Saturday, July 3, 2010

Changes
Edgewood Gallery

Price: Free
Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

K.V. and Debe Abbott: Selection of works 1985-2010
Brian Brickley: Sculptural and functional ceramics

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Three Generations on the Canal
Erie Canal Museum

Price: Free
Erie Canal Museum
318 Erie Blvd. E., Syracuse

Three Generations on the Canal explores, through restored photographs, the relationship of one family—the Grahams—to the New York State Barge Canal over three generations. "Toot-Toot" Graham was a tug boat captain on the Barge Canal in the 1950s. For him, the canal was his workplace. The next generation of Grahams pioneered the recreational possibilities of the Canal on a small cabin cruiser named the Ro-mar. In those days there were not many accommodations for a pleasure craft. Fuel was purchased at gas stations in the towns along the canal and hand carried to the boat in cans. The current generation of Grahams travels the full length of the recreationally-oriented canal in rented boats.

Alphabet in Your Own Backyard
Everson Museum of Art

Price: Suggested donation: $5 adults
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

This exhibition highlights selected work from a two-year collaborative community project between Syracuse University's College of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse University Library, and four schools from the Syracuse City School District: Henninger, Nottingham, Corcoran and Fowler. Students photographed "hidden" letters in their neighborhoods and transformed their "found alphabets" into artist books. The project is funded by a Syracuse University Enitiative grant with funds from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.

The Scarab Vase: Celebrating 100 Years
Everson Museum of Art

Price: Suggested donation: $5 adults
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The Everson is partnering with Strathmore By The Park Home Tours, Syracuse Ceramic Guild, the Arts & Crafts Society of Central New York, and Clayscapes Pottery for the Strathmore Festival, a celebration of the 100th anniversary of Adelaide Alsop Robineau's Scarab Vase. Also known as "The Apotheosis of the Toiler," the Scarab Vase was purchased by the Everson directly from the artist's husband, Samuel Robineau, in 1930 along with 47 other porcelains including her well-known Viking Vase, Poppy Vase, and Crab Vase, which are all must-sees in the Everson's ceramic collection.

Fit to be Bound
Everson Museum of Art

Price: Suggested donation, $5, adults
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

In 2010, the Everson Museum of Art introduces The Edge of Art: New York State Artist Series as an alternative to the traditional Biennial Exhibition. Fit to be Bound, the second exhibition in a series of four will showcase a broad range of artist books created by artists currently living in New York State—the first survey of its kind at the Everson. The exhibition will be an exploration of the various means by which contemporary artists have expanded the notion of the book form, from the traditional to the sculptural, from paper to mixed-media, small-scale and oversized.

Read a review!

Fantasies and Fairy-Tales: Maxfield Parrish and the Art of the Print
Everson Museum of Art

Price: $10 regular, $8 seniors/students/military, $30 family pack (includes 2 adults and up to 4 children)
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

During the height of Maxfield Parrish's popularity in the 1920s and 1930s, he was the most reproduced American artist of his era. Disseminated through magazine covers, book illustrations, calendar pads, advertisements, and color reproductions, Parrish's images occupied a ubiquitous presence in popular visual culture. While recent exhibitions of Parrish have focused mainly on his original oil paintings, Fantasies and Fairy-Tales represents the first comprehensive sampling of Parrish's work in a variety of printed media.

38th Annual Teenage Competitive Art Exhibition
Community Folk Art Center

Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

The Syracuse Chapter of the Links, Inc. in cooperation with Community Folk Art Center and local school districts join their efforts to provide an ongoing opportunity to recognize teenagers (ages 13-19) of African American, Hispanic American, Native American, and Asian American heritage as well as those from other underrepresented groups who demonstrate talents in the fine arts.

Works of John Jessiman and Steven Barbash
Gandee Gallery

Gandee Gallery
7846 Main St., Fabius

The Gandee Gallery is proud to present the work of ceramist, John Jessiman, and painter, Steven Barbash. These two distinguished former professors of art taught together for almost 30 years at State University of New York, Cortland.

Detour
Echo

745 N. Salina St. (formerly Craft Chemistry)
Syracuse

Collaborative art installation by young artists Dan Mabie and James Boettger, includes paintings, drawings, mixed media, sculpture, and other media.

Also, a window design installation, "InTheMind," by Rachel Trinca.

Works of Willson Cummer, Bryan Hopkins, Jonathan Kirk, and Elisabeth Groat
Limestone Art and Framing Gallery

Limestone Art and Framing Gallery
105 Brooklea Dr., Fayetteville

Idol Assassination
Without a Cue Productions
Sara Caliva, director

Price: $37.25 includes dinner and show
Glen Loch Restaurant
4626 North St., Jamesville

It's the final night of Big American Star, and America is going to get a chance to vote for its next...big American star. The contestants are at each other's throats, dangerously close to ripping out one another's vocal chords, while the judges and host stir up drama to boost sagging ratings. By the time the contestants are ready to sing, the atmosphere has turned murderous, and the contestants may "knock 'em dead" in more ways than one.

The show is an interactive murder mystery that involves the members of the audience.

The Wedding Singer
Appleseed Productions
Dustin M. Czarny, director

Price: $15 regular; $12 students/seniors (price includes dessert and beverage at intermission)
Atonement Lutheran Church
116 W. Glen Ave., Syracuse

Music directed by Colin Keating, choreographed by Rachelle Clavin.

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Cabaret
Wit's End Players

Price: $20 regular; $18 students/seniors, $14 children
Empire Theater
New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes

Leave your troubles outside as you enter the Kit Kat Klub when 1930 Berlin was at the height of decadence. Presided over by the Emcee and starring Fraulein Sally Bowles and the Kit Kat Girls, Tony-winning song and dance numbers include "Willkommen," "Life is a Cabaret," and "The Money Song." Even the orchestra is beautiful!

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Sunday, July 4, 2010

Works of John Jessiman and Steven Barbash
Gandee Gallery

Gandee Gallery
7846 Main St., Fabius

The Gandee Gallery is proud to present the work of ceramist, John Jessiman, and painter, Steven Barbash. These two distinguished former professors of art taught together for almost 30 years at State University of New York, Cortland.

Patriotic Concert and Sing-Along
Arts at Assisi

Price: Free (donations accepted)
Assumption Church
812 N. Salina St., Syracuse

Organ and choral music, including The Testament of Freedom by Randall Thompson, sung by the men of Assumption Choir and guests.

July 4th Spectacular
Syracuse Symphony Orchestra
SSO Pops Chorus
Daniel Hege, conductor

Price: Free
New York State Fairgrounds
581 State Fair Blvd., Syracuse

Patriotic and popular tunes. Fairgrounds open at 5:00 pm, pre-concert activities begin at 6:30. Free parking. Fireworks to follow concert.

Rain location: Center of Progress Building.

Monday, July 5, 2010

Vessel #3: Immersive Sculptural Installation by Tina Zagyva
Westcott Community Art Gallery

Price: Free
Westcott Community Center
Corner of Euclid Ave. and Westcott St., Syracuse

The unveiling of Vessel #3 of the International Series, "Themselves Has Been a Gathering" (an immersive sculptural environment constructed from car headlights).

Three Generations on the Canal
Erie Canal Museum

Price: Free
Erie Canal Museum
318 Erie Blvd. E., Syracuse

Three Generations on the Canal explores, through restored photographs, the relationship of one family—the Grahams—to the New York State Barge Canal over three generations. "Toot-Toot" Graham was a tug boat captain on the Barge Canal in the 1950s. For him, the canal was his workplace. The next generation of Grahams pioneered the recreational possibilities of the Canal on a small cabin cruiser named the Ro-mar. In those days there were not many accommodations for a pleasure craft. Fuel was purchased at gas stations in the towns along the canal and hand carried to the boat in cans. The current generation of Grahams travels the full length of the recreationally-oriented canal in rented boats.

Works of Willson Cummer, Bryan Hopkins, Jonathan Kirk, and Elisabeth Groat
Limestone Art and Framing Gallery

Limestone Art and Framing Gallery
105 Brooklea Dr., Fayetteville

Liverpool Community Orchestra
Liverpool is the Place

Price: Free
Johnson Park
Corner of Vine and Oswego Streets, Liverpool

A special program of patriotic music.

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Vessel #3: Immersive Sculptural Installation by Tina Zagyva
Westcott Community Art Gallery

Price: Free
Westcott Community Center
Corner of Euclid Ave. and Westcott St., Syracuse

The unveiling of Vessel #3 of the International Series, "Themselves Has Been a Gathering" (an immersive sculptural environment constructed from car headlights).

Changes
Edgewood Gallery

Price: Free
Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

K.V. and Debe Abbott: Selection of works 1985-2010
Brian Brickley: Sculptural and functional ceramics

Read a review!

38th Annual Teenage Competitive Art Exhibition
Community Folk Art Center

Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

The Syracuse Chapter of the Links, Inc. in cooperation with Community Folk Art Center and local school districts join their efforts to provide an ongoing opportunity to recognize teenagers (ages 13-19) of African American, Hispanic American, Native American, and Asian American heritage as well as those from other underrepresented groups who demonstrate talents in the fine arts.

Three Generations on the Canal
Erie Canal Museum

Price: Free
Erie Canal Museum
318 Erie Blvd. E., Syracuse

Three Generations on the Canal explores, through restored photographs, the relationship of one family—the Grahams—to the New York State Barge Canal over three generations. "Toot-Toot" Graham was a tug boat captain on the Barge Canal in the 1950s. For him, the canal was his workplace. The next generation of Grahams pioneered the recreational possibilities of the Canal on a small cabin cruiser named the Ro-mar. In those days there were not many accommodations for a pleasure craft. Fuel was purchased at gas stations in the towns along the canal and hand carried to the boat in cans. The current generation of Grahams travels the full length of the recreationally-oriented canal in rented boats.

Works of Willson Cummer, Bryan Hopkins, Jonathan Kirk, and Elisabeth Groat
Limestone Art and Framing Gallery

Limestone Art and Framing Gallery
105 Brooklea Dr., Fayetteville

The Scarab Vase: Celebrating 100 Years
Everson Museum of Art

Price: Suggested donation: $5 adults
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The Everson is partnering with Strathmore By The Park Home Tours, Syracuse Ceramic Guild, the Arts & Crafts Society of Central New York, and Clayscapes Pottery for the Strathmore Festival, a celebration of the 100th anniversary of Adelaide Alsop Robineau's Scarab Vase. Also known as "The Apotheosis of the Toiler," the Scarab Vase was purchased by the Everson directly from the artist's husband, Samuel Robineau, in 1930 along with 47 other porcelains including her well-known Viking Vase, Poppy Vase, and Crab Vase, which are all must-sees in the Everson's ceramic collection.

Alphabet in Your Own Backyard
Everson Museum of Art

Price: Suggested donation: $5 adults
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

This exhibition highlights selected work from a two-year collaborative community project between Syracuse University's College of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse University Library, and four schools from the Syracuse City School District: Henninger, Nottingham, Corcoran and Fowler. Students photographed "hidden" letters in their neighborhoods and transformed their "found alphabets" into artist books. The project is funded by a Syracuse University Enitiative grant with funds from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.

Fantasies and Fairy-Tales: Maxfield Parrish and the Art of the Print
Everson Museum of Art

Price: $10 regular, $8 seniors/students/military, $30 family pack (includes 2 adults and up to 4 children)
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

During the height of Maxfield Parrish's popularity in the 1920s and 1930s, he was the most reproduced American artist of his era. Disseminated through magazine covers, book illustrations, calendar pads, advertisements, and color reproductions, Parrish's images occupied a ubiquitous presence in popular visual culture. While recent exhibitions of Parrish have focused mainly on his original oil paintings, Fantasies and Fairy-Tales represents the first comprehensive sampling of Parrish's work in a variety of printed media.

Fit to be Bound
Everson Museum of Art

Price: Suggested donation, $5, adults
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

In 2010, the Everson Museum of Art introduces The Edge of Art: New York State Artist Series as an alternative to the traditional Biennial Exhibition. Fit to be Bound, the second exhibition in a series of four will showcase a broad range of artist books created by artists currently living in New York State—the first survey of its kind at the Everson. The exhibition will be an exploration of the various means by which contemporary artists have expanded the notion of the book form, from the traditional to the sculptural, from paper to mixed-media, small-scale and oversized.

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The Super Delinquents
Pops in the Park

Price: Free
Onondaga Park
Roberts Avenue, Syracuse

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Vessel #3: Immersive Sculptural Installation by Tina Zagyva
Westcott Community Art Gallery

Price: Free
Westcott Community Center
Corner of Euclid Ave. and Westcott St., Syracuse

The unveiling of Vessel #3 of the International Series, "Themselves Has Been a Gathering" (an immersive sculptural environment constructed from car headlights).

Changes
Edgewood Gallery

Price: Free
Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

K.V. and Debe Abbott: Selection of works 1985-2010
Brian Brickley: Sculptural and functional ceramics

Read a review!

38th Annual Teenage Competitive Art Exhibition
Community Folk Art Center

Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

The Syracuse Chapter of the Links, Inc. in cooperation with Community Folk Art Center and local school districts join their efforts to provide an ongoing opportunity to recognize teenagers (ages 13-19) of African American, Hispanic American, Native American, and Asian American heritage as well as those from other underrepresented groups who demonstrate talents in the fine arts.

Three Generations on the Canal
Erie Canal Museum

Price: Free
Erie Canal Museum
318 Erie Blvd. E., Syracuse

Three Generations on the Canal explores, through restored photographs, the relationship of one family—the Grahams—to the New York State Barge Canal over three generations. "Toot-Toot" Graham was a tug boat captain on the Barge Canal in the 1950s. For him, the canal was his workplace. The next generation of Grahams pioneered the recreational possibilities of the Canal on a small cabin cruiser named the Ro-mar. In those days there were not many accommodations for a pleasure craft. Fuel was purchased at gas stations in the towns along the canal and hand carried to the boat in cans. The current generation of Grahams travels the full length of the recreationally-oriented canal in rented boats.

Works of Willson Cummer, Bryan Hopkins, Jonathan Kirk, and Elisabeth Groat
Limestone Art and Framing Gallery

Limestone Art and Framing Gallery
105 Brooklea Dr., Fayetteville

Fit to be Bound
Everson Museum of Art

Price: Suggested donation, $5, adults
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

In 2010, the Everson Museum of Art introduces The Edge of Art: New York State Artist Series as an alternative to the traditional Biennial Exhibition. Fit to be Bound, the second exhibition in a series of four will showcase a broad range of artist books created by artists currently living in New York State—the first survey of its kind at the Everson. The exhibition will be an exploration of the various means by which contemporary artists have expanded the notion of the book form, from the traditional to the sculptural, from paper to mixed-media, small-scale and oversized.

Read a review!

Fantasies and Fairy-Tales: Maxfield Parrish and the Art of the Print
Everson Museum of Art

Price: $10 regular, $8 seniors/students/military, $30 family pack (includes 2 adults and up to 4 children)
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

During the height of Maxfield Parrish's popularity in the 1920s and 1930s, he was the most reproduced American artist of his era. Disseminated through magazine covers, book illustrations, calendar pads, advertisements, and color reproductions, Parrish's images occupied a ubiquitous presence in popular visual culture. While recent exhibitions of Parrish have focused mainly on his original oil paintings, Fantasies and Fairy-Tales represents the first comprehensive sampling of Parrish's work in a variety of printed media.

Alphabet in Your Own Backyard
Everson Museum of Art

Price: Suggested donation: $5 adults
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

This exhibition highlights selected work from a two-year collaborative community project between Syracuse University's College of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse University Library, and four schools from the Syracuse City School District: Henninger, Nottingham, Corcoran and Fowler. Students photographed "hidden" letters in their neighborhoods and transformed their "found alphabets" into artist books. The project is funded by a Syracuse University Enitiative grant with funds from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.

The Scarab Vase: Celebrating 100 Years
Everson Museum of Art

Price: Suggested donation: $5 adults
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The Everson is partnering with Strathmore By The Park Home Tours, Syracuse Ceramic Guild, the Arts & Crafts Society of Central New York, and Clayscapes Pottery for the Strathmore Festival, a celebration of the 100th anniversary of Adelaide Alsop Robineau's Scarab Vase. Also known as "The Apotheosis of the Toiler," the Scarab Vase was purchased by the Everson directly from the artist's husband, Samuel Robineau, in 1930 along with 47 other porcelains including her well-known Viking Vase, Poppy Vase, and Crab Vase, which are all must-sees in the Everson's ceramic collection.

Detour
Echo

745 N. Salina St. (formerly Craft Chemistry)
Syracuse

Collaborative art installation by young artists Dan Mabie and James Boettger, includes paintings, drawings, mixed media, sculpture, and other media.

Also, a window design installation, "InTheMind," by Rachel Trinca.

Images of Resistance: The Photographs of Ruth Putter and Mima Cataldo
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

This exhibit by two of Central New York's leading feminist photographers, Ruth Putter and Mima Cataldo, is an inspiration to present social activists, reminding us that it is critical to understand that the freedoms we enjoy in the USA were not given but rather won by constant struggle, resistance and organizing.

The exhibit covers 35 years of resistance in CNY, including photographs from their time with the women at the Seneca Women's Encampment for a Future of Peace and Justice in 1982 and new work by both artists.

Syracuse Symphony Orchestra
Onondaga Quartet

Price: Free
Northern Onondaga Public Library (North Syracuse)
100 Trolley Barn Lane, North Syracuse

For more information, phone 315-473-2636.

Syracuse Symphony Orchestra
Syracuse Symphony Brass Quintet

Price: Free
Solvay Public Library
615 Woods Rd., Solvay

For more information, phone 315-468-2441.

JD & Rollin' South
Liverpool is the Place

Price: Free
Johnson Park
Corner of Vine and Oswego Streets, Liverpool

Country

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Vessel #3: Immersive Sculptural Installation by Tina Zagyva
Westcott Community Art Gallery

Price: Free
Westcott Community Center
Corner of Euclid Ave. and Westcott St., Syracuse

The unveiling of Vessel #3 of the International Series, "Themselves Has Been a Gathering" (an immersive sculptural environment constructed from car headlights).

Changes
Edgewood Gallery

Price: Free
Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

K.V. and Debe Abbott: Selection of works 1985-2010
Brian Brickley: Sculptural and functional ceramics

Read a review!

38th Annual Teenage Competitive Art Exhibition
Community Folk Art Center

Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

The Syracuse Chapter of the Links, Inc. in cooperation with Community Folk Art Center and local school districts join their efforts to provide an ongoing opportunity to recognize teenagers (ages 13-19) of African American, Hispanic American, Native American, and Asian American heritage as well as those from other underrepresented groups who demonstrate talents in the fine arts.

Three Generations on the Canal
Erie Canal Museum

Price: Free
Erie Canal Museum
318 Erie Blvd. E., Syracuse

Three Generations on the Canal explores, through restored photographs, the relationship of one family—the Grahams—to the New York State Barge Canal over three generations. "Toot-Toot" Graham was a tug boat captain on the Barge Canal in the 1950s. For him, the canal was his workplace. The next generation of Grahams pioneered the recreational possibilities of the Canal on a small cabin cruiser named the Ro-mar. In those days there were not many accommodations for a pleasure craft. Fuel was purchased at gas stations in the towns along the canal and hand carried to the boat in cans. The current generation of Grahams travels the full length of the recreationally-oriented canal in rented boats.

Works of Willson Cummer, Bryan Hopkins, Jonathan Kirk, and Elisabeth Groat
Limestone Art and Framing Gallery

Limestone Art and Framing Gallery
105 Brooklea Dr., Fayetteville

Works of John Jessiman and Steven Barbash
Gandee Gallery

Gandee Gallery
7846 Main St., Fabius

The Gandee Gallery is proud to present the work of ceramist, John Jessiman, and painter, Steven Barbash. These two distinguished former professors of art taught together for almost 30 years at State University of New York, Cortland.

The Scarab Vase: Celebrating 100 Years
Everson Museum of Art

Price: Suggested donation: $5 adults
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The Everson is partnering with Strathmore By The Park Home Tours, Syracuse Ceramic Guild, the Arts & Crafts Society of Central New York, and Clayscapes Pottery for the Strathmore Festival, a celebration of the 100th anniversary of Adelaide Alsop Robineau's Scarab Vase. Also known as "The Apotheosis of the Toiler," the Scarab Vase was purchased by the Everson directly from the artist's husband, Samuel Robineau, in 1930 along with 47 other porcelains including her well-known Viking Vase, Poppy Vase, and Crab Vase, which are all must-sees in the Everson's ceramic collection.

Alphabet in Your Own Backyard
Everson Museum of Art

Price: Suggested donation: $5 adults
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

This exhibition highlights selected work from a two-year collaborative community project between Syracuse University's College of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse University Library, and four schools from the Syracuse City School District: Henninger, Nottingham, Corcoran and Fowler. Students photographed "hidden" letters in their neighborhoods and transformed their "found alphabets" into artist books. The project is funded by a Syracuse University Enitiative grant with funds from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.

Fantasies and Fairy-Tales: Maxfield Parrish and the Art of the Print
Everson Museum of Art

Price: $10 regular, $8 seniors/students/military, $30 family pack (includes 2 adults and up to 4 children)
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

During the height of Maxfield Parrish's popularity in the 1920s and 1930s, he was the most reproduced American artist of his era. Disseminated through magazine covers, book illustrations, calendar pads, advertisements, and color reproductions, Parrish's images occupied a ubiquitous presence in popular visual culture. While recent exhibitions of Parrish have focused mainly on his original oil paintings, Fantasies and Fairy-Tales represents the first comprehensive sampling of Parrish's work in a variety of printed media.

Fit to be Bound
Everson Museum of Art

Price: Suggested donation, $5, adults
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

In 2010, the Everson Museum of Art introduces The Edge of Art: New York State Artist Series as an alternative to the traditional Biennial Exhibition. Fit to be Bound, the second exhibition in a series of four will showcase a broad range of artist books created by artists currently living in New York State—the first survey of its kind at the Everson. The exhibition will be an exploration of the various means by which contemporary artists have expanded the notion of the book form, from the traditional to the sculptural, from paper to mixed-media, small-scale and oversized.

Read a review!

Detour
Echo

745 N. Salina St. (formerly Craft Chemistry)
Syracuse

Collaborative art installation by young artists Dan Mabie and James Boettger, includes paintings, drawings, mixed media, sculpture, and other media.

Also, a window design installation, "InTheMind," by Rachel Trinca.

Images of Resistance: The Photographs of Ruth Putter and Mima Cataldo
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

This exhibit by two of Central New York's leading feminist photographers, Ruth Putter and Mima Cataldo, is an inspiration to present social activists, reminding us that it is critical to understand that the freedoms we enjoy in the USA were not given but rather won by constant struggle, resistance and organizing.

The exhibit covers 35 years of resistance in CNY, including photographs from their time with the women at the Seneca Women's Encampment for a Future of Peace and Justice in 1982 and new work by both artists.

Gallagher
Westcott Theater

Westcott Theater
524 Westcott St., Syracuse

Fritz's Polka Band
Dewitt Concert Series

Price: Free
Ryder Park
5400 Butternut Dr., DeWitt

Bring a lawn chair or blanket. For more information, phone 315-446-9250.

No Time for Death
Acme Mystery Company

Price: $32.50 plus tax and gratuities (includes meal and show)
Spaghetti Warehouse
689 N. Clinton St., Syracuse

Murder mystery/comedy dinner theater.

Having Our Say, the Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
Paul Robeson Performing Arts Company
Sonita L. Surratt, director

Price: $20 regular; $15 students/seniors
CFAC Black Box Theater
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

"You can catch more flies with molasses than you do with vinegar." Join us for a visit with Sadie and Bessie, the indomitable Delany sisters whose poignant and irreverent outlook on a transforming American landscape offers a life-affirming testament to legacy and hope. Having Our Say, the Delany Sisters' First 100 Years was adapted by multi-award-winning playwright Emily Mann from the best-selling book by Sarah and A. Elizabeth Delany with Amy Hill Hearth. Having Our Say received three Tony nominations in 1995 and has since been produced internationally to critical acclaim.

Having Our Say opens as 103-year-old Sadie and 101-year-old Bessie Delany, portrayed by veteran actors Annette Adams-Brown and Karin Franklin King, welcome us into their home in Mount Vernon, NY. We, the audience, are guests in their home as the sisters prepare dinner in remembrance of their father's birthday. They recount a fascinating series of events and anecdotes drawn from a century of family history and their careers as pioneering African American professional women in a racially divided society. This wonderfully inviting dramatic story is about the struggles of women in a male-dominated society; of a family working together building a good life, as they serve others as good neighbors and set examples for the younger members of their family.

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Friday, July 9, 2010

Vessel #3: Immersive Sculptural Installation by Tina Zagyva
Westcott Community Art Gallery

Price: Free
Westcott Community Center
Corner of Euclid Ave. and Westcott St., Syracuse

The unveiling of Vessel #3 of the International Series, "Themselves Has Been a Gathering" (an immersive sculptural environment constructed from car headlights).

Changes
Edgewood Gallery

Price: Free
Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

K.V. and Debe Abbott: Selection of works 1985-2010
Brian Brickley: Sculptural and functional ceramics

Read a review!

38th Annual Teenage Competitive Art Exhibition
Community Folk Art Center

Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

The Syracuse Chapter of the Links, Inc. in cooperation with Community Folk Art Center and local school districts join their efforts to provide an ongoing opportunity to recognize teenagers (ages 13-19) of African American, Hispanic American, Native American, and Asian American heritage as well as those from other underrepresented groups who demonstrate talents in the fine arts.

Three Generations on the Canal
Erie Canal Museum

Price: Free
Erie Canal Museum
318 Erie Blvd. E., Syracuse

Three Generations on the Canal explores, through restored photographs, the relationship of one family—the Grahams—to the New York State Barge Canal over three generations. "Toot-Toot" Graham was a tug boat captain on the Barge Canal in the 1950s. For him, the canal was his workplace. The next generation of Grahams pioneered the recreational possibilities of the Canal on a small cabin cruiser named the Ro-mar. In those days there were not many accommodations for a pleasure craft. Fuel was purchased at gas stations in the towns along the canal and hand carried to the boat in cans. The current generation of Grahams travels the full length of the recreationally-oriented canal in rented boats.

Works of Willson Cummer, Bryan Hopkins, Jonathan Kirk, and Elisabeth Groat
Limestone Art and Framing Gallery

Limestone Art and Framing Gallery
105 Brooklea Dr., Fayetteville

Works of John Jessiman and Steven Barbash
Gandee Gallery

Gandee Gallery
7846 Main St., Fabius

The Gandee Gallery is proud to present the work of ceramist, John Jessiman, and painter, Steven Barbash. These two distinguished former professors of art taught together for almost 30 years at State University of New York, Cortland.

Detour
Echo

745 N. Salina St. (formerly Craft Chemistry)
Syracuse

Collaborative art installation by young artists Dan Mabie and James Boettger, includes paintings, drawings, mixed media, sculpture, and other media.

Also, a window design installation, "InTheMind," by Rachel Trinca.

Alphabet in Your Own Backyard
Everson Museum of Art

Price: Suggested donation: $5 adults
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

This exhibition highlights selected work from a two-year collaborative community project between Syracuse University's College of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse University Library, and four schools from the Syracuse City School District: Henninger, Nottingham, Corcoran and Fowler. Students photographed "hidden" letters in their neighborhoods and transformed their "found alphabets" into artist books. The project is funded by a Syracuse University Enitiative grant with funds from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.

The Scarab Vase: Celebrating 100 Years
Everson Museum of Art

Price: Suggested donation: $5 adults
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The Everson is partnering with Strathmore By The Park Home Tours, Syracuse Ceramic Guild, the Arts & Crafts Society of Central New York, and Clayscapes Pottery for the Strathmore Festival, a celebration of the 100th anniversary of Adelaide Alsop Robineau's Scarab Vase. Also known as "The Apotheosis of the Toiler," the Scarab Vase was purchased by the Everson directly from the artist's husband, Samuel Robineau, in 1930 along with 47 other porcelains including her well-known Viking Vase, Poppy Vase, and Crab Vase, which are all must-sees in the Everson's ceramic collection.

Fit to be Bound
Everson Museum of Art

Price: Suggested donation, $5, adults
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

In 2010, the Everson Museum of Art introduces The Edge of Art: New York State Artist Series as an alternative to the traditional Biennial Exhibition. Fit to be Bound, the second exhibition in a series of four will showcase a broad range of artist books created by artists currently living in New York State—the first survey of its kind at the Everson. The exhibition will be an exploration of the various means by which contemporary artists have expanded the notion of the book form, from the traditional to the sculptural, from paper to mixed-media, small-scale and oversized.

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Fantasies and Fairy-Tales: Maxfield Parrish and the Art of the Print
Everson Museum of Art

Price: $10 regular, $8 seniors/students/military, $30 family pack (includes 2 adults and up to 4 children)
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

During the height of Maxfield Parrish's popularity in the 1920s and 1930s, he was the most reproduced American artist of his era. Disseminated through magazine covers, book illustrations, calendar pads, advertisements, and color reproductions, Parrish's images occupied a ubiquitous presence in popular visual culture. While recent exhibitions of Parrish have focused mainly on his original oil paintings, Fantasies and Fairy-Tales represents the first comprehensive sampling of Parrish's work in a variety of printed media.

Images of Resistance: The Photographs of Ruth Putter and Mima Cataldo
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

This exhibit by two of Central New York's leading feminist photographers, Ruth Putter and Mima Cataldo, is an inspiration to present social activists, reminding us that it is critical to understand that the freedoms we enjoy in the USA were not given but rather won by constant struggle, resistance and organizing.

The exhibit covers 35 years of resistance in CNY, including photographs from their time with the women at the Seneca Women's Encampment for a Future of Peace and Justice in 1982 and new work by both artists.

*CANCELLED* New York State Blues Festival

Inner Harbor
W. Kirkpatrick St., Syracuse

For more information, visit www.nysbluesfest.com.

Dancing Under the Stars
Stan Colella Orchestra

Price: Free
Blessed Sacrament School
3127 James St., Syracuse

Rachel Eddy and Kristian Herner
Kellish Hill Farm

Price: $10
Kellish Hill Farm
3192 Pompey Center Rd., Pompey

Rachel Eddy is an old-time fiddle, banjo, and guitar player from Morgantown, WV, who has recently re-located to Stockholm, Sweden. She spent two months last fall in Germany touring with the Klangwelten music group. After surviving the Swedish winter, she's headed back to Germany on a tour with Uncle Earl. She'll be performing with Kristian Herner from the Rockridge Brothers, debuting their first duo album, "Chilly Winds." Rachel has performed in several configurations over the years playing both old-time and Irish music, including the Morgantown Rounders, The Woodticks, Stewed Mulligan and a trio w/Adam Hurt and Abe Folmsbee.

Alive! A Tribute to KISS, with Dirty Little Secret and Silent Fury
Westcott Theater

Westcott Theater
524 Westcott St., Syracuse

Having Our Say, the Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
Paul Robeson Performing Arts Company
Sonita L. Surratt, director

Price: $20 regular; $15 students/seniors
CFAC Black Box Theater
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

"You can catch more flies with molasses than you do with vinegar." Join us for a visit with Sadie and Bessie, the indomitable Delany sisters whose poignant and irreverent outlook on a transforming American landscape offers a life-affirming testament to legacy and hope. Having Our Say, the Delany Sisters' First 100 Years was adapted by multi-award-winning playwright Emily Mann from the best-selling book by Sarah and A. Elizabeth Delany with Amy Hill Hearth. Having Our Say received three Tony nominations in 1995 and has since been produced internationally to critical acclaim.

Having Our Say opens as 103-year-old Sadie and 101-year-old Bessie Delany, portrayed by veteran actors Annette Adams-Brown and Karin Franklin King, welcome us into their home in Mount Vernon, NY. We, the audience, are guests in their home as the sisters prepare dinner in remembrance of their father's birthday. They recount a fascinating series of events and anecdotes drawn from a century of family history and their careers as pioneering African American professional women in a racially divided society. This wonderfully inviting dramatic story is about the struggles of women in a male-dominated society; of a family working together building a good life, as they serve others as good neighbors and set examples for the younger members of their family.

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Greater Tuna
Appleseed Productions
Greg J. Hipius, director

Price: $15 regular; $12 students/seniors (price includes dessert and beverage at intermission)
Atonement Lutheran Church
116 W. Glen Ave., Syracuse

What do Arles Struvie, Thurston Wheelis, Aunt Pearl, Petey Fisk, Phineas Blye, and Rev. Spikes have in common? In this hilarious send-up of small town morals and mores, they are all among the upstanding citizens of Tuna; Texas' third smallest town. The long-running Off-Broadway hit features two actors creating the entire population of Tuna in a tour de farce of quick change artistry, changing costumes and characterizations faster than a jack rabbit runs from a coyote. Two actors, 20 characters, and a barrel of laughs, ya'll. By Jaston Williams, Joe Sears, Ed Howard.

Saturday, July 10, 2010

Changes
Edgewood Gallery

Price: Free
Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

K.V. and Debe Abbott: Selection of works 1985-2010
Brian Brickley: Sculptural and functional ceramics

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Three Generations on the Canal
Erie Canal Museum

Price: Free
Erie Canal Museum
318 Erie Blvd. E., Syracuse

Three Generations on the Canal explores, through restored photographs, the relationship of one family—the Grahams—to the New York State Barge Canal over three generations. "Toot-Toot" Graham was a tug boat captain on the Barge Canal in the 1950s. For him, the canal was his workplace. The next generation of Grahams pioneered the recreational possibilities of the Canal on a small cabin cruiser named the Ro-mar. In those days there were not many accommodations for a pleasure craft. Fuel was purchased at gas stations in the towns along the canal and hand carried to the boat in cans. The current generation of Grahams travels the full length of the recreationally-oriented canal in rented boats.

The Scarab Vase: Celebrating 100 Years
Everson Museum of Art

Price: Suggested donation: $5 adults
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The Everson is partnering with Strathmore By The Park Home Tours, Syracuse Ceramic Guild, the Arts & Crafts Society of Central New York, and Clayscapes Pottery for the Strathmore Festival, a celebration of the 100th anniversary of Adelaide Alsop Robineau's Scarab Vase. Also known as "The Apotheosis of the Toiler," the Scarab Vase was purchased by the Everson directly from the artist's husband, Samuel Robineau, in 1930 along with 47 other porcelains including her well-known Viking Vase, Poppy Vase, and Crab Vase, which are all must-sees in the Everson's ceramic collection.

Alphabet in Your Own Backyard
Everson Museum of Art

Price: Suggested donation: $5 adults
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

This exhibition highlights selected work from a two-year collaborative community project between Syracuse University's College of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse University Library, and four schools from the Syracuse City School District: Henninger, Nottingham, Corcoran and Fowler. Students photographed "hidden" letters in their neighborhoods and transformed their "found alphabets" into artist books. The project is funded by a Syracuse University Enitiative grant with funds from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.

Fantasies and Fairy-Tales: Maxfield Parrish and the Art of the Print
Everson Museum of Art

Price: $10 regular, $8 seniors/students/military, $30 family pack (includes 2 adults and up to 4 children)
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

During the height of Maxfield Parrish's popularity in the 1920s and 1930s, he was the most reproduced American artist of his era. Disseminated through magazine covers, book illustrations, calendar pads, advertisements, and color reproductions, Parrish's images occupied a ubiquitous presence in popular visual culture. While recent exhibitions of Parrish have focused mainly on his original oil paintings, Fantasies and Fairy-Tales represents the first comprehensive sampling of Parrish's work in a variety of printed media.

Fit to be Bound
Everson Museum of Art

Price: Suggested donation, $5, adults
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

In 2010, the Everson Museum of Art introduces The Edge of Art: New York State Artist Series as an alternative to the traditional Biennial Exhibition. Fit to be Bound, the second exhibition in a series of four will showcase a broad range of artist books created by artists currently living in New York State—the first survey of its kind at the Everson. The exhibition will be an exploration of the various means by which contemporary artists have expanded the notion of the book form, from the traditional to the sculptural, from paper to mixed-media, small-scale and oversized.

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38th Annual Teenage Competitive Art Exhibition
Community Folk Art Center

Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

The Syracuse Chapter of the Links, Inc. in cooperation with Community Folk Art Center and local school districts join their efforts to provide an ongoing opportunity to recognize teenagers (ages 13-19) of African American, Hispanic American, Native American, and Asian American heritage as well as those from other underrepresented groups who demonstrate talents in the fine arts.

Works of John Jessiman and Steven Barbash
Gandee Gallery

Gandee Gallery
7846 Main St., Fabius

The Gandee Gallery is proud to present the work of ceramist, John Jessiman, and painter, Steven Barbash. These two distinguished former professors of art taught together for almost 30 years at State University of New York, Cortland.

Images of Resistance: The Photographs of Ruth Putter and Mima Cataldo
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

This exhibit by two of Central New York's leading feminist photographers, Ruth Putter and Mima Cataldo, is an inspiration to present social activists, reminding us that it is critical to understand that the freedoms we enjoy in the USA were not given but rather won by constant struggle, resistance and organizing.

The exhibit covers 35 years of resistance in CNY, including photographs from their time with the women at the Seneca Women's Encampment for a Future of Peace and Justice in 1982 and new work by both artists.

Detour
Echo

745 N. Salina St. (formerly Craft Chemistry)
Syracuse

Collaborative art installation by young artists Dan Mabie and James Boettger, includes paintings, drawings, mixed media, sculpture, and other media.

Also, a window design installation, "InTheMind," by Rachel Trinca.

Works of Willson Cummer, Bryan Hopkins, Jonathan Kirk, and Elisabeth Groat
Limestone Art and Framing Gallery

Limestone Art and Framing Gallery
105 Brooklea Dr., Fayetteville

*CANCELLED* New York State Blues Festival

Inner Harbor
W. Kirkpatrick St., Syracuse

For more information, visit www.nysbluesfest.com.

Jordan Bluegrass Fest

Jordan Canal Park
Main Street, Jordan

Featuring the Lost Boys, Barleywine, Salt Potatoes, and the Erie Canal Cloggers. Open Bluegrass and Old Time Mic. For more information, email dmeixner@enablecny.org.

Syracuse Symphony Orchestra
Syracuse Symphony String Quartet

Price: Free
Betts Branch Library
4862 S. Salina St., Syraucse

For more information, phone 315-435-1940.

Syracuse Symphony Orchestra
Syracuse Symphony String Quartet II

Price: Free
Paine Branch Library
113 Nichols, Syraucuse

For more information, phone 315-435-5442.

Syracuse Symphony Orchestra
Syracuse Symphony Brass Quintet

Price: Free
Soule Branch Library
101 Springfield Rd., Syracuse

For more information, phone 315-435-5320.

Candlelight Series: Syracuse Symphony Orchestra

Price: Free
Armory Square
Clinton and Jefferson St., Syracuse

Main performance at 8:00, preceded by an opening act at 6:30 pm.
Rain location: Crouse Hinds Concert Theater, Civic Center, 411 Montgomery St.

For more information, visit www.armorysquareofsyracuse.com.

Spirit of America Band

West Genesee High School
5201 W. Genesee St., Syracuse

Performance includes sets, costumes, lights, dancing, marching, and a variety of music including tunes from the movies and Broadway.

Idol Assassination
Without a Cue Productions
Sara Caliva, director

Price: $37.25 includes dinner and show
Glen Loch Restaurant
4626 North St., Jamesville

It's the final night of Big American Star, and America is going to get a chance to vote for its next...big American star. The contestants are at each other's throats, dangerously close to ripping out one another's vocal chords, while the judges and host stir up drama to boost sagging ratings. By the time the contestants are ready to sing, the atmosphere has turned murderous, and the contestants may "knock 'em dead" in more ways than one.

The show is an interactive murder mystery that involves the members of the audience.

Greater Tuna
Appleseed Productions
Greg J. Hipius, director

Price: $15 regular; $12 students/seniors (price includes dessert and beverage at intermission)
Atonement Lutheran Church
116 W. Glen Ave., Syracuse

What do Arles Struvie, Thurston Wheelis, Aunt Pearl, Petey Fisk, Phineas Blye, and Rev. Spikes have in common? In this hilarious send-up of small town morals and mores, they are all among the upstanding citizens of Tuna; Texas' third smallest town. The long-running Off-Broadway hit features two actors creating the entire population of Tuna in a tour de farce of quick change artistry, changing costumes and characterizations faster than a jack rabbit runs from a coyote. Two actors, 20 characters, and a barrel of laughs, ya'll. By Jaston Williams, Joe Sears, Ed Howard.