Happy Thursday!
MONDAY NIGHT! 7PM!!! The NCPR/ACW HOWL STORY SLAM has been rescheduled to MONDAY JULY 29TH 7PM! Bring your TRUE RISKY BUSINESS FIVE-MINUTE STORY AND LEAVE YOUR NOTE CARDS AT HOME DOWN IN ZPARK OTTOS ABODE WANAKENA! In other news: Summer is nearly half-way done, eh? What's going on? Some mosquitos at sundown, deer fly back out when hot. Water-level in the woods has dropped. What was a week ago "impassable" is now possible! The gate/road to Lows Dam that was closed being worked on for the past year has REOPENED! The BACK DOOR to Wanakena... one of them at least. What another wonderful weekend it was! Beautiful warm and sunny! Goldenrod in bloom; blackberries soon! BIG DAY IN WANAKENA this past Saturday! The Cranberry Lake Boat Club 18th Annual Poker Paddle for the Clifton Community Library! ONE HUNDRED AND TEN PADDLERS registered for the event! The weather was GREAT and FRITZ'S POLKA BAND AFTER PARTY WAS TOP NOTCH! The EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC HAPPENING THIS PAST SUNDAY WAS FUNKIN' NUTS! Sounds like good times out in Star Lake and Cranberry Lake this past weekend too! Star Lake's Holy Grail Gift Shop had their LOONIE DAYS and Craft Fair and Chicken BBQ out at CLFD fire station! Rollin' through the weeks. Next Wanakena CFEDC ZPARK concert is THE MAKERS on a FRIDAY NIGHT of RS ALUMINI WEEKEND August 2nd 7PM! RAIN OR SHINE! C'MON DOWN YA'LL! The Makers are Lydia Garrison and Nate Silas Richardson. A shared obsession with the music of Mali, West Africa brought them together, and a potent creative chemistry emerged between them. They blend their voices, fiddle, banjo, and various guitars into an intricate weave of sometimes unclassifiable but always heartfelt, roots-based original songs, exploring the triumphs and tragedies along life’s beautiful & bumpy road. https://lydiagarrison.live/the-makers Stay tuned for the next Wanakena will be PACKED with Alumni that weekend! DONT FORGET THE WANAKENA HISTORY CENTER IS OPEN EVERY WEEKEND! How about THIS UPCOMING WEEKEND... "nothing" going on in Wanakena. Around town: Star Lake Poker Run this Saturday! This SUNDAY: Weekend weather looks good for your favorite local Celtic rock powerhouse KNOTTY PADDY who will once again be BLOWIN' the roof off that old church - outside if it's nice... at the Harewood Hub Sundy at 1:30pm! JONATHAN FOSTER FREE CONCERT SUNDAY, JULY 28; 3PM PAVILION BEHIND THE LIBRARY. RIGHT ACCROSS THE STREET PARTY! LIVE MUSIC SUNDAY! Also, from the Cranberry Lake Boat Club: Our next event is the Community Picnic, open to all, this Saturday July 27th at noon at the Clifton Community Center in Cranberry Lake. Then, we have a Canoe/Kayak Race August 24th. Open to anyone. From the Cranberry Lake Art Show: We're counting the days. Tell your friends to meet you in Cranberry Lake August 10-11. Great art show. Auction August 10, including an original painting by Gary Casagrain and a chicken BBQ August 10 by Cranberry Lake fire department. Please share! Lots more going on stay tuned and poke around! There's a Wellness Retreat at Wanakena's Packbasket Lodge later in August! FOUR YEARS of WANAKENA WEEKLY ARCHIVE: Otto's Abode: wanakena weekly (ottosabode.org). Feel free to chuck some coins in the tip jar... find us on venmo "ottos abode". Cheers! Thanks for reading! Thanks for your feedback. Luv yas. Muah muah muahs. COMING UP AT OTTO'S:
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ALL SUMMER - WANAKENA HISTORY CENTER SPECIAL "SINGER SUNDAYS"
07/03 - HAREWOOD HUB BOAT RIDE TO THE BIOSTATION
07/04 - CRANBERRY LAKE BOAT CLUB FIRECRACKER 5K
07/04 - WANAKENA FOURTH OF JULY PARADE NOON
07/05 - HOSPITAL FARMERS MARKET STAR LAKE 10-3PM
07/06 - 7PM LIVE MUSIC ZPARK WANAKENA
07/11 - CHILDWOLD CHURCH LIVE MUSIC
07/11 - HAREWOOD HUB RIDE TO BIO STATION
07/13 - BIRCH'S LAKESIDE REGATTA
07/14 - WANAKENA HISTORICAL PADDLE
07/14 - 1:30PM LIVE MUSIC HAREWOOD HUB
07/14 - 3PM LIVE MUSIC HAREWOOD LIBRARY
07/18 - CHILDWOLD CHURCH LIVE MUSIC
07/18 - HOSPITAL INFORMATIONAL AT THE HAREWOOD HUB
07/19 - HOSPITAL FARMERS MARKET STAR LAKE 10-3PM
07/20 - FINE TOWN HALL FREE CLOTING GIVE AWAY
07/19 & 07/20 - HAREWOOD BACKWOODS CLVFD AUX CRAFT SHOW & BBQ
07/20 & 07/21 - HOLY GRAIL STAR LAKE LOONEY DAYS
07/20 - 1PM-4PM CRANBERRY LAKE BOAT CLUB POKER PADDLE WANAKENA
07/20 - 4PM LIVE MUSIC ZPARK WANAKENA
07/21 - 6PM LIVE MUSIC ZPARK WANAKENA
07/29 - 7PM MONDAY NIGHT HOWL STORY SLAM ZPARK WANAKENA
07/27 - 3PM MEET AND GREET SATURDAY SOCIAL AT HAREWOOD HUB
07/27 - STAR LAKE POKER RUN
07/28 - 1:30 LIVE MUSIC HAREWOOD HUB
07/28 - 3PM LIVE MUSIC HAREWOOD LIBRARY
07/29 - HOWL STORY SLAM JAM WANAKENA ZPARK
07/31 - RABIES VACCINATION CLINIC @ SOS STAR LAKE
07/31 - HAREWOOD HUB BOAT RIDE TO BIO STATION
08/02 - HOSPITAL FARMERS MARKET STAR LAKE 10-3PM
08/02 - 7PM LIVE MUSIC ZPARK WANAKENA
08/03 - STAR LAKE COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE
08/03 - HOSPITAL FUND RAISER RAFFLE AT GOLD COURSE
08/04 - SOS STAR LAKE 5K GARAGE SALE AND MORE
08/06 - AUTHOR PRESENTATION HAREWOOD HUB
08/10 & 08/11 - PACKRAFTING RACE WANAKENA/FIVE PONDS WILDERNESS
08/10 & 08/11 - CRANBERRY LAKE ART SHOW
07/31 - RABIES VACCINATION CLINIC @ SOS STAR LAKE
07/31 - HAREWOOD HUB BOAT RIDE TO BIO STATION
08/02 - HOSPITAL FARMERS MARKET STAR LAKE 10-3PM
08/02 - 7PM LIVE MUSIC ZPARK WANAKENA
08/03 - STAR LAKE COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE
08/03 - HOSPITAL FUND RAISER RAFFLE AT GOLD COURSE
08/04 - SOS STAR LAKE 5K GARAGE SALE AND MORE
08/06 - AUTHOR PRESENTATION HAREWOOD HUB
08/10 & 08/11 - PACKRAFTING RACE WANAKENA/FIVE PONDS WILDERNESS
08/10 & 08/11 - CRANBERRY LAKE ART SHOW
08/10 - NEWTON FALLS RIVER RUN
08/16 - HOSPITAL FARMERS MARKET STAR LAKE 10-3PM
08/17 - 7PM LIVE MUSIC ZPARK WANAKENA
08/22 - 08/26 - WANAKENA PACKBASKET WELNESS RETREAT
08/24 - CRANBERRY LAKE BOAT CLUB BOAT RACE
08/25 - 2PM LIVE MUSIC HAREWOOD LIBRARY
08/27 - AUTHOR PRESENTATION HAREWOOD HUB
08/30 & 08/31 - QUILT FEST WANAKENA
08/31 - 3PM SATURDAY SOCIAL AT THE HAREWOOD HUB
08/31 - 7PM LIVE MUSIC WANAKENA
09/06 - HOSPITAL FARMERS MARKET STAR LAKE 10-3PM
09/07 - STAR LAKE FIRE DEPT. CRAFT FAIR, PARADE AND FIREWORKS!
09/20 - HOSPITAL FARMERS MARKET STAR LAKE 10-3PM
10/04 - HOSPITAL FARMERS MARKET STAR LAKE 10-3PM
RISE AND SHINE CLIFTON-FINE - Starting from the west: Historic Fine Town Hall Building in Fine Village seeking input for its use and future! Fine Volunteer Fire Dept THANK YOU! Lodge at Dodge Pond OPEN. UBs Mercantile and ADK Rustics in Oswegatchie (Home of The Bargain Hunter!) are OPEN! Around Star Lake: ADK Holy Grail Gift Shop OPEN with GIANT LOON! ADK Pharmacy OPEN. Clifton Fine Central School GO EAGLES! Community Bank OPEN! Clifton Fine Hospital OPEN and HOPIN' you're healthy! They also like some of your MONEY! GIVE IT TO 'EM! They are looking to EXPAND! Look out for Food Truck Thursdays and Farmers Markets! Dollar General OPEN! Twin Lakes OPEN! CF Arena CLOSED FOR SEASON. Jrecks' Golf Course CLUB HOUSE has LUNCH AND DINNER! It's called CLUB GRUB! CF Golf Course OPEN! Star Lake Volunteer Fire Department THANK YOU! SOS Adirondack Exhibit Center EVENTS HAPPENING! Clifton-Fine Community Center and Food Pantry & Free Community Meal Wednesdays! Todd Hardware OPEN! Coffee Fever SOLD? Circle Jays OPEN! What's The Scoop SCOOPIN! American Legion OPEN. Newton Falls Giving Box & Post Office OPEN. Newton Falls Volunteer Fire Department THANK YOU! Mountain Gate Plaza Bottle Redemption at Clifton Corners OPEN! Packbasket Adventures Lodge in Wanakena OPEN... with NEW OWNERSHIP! Mary holds down 13695 Wanakena Post Office - Clifton Community Library Book Drop Box out-front! Wanakena Ranger School getting ready for next year class! Wanakena Historical Association Walking Tour OPEN History Center OPENS JUNE 15TH and are OPEN every sat and sun though summer 11-4pm. Clifton-Fine Summer Series in ZPARK SUMMETIME! Common Thread Quilt Fest Labor Day Weekend! Out in Harewood: Wooden Fish Hathery OPEN! Coyotes Den CLOSED! Cranberry Lake Volunteer Fire Department THANK YOU! Birch's Lakeside OPEN - Boat Taxi Service NOW and LOTS MORE! Tilly's? Cranberry Lake Art Show HAPPENING! Cranberry Lake North Shore Hub hosts space use, dock use, summer concerts and summer lectures! Clifton Community Library OPEN! Cranberry Lake Boat Club announcing summer events (Firecracker Race, Poker Paddle, Boat Race)! Cranberry Lake DEC Campground opened May 17th - Hannah Z and Ron C's Birthday! Cranberry Lake Mountaineers Snowmobile Club, check 'em out! Where the "WANAKENA" trail signs go? Grasse River Railway? Sevey's Point at Sevey's Corner OPEN. Thirsty Moose Childwold OPEN! Childwold Presbyterian Church though September 15th! And don't forget! Back West: 2E's, Edwards Opera House, Jim's Auto in South Edwards OPEN! Plum Brook Cafe in Russell OPEN! Jockos in Degrasse OPEN and re-painted! CLIFTON-FINE RT. 3 CORRIDOR ROLL-CALL ROUND-UP! We're Southern St. Lawrence County. We're Northwestern Adirondacks. We're BOTH. We're NEITHER! WE'RE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE-LESS! WILD WEST! GREAT SOUTH WOODS WAY SOUTH OF THE ROCK! ALL THAT STUFF! OH YEAH!
08/16 - HOSPITAL FARMERS MARKET STAR LAKE 10-3PM
08/17 - 7PM LIVE MUSIC ZPARK WANAKENA
08/22 - 08/26 - WANAKENA PACKBASKET WELNESS RETREAT
08/24 - CRANBERRY LAKE BOAT CLUB BOAT RACE
08/25 - 2PM LIVE MUSIC HAREWOOD LIBRARY
08/27 - AUTHOR PRESENTATION HAREWOOD HUB
08/30 & 08/31 - QUILT FEST WANAKENA
08/31 - 3PM SATURDAY SOCIAL AT THE HAREWOOD HUB
08/31 - 7PM LIVE MUSIC WANAKENA
09/06 - HOSPITAL FARMERS MARKET STAR LAKE 10-3PM
09/07 - STAR LAKE FIRE DEPT. CRAFT FAIR, PARADE AND FIREWORKS!
09/20 - HOSPITAL FARMERS MARKET STAR LAKE 10-3PM
10/04 - HOSPITAL FARMERS MARKET STAR LAKE 10-3PM
"Middle Summer ... Here's flowers for you, hot lavender mints, savory, marjoram; the marigold the goes to bed with the sun, and with him rises weeping; these are the flowers of middle summer." - WIlliam Shakespeare