Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Keeping Me Centered
Clayscapes Pottery Gallery

Clayscapes Pottery Studio
1003 W. Fayette St., Suite L1, Syracuse

First annual student exhibition and sale.

Works of Suzanne Bellamy
SUNY Oswego Metro Center at the Atrium

SUNY Oswego Metro Center at the Atrium
2 Clinton Square, Syracuse

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.

Vessels & Abstractions
Limestone Art and Framing Gallery

Limestone Art and Framing Gallery
105 Brooklea Dr., Fayetteville

Works by Deborah Haylor McDowell, Nick Starr, and Diana Godfrey.

Read a review!

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.

Animaux: A Receptive Dialog with Animals
Echo

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

Tara Hogan's solos exhibition will showcase original works on paper and wood. Prints and posters will also be for sale.

ArtStrong
Public Arts Task Force

Price: Free
The Vault
451 S. Warren St., Syracuse

A spontaneous public gallery show featuring over 20 local artists, including Mark Povinelli, Sarah Averill, Susan Scholl, Isaac Bidwell, Kassy Shoemaker, Mary Fragapane, Jim Brenneman, Cayetano Valenzuela, Susan Edmunds, Ilana McQuinn, Agata Zietek, Kristie Hayes, Clay Strange, Alyson Markell, Tony Thompson, Tom Ward III, Karen Greenfield, Teresa Barry, Justin Moshaty, Elizabeth A. Povinelli, Caroline Povinelli, Adrienne Allen, Arleen Fordock, William T Grace III, Walter Wadas Jr, Ashlin Mahoney, Regina Perry, Anna Perry, Andy Clearly, Deborah Rose, Bryon Boutwell, Charlie Sam, Alexey Vs, Susan Edmunds, Kristina Starowitz, Dustin Regner, Lady Tina Zagyua, Michael Wisnowski, Tien Chang, Bridget Leary, Colleen Woolpert, Melissa DeStevens-Valenzuela.

Julie Falatico & Friends
Liverpool is the Place

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

Jazz standards

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Keeping Me Centered
Clayscapes Pottery Gallery

Clayscapes Pottery Studio
1003 W. Fayette St., Suite L1, Syracuse

First annual student exhibition and sale.

Works of Suzanne Bellamy
SUNY Oswego Metro Center at the Atrium

SUNY Oswego Metro Center at the Atrium
2 Clinton Square, Syracuse

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.

Vessels & Abstractions
Limestone Art and Framing Gallery

Limestone Art and Framing Gallery
105 Brooklea Dr., Fayetteville

Works by Deborah Haylor McDowell, Nick Starr, and Diana Godfrey.

Read a review!

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.

Animaux: A Receptive Dialog with Animals
Echo

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

Tara Hogan's solos exhibition will showcase original works on paper and wood. Prints and posters will also be for sale.

ArtStrong
Public Arts Task Force

Price: Free
The Vault
451 S. Warren St., Syracuse

A spontaneous public gallery show featuring over 20 local artists, including Mark Povinelli, Sarah Averill, Susan Scholl, Isaac Bidwell, Kassy Shoemaker, Mary Fragapane, Jim Brenneman, Cayetano Valenzuela, Susan Edmunds, Ilana McQuinn, Agata Zietek, Kristie Hayes, Clay Strange, Alyson Markell, Tony Thompson, Tom Ward III, Karen Greenfield, Teresa Barry, Justin Moshaty, Elizabeth A. Povinelli, Caroline Povinelli, Adrienne Allen, Arleen Fordock, William T Grace III, Walter Wadas Jr, Ashlin Mahoney, Regina Perry, Anna Perry, Andy Clearly, Deborah Rose, Bryon Boutwell, Charlie Sam, Alexey Vs, Susan Edmunds, Kristina Starowitz, Dustin Regner, Lady Tina Zagyua, Michael Wisnowski, Tien Chang, Bridget Leary, Colleen Woolpert, Melissa DeStevens-Valenzuela.

Mario DeSantis Band with Maria DeSantis and Special Guests
Dewitt Concert Series

Price: Free
Ryder Park
5400 Butternut Dr., DeWitt

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

Jazz in the City
CNY Jazz Arts Foundation
Featuring The BlackLites with special guest Jackiem Joyner

Price: Free
Dunk & Bright lawn
2648 S. Salina St., Syracuse

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.

Thoroughly Modern Millie Junior
Baldwinsville Theatre Guild

First Presbyterian Church of Baldwinsville
64 Oswego St., Baldwinsville

Performed by students ages 8-18.

The Music Man
Skaneateles Summer Theater

Price: $12 regular; $10 students/seniors
Skaneateles High School
49 E. Elizabeth St., Skaneateles

All Shook Up
The Talent Company

Empire Theater
New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes

The story is all new. The hits are all Elvis. It's the summer of 1955 in a small town in the American Midwest and, during a 24 hour period, a rovin' roustabout with a song in his heart will change this town forever. All Shook Up mixes a little bit of Shakespeare with a whole lot of The King in this hilarious musical comedy that guarantees your whole family will be jumpin' out of their blue suede shoes. Featuring these classic Elvis tunes and more: Jailhouse Rock, Heartbreak Hotel, It's Now or Never, Hound Dog, Burning Love, Love Me Tender, Teddy Bear, Fools Fall In Love, Blue Suede Shoes, That's All Right, One Night With You, Don't Be Cruel, Can't Help Falling In Love With You, All Shook Up.

Featuring Tom Warner, Danielle Lovier, Jacque Tara Washington, Todd Ellis, Danielle Barletta, David Cotter, Bianca Grant, Chris Wiacek, Christine Lightcap, Jimmy Wachter.

Read a Review!

Friday, August 6, 2010

Keeping Me Centered
Clayscapes Pottery Gallery

Clayscapes Pottery Studio
1003 W. Fayette St., Suite L1, Syracuse

First annual student exhibition and sale.

Works of Suzanne Bellamy
SUNY Oswego Metro Center at the Atrium

SUNY Oswego Metro Center at the Atrium
2 Clinton Square, Syracuse

Fiegl & Igel: An Exploration of Abstract Colorform to Soft Realism
Westcott Community Art Gallery

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

Fiegl's works focus on the interplay between color and form (Abstract Colorform) that has been his hallmark since the early 1980s, at one time being called the Jackson Pollock of his generation. Newcomer Igel focuses on the other end of the painting spectrum with works in the impressionistic to soft realistic realm, with skyscapes as his predominant subject matter. Between the two artists, viewers will delight in the broad range of style and techniques from the ethereal to the photographic.

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.

Opening: Glass Works by Phil Austin
Imagine

Imagine
38 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

Opening reception 6:00-9:00 tonight during the village's First Friday art night. Refreshments and musical entertainment will be provided.

An exhibition by Phil Austin of Snake Oil Glassworks will run throughout August. Austin is known throughout the region for his handcrafted glass bowls, vases and pumpkins. Most of his works are done in the traditional way—freehand, without a mold. All are created at his hot glass studio on Jordan Road in Skaneateles. The studio, built in 2004, houses a hot shop (where the furnace is located), a coldworking shop, and a retail store and gallery.

Austin, who earned a master of fine arts degree in the glass program at the School for American Crafts at Rochester Institute of Technology, also teaches design and drawing at Onondaga Community College.

Vessels & Abstractions
Limestone Art and Framing Gallery

Limestone Art and Framing Gallery
105 Brooklea Dr., Fayetteville

Works by Deborah Haylor McDowell, Nick Starr, and Diana Godfrey.

Read a review!

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.

Animaux: A Receptive Dialog with Animals
Echo

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

Tara Hogan's solos exhibition will showcase original works on paper and wood. Prints and posters will also be for sale.

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.

ArtStrong
Public Arts Task Force

Price: Free
The Vault
451 S. Warren St., Syracuse

A spontaneous public gallery show featuring over 20 local artists, including Mark Povinelli, Sarah Averill, Susan Scholl, Isaac Bidwell, Kassy Shoemaker, Mary Fragapane, Jim Brenneman, Cayetano Valenzuela, Susan Edmunds, Ilana McQuinn, Agata Zietek, Kristie Hayes, Clay Strange, Alyson Markell, Tony Thompson, Tom Ward III, Karen Greenfield, Teresa Barry, Justin Moshaty, Elizabeth A. Povinelli, Caroline Povinelli, Adrienne Allen, Arleen Fordock, William T Grace III, Walter Wadas Jr, Ashlin Mahoney, Regina Perry, Anna Perry, Andy Clearly, Deborah Rose, Bryon Boutwell, Charlie Sam, Alexey Vs, Susan Edmunds, Kristina Starowitz, Dustin Regner, Lady Tina Zagyua, Michael Wisnowski, Tien Chang, Bridget Leary, Colleen Woolpert, Melissa DeStevens-Valenzuela.

Love on Trial
Tully Arts Council

Price: $10. Donations also being accepted for Tully Food Pantry
Tully Masonic Lodge
13 State St., Tully

Tully's very own hometown musical revue.

Leading Ladies
CNY Playhouse
Dustin M. Czarny, director

Price: Dinner theater: $27 single; $50 couple. Show only: $18 (limited availability)
Fire and Ice Banquet Hall, The Locker Room
528 Hiawatha Blvd., Syracuse

Dinner at 6:30 pm, followed by show at 8:00 pm.

Shakespeare, inheritance plots, and cross dressing—just another day in Amish country!

From the writer of Lend Me a Tenor and Moon Over Buffalo comes a sidesplitting comedy of mistaken identity and harebrained schemes. Leo and Jack are two Shakespearean actors who are so down on their luck that they're playing "Scenes from Shakespeare" on the Moose Lodge circuit in Pennsylvania's Amish country. When they read about a rich old woman in York, PA, who is about to die and leave her fortune to her two, long-lost nephews, whom no one has seen since birth, they decide to high-tail it to York to impersonate the two men. It's only when they're a few minutes out of town that they realize that the nephews are in fact nieces, and that they must appear in York as Maxine and Stephanie if they're to collect the loot.

Read a review!

Thoroughly Modern Millie Junior
Baldwinsville Theatre Guild

First Presbyterian Church of Baldwinsville
64 Oswego St., Baldwinsville

Performed by students ages 8-18.

The Music Man
Skaneateles Summer Theater

Price: $12 regular; $10 students/seniors
Skaneateles High School
49 E. Elizabeth St., Skaneateles

Pains of Youth
Spark Contemporary Art Space
Standard Candle Company

Price: $5
Spark Contemporary Art Space
1005 E. Fayette St., Syracuse

Standard Candle Company is a committed group of young adults in the Syracuse area who are interested in the arts, flirting with theatrical boundaries, and creating low-cost, high-quality, avant-garde productions.

Seating is limited for this performances of Ferdinand Bruckner's Pains of Youth as translated by Martin Crimp, so please come early or call ahead if you have a larger party. Mature audiences only.

The front lobby will be transformed into an art gallery displaying many works from local artists. Some of the works will be for sale. Refreshments and chapbooks of poetry will also be sold.

For more information or to reserve tickets, phone Mo Seraji at 315-246-1987, email standardcandleco@yahoo.com or visit standardcandleco.tumblr.com.

A portion of proceeds will benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

Summer One-Acts
Appleseed Productions

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

How To Pick Up GRRLZ, by Robert Brophy, directed by Robert Brophy
Gray Matter, by Jeanette D. Farr, directed by Pat Marzola
What Where, by Samuel Beckett, directed by John Brackett
The Genius, by Horace Holley, directed by Pat Marzola

All Shook Up
The Talent Company

Empire Theater
New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes

The story is all new. The hits are all Elvis. It's the summer of 1955 in a small town in the American Midwest and, during a 24 hour period, a rovin' roustabout with a song in his heart will change this town forever. All Shook Up mixes a little bit of Shakespeare with a whole lot of The King in this hilarious musical comedy that guarantees your whole family will be jumpin' out of their blue suede shoes. Featuring these classic Elvis tunes and more: Jailhouse Rock, Heartbreak Hotel, It's Now or Never, Hound Dog, Burning Love, Love Me Tender, Teddy Bear, Fools Fall In Love, Blue Suede Shoes, That's All Right, One Night With You, Don't Be Cruel, Can't Help Falling In Love With You, All Shook Up.

Featuring Tom Warner, Danielle Lovier, Jacque Tara Washington, Todd Ellis, Danielle Barletta, David Cotter, Bianca Grant, Chris Wiacek, Christine Lightcap, Jimmy Wachter.

Read a Review!

Saturday, August 7, 2010

Keeping Me Centered
Clayscapes Pottery Gallery

Clayscapes Pottery Studio
1003 W. Fayette St., Suite L1, Syracuse

First annual student exhibition and sale.

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!

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.

Glass Works by Phil Austin
Imagine

Imagine
38 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

An exhibition by Phil Austin of Snake Oil Glassworks will run throughout August. Austin is known throughout the region for his handcrafted glass bowls, vases and pumpkins. Most of his works are done in the traditional way—freehand, without a mold. All are created at his hot glass studio on Jordan Road in Skaneateles. The studio, built in 2004, houses a hot shop (where the furnace is located), a coldworking shop, and a retail store and gallery.

Austin, who earned a master of fine arts degree in the glass program at the School for American Crafts at Rochester Institute of Technology, also teaches design and drawing at Onondaga Community College.

Vessels & Abstractions
Limestone Art and Framing Gallery

Limestone Art and Framing Gallery
105 Brooklea Dr., Fayetteville

Works by Deborah Haylor McDowell, Nick Starr, and Diana Godfrey.

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.

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.

Animaux: A Receptive Dialog with Animals
Echo

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

Tara Hogan's solos exhibition will showcase original works on paper and wood. Prints and posters will also be for sale.

ArtStrong
Public Arts Task Force

Price: Free
The Vault
451 S. Warren St., Syracuse

A spontaneous public gallery show featuring over 20 local artists, including Mark Povinelli, Sarah Averill, Susan Scholl, Isaac Bidwell, Kassy Shoemaker, Mary Fragapane, Jim Brenneman, Cayetano Valenzuela, Susan Edmunds, Ilana McQuinn, Agata Zietek, Kristie Hayes, Clay Strange, Alyson Markell, Tony Thompson, Tom Ward III, Karen Greenfield, Teresa Barry, Justin Moshaty, Elizabeth A. Povinelli, Caroline Povinelli, Adrienne Allen, Arleen Fordock, William T Grace III, Walter Wadas Jr, Ashlin Mahoney, Regina Perry, Anna Perry, Andy Clearly, Deborah Rose, Bryon Boutwell, Charlie Sam, Alexey Vs, Susan Edmunds, Kristina Starowitz, Dustin Regner, Lady Tina Zagyua, Michael Wisnowski, Tien Chang, Bridget Leary, Colleen Woolpert, Melissa DeStevens-Valenzuela.

A Night Out in Syracuse Comedy Festival
Featuring Michael Winslow from Police Academy

Price: $50
New York State Fairgrounds
581 State Fair Blvd., Syracuse

Ticket price includes dinner, drinks, music and dancing, and celebrity comedy performance. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Carol Baldwin Breast Cancer Research Fund. For more information, visit www.nightoutinsyracuse.com.

Family Friendzy
Syracuse Department of Parks, Recreation, and Youth Programs

Price: Free
Clinton Square
Downtown, Syracuse

National recording artist Shontelle will perform at 3:30 on the main stage. Also appearing will be the Stan Colella All-Star Band, the Media Unit, Puente Flamenco, and others

Candlelight Series: Arias at the Armory
Syracuse Opera

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

Tenor Jonathan Howell, baritone Timothy Kuhn, and soprano Kathleen Magee will sing excerpts from Syracuse Opera's upcoming season offerings, The Mikado, Don Giovanni, and The Pearl Fishers.

They'll be preceded at 6:30 by the Goettel Trio (Dennis Goettel, guitar and vocals; Alexander Goettel, bass and vocals; Matthew Goettel, drums) performing 60s classics to contemporary standards.

Rain location: 207 Walton St.

For more information, visit www.armorysq.org/candlelight.

Love on Trial
Tully Arts Council

Price: $10. Donations also being accepted for Tully Food Pantry
Tully Masonic Lodge
13 State St., Tully

Tully's very own hometown musical revue.

Pains of Youth
Spark Contemporary Art Space
Standard Candle Company

Price: $5
Spark Contemporary Art Space
1005 E. Fayette St., Syracuse

Standard Candle Company is a committed group of young adults in the Syracuse area who are interested in the arts, flirting with theatrical boundaries, and creating low-cost, high-quality, avant-garde productions.

Seating is limited for this performances of Ferdinand Bruckner's Pains of Youth as translated by Martin Crimp, so please come early or call ahead if you have a larger party. Mature audiences only.

The front lobby will be transformed into an art gallery displaying many works from local artists. Some of the works will be for sale. Refreshments and chapbooks of poetry will also be sold.

For more information or to reserve tickets, phone Mo Seraji at 315-246-1987, email standardcandleco@yahoo.com or visit standardcandleco.tumblr.com.

A portion of proceeds will benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

The Music Man
Skaneateles Summer Theater

Price: $12 regular; $10 students/seniors
Skaneateles High School
49 E. Elizabeth St., Skaneateles

Leading Ladies
CNY Playhouse
Dustin M. Czarny, director

Price: Dinner theater: $27 single; $50 couple. Show only: $18 (limited availability)
Fire and Ice Banquet Hall, The Locker Room
528 Hiawatha Blvd., Syracuse

Dinner at 6:30 pm, followed by show at 8:00 pm.

Shakespeare, inheritance plots, and cross dressing—just another day in Amish country!

From the writer of Lend Me a Tenor and Moon Over Buffalo comes a sidesplitting comedy of mistaken identity and harebrained schemes. Leo and Jack are two Shakespearean actors who are so down on their luck that they're playing "Scenes from Shakespeare" on the Moose Lodge circuit in Pennsylvania's Amish country. When they read about a rich old woman in York, PA, who is about to die and leave her fortune to her two, long-lost nephews, whom no one has seen since birth, they decide to high-tail it to York to impersonate the two men. It's only when they're a few minutes out of town that they realize that the nephews are in fact nieces, and that they must appear in York as Maxine and Stephanie if they're to collect the loot.

Read a review!

Thoroughly Modern Millie Junior
Baldwinsville Theatre Guild

First Presbyterian Church of Baldwinsville
64 Oswego St., Baldwinsville

Performed by students ages 8-18.

He Was Worth His Salt
Onondaga Historical Association
History Upstagers

Price: $10 regular, $5 children under 12
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

A naive young hero, a virtuous canal boat captain's daughter, an unscrupulous villain, a strong-hearted widow, a swashbuckling pirate, and a cast of colorful characters converge on our own Erie Canal for a tale filled with adventure, romance, heartbreak and laughs of near historic proportions. Join us at OHA for a good old-fashioned melodrama sure to please audiences of all ages. You can cheer the heroes and boo the villains.

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 Music Man
Skaneateles Summer Theater

Price: $12 regular; $10 students/seniors
Skaneateles High School
49 E. Elizabeth St., Skaneateles

Pains of Youth
Spark Contemporary Art Space
Standard Candle Company

Price: $5
Spark Contemporary Art Space
1005 E. Fayette St., Syracuse

Standard Candle Company is a committed group of young adults in the Syracuse area who are interested in the arts, flirting with theatrical boundaries, and creating low-cost, high-quality, avant-garde productions.

Seating is limited for this performances of Ferdinand Bruckner's Pains of Youth as translated by Martin Crimp, so please come early or call ahead if you have a larger party. Mature audiences only.

The front lobby will be transformed into an art gallery displaying many works from local artists. Some of the works will be for sale. Refreshments and chapbooks of poetry will also be sold.

For more information or to reserve tickets, phone Mo Seraji at 315-246-1987, email standardcandleco@yahoo.com or visit standardcandleco.tumblr.com.

A portion of proceeds will benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

Summer One-Acts
Appleseed Productions

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

How To Pick Up GRRLZ, by Robert Brophy, directed by Robert Brophy
Gray Matter, by Jeanette D. Farr, directed by Pat Marzola
What Where, by Samuel Beckett, directed by John Brackett
The Genius, by Horace Holley, directed by Pat Marzola

All Shook Up
The Talent Company

Empire Theater
New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes

The story is all new. The hits are all Elvis. It's the summer of 1955 in a small town in the American Midwest and, during a 24 hour period, a rovin' roustabout with a song in his heart will change this town forever. All Shook Up mixes a little bit of Shakespeare with a whole lot of The King in this hilarious musical comedy that guarantees your whole family will be jumpin' out of their blue suede shoes. Featuring these classic Elvis tunes and more: Jailhouse Rock, Heartbreak Hotel, It's Now or Never, Hound Dog, Burning Love, Love Me Tender, Teddy Bear, Fools Fall In Love, Blue Suede Shoes, That's All Right, One Night With You, Don't Be Cruel, Can't Help Falling In Love With You, All Shook Up.

Featuring Tom Warner, Danielle Lovier, Jacque Tara Washington, Todd Ellis, Danielle Barletta, David Cotter, Bianca Grant, Chris Wiacek, Christine Lightcap, Jimmy Wachter.

Read a Review!

Sunday, August 8, 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.

Glass Works by Phil Austin
Imagine

Imagine
38 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

An exhibition by Phil Austin of Snake Oil Glassworks will run throughout August. Austin is known throughout the region for his handcrafted glass bowls, vases and pumpkins. Most of his works are done in the traditional way—freehand, without a mold. All are created at his hot glass studio on Jordan Road in Skaneateles. The studio, built in 2004, houses a hot shop (where the furnace is located), a coldworking shop, and a retail store and gallery.

Austin, who earned a master of fine arts degree in the glass program at the School for American Crafts at Rochester Institute of Technology, also teaches design and drawing at Onondaga Community College.

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.

The Fiery Strings of Minnow Cove Chamber Orchestra
Featuring Ben Weirich, Dan Lemp, and Arthur Lewis

Price: Free
First Presbyterian Church of Skaneateles
97 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

Thirteen members of The Fiery Strings of Minnow Cove Chamber Orchestra, which has been in existence since 2002, are playing music from the 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries, (by Bach, Elgar, Ravel, Barber, and Dan Lemp, Skaneateles High School senior). There will be a reception after the concert, and one of the pieces may be played backwards.

Opera in the Park: Camelot
Syracuse Opera

Price: Free
Thornden Park Amphitheater
Ostrom Ave., Syracuse

Summer One-Acts
Appleseed Productions

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

How To Pick Up GRRLZ, by Robert Brophy, directed by Robert Brophy
Gray Matter, by Jeanette D. Farr, directed by Pat Marzola
What Where, by Samuel Beckett, directed by John Brackett
The Genius, by Horace Holley, directed by Pat Marzola

He Was Worth His Salt
Onondaga Historical Association
History Upstagers

Price: $10 regular, $5 children under 12
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

A naive young hero, a virtuous canal boat captain's daughter, an unscrupulous villain, a strong-hearted widow, a swashbuckling pirate, and a cast of colorful characters converge on our own Erie Canal for a tale filled with adventure, romance, heartbreak and laughs of near historic proportions. Join us at OHA for a good old-fashioned melodrama sure to please audiences of all ages. You can cheer the heroes and boo the villains.

All Shook Up
The Talent Company

Empire Theater
New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes

The story is all new. The hits are all Elvis. It's the summer of 1955 in a small town in the American Midwest and, during a 24 hour period, a rovin' roustabout with a song in his heart will change this town forever. All Shook Up mixes a little bit of Shakespeare with a whole lot of The King in this hilarious musical comedy that guarantees your whole family will be jumpin' out of their blue suede shoes. Featuring these classic Elvis tunes and more: Jailhouse Rock, Heartbreak Hotel, It's Now or Never, Hound Dog, Burning Love, Love Me Tender, Teddy Bear, Fools Fall In Love, Blue Suede Shoes, That's All Right, One Night With You, Don't Be Cruel, Can't Help Falling In Love With You, All Shook Up.

Featuring Tom Warner, Danielle Lovier, Jacque Tara Washington, Todd Ellis, Danielle Barletta, David Cotter, Bianca Grant, Chris Wiacek, Christine Lightcap, Jimmy Wachter.

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Thoroughly Modern Millie Junior
Baldwinsville Theatre Guild

First Presbyterian Church of Baldwinsville
64 Oswego St., Baldwinsville

Performed by students ages 8-18.

Monday, August 9, 2010

Works of Suzanne Bellamy
SUNY Oswego Metro Center at the Atrium

SUNY Oswego Metro Center at the Atrium
2 Clinton Square, Syracuse

Fiegl & Igel: An Exploration of Abstract Colorform to Soft Realism
Westcott Community Art Gallery

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

Fiegl's works focus on the interplay between color and form (Abstract Colorform) that has been his hallmark since the early 1980s, at one time being called the Jackson Pollock of his generation. Newcomer Igel focuses on the other end of the painting spectrum with works in the impressionistic to soft realistic realm, with skyscapes as his predominant subject matter. Between the two artists, viewers will delight in the broad range of style and techniques from the ethereal to the photographic.

Glass Works by Phil Austin
Imagine

Imagine
38 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

An exhibition by Phil Austin of Snake Oil Glassworks will run throughout August. Austin is known throughout the region for his handcrafted glass bowls, vases and pumpkins. Most of his works are done in the traditional way—freehand, without a mold. All are created at his hot glass studio on Jordan Road in Skaneateles. The studio, built in 2004, houses a hot shop (where the furnace is located), a coldworking shop, and a retail store and gallery.

Austin, who earned a master of fine arts degree in the glass program at the School for American Crafts at Rochester Institute of Technology, also teaches design and drawing at Onondaga Community College.

Vessels & Abstractions
Limestone Art and Framing Gallery

Limestone Art and Framing Gallery
105 Brooklea Dr., Fayetteville

Works by Deborah Haylor McDowell, Nick Starr, and Diana Godfrey.

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Smokin'
Liverpool is the Place

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

Rock 'n' roll oldies

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Keeping Me Centered
Clayscapes Pottery Gallery

Clayscapes Pottery Studio
1003 W. Fayette St., Suite L1, Syracuse

First annual student exhibition and sale.

Works of Suzanne Bellamy
SUNY Oswego Metro Center at the Atrium

SUNY Oswego Metro Center at the Atrium
2 Clinton Square, Syracuse

Fiegl & Igel: An Exploration of Abstract Colorform to Soft Realism
Westcott Community Art Gallery

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

Fiegl's works focus on the interplay between color and form (Abstract Colorform) that has been his hallmark since the early 1980s, at one time being called the Jackson Pollock of his generation. Newcomer Igel focuses on the other end of the painting spectrum with works in the impressionistic to soft realistic realm, with skyscapes as his predominant subject matter. Between the two artists, viewers will delight in the broad range of style and techniques from the ethereal to the photographic.

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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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.

Glass Works by Phil Austin
Imagine

Imagine
38 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

An exhibition by Phil Austin of Snake Oil Glassworks will run throughout August. Austin is known throughout the region for his handcrafted glass bowls, vases and pumpkins. Most of his works are done in the traditional way—freehand, without a mold. All are created at his hot glass studio on Jordan Road in Skaneateles. The studio, built in 2004, houses a hot shop (where the furnace is located), a coldworking shop, and a retail store and gallery.

Austin, who earned a master of fine arts degree in the glass program at the School for American Crafts at Rochester Institute of Technology, also teaches design and drawing at Onondaga Community College.

Vessels & Abstractions
Limestone Art and Framing Gallery

Limestone Art and Framing Gallery
105 Brooklea Dr., Fayetteville

Works by Deborah Haylor McDowell, Nick Starr, and Diana Godfrey.

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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.

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Keeping Me Centered
Clayscapes Pottery Gallery

Clayscapes Pottery Studio
1003 W. Fayette St., Suite L1, Syracuse

First annual student exhibition and sale.

Works of Suzanne Bellamy
SUNY Oswego Metro Center at the Atrium

SUNY Oswego Metro Center at the Atrium
2 Clinton Square, Syracuse

Fiegl & Igel: An Exploration of Abstract Colorform to Soft Realism
Westcott Community Art Gallery

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

Fiegl's works focus on the interplay between color and form (Abstract Colorform) that has been his hallmark since the early 1980s, at one time being called the Jackson Pollock of his generation. Newcomer Igel focuses on the other end of the painting spectrum with works in the impressionistic to soft realistic realm, with skyscapes as his predominant subject matter. Between the two artists, viewers will delight in the broad range of style and techniques from the ethereal to the photographic.

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.

Glass Works by Phil Austin
Imagine

Imagine
38 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

An exhibition by Phil Austin of Snake Oil Glassworks will run throughout August. Austin is known throughout the region for his handcrafted glass bowls, vases and pumpkins. Most of his works are done in the traditional way—freehand, without a mold. All are created at his hot glass studio on Jordan Road in Skaneateles. The studio, built in 2004, houses a hot shop (where the furnace is located), a coldworking shop, and a retail store and gallery.

Austin, who earned a master of fine arts degree in the glass program at the School for American Crafts at Rochester Institute of Technology, also teaches design and drawing at Onondaga Community College.

Vessels & Abstractions
Limestone Art and Framing Gallery

Limestone Art and Framing Gallery
105 Brooklea Dr., Fayetteville

Works by Deborah Haylor McDowell, Nick Starr, and Diana Godfrey.

Read a review!

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.

Animaux: A Receptive Dialog with Animals
Echo

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

Tara Hogan's solos exhibition will showcase original works on paper and wood. Prints and posters will also be for sale.

Neighborhood Friends Reunion
Liverpool is the Place

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

Classic rock