July - 2021

The Folklife Center at Crandall Public Library

Musical Monday: Molsky's Mountain Drifters Perform "The Little Carpenter"

Old-time music legend, Bruce Molsky, and his powerhouse band rolled through Glens Falls on March 28, 2019—roughly one year before COVID...

Tisha Dolton

Windfield Designs of Glens Falls, NY

Today we had a gentleman from Colorado visiting the area. He is originally from the Glens Falls/Hudson Falls area and came in with his...

Todd DeGarmo

Balsam Bees at Big Moose Community Chapel

Here's another video in the series From the Archives, based on my grant-funded research documenting the folklife and traditions of our...

Todd DeGarmo

Puerto Rican Vejigante Masks

Hand-crafted paper mâché vejigante masks from Puerto Rico caught my eye in 2004 while walking on Broadway, proudly displayed in a hair...

The Folklife Center at Crandall Public Library

Musical Monday: GoldenOak Plays "Separated by the Sea"

Our friends from GoldenOak recently released an astounding new album, Room to Grow. To celebrate, we're digging into our archives and...

Todd DeGarmo

Eel Harvest in Grangerville

John Hamm (1920-2006) told me this story in 1989 for a Folk Arts Project where I first interviewed residents about their childhood...

Tisha Dolton

Eva Austin Judkins and the School Board Election of 1914

Four years before Eva Viola Austin Judkins began her illustrious, thirty year career on the Glens Falls Board of Education, she attempted...