Friday, June 4, 2010

Under The Surface: Ceramic Stylings of Shawn McGuire and Wes Weiss
Clayscapes Pottery Gallery

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

"Under the Surface" explores the rich surfaces achieved by each ceramic artist using very different techniques. Shawn's work is thrown and altered and then naked Raku fired. Wes's work is hand-built from colored clays and the result is an active, vibrant surface.

The Portrait Show: Open Figure Drawing, Inc.
Westcott Community Art Gallery

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

With the 2010 Portrait Show, Open Figure Drawing Inc. continues their tradition of celebrating the collective work from the group with a non-juried exhibit made up of the artists who participate in the Wednesday night drawing sessions. The group is open and self instructional, with a variety of different styles to take in!

Whether your interest lies in finding interesting artwork to purchase, or maybe just thinking about taking up your own drawing, there is something for everyone here! Come and be entertained and empowered to make your own work!

An incorporated not-for-profit art organization run by a board of directors and volunteers, OFD has existed since 1989 as "One of Syracuse's most economical drawing experiences!"

Horizons
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Anna Soltyk: richly textured oil and mixed media paintings
Phil Austin: glass artistry
Wendy Harris: upstate landscape done en plein air in pastel and mixed media

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 Bridget Bossart Van Otterloo, Lucie Wellner, and Katherine Houston
Limestone Art and Framing Gallery

Limestone Art and Framing Gallery
105 Brooklea Dr., Fayetteville

elegy: society for a dead society
Redhouse

Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

Drawn from details of the death of a former friend and bandmate of artist Paul Lloyd Sargent, "elegy" is presented through a multimedia installation of mashed-up, remixed, and recontextualized historical ephemera collected from mixtapes, amateur videos, zines, photographs, band fliers, sketchbook pages, song lyrics, and more. A lament for the death of youth despite the overwhelming persistence of youth culture, "elegy: society for a dead society" paints nostalgia and cynicism as two shades within the same dark palette.

Paul Lloyd Sargent splits his time between Brooklyn and Wellesley Island, NY. He was raised in Syracuse and graduated from Nottingham High School in 1989 and Hamilton College in 1993. After stints in Las Vegas, Boston, and Venice Beach, in 2000, he received his MFA in video from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

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.

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.

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!

Taste of Syracuse

Price: Free
Clinton Square
Downtown, Syracuse

Main Stage
12:00 pm: Groupo Pagan
1:45 pm: Mike Estep
3:00 pm: Chris Taylor
4:15 pm: Joe Whiting Band
5:45 pm: Elephant Mountain
7:00 pm: Under the Gun
9:00 pm: Edgar Winter

Clinton Square Stage
12:00 pm: Marcia Hagan and Black River Junction
1:45 pm: Andy Taylor
3:00 pm: Michael P. Ryan
4:15 pm: Acoustic Rodeo featuring T.J. Sacco
5:30 pm: Gridley Paige
7:20 pm: Prime Time
9:00 pm: ne Hard Krank

SubCat Music Studios Stage
1:00 pm: Merrill Amos
2:00 pm: After-x
3:00 pm: Northbound Traveling Minstrel Jug Band
4:00 pm: Born Again Rebels
5:00 pm: Erika DeSocio Band
6:00 pm: Rocko Dorsey
7:00 pm: Long Since Forgotten
8:00 pm: Fazeshift
9:00 pm: Chris Lizzi
10:00 pm: The Action

En Plein Air Demonstration and Talk
Limestone Art and Framing Gallery
Featuring Lucie Wellner

Limestone Art and Framing Gallery
105 Brooklea Dr., Fayetteville

Exhibiting artist Lucie Wellner will be demonstrating her watercolor technique and answering questions about her art outside in Fayetteville's historic Brooklea Drive business district (or the gallery's porch if it rains). Please contact the gallery at 315-632-4445 Friday afternoon for her specific location.

Schumann Gala Fundraiser
Civic Morning Musicals

Price: $25
First Unitarian Universalist Society of Syracuse
109 Waring Rd. (at the corner of Nottingham Rd.), Dewitt

Civic Morning Musicals presents a concert celebration of the 200th anniversary of Robert Schumann, beloved German composer, and the 100th anniversary of William Schuman, one of the most highly regarded American composers of the 20th century. The gala will present an array of choral, vocal and instrumental solo works performed by some of Syracuse's finest artists.

A sampling of the art songs of both composers will be performed by Janet Brown, Laura Enslin, and Jonathan English, accompanied by pianists Ida Trebicka and Jerry Exline. Melodic piano selections of Robert Schumann will be played by John Spradling and Fred Karpoff, who will also join Syracuse Symphony cellist Greg Wood for three pieces for cello and piano. Syracuse Liederverein and Deutcher Gesangverein, groups who specialize in German choral repertoire, will perform works of Robert Schumann, conducted by their directors, Ian Kirkpatrick and Susan Soboleski-Owens. Syracuse Vocal Ensemble will present varied choral works of William Schuman, conducted by their artistic director Robert Cowles and accompanied by pianist Kevin Moore. To close the concer,t Carolyn Weber and Phil Eisenman will join previously mentioned soloists and a chorus to present the Act II Finale of Robert Schumann's only complete opera Genoveva.

DWC PRO Graduation Readings
Downtown Writer's Center

Price: Free
YMCA Downtown
340 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Readings by students Catherine Thomas (fiction), Peter McShane (fiction), and Kevin Cahill (poetry). The event will begin at 6:30 with a wine and cheese reception, followed by the readings at 7:00. We hope you'll join us to applaud the hard work of these students, and to celebrate the first graduating class of DWC PRO.

Scream Queens
Rarely Done Productions
Dan Tursi, director

Price: $25
Jazz Central
441 E. Washington St., Syracuse

This year's guest stars at the GlamaGore ScreamiCon convention are six of the sexiest and most popular actresses in the business—collectively known as the SCREAM QUEENS. They sing, dance, clown and tease, taking us on a hilarious journey through their lives and careers as celebrity hopefuls and cult sex symbols. Book, music, and lyrics by Scott Martin.

Intended for mature audiences only.

Read a Review!

Saturday, June 5, 2010

Horizons
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Anna Soltyk: richly textured oil and mixed media paintings
Phil Austin: glass artistry
Wendy Harris: upstate landscape done en plein air in pastel and mixed media

Read a review!

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.

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.

Westcott Art Trail
Westcott Community Center

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

More than 70 artists with works on display throughout the Westcott neighborhood.

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.

Don't Feed the Actors Dinner Theater
Don't Feed the Actors

Price: Dinner theater: $25 single; $40 couple. Show only: $15 on day of show if seating available
Fire and Ice Banquet Hall, The Locker Room
528 Hiawatha Blvd., Syracuse

Audience-interactive improv comedy with some of Syracuse's finest comedic actors.

Dinner 6:45 pm, show begins at 8:00 pm.

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Taste of Syracuse

Price: Free
Clinton Square
Downtown, Syracuse

Main Stage
1:00 pm: Dashboard Nixon
2:15 pm: Pour Whyte Trash
3:30 pm: Square Pegs
4:45 pm: 3 Inch Fury
6:00 pm: The Reissues
7:15 pm: Whiskey Mae
9:00 pm: Charlie Daniels Band

Clinton Square Stage
12:00 pm: Just Joe
1:15 pm: The Shakedown
2:30 pm: Mike Powell
3:45 pm: Two Hour Delay
5:00 pm: Soul Risin'
6:30 pm: Simplelife
7:45 pm: Sophistafunk
9:00 pm: The Goonies

SubCat Music Studios Stage
12:00 pm: Mike Renalli
1:00 pm: Andrew halliday
2:00 pm: Butternut Creek
2:30 pm: Hondo Mesa and Midnight Mike
3:00 pm: Andrew Greacen
4:00 pm: Augustine
5:00 pm: The Pilot Lies
6:00 pm: Grey tide
7:00 pm: Digger Jones
8:00 pm: Closer Still
9:00 pm: Mike Brindisi
10:00 pm: Brand New Sin

The Life and Work of Maxfield Parrish
Everson Museum of Art
Featuring Coy Ludwig

Price: Free
Hosmer Auditorium, Everson Museum
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Coy Ludwig will present an illustrated talk addressing both Maxfield Parrish's early years in Philadelphia and his later highly-productive life in the artists' colony of Cornish, NH. The presentation will include many examples of Parrish's work from all phases of his long and successful career. Following Parrish's death in 1966, his children selected and authorized Syracuse resident Coy Ludwig to write the first book about their father and his work. The family gave Ludwig unlimited access to the artist's papers, archives, and vast photographic library. The resulting book, Maxfield Parrish, published in 1973, helped to create a resurgence of interest in the late artist's work.

This program is co-sponsored by the Arts & Crafts Society of Central New York.

Artist Talk and Opening Reception
Gandee Gallery
Featuring John Jessiman and Steven Barbash

Price: Free
Gandee Gallery
7846 Main St., Fabius

John Jessiman and Steven Barbash will discuss their artwork and long friendship 5:00-6:00 pm, followed by an opening reception for their exhibit 6:00-8:00 pm.

Aladdin
Magic Circle Children's Theatre

Price: $5
Spaghetti Warehouse
689 N. Clinton St., Syracuse

Interactive retelling of the classic tale.

Miss Nelson has a Field Day
Gifford Family Theatre

Coyne Center for the Performing Arts
LeMoyne College, Syracuse

The delightful sequel to "Miss Nelson is Missing!" based on the book by Harry Allard and James Marshall, adapted by Joan Cushing, with book, music and lyrics by Joan Cushing.

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Miss Nelson has a Field Day
Gifford Family Theatre

Coyne Center for the Performing Arts
LeMoyne College, Syracuse

The delightful sequel to "Miss Nelson is Missing!" based on the book by Harry Allard and James Marshall, adapted by Joan Cushing, with book, music and lyrics by Joan Cushing.

Read a review!

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.

Scream Queens
Rarely Done Productions
Dan Tursi, director

Price: $20
Jazz Central
441 E. Washington St., Syracuse

This year's guest stars at the GlamaGore ScreamiCon convention are six of the sexiest and most popular actresses in the business—collectively known as the SCREAM QUEENS. They sing, dance, clown and tease, taking us on a hilarious journey through their lives and careers as celebrity hopefuls and cult sex symbols. Book, music, and lyrics by Scott Martin.

Intended for mature audiences only.

Read a Review!

Sunday, June 6, 2010

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 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.

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.

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!

Westcott Art Trail
Westcott Community Center

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

More than 70 artists with works on display throughout the Westcott neighborhood.

Summer Solstice Concert: Peace with the Land, Justice Among Ourselves
Syracuse Community Choir
Karen Mihalyi, conductor

Price: Sliding scale
Onondaga Nation School
Route 11A, Onondaga Nation

Concert will feature Clan Mother Audrey Shenendoah, the Haudenausanee Singers and Dancers, arts and crafts, and more. The concert will be preceded by an ice cream social at 2:00 pm.

Monday, June 7, 2010

The Portrait Show: Open Figure Drawing, Inc.
Westcott Community Art Gallery

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

With the 2010 Portrait Show, Open Figure Drawing Inc. continues their tradition of celebrating the collective work from the group with a non-juried exhibit made up of the artists who participate in the Wednesday night drawing sessions. The group is open and self instructional, with a variety of different styles to take in!

Whether your interest lies in finding interesting artwork to purchase, or maybe just thinking about taking up your own drawing, there is something for everyone here! Come and be entertained and empowered to make your own work!

An incorporated not-for-profit art organization run by a board of directors and volunteers, OFD has existed since 1989 as "One of Syracuse's most economical drawing experiences!"

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.

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Carved Vase Finalist Juried Exhibition
Clayscapes Pottery Gallery

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

Carved vases inspired by Adelaide Robineau, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Robineau's Scarab Vase.

The Portrait Show: Open Figure Drawing, Inc.
Westcott Community Art Gallery

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

With the 2010 Portrait Show, Open Figure Drawing Inc. continues their tradition of celebrating the collective work from the group with a non-juried exhibit made up of the artists who participate in the Wednesday night drawing sessions. The group is open and self instructional, with a variety of different styles to take in!

Whether your interest lies in finding interesting artwork to purchase, or maybe just thinking about taking up your own drawing, there is something for everyone here! Come and be entertained and empowered to make your own work!

An incorporated not-for-profit art organization run by a board of directors and volunteers, OFD has existed since 1989 as "One of Syracuse's most economical drawing experiences!"

Horizons
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Anna Soltyk: richly textured oil and mixed media paintings
Phil Austin: glass artistry
Wendy Harris: upstate landscape done en plein air in pastel and mixed media

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.

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!

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.

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Carved Vase Finalist Juried Exhibition
Clayscapes Pottery Gallery

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

Carved vases inspired by Adelaide Robineau, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Robineau's Scarab Vase.

The Portrait Show: Open Figure Drawing, Inc.
Westcott Community Art Gallery

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

With the 2010 Portrait Show, Open Figure Drawing Inc. continues their tradition of celebrating the collective work from the group with a non-juried exhibit made up of the artists who participate in the Wednesday night drawing sessions. The group is open and self instructional, with a variety of different styles to take in!

Whether your interest lies in finding interesting artwork to purchase, or maybe just thinking about taking up your own drawing, there is something for everyone here! Come and be entertained and empowered to make your own work!

An incorporated not-for-profit art organization run by a board of directors and volunteers, OFD has existed since 1989 as "One of Syracuse's most economical drawing experiences!"

Horizons
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Anna Soltyk: richly textured oil and mixed media paintings
Phil Austin: glass artistry
Wendy Harris: upstate landscape done en plein air in pastel and mixed media

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.

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.

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Carved Vase Finalist Juried Exhibition
Clayscapes Pottery Gallery

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

Carved vases inspired by Adelaide Robineau, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Robineau's Scarab Vase.

The Portrait Show: Open Figure Drawing, Inc.
Westcott Community Art Gallery

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

With the 2010 Portrait Show, Open Figure Drawing Inc. continues their tradition of celebrating the collective work from the group with a non-juried exhibit made up of the artists who participate in the Wednesday night drawing sessions. The group is open and self instructional, with a variety of different styles to take in!

Whether your interest lies in finding interesting artwork to purchase, or maybe just thinking about taking up your own drawing, there is something for everyone here! Come and be entertained and empowered to make your own work!

An incorporated not-for-profit art organization run by a board of directors and volunteers, OFD has existed since 1989 as "One of Syracuse's most economical drawing experiences!"

Horizons
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Anna Soltyk: richly textured oil and mixed media paintings
Phil Austin: glass artistry
Wendy Harris: upstate landscape done en plein air in pastel and mixed media

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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.

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 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.

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!

Greek Cultural Festival

Price: Free
St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church
325 Waring Rd., Syracuse

Greek dance demonstration:
Children dancers: 6:00 pm
Adult dancers: 8:00 pm

Live music, dance performances, food and culture lectures, icon art demonstrations, marketplace, and traditional Greek food and pastries.

For more information, phone 315-446-5222, or visit greekfest.stsophias.org.

The Wooden Sky with Trees Hate Everything and Sparkhawk
Spark Contemporary Art Space

Price: $6
Spark Contemporary Art Space
1005 E. Fayette St., Syracuse

Dead Pull Hitter
Acme Mystery Company

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

Play ball! Come on out to the ball park, loyal followers. It's media day and your hometown Sympronius Swamp Turtles are getting ready for yet another pathetic season of shabby, losing baseball. Make sure you wear your protective gear this year, sports fans. Jobs are now on the line and the new owner plays rough. Really, really rough.

Friday, June 11, 2010

Carved Vase Finalist Juried Exhibition
Clayscapes Pottery Gallery

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

Carved vases inspired by Adelaide Robineau, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Robineau's Scarab Vase.

The Portrait Show: Open Figure Drawing, Inc.
Westcott Community Art Gallery

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

With the 2010 Portrait Show, Open Figure Drawing Inc. continues their tradition of celebrating the collective work from the group with a non-juried exhibit made up of the artists who participate in the Wednesday night drawing sessions. The group is open and self instructional, with a variety of different styles to take in!

Whether your interest lies in finding interesting artwork to purchase, or maybe just thinking about taking up your own drawing, there is something for everyone here! Come and be entertained and empowered to make your own work!

An incorporated not-for-profit art organization run by a board of directors and volunteers, OFD has existed since 1989 as "One of Syracuse's most economical drawing experiences!"

Horizons
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Anna Soltyk: richly textured oil and mixed media paintings
Phil Austin: glass artistry
Wendy Harris: upstate landscape done en plein air in pastel and mixed media

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.

Opening: 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

There will be an opening reception 6:00-8:00 pm.

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.

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.

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!

College Team Night
Salt City Improv Theater

Price: $7
Salt City Improv Theatre
Shoppingtown Mall, Sears Wing, Dewitt

The Shaun Cassidy Fan Club, with special guests Mazeltopoly.

Syracuse Polish Festival

Price: Free
Clinton Square
Downtown, Syracuse

"Little Poland" Dance Ensemble (Utica)
4:00 pm: Salt City Brass (Syracuse)
6:00 pm: Salt City Brass (Syracuse)
8:30 pm: Grammy-winner Al Piatkowski (Cazenovia)
9:00 pm: Salt City Brass (Syracuse)
10:00 pm: Knewz (Buffalo)

Plus exhibits, children's entertainment and amusement rides, Polish fine art and crafts, Polish food and beverages.

For more information, visit www.www.polishscholarship.com.

Syracuse Balloon Festival

Price: $7; children 10 and under free; watch 6 a.m. flights free
Jamesville Beach
Apulia Rd., Jamesville

7:00-8:00 pm: Kane
8:30-10 pm: John Waite

Plus amusement rides, petting zoo, climbing walls, inflatables, pilot Q&A, and balloon launches daily at 6:00-7:30 pm and Saturday and Sunday at 6:00 am.

For more information, visit www.syracuseballoonfest.com.

Greek Cultural Festival

Price: Free
St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church
325 Waring Rd., Syracuse

Greek dance demonstration:
Children dancers: 6:00 pm
Adult dancers: 8:00 pm

Live music, dance performances, food and culture lectures, icon art demonstrations, marketplace, and traditional Greek food and pastries.

For more information, phone 315-446-5222, or visit greekfest.stsophias.org.

Gasland

Price: $7
Palace Theater
2384 James St., Syracuse

When filmmaker Josh Fox discovers that Natural Gas drilling is coming to his area -- the Catskillls/Poconos region of Upstate New York and Pennsylvania -- he sets off on a 24-state journey to uncover the deep consequences of the United States' natural gas drilling boom. What he uncovers is truly shocking: water that can be lit on fire right out of the sink, chronically ill residents of drilling areas from disparate locations in the US all with the same mysterious symptoms, huge pools of toxic waste that kill cattle and vegetation, well blowouts and huge gas explosions consistently covered up by state and federal regulatory agencies. These are just a few of the many absurd and astonishing revelations of a new country called Gasland.

Pops Concert
Onondaga Civic Symphony Orchestra
Erik Kibelsbeck, conductor

Drivers Village (formerly Penn Can Mall)
5885 E. Circle Dr., Cicero

DWC PRO Graduation Readings
Downtown Writer's Center
Featuring Jessica Cuello, Tammy Danielewicz, Susannah M. Loiselle

Price: Free
YMCA Downtown
340 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Jessica Cuello (poetry) is a French teacher in Central New York. Her poems have appeared in RHINO, Copper Nickel, Harpur Palate, The Dos Passos Review, Literary Mama, and other journals. Two poems she worked on at the DWC were finalists for the Vivienne Haigh-Wood Prize and will appear in the online journal Melusine.

Tammy Danielewicz (fiction) is a second-year DWC Pro student who is currently writing little stories, negotiating with teenagers, training for a half-marathon, working for a leading North American producer of consumer and corrugated packaging, and thinking about finishing a novel. And it's not even lunchtime yet. She lives in Cicero with her husband, aforementioned teenagers, and assorted pets.

Susannah M. Loiselle (fiction) lives with her family near rural Locke, NY. She is a retired school librarian and has taken many writing and art classes at Wells College. She has published poems in several literary journals and anthologies. In 2004, her chapbook, God Speaks to Me at the Salvation Army Thrift Store, was published. Her photography has been published in The Healing Muse and in Central New York Magazine. Recently, three of her photographs were on display at the Delavan Gallery in Syracuse. She concerns herself with matters of nature, mysticism and spirituality, individuality, and history in her writing and photography.

Miss Nelson has a Field Day
Gifford Family Theatre

Coyne Center for the Performing Arts
LeMoyne College, Syracuse

The delightful sequel to "Miss Nelson is Missing!" based on the book by Harry Allard and James Marshall, adapted by Joan Cushing, with book, music and lyrics by Joan Cushing.

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Shakespeare's Will
Syracuse Shakespeare-in-the-Park
Jamie Bruno, director
Featuring Nora O'Dea

Price: $10 regular, $7.50 SU faculty and staff, $5 SU students
Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College
Syracuse University, Syracuse

A lively one-woman show told from the perspective of Shakespeare's wife.

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Scream Queens
Rarely Done Productions
Dan Tursi, director

Price: $20
Jazz Central
441 E. Washington St., Syracuse

This year's guest stars at the GlamaGore ScreamiCon convention are six of the sexiest and most popular actresses in the business—collectively known as the SCREAM QUEENS. They sing, dance, clown and tease, taking us on a hilarious journey through their lives and careers as celebrity hopefuls and cult sex symbols. Book, music, and lyrics by Scott Martin.

Intended for mature audiences only.

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The Best Friend, The Ingenue, and the Vamp
Redhouse
Glenn Krutoff, director

Price: $27
Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

Red House Arts Center is proud to present, directly from a sold-out run in New York City, a musical comedy revue which explores the roles women play in real life and on stage. Using an array of theater songs by nearly all of the major names in the history of the Broadway musical, as well as original material, the show is a musical comedy journey through, love, heartbreak, ambition, self-doubt and triumph.

Starring Andrea Marshall-Money, Liz Power, and Meg Flaherty, with musical direction and arrangements by Carl Haan.

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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