Upcoming Special Events
Occasionally, we host or partner with other organizations to bring you special events at various times of the year, including outside our regular summer operating season. Check this page for updates on any special events planned in the future!
The American Polish Relief Committee
A Lakeside Lecture at Wiawaka Center for Women
Tuesday, July 28 • 6PM
The Sembrich’s 2026 Exhibition “A Cause For Singing” brings a special lecture event to Wiawaka Center for Women. This exciting evening explores the history of the American Polish Relief Committee founded by soprano Marcella Sembrich. The Committee raised over $100,000 to aid the people of Poland who were caught in the crosshairs of the First World War and was the final cause for which the famed soprano raised her voice in song.
Lecture Only: $20 / Dinner & Lecture: $40
3778 Route 9L
Lake George, NY 12845
The Hawaiian Nightingale
Studio Talk & Exhibition-Closing Reception
Friday, October 9 • 7PM
The Sembrich’s 2026 Exhibition “A Cause For Singing” closes with a special studio talk by curator Caleb Eick titled “The Hawaiian Nightingale.” The talk explores the illustrious life and career of Hawaiian soprano Ululani McQuaid Robertson Jabulka (1895-1970), a student of Marcella Sembrich, the first Hawaiian woman to achieve international fame in opera, and a celebrated interpreter of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly.
Admission: $30
4800 Lake Shore Drive
Bolton Landing, NY 12814
“Mother Wit”
An evening of rhythm and prose with Alvin Hall & Tyler Goldchain
Saturday, September 12 • 7PM
In their second collaborative event, The Adirondack Center for Writing and The Sembrich lure best-selling author of Driving the Green Book, Alvin Hall and award-winning musician and composer Tyler Goldchain out of their separate realms to create new works for the Sembrich audience that explore the space between music and the spoken word.
Mother Wit, a term deeply rooted in the African American experience, refers to the wisdom of life lessons that parents and relatives instill in their young to develop navigating, negotiating, and survival skills. In stories loosely inspired by the theme, Alvin and Tyler spellbindingly weave words with textural sound and music to enhance the emotional resonance of freshly discovered narrative arcs that honor the cross-generational traditions and communities that individually shaped them.
Admission: $35
4800 Lake Shore Drive
Bolton Landing, NY 12814
“Mother Wit” is generously sponsored by Doug Deneen & David Kreckman