Kathleen Recchia's blog

Since my husband, my son, and I are avid theatergoers (as well as performers) it seems fitting to spend Mother's Day at Pendragon Theatre in Saranac Lake.This Mother's Day heralds Pendragon's 32nd season with Kathryn Schultz Miller's adaptation of the classic children's novel, The Adventures of Pinocchio.

I don't know much about the photographs I am about to experience but I've seen the photographer act at The Recovery Lounge in Upper Jay under the direction of Scott Renderer and I know that he teaches at Yale University, so I have high expectations.

What exactly is a poetry slam?

As the lights go down in the theatre at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts this afternoon a baby starts to cry but that doesn't detract from the mood that is about to be set and held by the Elisa Monte Dance Company.

How does one judge art? What criteria do you use to put an art show together?