018
- The Olympic Spirit and other winter-themed cartoon shorts 16 mm Film screening presented by Mark Ellis. February 2nd, 2018
- Figure From Ground electro-acoustic musical performance from Malone February 3rd, 2018
- Welcome to the Big Time: Vintage Vaudeville on Film presented by Brooklyn-based video/film archivist Brother Russell Scholl plus Brian Dewan’s I-Can-See filmstrips February 3rd
- The Year of the Dog: A Chinese New Year’s Celebration film screening, potluck, dog meet & greet February 16th, Friday
- Briga concert & record release of “Femme” Eastern-European folk via Montreal Thursday, July 13, 2017
- Final Installment of the Bakery Concert Series, June 25 , 2017 curated and hosted by Gene and Esther Rogers Baker, Classical, improvisational, and new music.
- Pamelia Stickney, virtuoso Theremin artist from Vienna! with Brian Dewan. Electronic, improvisational, classical music,and original songs of Brian’s. Friday, May 12, 2017
- The premiere of PINK-PINK, a 30 minute performance-piece by the Curtis Sisters. Post-performance mixer and Christian-rock dance party.Easter Sunday, April 16th, 2017.
- Sunday, February 5, 4pm Taylor Haskins’ GREEN EMPIRE, jazz/Americana
- Sunday, February 12th noon-5pm Sweetheart Jewelry Trunk Sale
- Weds, February 15th 7pm Sandra Weber’s “The Woman Suffrage Statue” book-signing
- Friday, February 24, 7:30pm “The Joint is Jumpin!”Special guest film curator from Brooklyn, Russell Scholl, screens musical rarities both ecstatic and sublime.