North Country Community Calendar

The greatest alpine skiers in the country will participate in this competition. Presented by U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) and Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA). Schedule and details available online. www.orda.org

Adults:$6 Seniors:$5 Kids:$4, Live Folk Music by Donna Joerg, Tractor Ride and Sugar Bush Tour at the 1812 Homestead from 11:00-1:00. Come enojy Pancakes, sausage, homefries, juice and real maple syrup. At 1391 Reber Rd. Willsboro NY 12996.

Tour sugarhouses and sugarbush all over Thurman, c 6 miles from Northway exit 23. Demos, sales, samples. Pancakes at 9. Maps in area and online www.FictionAmongFriends.com/ThurmanMapleWeekends.htm. Last 3 weekends of March.

Many sugarhouses around the region will be opening their sugarhouses to the public as part of the statewide Maple Weekend celebration. This free event will include tours & tasting- go to www.mapleweekend.com for a listing of participating producers.

Work by Bella Bella Quilts' Norah McMeeking, digital designers Gudny Campbell & Sandra Hart, Dreamcrafter Dyan Swamp of the Akwesasne Mohawk Nation, regional designer Mary Knapp; demos, vendors, $5, Yellow Ribbon event, Seaway Trail Discovery Center.

Weblos will build components of a basic weather station, create their own forecast at our weather exhibit, and view live weather data and more in this hands-on workshop. Pre-registration is required. Scouts $6, Adults $5. 1 adult per every 8 scout

Tours followed by children's art-making session. Tours meet in the Museum Lobby.

Maple Sugaring - Spring in the Adirondacks is sugarin' season. Learn where this tradition started and meet a Sugar Maple. After returning inside we'll create our own baskets that Native Americans would have used to carry syrup. Snowshoes provided.

Placido Domingo stars in Verdi's tragic opera. Tix. available at the CPS Box Office (Crane's Snell Theater Lobby), Northern Music & Video, and the Roxy Theater. www.cpspotsdam.org [$18/$15/$12/$9]

In this one-woman play, a 15 year-old girl in Kingston, Jamaica, is bridging the gap between innocence and maturity. This coming of age story emphasizes the symbolic power of blood. Closing performance.

Dan Buckley’s Civil War Roundtable program at the Lisbon Wesleyan Methodist Church,48 Church Street, will focus on the role of the fraternal organization of Freemasons during the Civil War.

Three radically different one act events an original 1 person show: "The Cost of Living"; Christopher Durang's "Naomi in the Living Room" and Harold Pinter's "The Dumb Waiter. Incredible variety!

Based on actual incidents, SHIPWRECKED! tells of Louis de Rougement who appeared in 1890s London with fantastic tales of his adventures. His actual biography was far different and more psychologically fascinating.

Social Band, Burlington's lively band of singers, presents “Arrayed in Living Green: Songs of Death and Rebirth,” featuring choral pieces that weave together songs about mortality, the return of spring, grief,joy and transformation.www.socialband.org

Laurentian Chapter, Adirondack Mountain Club. Astronomer Jeff Miller, St. Lawrence University, will give an exciting presentation about the spring equinox- learn of facts and myths surrounding spring's arrival. Community Room, Potsdam Civic Center.

Meetings are every Friday & Sunday evening.

SOLAS in Black River Valley Concert Series held at the BEAVER RIVER CENTRAL SCHOOL auditorium, doors open at 6:40 reserved seating only order tickets at Dr. Guitar Watertown, or request to LCHS POB446 Lowville NY 13367 tickets $20/$25 at door CELTIC

Experience the drama and excitement of one of Broadway's most electrifying stories of star-crossed lovers as Chazy Music Theatre presents Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim's West Side Story.

The Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam will present this concert in the Sara M. Snell Music Theater.

Incorporating diverse music styles Simien creates a hypnotic blend of Zydeco-roots-New Orleans funk-reggae-flavored-afro-caribbean world music. The Grammy award winner lends his talent to a new Disney Classic, The Princess & The Frog.