I LOVE NEW YORK

Archive for August, 2008

Travel and Leisure Magazine tells nearly 1 million readers to visit Lake Placid in the fall

August 28, 2008 | Fall, The Adirondacks

Lake Placid is almost coyingly beautiful - the kind of place that makes you angry other people get to live here year-round.” So says writer Clark Mitchell to a circulation of almost 970,000 in the September issue of Travel and Leisure Magazine. Read more »

Catskill to Auction its Famous Cats on September 21

August 28, 2008 | Fall, The Catskills, arts and culture

Cat’s Meow Auction and Gala is Fundraiser for Local Causes

CATSKILL, New York – The 61 fabulous feline statues that have been lining Main Street here this summer as part of the widely publicized “Cat ‘N Around Catskillcelebration will be auctioned off on Sunday, September 21, 2008 at the Cat’s Meow Auction and Gala.  Read more »

Holiday Traditions Glitter at The Corning Museum of Glass and Finger Lakes Region

Corning, NY – The Corning Museum of Glass, in America’s “Crystal City,” Corning, NY, celebrates a glittering tradition this holiday season. Special activities at the Museum take a closer look at the glass ornament, a well-loved part of holiday decorating. Read more »

Museum Announces “New” After School Program Nature’s Palette: Art Explorations for Grades 2-4

Starting Thursday, September 25, from 3:45pm – 5pm, the Hudson Highlands Nature Museum begins Nature’s Palette: Art Exploration, a 6-week after school program designed for grades 2-4 at the Museum’s Outdoor Discovery Center, 20 Kenridge Farm Drive, Route 9W, Cornwall. Read more »

Whiteface 3rd Annual 5K Downhill Mountain Bike Race, Presented by High Peaks Cyclery, Set For August 31

August 25, 2008 | Summer, The Adirondacks, family, sport

WILMINGTON, N.Y. – Whiteface Mountain in Wilmington, among the most challenging ski and ride mountains in the nation, will host the Third Annual 5 Kilometer Downhill Mountain Bike Race, presented by High Peaks Cyclery, on Sunday, August 31. Race time is 12 p.m.

  Read more »

September: Back to School, Back to Learning, and Back to the Future With Classes and Fall Plant/Book/Bake Sale at the Landis Arboretum

Schoharie Region – Above and beyond the anxiously awaited signature Fall Plant/Book/Bake Sale at the Landis Arboretum on September 13 – 14, September signals the opening of classrooms everywhere.  The Arboretum opens its sweeping 548-acres outdoor laboratory with an array of programs to raise the bar on outdoor education and to keep visitors in touch with the natural world around them. Read more »

4th Annual Civil War Heritage Day Sept. 13 at Albany Rural Cemetery

ALBANY, N.Y. – A full day of Civil War sights and sounds will be seen and heard throughout Albany Rural Cemetery in Menands from 10 a.m. 5 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 13, during the 4th Annual Civil War Heritage Day. Read more »

Next »