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Summer Lecture Series-2010
July 12	Richard Longstreth: Adirondack Architecture The ninth annual John P. Marble Lecture	Richard Longstreth is professor of American studies and director of the Graduate Program in Historic Preservation at George Washington University. He has been a seasonal resident of Keene Valley since 1978 and serves on the boards of Adirondack Architectural Heritage and the Fort Ticonderoga Association. He has written extensively on architectural, landscape, and urban historical subjects in the U.S. His most recent books, both released this spring, are The American Department Store Transformed, 1920-1960 and Housing Washington: Two Centuries of Residential Development and Planning in the National Capital Area.
July 19	Tom Both: film and discussion: “Three Farms”	This video was funded by Adirondack Harvest to showcase Three farms that have successfully implemented a new (to the Adirondacks) farming activity using their creativity and entrepreneurship. Sam and Denise Hendren of Clover Mead Farm are making certified organic cheese from Jersey cows. Mike Davis of the Willsboro Research Farm and the Northern New York Agricultural Development Project shows how they have been growing certified organic wheat, soybeans and corn for 10 years. Sam Sherman of Champlain Valley Milling Inc, shows how those grains are made into flour. Rob Hastings of Rivermede Farm demonstrates organic production of vegetables and flowers using a variety of season extension techniques. Our goal is to encourage innovative farms to come to the Adirondacks and start farming with us.
July 26	The Future is Now: Transforming public radio for new listeners and deeper service. Plus, everything you ever wanted to ask about North Country Public Radio.	Jackie Sauter is one of the station founders and Program Director for North Country Public Radio, based in Canton, New York. Under her leadership the station maintains a diverse program schedule, and a robust commitment to interactive local and regional content on air and online.
August 2	Ellen Few Anderson: Finding the Beauty in Abstract Art	Ellen Few Anderson lives and paints year-round in Westport. When she was five, her family moved from Massachusetts to Tokyo then to Westport, Germany and then they spent 6 years in Italy. She studied painting, art history, English, French and Italian poetry, music and philosophy at Duke University and then taught painting and drawing and art history for 30 years, mostly in North Carolina. Years of painting, studying art, teaching students, and listening to and thinking about music have made her less interested in representation and more attracted to abstraction. Her aim in painting is to absorb the essence of a natural scene by concentrating on color relationships and light, and abstracting space and form.
August 9	Mary Brown: Six Months in Antarctica	Mary Brown worked as a Meteorological Technician from October through February in 2008-09. She was assigned to a Deep Field Camp, Siple Dome. Basically she and two others ran a small airport. The slide show talks about what it is like to work in Science Support. In order for the scientists to do their thing lots has to happen -- food must be cooked, planes must be flown, supplies must be delivered, weather reports sent . So this is not a wildlife presentation from a visitor or tourist, but an inside view of how the continent works to accomplish the important science that goes on in Antarctica.
August 16	Roger Mitchell: THE ONE GOOD BITE IN THE SAW-GRASS PLANT	Charles Simic, Pulitzer-Prize winning poet, said of Roger, “Not many poets now writing have as wide range as he does, both in terms of subject matter and form. His poems are rich in detail, masterly in execution, and always a good read. He is savvy about the way we Americans live and try to make sense of our lives in this moment in history.” Roger debuts his newest book of poetry written in the Everglades during a residency there. Poetry reading and book signing.

Summer Lecture Series-2010

July 12

Richard Longstreth:

Adirondack Architecture

The ninth annual

John P. Marble Lecture

Richard Longstreth is professor of American studies and director of the Graduate Program in Historic Preservation at George Washington University. He has been a seasonal resident of Keene Valley since 1978 and serves on the boards of Adirondack Architectural Heritage and the Fort Ticonderoga Association. He has written extensively on architectural, landscape, and urban historical subjects in the U.S. His most recent books, both released this spring, are The American Department Store Transformed, 1920-1960 and Housing Washington: Two Centuries of Residential Development and Planning in the National Capital Area.

July 19

farms

Tom Both:

film and discussion: “Three Farms”

This video was funded by Adirondack Harvest to showcase Three farms that have successfully implemented a new (to the Adirondacks) farming activity using their creativity and entrepreneurship. Sam and Denise Hendren of Clover Mead Farm are making certified organic cheese from Jersey cows. Mike Davis of the Willsboro Research Farm and the Northern New York Agricultural Development Project shows how they have been growing certified organic wheat, soybeans and corn for 10 years. Sam Sherman of Champlain Valley Milling Inc, shows how those grains are made into flour. Rob Hastings of Rivermede Farm demonstrates organic production of vegetables and flowers using a variety of season extension techniques. Our goal is to encourage innovative farms to come to the Adirondacks and start farming with us.

July 26

sauter

The Future is Now: Transforming public radio for new listeners and deeper service. Plus, everything you ever wanted to ask about North Country Public Radio.

Jackie Sauter is one of the station founders and Program Director for North Country Public Radio, based in Canton, New York. Under her leadership the station maintains a diverse program schedule, and a robust commitment to interactive local and regional content on air and online.

August 2

Ellen Few Anderson:

Finding the Beauty in Abstract Art

Ellen Few Anderson lives and paints year-round in Westport. When she was five, her family moved from Massachusetts to Tokyo then to Westport, Germany and then they spent 6 years in Italy. She studied painting, art history, English, French and Italian poetry, music and philosophy at Duke University and then taught painting and drawing and art history for 30 years, mostly in North Carolina.

Years of painting, studying art, teaching students, and listening to and thinking about music have made her less interested in representation and more attracted to abstraction. Her aim in painting is to absorb the essence of a natural scene by concentrating on color relationships and light, and abstracting space and form.

August 9

Mary Brown:

Six Months in Antarctica

Mary Brown worked as a Meteorological Technician from October through February in 2008-09. She was assigned to a Deep Field Camp, Siple Dome. Basically she and two others ran a small airport.
The slide show talks about what it is like to work in Science Support. In order for the scientists to do their thing lots has to happen -- food must be cooked, planes must be flown, supplies must be delivered, weather reports sent . So this is not a wildlife presentation from a visitor or tourist, but an inside view of how the continent works to accomplish the important science that goes on in Antarctica.

August 16

mitchell

Roger Mitchell:

THE ONE GOOD BITE IN THE SAW-GRASS PLANT

Charles Simic, Pulitzer-Prize winning poet, said of Roger, “Not many poets now writing have as wide range as he does, both in terms of subject matter and form. His poems are rich in detail, masterly in execution, and always a good read. He is savvy about the way we Americans live and try to make sense of our lives in this moment in history.” Roger debuts his newest book of poetry written in the Everglades during a residency there.

Poetry reading and book signing.