LPES Holiday Art Show
Thursday Dec. 7th, 4:30 – 6:00 pm.
Stop by the library to see Lake Placid elementary students’ art and enjoy a snack!
Coiled Baskets: The Basics
Monday, Oct. 30th, 10:30-12:30
Learn how to make your own coiled basket using cotton rope and yarn. Unless you are very speedy, this will be a project you will start at the library, then finish at home. It’s a great way to use up your leftover and odd balls of yarn!
Adults and teens welcome.
We will provide materials, but if you wanted to bring in your own yarns to use, that is also good.
Sign up at the front desk or by calling 518-523-3200
Scientists visit the library to talk about lake data and visual arts
Homeschool Thursday Oct. 12th 10:00 am. Join us in welcoming scientists from Paul Smith’s College and the Adirondack Watershed Institute to explore the illuminating intersection between lake data collection and analysis through the visual arts.
Programs are geared for families with children in kindergarten-grade 6, but other ages are welcome. Free parking is now available in Main Street until 11:00 a.m. If staying longer, the St. Eustace lot is still available, just leave a note on your dashboard indicating you are at this library event. For questions, call 518-523-3200 or email libarian@lakeplacidlibrary.org.
Monica Sara Mzese Artist Reception
Thursday, September 28th from 4-6 p.m. Light refreshments, free and open to the public.
Monica Sara Mzese is an up-and-coming visual artist and a 2023 graduate of Lake Placid High School. Monica has always preferred to express herself through drawing and visual imagery rather than words. Monica’s work has been displayed in the Central Adirondack Art Show, Travel Unity Summit on diversity, and in juried shows at the Adirondack Artists Guild and Lake Placid Center for the Arts, as well as other places. She has sold over 50 paintings. Buyers of her work include locals as well as individuals as far away as Cape Cod, Brooklyn, and her home country of Tanzania. Her show is currently hanging in the Guy Brewster Hughes Art Gallery in the library.
Watercolor workshop
Monday, Sept. 25th 10:30-12:30 repeating Tuesday, Sept. 26th 3:00 – 5:00
Adults and teens welcome!
Learn some of the basics of watercolor, and try your hand at a landscape painting!
Materials will be available to use at the event, or you are welcome to bring your own.
Sign up at the front desk
or by calling 518-523-3200.
These paintings are by Erin Johnson, who will be leading the class.
The Rotary Club of Lake Placid’s Dam Duck Race
Saturday, September 23rd from 5- 8 p.m. Join us at The Rotary Club of Lake Placid’s Dam Duck Race for some family fun!
Games, Crafts, & Prizes
Jewtraw Park (behind Lisa G’s)
Lake Placid now offers free parking passes for residents
If you are registered to vote in Lake Placid or North Elba, you can visit the Town hall to get a parking pass that will allow free parking in town from 8:00am to 11:0am each day. For more info, see the news article at https://www.lakeplacidnews.com/news/local-news/2023/07/27/village-of-lake-placid-to-offer-parking-passes-for-residents/
NEW DATES ADDED Watercolor Workshop—Come paint at the library!
Monday Aug. 28th, 10:30-12:30 repeating Tuesday, Aug. 29th 3:00 – 5:00. Adults and teens welcome.
Learn some of the basics of watercolor, and try your hand at a landscape painting! Materials will be available to use at the event, or you are welcome to bring your own.
Sign up at the front desk or by calling 518-523-3200.
Paintings by Erin Johnson, who will be leading the workshop.
RIVERJACK Z BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND
3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 25 Create and record and original song with musician and songwriter RiverJack Z! For families with children of all ages. Free and open to the public. This event was made possible by a generous donation from the Can/Am Hockey Group.
Meet Some New York State Wildlife!
Tuesday, July 18th at 1:00 p.m. Staff from the Southern Vermont Natural History Museum will be on hand for an interactive experience with live animals and touchable artifacts. Families with children of all ages welcome. Free and open to the public.
2471 Main Street,
Lake Placid, NY 12946
(518) 523-3200
librarian@lakeplacidlibrary.org