September 13, 2008  Fall Celebration – Champions for Life and the Skaneateles Community Center team up for an afternoon of “Fitness in the Fingerlakes” complete with a real Train Ride! 

OUR DEBUT CELEBRATION
Saturday September 13, 2008
4:30pm – 6:30pm

Many activities available at both locations. Ride the Fingerlakes Railway between the two locations  $5.00/person $10.00/family. Space is limited make your reservations today!  Call 685-2266. 

Champions for Life Sports Center is a 44,000 sq. ft. multi-sports complex
located in the heart of the Finger Lakes in Auburn, New York.

The center is operated by Champions For Life, Inc. a non-profit organization that
was founded in 1983 with the mission to develop virtues and character through
sports. The philosophy of all the programs is to develop the God-given talent of
each individual to become all they can be as an athlete as well as a person.

Participating Businesses  & Artists
Beautiful Lakeside Village of Skaneateles, Finger Lakes Region of Central New York
September 5, 2008 6:00 – 9:00 PM

Nourish your spirit, foster the arts, and increase your knowledge of the process of creating art.

Drive and or walk to the unique shops, restaurants and lodging facilities in Skaneateles to meet artists who create visual or performing art. View their work and enjoy entertainment and refreshments.

Look for merchants displaying a blue ribbon. Inside find an artist to speak with, while enjoying the commerce of the establishment.

Come to Skaneateles and stay awhile.
First Friday Skaneateles Art Night is an art walk that promotes understanding and commerce by giving the public a firsthand connection to artists and their artwork. This celebration of the visual and performing arts acquaints participants with high-quality art, contemporary to antique, in an environment that fosters interaction, education and community.

Genesee Street
Imagine – 8 E. Genesee St. 685-6263
Featuring Sarah Panzarella – potter

Skaneateles Antique Center – 12C E. Genesee St. 685-0752

1st National Gifts – 2 E. Genesee St. 685-5454

Packwood House – 14 W. Genesee St. 685-3405
Featuring Jurgen Karker – Charcoal & pencil drawing

Orchard Originals – 36 E. Genesee St. 685-1255

Aristocats & Dogs – 62 E. Genesee St. 685-4849
      
Fennell Street
Skaneateles Artisans – 11 Fennell St. 685-8580
Exhibit featuring artists Tim Etter – Photography, Lisa Noviasky – Oil Painting, Gretchen Hamlin – Blown Glass Jewelry

Jordan Street
Paris Flea – 23 Jordan St. 685-7228
Featuring Andy LoConte – Woodworking

Finger Lakes Photography – 9 Jordan St. 685-9099
Photography by John Francis McCarthy

Snake Oil Glassworks – 4251 Jordan Rd. 685-5091
 2 miles north of Skaneateles  
Glass blowing demonstrations by Phil Austin

Wildwoods Adirondak Home Décor – 22 Jordan St. 
 

First Friday Skaneateles is sponsored by Skaneateles Area Chamber of Commerce, Skaneateles Merchants Association, Skaneateles Area Arts Council 

Bet the Farm
Your one-stop-shop for the finest artisnal products of the Finger Lakes. Selections incude breakfast items,cheeses, meats and a wide assortment of condiments and confections. Bet the Farm…It’s a Sure Thing.
381 Main St * Aurora, NY 13026
315-294-5643
Email: nancy@betthefarmny.com
Website: www.betthefarmny.com

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Skaneateles Welcomes Antique and Classic Boat Show During Fun-Filled Weekend, July 25-27, 2008

From antique and classic boats, to polo and opera, to blues and barbecue—Skaneateles has it all during the last weekend of July.

Antique and Classic Boat Show – July 25-27

The Antique and Classic Boat Show, hosted by the Skaneateles Area Chamber of Commerce and the Finger Lakes Chapter (FLC) of the Antique and Classic Boat Society, celebrates its 30th anniversary this year with displays on water and land (in Clift Park), musical entertainment, and activities for the entire family.

Among the land displays will be one depicting a slice-of-life from the early 1940s, when the boats were popular.

The backdrop of the display—created by FLC member Arnie Rubenstein—is an 8-foot-square photo of the Skaneateles Boat Co. and its staff members, marking production of the 1,000th Comet sailboat. A workbench in front of the photo contains a 1941 telephone, a 1941 radio and a mannequin dressed as one of the boat company’s craftsmen. Visitors who pick up the phone will hear gossip about costs of the day. The radio station will be “tuned” to five channels—one with a recording of the news bulletin announcing the attack on Pearl Harbor, two with period music, and two with old radio shows. The display will be on view in the lobby of M&T Bank, 33 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles, for a few weeks prior to the show. Following the show, it will be donated to the Skaneateles Historical Society.

This year’s boat show poster—featuring Lightning sailboats and a 1930s-vintage Chris-Craft Runabout—was developed around a watercolor painting by Rochester artist Paul Allen Taylor. Taylor is a self-taught painter whose seascapes and landscapes have won acclaim for their bold, clean colors and impressionistic style. Copies of the poster will be sold at the Lightning Regatta (July 4-6 at the Skaneateles Country Club) and the Antique and Classic Boat Show; in addition, Taylor will autograph copies at Mid-Lakes Navigation during the July 4 First Friday art night. The original painting will be sold through silent auction, with a $700 reserve.

The show gets under way Friday afternoon, with the local Sea Scouts announcing the arrival of each exhibiting boat with a bosun’s pipe. Additional highlights of the show include the parade of boats (Saturday at 3 p.m.), historical village tours, children’s activities, and displays by the Syracuse Model Boat Club.
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