Edward Kanze

Oct 1, 2024 | adirondacklife.com | Erin Schumaker |Annie Stoltie |Aurora Pfaff |Edward Kanze

Photograph by Nancie BattagliaIn its heyday, Skanendowa Lodge, a family compound of Adirondack cottages on Tupper Lake, drew high-society guests from Washington DC—writers, senators and presidents keen on escaping the sweltering summer in the city for the mountains.

Aug 29, 2024 | adirondacklife.com | Annie Stoltie |Aurora Pfaff |Edward Kanze |Brian Mann

Adirondack Experience’s annual FallFest, in Blue Mountain Lake, happens October 6. Photograph by Nancie Battaglia Celebrate the harvest or lift a stein to the season at colorful gatherings throughout the park—find a bushel of fall fun at our events calendar.  Once the days shorten and temperatures drop, trees break out their fall coats—the costume change is a result of chlorophyll production slowing and stopping, allowing other pigments a turn in the spotlight.

Aug 6, 2024 | adirondacklife.com | Annie Stoltie |Aurora Pfaff |Edward Kanze |Brian Mann

Festival cofounder Roger Kalia conducts a concert at the village’s Shepard Park. Photograph courtesy of Lake George Music FestivalScholars say composer Samuel Barber wrote Adagio for Strings in Austria. But watch a sunrise from Lake George’s shoreline—waves lapping, light breaking through the dawn mist—and you can imagine how Barber’s heart-stirring masterpiece that crescendos and crashes might have been inspired by this place. It’s possible.