Editing Glens Falls, New York (section)

==Arts and culture==
{{See also|Media in New York's Capital District}}

===Arts and theater===
The 300-seat Charles R. Wood Theater is home to the Adirondack Theater Festival, a professional non-profit summer theatre.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.atfestival.org/|title=New & Contemporary Theater Including Plays, Musicals, Comedies & Shows In Glens Falls NY Near Lake George NY|website=Adirondack Theatre Festival|access-date=December 22, 2019|archive-date=May 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528034530/https://www.atfestival.org/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Wood Theater provides artistic and cultural presentations throughout the year. Opened in 2003, the theater is named for [[Charles Wood (businessman)|Mr. Wood]], a local entrepreneur and founder of [[The Great Escape & Splashwater Kingdom]].{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}

The Glens Falls Community Theatre has produced theatrical productions in Glens Falls for nearly 75 years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gfcommunitytheatre.org/Index_files/page0006.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719084959/http://www.gfcommunitytheatre.org/Index_files/page0006.htm|url-status=dead|title=Glens Falls Community Theaters: About Us|archive-date=July 19, 2011}}</ref>

The Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council promotes the arts, hosts an annual arts festival, and maintains a gallery.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.larac.org/|title=LARAC|website=LARAC - Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council|access-date=January 10, 2007|archive-date=January 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115000146/https://larac.org/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Glens Falls Symphony has performed classical repertoire for 30 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gfso.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1&Itemid=51|title=GFSO History|access-date=2008-05-04|archive-date=March 19, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090319043601/http://www.gfso.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1&Itemid=51|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[http://operasaratoga.org/history.php History of the Organization] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224105731/http://operasaratoga.org/history.php |date=December 24, 2013 }}. Opera Saratoga. Retrieved 2013-12-23.</ref>

Museums include:
*[[The Hyde Collection]], featuring European and American art.
*The [[Chapman Museum]], featuring local history exhibits
*The World Awareness Children's Museum is a children's museum focused on cultural diversity.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}

Art in the Public Eye is a local non-profit arts organization.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://artinthepubliceye.org/about/|title=About - Art in the Public Eye|website=Art in the Public Eye|access-date=November 12, 2021|archive-date=November 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211112131327/https://artinthepubliceye.org/about/|url-status=usurped}}</ref>

The Shirt Factory Arts and Healing Center is a historic shirt factory that now houses artists' studios, shops, galleries, healing arts and services. More than 50 artists and 13 shops and galleries are in this building.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://shirtfactorygf.com/|title=Home|access-date=December 22, 2019|archive-date=December 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222045058/https://shirtfactorygf.com/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Glens Falls September 11 Memorial is a tribute to the lives lost on that day, and the first responders. The memorial consists of 12 foot, solid granite towers resembling the trade center encompassed by granite walls to resemble the Pentagon. It also incorporates a piece of steel from the World Trade Center.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}

===Historic sites===
[[File:Civil War monument in Glens Falls, NY.jpg|thumb|upright|Civil War Monument]]

Glens Falls has two historic districts listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] and the equivalent New York State Register of Historic places. The Fredella Avenue historic district includes a series of concrete block structures, and the Three Squares Historic District makes up most of the Central Business District.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/ny/Warren/districts.html|title=NEW YORK – Warren County – Historic Districts|access-date=2008-05-04|archive-date=September 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925225038/http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/ny/Warren/districts.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Historic sites:
*Crandall Public Library, founded in 1893, and relocated in 1931. It was designed by [[Charles A. Platt]].<ref name="CPL">{{Cite web|url=http://www.crandalllibrary.org/cplaboutus/history.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070407014555/http://crandalllibrary.org/cplaboutus/history.shtml|url-status=dead|title=Crandall Library History|archive-date=April 7, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.crandalllibrary.org/pdfs/Crandall%20Beha%20PR%20Package%202007.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207025317/http://www.crandalllibrary.org/pdfs/Crandall%20Beha%20PR%20Package%202007.pdf|url-status=dead|title=Expansion project details|archive-date=February 7, 2009}}</ref> The library is a part of the [[Southern Adirondack Library System]].
*Civil War Monument, a limestone [[obelisk]] dedicated in 1872 to honor the 644 men from Queensbury who served in the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. Ninety-five names, those of the men who died, are engraved on the monument.<ref name="qhistory">{{cite web|url=http://www.queensbury.net/Historian/Markers/index.htm|title=History Projects|publisher=Dr. Marilyn VanDyke, Historian, Town of Queensbury|access-date=2009-03-18|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225122043/http://www.queensbury.net/Historian/Markers/index.htm|archive-date=February 25, 2009}}</ref>
*[[Zopher Delong House]], currently the location of the [[Chapman Historical Museum]].
*[[Glens Falls Feeder Canal]], a hydro-electric power-plant on the Hudson River at Glens Falls. The canal was created around 1820 to feed water into the [[Champlain Canal]]. During the early 19th century, the [[New York State Canal System]] was crucial to the development of the state's economy. Lime, marble, lumber, and agricultural commodities were shipped between Glens Falls and the docks at the base of Canal Street.
*First Presbyterian Church, chartered in 1803; its fifth house of worship was constructed in 1929. It was designed by [[Ralph Adams Cram]] in his "presbyterian style" of neo-gothic architecture.<ref>[http://www.fpcgf.org First Presbyterian Churchm Glens Falls] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070201194736/http://fpcgf.org/ |date=February 1, 2007 }}, fpcgf.org; accessed May 21, 2017.</ref>
*Fort Amherst Road, the site of the former Fort Amherst. The fort constituted a block house marking the halfway point on the road between Fort Edward and [[Fort William Henry]] at the head of [[Lake George (lake), New York|Lake George]]. This fort system, erected by the British, was built to secure the colony's northern territories from French incursions during the [[French and Indian War]].
*Louis Fiske Hyde House, designed by [[Robert Rheinlander]] and [[Henry Forbes Bigelow]],  houses [[The Hyde Collection]], a contemporary art.
*The Oldest Building in Glens Falls, a stone and brick structure erected around 1815.
*Quaker Meeting House, built in 1875.
*St. Mary-St. Alphonsus Regional Catholic School, established as St. Mary's Academy in 1883.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smsaschool.org/post/st-mary-s-academy-is-back|title=St. Mary's Academy is Back!|website=St Mary's Academy|date=September 5, 2024}}</ref>
*A [[List of New York State Historic Markers in Warren County, New York|New York State historical marker]] referencing American Modernist painter [[Wilhelmina Weber Furlong]] was placed near City Hall in 2013.<ref name="hydesum">{{cite web|url=http://www.hydecollection.org/events_and_programs/Weber_Furlong_and_the_Origins_of_Modern_Art_374.htm|publisher=The Hyde Collection Glens Falls NY|title=Weber Furlong and the Origins of Modern Art October 6, 2013|work=Wilhelmina Weber Furlong on Lake George New York|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924032016/http://www.hydecollection.org/events_and_programs/Weber_Furlong_and_the_Origins_of_Modern_Art_374.htm|archive-date=September 24, 2015|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="timewarnercablesum">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH2y2Em6-4A| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/nH2y2Em6-4A| archive-date=2021-12-11 | url-status=live|publisher=Time Warner Cable Albany NY|title= Weber Furlong Historic marker dedication|work=Wilhelmina Weber Furlong on Lake George New York}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

=== Regional events ===
Events include:
*Adirondack Balloon Festival, founded in 1973, a four-day [[hot air balloon festival]] in the Glens Falls area, with events at the [[Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport]] and Crandall Park.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.adirondackballoonfest.org/|title=ADIRONDACK BALLOON FESTIVAL|website=ADIRONDACK BALLOON FESTIVAL|access-date=December 22, 2019|archive-date=December 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222045059/https://www.adirondackballoonfest.org/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*The Adirondack Stampede, a [[Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association]] charity rodeo.
*Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council June Arts Festival, held annually since 1972.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.larac.org/ |title=LARAC |access-date=January 10, 2007 |archive-date=January 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115000146/https://larac.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[http://www.poststar.com/articles/2007/06/06/news/latest/doc4666fe245e70a071476528.txt LARAC festival returning to City Park], ''The Post-Star'', June 6, 2007</ref>
*New York State Boys' Public High School Basketball Tournament, founded in 1981.<ref>[http://www.nysbasketball.net/nysphsaa/NYSPHSAA-home.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140318135032/http://www.nysbasketball.net/nysphsaa/NYSPHSAA-home.htm|date=March 18, 2014}}, ''NYSPHSAA'', January 27, 2011</ref>
*The Third Thursday Glens Falls Art Walk.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://artinthepubliceye.com/programs/third-thursday/ |title=Third Thursday Glens Falls Art Walk |access-date=August 21, 2015 |archive-date=November 16, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141116224652/http://artinthepubliceye.com/programs/third-thursday/ |url-status=live }}</ref>