Friday, February 19, 2010

Once Upon a Time: Works of Katya Krenina
LeMoyne College

Price: Free
Wilson Art Gallery, Noreen Reale Falcone Library
LeMoyne College, Syracuse

Art Exhibition: Annual Scholastic Art Awards
Onondaga Community College

Price: Free
Whitney Applied Technology Center
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

The Awards signify to parents, teachers, community, and colleges that a student is an accomplished artist or writer. 30,000 teen artists and writers will be recognized in their regions. 1,000 will win national awards. Each work is reviewed by a panel of arts professionals for the following criteria: Originality, technical skill, and emergence of personal vision or voice.

Everything is Illustrated and Winter Solstice
SUNY Oswego Metro Center at the Atrium

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

Everything is Illustrated: Gallery A
Recent work by Eva Calazada, Tian Chen, Barbara Morey, and Benjamin Petrie

Winter Solstice: Gallery B
Works by Cala Glatz, Julia Kester, Jonathan LaPlante, and Beth Mand

The Loneliness of Nature: Works by James Domroe
Westcott Community Art Gallery

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

Photographs of "The Loneliness of Nature" were manipulated in Photoshop to heighten and bring contrast to the starkness of the photos.

Also a short film, "How to be Happy", running time 5 min.

Markings of Time and Place
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Amy Bartell: Acrylic and mixed-media paintings examining the topography of time and an ever-changing horizon
Paul Molesky: Sculptural and functional stoneware ceramics finished with clay slip and shino glazes
Ban Bacich: Mixed-media box assemblages combining fragments that invoke a narrative

Works of Bill Reddick
Clayscapes Pottery Gallery

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

Exhibition of Bill Reddick, renowned Canadian international porcelain artist. Reddick designed the Official State Dinnerware for Canada. His work can be seen at Rideau Hall, the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, and the Porcelain Institute in Jingdexhen, China.

Tesoros del Pueblo: El Arte Folklorico de Mexico/Treasures of the People: The Folk Art of Mexico
Community Folk Art Center

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

Tesoros del Pueblo features folk art and photographs from the collection of Dr. Alejandro Garcia, Professor of Social Work at Syracuse University. Garcia began collecting Mexican folk art several years ago as a means to connect with his heritage. Garcia explains, "This collection, in essence, represents who I am, my pride in the richness of Mexican culture, and my celebration of the artistry of Mexican individuals who, in their carving, painting, sewing, and molding, present all of us with precious gifts."

Transmedia Photography Annual
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

This exhibition features work by seniors and graduate students studying photography in Syracuse University's College of Visual and Performing Arts, Transmedia Department.

The Imp of Love: Works by Rachel Herman
Light Work Gallery

Price: Free
Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

Artist Statement: My interest in photography grew out of the desire to make the ineffable effable, the impossibility of making the invisible visible. This series asks questions about how love, a very particular kind of love, can be made visible. I photograph couples, once-lovers but who are now renegotiating their relationship in a new context. Even though they aren't romantically intertwined any more, they still spend time together, sometimes compulsively—even though that time can be painful, fumblingly awkward, or confusedly poignant. They have an abiding affection for one another, but an affection that is often loaded, layered, complicated, or unrequited.

Phantoms
Redhouse

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

Red House Arts Center presents "Phantoms," a New Media art exhibition curated by New York City based gallerist and curator Stephan Stoayanov.

We can attribute the present art and pop-cult fascination with the paranormal and vampires with our ongoing human interest in metamorphosis.The mystery of the unknown will always be something that we obsess about. Our brain creates illusions of words and phrases.

The nine artists included in the exhibition "Phantoms" create illusions through their artwork, which evoke the paranormal and mystical on both personal and universal level. "Phantoms" features the work of Phil Argent (United Kingdom), Heather Bennett (United States), Amelie Chabannes (France), Lieven de Boeck (Belgium), Cliff Evans (Australia), Ellen Harvey (United States), Dominik Lejman (Poland), Marie Maillard (France), and Trine Lise Nedreaas (Norway).

Domestic Flourish: Works by Jen Allen
Gandee Gallery

Gandee Gallery
7846 Main St., Fabius

Jen Allen is a passionate potter. She proudly proclaims "Handcrafted pottery has the capacity to nourish the home, the hand and the mind." Her goal as an artist is to keep the handmade an integral part of the contemporary home, and her beautifully crafted pottery on view reflects this philosophy.

Allen's utilitarian pottery forms "describe contrasts between modesty and generosity, grace and awkwardness" while they relate to her love of sewing through details such as folds, seams, darts, and pillow-like handles. The exterior surfaces, inspired by a fondness for textile design, juxtapose bold pattern with quiet, glazed expanses. All of her work is created with porcelain because of the material's inherit brightness and luminosity.

At the Crossroads of American Photography: Callahan, Siskind, Sommer
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

"At the Crossroads of American Photography: Callahan, Siskind, Sommer" examines the pivotal interrelationship of three mid-century artists who helped define the course of American photography: Harry Callahan, Aaron Siskind, and Frederick Sommer. This is the first full comparison of their work and exploration of their robust, prescient exchange of ideas about photography, abstraction and metaphor. Self-taught, they helped shape the evolution of the medium as an art form. Their work is an important bridge between classic mid-century photography and hybrid artistic approaches to the medium today.

Art: 2003-2009
Delavan Art Gallery

Delavan Art Gallery
501 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

"Art: 2003-2009" pays tribute to a group of artists aligned with the gallery since its inception over six years ago. The exhibit runs the gamut of artistic endeavors. Among the artists included in the show are: Lydia Benscher, Jamie Ashlaw, Eric W. Shute, A. Brooks Decker, Frank Calidonna, Harry R. Freeman-Jones, Diana Godfrey, Tom Hussey, John Dowling, Roscha Folger, Ruth Wynn, Wendy Harris, R. Jason Howard, Stephen Perrone, Kathleen Schneider, Arthur Brangman, Crystal LaPoint, Thomas Barnes, Tom Townsley, Kyle Mort, Andrea Hall, Stephen Ryan, Patrice Downes Centore, Robert Glisson, James Skvarch, and Vincent Fitches. The gallery is also planning to show works by Amy E. Bartell, Jim Dieso, Douglas Biklen, Tom Champion, Diane Lansing, Robert Carroll, Lauren Ritchie, Phil Austin, Sandy Clift, James R. Walker, Vivian Geiger, Richard Karuzas, Rudy Hellmann, Jennifer Colvin, Richard Schultz, Fred Wellner, Laura J. Wellner, Joyce Day Homan, Linda Esterley, Barbara Conte-Gaugel, Mary Kester, and C. J. Hodge.

Read a review!

Wild Card Exhibit: Serious Art for Children
Delavan Art Gallery

Delavan Art Gallery
501 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

A new collection of works by noted illustrator and painter Connie Carroll, created for children of any age, meant to encourage an appreciation for the arts even in young children. This group of paintings bears a lighthearted and whimsical approach. The work in this series adds colorful dimension to common enjoyable experiences or fantasies for children, such as space travel or other adventures. In her artist statement, Carroll thanks "children of all ages, from one to one hundred" for joining her in exploring the fantasies depicted in these paintings.

Tim Scott--The Sixties: When Colour was Sculpture
Everson Museum of Art

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

The Everson presents the monumental steel sculptures of British artist Tim Scott along with recent ceramic sculptures from his House of Clay series. The large-scale sculptures made of painted steel and acrylic sheeting were created in the late 1960s, a time when painters and sculptors alike celebrated color as form and subject. While studying to be an architect at the Architectural Association in London (1954-59), Scott was also enrolled in classes at the St. Martin's School of Art, where he worked with the well-known sculptor Anthony Caro. He was also exposed to the work of David Smith and other prominent sculptors of the time whose creative processes involved construction and assemblage rather than traditional methods such as modeling or molding. Scott, along with Philip King, William Tucker and Isaac Witkin, became identified with a group of emerging sculptors in Britain known as the "New Generation."

Read a review!

The Edge of Art: New York State Artists Series: Jen Pepper: that which cannot be held
Everson Museum of Art

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

The Everson Museum of Art is pleased to present the first installment of the The Edge of Art: New York State Artist Series, featuring Jen Pepper: that which cannot be held. The series takes the place of the long running Biennial exhibition, which will return in 2012.

Pepper has created a site-specific installation, exploring language through an unexpected use of materials and space. Pepper describes her work in her artist statement as suggesting "...that objects and ideas are under constant transformation, randomly blending time, memory, reality and place as a transitional location ripe for imagining, just this side of dreaming."

For the past 34 years, the Everson has featured Central New York Artists in the Everson Biennial, a juried exhibition traditionally featuring about fifty artists in one group show. This year, the Everson introduces The Edge of Art: New York State Artist Series, for contemporary art exhibitions showcasing the work of artists living in New York State, particularly the Central New York Region. The new format presents small-scale focused exhibitions and site-specific installations of new work. The exhibitions will take place in the Robineau Gallery on the main level of the museum, while collaborative pieces and site-specific installations may be presented in auxiliary spaces throughout the museum including the main Rosamond Gifford Sculpture Court and the Mather Court located on the lower level.

Elongating the Thread
Syracuse University School of Art and Design

Price: Free
XL Projects
307-313 S. Clinton St., Syracuse

"Elongating the Thread" features the work of fiber and textile artists Jappie King Black, Anne Cofer, Annet Couwenberg, Jennifer Gandee, Mary Kester, Susan Krueger, Laura Reinhard, Barbara Jean Weingart, and Victoria Zacek.

The selected work in "Elongating the Thread" highlights the breadth of work based in the fiber and textile arts program in VPA's School of Art and Design and the success of the participants to explore their individual studio practices on a national level. The diversity of the group is evident through the variety of media (wool, silk, copper, steel, clay, and doilies) and concepts (weight, domesticity, identity, nature, war, and the subconscious) explored by the artists.

The exhibition is curated and coordinated by Cofer, Mary Giehl, and Olivia Robinson, all faculty members in the fiber and textile arts program. Many of the exhibiting artists are active members of the local artistic community and continue to make Central New York their home.

For more information, email Robinson at orobinso@syr.edu, phone 315-442-2542 during gallery hours, or visit vpa.syr.edu/xlprojects.

Windows Project: Confederacy of Dunces
The Warehouse Gallery

The Warehouse Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

Hamilton-based Lynette K. Stephenson created an installation about New Orleans consisting of 60 hand-felted wool dunce caps. This exhibition is inspired by John Kennedy Toole's novel A Confederacy of Dunces (1980) set in New Orleans, where Stephenson's family home was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, and based on her previous body of paintings, The Red Cross Series, which led to the idea for this site-specific project. In this work Stephenson engages in a dialogue about present-day social issues referring to New Orleans, the tragedy of the Hurricane and the universal symbol of the Red Cross.

Alyson Shotz: Drawing Through Space
The Warehouse Gallery

The Warehouse Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

With the assistance of Syracuse University students, Brooklyn-based Shotz created her works on site, thus turning The Warehouse Gallery into a form of laboratory. Shotz is one of today's ground-breaking artists transforming contemporary art through a fusion of technology and handcrafted steel wire and yarn artworks. Her use of this material is a means of combining sculpture with drawing to address issues of light, space, time and motion. Strikingly beautiful, her wire sculpture in the vault and three wall drawings project optical experiences where questions of perception and misperception lead to further examination of the impact of 21st-century technology on the arts.

Read a review!

Art Exhibit
Spark Contemporary Art Space

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

Two-day art exhibit featuring the works of Krzystof Pytlak, Mandi Crain Stein, Agata Zietek, and James I. Paulsen, to benefit local families with children in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Crouse Hospital.

For more information contact s.mk.anderson@gmail.com, auzietek@gmail.com, or glasza@yahoo.com.

(Do not park in the paved lot to the right of the entrance, even though it is attached to the building. You will get a parking ticket.)

Breach of Peace: Eric Etheridge's Photographs of the Freedom Riders
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

In the spring and summer of 1961, several hundred Americans—blacks and whites, men and women—converged on Jackson, Mississippi, to challenge state segregation laws. The Freedom Riders, as they came to be known, were determined to open up the South to civil rights: it was illegal for bus and train stations to discriminate, but most did and were not interested in change. Over 300 people were arrested and convicted of the charge "breach of the peace."

Artist and author Eric Etheridge's exhibit, Breach of Peace, collects the mug shots of those arrested, which were only recently made public, and juxtaposes them with present-day photographs of the Riders and their recollections about the experience. The group, half black and half white (a quarter were women), was remarkably young; in their faces we see strength, courage, defiance, dignity, and, occasionally, fear.

DFtA at the Palace
Don't Feed the Actors

Price: $12
Palace Theater
2384 James St., Syracuse

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

An Evening of Improv
Lazlo's Closet

Price: $13
Jazz Central
441 E. Washington St., Syracuse

The Renegades comedy troupe features the extremely talented cast of Brandon Dyer, Tim Hogarth, Jeff White, Deidre Dyer, Aaron Geiskopf, Ron Sweet, and Lou Leonardo. Their high-energy stage show is a live comedy experience unlike any other in the area. They incorporate improv games, sketches, digital shorts, and long form improv to produce a show that's equal parts Saturday Night Live, Whose Line is it Anyway?, and Monty Python.

Volta Percussion Trio
Onondaga Community College

Price: Free
Storer Auditorium
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

The most convenient lots for the Gallery and Storer Auditorium are Lots 2 or 4 directly behind Ferrante Hall.

Music for the Mission
Featuring Comedian Joshua Grosvent, emcee

Price: $20 in advance; $25 at the door
Crouse Hinds Concert Theater, Mulroy Civic Center
411 Montgomery St., Syracuse

A benefit concert for the Rescue Mission.

Joshua Grosvent is a New York-based comedian that has written for Saturday Night Live, Comedy Central, VH1, and been featured in The Onion. At the age of 28, he has been performing live comedy for over 10 years taking him to colleges and clubs all over North America. He can be heard every week on Ted & Amy in the morning on 93Q in Syracuse where he currently resides

Performers includes Butterfly Bouchet, Chris Trapper, Greg Laswell, and Jason Bean

For more information, call the Oncenter Box Office at 315-435-2121.

Mandate of Heaven, Interstellar Funkateers, DJ Afar, Grey Team, Gracious Sakes Alive
Spark Contemporary Art Space

Spark Contemporary Art Space
1005 E. Fayette St., Syracuse

To benefit local families with children in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Crouse Hospital.

Tracy Grammer
Folkus Project

Price: $15
May Memorial Unitarian Society
3800 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Tracy Grammer rose to acclaim due to the brilliant collaboration she shared with her partner in music and life, singer-songwriter Dave Carter. They released three internationally celebrated albums featuring Carter's award-winning songcraft and earned a diverse and devoted following with their indelible live performances at festivals and venues across North America. Sadly, Carter died of a heart attack in 2002 while touring. Determined to honor the journey the duo had begun, Grammer has kept to the road, performing his songs of mysticism, humor and stark beauty as well as her own new compositions.

The Breakfast + Juice Break
Westcott Theater

Westcott Theater
524 Westcott St., Syracuse

The Breakfast is a hard-hitting jazz rock experimental quartet whose music ranges from progressive rock to sonic landscapes.

Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon, poet
Downtown Writer's Center

Price: Free
YMCA Downtown
340 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon's poems have appeared in such journals as African American Review,
Callaloo, Crab Orchard Review, Rattapallax, and Shenandoah, and in several anthologies,
including Bum Rush the Page and Role Call. Her first book, Black Swan, was awarded the 2001 Cave Canem Poetry Prize. Her newest collection, ] Open Interval [, was one of five finalists for the 2009 National Book Award. She is also the co-author, with Elizabeth Alexander, of the chapbook Poems in Conversation and a Conversation.

A Night at the Sands

Price: $40 includes dinner, show, and parking
Sheraton Syracuse University Grand Ballroom
801 University Ave., Syracuse

Syracuse University alumnus Michael Dominick and a group of 17 SU alumni and students will present "A Night at the Sands" to benefit Make-A-Wish of Central New York. The show features the music of Frank Sinatra, performed by SU student Davis Haines, and Dean Martin, performed by Dominick.

The pair will perform such favorites as "My Way" and "That's Amore." An orchestra pit composed of SU musicians and student-composer/conductor Stefan Schuck will provide original arrangements to accompany the singers. Between songs, Dominick and Haines will keep the crowd entertained with skits compiled from material from Frank and Dean shows of the 1960s.

The evening begins with a cocktail hour at 6:00 p.m., followed by dinner at 7:00 p.m. and the performance at 8:00 p.m.

To purchase tickets, contact Dominick at (215) 272-5032 or duminucoproductions@yahoo.com.

Macbeth
Syracuse Shakespeare-in-the-Park
Dan Stevens, director

Price: $10 regular; $5 with SU student ID, $7.50 with SU faculty/staff ID
Empire Theater
New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes

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Emma's Child
LeMoyne College
Steve Braddock, director

Price: $12 regular, $10 seniors, $4 students
Coyne Center for the Performing Arts
LeMoyne College, Syracuse

When a married couple, after years of trying to have a child of their own, decides to adopt a newborn baby only to discover the baby has a terminal condition, their lives are thrown into a crisis that threatens to tear their marriage apart. What are a couple's rights and responsibilities to a child and to each other? How does a hospital staff and administration, bound by regulations and laws, negotiate waters clouded with strong feelings and emotions?

The first play ever commissioned by the internationally acclaimed Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Emma's Child is a riveting story, emphasizing that "Life matters and the connection between lives matters." Tenderly and insightfully written with a light, comedic touch, it is a play that deeply involves the audience with the title character, a brave little individual, and the adults that are forever changed by sharing his life.

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The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Syracuse University Drama Department
Elizabeth Ingram, director

Price: $18 regular, $16 students/seniors, $7 rush at the door if available
Storch Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

In this early comedy, Shakespeare cheerfully travesties love and friendship as two best friends fall for and fall out over the same woman. a genuine precursor to the later great comedies (this is the first of the Bard's plays to feature a woman disguised as a man), the seeds of Shakespeare's genius are one full display in this farcical romp. Check out a character named Launce and his dog Crab.

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Saturday, February 20, 2010

Works of Bill Reddick
Clayscapes Pottery Gallery

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

Exhibition of Bill Reddick, renowned Canadian international porcelain artist. Reddick designed the Official State Dinnerware for Canada. His work can be seen at Rideau Hall, the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, and the Porcelain Institute in Jingdexhen, China.

Wild Card Exhibit: Serious Art for Children
Delavan Art Gallery

Delavan Art Gallery
501 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

A new collection of works by noted illustrator and painter Connie Carroll, created for children of any age, meant to encourage an appreciation for the arts even in young children. This group of paintings bears a lighthearted and whimsical approach. The work in this series adds colorful dimension to common enjoyable experiences or fantasies for children, such as space travel or other adventures. In her artist statement, Carroll thanks "children of all ages, from one to one hundred" for joining her in exploring the fantasies depicted in these paintings.

Art: 2003-2009
Delavan Art Gallery

Delavan Art Gallery
501 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

"Art: 2003-2009" pays tribute to a group of artists aligned with the gallery since its inception over six years ago. The exhibit runs the gamut of artistic endeavors. Among the artists included in the show are: Lydia Benscher, Jamie Ashlaw, Eric W. Shute, A. Brooks Decker, Frank Calidonna, Harry R. Freeman-Jones, Diana Godfrey, Tom Hussey, John Dowling, Roscha Folger, Ruth Wynn, Wendy Harris, R. Jason Howard, Stephen Perrone, Kathleen Schneider, Arthur Brangman, Crystal LaPoint, Thomas Barnes, Tom Townsley, Kyle Mort, Andrea Hall, Stephen Ryan, Patrice Downes Centore, Robert Glisson, James Skvarch, and Vincent Fitches. The gallery is also planning to show works by Amy E. Bartell, Jim Dieso, Douglas Biklen, Tom Champion, Diane Lansing, Robert Carroll, Lauren Ritchie, Phil Austin, Sandy Clift, James R. Walker, Vivian Geiger, Richard Karuzas, Rudy Hellmann, Jennifer Colvin, Richard Schultz, Fred Wellner, Laura J. Wellner, Joyce Day Homan, Linda Esterley, Barbara Conte-Gaugel, Mary Kester, and C. J. Hodge.

Read a review!

The Edge of Art: New York State Artists Series: Jen Pepper: that which cannot be held
Everson Museum of Art

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

The Everson Museum of Art is pleased to present the first installment of the The Edge of Art: New York State Artist Series, featuring Jen Pepper: that which cannot be held. The series takes the place of the long running Biennial exhibition, which will return in 2012.

Pepper has created a site-specific installation, exploring language through an unexpected use of materials and space. Pepper describes her work in her artist statement as suggesting "...that objects and ideas are under constant transformation, randomly blending time, memory, reality and place as a transitional location ripe for imagining, just this side of dreaming."

For the past 34 years, the Everson has featured Central New York Artists in the Everson Biennial, a juried exhibition traditionally featuring about fifty artists in one group show. This year, the Everson introduces The Edge of Art: New York State Artist Series, for contemporary art exhibitions showcasing the work of artists living in New York State, particularly the Central New York Region. The new format presents small-scale focused exhibitions and site-specific installations of new work. The exhibitions will take place in the Robineau Gallery on the main level of the museum, while collaborative pieces and site-specific installations may be presented in auxiliary spaces throughout the museum including the main Rosamond Gifford Sculpture Court and the Mather Court located on the lower level.

Tim Scott--The Sixties: When Colour was Sculpture
Everson Museum of Art

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

The Everson presents the monumental steel sculptures of British artist Tim Scott along with recent ceramic sculptures from his House of Clay series. The large-scale sculptures made of painted steel and acrylic sheeting were created in the late 1960s, a time when painters and sculptors alike celebrated color as form and subject. While studying to be an architect at the Architectural Association in London (1954-59), Scott was also enrolled in classes at the St. Martin's School of Art, where he worked with the well-known sculptor Anthony Caro. He was also exposed to the work of David Smith and other prominent sculptors of the time whose creative processes involved construction and assemblage rather than traditional methods such as modeling or molding. Scott, along with Philip King, William Tucker and Isaac Witkin, became identified with a group of emerging sculptors in Britain known as the "New Generation."

Read a review!

Tesoros del Pueblo: El Arte Folklorico de Mexico/Treasures of the People: The Folk Art of Mexico
Community Folk Art Center

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

Tesoros del Pueblo features folk art and photographs from the collection of Dr. Alejandro Garcia, Professor of Social Work at Syracuse University. Garcia began collecting Mexican folk art several years ago as a means to connect with his heritage. Garcia explains, "This collection, in essence, represents who I am, my pride in the richness of Mexican culture, and my celebration of the artistry of Mexican individuals who, in their carving, painting, sewing, and molding, present all of us with precious gifts."

Domestic Flourish: Works by Jen Allen
Gandee Gallery

Gandee Gallery
7846 Main St., Fabius

Jen Allen is a passionate potter. She proudly proclaims "Handcrafted pottery has the capacity to nourish the home, the hand and the mind." Her goal as an artist is to keep the handmade an integral part of the contemporary home, and her beautifully crafted pottery on view reflects this philosophy.

Allen's utilitarian pottery forms "describe contrasts between modesty and generosity, grace and awkwardness" while they relate to her love of sewing through details such as folds, seams, darts, and pillow-like handles. The exterior surfaces, inspired by a fondness for textile design, juxtapose bold pattern with quiet, glazed expanses. All of her work is created with porcelain because of the material's inherit brightness and luminosity.

At the Crossroads of American Photography: Callahan, Siskind, Sommer
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

"At the Crossroads of American Photography: Callahan, Siskind, Sommer" examines the pivotal interrelationship of three mid-century artists who helped define the course of American photography: Harry Callahan, Aaron Siskind, and Frederick Sommer. This is the first full comparison of their work and exploration of their robust, prescient exchange of ideas about photography, abstraction and metaphor. Self-taught, they helped shape the evolution of the medium as an art form. Their work is an important bridge between classic mid-century photography and hybrid artistic approaches to the medium today.

Breach of Peace: Eric Etheridge's Photographs of the Freedom Riders
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

In the spring and summer of 1961, several hundred Americans—blacks and whites, men and women—converged on Jackson, Mississippi, to challenge state segregation laws. The Freedom Riders, as they came to be known, were determined to open up the South to civil rights: it was illegal for bus and train stations to discriminate, but most did and were not interested in change. Over 300 people were arrested and convicted of the charge "breach of the peace."

Artist and author Eric Etheridge's exhibit, Breach of Peace, collects the mug shots of those arrested, which were only recently made public, and juxtaposes them with present-day photographs of the Riders and their recollections about the experience. The group, half black and half white (a quarter were women), was remarkably young; in their faces we see strength, courage, defiance, dignity, and, occasionally, fear.

Art Exhibition: Annual Scholastic Art Awards
Onondaga Community College

Price: Free
Whitney Applied Technology Center
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

The Awards signify to parents, teachers, community, and colleges that a student is an accomplished artist or writer. 30,000 teen artists and writers will be recognized in their regions. 1,000 will win national awards. Each work is reviewed by a panel of arts professionals for the following criteria: Originality, technical skill, and emergence of personal vision or voice.

Elongating the Thread
Syracuse University School of Art and Design

Price: Free
XL Projects
307-313 S. Clinton St., Syracuse

"Elongating the Thread" features the work of fiber and textile artists Jappie King Black, Anne Cofer, Annet Couwenberg, Jennifer Gandee, Mary Kester, Susan Krueger, Laura Reinhard, Barbara Jean Weingart, and Victoria Zacek.

The selected work in "Elongating the Thread" highlights the breadth of work based in the fiber and textile arts program in VPA's School of Art and Design and the success of the participants to explore their individual studio practices on a national level. The diversity of the group is evident through the variety of media (wool, silk, copper, steel, clay, and doilies) and concepts (weight, domesticity, identity, nature, war, and the subconscious) explored by the artists.

The exhibition is curated and coordinated by Cofer, Mary Giehl, and Olivia Robinson, all faculty members in the fiber and textile arts program. Many of the exhibiting artists are active members of the local artistic community and continue to make Central New York their home.

For more information, email Robinson at orobinso@syr.edu, phone 315-442-2542 during gallery hours, or visit vpa.syr.edu/xlprojects.

Alyson Shotz: Drawing Through Space
The Warehouse Gallery

The Warehouse Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

With the assistance of Syracuse University students, Brooklyn-based Shotz created her works on site, thus turning The Warehouse Gallery into a form of laboratory. Shotz is one of today's ground-breaking artists transforming contemporary art through a fusion of technology and handcrafted steel wire and yarn artworks. Her use of this material is a means of combining sculpture with drawing to address issues of light, space, time and motion. Strikingly beautiful, her wire sculpture in the vault and three wall drawings project optical experiences where questions of perception and misperception lead to further examination of the impact of 21st-century technology on the arts.

Read a review!

Windows Project: Confederacy of Dunces
The Warehouse Gallery

The Warehouse Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

Hamilton-based Lynette K. Stephenson created an installation about New Orleans consisting of 60 hand-felted wool dunce caps. This exhibition is inspired by John Kennedy Toole's novel A Confederacy of Dunces (1980) set in New Orleans, where Stephenson's family home was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, and based on her previous body of paintings, The Red Cross Series, which led to the idea for this site-specific project. In this work Stephenson engages in a dialogue about present-day social issues referring to New Orleans, the tragedy of the Hurricane and the universal symbol of the Red Cross.

Art Exhibit
Spark Contemporary Art Space

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

Two-day art exhibit featuring the works of Krzystof Pytlak, Mandi Crain Stein, Agata Zietek, and James I. Paulsen, to benefit local families with children in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Crouse Hospital.

For more information contact s.mk.anderson@gmail.com, auzietek@gmail.com, or glasza@yahoo.com.

(Do not park in the paved lot to the right of the entrance, even though it is attached to the building. You will get a parking ticket.)

SaturdaySCREENINGS: The Well (1951)
ArtRage Gallery

Price: $5 suggested donation
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

When a little black girl falls down a well in the segregated south, rescue efforts bind whites and blacks together. Nominated for three Academy Awards, this rarely-seen film gem still resonates today.
Directed by Leo Popkin.

Junior Voice Recital
Syracuse University Setnor School of Music
Featuring Gabrielle Traub, Jill Brenner

Price: Free
Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College
Syracuse University, Syracuse

Gabrielle Traub, a junior vocal performance student, will perform works by Handel, Mozart, Rossini, Brahms, Wolf, and Menotti. Traub will be assisted by Benjamin Hoffmann on piano. This is a dual recital with Junior vocal performance student Jill Brenner.

Parking is available in Irving Garage. For more information, or to check on the status of this performance, contact the Setnor School at 315-443-2191.

Joe Driscoll, plus Melody Calley, Ben de la Garza, Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers
Words and Music Songwriter Showcase

Price: $10
Jazz Central
441 E. Washington St., Syracuse

Joe Driscoll brings his masterful one-man-band show to a hometown crowd. Now based in London, Driscoll tours Europe, the U.S., and Africa with his high-energy music. A sound that defies easy description, it is equal parts folk and hip-hop, funk and reggae, storytelling and dance music. He incorporates beatbox, guitar, harmonica, didjeridoo, drums, vocal harmonies, and much more—all chopped up live onstage to create the soundscape of a full band. The opening set will feature Melody Calley and Ben de la Garza performing in the round with series host Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers.

The Words and Music Songwriter Showcase is a celebration of original music from Central New York and beyond, featuring established and emerging artists of all genres in an up-close-and-personal acoustic setting.

The series host is singer-songwriter, author, and NPR contributor Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers. Each show includes:
* A featured artist performing a full set, plus an opening set of songwriters in the round.
* The Song Schmooze, where musicians and music lovers mingle over a drink and a bite to eat.
* Plus special guests, surprise collaborations, and the Soundbite of the Night, where Rodgers shares a memorable moment from his extraordinary archive of interviews with artists such as Joni Mitchell, Paul Simon, Jerry Garcia, Ani DiFranco, and Dave Matthews.

The Machine Performs Pink Floyd
Westcott Theater

Westcott Theater
524 Westcott St., Syracuse

Beauty and the Beast
Magic Circle Children's Theatre

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

Interactive adaptation of the children's classic.

Death by Disco
Without a Cue Productions

Price: $34.50 includes dinner and show
Glen Loch Restaurant
4626 North St., Jamesville

Welcome to the Land of Oz Discoteria, the world's first and thankfully, only, disco-cafeteria. A place where disco never dies as long as the mirror balls glint in the light of the sterno flames. Contestants have gathered for the moderately aptly named "3rd Annual World Championship of Disco Championship." The dancers are ready to show their moves, but they might not realize that tonight some of the competition will definitely be stiff.

The show is an interactive murder mystery show that gets members of the audience involved. If you love disco, and even if you despise it, this show will have you intrigued, laughing, and of course dancing, by the end of the night.

For reservations, phone 315-469-6969.

Macbeth
Syracuse Shakespeare-in-the-Park
Dan Stevens, director

Price: $10 regular; $5 with SU student ID; $7.50 with SU faculty/staff ID
Empire Theater
New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes

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Emma's Child
LeMoyne College
Steve Braddock, director

Price: $12 regular, $10 seniors, $4 students
Coyne Center for the Performing Arts
LeMoyne College, Syracuse

When a married couple, after years of trying to have a child of their own, decides to adopt a newborn baby only to discover the baby has a terminal condition, their lives are thrown into a crisis that threatens to tear their marriage apart. What are a couple's rights and responsibilities to a child and to each other? How does a hospital staff and administration, bound by regulations and laws, negotiate waters clouded with strong feelings and emotions?

The first play ever commissioned by the internationally acclaimed Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Emma's Child is a riveting story, emphasizing that "Life matters and the connection between lives matters." Tenderly and insightfully written with a light, comedic touch, it is a play that deeply involves the audience with the title character, a brave little individual, and the adults that are forever changed by sharing his life.

Read a Review!

The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Syracuse University Drama Department
Elizabeth Ingram, director

Price: $18 regular, $16 students/seniors, $7 rush at the door if available
Storch Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

In this early comedy, Shakespeare cheerfully travesties love and friendship as two best friends fall for and fall out over the same woman. a genuine precursor to the later great comedies (this is the first of the Bard's plays to feature a woman disguised as a man), the seeds of Shakespeare's genius are one full display in this farcical romp. Check out a character named Launce and his dog Crab.

Read a Review!

Sunday, February 21, 2010

The Imp of Love: Works by Rachel Herman
Light Work Gallery

Price: Free
Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

Artist Statement: My interest in photography grew out of the desire to make the ineffable effable, the impossibility of making the invisible visible. This series asks questions about how love, a very particular kind of love, can be made visible. I photograph couples, once-lovers but who are now renegotiating their relationship in a new context. Even though they aren't romantically intertwined any more, they still spend time together, sometimes compulsively—even though that time can be painful, fumblingly awkward, or confusedly poignant. They have an abiding affection for one another, but an affection that is often loaded, layered, complicated, or unrequited.

Transmedia Photography Annual
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

This exhibition features work by seniors and graduate students studying photography in Syracuse University's College of Visual and Performing Arts, Transmedia Department.

Domestic Flourish: Works by Jen Allen
Gandee Gallery

Gandee Gallery
7846 Main St., Fabius

Jen Allen is a passionate potter. She proudly proclaims "Handcrafted pottery has the capacity to nourish the home, the hand and the mind." Her goal as an artist is to keep the handmade an integral part of the contemporary home, and her beautifully crafted pottery on view reflects this philosophy.

Allen's utilitarian pottery forms "describe contrasts between modesty and generosity, grace and awkwardness" while they relate to her love of sewing through details such as folds, seams, darts, and pillow-like handles. The exterior surfaces, inspired by a fondness for textile design, juxtapose bold pattern with quiet, glazed expanses. All of her work is created with porcelain because of the material's inherit brightness and luminosity.

At the Crossroads of American Photography: Callahan, Siskind, Sommer
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

"At the Crossroads of American Photography: Callahan, Siskind, Sommer" examines the pivotal interrelationship of three mid-century artists who helped define the course of American photography: Harry Callahan, Aaron Siskind, and Frederick Sommer. This is the first full comparison of their work and exploration of their robust, prescient exchange of ideas about photography, abstraction and metaphor. Self-taught, they helped shape the evolution of the medium as an art form. Their work is an important bridge between classic mid-century photography and hybrid artistic approaches to the medium today.

Tim Scott--The Sixties: When Colour was Sculpture
Everson Museum of Art

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

The Everson presents the monumental steel sculptures of British artist Tim Scott along with recent ceramic sculptures from his House of Clay series. The large-scale sculptures made of painted steel and acrylic sheeting were created in the late 1960s, a time when painters and sculptors alike celebrated color as form and subject. While studying to be an architect at the Architectural Association in London (1954-59), Scott was also enrolled in classes at the St. Martin's School of Art, where he worked with the well-known sculptor Anthony Caro. He was also exposed to the work of David Smith and other prominent sculptors of the time whose creative processes involved construction and assemblage rather than traditional methods such as modeling or molding. Scott, along with Philip King, William Tucker and Isaac Witkin, became identified with a group of emerging sculptors in Britain known as the "New Generation."

Read a review!

The Edge of Art: New York State Artists Series: Jen Pepper: that which cannot be held
Everson Museum of Art

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

The Everson Museum of Art is pleased to present the first installment of the The Edge of Art: New York State Artist Series, featuring Jen Pepper: that which cannot be held. The series takes the place of the long running Biennial exhibition, which will return in 2012.

Pepper has created a site-specific installation, exploring language through an unexpected use of materials and space. Pepper describes her work in her artist statement as suggesting "...that objects and ideas are under constant transformation, randomly blending time, memory, reality and place as a transitional location ripe for imagining, just this side of dreaming."

For the past 34 years, the Everson has featured Central New York Artists in the Everson Biennial, a juried exhibition traditionally featuring about fifty artists in one group show. This year, the Everson introduces The Edge of Art: New York State Artist Series, for contemporary art exhibitions showcasing the work of artists living in New York State, particularly the Central New York Region. The new format presents small-scale focused exhibitions and site-specific installations of new work. The exhibitions will take place in the Robineau Gallery on the main level of the museum, while collaborative pieces and site-specific installations may be presented in auxiliary spaces throughout the museum including the main Rosamond Gifford Sculpture Court and the Mather Court located on the lower level.

Art Exhibition: Annual Scholastic Art Awards
Onondaga Community College

Price: Free
Whitney Applied Technology Center
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

The Awards signify to parents, teachers, community, and colleges that a student is an accomplished artist or writer. 30,000 teen artists and writers will be recognized in their regions. 1,000 will win national awards. Each work is reviewed by a panel of arts professionals for the following criteria: Originality, technical skill, and emergence of personal vision or voice.

Elongating the Thread
Syracuse University School of Art and Design

Price: Free
XL Projects
307-313 S. Clinton St., Syracuse

"Elongating the Thread" features the work of fiber and textile artists Jappie King Black, Anne Cofer, Annet Couwenberg, Jennifer Gandee, Mary Kester, Susan Krueger, Laura Reinhard, Barbara Jean Weingart, and Victoria Zacek.

The selected work in "Elongating the Thread" highlights the breadth of work based in the fiber and textile arts program in VPA's School of Art and Design and the success of the participants to explore their individual studio practices on a national level. The diversity of the group is evident through the variety of media (wool, silk, copper, steel, clay, and doilies) and concepts (weight, domesticity, identity, nature, war, and the subconscious) explored by the artists.

The exhibition is curated and coordinated by Cofer, Mary Giehl, and Olivia Robinson, all faculty members in the fiber and textile arts program. Many of the exhibiting artists are active members of the local artistic community and continue to make Central New York their home.

For more information, email Robinson at orobinso@syr.edu, phone 315-442-2542 during gallery hours, or visit vpa.syr.edu/xlprojects.

3rd Annual Folk Music Series: An Evening on the Erie
Liverpool Public Library
Featuring Merry Mischief

Price: Free
Liverpool Public Library
310 Tulip St., Liverpool

Violin Recital
Onondaga Community College
Featuring Andy Zaplatynsky

Price: Free
Storer Auditorium
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

A member of the SSO since 1981, Andrew Zaplatynsky was born in Germany, and earned a Bachelor of Music degree from Catholic University of American (Washington, D.C.). Since 2005, Zaplatynsky is a visiting professor at the School of Music of the Fundación Universitaria Juan Ñ. Corpas (Bogotá, Colombia), where he teaches each summer. He is also an active member and a past president of the Syracuse Sunrise Rotary, and a founding Board Member of the Onondaga County Public Library Foundation.

The most convenient lots for Storer Auditorium are Lots 2 or 4 directly behind Ferrante Hall.

The Jazzuits with Ronnie Leigh and Nancy Kelly
LeMoyne College

Price: $10 regular, $7 seniors, $5 students
James Commons
Le Moyne College, Syracuse

Don't miss this vocal jazz cabaret featuring two of Central New York's favorite performers! Ronnie Leigh and Nancy Kelly will collaborate with the Le Moyne College Jazzuits in a continuation of their "Sentimental Journey," exploring standard jazz tunes that came to prominence through classic films.

Junior Saxophone Recital
Syracuse University Setnor School of Music
Featuring Ryan Mantell and Joe Frateschi

Price: Free
Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College
Syracuse University, Syracuse

Ryan Mantell and Joe Frateschi, junior music education and music industry students, will perform works by Rueff, Hartley, Worley, Husa, Di Pasquale, Nelson, Haydn, and Milhaud. Assisting Mantell and Frateschi will be Benjamin Hoffmann and Sam Emanuel on piano, Mike Monacelli on percussion, and Will MacGuire and Josh Barrow on saxophone.

Parking is available in Irving Garage. For more information, or to check on the status of this performance, contact the Setnor School at 315-443-2191.

Flying Dutchman Preview
Syracuse Opera

Price: Free
Barnes & Noble
3454 Erie Blvd. E., Dewitt

Join Syracuse Opera's artistic staff as they discuss and perform highlights from the upcoming production of Wagner's The Flying Dutchman. This preview will feature Syracuse Opera resident artists and members from the opera chorus.

4 by 2: A Reading of New Plays
Armory Square Playwrights

Price: $7 regular, $5 students/seniors
Jazz Central
441 E. Washington St., Syracuse

A staged reading of four new short plays written by two ASP members, Richard Harris and Peter Moller.

The three short plays written by Richard Harris take place in an upscale NYC restaurant, Laura's cuisine du jour, where the ladies who lunch dine. "Labor Relations" shows the conflict that develops between a former soap opera queen—now a restaurateur—and actor/waiters at Laura's cuisine du jour. "The Misplaced Stigmata" explains the abrupt closing of a Broadway play. "The Cashmere Cardigan" exposes infidelity among the up-class clientele of Laura's cuisine du jour.

Tired? Restless? Having trouble falling asleep at night? Join the characters in Peter Moller's play "Nightie Night" at Dr. Neander's sleep clinic. You'll discover you might prefer insomnia to their nightmares.

Richard Harris is a retired advertising executive, educated at Texas Wesleyan College and Cooper Union, and a veteran community theatre actor who attempted to make it in Hollywood. They weren't waiting for him—though he learned a lot. Gerard Moses' Acting Workshop has encouraged him to write and with a cranky muse he is enjoying this new burst of creativity.

Peter Moller is a Professor of Television and Film at Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Public Communications. Moller teaches courses in film and television production, directing, acting and screenwriting. He is the co-author of Making Television Programs and Hurry Up and Wait. His plays Sangrado, The Experiment of St. Alexis, A Murder of Crows and Coupons have been produced by theaters in the United States and Canada. He directed the Redhouse Theater's productions of Klonsky and Schwartz, Rounding Third and Love Song. His voice is heard on many audio books, usually playing the role of a sheep or a crusty sailor.

As this is a presentation of works in progress, there will be a talkback discussion with the authors.

Emma's Child
LeMoyne College
Steve Braddock, director

Price: $12 regular, $10 seniors, $4 students
Coyne Center for the Performing Arts
LeMoyne College, Syracuse

When a married couple, after years of trying to have a child of their own, decides to adopt a newborn baby only to discover the baby has a terminal condition, their lives are thrown into a crisis that threatens to tear their marriage apart. What are a couple's rights and responsibilities to a child and to each other? How does a hospital staff and administration, bound by regulations and laws, negotiate waters clouded with strong feelings and emotions?

The first play ever commissioned by the internationally acclaimed Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Emma's Child is a riveting story, emphasizing that "Life matters and the connection between lives matters." Tenderly and insightfully written with a light, comedic touch, it is a play that deeply involves the audience with the title character, a brave little individual, and the adults that are forever changed by sharing his life.

Read a Review!

The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Syracuse University Drama Department
Elizabeth Ingram, director

Price: $18 regular, $16 students/seniors, $7 rush at the door if available
Storch Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

In this early comedy, Shakespeare cheerfully travesties love and friendship as two best friends fall for and fall out over the same woman. a genuine precursor to the later great comedies (this is the first of the Bard's plays to feature a woman disguised as a man), the seeds of Shakespeare's genius are one full display in this farcical romp. Check out a character named Launce and his dog Crab.

Read a Review!

Monday, February 22, 2010

Art Exhibition: Annual Scholastic Art Awards
Onondaga Community College

Price: Free
Whitney Applied Technology Center
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

The Awards signify to parents, teachers, community, and colleges that a student is an accomplished artist or writer. 30,000 teen artists and writers will be recognized in their regions. 1,000 will win national awards. Each work is reviewed by a panel of arts professionals for the following criteria: Originality, technical skill, and emergence of personal vision or voice.

The Loneliness of Nature: Works by James Domroe
Westcott Community Art Gallery

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

Photographs of "The Loneliness of Nature" were manipulated in Photoshop to heighten and bring contrast to the starkness of the photos.

Also a short film, "How to be Happy", running time 5 min.

Transmedia Photography Annual
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

This exhibition features work by seniors and graduate students studying photography in Syracuse University's College of Visual and Performing Arts, Transmedia Department.

The Imp of Love: Works by Rachel Herman
Light Work Gallery

Price: Free
Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

Artist Statement: My interest in photography grew out of the desire to make the ineffable effable, the impossibility of making the invisible visible. This series asks questions about how love, a very particular kind of love, can be made visible. I photograph couples, once-lovers but who are now renegotiating their relationship in a new context. Even though they aren't romantically intertwined any more, they still spend time together, sometimes compulsively—even though that time can be painful, fumblingly awkward, or confusedly poignant. They have an abiding affection for one another, but an affection that is often loaded, layered, complicated, or unrequited.

Phantoms
Redhouse

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

Red House Arts Center presents "Phantoms," a New Media art exhibition curated by New York City based gallerist and curator Stephan Stoayanov.

We can attribute the present art and pop-cult fascination with the paranormal and vampires with our ongoing human interest in metamorphosis.The mystery of the unknown will always be something that we obsess about. Our brain creates illusions of words and phrases.

The nine artists included in the exhibition "Phantoms" create illusions through their artwork, which evoke the paranormal and mystical on both personal and universal level. "Phantoms" features the work of Phil Argent (United Kingdom), Heather Bennett (United States), Amelie Chabannes (France), Lieven de Boeck (Belgium), Cliff Evans (Australia), Ellen Harvey (United States), Dominik Lejman (Poland), Marie Maillard (France), and Trine Lise Nedreaas (Norway).

Emma's Child
LeMoyne College
Steve Braddock, director

Price: $12 regular, $10 seniors, $4 students
Coyne Center for the Performing Arts
LeMoyne College, Syracuse

When a married couple, after years of trying to have a child of their own, decides to adopt a newborn baby only to discover the baby has a terminal condition, their lives are thrown into a crisis that threatens to tear their marriage apart. What are a couple's rights and responsibilities to a child and to each other? How does a hospital staff and administration, bound by regulations and laws, negotiate waters clouded with strong feelings and emotions?

The first play ever commissioned by the internationally acclaimed Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Emma's Child is a riveting story, emphasizing that "Life matters and the connection between lives matters." Tenderly and insightfully written with a light, comedic touch, it is a play that deeply involves the audience with the title character, a brave little individual, and the adults that are forever changed by sharing his life.

Read a Review!

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Art Exhibition: Annual Scholastic Art Awards
Onondaga Community College

Price: Free
Whitney Applied Technology Center
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

The Awards signify to parents, teachers, community, and colleges that a student is an accomplished artist or writer. 30,000 teen artists and writers will be recognized in their regions. 1,000 will win national awards. Each work is reviewed by a panel of arts professionals for the following criteria: Originality, technical skill, and emergence of personal vision or voice.

Everything is Illustrated and Winter Solstice
SUNY Oswego Metro Center at the Atrium

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

Everything is Illustrated: Gallery A
Recent work by Eva Calazada, Tian Chen, Barbara Morey, and Benjamin Petrie

Winter Solstice: Gallery B
Works by Cala Glatz, Julia Kester, Jonathan LaPlante, and Beth Mand

The Loneliness of Nature: Works by James Domroe
Westcott Community Art Gallery

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

Photographs of "The Loneliness of Nature" were manipulated in Photoshop to heighten and bring contrast to the starkness of the photos.

Also a short film, "How to be Happy", running time 5 min.

Works of Bill Reddick
Clayscapes Pottery Gallery

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

Exhibition of Bill Reddick, renowned Canadian international porcelain artist. Reddick designed the Official State Dinnerware for Canada. His work can be seen at Rideau Hall, the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, and the Porcelain Institute in Jingdexhen, China.

Tesoros del Pueblo: El Arte Folklorico de Mexico/Treasures of the People: The Folk Art of Mexico
Community Folk Art Center

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

Tesoros del Pueblo features folk art and photographs from the collection of Dr. Alejandro Garcia, Professor of Social Work at Syracuse University. Garcia began collecting Mexican folk art several years ago as a means to connect with his heritage. Garcia explains, "This collection, in essence, represents who I am, my pride in the richness of Mexican culture, and my celebration of the artistry of Mexican individuals who, in their carving, painting, sewing, and molding, present all of us with precious gifts."

Transmedia Photography Annual
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

This exhibition features work by seniors and graduate students studying photography in Syracuse University's College of Visual and Performing Arts, Transmedia Department.

The Imp of Love: Works by Rachel Herman
Light Work Gallery

Price: Free
Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

Artist Statement: My interest in photography grew out of the desire to make the ineffable effable, the impossibility of making the invisible visible. This series asks questions about how love, a very particular kind of love, can be made visible. I photograph couples, once-lovers but who are now renegotiating their relationship in a new context. Even though they aren't romantically intertwined any more, they still spend time together, sometimes compulsively—even though that time can be painful, fumblingly awkward, or confusedly poignant. They have an abiding affection for one another, but an affection that is often loaded, layered, complicated, or unrequited.

Phantoms
Redhouse

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

Red House Arts Center presents "Phantoms," a New Media art exhibition curated by New York City based gallerist and curator Stephan Stoayanov.

We can attribute the present art and pop-cult fascination with the paranormal and vampires with our ongoing human interest in metamorphosis.The mystery of the unknown will always be something that we obsess about. Our brain creates illusions of words and phrases.

The nine artists included in the exhibition "Phantoms" create illusions through their artwork, which evoke the paranormal and mystical on both personal and universal level. "Phantoms" features the work of Phil Argent (United Kingdom), Heather Bennett (United States), Amelie Chabannes (France), Lieven de Boeck (Belgium), Cliff Evans (Australia), Ellen Harvey (United States), Dominik Lejman (Poland), Marie Maillard (France), and Trine Lise Nedreaas (Norway).

At the Crossroads of American Photography: Callahan, Siskind, Sommer
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

"At the Crossroads of American Photography: Callahan, Siskind, Sommer" examines the pivotal interrelationship of three mid-century artists who helped define the course of American photography: Harry Callahan, Aaron Siskind, and Frederick Sommer. This is the first full comparison of their work and exploration of their robust, prescient exchange of ideas about photography, abstraction and metaphor. Self-taught, they helped shape the evolution of the medium as an art form. Their work is an important bridge between classic mid-century photography and hybrid artistic approaches to the medium today.

The Edge of Art: New York State Artists Series: Jen Pepper: that which cannot be held
Everson Museum of Art

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

The Everson Museum of Art is pleased to present the first installment of the The Edge of Art: New York State Artist Series, featuring Jen Pepper: that which cannot be held. The series takes the place of the long running Biennial exhibition, which will return in 2012.

Pepper has created a site-specific installation, exploring language through an unexpected use of materials and space. Pepper describes her work in her artist statement as suggesting "...that objects and ideas are under constant transformation, randomly blending time, memory, reality and place as a transitional location ripe for imagining, just this side of dreaming."

For the past 34 years, the Everson has featured Central New York Artists in the Everson Biennial, a juried exhibition traditionally featuring about fifty artists in one group show. This year, the Everson introduces The Edge of Art: New York State Artist Series, for contemporary art exhibitions showcasing the work of artists living in New York State, particularly the Central New York Region. The new format presents small-scale focused exhibitions and site-specific installations of new work. The exhibitions will take place in the Robineau Gallery on the main level of the museum, while collaborative pieces and site-specific installations may be presented in auxiliary spaces throughout the museum including the main Rosamond Gifford Sculpture Court and the Mather Court located on the lower level.

Tim Scott--The Sixties: When Colour was Sculpture
Everson Museum of Art

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

The Everson presents the monumental steel sculptures of British artist Tim Scott along with recent ceramic sculptures from his House of Clay series. The large-scale sculptures made of painted steel and acrylic sheeting were created in the late 1960s, a time when painters and sculptors alike celebrated color as form and subject. While studying to be an architect at the Architectural Association in London (1954-59), Scott was also enrolled in classes at the St. Martin's School of Art, where he worked with the well-known sculptor Anthony Caro. He was also exposed to the work of David Smith and other prominent sculptors of the time whose creative processes involved construction and assemblage rather than traditional methods such as modeling or molding. Scott, along with Philip King, William Tucker and Isaac Witkin, became identified with a group of emerging sculptors in Britain known as the "New Generation."

Read a review!

Two Journeys
Syracuse University School of Architecture
Featuring Michael Webb

Price: Free
Slocum Hall Auditorium
Syracuse University campus, Syracuse

Michael Webb, of Cooper Union School of Architecture, will address two themes: a train of thought deriving from the Reyner Banham article, "A Home is not a House" (1965), and a study of linear perspective projection. The talk is based on Webb's "Two Journeys" exhibition held at The Cooper Union in 2008. A reception will follow.

Creating a World Without Poverty
University Lectures
Featuring Muhammad Yunus

Price: Free
Hendricks Chapel
Syracuse University, Syracuse

Muhammad Yunus has worked for nearly four decades to eradicate poverty through micro-lending. His personal loans of small amounts of money to destitute basket weavers in Bangladesh in the mid-1970s planted the seeds for the Grameen Bank Project, which was then established in 1983. The objective of the Grameen Bank is to help poor people escape from poverty by providing loans without collateral to support income-generating activities.

Cold + Nonpoint, Day of Fire, and Augustine
Westcott Theater

Westcott Theater
524 Westcott St., Syracuse

Piano at the Panasci: Chopin 200th Birthday Celebration
LeMoyne College
Featuring Steve Rosenfeld, piano

Price: $15 general public, $10 seniors, students free
Panasci Family Chapel
LeMoyne College, Syracuse

Throughout 2010, in honor of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Polish composer/pianist Frederic Chopin, artists will perform all-Chopin piano recitals at Le Moyne College.

The series continues with Steve Rosenfeld performing the F minor Ballade, A-flat Polonaise, and assorted short works.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Art Exhibition: Annual Scholastic Art Awards
Onondaga Community College

Price: Free
Whitney Applied Technology Center
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

The Awards signify to parents, teachers, community, and colleges that a student is an accomplished artist or writer. 30,000 teen artists and writers will be recognized in their regions. 1,000 will win national awards. Each work is reviewed by a panel of arts professionals for the following criteria: Originality, technical skill, and emergence of personal vision or voice.

Everything is Illustrated and Winter Solstice
SUNY Oswego Metro Center at the Atrium

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

Everything is Illustrated: Gallery A
Recent work by Eva Calazada, Tian Chen, Barbara Morey, and Benjamin Petrie

Winter Solstice: Gallery B
Works by Cala Glatz, Julia Kester, Jonathan LaPlante, and Beth Mand

The Loneliness of Nature: Works by James Domroe
Westcott Community Art Gallery

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

Photographs of "The Loneliness of Nature" were manipulated in Photoshop to heighten and bring contrast to the starkness of the photos.

Also a short film, "How to be Happy", running time 5 min.

Works of Bill Reddick
Clayscapes Pottery Gallery

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

Exhibition of Bill Reddick, renowned Canadian international porcelain artist. Reddick designed the Official State Dinnerware for Canada. His work can be seen at Rideau Hall, the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, and the Porcelain Institute in Jingdexhen, China.

Tesoros del Pueblo: El Arte Folklorico de Mexico/Treasures of the People: The Folk Art of Mexico
Community Folk Art Center

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

Tesoros del Pueblo features folk art and photographs from the collection of Dr. Alejandro Garcia, Professor of Social Work at Syracuse University. Garcia began collecting Mexican folk art several years ago as a means to connect with his heritage. Garcia explains, "This collection, in essence, represents who I am, my pride in the richness of Mexican culture, and my celebration of the artistry of Mexican individuals who, in their carving, painting, sewing, and molding, present all of us with precious gifts."

Transmedia Photography Annual
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

This exhibition features work by seniors and graduate students studying photography in Syracuse University's College of Visual and Performing Arts, Transmedia Department.

The Imp of Love: Works by Rachel Herman
Light Work Gallery

Price: Free
Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

Artist Statement: My interest in photography grew out of the desire to make the ineffable effable, the impossibility of making the invisible visible. This series asks questions about how love, a very particular kind of love, can be made visible. I photograph couples, once-lovers but who are now renegotiating their relationship in a new context. Even though they aren't romantically intertwined any more, they still spend time together, sometimes compulsively—even though that time can be painful, fumblingly awkward, or confusedly poignant. They have an abiding affection for one another, but an affection that is often loaded, layered, complicated, or unrequited.

Phantoms
Redhouse

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

Red House Arts Center presents "Phantoms," a New Media art exhibition curated by New York City based gallerist and curator Stephan Stoayanov.

We can attribute the present art and pop-cult fascination with the paranormal and vampires with our ongoing human interest in metamorphosis.The mystery of the unknown will always be something that we obsess about. Our brain creates illusions of words and phrases.

The nine artists included in the exhibition "Phantoms" create illusions through their artwork, which evoke the paranormal and mystical on both personal and universal level. "Phantoms" features the work of Phil Argent (United Kingdom), Heather Bennett (United States), Amelie Chabannes (France), Lieven de Boeck (Belgium), Cliff Evans (Australia), Ellen Harvey (United States), Dominik Lejman (Poland), Marie Maillard (France), and Trine Lise Nedreaas (Norway).

At the Crossroads of American Photography: Callahan, Siskind, Sommer
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

"At the Crossroads of American Photography: Callahan, Siskind, Sommer" examines the pivotal interrelationship of three mid-century artists who helped define the course of American photography: Harry Callahan, Aaron Siskind, and Frederick Sommer. This is the first full comparison of their work and exploration of their robust, prescient exchange of ideas about photography, abstraction and metaphor. Self-taught, they helped shape the evolution of the medium as an art form. Their work is an important bridge between classic mid-century photography and hybrid artistic approaches to the medium today.

Tim Scott--The Sixties: When Colour was Sculpture
Everson Museum of Art

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

The Everson presents the monumental steel sculptures of British artist Tim Scott along with recent ceramic sculptures from his House of Clay series. The large-scale sculptures made of painted steel and acrylic sheeting were created in the late 1960s, a time when painters and sculptors alike celebrated color as form and subject. While studying to be an architect at the Architectural Association in London (1954-59), Scott was also enrolled in classes at the St. Martin's School of Art, where he worked with the well-known sculptor Anthony Caro. He was also exposed to the work of David Smith and other prominent sculptors of the time whose creative processes involved construction and assemblage rather than traditional methods such as modeling or molding. Scott, along with Philip King, William Tucker and Isaac Witkin, became identified with a group of emerging sculptors in Britain known as the "New Generation."

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The Edge of Art: New York State Artists Series: Jen Pepper: that which cannot be held
Everson Museum of Art

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

The Everson Museum of Art is pleased to present the first installment of the The Edge of Art: New York State Artist Series, featuring Jen Pepper: that which cannot be held. The series takes the place of the long running Biennial exhibition, which will return in 2012.

Pepper has created a site-specific installation, exploring language through an unexpected use of materials and space. Pepper describes her work in her artist statement as suggesting "...that objects and ideas are under constant transformation, randomly blending time, memory, reality and place as a transitional location ripe for imagining, just this side of dreaming."

For the past 34 years, the Everson has featured Central New York Artists in the Everson Biennial, a juried exhibition traditionally featuring about fifty artists in one group show. This year, the Everson introduces The Edge of Art: New York State Artist Series, for contemporary art exhibitions showcasing the work of artists living in New York State, particularly the Central New York Region. The new format presents small-scale focused exhibitions and site-specific installations of new work. The exhibitions will take place in the Robineau Gallery on the main level of the museum, while collaborative pieces and site-specific installations may be presented in auxiliary spaces throughout the museum including the main Rosamond Gifford Sculpture Court and the Mather Court located on the lower level.

Elongating the Thread
Syracuse University School of Art and Design

Price: Free
XL Projects
307-313 S. Clinton St., Syracuse

"Elongating the Thread" features the work of fiber and textile artists Jappie King Black, Anne Cofer, Annet Couwenberg, Jennifer Gandee, Mary Kester, Susan Krueger, Laura Reinhard, Barbara Jean Weingart, and Victoria Zacek.

The selected work in "Elongating the Thread" highlights the breadth of work based in the fiber and textile arts program in VPA's School of Art and Design and the success of the participants to explore their individual studio practices on a national level. The diversity of the group is evident through the variety of media (wool, silk, copper, steel, clay, and doilies) and concepts (weight, domesticity, identity, nature, war, and the subconscious) explored by the artists.

The exhibition is curated and coordinated by Cofer, Mary Giehl, and Olivia Robinson, all faculty members in the fiber and textile arts program. Many of the exhibiting artists are active members of the local artistic community and continue to make Central New York their home.

For more information, email Robinson at orobinso@syr.edu, phone 315-442-2542 during gallery hours, or visit vpa.syr.edu/xlprojects.

Breach of Peace: Eric Etheridge's Photographs of the Freedom Riders
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

In the spring and summer of 1961, several hundred Americans—blacks and whites, men and women—converged on Jackson, Mississippi, to challenge state segregation laws. The Freedom Riders, as they came to be known, were determined to open up the South to civil rights: it was illegal for bus and train stations to discriminate, but most did and were not interested in change. Over 300 people were arrested and convicted of the charge "breach of the peace."

Artist and author Eric Etheridge's exhibit, Breach of Peace, collects the mug shots of those arrested, which were only recently made public, and juxtaposes them with present-day photographs of the Riders and their recollections about the experience. The group, half black and half white (a quarter were women), was remarkably young; in their faces we see strength, courage, defiance, dignity, and, occasionally, fear.

Danya Katok, soprano; Sabine Krantz, piano
Civic Morning Musicals

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

Works by American composers set to texts other than poetry, including pieces by Bernstein, Kander, Libby Larsen, and Juliana Hall.

Preview: Lookingglass Alice
Syracuse Stage

Archbold Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

In your wildest imaginings, you've never imagined Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass like this! Staged with endless wit, astonishing physicality, breathtaking aerial acrobatics, and theatrical daring, Alice, The Mad Hatter, Humpty Dumpty, the Cheshire Cat, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, and all of Lewis Carroll's enchanting characters come to dizzyingly, playful, gravity-defying life in a circus-like spectacle sure to amaze kids and adults alike. By David Catlin.

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The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Syracuse University Drama Department
Elizabeth Ingram, director

Price: $18 regular, $16 students/seniors, $7 rush at the door if available
Storch Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

In this early comedy, Shakespeare cheerfully travesties love and friendship as two best friends fall for and fall out over the same woman. a genuine precursor to the later great comedies (this is the first of the Bard's plays to feature a woman disguised as a man), the seeds of Shakespeare's genius are one full display in this farcical romp. Check out a character named Launce and his dog Crab.

Read a Review!

Thursday, February 25, 2010

**CLOSED due to weather** Art Exhibition: Annual Scholastic Art Awards
Onondaga Community College

Price: Free
Whitney Applied Technology Center
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

The Awards signify to parents, teachers, community, and colleges that a student is an accomplished artist or writer. 30,000 teen artists and writers will be recognized in their regions. 1,000 will win national awards. Each work is reviewed by a panel of arts professionals for the following criteria: Originality, technical skill, and emergence of personal vision or voice.

Everything is Illustrated and Winter Solstice
SUNY Oswego Metro Center at the Atrium

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

Everything is Illustrated: Gallery A
Recent work by Eva Calazada, Tian Chen, Barbara Morey, and Benjamin Petrie

Winter Solstice: Gallery B
Works by Cala Glatz, Julia Kester, Jonathan LaPlante, and Beth Mand

The Loneliness of Nature: Works by James Domroe
Westcott Community Art Gallery

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

Photographs of "The Loneliness of Nature" were manipulated in Photoshop to heighten and bring contrast to the starkness of the photos.

Also a short film, "How to be Happy", running time 5 min.

Works of Bill Reddick
Clayscapes Pottery Gallery

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

Exhibition of Bill Reddick, renowned Canadian international porcelain artist. Reddick designed the Official State Dinnerware for Canada. His work can be seen at Rideau Hall, the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, and the Porcelain Institute in Jingdexhen, China.

Tesoros del Pueblo: El Arte Folklorico de Mexico/Treasures of the People: The Folk Art of Mexico
Community Folk Art Center

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

Tesoros del Pueblo features folk art and photographs from the collection of Dr. Alejandro Garcia, Professor of Social Work at Syracuse University. Garcia began collecting Mexican folk art several years ago as a means to connect with his heritage. Garcia explains, "This collection, in essence, represents who I am, my pride in the richness of Mexican culture, and my celebration of the artistry of Mexican individuals who, in their carving, painting, sewing, and molding, present all of us with precious gifts."

**CLOSED due to weather** Transmedia Photography Annual
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

This exhibition features work by seniors and graduate students studying photography in Syracuse University's College of Visual and Performing Arts, Transmedia Department.

**CLOSED due to weather** The Imp of Love: Works by Rachel Herman
Light Work Gallery

Price: Free
Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

Artist Statement: My interest in photography grew out of the desire to make the ineffable effable, the impossibility of making the invisible visible. This series asks questions about how love, a very particular kind of love, can be made visible. I photograph couples, once-lovers but who are now renegotiating their relationship in a new context. Even though they aren't romantically intertwined any more, they still spend time together, sometimes compulsively—even though that time can be painful, fumblingly awkward, or confusedly poignant. They have an abiding affection for one another, but an affection that is often loaded, layered, complicated, or unrequited.

Phantoms
Redhouse

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

Red House Arts Center presents "Phantoms," a New Media art exhibition curated by New York City based gallerist and curator Stephan Stoayanov.

We can attribute the present art and pop-cult fascination with the paranormal and vampires with our ongoing human interest in metamorphosis.The mystery of the unknown will always be something that we obsess about. Our brain creates illusions of words and phrases.

The nine artists included in the exhibition "Phantoms" create illusions through their artwork, which evoke the paranormal and mystical on both personal and universal level. "Phantoms" features the work of Phil Argent (United Kingdom), Heather Bennett (United States), Amelie Chabannes (France), Lieven de Boeck (Belgium), Cliff Evans (Australia), Ellen Harvey (United States), Dominik Lejman (Poland), Marie Maillard (France), and Trine Lise Nedreaas (Norway).

Domestic Flourish: Works by Jen Allen
Gandee Gallery

Gandee Gallery
7846 Main St., Fabius

Jen Allen is a passionate potter. She proudly proclaims "Handcrafted pottery has the capacity to nourish the home, the hand and the mind." Her goal as an artist is to keep the handmade an integral part of the contemporary home, and her beautifully crafted pottery on view reflects this philosophy.

Allen's utilitarian pottery forms "describe contrasts between modesty and generosity, grace and awkwardness" while they relate to her love of sewing through details such as folds, seams, darts, and pillow-like handles. The exterior surfaces, inspired by a fondness for textile design, juxtapose bold pattern with quiet, glazed expanses. All of her work is created with porcelain because of the material's inherit brightness and luminosity.

**CLOSED due to weather** At the Crossroads of American Photography: Callahan, Siskind, Sommer
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

"At the Crossroads of American Photography: Callahan, Siskind, Sommer" examines the pivotal interrelationship of three mid-century artists who helped define the course of American photography: Harry Callahan, Aaron Siskind, and Frederick Sommer. This is the first full comparison of their work and exploration of their robust, prescient exchange of ideas about photography, abstraction and metaphor. Self-taught, they helped shape the evolution of the medium as an art form. Their work is an important bridge between classic mid-century photography and hybrid artistic approaches to the medium today.

Art: 2003-2009
Delavan Art Gallery

Delavan Art Gallery
501 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

"Art: 2003-2009" pays tribute to a group of artists aligned with the gallery since its inception over six years ago. The exhibit runs the gamut of artistic endeavors. Among the artists included in the show are: Lydia Benscher, Jamie Ashlaw, Eric W. Shute, A. Brooks Decker, Frank Calidonna, Harry R. Freeman-Jones, Diana Godfrey, Tom Hussey, John Dowling, Roscha Folger, Ruth Wynn, Wendy Harris, R. Jason Howard, Stephen Perrone, Kathleen Schneider, Arthur Brangman, Crystal LaPoint, Thomas Barnes, Tom Townsley, Kyle Mort, Andrea Hall, Stephen Ryan, Patrice Downes Centore, Robert Glisson, James Skvarch, and Vincent Fitches. The gallery is also planning to show works by Amy E. Bartell, Jim Dieso, Douglas Biklen, Tom Champion, Diane Lansing, Robert Carroll, Lauren Ritchie, Phil Austin, Sandy Clift, James R. Walker, Vivian Geiger, Richard Karuzas, Rudy Hellmann, Jennifer Colvin, Richard Schultz, Fred Wellner, Laura J. Wellner, Joyce Day Homan, Linda Esterley, Barbara Conte-Gaugel, Mary Kester, and C. J. Hodge.

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Wild Card Exhibit: Serious Art for Children
Delavan Art Gallery

Delavan Art Gallery
501 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

A new collection of works by noted illustrator and painter Connie Carroll, created for children of any age, meant to encourage an appreciation for the arts even in young children. This group of paintings bears a lighthearted and whimsical approach. The work in this series adds colorful dimension to common enjoyable experiences or fantasies for children, such as space travel or other adventures. In her artist statement, Carroll thanks "children of all ages, from one to one hundred" for joining her in exploring the fantasies depicted in these paintings.

The Edge of Art: New York State Artists Series: Jen Pepper: that which cannot be held
Everson Museum of Art

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

The Everson Museum of Art is pleased to present the first installment of the The Edge of Art: New York State Artist Series, featuring Jen Pepper: that which cannot be held. The series takes the place of the long running Biennial exhibition, which will return in 2012.

Pepper has created a site-specific installation, exploring language through an unexpected use of materials and space. Pepper describes her work in her artist statement as suggesting "...that objects and ideas are under constant transformation, randomly blending time, memory, reality and place as a transitional location ripe for imagining, just this side of dreaming."

For the past 34 years, the Everson has featured Central New York Artists in the Everson Biennial, a juried exhibition traditionally featuring about fifty artists in one group show. This year, the Everson introduces The Edge of Art: New York State Artist Series, for contemporary art exhibitions showcasing the work of artists living in New York State, particularly the Central New York Region. The new format presents small-scale focused exhibitions and site-specific installations of new work. The exhibitions will take place in the Robineau Gallery on the main level of the museum, while collaborative pieces and site-specific installations may be presented in auxiliary spaces throughout the museum including the main Rosamond Gifford Sculpture Court and the Mather Court located on the lower level.

Tim Scott--The Sixties: When Colour was Sculpture
Everson Museum of Art

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

The Everson presents the monumental steel sculptures of British artist Tim Scott along with recent ceramic sculptures from his House of Clay series. The large-scale sculptures made of painted steel and acrylic sheeting were created in the late 1960s, a time when painters and sculptors alike celebrated color as form and subject. While studying to be an architect at the Architectural Association in London (1954-59), Scott was also enrolled in classes at the St. Martin's School of Art, where he worked with the well-known sculptor Anthony Caro. He was also exposed to the work of David Smith and other prominent sculptors of the time whose creative processes involved construction and assemblage rather than traditional methods such as modeling or molding. Scott, along with Philip King, William Tucker and Isaac Witkin, became identified with a group of emerging sculptors in Britain known as the "New Generation."

Read a review!

**CLOSED due to weather** Elongating the Thread
Syracuse University School of Art and Design

Price: Free
XL Projects
307-313 S. Clinton St., Syracuse

"Elongating the Thread" features the work of fiber and textile artists Jappie King Black, Anne Cofer, Annet Couwenberg, Jennifer Gandee, Mary Kester, Susan Krueger, Laura Reinhard, Barbara Jean Weingart, and Victoria Zacek.

The selected work in "Elongating the Thread" highlights the breadth of work based in the fiber and textile arts program in VPA's School of Art and Design and the success of the participants to explore their individual studio practices on a national level. The diversity of the group is evident through the variety of media (wool, silk, copper, steel, clay, and doilies) and concepts (weight, domesticity, identity, nature, war, and the subconscious) explored by the artists.

The exhibition is curated and coordinated by Cofer, Mary Giehl, and Olivia Robinson, all faculty members in the fiber and textile arts program. Many of the exhibiting artists are active members of the local artistic community and continue to make Central New York their home.

For more information, email Robinson at orobinso@syr.edu, phone 315-442-2542 during gallery hours, or visit vpa.syr.edu/xlprojects.

Breach of Peace: Eric Etheridge's Photographs of the Freedom Riders
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

In the spring and summer of 1961, several hundred Americans—blacks and whites, men and women—converged on Jackson, Mississippi, to challenge state segregation laws. The Freedom Riders, as they came to be known, were determined to open up the South to civil rights: it was illegal for bus and train stations to discriminate, but most did and were not interested in change. Over 300 people were arrested and convicted of the charge "breach of the peace."

Artist and author Eric Etheridge's exhibit, Breach of Peace, collects the mug shots of those arrested, which were only recently made public, and juxtaposes them with present-day photographs of the Riders and their recollections about the experience. The group, half black and half white (a quarter were women), was remarkably young; in their faces we see strength, courage, defiance, dignity, and, occasionally, fear.

STILL ON: Animal Pants CD Release with DJ Afar
Spark Contemporary Art Space

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

Spark has confirmed that this event is still taking place.

Film: Goodbye, Momo (A Dios Momo)
Community Folk Art Center

Price: Free
Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Goodbye, Momo was written and directed by Leonardo Ricagni and stars Jorge Esmoris, Mathias Acuna, and Washington Luna. The film tells the story of Obdulio, an 11-year-old Afro-Uruguayan boy who lives with his grandmother and sells newspapers for a living while he cannot read or write. Obdulio is not interested in going to school until he finds out that the night watchman of the newspaper's office is a charismatic magical "Maestro" who not only introduces him to the world of literacy but also teaches him the real meaning of life through the lyrics of the "Murgas" (Carnival Pierrots) during the mythical nights of the irreverent and provocative Uruguayan carnival.

A post-film discussion will follow.

**CANCELLED due to weather** Syracuse University Setnor School of Music
SU Jazz Ensemble

Price: Free
Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College
Syracuse University, Syracuse

The ensemble performs under the direction of Joseph Riposo.

Parking is available in Irving Garage. For more information, contact Riposo at 315-443-2192 or jriposo@syr.edu.

**CANCELLED** Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad + Sim Redmond Band and Jimkata
Westcott Theater

Westcott Theater
524 Westcott St., Syracuse

Big Louie and the Gang that Couldn't Think Straight
Acme Mystery Company

Price: $25.95 plus tax and gratuities (includes meal and show)
Spaghetti Warehouse
689 N. Clinton St., Syracuse

You and the rest of the Bangalone Gang are in deep trouble. Big Louie's been beaned by a bocci ball and now he ain't thinking so good. The gang's got to figure out what to do before arch rival gang leader "Muscles" Marinara has you rubbed out. You better move fast. Word on the street is that ruthless hitman Jake "The Weasel" is on the way.

** CANCELLED due to weather** Lookingglass Alice
Syracuse Stage

Archbold Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Ticket holders may call the Box Office at 315-443-3275 for an exchange.

In your wildest imaginings, you've never imagined Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass like this! Staged with endless wit, astonishing physicality, breathtaking aerial acrobatics, and theatrical daring, Alice, The Mad Hatter, Humpty Dumpty, the Cheshire Cat, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, and all of Lewis Carroll's enchanting characters come to dizzyingly, playful, gravity-defying life in a circus-like spectacle sure to amaze kids and adults alike. By David Catlin.

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**CANCELLED due to weather** Emma's Child
LeMoyne College
Steve Braddock, director

Price: $12 regular, $10 seniors, $4 students
Coyne Center for the Performing Arts
LeMoyne College, Syracuse

When a married couple, after years of trying to have a child of their own, decides to adopt a newborn baby only to discover the baby has a terminal condition, their lives are thrown into a crisis that threatens to tear their marriage apart. What are a couple's rights and responsibilities to a child and to each other? How does a hospital staff and administration, bound by regulations and laws, negotiate waters clouded with strong feelings and emotions?

The first play ever commissioned by the internationally acclaimed Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Emma's Child is a riveting story, emphasizing that "Life matters and the connection between lives matters." Tenderly and insightfully written with a light, comedic touch, it is a play that deeply involves the audience with the title character, a brave little individual, and the adults that are forever changed by sharing his life.

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**CANCELLED due to weather** The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Syracuse University Drama Department
Elizabeth Ingram, director

Price: $18 regular, $16 students/seniors, $7 rush at the door if available
Storch Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Ticket holders may call the Box Office at 315-443-3275 for an exchange.

In this early comedy, Shakespeare cheerfully travesties love and friendship as two best friends fall for and fall out over the same woman. a genuine precursor to the later great comedies (this is the first of the Bard's plays to feature a woman disguised as a man), the seeds of Shakespeare's genius are one full display in this farcical romp. Check out a character named Launce and his dog Crab.

Read a Review!

Friday, February 26, 2010

Art Exhibition: Annual Scholastic Art Awards
Onondaga Community College

Price: Free
Whitney Applied Technology Center
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

The Awards signify to parents, teachers, community, and colleges that a student is an accomplished artist or writer. 30,000 teen artists and writers will be recognized in their regions. 1,000 will win national awards. Each work is reviewed by a panel of arts professionals for the following criteria: Originality, technical skill, and emergence of personal vision or voice.

Everything is Illustrated and Winter Solstice
SUNY Oswego Metro Center at the Atrium

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

Everything is Illustrated: Gallery A
Recent work by Eva Calazada, Tian Chen, Barbara Morey, and Benjamin Petrie

Winter Solstice: Gallery B
Works by Cala Glatz, Julia Kester, Jonathan LaPlante, and Beth Mand

The Loneliness of Nature: Works by James Domroe
Westcott Community Art Gallery

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

Photographs of "The Loneliness of Nature" were manipulated in Photoshop to heighten and bring contrast to the starkness of the photos.

Also a short film, "How to be Happy", running time 5 min.

Works of Bill Reddick
Clayscapes Pottery Gallery

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

Exhibition of Bill Reddick, renowned Canadian international porcelain artist. Reddick designed the Official State Dinnerware for Canada. His work can be seen at Rideau Hall, the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, and the Porcelain Institute in Jingdexhen, China.

Tesoros del Pueblo: El Arte Folklorico de Mexico/Treasures of the People: The Folk Art of Mexico
Community Folk Art Center

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

Tesoros del Pueblo features folk art and photographs from the collection of Dr. Alejandro Garcia, Professor of Social Work at Syracuse University. Garcia began collecting Mexican folk art several years ago as a means to connect with his heritage. Garcia explains, "This collection, in essence, represents who I am, my pride in the richness of Mexican culture, and my celebration of the artistry of Mexican individuals who, in their carving, painting, sewing, and molding, present all of us with precious gifts."

The Imp of Love: Works by Rachel Herman
Light Work Gallery

Price: Free
Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

Artist Statement: My interest in photography grew out of the desire to make the ineffable effable, the impossibility of making the invisible visible. This series asks questions about how love, a very particular kind of love, can be made visible. I photograph couples, once-lovers but who are now renegotiating their relationship in a new context. Even though they aren't romantically intertwined any more, they still spend time together, sometimes compulsively—even though that time can be painful, fumblingly awkward, or confusedly poignant. They have an abiding affection for one another, but an affection that is often loaded, layered, complicated, or unrequited.

Transmedia Photography Annual
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

This exhibition features work by seniors and graduate students studying photography in Syracuse University's College of Visual and Performing Arts, Transmedia Department.

Phantoms
Redhouse

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

Red House Arts Center presents "Phantoms," a New Media art exhibition curated by New York City based gallerist and curator Stephan Stoayanov.

We can attribute the present art and pop-cult fascination with the paranormal and vampires with our ongoing human interest in metamorphosis.The mystery of the unknown will always be something that we obsess about. Our brain creates illusions of words and phrases.

The nine artists included in the exhibition "Phantoms" create illusions through their artwork, which evoke the paranormal and mystical on both personal and universal level. "Phantoms" features the work of Phil Argent (United Kingdom), Heather Bennett (United States), Amelie Chabannes (France), Lieven de Boeck (Belgium), Cliff Evans (Australia), Ellen Harvey (United States), Dominik Lejman (Poland), Marie Maillard (France), and Trine Lise Nedreaas (Norway).

Domestic Flourish: Works by Jen Allen
Gandee Gallery

Gandee Gallery
7846 Main St., Fabius

Jen Allen is a passionate potter. She proudly proclaims "Handcrafted pottery has the capacity to nourish the home, the hand and the mind." Her goal as an artist is to keep the handmade an integral part of the contemporary home, and her beautifully crafted pottery on view reflects this philosophy.

Allen's utilitarian pottery forms "describe contrasts between modesty and generosity, grace and awkwardness" while they relate to her love of sewing through details such as folds, seams, darts, and pillow-like handles. The exterior surfaces, inspired by a fondness for textile design, juxtapose bold pattern with quiet, glazed expanses. All of her work is created with porcelain because of the material's inherit brightness and luminosity.

At the Crossroads of American Photography: Callahan, Siskind, Sommer
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

"At the Crossroads of American Photography: Callahan, Siskind, Sommer" examines the pivotal interrelationship of three mid-century artists who helped define the course of American photography: Harry Callahan, Aaron Siskind, and Frederick Sommer. This is the first full comparison of their work and exploration of their robust, prescient exchange of ideas about photography, abstraction and metaphor. Self-taught, they helped shape the evolution of the medium as an art form. Their work is an important bridge between classic mid-century photography and hybrid artistic approaches to the medium today.

Wild Card Exhibit: Serious Art for Children
Delavan Art Gallery

Delavan Art Gallery
501 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

A new collection of works by noted illustrator and painter Connie Carroll, created for children of any age, meant to encourage an appreciation for the arts even in young children. This group of paintings bears a lighthearted and whimsical approach. The work in this series adds colorful dimension to common enjoyable experiences or fantasies for children, such as space travel or other adventures. In her artist statement, Carroll thanks "children of all ages, from one to one hundred" for joining her in exploring the fantasies depicted in these paintings.

Art: 2003-2009
Delavan Art Gallery

Delavan Art Gallery
501 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

"Art: 2003-2009" pays tribute to a group of artists aligned with the gallery since its inception over six years ago. The exhibit runs the gamut of artistic endeavors. Among the artists included in the show are: Lydia Benscher, Jamie Ashlaw, Eric W. Shute, A. Brooks Decker, Frank Calidonna, Harry R. Freeman-Jones, Diana Godfrey, Tom Hussey, John Dowling, Roscha Folger, Ruth Wynn, Wendy Harris, R. Jason Howard, Stephen Perrone, Kathleen Schneider, Arthur Brangman, Crystal LaPoint, Thomas Barnes, Tom Townsley, Kyle Mort, Andrea Hall, Stephen Ryan, Patrice Downes Centore, Robert Glisson, James Skvarch, and Vincent Fitches. The gallery is also planning to show works by Amy E. Bartell, Jim Dieso, Douglas Biklen, Tom Champion, Diane Lansing, Robert Carroll, Lauren Ritchie, Phil Austin, Sandy Clift, James R. Walker, Vivian Geiger, Richard Karuzas, Rudy Hellmann, Jennifer Colvin, Richard Schultz, Fred Wellner, Laura J. Wellner, Joyce Day Homan, Linda Esterley, Barbara Conte-Gaugel, Mary Kester, and C. J. Hodge.

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Tim Scott--The Sixties: When Colour was Sculpture
Everson Museum of Art

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

The Everson presents the monumental steel sculptures of British artist Tim Scott along with recent ceramic sculptures from his House of Clay series. The large-scale sculptures made of painted steel and acrylic sheeting were created in the late 1960s, a time when painters and sculptors alike celebrated color as form and subject. While studying to be an architect at the Architectural Association in London (1954-59), Scott was also enrolled in classes at the St. Martin's School of Art, where he worked with the well-known sculptor Anthony Caro. He was also exposed to the work of David Smith and other prominent sculptors of the time whose creative processes involved construction and assemblage rather than traditional methods such as modeling or molding. Scott, along with Philip King, William Tucker and Isaac Witkin, became identified with a group of emerging sculptors in Britain known as the "New Generation."

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The Edge of Art: New York State Artists Series: Jen Pepper: that which cannot be held
Everson Museum of Art

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

The Everson Museum of Art is pleased to present the first installment of the The Edge of Art: New York State Artist Series, featuring Jen Pepper: that which cannot be held. The series takes the place of the long running Biennial exhibition, which will return in 2012.

Pepper has created a site-specific installation, exploring language through an unexpected use of materials and space. Pepper describes her work in her artist statement as suggesting "...that objects and ideas are under constant transformation, randomly blending time, memory, reality and place as a transitional location ripe for imagining, just this side of dreaming."

For the past 34 years, the Everson has featured Central New York Artists in the Everson Biennial, a juried exhibition traditionally featuring about fifty artists in one group show. This year, the Everson introduces The Edge of Art: New York State Artist Series, for contemporary art exhibitions showcasing the work of artists living in New York State, particularly the Central New York Region. The new format presents small-scale focused exhibitions and site-specific installations of new work. The exhibitions will take place in the Robineau Gallery on the main level of the museum, while collaborative pieces and site-specific installations may be presented in auxiliary spaces throughout the museum including the main Rosamond Gifford Sculpture Court and the Mather Court located on the lower level.

Elongating the Thread
Syracuse University School of Art and Design

Price: Free
XL Projects
307-313 S. Clinton St., Syracuse

"Elongating the Thread" features the work of fiber and textile artists Jappie King Black, Anne Cofer, Annet Couwenberg, Jennifer Gandee, Mary Kester, Susan Krueger, Laura Reinhard, Barbara Jean Weingart, and Victoria Zacek.

The selected work in "Elongating the Thread" highlights the breadth of work based in the fiber and textile arts program in VPA's School of Art and Design and the success of the participants to explore their individual studio practices on a national level. The diversity of the group is evident through the variety of media (wool, silk, copper, steel, clay, and doilies) and concepts (weight, domesticity, identity, nature, war, and the subconscious) explored by the artists.

The exhibition is curated and coordinated by Cofer, Mary Giehl, and Olivia Robinson, all faculty members in the fiber and textile arts program. Many of the exhibiting artists are active members of the local artistic community and continue to make Central New York their home.

For more information, email Robinson at orobinso@syr.edu, phone 315-442-2542 during gallery hours, or visit vpa.syr.edu/xlprojects.

Breach of Peace: Eric Etheridge's Photographs of the Freedom Riders
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

In the spring and summer of 1961, several hundred Americans—blacks and whites, men and women—converged on Jackson, Mississippi, to challenge state segregation laws. The Freedom Riders, as they came to be known, were determined to open up the South to civil rights: it was illegal for bus and train stations to discriminate, but most did and were not interested in change. Over 300 people were arrested and convicted of the charge "breach of the peace."

Artist and author Eric Etheridge's exhibit, Breach of Peace, collects the mug shots of those arrested, which were only recently made public, and juxtaposes them with present-day photographs of the Riders and their recollections about the experience. The group, half black and half white (a quarter were women), was remarkably young; in their faces we see strength, courage, defiance, dignity, and, occasionally, fear.

Opening Reception: (re)circulate(d): studies in 'collage': Works of Scott Herrmann
LeMoyne College

Price: Free
Wilson Art Gallery, Noreen Reale Falcone Library
LeMoyne College, Syracuse

Scott Herrmann is a graduate of the art programs of Syracuse University and Onondaga Community College. A lifelong resident of Central New York, he resides in Liverpool with his wife and son. He recently participated in the "Collage + Assemblage" exhibit at the Schweinfurth Art Center in Auburn. This is his first solo show.

Opening: Remembrance
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Lorraine Savidge: "painting with thread" -- hand-guided original machine embroidery depicting landscape and design
Paula Burke: decorative and functional ceramics
Barbara Kellogg: abstract water media collages based on places visited
Lauren Bristol: string objects/garments referencing ancient rituals and record keeping

Opening Reception: Alejandra
Point of Contact Gallery

Price: Free
Point of Contact Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

The artists will be in attendance at the opening reception.

The Point of Contact Gallery presents "Alejandra," an international collective inspired by the life and poetry of Alejandra Pizarnik. Pizarnik's surrealist voice resounds from the '60s to inspire a new generation of dreamers. One of Argentina's adored poets, she achieved literary greatness in the Spanish world and met an early death in 1972, at the age of 36.

"Alejandra" features a stellar assembly of international scale contemporary artists, three from Latin America—Graciela Sacco (Argentina), Patricia Betancur (Uruguay); Nayda Collazo-Llorens (Puerto Rico)—and three faculty members from Syracuse University's College of Visual and Performing Arts: Mary Giehl, Emily Vey Duke and Cooper Battersby.

A visual and verbal exploration, this exhibition complements the 2010 release of a Point of Contact journal special edition dedicated to Pizarnik. The new publication will feature a series of unedited letters about poetry, from young Alejandra.

*CANCELLED* The Renegades Improv
Redhouse

Price: $15 regular; $12 students/seniors
Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

The Renegades are a comedy troupe based out of Syracuse, NY. The troupe incorporates sketches, digital shorts, and improv games into the performance to produce a show that's equal parts Saturday Night Live, Whose Line is it Anyways?, and Monty Python.

Performing will be Deidre Dyer, Brandon Dyer, Tim Hogarth, Jeff White, Aaron Geiskopf, and Ron Sweet.

Imbued
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $7 regular; $5 students/seniors
Palace Theater
2384 James St., Syracuse

Award-winning filmmaker Rob Nilsson brings his newest film to Syracuse. "Imbued" stars Stacy Keach, with Michelle Anton Allen, Liz Sklar and Nancy Bower. Donatello is a complex man who bets money he does not possess on horses, sports teams, and just about anything else he cannot attain. What Donatello isn't betting on is the strange and sudden appearance of Lydia, a beautiful woman with an expensive problem Don is convinced he can solve. Through one long night together, emotions are laid bare, settling and unsettling in the shadowy corners of the San Francisco skyline.

Join us after the screening for a SyrFilm exclusive video interview with Stacy Keach and live discussion with Rob Nilsson.

Onondaga Community College
OCC African Percussion Ensemble

Price: Free
Storer Auditorium
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

Tenor Madness Plus Piano
Featuring Stefan Vasnier, piano

Price: $20 adults, $10 students
Erwin First United Methodist Church
920 Euclid Ave., Syracuse

Tenor Madness is made up of Hanna Richardson on tenor guitar and vocals, Tom Bronzetti on tenor guitar, and Phil Flanagan on bass. For this performance, they will be joined by pianist Stefan Vasnier.

Stefan, a native Parisian, has played in many jazz clubs and for several European festivals. Primarily influenced by Ahmad Jamal, Nat King Cole, and Wynton Kelly, he's perfectly suited to accompany the unique sound of twin tenor guitars, and the classic repertoire of Tenor Madness.

Light refreshments will be available during the intermission.

Rubblebucket + Sophistafunk, Animal Pants, and Phantom Chemistry
Westcott Theater

Westcott Theater
524 Westcott St., Syracuse

The Flying Dutchman
Syracuse Opera

Crouse Hinds Concert Theater, Mulroy Civic Center
411 Montgomery St., Syracuse

The legend of the Flying Dutchman has been told and re-told through the ages, but never as magnificently as by Richard Wagner. The glorious music brilliantly captures the yearning desperation of the cursed sea captain, and the tragic despair of the woman who loves him enough to die for him. This multimedia concert event focuses all of the musical forces of the company, featuring artists in demand worldwide, an expanded chorus, and superb accompaniment by the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra. Projected images, innovative lighting, and dramatic interactions give spectacle to this groundbreaking event.

Featuring Greer Grimsley as The Dutchman, Lori Phillips as Senta, Alan Glassman as Erik, and Peter Strummer as Daland. Sung in German with projected English titles.

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Greg Ames, novelist
Downtown Writer's Center

Price: Free
YMCA Downtown
340 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Greg Ames is the author of Buffalo Lockjaw, winner of the 2009 NAIBA Book of the Year Award. His stories have appeared in the Best American Nonrequired Reading, McSweeney's, Open City and The Sun. His work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Ames lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.

The Good Doctor
Baldwinsville Theatre Guild
Jon Barden, director

Price: Adults $15, students $12
First Presbyterian Church of Baldwinsville
64 Oswego St., Baldwinsville

The Good Doctor is Neil Simon's tribute to one of his play writing idols—the Russian playwright Anton Chekov. The play is a series of scenes and vignettes (12 in all) written as Chekov farces with that wonderful funny and poignant Simon touch.

The cast includes Mark Baker, Denise Ballou, Jay Burris, Camille Chace, Stephanie Long, Cole Salo and Josh Taylor.

Macbeth
Syracuse Shakespeare-in-the-Park
Dan Stevens, director

Price: $10 regular; $5 with SU student ID; $7.50 with SU faculty/staff ID
Empire Theater
New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes

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Revenge of the Space Pandas
Black Box Players

Price: Free
Loft Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Binky Rudich is your everyday, run-of-the-mill mad scientist, and with the help of his assistant Vivian and his friend Bob the Sheep (who is a sheep) he creates his masterpiece. A two-speed clock. This two-speed clock not only keeps Earth time but also, when used correctly, stops Earth time and shoots Binky, Vivian, and Bob the Sheep off into the galaxy. They arrive on Crestview, 4th World of the Goolagong system, which is ruled by the tyrannical (but not too bright) George Topax and his army of Space Pandas. Their clock is broken, their territory is unknown, and their situation is dire. Needless to say, hilarity ensues as our fearless friends try to fix their clock and make it home in time for lunch. Mama Rudich is making casserole. Written by David Mamet, directed by Tony Cavallo.

Emma's Child
LeMoyne College
Steve Braddock, director

Price: $12 regular, $10 seniors, $4 students
Coyne Center for the Performing Arts
LeMoyne College, Syracuse

When a married couple, after years of trying to have a child of their own, decides to adopt a newborn baby only to discover the baby has a terminal condition, their lives are thrown into a crisis that threatens to tear their marriage apart. What are a couple's rights and responsibilities to a child and to each other? How does a hospital staff and administration, bound by regulations and laws, negotiate waters clouded with strong feelings and emotions?

The first play ever commissioned by the internationally acclaimed Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Emma's Child is a riveting story, emphasizing that "Life matters and the connection between lives matters." Tenderly and insightfully written with a light, comedic touch, it is a play that deeply involves the audience with the title character, a brave little individual, and the adults that are forever changed by sharing his life.

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Star Wars: The Musical
Rarely Done Productions
Wit's End Players

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

Starring the brightest lights of the Syracuse stage, Star Wars: The Musical is a hilarious interpretation of what the 1977 film might have been like if it had opened off-Broadway instead of at Mann's Chinese Theater. Though written with a tongue-in-cheek attitude, the comedy rarely sinks into parody, and instead relies on turning some of the more mundane moments of the film into high melodrama by way of song (as well as the mechanics of how to stage the attack on the Death Star using only performers in starship costumes!) Book by George Lucas as adapted by Todd Panek and David R. Witanowski, music and lyrics by Timothy Edward Smith and Hunter Nolen.

Presented as a benefit by Rarely Done Productions and The Wit's End Players.

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Fat Pig
Simply New Theatre
John Nara, director

Price: 29.50 includes opening night party at Opus following
Carrier Theater, Mulroy Civic Center
411 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Cow. Slob. Pig. How many insults can you hear before you have to stand up and defend the woman you love? Tom faces just that question when he falls for Helen, a bright, funny, sexy young woman who happens to be plus-sized...and then some. Forced to explain his new relationship to his shallow (although shockingly funny) friends, he finally comes to terms with his own preconceptions of the importance of conventional good looks. This sharply drawn play not only critiques our slavish adherence to Hollywood ideals of beauty but also boldly questions our own ability to change what we dislike about ourselves.

A modern romantic comedy by Neil Labute, featuring Josh Canfield, Jenn DeCook, Katheryn Guyette, and Wil Szczech.

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Lookingglass Alice
Syracuse Stage

Archbold Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

In your wildest imaginings, you've never imagined Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass like this! Staged with endless wit, astonishing physicality, breathtaking aerial acrobatics, and theatrical daring, Alice, The Mad Hatter, Humpty Dumpty, the Cheshire Cat, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, and all of Lewis Carroll's enchanting characters come to dizzyingly, playful, gravity-defying life in a circus-like spectacle sure to amaze kids and adults alike. By David Catlin.

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The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Syracuse University Drama Department
Elizabeth Ingram, director

Price: $18 regular, $16 students/seniors, $7 rush at the door if available
Storch Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

In this early comedy, Shakespeare cheerfully travesties love and friendship as two best friends fall for and fall out over the same woman. a genuine precursor to the later great comedies (this is the first of the Bard's plays to feature a woman disguised as a man), the seeds of Shakespeare's genius are one full display in this farcical romp. Check out a character named Launce and his dog Crab.

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