Found and Fiber

09/10/2026

Hope to see you all this Saturday! We are featuring one of our new collections, Stainless and Stone. Here’s a peek! These are crafted with stone from Lake Champlain shorelines, and stainless steel chains. Truly one of a kind creations!

09/10/2026

Please help support The Strand!!

The Strand Center for the Arts in Plattsburgh says it may have to shut down this month if it can’t raise enough money to sustain itself amid a financial crisis.

The nonprofit has historically relied on that theater income to fund its operations, accounting for around 65% of its budget. That really worked out last year, when ticket sales broke records and brought in over $800,000, Executive Director Megan Charland said.

But this year is a different story.

"It was around March, like the end of the first quarter, that trends were going down at an alarming rate, and donations are also down. Business sponsors were giving less," she said.

So far this year, theater ticket sales have gone down 27%, leading to a $140,000 drop in revenue. Charland attributes that to a nationwide trend of declining ticket sales and the overall cost-of-living struggles in the past year. Fundraising is also down 30%.

"We've exhausted a lot of other options to this point, and we're running out of time," she said. "There's a very good chance that we don't exist in two weeks."

The Strand is trying to raise $50,000 to keep the organization afloat. Since putting out the public call last week, it’s raised over half that amount.

https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/53926/20260908/plattsburgh-s-strand-center-for-the-arts-could-close-due-to-financial-crisis
Reporting by Catherine Wheeler
Photo courtesy The Strand Center for the Arts

08/08/2026

These look so tasty! They remind me those candy necklaces- so bright and fun! Come on down to Lake Placid tomorrow and check them out!

07/25/2026

The July Peru Town Market vendor line up is HERE!👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

Look at that beautiful list of local makers, growers, bakers and artisans. We've got them all and we are so lucky.

Join us THIS SUNDAY, July 26th from 10-2pm at Heyworth Mason Park and celebrate with us!

07/25/2026

Anyone like Butterflies? These beauties are made from repurposed leather, and will be with us at Trinity Park and Peru tomorrow! (Presale available)