Screening and Q&A: Small Town, Big Dreams: Lake Placid's Olympic Story

Everyone's invited!

As part of the educational/cultural offerings for this year's Empire State Winter Games, the Lake Placid Olympic Museum presents our baby, award winning, nationally televised PBS film, Small Town, Big Dreams: Lake Placid's Olympic Story, followed by a question and answer period with the Marc and Scott.

After the event, we'll be doing a DVD signing to benefit the Museum.

After airing coast to coast on over 250 stations, this is be your last chance to see Small Town, Big Dreams on the big screen before it goes off the air at the end of this month!

Admission is free!
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February 4, 2012

7:00 PM

Lussi Ballroom

Lake Placid Conference Center

2608 Main Street, Lake Placid

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In case you've ever wondered......

No words necessary.

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Sip some wine, hear a terrific debut author this Friday in New Paltz!

From the department of shamelessly supporting talented friends....

 Debut author and personal friend Leslie Daniels is reading her novel

Cleaning Nabokov's House

7pm this Friday at INQUIRING MINDS in New Paltz!


Whitecliff Vineyard will be on hand...so sip some wine, enjoy and be prepared to laugh!!

The video!

 "Required Reading" —New York Post

"Leslie Daniels has created a character to root for." Los Angeles Times

“Fine company—blunt, mordantly funny…a winning combination of ruthlessness and warmth.” —Kirkus

“Daniels is warmly funny and audacious in this shrewd and saucy mix of family drama, gender discord, sexual healing, and high literature…" —BOOKLIST

 

 

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Small Town, Big Dreams Tonight!!

For those of you who missed it last year, Small Town, Big Dreams: Lake Placid's Olympic Story will air tonight March 10 at 9:30 on Mountain Lake PBS! This is the extended version with interviews of the filmmakers and 1980 participants.

We hope you enjoy.

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This Might Be The Newest Member of the Bobsled Team!

Enjoying the late season snow, this missy enjoys long walks in the woods and hanging out at the Bobrun.

Photo by Betsy Scaife

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Finally!

After many days, months, years. After late nights and early mornings and more phone calls in a day than I thought was humanely possible. After over 200 hours of broadcasts in the last 6 weeks. After begging for money and the always last minute hiccups.

Last night, I finally got to watch our film aired on local PBS.

Funny thing about watching one's film on the small screen without thinking about the hundred different ways that the story might be improved - music, tempo, shot selection, content, narrative flow...you actually get to enjoy it.

And to reflect ever so briefly on the journey that brought you to that moment.

-Scott

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This is How Rumors Get Started

So I'm in Lake Placid today. As in New York, not Florida or anywhere else. And there's some buzz on the street. Actually a lot. Is it the traditional post Olympic high turbo-boosted by the 30th anniversary of 1980? Nope. Is it the wealth of local athletes who attended or the medals they brought home? Nope again.

The buzz on the street and in the offices of the powers-that-be is the news that Placid is making a run for the 2018 or 2022 Games (depending on who you ask).

Logos are designed, T-shirts are on the way and architectural designs are...designed.

And yes, they're already squawking about the tax bill!

Oh yeah...it's a joke!

-Scott


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