Arts Center Lake Placid

Arts Center Lake Placid YOUR home for the arts in the Adirondack Park of Northern New York. We would love to explore the arts together!
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Since 1972, the Arts Center has presented programming of the highest caliber amidst the stunning backdrop of the Adirondack Park. We invite you to explore our work โ€“ outstanding performances, robust arts education programs, beautiful visual art galleries and meaningful services to individual artists and our fellow arts organizations. Arts Center Lake Placid is home to the Lake Placid School of Dan

ce as well as the Summer home of the Lake Placid Sinfonietta, and is utilized year-round by a number of regional arts partners.

๐Ÿ˜†๐Ÿฆ“ FREE Improv Show Friday!Join Joe and his improv students at The Garagery in Saranac Lake at 7 pm Friday, May 29, for ...
05/27/2026

๐Ÿ˜†๐Ÿฆ“ FREE Improv Show Friday!

Join Joe and his improv students at The Garagery in Saranac Lake at 7 pm Friday, May 29, for a 90-minute Hello Summer Spectacular!

05/26/2026

Nicola Coughlan (๐˜‰๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ) stars in a "sumptuous production" of John Millington Syngeโ€™s THE PL***OY OF THE WESTERN WORLD, a riveting Irish classic of youth and self-discovery. Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre and screening at the Arts Center on Friday, June 12 at 7 pm. $17.

Pegeen Flahertyโ€™s life is upended when a young man enters her pub claiming heโ€™s killed his father. Instead of being shunned, he becomes a local heroโ€”winning hearts until a second man unexpectedly arrives on the scene โ€ฆ

TICKETS โžœ lakeplacidarts.org/event/ntlplayboy

Part of National Theatre Live, bringing the best of British theatre to cinema screens across the globe.

2 hours 30 minutes (to be confirmed). Not rated. Recommended 12+ for depictions of violence and adult content.

Florist and sip! ๐ŸŒธ๐Ÿท๐ŸŒท Join Kim Gokey of GOKEY Gardens 6-7 pm Thursday, June 11 in the Annex Gallery, and create a gloriou...
05/21/2026

Florist and sip! ๐ŸŒธ๐Ÿท๐ŸŒท Join Kim Gokey of GOKEY Gardens 6-7 pm Thursday, June 11 in the Annex Gallery, and create a glorious fresh floral arrangement using an unopened bottle of wine. Bring your favorite OR purchase a bottle ($20) the night of the class. $45. Ages 21+.

๐Ÿ’ REGISTER โžœ lakeplacidarts.org/class/winebottlefloral

๐Ÿฉฐ Join us at Lake Placid High School on Saturday, June 6 at 12 pm as our dancers take the stage to showcase all the hard...
05/18/2026

๐Ÿฉฐ Join us at Lake Placid High School on Saturday, June 6 at 12 pm as our dancers take the stage to showcase all the hard work theyโ€™ve put in this year! $15 ($10 youth).

TICKETS โžœ lakeplacidarts.org/event/lpsdspringrecital

05/17/2026

๐Ÿ’€ We shared the promo video, but check out this new trailer! See the "visually spectacular" "minor miracle" EL รšLTIMO SUEร‘O DE FRIDA Y DIEGO streaming LIVE from The Metropolitan Opera to the Arts Center screen on Saturday, May 30 at 1 pm! $27 tickets ($17 youth).

TICKETS โžœ lakeplacidarts.org/event/metfridaydiego

2 hours 50 minutes with one intermission. Sung in Spanish.

ANNOUNCING Young & Fun 2026! Our FREE summer series for our youngest audience members returnsโ€”coming to a neighborhood n...
05/15/2026

ANNOUNCING Young & Fun 2026! Our FREE summer series for our youngest audience members returnsโ€”coming to a neighborhood near you on select Wednesdays, with two special Saturday screenings in the Arts Center Annex!

๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช FOR 2026! ๐—”๐——๐—ฉ๐—”๐—ก๐—–๐—˜ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฉ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—–๐—ข๐— ๐— ๐—˜๐—ก๐——๐—˜๐——!

Showtimes and locations below. CLICK each image to learn more and RESERVE your seats!

10:30 am Wednesday, July 8 @ Pendragon Theatre
๐Ÿช„๐Ÿฅ› Fun-filled magic and comedy with Tim Dumas!

10:30 am Saturday, July 11 @ Arts Center Lake Placid
๐Ÿ‘ทโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿงฑ Ordinary Emmet quests to save the universe in THE LEGO MOVIE!

11 am* Wednesday, July 22 @ The Wild Center
๐Ÿคน๐Ÿผโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿง  A high-energy blast of magic and juggling with Gary the Great!
*Please note later start time.

10:30 am Saturday, August 1 @ Arts Center Lake Placid
๐Ÿ‘ฑ๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธโ„๏ธ Join Elsa, Anna, Olaf and more in FROZEN!

10:30 am Wednesday, August 5 @ St. Agnes School Gymnasium
๐Ÿง™๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐ŸงŒ Presto Hilarioso! Train with Professor Hackensneeze at Wizard Academy!

LEARN MORE & RESERVE โžœ tinyurl.com/YoungFunExperience!

Groups of 6+, please reach out to [email protected] to reserve.

๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ & ๐˜๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต, ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ Essex County Arts Councilโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜Š๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜Œ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜น ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜บ. Thank you ECAC!

๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ & ๐˜๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜‘๐˜ฐ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง Mirror Lake Inn Resort & Spa ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜บ. Thank you!

05/13/2026

๐Ÿฅž They're not like regular pancakes.

๐Ÿคฃ Lake Placid laughs at 7 pm THIS SATURDAY, May 16, when Sam Evans and headliner Andy Woodhull enter ... The Comedy Zone. $27.

TICKETS โžœ lakeplacidarts.org/event/andywoodhull
SPACE IS LIMITED!

05/13/2026

From his backyard to yours. ๐ŸŠ๐Ÿ‘€ SATURDAY @ 7 PM!

TICKETS โžœ lakeplacidarts.org/event/andywoodhull

ANNOUNCING Lake Placid Institute's 2026 John C. Bogle Adirondack Roundtables at Cambria Hotel Lake Placid!8:30 am Breakf...
05/13/2026

ANNOUNCING Lake Placid Institute's 2026 John C. Bogle Adirondack Roundtables at Cambria Hotel Lake Placid!

8:30 am Breakfast provided
9 am Roundtable

Saturday, July 11
๐˜›๐˜๐˜Œ ๐˜“๐˜ˆ๐˜š๐˜› ๐˜•๐˜ˆ๐˜๐˜๐˜Ž๐˜ˆ๐˜›๐˜–๐˜™, A YOUNG MAN, AN ANCIENT MARINER, THE SECRETS OF THE SEA
Join This Old House host Steve Thomas for a richly illustrated lecture featuring original photographs and film footage that takes us into a world of ocean navigation largely unknown to the West; a world in which the traditional navigatorโ€™s only directional tools are the stars, the ocean swells and the flight paths of birds.
TICKETS โžœ lakeplacidarts.org/event/lpistevethomas

Saturday, August 8
MOVING MOUNTAINS: COURAGE, BELONGING, AND RETURNING TO THE OUTDOORS
Join author, motivational speaker, and The Gorgeous Agency founder and CEO Kara Richardson Whitely for an exploration of what it truly means to feel welcome in outdoor spacesโ€”across body size, ability, experience level, and life stage. Reframe โ€œthe outdoorsโ€ as a place of curiosity and self-trustโ€”not performance, pace, or perfection.
TICKETS โžœ lakeplacidarts.org/event/lpikararichardsonwhitely

$27 ($12 students). $32 at the door.

Arts Center Lake Placid is proud to continue this legacy series of the Lake Placid Institute for the Arts & Humanities.

05/13/2026

The Metropolitan Opera's 2025โ€“26 Live in HD season comes to a close with a magical-realist portrait of Mexicoโ€™s painterly power couple, Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, by American composer Gabriela Lena Frank and Pulitzer Prize-winning librettist Nilo Cruz. (Premiering tomorrow in NYC!)

EL รšLTIMO SUEร‘O DE FRIDA Y DIEGO, fashioned as a reversal of the Orpheus and Euridice myth, streams LIVE from the Met stage to the Arts Center screen on Saturday, May 30 at 1 pm. $27 tickets ($17 youth).

TICKETS โžœ lakeplacidarts.org/event/metfridaydiego

2 hours 50 minutes with one intermission.

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17 Algonquin Drive
Lake Placid, NY
12946

Opening Hours

Wednesday 10am - 4pm
Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm

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+15185232512

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