Thursday, January 25, 2007

Un/Common Threads: Selections from the Light Work Collection
Light Work Gallery

Robert B. Menschel Media Center
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

This exhibition, curated by Syracuse University graduate student Kaylen Williams, features images from the Light Work Collection. The work selected explores how contemporary artists approach issues of ethnic and cultural identity.

Atrium Exhibit: Scholastic Art Awards Show
Onondaga Community College

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

A vast exhibit of regional high school Scholastic Art Awards competition entries featuring multimedia, painting, photography and ceramics.

Visual Arts Showcase #58
CNY Arts

Price: Free
WCNY
415 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

The Visual Arts Showcase Committee of the CRC is pleased to present an eclectic offering, featuring work of state and local grant winners since 2000. Special viewing arrangements can be made through the Cultural Resources Council at 315-435-2155.

Gallery Exhibit: Kente Cloth
Onondaga Community College

Price: Free
Ann Felton Multicultural Center and Gallery
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

W.E.B. DuBois Traveling Exhibit
Onondaga Community College

Price: Free
Ann Felton Multicultural Center and Gallery
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

In Woman Veritas
Point of Contact Gallery

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

In Woman Veritas is a selection of photography from the Point of Contact Collection, including works by Burt Barr, Maureen Connor, Marta Chilindrón & Eduardo Costas, Rimma Gerlovina & Valeriy Gerlovin, and Joseph Kugielsky.

The exhibit is a reflection on women, giving visitors a chance to examine different processes by which art is created and to ask questions about the ways in which truth is manifest in women. Seeing the works of art, which were created for publication in the Point of Contact journal series, in their raw and original forms along with their polished, published forms, invites a comparison between reality and what we, and the artist, perceive as reality, or truth. In fact, truth can arise from a process of searching, or, conversely, can be expressed in an instant. The exhibit revolves around this idea of truth and perspective, and visitors are encouraged to explore both the artists' perspectives of truth and their own.

Guided visits can be scheduled outside of regular hours by appointment.

John Thompson: A Traveler's Glimpse of India
Syracuse University College of Visual and Performing Arts

Price: Free
VPA Dean's Gallery
Room 200, Crouse College, Syracuse University, Syracuse

The College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) Dean's Gallery at Syracuse University will host an exhibition of paintings, drawings and pastels by VPA professor John Thompson. The exhibition is open to the public. Paid parking is available in Irving Garage.

Thompson is professor of illustration and coordinator of the illustration program. The works shown in his exhibition are the result of research from a trip he took to India in fall 2005.

Thompson works as a painter and illustrator, and has been featured in numerous art magazines. An internationally known illustrator, he has won gold and silver medals from the Society of Illustrators, the New Jersey Art Director's Club, the Denver Art Director's Club, the Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles and the CEBA Award for Communication Excellence in Black Publishing and Advertising. Other accolades include awards of excellence from Communication Arts Magazine and Print Magazine.

Thompson is the recipient of the 2006 Hamilton King Award from the Society of Illustrators for best illustration of the year. As a children's book illustrator, he has also won three American Library Association Notable Book Awards.

For more information, contact Susan Tooley in the VPA Dean's Office at 315-443-5889.

Photography to Help Bridge the Relationship Between People and Place
Westcott Community Center

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

The photographs of Andrew W. Burdick are a visual testimony to time spent in Europe and North Africa, traveling across the United States, and extensive travel in the Pacific Northwest near his home and studio in Portland, Oregon. His photos speak to the essence of human relationship with our environments.

Burdick is a 1998 graduate of Vernon-Verona-Sherrill High School (Verona, NY), The Peddie School and St. Lawrence University. Following his college graduation Burdick lived in Europe and North Africa for about six months. During this time he traveled and worked on a remote organic farm in the mountains of Southern Spain, documenting the change in relationship between human and natural systems. When he returned to the United States he worked for a year and a half as the Land Steward at The Center for Whole Communities, an organic farm and education center in Vermont. He then joined his friends of the blues and roots band Grace Potter and the Nocturnals (Hollywood Records) as Tour Manager and Photographer logging more than 35,000 road miles and driving coast-to-coast four times. While on tour, the band performed with such musical acts as blues legend Taj Mahal, The Dave Matthews Band, Trey Anastasio (Phish), The North Mississippi All-Stars, and Robert Cray.

His photographs have been used for album graphics, posters, web designs, office and home decoration, and have appeared in literary magazines and newspapers across the country. Burdick has recently published a book of photography, There and Back Again: Across The Country With Grace Potter And The Nocturnals. He also co-directed a Vermont Public Television live video recording of Grace Potter And The Nocturnals that has subsequently been released on DVD. Currently, Burdick splits time between his Portland, OR and Sherrill, NY studios where he owns and operates freelance photography businesses. In addition, Burdick has recently accepted the position of Director of Photography for Seanchai Productions, a documentary film company based in Portland focused on covering local and global issues that are environmentally and socially pressing in nature.

A Connection with Time
Edgewood Gallery

Price: Free
Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Large, panoramic photos of the world of baseball at the beginning of the 20th century.

New to You
Associated Artists of Central New York

Price: Free
Manlius Village Library
Manlius Village Center, 1 Arkie Albanese Dr., Manlius

An exhibit of the work of new guild members as well as emerging and seldom shown artists.

Underground Railroad Made Visible: Photos by William Earle Williams
Community Folk Art Center

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

The photographs are of sites that were once part of the Underground Railroad, including many here in Central New York.

The exhibition is held in conjunction with a simultaneous exhibition at Light Work also featuring Williams' photographs: "Unsung Heroes: African American Soldiers in the Civil War."

William Earle Williams received a B.A. degree in History from Hamilton College and an M.F.A. degree in Fine Arts from Yale University. He is a Professor of Fine Arts at Haverford College in Pennsylvania and also a Curator of Photography. Williams participated in Light Work's Artist-in-Residence program in 2003.

Pride and Perseverance: Civil Rights Paintings by Charly Palmer
Community Folk Art Center

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

An artist with a passion for history, Palmer's works chronicle important social and political events, focusing on African American historical subjects and the Civil Rights Movement in particular. Palmer's works make use of bold colors, textures and layers to bring his subjects to life. He has exhibited extensively throughout the United States and his work can be found in several prominent public and private collections. Palmer has received several major awards and commissions. He has also worked as an educator, instructing students of all ages in drawing, painting, design and illustration.

Unsung Heroes: African American Soldiers in the Civil War
Light Work Gallery
Featuring works by William Earle Williams

Robert B. Menschel Media Center
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

Until the release of the motion picture Glory in 1989, it was not well known that more than 180,000 black soldiers served in the Civil War. The exhibition Unsung Heroes: African American Soldiers in the Civil War features over 40 stunning black-and-white photographs by William Earle Williams. The images call attention to the sites made special through these soldiers' contributions, so that their story becomes a part of our American story.

Transmedia Photography Annual
Light Work Gallery

Robert B. Menschel Media Center
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

The exhibition features the work of seniors and graduate students in Syracuse University's Department of Transmedia.

Faux Naturel
The Warehouse Gallery

Price: Free
The Warehouse Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

Cheerfully dark exhibition of young Canadian and American artists ponders deceit, nature, temptation and excess. Seven artists in Philadelphia, Montréal, Syracuse, and Toronto have created stunning visions of larger-than-life sculpture, tragicomedic video, striking collages, and intricate printmaking.

The exhibit contains recent works by Alex Da Corte (Philadelphia), Emily Vey Duke and Cooper Battersby (Syracuse), Nick Lenker (Philadelphia), Annie MacDonell (Toronto), Allyson Mitchell (Toronto), and Andrea Vander Kooij (Montreal).

Dreams: Between the Sky and the Earth: Collaborations with Children at Ed Smith School
The Warehouse Gallery

The Warehouse Link Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

"Between the sky and the earth emerge paths to a new way of life where people journey together to a cleaner, safer, more beautiful world." So reads the inscription on a photograph by fifth-grader Shivhari Chathrattil describing his dream and image. It is one of more than 80 photographs -- in addition to a video documentary -- on display in the exhibition, which explores the dreams and visual imaginations of fifth-grade students in the Syracuse City School District (SCSD) and is the culmination of the efforts of an innovative course -- Literacy, Community and Photography -- offered through Syracuse University's College of Visual and Performing Arts.

Meaning and Metaphor
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

Meaning and Metaphor presents a group of 10 large contemporary paintings and two distinctly different sculptures. Made by American and British artists, the works challenge preconceived notions of what art is and its purpose.

Several pieces reject the idea that art needs to be realistic. Large paintings by Bernard Cohen and Walter Darby Bannard explore abstraction in uniquely different ways. Bannard's Sun Flood, 1972 is an excellent late example of Abstract Expressionism while Cohen's Somewhere Between, 1975 pushed Op Art to its philosophical extreme.

Other works examine the role of narration in art. Robert Birmelin's Night Driving, 1964, Sidney Goodman's Eclipse and Rico Lebrun's Lazarus, 1962 develop stories that leave the viewer with more questions than answers.

Parking is available at the Marion Avenue parking lot. For further information please contact the Galleries' David Prince at 315-443-4097.

War News and Strange Brews: The Art of Boris Artzybasheff
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

Boris Artzybasheff was a Russian émigré artist who painted over 200 cover illustrations for Time magazine. His most important work dates to World War II when he depicted the politicians, military leaders and the issues that governed the course of the conflict. His unique abilities in portraiture led Time to select him to paint several Man of the Year covers including portraits of Joseph Stalin and Harry Truman.

Artzybasheff was possibly more famous for his illustrations that gave machinery human characteristics. His sly talent for choosing just the right amount of human anatomy gave each machine a personality that ranged from sympathetic to sinister. Viewers were therefore compelled to have an emotional reaction to the machine and its purpose.

Parking is available at the Marion Avenue parking lot. For further information please contact the Galleries' David Prince at 315-443-4097.

Celestial Images: Antiquarian Astronomical Charts and Maps From the Mendillo Collection
Syracuse University Art Museum

Price: Free
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

Celestial Images celebrates the Golden Age of astronomical charts. Some of the world's earliest artistic images, illustrations of cosmologies and heavenly phenomena, entered into a new and lively phase during the Renaissance. The invention of printing in the 15th century improved the means of disseminating scientific knowledge; advances in astronomy in the 16th and 17th centuries led to the portrayal of new information. This fortuitous conjunction created printed astronomical charts of surprising accuracy and delicate beauty. Celestial cartographers combined their scientific quest with a keen aesthetic sense -- each chart had to be an object of beauty, as well as a repository of information. These charts were a celebration of aesthetics as well as scientific knowledge.

Like the twins of Gemini, art and science walked hand-in-hand for over hundred years. By the late 19th century, this unified way of seeing had split into the "two cultures" of art and science that we know today. Overwhelmed by a vast amount of data, astronomical charts of the 20th century eventually changed into functional, unadorned tools intended for the specialists. Tucked away in libraries, museums and private collections, however, are splendid remnants of a bygone era. Assembled here from the Mendillo Collection of Antiquarian Astronomical Charts and Maps are over 80 examples of some of the finest celestial cartography created. There are star charts (maps of the constellations and the full celestial sphere), charts of planetary systems (cosmologies), and a smaller third category, charts of celestial phenomena (such as nebulae, comets, and eclipses). Together, they pay homage to a time when simple systems explained the universe and humankind held friendly commerce with the skies.

Weekend and evening Galleries visitors can park in the Q4 lot on College Place. Notify the attendant that you are visiting the Galleries and you will be directed where to park. Parking is on a space available basis and may be restricted during events held at the Carrier Dome. If spaces aren't available the attendant will direct you to the nearest lot.

On the Edge of Pop
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

On the Edge of Pop presents a selection of paintings, sculpture and prints that examines the pop art movement's later years in the 1970s. Included in the exhibition are works by Pop icons like Andy Warhol and Robert Rauschenberg. These originators were joined by later participants including Robert Cottingham, John Clem Clark and Mel Ramos.

Pop established a new order of symbols, images and content that evolved over time. The style began in the late 1950s as a reaction to the intensely personal and gestural look of Abstract Expressionism. Pop artists de-emphasized their role in making art by often using more mechanical techniques usually associated with mass market processes. Their images were often appropriated from popular culture and, as a result, the general public greeted the new work enthusiastically.

By 1970 Pop had evolved into a more mainstream art form as the style broadened its scope. Andy Warhol did a series of paintings and prints of celebrities and other important figures. He took a famous publicity photograph of Marilyn Monroe and made a series of differently colored screenprints. Installed as multiples, the prints reinterpreted the starlet's place in American culture. Robert Rauschenberg had gained such a reputation that in 1969 NASA invited him to Cape Canaveral to witness the launch of Apollo 11 and to use its images in his work. His color screenprint Signs, 1970 prominently features the astronaut Buzz Aldrin standing on the moon along with a host of other iconic figures and events from the preceding decade.

Weekend and evening Galleries visitors can park in the Q4 lot on College Place. Notify the attendant that you are visiting the Galleries and you will be directed where to park. Parking is on a space available basis and may be restricted during events held at the Carrier Dome. If spaces aren't available the attendant will direct you to the nearest lot.

Michael Matthews: Out of India
Redhouse

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

This collection of Expressionist style landscape paintings were executed in India by this Canadian born artist. Matthews' states that his love affair with the art of India began over 15 years ago when he was drawn to the Islamic galleries of the Persian, Moghul and Rajput collections in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Since that time he has made three visits to India, culminating in several months of immersion into the culture, flavor and appeal of the people and surroundings. It is apparent that Matthews was overwhelmed by the grand architecture of India, which form the core of this exhibition.

These works on paper are very reminiscent of Indian textiles, and the various techniques used to bleed and run natural pigmented dyes, like batik and block printing. Matthews' spontaneous way of working exemplifies his expressive style and is enhanced by his use of water-based paints on paper. The melding together of the paints with the paper forms a rich surface in these quickly rendered compositions. Each painting epitomizes Matthews' enchantment with India while celebrating the splendor of Indian architecture and textile through his simple color choices, strong outlines, and an energetic use of pattern.

The Human Condition
Delavan Art Gallery

Price: Free
Delavan Art Gallery
501 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

The exhibit features photography and wood cut prints of West Africa by James Albertson, drawings on issues of forced emigration by Joan Carlon, oil paintings by William Finch, drawings on canvas and linen of West African women by Viginia Hovendon, and watercolor portraits by Stephen Ryan.

Artist Talk: Alex Da Corte
The Warehouse Gallery

Price: Free
The Warehouse Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

Cultural Roots & Routes
Paul Robeson Performing Arts Company

Price: Free
Storer Auditorium
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

Cultural Roots & Routes will celebrate the African American cultural roots from which we grow and prosper and the cultural routes, the paths we as people travel to reach self actualization. Through storytelling, dance and music - from classical to blues - the performance will illustrate how people choose different ways of expressing their cultural heritage.

Appearing will be nationally renowned artists including blues guitarist and storyteller Guy Davis, master percussionist Michael Wimberly, master dancers Maia McKinney and Catherine "Cat" Foster from the Forces of Nature Dance Troupe, jazz cellist Karen Patterson, and urban jazz violinist Rodney McCoy.

Cultural Roots & Routes
Paul Robeson Performing Arts Company

Price: Free
Schine Underground, Schine Student Center
Syracuse University, Syracuse

Cultural Roots & Routes will celebrate the African American cultural roots from which we grow and prosper and the cultural routes, the paths we as people travel to reach self actualization. Through storytelling, dance and music - from classical to blues - the performance will illustrate how people choose different ways of expressing their cultural heritage.

Appearing will be nationally renowned artists including blues guitarist and storyteller Guy Davis, master percussionist Michael Wimberly, master dancers Maia McKinney and Catherine "Cat" Foster from the Forces of Nature Dance Troupe, jazz cellist Karen Patterson, and urban jazz violinist Rodney McCoy.

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

Price: $26 plus tax and gratuities (includes meal and show)
Spaghetti Warehouse
689 N. Clinton St., Syracuse

Audience participation comedy/mystery dinner theater.

Spike Heels
Syracuse Stage
Robert Moss, director

Price: $35, $31, $22 (adults); $18 (teens); $15 (children)
Archbold Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Playwright Theresa Rebeck (of last season's comic delight Bad Dates) is fascinated with the tricky negotiations of male-female relationships. With Spike Heels, she plunges head first into the complexities of the battle of the sexes and pops up with a witty, compelling and very tart comedy. Even smart people are not so smart when it comes to love. (Adult language.)

Set in present-day Boston, the play focuses on the mixed-up, complicated relationships of four friends. Georgie is an attractive, street-savvy woman with a penchant for stiletto heels that make prizes of her legs. She lives in the same apartment complex as Andrew, a political philosophy professor writing a book. The two meet by the mailboxes one day and become unlikely friends. Andrew takes Georgie under his wing and helps her land a job as a secretary with his friend Edward, a lawyer. However, when Edward sexually harasses Georgie, the situation turns volatile. The fact that Andrew is engaged to Edward's ex-girlfriend Lydia complicates things even further.

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Little Women
Syracuse University Drama Department

Price: Free (very limited seating)
Syracuse Stage, Room 243
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Faculty, staff, students and an alumnus of the Department of Drama in Syracuse University's College of Visual and Performing Arts will join forces to present a workshop production of a new musical version of Little Women, based on author Louisa May Alcott's beloved novel.

The melodic, moving, score, winner of a Richard Rodgers Award, was composed by Kim Oler and lyricist Alison Hubbard, with book adaptation by Sean Hartley. The workshop production will be directed by SU alumnus Alan Souza, with musical supervision by Nathan Hurwitz, SU Drama staff member, and choreography by Kim Hale, assistant professor of drama.

Little Women tells the timeless tale of the March family during Civil War-era America. Under the guidance of their devoted mother, Marmee, and with their father away fighting in the war, Josephine (Jo), Margaret (Meg), Amy and Elizabeth (Beth) blossom from girls into women. In a time of national division, the four sisters hold on to each other and to hope as they face the joys and sorrows of courtship, romance, illness, loss, growing up and letting go.

For more information or to reserve seats, phone the Syracuse Stage box office at 315-443-3275.

Friday, January 26, 2007

Un/Common Threads: Selections from the Light Work Collection
Light Work Gallery

Robert B. Menschel Media Center
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

This exhibition, curated by Syracuse University graduate student Kaylen Williams, features images from the Light Work Collection. The work selected explores how contemporary artists approach issues of ethnic and cultural identity.

Atrium Exhibit: Scholastic Art Awards Show
Onondaga Community College

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

A vast exhibit of regional high school Scholastic Art Awards competition entries featuring multimedia, painting, photography and ceramics.

Visual Arts Showcase #58
CNY Arts

Price: Free
WCNY
415 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

The Visual Arts Showcase Committee of the CRC is pleased to present an eclectic offering, featuring work of state and local grant winners since 2000. Special viewing arrangements can be made through the Cultural Resources Council at 315-435-2155.

W.E.B. DuBois Traveling Exhibit
Onondaga Community College

Price: Free
Ann Felton Multicultural Center and Gallery
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

Gallery Exhibit: Kente Cloth
Onondaga Community College

Price: Free
Ann Felton Multicultural Center and Gallery
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

In Woman Veritas
Point of Contact Gallery

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

In Woman Veritas is a selection of photography from the Point of Contact Collection, including works by Burt Barr, Maureen Connor, Marta Chilindrón & Eduardo Costas, Rimma Gerlovina & Valeriy Gerlovin, and Joseph Kugielsky.

The exhibit is a reflection on women, giving visitors a chance to examine different processes by which art is created and to ask questions about the ways in which truth is manifest in women. Seeing the works of art, which were created for publication in the Point of Contact journal series, in their raw and original forms along with their polished, published forms, invites a comparison between reality and what we, and the artist, perceive as reality, or truth. In fact, truth can arise from a process of searching, or, conversely, can be expressed in an instant. The exhibit revolves around this idea of truth and perspective, and visitors are encouraged to explore both the artists' perspectives of truth and their own.

Guided visits can be scheduled outside of regular hours by appointment.

John Thompson: A Traveler's Glimpse of India
Syracuse University College of Visual and Performing Arts

Price: Free
VPA Dean's Gallery
Room 200, Crouse College, Syracuse University, Syracuse

The College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) Dean's Gallery at Syracuse University will host an exhibition of paintings, drawings and pastels by VPA professor John Thompson. The exhibition is open to the public. Paid parking is available in Irving Garage.

Thompson is professor of illustration and coordinator of the illustration program. The works shown in his exhibition are the result of research from a trip he took to India in fall 2005.

Thompson works as a painter and illustrator, and has been featured in numerous art magazines. An internationally known illustrator, he has won gold and silver medals from the Society of Illustrators, the New Jersey Art Director's Club, the Denver Art Director's Club, the Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles and the CEBA Award for Communication Excellence in Black Publishing and Advertising. Other accolades include awards of excellence from Communication Arts Magazine and Print Magazine.

Thompson is the recipient of the 2006 Hamilton King Award from the Society of Illustrators for best illustration of the year. As a children's book illustrator, he has also won three American Library Association Notable Book Awards.

For more information, contact Susan Tooley in the VPA Dean's Office at 315-443-5889.

Photography to Help Bridge the Relationship Between People and Place
Westcott Community Center

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

The photographs of Andrew W. Burdick are a visual testimony to time spent in Europe and North Africa, traveling across the United States, and extensive travel in the Pacific Northwest near his home and studio in Portland, Oregon. His photos speak to the essence of human relationship with our environments.

Burdick is a 1998 graduate of Vernon-Verona-Sherrill High School (Verona, NY), The Peddie School and St. Lawrence University. Following his college graduation Burdick lived in Europe and North Africa for about six months. During this time he traveled and worked on a remote organic farm in the mountains of Southern Spain, documenting the change in relationship between human and natural systems. When he returned to the United States he worked for a year and a half as the Land Steward at The Center for Whole Communities, an organic farm and education center in Vermont. He then joined his friends of the blues and roots band Grace Potter and the Nocturnals (Hollywood Records) as Tour Manager and Photographer logging more than 35,000 road miles and driving coast-to-coast four times. While on tour, the band performed with such musical acts as blues legend Taj Mahal, The Dave Matthews Band, Trey Anastasio (Phish), The North Mississippi All-Stars, and Robert Cray.

His photographs have been used for album graphics, posters, web designs, office and home decoration, and have appeared in literary magazines and newspapers across the country. Burdick has recently published a book of photography, There and Back Again: Across The Country With Grace Potter And The Nocturnals. He also co-directed a Vermont Public Television live video recording of Grace Potter And The Nocturnals that has subsequently been released on DVD. Currently, Burdick splits time between his Portland, OR and Sherrill, NY studios where he owns and operates freelance photography businesses. In addition, Burdick has recently accepted the position of Director of Photography for Seanchai Productions, a documentary film company based in Portland focused on covering local and global issues that are environmentally and socially pressing in nature.

A Connection with Time
Edgewood Gallery

Price: Free
Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Large, panoramic photos of the world of baseball at the beginning of the 20th century.

New to You
Associated Artists of Central New York

Price: Free
Manlius Village Library
Manlius Village Center, 1 Arkie Albanese Dr., Manlius

An exhibit of the work of new guild members as well as emerging and seldom shown artists.

Underground Railroad Made Visible: Photos by William Earle Williams
Community Folk Art Center

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

The photographs are of sites that were once part of the Underground Railroad, including many here in Central New York.

The exhibition is held in conjunction with a simultaneous exhibition at Light Work also featuring Williams' photographs: "Unsung Heroes: African American Soldiers in the Civil War."

William Earle Williams received a B.A. degree in History from Hamilton College and an M.F.A. degree in Fine Arts from Yale University. He is a Professor of Fine Arts at Haverford College in Pennsylvania and also a Curator of Photography. Williams participated in Light Work's Artist-in-Residence program in 2003.

Pride and Perseverance: Civil Rights Paintings by Charly Palmer
Community Folk Art Center

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

An artist with a passion for history, Palmer's works chronicle important social and political events, focusing on African American historical subjects and the Civil Rights Movement in particular. Palmer's works make use of bold colors, textures and layers to bring his subjects to life. He has exhibited extensively throughout the United States and his work can be found in several prominent public and private collections. Palmer has received several major awards and commissions. He has also worked as an educator, instructing students of all ages in drawing, painting, design and illustration.

Transmedia Photography Annual
Light Work Gallery

Robert B. Menschel Media Center
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

The exhibition features the work of seniors and graduate students in Syracuse University's Department of Transmedia.

Unsung Heroes: African American Soldiers in the Civil War
Light Work Gallery
Featuring works by William Earle Williams

Robert B. Menschel Media Center
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

Until the release of the motion picture Glory in 1989, it was not well known that more than 180,000 black soldiers served in the Civil War. The exhibition Unsung Heroes: African American Soldiers in the Civil War features over 40 stunning black-and-white photographs by William Earle Williams. The images call attention to the sites made special through these soldiers' contributions, so that their story becomes a part of our American story.

Faux Naturel
The Warehouse Gallery

Price: Free
The Warehouse Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

Cheerfully dark exhibition of young Canadian and American artists ponders deceit, nature, temptation and excess. Seven artists in Philadelphia, Montréal, Syracuse, and Toronto have created stunning visions of larger-than-life sculpture, tragicomedic video, striking collages, and intricate printmaking.

The exhibit contains recent works by Alex Da Corte (Philadelphia), Emily Vey Duke and Cooper Battersby (Syracuse), Nick Lenker (Philadelphia), Annie MacDonell (Toronto), Allyson Mitchell (Toronto), and Andrea Vander Kooij (Montreal).

Dreams: Between the Sky and the Earth: Collaborations with Children at Ed Smith School
The Warehouse Gallery

The Warehouse Link Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

"Between the sky and the earth emerge paths to a new way of life where people journey together to a cleaner, safer, more beautiful world." So reads the inscription on a photograph by fifth-grader Shivhari Chathrattil describing his dream and image. It is one of more than 80 photographs -- in addition to a video documentary -- on display in the exhibition, which explores the dreams and visual imaginations of fifth-grade students in the Syracuse City School District (SCSD) and is the culmination of the efforts of an innovative course -- Literacy, Community and Photography -- offered through Syracuse University's College of Visual and Performing Arts.

War News and Strange Brews: The Art of Boris Artzybasheff
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

Boris Artzybasheff was a Russian émigré artist who painted over 200 cover illustrations for Time magazine. His most important work dates to World War II when he depicted the politicians, military leaders and the issues that governed the course of the conflict. His unique abilities in portraiture led Time to select him to paint several Man of the Year covers including portraits of Joseph Stalin and Harry Truman.

Artzybasheff was possibly more famous for his illustrations that gave machinery human characteristics. His sly talent for choosing just the right amount of human anatomy gave each machine a personality that ranged from sympathetic to sinister. Viewers were therefore compelled to have an emotional reaction to the machine and its purpose.

Parking is available at the Marion Avenue parking lot. For further information please contact the Galleries' David Prince at 315-443-4097.

Meaning and Metaphor
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

Meaning and Metaphor presents a group of 10 large contemporary paintings and two distinctly different sculptures. Made by American and British artists, the works challenge preconceived notions of what art is and its purpose.

Several pieces reject the idea that art needs to be realistic. Large paintings by Bernard Cohen and Walter Darby Bannard explore abstraction in uniquely different ways. Bannard's Sun Flood, 1972 is an excellent late example of Abstract Expressionism while Cohen's Somewhere Between, 1975 pushed Op Art to its philosophical extreme.

Other works examine the role of narration in art. Robert Birmelin's Night Driving, 1964, Sidney Goodman's Eclipse and Rico Lebrun's Lazarus, 1962 develop stories that leave the viewer with more questions than answers.

Parking is available at the Marion Avenue parking lot. For further information please contact the Galleries' David Prince at 315-443-4097.

Celestial Images: Antiquarian Astronomical Charts and Maps From the Mendillo Collection
Syracuse University Art Museum

Price: Free
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

Celestial Images celebrates the Golden Age of astronomical charts. Some of the world's earliest artistic images, illustrations of cosmologies and heavenly phenomena, entered into a new and lively phase during the Renaissance. The invention of printing in the 15th century improved the means of disseminating scientific knowledge; advances in astronomy in the 16th and 17th centuries led to the portrayal of new information. This fortuitous conjunction created printed astronomical charts of surprising accuracy and delicate beauty. Celestial cartographers combined their scientific quest with a keen aesthetic sense -- each chart had to be an object of beauty, as well as a repository of information. These charts were a celebration of aesthetics as well as scientific knowledge.

Like the twins of Gemini, art and science walked hand-in-hand for over hundred years. By the late 19th century, this unified way of seeing had split into the "two cultures" of art and science that we know today. Overwhelmed by a vast amount of data, astronomical charts of the 20th century eventually changed into functional, unadorned tools intended for the specialists. Tucked away in libraries, museums and private collections, however, are splendid remnants of a bygone era. Assembled here from the Mendillo Collection of Antiquarian Astronomical Charts and Maps are over 80 examples of some of the finest celestial cartography created. There are star charts (maps of the constellations and the full celestial sphere), charts of planetary systems (cosmologies), and a smaller third category, charts of celestial phenomena (such as nebulae, comets, and eclipses). Together, they pay homage to a time when simple systems explained the universe and humankind held friendly commerce with the skies.

Weekend and evening Galleries visitors can park in the Q4 lot on College Place. Notify the attendant that you are visiting the Galleries and you will be directed where to park. Parking is on a space available basis and may be restricted during events held at the Carrier Dome. If spaces aren't available the attendant will direct you to the nearest lot.

On the Edge of Pop
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

On the Edge of Pop presents a selection of paintings, sculpture and prints that examines the pop art movement's later years in the 1970s. Included in the exhibition are works by Pop icons like Andy Warhol and Robert Rauschenberg. These originators were joined by later participants including Robert Cottingham, John Clem Clark and Mel Ramos.

Pop established a new order of symbols, images and content that evolved over time. The style began in the late 1950s as a reaction to the intensely personal and gestural look of Abstract Expressionism. Pop artists de-emphasized their role in making art by often using more mechanical techniques usually associated with mass market processes. Their images were often appropriated from popular culture and, as a result, the general public greeted the new work enthusiastically.

By 1970 Pop had evolved into a more mainstream art form as the style broadened its scope. Andy Warhol did a series of paintings and prints of celebrities and other important figures. He took a famous publicity photograph of Marilyn Monroe and made a series of differently colored screenprints. Installed as multiples, the prints reinterpreted the starlet's place in American culture. Robert Rauschenberg had gained such a reputation that in 1969 NASA invited him to Cape Canaveral to witness the launch of Apollo 11 and to use its images in his work. His color screenprint Signs, 1970 prominently features the astronaut Buzz Aldrin standing on the moon along with a host of other iconic figures and events from the preceding decade.

Weekend and evening Galleries visitors can park in the Q4 lot on College Place. Notify the attendant that you are visiting the Galleries and you will be directed where to park. Parking is on a space available basis and may be restricted during events held at the Carrier Dome. If spaces aren't available the attendant will direct you to the nearest lot.

The Human Condition
Delavan Art Gallery

Price: Free
Delavan Art Gallery
501 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

The exhibit features photography and wood cut prints of West Africa by James Albertson, drawings on issues of forced emigration by Joan Carlon, oil paintings by William Finch, drawings on canvas and linen of West African women by Viginia Hovendon, and watercolor portraits by Stephen Ryan.

Michael Matthews: Out of India
Redhouse

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

This collection of Expressionist style landscape paintings were executed in India by this Canadian born artist. Matthews' states that his love affair with the art of India began over 15 years ago when he was drawn to the Islamic galleries of the Persian, Moghul and Rajput collections in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Since that time he has made three visits to India, culminating in several months of immersion into the culture, flavor and appeal of the people and surroundings. It is apparent that Matthews was overwhelmed by the grand architecture of India, which form the core of this exhibition.

These works on paper are very reminiscent of Indian textiles, and the various techniques used to bleed and run natural pigmented dyes, like batik and block printing. Matthews' spontaneous way of working exemplifies his expressive style and is enhanced by his use of water-based paints on paper. The melding together of the paints with the paper forms a rich surface in these quickly rendered compositions. Each painting epitomizes Matthews' enchantment with India while celebrating the splendor of Indian architecture and textile through his simple color choices, strong outlines, and an energetic use of pattern.

Lunch Hour Film Series
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: Free
Marriott Hotel Syracuse
500 S. Warren St., Syracuse

Dear Sweet Emma by John M. Cernak (USA); 7 minutes
At Wit's Vend by Alan Estridge (USA); 4 minutes
Mikey Powell  A Lacrosse Movie, documentary (USA); 30 minutes

The lunch hour film series will continue each Friday throughout February and March.

Guests are encouraged to bring their lunch or snack and join other film enthusiasts in watching selected films from prior festivals.

Reservations are not required, but are welcomed due to limited seating. To reserve a seat, call the festival headquarters at 315-443-8826.

Onondaga Community College
Syracuse Symphony Brass Quintet

Price: Free
Storer Auditorium
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

Now Music: JTV and the Boombox All-Stars
LeMoyne College

Price: $12 regular; $7 seniors, free for students
Coyne Center for the Performing Arts
LeMoyne College, Syracuse

Dutch composer Jacob ter Veldhuis presents an evening of his Boom Box works with Andrew Russo, Kevin Gallagher and the New Century Saxophone Quartet.

Disney's High School Musical
The Talent Company
Christine Lightcap, director

Price: $25 regular, $22 students/seniors, $14 children 12 and under
Empire Theater
New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes

The Disney Channel smash hit original movie that topped the Billboard music charts and broke video and CD sales records within weeks of its premiere comes to life on stage with the antics of East High students as they audition for the school musical, compete in a scholastic decathlon, and play the championship basketball game. Troy (Tim Quartier), captain of the basketball team, and Gabriella (Ana Thornton), the brainy, shy new girl at school surprise themselves and others by trying out for the lead roles in the musical. They face the objections of Sharpay (Rachel Mulcahy), the thespian queen and president of the drama club, and Ryan (Chris Cory), her brother and vice-president of the drama club, who covet the roles for themselves, and friends Chad (Maoti Gborkorquellie), number two on the Wildcats Basketball Team and Taylor (MiKayla Hawkinson), president of the scholastic club, who want Troy and Gabriella to stick to what they do best - basketball and academics. Other characters in the various cliques at East High are Zeke (Stephfond Brunson), a jock with a secret passion for baking, Martha Cox (Jodie Baum), a brainiac with a secret passion for hip hop, Kelsi Neilson (Paige Goldberg), the composer-pianist of the school musical, and Jack Scott (Alex Allport), the smart-mouthed student P.A. announcer known as the Velvet Fog of East High. Ms. Darbus (Christine Lightcap) the drama teacher, Coach Bolton (Jeff Paduano) the basketball coach, and Ms. Tenny (Dorothy Lennon) the science teacher, preside over the competing school activities.

The stage version features the original musical score including The Start Of Something New, We're All In This Together, Get'cha Head In The Game, Stick To The Status Quo, Bop To The Top, When There Was Me And You, What I've Been Looking For, and Breaking Free, plus three new songs Cellular Fusion, Counting On You, and the song not in the movie but heard on a bonus track of the original cast recording entitled I Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You.

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The Diviners
Appleseed Productions
Jon Wilson, director

Price: $15 regular; $12 seniors/students
Atonement Lutheran Church
116 W. Glen Ave., Syracuse

This marvelously theatrical play is the story of a disturbed young man and his friendship with a disenchanted preacher in southern Indiana in the early 1930s. When the boy was young he almost drowned. This trauma and the loss of his mother in the same accident has left him deathly afraid of water. The preacher, set on breaking away from a long line of Kentucky family preachers, is determined not to do what he does best. He works as a mechanic for the boy's father. The town doesn't have a preacher and the women try to persuade him to preach while he tries to persuade the child to wash. When the preacher finally gets the boy in the river and is washing him, the townspeople mistake the scene for a baptism. They descend on the event and, in the confusion, the boy drowns. Written by James Leonard, Jr.

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Big Wigs
Simply New Productions

Price: $22.50
Jazz Central
441 E. Washington St., Syracuse

Two female impersonators in a comedy/musical revue, spoofing famous entertainers.

For more information or to reserve tickets, phone 315-558-9124. (Seating is limited.)

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Spike Heels
Syracuse Stage
Robert Moss, director

Price: $44, $39, $22 (adults); $18 (teens); $15 (children)
Archbold Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Playwright Theresa Rebeck (of last season's comic delight Bad Dates) is fascinated with the tricky negotiations of male-female relationships. With Spike Heels, she plunges head first into the complexities of the battle of the sexes and pops up with a witty, compelling and very tart comedy. Even smart people are not so smart when it comes to love. (Adult language.)

Set in present-day Boston, the play focuses on the mixed-up, complicated relationships of four friends. Georgie is an attractive, street-savvy woman with a penchant for stiletto heels that make prizes of her legs. She lives in the same apartment complex as Andrew, a political philosophy professor writing a book. The two meet by the mailboxes one day and become unlikely friends. Andrew takes Georgie under his wing and helps her land a job as a secretary with his friend Edward, a lawyer. However, when Edward sexually harasses Georgie, the situation turns volatile. The fact that Andrew is engaged to Edward's ex-girlfriend Lydia complicates things even further.

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Little Women
Syracuse University Drama Department

Price: Free (very limited seating)
Syracuse Stage, Room 243
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Faculty, staff, students and an alumnus of the Department of Drama in Syracuse University's College of Visual and Performing Arts will join forces to present a workshop production of a new musical version of Little Women, based on author Louisa May Alcott's beloved novel.

The melodic, moving, score, winner of a Richard Rodgers Award, was composed by Kim Oler and lyricist Alison Hubbard, with book adaptation by Sean Hartley. The workshop production will be directed by SU alumnus Alan Souza, with musical supervision by Nathan Hurwitz, SU Drama staff member, and choreography by Kim Hale, assistant professor of drama.

Little Women tells the timeless tale of the March family during Civil War-era America. Under the guidance of their devoted mother, Marmee, and with their father away fighting in the war, Josephine (Jo), Margaret (Meg), Amy and Elizabeth (Beth) blossom from girls into women. In a time of national division, the four sisters hold on to each other and to hope as they face the joys and sorrows of courtship, romance, illness, loss, growing up and letting go.

For more information or to reserve seats, phone the Syracuse Stage box office at 315-443-3275.

The Cocktail Hour
Salt City Center for the Performing Arts

Price: $20 regular; $15 students/seniors
St. Clare Auditorium
Lodi and Isabella Streets, Syracuse

A. R. Gurney's semi-autobiographical story of an upper-class family in Buffalo in the 1970s.

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Saturday, January 27, 2007

Atrium Exhibit: Scholastic Art Awards Show
Onondaga Community College

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

A vast exhibit of regional high school Scholastic Art Awards competition entries featuring multimedia, painting, photography and ceramics.

New to You
Associated Artists of Central New York

Price: Free
Manlius Village Library
Manlius Village Center, 1 Arkie Albanese Dr., Manlius

An exhibit of the work of new guild members as well as emerging and seldom shown artists.

The Human Condition
Delavan Art Gallery

Price: Free
Delavan Art Gallery
501 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

The exhibit features photography and wood cut prints of West Africa by James Albertson, drawings on issues of forced emigration by Joan Carlon, oil paintings by William Finch, drawings on canvas and linen of West African women by Viginia Hovendon, and watercolor portraits by Stephen Ryan.

A Connection with Time
Edgewood Gallery

Price: Free
Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Large, panoramic photos of the world of baseball at the beginning of the 20th century.

Dreams: Between the Sky and the Earth: Collaborations with Children at Ed Smith School
The Warehouse Gallery

The Warehouse Link Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

"Between the sky and the earth emerge paths to a new way of life where people journey together to a cleaner, safer, more beautiful world." So reads the inscription on a photograph by fifth-grader Shivhari Chathrattil describing his dream and image. It is one of more than 80 photographs -- in addition to a video documentary -- on display in the exhibition, which explores the dreams and visual imaginations of fifth-grade students in the Syracuse City School District (SCSD) and is the culmination of the efforts of an innovative course -- Literacy, Community and Photography -- offered through Syracuse University's College of Visual and Performing Arts.

Faux Naturel
The Warehouse Gallery

Price: Free
The Warehouse Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

Cheerfully dark exhibition of young Canadian and American artists ponders deceit, nature, temptation and excess. Seven artists in Philadelphia, Montréal, Syracuse, and Toronto have created stunning visions of larger-than-life sculpture, tragicomedic video, striking collages, and intricate printmaking.

The exhibit contains recent works by Alex Da Corte (Philadelphia), Emily Vey Duke and Cooper Battersby (Syracuse), Nick Lenker (Philadelphia), Annie MacDonell (Toronto), Allyson Mitchell (Toronto), and Andrea Vander Kooij (Montreal).

Pride and Perseverance: Civil Rights Paintings by Charly Palmer
Community Folk Art Center

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

An artist with a passion for history, Palmer's works chronicle important social and political events, focusing on African American historical subjects and the Civil Rights Movement in particular. Palmer's works make use of bold colors, textures and layers to bring his subjects to life. He has exhibited extensively throughout the United States and his work can be found in several prominent public and private collections. Palmer has received several major awards and commissions. He has also worked as an educator, instructing students of all ages in drawing, painting, design and illustration.

Underground Railroad Made Visible: Photos by William Earle Williams
Community Folk Art Center

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

The photographs are of sites that were once part of the Underground Railroad, including many here in Central New York.

The exhibition is held in conjunction with a simultaneous exhibition at Light Work also featuring Williams' photographs: "Unsung Heroes: African American Soldiers in the Civil War."

William Earle Williams received a B.A. degree in History from Hamilton College and an M.F.A. degree in Fine Arts from Yale University. He is a Professor of Fine Arts at Haverford College in Pennsylvania and also a Curator of Photography. Williams participated in Light Work's Artist-in-Residence program in 2003.

Un/Common Threads: Selections from the Light Work Collection
Light Work Gallery

Robert B. Menschel Media Center
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

This exhibition, curated by Syracuse University graduate student Kaylen Williams, features images from the Light Work Collection. The work selected explores how contemporary artists approach issues of ethnic and cultural identity.

Celestial Images: Antiquarian Astronomical Charts and Maps From the Mendillo Collection
Syracuse University Art Museum

Price: Free
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

Celestial Images celebrates the Golden Age of astronomical charts. Some of the world's earliest artistic images, illustrations of cosmologies and heavenly phenomena, entered into a new and lively phase during the Renaissance. The invention of printing in the 15th century improved the means of disseminating scientific knowledge; advances in astronomy in the 16th and 17th centuries led to the portrayal of new information. This fortuitous conjunction created printed astronomical charts of surprising accuracy and delicate beauty. Celestial cartographers combined their scientific quest with a keen aesthetic sense -- each chart had to be an object of beauty, as well as a repository of information. These charts were a celebration of aesthetics as well as scientific knowledge.

Like the twins of Gemini, art and science walked hand-in-hand for over hundred years. By the late 19th century, this unified way of seeing had split into the "two cultures" of art and science that we know today. Overwhelmed by a vast amount of data, astronomical charts of the 20th century eventually changed into functional, unadorned tools intended for the specialists. Tucked away in libraries, museums and private collections, however, are splendid remnants of a bygone era. Assembled here from the Mendillo Collection of Antiquarian Astronomical Charts and Maps are over 80 examples of some of the finest celestial cartography created. There are star charts (maps of the constellations and the full celestial sphere), charts of planetary systems (cosmologies), and a smaller third category, charts of celestial phenomena (such as nebulae, comets, and eclipses). Together, they pay homage to a time when simple systems explained the universe and humankind held friendly commerce with the skies.

Weekend and evening Galleries visitors can park in the Q4 lot on College Place. Notify the attendant that you are visiting the Galleries and you will be directed where to park. Parking is on a space available basis and may be restricted during events held at the Carrier Dome. If spaces aren't available the attendant will direct you to the nearest lot.

Meaning and Metaphor
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

Meaning and Metaphor presents a group of 10 large contemporary paintings and two distinctly different sculptures. Made by American and British artists, the works challenge preconceived notions of what art is and its purpose.

Several pieces reject the idea that art needs to be realistic. Large paintings by Bernard Cohen and Walter Darby Bannard explore abstraction in uniquely different ways. Bannard's Sun Flood, 1972 is an excellent late example of Abstract Expressionism while Cohen's Somewhere Between, 1975 pushed Op Art to its philosophical extreme.

Other works examine the role of narration in art. Robert Birmelin's Night Driving, 1964, Sidney Goodman's Eclipse and Rico Lebrun's Lazarus, 1962 develop stories that leave the viewer with more questions than answers.

Parking is available at the Marion Avenue parking lot. For further information please contact the Galleries' David Prince at 315-443-4097.

War News and Strange Brews: The Art of Boris Artzybasheff
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

Boris Artzybasheff was a Russian émigré artist who painted over 200 cover illustrations for Time magazine. His most important work dates to World War II when he depicted the politicians, military leaders and the issues that governed the course of the conflict. His unique abilities in portraiture led Time to select him to paint several Man of the Year covers including portraits of Joseph Stalin and Harry Truman.

Artzybasheff was possibly more famous for his illustrations that gave machinery human characteristics. His sly talent for choosing just the right amount of human anatomy gave each machine a personality that ranged from sympathetic to sinister. Viewers were therefore compelled to have an emotional reaction to the machine and its purpose.

Parking is available at the Marion Avenue parking lot. For further information please contact the Galleries' David Prince at 315-443-4097.

On the Edge of Pop
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

On the Edge of Pop presents a selection of paintings, sculpture and prints that examines the pop art movement's later years in the 1970s. Included in the exhibition are works by Pop icons like Andy Warhol and Robert Rauschenberg. These originators were joined by later participants including Robert Cottingham, John Clem Clark and Mel Ramos.

Pop established a new order of symbols, images and content that evolved over time. The style began in the late 1950s as a reaction to the intensely personal and gestural look of Abstract Expressionism. Pop artists de-emphasized their role in making art by often using more mechanical techniques usually associated with mass market processes. Their images were often appropriated from popular culture and, as a result, the general public greeted the new work enthusiastically.

By 1970 Pop had evolved into a more mainstream art form as the style broadened its scope. Andy Warhol did a series of paintings and prints of celebrities and other important figures. He took a famous publicity photograph of Marilyn Monroe and made a series of differently colored screenprints. Installed as multiples, the prints reinterpreted the starlet's place in American culture. Robert Rauschenberg had gained such a reputation that in 1969 NASA invited him to Cape Canaveral to witness the launch of Apollo 11 and to use its images in his work. His color screenprint Signs, 1970 prominently features the astronaut Buzz Aldrin standing on the moon along with a host of other iconic figures and events from the preceding decade.

Weekend and evening Galleries visitors can park in the Q4 lot on College Place. Notify the attendant that you are visiting the Galleries and you will be directed where to park. Parking is on a space available basis and may be restricted during events held at the Carrier Dome. If spaces aren't available the attendant will direct you to the nearest lot.

Michael Matthews: Out of India
Redhouse

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

This collection of Expressionist style landscape paintings were executed in India by this Canadian born artist. Matthews' states that his love affair with the art of India began over 15 years ago when he was drawn to the Islamic galleries of the Persian, Moghul and Rajput collections in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Since that time he has made three visits to India, culminating in several months of immersion into the culture, flavor and appeal of the people and surroundings. It is apparent that Matthews was overwhelmed by the grand architecture of India, which form the core of this exhibition.

These works on paper are very reminiscent of Indian textiles, and the various techniques used to bleed and run natural pigmented dyes, like batik and block printing. Matthews' spontaneous way of working exemplifies his expressive style and is enhanced by his use of water-based paints on paper. The melding together of the paints with the paper forms a rich surface in these quickly rendered compositions. Each painting epitomizes Matthews' enchantment with India while celebrating the splendor of Indian architecture and textile through his simple color choices, strong outlines, and an energetic use of pattern.

Now Music: Kathy Supové and Jenny Choi
LeMoyne College

Price: $12 regular; $7 seniors, free for students
Coyne Center for the Performing Arts
LeMoyne College, Syracuse

Pianist Supové and violinist Choi are two visionary soloists who also form a dynamic duo.
Supové's PianoVision project has created an exciting new repertoire of multi-media gems. Choi's searing violin playing ranges from the classics to a range of jazz and modern styles. Alone and together, this duo will be a feast for the eyes, the ears and the soul!

Fumeux Fume: Machaut and his Ars Nova Contemporaries
NYS Baroque
Thom Baker, tenor; Shane Levesque, keyboard; Heather Miller Lardin, bowed strings

Price: $20 regular, $15 student/senior
Grace Episcopal Church
819 Madison St., Syracuse

Syracuse Opera in Concert: Songs We Like
First Unitarian Universalist Society Music Series

Price: Donation requested at the door (from adults only)
First Unitarian Universalist Society of Syracuse
109 Waring Rd. (at the corner of Nottingham Rd.), Dewitt

The concert will offer a varied and eclectic program of songs that have a special meaning for the performers, who are some of Central New York's finest singers. The songs will range from Italian Baroque pieces to the art songs of Germany and France, from numbers that were dropped from Broadway shows to original compositions. The concert should have a wide appeal and offer something for all musical tastes.

Performers will include sopranos Lisa Kisselstein, Julia McKinstrey, and Nora Fleming; mezzo-soprano Anne Schoonover; tenors John Halpin, Matt Green, and James Shults. Pianist Rebecca Horning will accompany many of the singers.

Host for the program will be Syracuse Opera Artistic Director Richard McKee.

For more information, phone 315-446-5940.

Snow White
Magic Circle Children's Theatre

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

Interactive adaptation of the well-known tale.

Little Women
Syracuse University Drama Department

Price: Free (very limited seating)
Syracuse Stage, Room 243
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Faculty, staff, students and an alumnus of the Department of Drama in Syracuse University's College of Visual and Performing Arts will join forces to present a workshop production of a new musical version of Little Women, based on author Louisa May Alcott's beloved novel.

The melodic, moving, score, winner of a Richard Rodgers Award, was composed by Kim Oler and lyricist Alison Hubbard, with book adaptation by Sean Hartley. The workshop production will be directed by SU alumnus Alan Souza, with musical supervision by Nathan Hurwitz, SU Drama staff member, and choreography by Kim Hale, assistant professor of drama.

Little Women tells the timeless tale of the March family during Civil War-era America. Under the guidance of their devoted mother, Marmee, and with their father away fighting in the war, Josephine (Jo), Margaret (Meg), Amy and Elizabeth (Beth) blossom from girls into women. In a time of national division, the four sisters hold on to each other and to hope as they face the joys and sorrows of courtship, romance, illness, loss, growing up and letting go.

For more information or to reserve seats, phone the Syracuse Stage box office at 315-443-3275.

Disney's High School Musical
The Talent Company
Christine Lightcap, director

Price: $25 regular, $22 students/seniors, $14 children 12 and under
Empire Theater
New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes

The Disney Channel smash hit original movie that topped the Billboard music charts and broke video and CD sales records within weeks of its premiere comes to life on stage with the antics of East High students as they audition for the school musical, compete in a scholastic decathlon, and play the championship basketball game. Troy (Tim Quartier), captain of the basketball team, and Gabriella (Ana Thornton), the brainy, shy new girl at school surprise themselves and others by trying out for the lead roles in the musical. They face the objections of Sharpay (Rachel Mulcahy), the thespian queen and president of the drama club, and Ryan (Chris Cory), her brother and vice-president of the drama club, who covet the roles for themselves, and friends Chad (Maoti Gborkorquellie), number two on the Wildcats Basketball Team and Taylor (MiKayla Hawkinson), president of the scholastic club, who want Troy and Gabriella to stick to what they do best - basketball and academics. Other characters in the various cliques at East High are Zeke (Stephfond Brunson), a jock with a secret passion for baking, Martha Cox (Jodie Baum), a brainiac with a secret passion for hip hop, Kelsi Neilson (Paige Goldberg), the composer-pianist of the school musical, and Jack Scott (Alex Allport), the smart-mouthed student P.A. announcer known as the Velvet Fog of East High. Ms. Darbus (Christine Lightcap) the drama teacher, Coach Bolton (Jeff Paduano) the basketball coach, and Ms. Tenny (Dorothy Lennon) the science teacher, preside over the competing school activities.

The stage version features the original musical score including The Start Of Something New, We're All In This Together, Get'cha Head In The Game, Stick To The Status Quo, Bop To The Top, When There Was Me And You, What I've Been Looking For, and Breaking Free, plus three new songs Cellular Fusion, Counting On You, and the song not in the movie but heard on a bonus track of the original cast recording entitled I Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You.

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Spike Heels
Syracuse Stage
Robert Moss, director

Price: $40, $36, $22 (adults); $18 (teens); $15 (children)
Archbold Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Playwright Theresa Rebeck (of last season's comic delight Bad Dates) is fascinated with the tricky negotiations of male-female relationships. With Spike Heels, she plunges head first into the complexities of the battle of the sexes and pops up with a witty, compelling and very tart comedy. Even smart people are not so smart when it comes to love. (Adult language.)

Set in present-day Boston, the play focuses on the mixed-up, complicated relationships of four friends. Georgie is an attractive, street-savvy woman with a penchant for stiletto heels that make prizes of her legs. She lives in the same apartment complex as Andrew, a political philosophy professor writing a book. The two meet by the mailboxes one day and become unlikely friends. Andrew takes Georgie under his wing and helps her land a job as a secretary with his friend Edward, a lawyer. However, when Edward sexually harasses Georgie, the situation turns volatile. The fact that Andrew is engaged to Edward's ex-girlfriend Lydia complicates things even further.

Read a Review!

Disney's High School Musical
The Talent Company
Christine Lightcap, director

Price: $25 regular, $22 students/seniors, $14 children 12 and under
Empire Theater
New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes

The Disney Channel smash hit original movie that topped the Billboard music charts and broke video and CD sales records within weeks of its premiere comes to life on stage with the antics of East High students as they audition for the school musical, compete in a scholastic decathlon, and play the championship basketball game. Troy (Tim Quartier), captain of the basketball team, and Gabriella (Ana Thornton), the brainy, shy new girl at school surprise themselves and others by trying out for the lead roles in the musical. They face the objections of Sharpay (Rachel Mulcahy), the thespian queen and president of the drama club, and Ryan (Chris Cory), her brother and vice-president of the drama club, who covet the roles for themselves, and friends Chad (Maoti Gborkorquellie), number two on the Wildcats Basketball Team and Taylor (MiKayla Hawkinson), president of the scholastic club, who want Troy and Gabriella to stick to what they do best - basketball and academics. Other characters in the various cliques at East High are Zeke (Stephfond Brunson), a jock with a secret passion for baking, Martha Cox (Jodie Baum), a brainiac with a secret passion for hip hop, Kelsi Neilson (Paige Goldberg), the composer-pianist of the school musical, and Jack Scott (Alex Allport), the smart-mouthed student P.A. announcer known as the Velvet Fog of East High. Ms. Darbus (Christine Lightcap) the drama teacher, Coach Bolton (Jeff Paduano) the basketball coach, and Ms. Tenny (Dorothy Lennon) the science teacher, preside over the competing school activities.

The stage version features the original musical score including The Start Of Something New, We're All In This Together, Get'cha Head In The Game, Stick To The Status Quo, Bop To The Top, When There Was Me And You, What I've Been Looking For, and Breaking Free, plus three new songs Cellular Fusion, Counting On You, and the song not in the movie but heard on a bonus track of the original cast recording entitled I Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You.

Read a Review!

The Diviners
Appleseed Productions
Jon Wilson, director

Price: $15 regular; $12 seniors/students
Atonement Lutheran Church
116 W. Glen Ave., Syracuse

This marvelously theatrical play is the story of a disturbed young man and his friendship with a disenchanted preacher in southern Indiana in the early 1930s. When the boy was young he almost drowned. This trauma and the loss of his mother in the same accident has left him deathly afraid of water. The preacher, set on breaking away from a long line of Kentucky family preachers, is determined not to do what he does best. He works as a mechanic for the boy's father. The town doesn't have a preacher and the women try to persuade him to preach while he tries to persuade the child to wash. When the preacher finally gets the boy in the river and is washing him, the townspeople mistake the scene for a baptism. They descend on the event and, in the confusion, the boy drowns. Written by James Leonard, Jr.

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Big Wigs
Simply New Productions

Price: $22.50
Jazz Central
441 E. Washington St., Syracuse

Two female impersonators in a comedy/musical revue, spoofing famous entertainers.

For more information or to reserve tickets, phone 315-558-9124. (Seating is limited.)

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Spike Heels
Syracuse Stage
Robert Moss, director

Price: $44, $39, $22 (adults); $18 (teens); $15 (children)
Archbold Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Playwright Theresa Rebeck (of last season's comic delight Bad Dates) is fascinated with the tricky negotiations of male-female relationships. With Spike Heels, she plunges head first into the complexities of the battle of the sexes and pops up with a witty, compelling and very tart comedy. Even smart people are not so smart when it comes to love. (Adult language.)

Set in present-day Boston, the play focuses on the mixed-up, complicated relationships of four friends. Georgie is an attractive, street-savvy woman with a penchant for stiletto heels that make prizes of her legs. She lives in the same apartment complex as Andrew, a political philosophy professor writing a book. The two meet by the mailboxes one day and become unlikely friends. Andrew takes Georgie under his wing and helps her land a job as a secretary with his friend Edward, a lawyer. However, when Edward sexually harasses Georgie, the situation turns volatile. The fact that Andrew is engaged to Edward's ex-girlfriend Lydia complicates things even further.

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Little Women
Syracuse University Drama Department

Price: Free (very limited seating)
Syracuse Stage, Room 243
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Faculty, staff, students and an alumnus of the Department of Drama in Syracuse University's College of Visual and Performing Arts will join forces to present a workshop production of a new musical version of Little Women, based on author Louisa May Alcott's beloved novel.

The melodic, moving, score, winner of a Richard Rodgers Award, was composed by Kim Oler and lyricist Alison Hubbard, with book adaptation by Sean Hartley. The workshop production will be directed by SU alumnus Alan Souza, with musical supervision by Nathan Hurwitz, SU Drama staff member, and choreography by Kim Hale, assistant professor of drama.

Little Women tells the timeless tale of the March family during Civil War-era America. Under the guidance of their devoted mother, Marmee, and with their father away fighting in the war, Josephine (Jo), Margaret (Meg), Amy and Elizabeth (Beth) blossom from girls into women. In a time of national division, the four sisters hold on to each other and to hope as they face the joys and sorrows of courtship, romance, illness, loss, growing up and letting go.

For more information or to reserve seats, phone the Syracuse Stage box office at 315-443-3275.

The Cocktail Hour
Salt City Center for the Performing Arts

Price: $20 regular; $15 students/seniors
St. Clare Auditorium
Lodi and Isabella Streets, Syracuse

A. R. Gurney's semi-autobiographical story of an upper-class family in Buffalo in the 1970s.

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Sunday, January 28, 2007

Unsung Heroes: African American Soldiers in the Civil War
Light Work Gallery
Featuring works by William Earle Williams

Robert B. Menschel Media Center
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

Until the release of the motion picture Glory in 1989, it was not well known that more than 180,000 black soldiers served in the Civil War. The exhibition Unsung Heroes: African American Soldiers in the Civil War features over 40 stunning black-and-white photographs by William Earle Williams. The images call attention to the sites made special through these soldiers' contributions, so that their story becomes a part of our American story.

Transmedia Photography Annual
Light Work Gallery

Robert B. Menschel Media Center
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

The exhibition features the work of seniors and graduate students in Syracuse University's Department of Transmedia.

Un/Common Threads: Selections from the Light Work Collection
Light Work Gallery

Robert B. Menschel Media Center
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

This exhibition, curated by Syracuse University graduate student Kaylen Williams, features images from the Light Work Collection. The work selected explores how contemporary artists approach issues of ethnic and cultural identity.

War News and Strange Brews: The Art of Boris Artzybasheff
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

Boris Artzybasheff was a Russian émigré artist who painted over 200 cover illustrations for Time magazine. His most important work dates to World War II when he depicted the politicians, military leaders and the issues that governed the course of the conflict. His unique abilities in portraiture led Time to select him to paint several Man of the Year covers including portraits of Joseph Stalin and Harry Truman.

Artzybasheff was possibly more famous for his illustrations that gave machinery human characteristics. His sly talent for choosing just the right amount of human anatomy gave each machine a personality that ranged from sympathetic to sinister. Viewers were therefore compelled to have an emotional reaction to the machine and its purpose.

Parking is available at the Marion Avenue parking lot. For further information please contact the Galleries' David Prince at 315-443-4097.

Meaning and Metaphor
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

Meaning and Metaphor presents a group of 10 large contemporary paintings and two distinctly different sculptures. Made by American and British artists, the works challenge preconceived notions of what art is and its purpose.

Several pieces reject the idea that art needs to be realistic. Large paintings by Bernard Cohen and Walter Darby Bannard explore abstraction in uniquely different ways. Bannard's Sun Flood, 1972 is an excellent late example of Abstract Expressionism while Cohen's Somewhere Between, 1975 pushed Op Art to its philosophical extreme.

Other works examine the role of narration in art. Robert Birmelin's Night Driving, 1964, Sidney Goodman's Eclipse and Rico Lebrun's Lazarus, 1962 develop stories that leave the viewer with more questions than answers.

Parking is available at the Marion Avenue parking lot. For further information please contact the Galleries' David Prince at 315-443-4097.

Celestial Images: Antiquarian Astronomical Charts and Maps From the Mendillo Collection
Syracuse University Art Museum

Price: Free
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

Celestial Images celebrates the Golden Age of astronomical charts. Some of the world's earliest artistic images, illustrations of cosmologies and heavenly phenomena, entered into a new and lively phase during the Renaissance. The invention of printing in the 15th century improved the means of disseminating scientific knowledge; advances in astronomy in the 16th and 17th centuries led to the portrayal of new information. This fortuitous conjunction created printed astronomical charts of surprising accuracy and delicate beauty. Celestial cartographers combined their scientific quest with a keen aesthetic sense -- each chart had to be an object of beauty, as well as a repository of information. These charts were a celebration of aesthetics as well as scientific knowledge.

Like the twins of Gemini, art and science walked hand-in-hand for over hundred years. By the late 19th century, this unified way of seeing had split into the "two cultures" of art and science that we know today. Overwhelmed by a vast amount of data, astronomical charts of the 20th century eventually changed into functional, unadorned tools intended for the specialists. Tucked away in libraries, museums and private collections, however, are splendid remnants of a bygone era. Assembled here from the Mendillo Collection of Antiquarian Astronomical Charts and Maps are over 80 examples of some of the finest celestial cartography created. There are star charts (maps of the constellations and the full celestial sphere), charts of planetary systems (cosmologies), and a smaller third category, charts of celestial phenomena (such as nebulae, comets, and eclipses). Together, they pay homage to a time when simple systems explained the universe and humankind held friendly commerce with the skies.

Weekend and evening Galleries visitors can park in the Q4 lot on College Place. Notify the attendant that you are visiting the Galleries and you will be directed where to park. Parking is on a space available basis and may be restricted during events held at the Carrier Dome. If spaces aren't available the attendant will direct you to the nearest lot.

On the Edge of Pop
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

On the Edge of Pop presents a selection of paintings, sculpture and prints that examines the pop art movement's later years in the 1970s. Included in the exhibition are works by Pop icons like Andy Warhol and Robert Rauschenberg. These originators were joined by later participants including Robert Cottingham, John Clem Clark and Mel Ramos.

Pop established a new order of symbols, images and content that evolved over time. The style began in the late 1950s as a reaction to the intensely personal and gestural look of Abstract Expressionism. Pop artists de-emphasized their role in making art by often using more mechanical techniques usually associated with mass market processes. Their images were often appropriated from popular culture and, as a result, the general public greeted the new work enthusiastically.

By 1970 Pop had evolved into a more mainstream art form as the style broadened its scope. Andy Warhol did a series of paintings and prints of celebrities and other important figures. He took a famous publicity photograph of Marilyn Monroe and made a series of differently colored screenprints. Installed as multiples, the prints reinterpreted the starlet's place in American culture. Robert Rauschenberg had gained such a reputation that in 1969 NASA invited him to Cape Canaveral to witness the launch of Apollo 11 and to use its images in his work. His color screenprint Signs, 1970 prominently features the astronaut Buzz Aldrin standing on the moon along with a host of other iconic figures and events from the preceding decade.

Weekend and evening Galleries visitors can park in the Q4 lot on College Place. Notify the attendant that you are visiting the Galleries and you will be directed where to park. Parking is on a space available basis and may be restricted during events held at the Carrier Dome. If spaces aren't available the attendant will direct you to the nearest lot.

Atrium Exhibit: Scholastic Art Awards Show
Onondaga Community College

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

A vast exhibit of regional high school Scholastic Art Awards competition entries featuring multimedia, painting, photography and ceramics.

New to You
Associated Artists of Central New York

Price: Free
Manlius Village Library
Manlius Village Center, 1 Arkie Albanese Dr., Manlius

An exhibit of the work of new guild members as well as emerging and seldom shown artists.

Central New York Jazz Composer's Cooperative
Josh Dekaney, drums; Kevin Dorsey, double-bass; Mark Nanni, piano

Price: $7
Jazz Central
441 E. Washington St., Syracuse

Monk Rowe, piano and saxophone
Fayetteville Free Library

Price: Free
Fayetteville Free Library
300 Orchard St., Fayetteville

Now Music: Marya Martin and Robert Auler
LeMoyne College

Price: $12 regular; $7 seniors, free for students
Coyne Center for the Performing Arts
LeMoyne College, Syracuse

Flutist Marya Martin's mastery of her instrument is equaled only by her dashing and energetic stage presence. Come watch her play Billie Holiday -- in JTV's Lipstick -- as well as a witch in Gerard Beljon's Something Wicked and '12 flutes at once' in Steve Reich's Vermont Counterpoint. Oswego's piano man Robert Auler then treats us to Martin Bresnick's sumptuous setting of William Blake's poetry in Dream of the Lost Traveler -- From the Dates of Eden with video by Leslie Weinstein.

Stained Glass Series: Voices of Children
Syracuse Symphony Orchestra
Syracuse Children's Chorus
Syracuse Children's Chorus
Grant Cooper, conductor
Featuring Janet Brown, soprano

Most Holy Rosary Church
111 Roberts Ave., Syracuse

J.S. Bach Suite No. 3 in D major
J.S. Bach Cantata No. 202 "Weichet Nur, Betrubte Schatten"
Glick Psalm Trilogy
Rachmaninoff Vocalise
Cooper A Song of Longing, though...

The Diviners
Appleseed Productions
Jon Wilson, director

Price: $15 regular; $12 seniors/students
Atonement Lutheran Church
116 W. Glen Ave., Syracuse

This marvelously theatrical play is the story of a disturbed young man and his friendship with a disenchanted preacher in southern Indiana in the early 1930s. When the boy was young he almost drowned. This trauma and the loss of his mother in the same accident has left him deathly afraid of water. The preacher, set on breaking away from a long line of Kentucky family preachers, is determined not to do what he does best. He works as a mechanic for the boy's father. The town doesn't have a preacher and the women try to persuade him to preach while he tries to persuade the child to wash. When the preacher finally gets the boy in the river and is washing him, the townspeople mistake the scene for a baptism. They descend on the event and, in the confusion, the boy drowns. Written by James Leonard, Jr.

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The Cocktail Hour
Salt City Center for the Performing Arts

Price: $20 regular; $15 students/seniors
St. Clare Auditorium
Lodi and Isabella Streets, Syracuse

A. R. Gurney's semi-autobiographical story of an upper-class family in Buffalo in the 1970s.

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Spike Heels
Syracuse Stage
Robert Moss, director

Price: $40, $36, $22 (adults); $18 (teens); $15 (children)
Archbold Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Playwright Theresa Rebeck (of last season's comic delight Bad Dates) is fascinated with the tricky negotiations of male-female relationships. With Spike Heels, she plunges head first into the complexities of the battle of the sexes and pops up with a witty, compelling and very tart comedy. Even smart people are not so smart when it comes to love. (Adult language.)

Set in present-day Boston, the play focuses on the mixed-up, complicated relationships of four friends. Georgie is an attractive, street-savvy woman with a penchant for stiletto heels that make prizes of her legs. She lives in the same apartment complex as Andrew, a political philosophy professor writing a book. The two meet by the mailboxes one day and become unlikely friends. Andrew takes Georgie under his wing and helps her land a job as a secretary with his friend Edward, a lawyer. However, when Edward sexually harasses Georgie, the situation turns volatile. The fact that Andrew is engaged to Edward's ex-girlfriend Lydia complicates things even further.

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Little Women
Syracuse University Drama Department

Price: Free (very limited seating)
Syracuse Stage, Room 243
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Faculty, staff, students and an alumnus of the Department of Drama in Syracuse University's College of Visual and Performing Arts will join forces to present a workshop production of a new musical version of Little Women, based on author Louisa May Alcott's beloved novel.

The melodic, moving, score, winner of a Richard Rodgers Award, was composed by Kim Oler and lyricist Alison Hubbard, with book adaptation by Sean Hartley. The workshop production will be directed by SU alumnus Alan Souza, with musical supervision by Nathan Hurwitz, SU Drama staff member, and choreography by Kim Hale, assistant professor of drama.

Little Women tells the timeless tale of the March family during Civil War-era America. Under the guidance of their devoted mother, Marmee, and with their father away fighting in the war, Josephine (Jo), Margaret (Meg), Amy and Elizabeth (Beth) blossom from girls into women. In a time of national division, the four sisters hold on to each other and to hope as they face the joys and sorrows of courtship, romance, illness, loss, growing up and letting go.

For more information or to reserve seats, phone the Syracuse Stage box office at 315-443-3275.

Disney's High School Musical
The Talent Company
Christine Lightcap, director

Price: $25 regular, $22 students/seniors, $14 children 12 and under
Empire Theater
New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes

The Disney Channel smash hit original movie that topped the Billboard music charts and broke video and CD sales records within weeks of its premiere comes to life on stage with the antics of East High students as they audition for the school musical, compete in a scholastic decathlon, and play the championship basketball game. Troy (Tim Quartier), captain of the basketball team, and Gabriella (Ana Thornton), the brainy, shy new girl at school surprise themselves and others by trying out for the lead roles in the musical. They face the objections of Sharpay (Rachel Mulcahy), the thespian queen and president of the drama club, and Ryan (Chris Cory), her brother and vice-president of the drama club, who covet the roles for themselves, and friends Chad (Maoti Gborkorquellie), number two on the Wildcats Basketball Team and Taylor (MiKayla Hawkinson), president of the scholastic club, who want Troy and Gabriella to stick to what they do best - basketball and academics. Other characters in the various cliques at East High are Zeke (Stephfond Brunson), a jock with a secret passion for baking, Martha Cox (Jodie Baum), a brainiac with a secret passion for hip hop, Kelsi Neilson (Paige Goldberg), the composer-pianist of the school musical, and Jack Scott (Alex Allport), the smart-mouthed student P.A. announcer known as the Velvet Fog of East High. Ms. Darbus (Christine Lightcap) the drama teacher, Coach Bolton (Jeff Paduano) the basketball coach, and Ms. Tenny (Dorothy Lennon) the science teacher, preside over the competing school activities.

The stage version features the original musical score including The Start Of Something New, We're All In This Together, Get'cha Head In The Game, Stick To The Status Quo, Bop To The Top, When There Was Me And You, What I've Been Looking For, and Breaking Free, plus three new songs Cellular Fusion, Counting On You, and the song not in the movie but heard on a bonus track of the original cast recording entitled I Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You.

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Monday, January 29, 2007

Un/Common Threads: Selections from the Light Work Collection
Light Work Gallery

Robert B. Menschel Media Center
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

This exhibition, curated by Syracuse University graduate student Kaylen Williams, features images from the Light Work Collection. The work selected explores how contemporary artists approach issues of ethnic and cultural identity.

Atrium Exhibit: Scholastic Art Awards Show
Onondaga Community College

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

A vast exhibit of regional high school Scholastic Art Awards competition entries featuring multimedia, painting, photography and ceramics.

Visual Arts Showcase #58
CNY Arts

Price: Free
WCNY
415 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

The Visual Arts Showcase Committee of the CRC is pleased to present an eclectic offering, featuring work of state and local grant winners since 2000. Special viewing arrangements can be made through the Cultural Resources Council at 315-435-2155.

Gallery Exhibit: Kente Cloth
Onondaga Community College

Price: Free
Ann Felton Multicultural Center and Gallery
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

W.E.B. DuBois Traveling Exhibit
Onondaga Community College

Price: Free
Ann Felton Multicultural Center and Gallery
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

In Woman Veritas
Point of Contact Gallery

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

In Woman Veritas is a selection of photography from the Point of Contact Collection, including works by Burt Barr, Maureen Connor, Marta Chilindrón & Eduardo Costas, Rimma Gerlovina & Valeriy Gerlovin, and Joseph Kugielsky.

The exhibit is a reflection on women, giving visitors a chance to examine different processes by which art is created and to ask questions about the ways in which truth is manifest in women. Seeing the works of art, which were created for publication in the Point of Contact journal series, in their raw and original forms along with their polished, published forms, invites a comparison between reality and what we, and the artist, perceive as reality, or truth. In fact, truth can arise from a process of searching, or, conversely, can be expressed in an instant. The exhibit revolves around this idea of truth and perspective, and visitors are encouraged to explore both the artists' perspectives of truth and their own.

Guided visits can be scheduled outside of regular hours by appointment.

Photography to Help Bridge the Relationship Between People and Place
Westcott Community Center

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

The photographs of Andrew W. Burdick are a visual testimony to time spent in Europe and North Africa, traveling across the United States, and extensive travel in the Pacific Northwest near his home and studio in Portland, Oregon. His photos speak to the essence of human relationship with our environments.

Burdick is a 1998 graduate of Vernon-Verona-Sherrill High School (Verona, NY), The Peddie School and St. Lawrence University. Following his college graduation Burdick lived in Europe and North Africa for about six months. During this time he traveled and worked on a remote organic farm in the mountains of Southern Spain, documenting the change in relationship between human and natural systems. When he returned to the United States he worked for a year and a half as the Land Steward at The Center for Whole Communities, an organic farm and education center in Vermont. He then joined his friends of the blues and roots band Grace Potter and the Nocturnals (Hollywood Records) as Tour Manager and Photographer logging more than 35,000 road miles and driving coast-to-coast four times. While on tour, the band performed with such musical acts as blues legend Taj Mahal, The Dave Matthews Band, Trey Anastasio (Phish), The North Mississippi All-Stars, and Robert Cray.

His photographs have been used for album graphics, posters, web designs, office and home decoration, and have appeared in literary magazines and newspapers across the country. Burdick has recently published a book of photography, There and Back Again: Across The Country With Grace Potter And The Nocturnals. He also co-directed a Vermont Public Television live video recording of Grace Potter And The Nocturnals that has subsequently been released on DVD. Currently, Burdick splits time between his Portland, OR and Sherrill, NY studios where he owns and operates freelance photography businesses. In addition, Burdick has recently accepted the position of Director of Photography for Seanchai Productions, a documentary film company based in Portland focused on covering local and global issues that are environmentally and socially pressing in nature.

New to You
Associated Artists of Central New York

Price: Free
Manlius Village Library
Manlius Village Center, 1 Arkie Albanese Dr., Manlius

An exhibit of the work of new guild members as well as emerging and seldom shown artists.

Transmedia Photography Annual
Light Work Gallery

Robert B. Menschel Media Center
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

The exhibition features the work of seniors and graduate students in Syracuse University's Department of Transmedia.

Unsung Heroes: African American Soldiers in the Civil War
Light Work Gallery
Featuring works by William Earle Williams

Robert B. Menschel Media Center
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

Until the release of the motion picture Glory in 1989, it was not well known that more than 180,000 black soldiers served in the Civil War. The exhibition Unsung Heroes: African American Soldiers in the Civil War features over 40 stunning black-and-white photographs by William Earle Williams. The images call attention to the sites made special through these soldiers' contributions, so that their story becomes a part of our American story.

Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Un/Common Threads: Selections from the Light Work Collection
Light Work Gallery

Robert B. Menschel Media Center
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

This exhibition, curated by Syracuse University graduate student Kaylen Williams, features images from the Light Work Collection. The work selected explores how contemporary artists approach issues of ethnic and cultural identity.

Atrium Exhibit: Scholastic Art Awards Show
Onondaga Community College

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

A vast exhibit of regional high school Scholastic Art Awards competition entries featuring multimedia, painting, photography and ceramics.

Visual Arts Showcase #58
CNY Arts

Price: Free
WCNY
415 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

The Visual Arts Showcase Committee of the CRC is pleased to present an eclectic offering, featuring work of state and local grant winners since 2000. Special viewing arrangements can be made through the Cultural Resources Council at 315-435-2155.

W.E.B. DuBois Traveling Exhibit
Onondaga Community College

Price: Free
Ann Felton Multicultural Center and Gallery
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

Gallery Exhibit: Kente Cloth
Onondaga Community College

Price: Free
Ann Felton Multicultural Center and Gallery
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

In Woman Veritas
Point of Contact Gallery

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

In Woman Veritas is a selection of photography from the Point of Contact Collection, including works by Burt Barr, Maureen Connor, Marta Chilindrón & Eduardo Costas, Rimma Gerlovina & Valeriy Gerlovin, and Joseph Kugielsky.

The exhibit is a reflection on women, giving visitors a chance to examine different processes by which art is created and to ask questions about the ways in which truth is manifest in women. Seeing the works of art, which were created for publication in the Point of Contact journal series, in their raw and original forms along with their polished, published forms, invites a comparison between reality and what we, and the artist, perceive as reality, or truth. In fact, truth can arise from a process of searching, or, conversely, can be expressed in an instant. The exhibit revolves around this idea of truth and perspective, and visitors are encouraged to explore both the artists' perspectives of truth and their own.

Guided visits can be scheduled outside of regular hours by appointment.

Photography to Help Bridge the Relationship Between People and Place
Westcott Community Center

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

The photographs of Andrew W. Burdick are a visual testimony to time spent in Europe and North Africa, traveling across the United States, and extensive travel in the Pacific Northwest near his home and studio in Portland, Oregon. His photos speak to the essence of human relationship with our environments.

Burdick is a 1998 graduate of Vernon-Verona-Sherrill High School (Verona, NY), The Peddie School and St. Lawrence University. Following his college graduation Burdick lived in Europe and North Africa for about six months. During this time he traveled and worked on a remote organic farm in the mountains of Southern Spain, documenting the change in relationship between human and natural systems. When he returned to the United States he worked for a year and a half as the Land Steward at The Center for Whole Communities, an organic farm and education center in Vermont. He then joined his friends of the blues and roots band Grace Potter and the Nocturnals (Hollywood Records) as Tour Manager and Photographer logging more than 35,000 road miles and driving coast-to-coast four times. While on tour, the band performed with such musical acts as blues legend Taj Mahal, The Dave Matthews Band, Trey Anastasio (Phish), The North Mississippi All-Stars, and Robert Cray.

His photographs have been used for album graphics, posters, web designs, office and home decoration, and have appeared in literary magazines and newspapers across the country. Burdick has recently published a book of photography, There and Back Again: Across The Country With Grace Potter And The Nocturnals. He also co-directed a Vermont Public Television live video recording of Grace Potter And The Nocturnals that has subsequently been released on DVD. Currently, Burdick splits time between his Portland, OR and Sherrill, NY studios where he owns and operates freelance photography businesses. In addition, Burdick has recently accepted the position of Director of Photography for Seanchai Productions, a documentary film company based in Portland focused on covering local and global issues that are environmentally and socially pressing in nature.

A Connection with Time
Edgewood Gallery

Price: Free
Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Large, panoramic photos of the world of baseball at the beginning of the 20th century.

New to You
Associated Artists of Central New York

Price: Free
Manlius Village Library
Manlius Village Center, 1 Arkie Albanese Dr., Manlius

An exhibit of the work of new guild members as well as emerging and seldom shown artists.

Underground Railroad Made Visible: Photos by William Earle Williams
Community Folk Art Center

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

The photographs are of sites that were once part of the Underground Railroad, including many here in Central New York.

The exhibition is held in conjunction with a simultaneous exhibition at Light Work also featuring Williams' photographs: "Unsung Heroes: African American Soldiers in the Civil War."

William Earle Williams received a B.A. degree in History from Hamilton College and an M.F.A. degree in Fine Arts from Yale University. He is a Professor of Fine Arts at Haverford College in Pennsylvania and also a Curator of Photography. Williams participated in Light Work's Artist-in-Residence program in 2003.

Pride and Perseverance: Civil Rights Paintings by Charly Palmer
Community Folk Art Center

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

An artist with a passion for history, Palmer's works chronicle important social and political events, focusing on African American historical subjects and the Civil Rights Movement in particular. Palmer's works make use of bold colors, textures and layers to bring his subjects to life. He has exhibited extensively throughout the United States and his work can be found in several prominent public and private collections. Palmer has received several major awards and commissions. He has also worked as an educator, instructing students of all ages in drawing, painting, design and illustration.

Unsung Heroes: African American Soldiers in the Civil War
Light Work Gallery
Featuring works by William Earle Williams

Robert B. Menschel Media Center
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

Until the release of the motion picture Glory in 1989, it was not well known that more than 180,000 black soldiers served in the Civil War. The exhibition Unsung Heroes: African American Soldiers in the Civil War features over 40 stunning black-and-white photographs by William Earle Williams. The images call attention to the sites made special through these soldiers' contributions, so that their story becomes a part of our American story.

Transmedia Photography Annual
Light Work Gallery

Robert B. Menschel Media Center
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

The exhibition features the work of seniors and graduate students in Syracuse University's Department of Transmedia.

Dreams: Between the Sky and the Earth: Collaborations with Children at Ed Smith School
The Warehouse Gallery

The Warehouse Link Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

"Between the sky and the earth emerge paths to a new way of life where people journey together to a cleaner, safer, more beautiful world." So reads the inscription on a photograph by fifth-grader Shivhari Chathrattil describing his dream and image. It is one of more than 80 photographs -- in addition to a video documentary -- on display in the exhibition, which explores the dreams and visual imaginations of fifth-grade students in the Syracuse City School District (SCSD) and is the culmination of the efforts of an innovative course -- Literacy, Community and Photography -- offered through Syracuse University's College of Visual and Performing Arts.

Meaning and Metaphor
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

Meaning and Metaphor presents a group of 10 large contemporary paintings and two distinctly different sculptures. Made by American and British artists, the works challenge preconceived notions of what art is and its purpose.

Several pieces reject the idea that art needs to be realistic. Large paintings by Bernard Cohen and Walter Darby Bannard explore abstraction in uniquely different ways. Bannard's Sun Flood, 1972 is an excellent late example of Abstract Expressionism while Cohen's Somewhere Between, 1975 pushed Op Art to its philosophical extreme.

Other works examine the role of narration in art. Robert Birmelin's Night Driving, 1964, Sidney Goodman's Eclipse and Rico Lebrun's Lazarus, 1962 develop stories that leave the viewer with more questions than answers.

Parking is available at the Marion Avenue parking lot. For further information please contact the Galleries' David Prince at 315-443-4097.

War News and Strange Brews: The Art of Boris Artzybasheff
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

Boris Artzybasheff was a Russian émigré artist who painted over 200 cover illustrations for Time magazine. His most important work dates to World War II when he depicted the politicians, military leaders and the issues that governed the course of the conflict. His unique abilities in portraiture led Time to select him to paint several Man of the Year covers including portraits of Joseph Stalin and Harry Truman.

Artzybasheff was possibly more famous for his illustrations that gave machinery human characteristics. His sly talent for choosing just the right amount of human anatomy gave each machine a personality that ranged from sympathetic to sinister. Viewers were therefore compelled to have an emotional reaction to the machine and its purpose.

Parking is available at the Marion Avenue parking lot. For further information please contact the Galleries' David Prince at 315-443-4097.

Celestial Images: Antiquarian Astronomical Charts and Maps From the Mendillo Collection
Syracuse University Art Museum

Price: Free
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

Celestial Images celebrates the Golden Age of astronomical charts. Some of the world's earliest artistic images, illustrations of cosmologies and heavenly phenomena, entered into a new and lively phase during the Renaissance. The invention of printing in the 15th century improved the means of disseminating scientific knowledge; advances in astronomy in the 16th and 17th centuries led to the portrayal of new information. This fortuitous conjunction created printed astronomical charts of surprising accuracy and delicate beauty. Celestial cartographers combined their scientific quest with a keen aesthetic sense -- each chart had to be an object of beauty, as well as a repository of information. These charts were a celebration of aesthetics as well as scientific knowledge.

Like the twins of Gemini, art and science walked hand-in-hand for over hundred years. By the late 19th century, this unified way of seeing had split into the "two cultures" of art and science that we know today. Overwhelmed by a vast amount of data, astronomical charts of the 20th century eventually changed into functional, unadorned tools intended for the specialists. Tucked away in libraries, museums and private collections, however, are splendid remnants of a bygone era. Assembled here from the Mendillo Collection of Antiquarian Astronomical Charts and Maps are over 80 examples of some of the finest celestial cartography created. There are star charts (maps of the constellations and the full celestial sphere), charts of planetary systems (cosmologies), and a smaller third category, charts of celestial phenomena (such as nebulae, comets, and eclipses). Together, they pay homage to a time when simple systems explained the universe and humankind held friendly commerce with the skies.

Weekend and evening Galleries visitors can park in the Q4 lot on College Place. Notify the attendant that you are visiting the Galleries and you will be directed where to park. Parking is on a space available basis and may be restricted during events held at the Carrier Dome. If spaces aren't available the attendant will direct you to the nearest lot.

On the Edge of Pop
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

On the Edge of Pop presents a selection of paintings, sculpture and prints that examines the pop art movement's later years in the 1970s. Included in the exhibition are works by Pop icons like Andy Warhol and Robert Rauschenberg. These originators were joined by later participants including Robert Cottingham, John Clem Clark and Mel Ramos.

Pop established a new order of symbols, images and content that evolved over time. The style began in the late 1950s as a reaction to the intensely personal and gestural look of Abstract Expressionism. Pop artists de-emphasized their role in making art by often using more mechanical techniques usually associated with mass market processes. Their images were often appropriated from popular culture and, as a result, the general public greeted the new work enthusiastically.

By 1970 Pop had evolved into a more mainstream art form as the style broadened its scope. Andy Warhol did a series of paintings and prints of celebrities and other important figures. He took a famous publicity photograph of Marilyn Monroe and made a series of differently colored screenprints. Installed as multiples, the prints reinterpreted the starlet's place in American culture. Robert Rauschenberg had gained such a reputation that in 1969 NASA invited him to Cape Canaveral to witness the launch of Apollo 11 and to use its images in his work. His color screenprint Signs, 1970 prominently features the astronaut Buzz Aldrin standing on the moon along with a host of other iconic figures and events from the preceding decade.

Weekend and evening Galleries visitors can park in the Q4 lot on College Place. Notify the attendant that you are visiting the Galleries and you will be directed where to park. Parking is on a space available basis and may be restricted during events held at the Carrier Dome. If spaces aren't available the attendant will direct you to the nearest lot.

Spike Heels
Syracuse Stage
Robert Moss, director

Price: $35, $31, $22 (adults); $18 (teens); $15 (children)
Archbold Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Playwright Theresa Rebeck (of last season's comic delight Bad Dates) is fascinated with the tricky negotiations of male-female relationships. With Spike Heels, she plunges head first into the complexities of the battle of the sexes and pops up with a witty, compelling and very tart comedy. Even smart people are not so smart when it comes to love. (Adult language.)

Set in present-day Boston, the play focuses on the mixed-up, complicated relationships of four friends. Georgie is an attractive, street-savvy woman with a penchant for stiletto heels that make prizes of her legs. She lives in the same apartment complex as Andrew, a political philosophy professor writing a book. The two meet by the mailboxes one day and become unlikely friends. Andrew takes Georgie under his wing and helps her land a job as a secretary with his friend Edward, a lawyer. However, when Edward sexually harasses Georgie, the situation turns volatile. The fact that Andrew is engaged to Edward's ex-girlfriend Lydia complicates things even further.

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Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Un/Common Threads: Selections from the Light Work Collection
Light Work Gallery

Robert B. Menschel Media Center
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

This exhibition, curated by Syracuse University graduate student Kaylen Williams, features images from the Light Work Collection. The work selected explores how contemporary artists approach issues of ethnic and cultural identity.

Atrium Exhibit: Scholastic Art Awards Show
Onondaga Community College

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

A vast exhibit of regional high school Scholastic Art Awards competition entries featuring multimedia, painting, photography and ceramics.

Visual Arts Showcase #58
CNY Arts

Price: Free
WCNY
415 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

The Visual Arts Showcase Committee of the CRC is pleased to present an eclectic offering, featuring work of state and local grant winners since 2000. Special viewing arrangements can be made through the Cultural Resources Council at 315-435-2155.

Gallery Exhibit: Kente Cloth
Onondaga Community College

Price: Free
Ann Felton Multicultural Center and Gallery
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

W.E.B. DuBois Traveling Exhibit
Onondaga Community College

Price: Free
Ann Felton Multicultural Center and Gallery
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

In Woman Veritas
Point of Contact Gallery

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

In Woman Veritas is a selection of photography from the Point of Contact Collection, including works by Burt Barr, Maureen Connor, Marta Chilindrón & Eduardo Costas, Rimma Gerlovina & Valeriy Gerlovin, and Joseph Kugielsky.

The exhibit is a reflection on women, giving visitors a chance to examine different processes by which art is created and to ask questions about the ways in which truth is manifest in women. Seeing the works of art, which were created for publication in the Point of Contact journal series, in their raw and original forms along with their polished, published forms, invites a comparison between reality and what we, and the artist, perceive as reality, or truth. In fact, truth can arise from a process of searching, or, conversely, can be expressed in an instant. The exhibit revolves around this idea of truth and perspective, and visitors are encouraged to explore both the artists' perspectives of truth and their own.

Guided visits can be scheduled outside of regular hours by appointment.

Photography to Help Bridge the Relationship Between People and Place
Westcott Community Center

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

The photographs of Andrew W. Burdick are a visual testimony to time spent in Europe and North Africa, traveling across the United States, and extensive travel in the Pacific Northwest near his home and studio in Portland, Oregon. His photos speak to the essence of human relationship with our environments.

Burdick is a 1998 graduate of Vernon-Verona-Sherrill High School (Verona, NY), The Peddie School and St. Lawrence University. Following his college graduation Burdick lived in Europe and North Africa for about six months. During this time he traveled and worked on a remote organic farm in the mountains of Southern Spain, documenting the change in relationship between human and natural systems. When he returned to the United States he worked for a year and a half as the Land Steward at The Center for Whole Communities, an organic farm and education center in Vermont. He then joined his friends of the blues and roots band Grace Potter and the Nocturnals (Hollywood Records) as Tour Manager and Photographer logging more than 35,000 road miles and driving coast-to-coast four times. While on tour, the band performed with such musical acts as blues legend Taj Mahal, The Dave Matthews Band, Trey Anastasio (Phish), The North Mississippi All-Stars, and Robert Cray.

His photographs have been used for album graphics, posters, web designs, office and home decoration, and have appeared in literary magazines and newspapers across the country. Burdick has recently published a book of photography, There and Back Again: Across The Country With Grace Potter And The Nocturnals. He also co-directed a Vermont Public Television live video recording of Grace Potter And The Nocturnals that has subsequently been released on DVD. Currently, Burdick splits time between his Portland, OR and Sherrill, NY studios where he owns and operates freelance photography businesses. In addition, Burdick has recently accepted the position of Director of Photography for Seanchai Productions, a documentary film company based in Portland focused on covering local and global issues that are environmentally and socially pressing in nature.

A Connection with Time
Edgewood Gallery

Price: Free
Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Large, panoramic photos of the world of baseball at the beginning of the 20th century.

New to You
Associated Artists of Central New York

Price: Free
Manlius Village Library
Manlius Village Center, 1 Arkie Albanese Dr., Manlius

An exhibit of the work of new guild members as well as emerging and seldom shown artists.

Underground Railroad Made Visible: Photos by William Earle Williams
Community Folk Art Center

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

The photographs are of sites that were once part of the Underground Railroad, including many here in Central New York.

The exhibition is held in conjunction with a simultaneous exhibition at Light Work also featuring Williams' photographs: "Unsung Heroes: African American Soldiers in the Civil War."

William Earle Williams received a B.A. degree in History from Hamilton College and an M.F.A. degree in Fine Arts from Yale University. He is a Professor of Fine Arts at Haverford College in Pennsylvania and also a Curator of Photography. Williams participated in Light Work's Artist-in-Residence program in 2003.

Pride and Perseverance: Civil Rights Paintings by Charly Palmer
Community Folk Art Center

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

An artist with a passion for history, Palmer's works chronicle important social and political events, focusing on African American historical subjects and the Civil Rights Movement in particular. Palmer's works make use of bold colors, textures and layers to bring his subjects to life. He has exhibited extensively throughout the United States and his work can be found in several prominent public and private collections. Palmer has received several major awards and commissions. He has also worked as an educator, instructing students of all ages in drawing, painting, design and illustration.

Transmedia Photography Annual
Light Work Gallery

Robert B. Menschel Media Center
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

The exhibition features the work of seniors and graduate students in Syracuse University's Department of Transmedia.

Unsung Heroes: African American Soldiers in the Civil War
Light Work Gallery
Featuring works by William Earle Williams

Robert B. Menschel Media Center
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

Until the release of the motion picture Glory in 1989, it was not well known that more than 180,000 black soldiers served in the Civil War. The exhibition Unsung Heroes: African American Soldiers in the Civil War features over 40 stunning black-and-white photographs by William Earle Williams. The images call attention to the sites made special through these soldiers' contributions, so that their story becomes a part of our American story.

Dreams: Between the Sky and the Earth: Collaborations with Children at Ed Smith School
The Warehouse Gallery

The Warehouse Link Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

"Between the sky and the earth emerge paths to a new way of life where people journey together to a cleaner, safer, more beautiful world." So reads the inscription on a photograph by fifth-grader Shivhari Chathrattil describing his dream and image. It is one of more than 80 photographs -- in addition to a video documentary -- on display in the exhibition, which explores the dreams and visual imaginations of fifth-grade students in the Syracuse City School District (SCSD) and is the culmination of the efforts of an innovative course -- Literacy, Community and Photography -- offered through Syracuse University's College of Visual and Performing Arts.

War News and Strange Brews: The Art of Boris Artzybasheff
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

Boris Artzybasheff was a Russian émigré artist who painted over 200 cover illustrations for Time magazine. His most important work dates to World War II when he depicted the politicians, military leaders and the issues that governed the course of the conflict. His unique abilities in portraiture led Time to select him to paint several Man of the Year covers including portraits of Joseph Stalin and Harry Truman.

Artzybasheff was possibly more famous for his illustrations that gave machinery human characteristics. His sly talent for choosing just the right amount of human anatomy gave each machine a personality that ranged from sympathetic to sinister. Viewers were therefore compelled to have an emotional reaction to the machine and its purpose.

Parking is available at the Marion Avenue parking lot. For further information please contact the Galleries' David Prince at 315-443-4097.

Meaning and Metaphor
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

Meaning and Metaphor presents a group of 10 large contemporary paintings and two distinctly different sculptures. Made by American and British artists, the works challenge preconceived notions of what art is and its purpose.

Several pieces reject the idea that art needs to be realistic. Large paintings by Bernard Cohen and Walter Darby Bannard explore abstraction in uniquely different ways. Bannard's Sun Flood, 1972 is an excellent late example of Abstract Expressionism while Cohen's Somewhere Between, 1975 pushed Op Art to its philosophical extreme.

Other works examine the role of narration in art. Robert Birmelin's Night Driving, 1964, Sidney Goodman's Eclipse and Rico Lebrun's Lazarus, 1962 develop stories that leave the viewer with more questions than answers.

Parking is available at the Marion Avenue parking lot. For further information please contact the Galleries' David Prince at 315-443-4097.

Celestial Images: Antiquarian Astronomical Charts and Maps From the Mendillo Collection
Syracuse University Art Museum

Price: Free
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

Celestial Images celebrates the Golden Age of astronomical charts. Some of the world's earliest artistic images, illustrations of cosmologies and heavenly phenomena, entered into a new and lively phase during the Renaissance. The invention of printing in the 15th century improved the means of disseminating scientific knowledge; advances in astronomy in the 16th and 17th centuries led to the portrayal of new information. This fortuitous conjunction created printed astronomical charts of surprising accuracy and delicate beauty. Celestial cartographers combined their scientific quest with a keen aesthetic sense -- each chart had to be an object of beauty, as well as a repository of information. These charts were a celebration of aesthetics as well as scientific knowledge.

Like the twins of Gemini, art and science walked hand-in-hand for over hundred years. By the late 19th century, this unified way of seeing had split into the "two cultures" of art and science that we know today. Overwhelmed by a vast amount of data, astronomical charts of the 20th century eventually changed into functional, unadorned tools intended for the specialists. Tucked away in libraries, museums and private collections, however, are splendid remnants of a bygone era. Assembled here from the Mendillo Collection of Antiquarian Astronomical Charts and Maps are over 80 examples of some of the finest celestial cartography created. There are star charts (maps of the constellations and the full celestial sphere), charts of planetary systems (cosmologies), and a smaller third category, charts of celestial phenomena (such as nebulae, comets, and eclipses). Together, they pay homage to a time when simple systems explained the universe and humankind held friendly commerce with the skies.

Weekend and evening Galleries visitors can park in the Q4 lot on College Place. Notify the attendant that you are visiting the Galleries and you will be directed where to park. Parking is on a space available basis and may be restricted during events held at the Carrier Dome. If spaces aren't available the attendant will direct you to the nearest lot.

On the Edge of Pop
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

On the Edge of Pop presents a selection of paintings, sculpture and prints that examines the pop art movement's later years in the 1970s. Included in the exhibition are works by Pop icons like Andy Warhol and Robert Rauschenberg. These originators were joined by later participants including Robert Cottingham, John Clem Clark and Mel Ramos.

Pop established a new order of symbols, images and content that evolved over time. The style began in the late 1950s as a reaction to the intensely personal and gestural look of Abstract Expressionism. Pop artists de-emphasized their role in making art by often using more mechanical techniques usually associated with mass market processes. Their images were often appropriated from popular culture and, as a result, the general public greeted the new work enthusiastically.

By 1970 Pop had evolved into a more mainstream art form as the style broadened its scope. Andy Warhol did a series of paintings and prints of celebrities and other important figures. He took a famous publicity photograph of Marilyn Monroe and made a series of differently colored screenprints. Installed as multiples, the prints reinterpreted the starlet's place in American culture. Robert Rauschenberg had gained such a reputation that in 1969 NASA invited him to Cape Canaveral to witness the launch of Apollo 11 and to use its images in his work. His color screenprint Signs, 1970 prominently features the astronaut Buzz Aldrin standing on the moon along with a host of other iconic figures and events from the preceding decade.

Weekend and evening Galleries visitors can park in the Q4 lot on College Place. Notify the attendant that you are visiting the Galleries and you will be directed where to park. Parking is on a space available basis and may be restricted during events held at the Carrier Dome. If spaces aren't available the attendant will direct you to the nearest lot.

An Inconvenient Truth: Film and Panel Discussion
Onondaga Community College

Price: Free
Storer Auditorium
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

This Sundance Festival and Oscar-nominated film offers a passionate and inspirational look at Vice President Al Gore's fervent crusade to halt global warming's deadly progress in its tracks by exposing the myths and misconceptions that surround it.

The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with speakers including Peter Kraai, Onondaga Professor of Biology; Nina Tamrowski, Onondaga Professor of Political Science; Karl Klein, Onondaga Associate Professor of Computer Studies; Martha Loew and Janet Allen from the Iroquois Group, Sierra Club; and Rosalind Wiltse, LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design).

Heretic or Heir-Ethic? Oubrerie at Le Corbusier's Firminy
Syracuse University School of Architecture
Featuring French architect and author Jose Oubrerie

Price: Free
The Warehouse, Main Auditorium
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

Oubrerie is a professor at The Ohio State University Austin E. Knowlton School of Architecture and founding principal of the firm Atelier Wylde-Oubrerie. He studied architecture at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris and painting at the School of Fine Arts in Nantes, France. As an apprentice to Le Corbusier, arguably the 20th century's most influential architect, Oubrerie helped develop the designs for the church of Saint-Pierre de Firminy in France, the last of Le Corbusier's unfinished projects. Commissioned in 1960 as part of a redevelopment scheme for the former mining town, the church was begun ten years later but work stopped on the project in 1978. Under Oubrerie's direction, the church was completed in 2006. No major design by a celebrated modern architect has ever been completed decades after its commission. Other major works by Oubrerie include the Miller Residence in Lexington, Kentucky; the French Cultural Center in Damascus, Syria; and L'Esprit Nouveau exhibit hall in Bologna, Italy.

For more information, phone 315-443-2388.

The Future in the Hands of the Young
Civic Morning Musicals
Stephen Pikarsky, piano

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

Works of Kapustin, Beethoven, Chopin, Ravel, and Liszt. Stephen Pikarsky is an exciting young pianist and has been enlarging his fine reputation by a steady stream of competition winnings and guest appearances.

Bill DiCosimo Quartet

Price: No cover
Syracuse Suds Factory
320 S. Clinton St., Syracuse

Jazz, Latin, Blues. For more information, phone 315-471-2253.

Spike Heels
Syracuse Stage
Robert Moss, director

Price: $35, $31, $22 (adults); $18 (teens); $15 (children)
Archbold Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Playwright Theresa Rebeck (of last season's comic delight Bad Dates) is fascinated with the tricky negotiations of male-female relationships. With Spike Heels, she plunges head first into the complexities of the battle of the sexes and pops up with a witty, compelling and very tart comedy. Even smart people are not so smart when it comes to love. (Adult language.)

Set in present-day Boston, the play focuses on the mixed-up, complicated relationships of four friends. Georgie is an attractive, street-savvy woman with a penchant for stiletto heels that make prizes of her legs. She lives in the same apartment complex as Andrew, a political philosophy professor writing a book. The two meet by the mailboxes one day and become unlikely friends. Andrew takes Georgie under his wing and helps her land a job as a secretary with his friend Edward, a lawyer. However, when Edward sexually harasses Georgie, the situation turns volatile. The fact that Andrew is engaged to Edward's ex-girlfriend Lydia complicates things even further.

Read a Review!

Thursday, February 1, 2007

Un/Common Threads: Selections from the Light Work Collection
Light Work Gallery

Robert B. Menschel Media Center
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

This exhibition, curated by Syracuse University graduate student Kaylen Williams, features images from the Light Work Collection. The work selected explores how contemporary artists approach issues of ethnic and cultural identity.

A Journey Towards Hope: Underground Railroad Sites in Oberlin, Ohio
Light Work Gallery

Panasci Lounge, Schine Student Center
Syracuse University, Syracuse

Coriana Close has photographed the history of Oberlin, Ohio's Underground Railroad for the last few years. The images include large format color photographs of buildings in Oberlin that were essential to the abolitionist movement.

Atrium Exhibit: Scholastic Art Awards Show
Onondaga Community College

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

A vast exhibit of regional high school Scholastic Art Awards competition entries featuring multimedia, painting, photography and ceramics.

Visual Arts Showcase #58
CNY Arts

Price: Free
WCNY
415 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

The Visual Arts Showcase Committee of the CRC is pleased to present an eclectic offering, featuring work of state and local grant winners since 2000. Special viewing arrangements can be made through the Cultural Resources Council at 315-435-2155.

W.E.B. DuBois Traveling Exhibit
Onondaga Community College

Price: Free
Ann Felton Multicultural Center and Gallery
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

Gallery Exhibit: Kente Cloth
Onondaga Community College

Price: Free
Ann Felton Multicultural Center and Gallery
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

In Woman Veritas
Point of Contact Gallery

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

In Woman Veritas is a selection of photography from the Point of Contact Collection, including works by Burt Barr, Maureen Connor, Marta Chilindrón & Eduardo Costas, Rimma Gerlovina & Valeriy Gerlovin, and Joseph Kugielsky.

The exhibit is a reflection on women, giving visitors a chance to examine different processes by which art is created and to ask questions about the ways in which truth is manifest in women. Seeing the works of art, which were created for publication in the Point of Contact journal series, in their raw and original forms along with their polished, published forms, invites a comparison between reality and what we, and the artist, perceive as reality, or truth. In fact, truth can arise from a process of searching, or, conversely, can be expressed in an instant. The exhibit revolves around this idea of truth and perspective, and visitors are encouraged to explore both the artists' perspectives of truth and their own.

Guided visits can be scheduled outside of regular hours by appointment.

Photography to Help Bridge the Relationship Between People and Place
Westcott Community Center

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

The photographs of Andrew W. Burdick are a visual testimony to time spent in Europe and North Africa, traveling across the United States, and extensive travel in the Pacific Northwest near his home and studio in Portland, Oregon. His photos speak to the essence of human relationship with our environments.

Burdick is a 1998 graduate of Vernon-Verona-Sherrill High School (Verona, NY), The Peddie School and St. Lawrence University. Following his college graduation Burdick lived in Europe and North Africa for about six months. During this time he traveled and worked on a remote organic farm in the mountains of Southern Spain, documenting the change in relationship between human and natural systems. When he returned to the United States he worked for a year and a half as the Land Steward at The Center for Whole Communities, an organic farm and education center in Vermont. He then joined his friends of the blues and roots band Grace Potter and the Nocturnals (Hollywood Records) as Tour Manager and Photographer logging more than 35,000 road miles and driving coast-to-coast four times. While on tour, the band performed with such musical acts as blues legend Taj Mahal, The Dave Matthews Band, Trey Anastasio (Phish), The North Mississippi All-Stars, and Robert Cray.

His photographs have been used for album graphics, posters, web designs, office and home decoration, and have appeared in literary magazines and newspapers across the country. Burdick has recently published a book of photography, There and Back Again: Across The Country With Grace Potter And The Nocturnals. He also co-directed a Vermont Public Television live video recording of Grace Potter And The Nocturnals that has subsequently been released on DVD. Currently, Burdick splits time between his Portland, OR and Sherrill, NY studios where he owns and operates freelance photography businesses. In addition, Burdick has recently accepted the position of Director of Photography for Seanchai Productions, a documentary film company based in Portland focused on covering local and global issues that are environmentally and socially pressing in nature.

A Connection with Time
Edgewood Gallery

Price: Free
Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Large, panoramic photos of the world of baseball at the beginning of the 20th century.

New to You
Associated Artists of Central New York

Price: Free
Manlius Village Library
Manlius Village Center, 1 Arkie Albanese Dr., Manlius

An exhibit of the work of new guild members as well as emerging and seldom shown artists.

Underground Railroad Made Visible: Photos by William Earle Williams
Community Folk Art Center

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

The photographs are of sites that were once part of the Underground Railroad, including many here in Central New York.

The exhibition is held in conjunction with a simultaneous exhibition at Light Work also featuring Williams' photographs: "Unsung Heroes: African American Soldiers in the Civil War."

William Earle Williams received a B.A. degree in History from Hamilton College and an M.F.A. degree in Fine Arts from Yale University. He is a Professor of Fine Arts at Haverford College in Pennsylvania and also a Curator of Photography. Williams participated in Light Work's Artist-in-Residence program in 2003.

Pride and Perseverance: Civil Rights Paintings by Charly Palmer
Community Folk Art Center

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

An artist with a passion for history, Palmer's works chronicle important social and political events, focusing on African American historical subjects and the Civil Rights Movement in particular. Palmer's works make use of bold colors, textures and layers to bring his subjects to life. He has exhibited extensively throughout the United States and his work can be found in several prominent public and private collections. Palmer has received several major awards and commissions. He has also worked as an educator, instructing students of all ages in drawing, painting, design and illustration.

Unsung Heroes: African American Soldiers in the Civil War
Light Work Gallery
Featuring works by William Earle Williams

Robert B. Menschel Media Center
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

Until the release of the motion picture Glory in 1989, it was not well known that more than 180,000 black soldiers served in the Civil War. The exhibition Unsung Heroes: African American Soldiers in the Civil War features over 40 stunning black-and-white photographs by William Earle Williams. The images call attention to the sites made special through these soldiers' contributions, so that their story becomes a part of our American story.

Transmedia Photography Annual
Light Work Gallery

Robert B. Menschel Media Center
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

The exhibition features the work of seniors and graduate students in Syracuse University's Department of Transmedia.

Dreams: Between the Sky and the Earth: Collaborations with Children at Ed Smith School
The Warehouse Gallery

The Warehouse Link Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

"Between the sky and the earth emerge paths to a new way of life where people journey together to a cleaner, safer, more beautiful world." So reads the inscription on a photograph by fifth-grader Shivhari Chathrattil describing his dream and image. It is one of more than 80 photographs -- in addition to a video documentary -- on display in the exhibition, which explores the dreams and visual imaginations of fifth-grade students in the Syracuse City School District (SCSD) and is the culmination of the efforts of an innovative course -- Literacy, Community and Photography -- offered through Syracuse University's College of Visual and Performing Arts.

Meaning and Metaphor
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

Meaning and Metaphor presents a group of 10 large contemporary paintings and two distinctly different sculptures. Made by American and British artists, the works challenge preconceived notions of what art is and its purpose.

Several pieces reject the idea that art needs to be realistic. Large paintings by Bernard Cohen and Walter Darby Bannard explore abstraction in uniquely different ways. Bannard's Sun Flood, 1972 is an excellent late example of Abstract Expressionism while Cohen's Somewhere Between, 1975 pushed Op Art to its philosophical extreme.

Other works examine the role of narration in art. Robert Birmelin's Night Driving, 1964, Sidney Goodman's Eclipse and Rico Lebrun's Lazarus, 1962 develop stories that leave the viewer with more questions than answers.

Parking is available at the Marion Avenue parking lot. For further information please contact the Galleries' David Prince at 315-443-4097.

War News and Strange Brews: The Art of Boris Artzybasheff
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

Boris Artzybasheff was a Russian émigré artist who painted over 200 cover illustrations for Time magazine. His most important work dates to World War II when he depicted the politicians, military leaders and the issues that governed the course of the conflict. His unique abilities in portraiture led Time to select him to paint several Man of the Year covers including portraits of Joseph Stalin and Harry Truman.

Artzybasheff was possibly more famous for his illustrations that gave machinery human characteristics. His sly talent for choosing just the right amount of human anatomy gave each machine a personality that ranged from sympathetic to sinister. Viewers were therefore compelled to have an emotional reaction to the machine and its purpose.

Parking is available at the Marion Avenue parking lot. For further information please contact the Galleries' David Prince at 315-443-4097.

Celestial Images: Antiquarian Astronomical Charts and Maps From the Mendillo Collection
Syracuse University Art Museum

Price: Free
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

Celestial Images celebrates the Golden Age of astronomical charts. Some of the world's earliest artistic images, illustrations of cosmologies and heavenly phenomena, entered into a new and lively phase during the Renaissance. The invention of printing in the 15th century improved the means of disseminating scientific knowledge; advances in astronomy in the 16th and 17th centuries led to the portrayal of new information. This fortuitous conjunction created printed astronomical charts of surprising accuracy and delicate beauty. Celestial cartographers combined their scientific quest with a keen aesthetic sense -- each chart had to be an object of beauty, as well as a repository of information. These charts were a celebration of aesthetics as well as scientific knowledge.

Like the twins of Gemini, art and science walked hand-in-hand for over hundred years. By the late 19th century, this unified way of seeing had split into the "two cultures" of art and science that we know today. Overwhelmed by a vast amount of data, astronomical charts of the 20th century eventually changed into functional, unadorned tools intended for the specialists. Tucked away in libraries, museums and private collections, however, are splendid remnants of a bygone era. Assembled here from the Mendillo Collection of Antiquarian Astronomical Charts and Maps are over 80 examples of some of the finest celestial cartography created. There are star charts (maps of the constellations and the full celestial sphere), charts of planetary systems (cosmologies), and a smaller third category, charts of celestial phenomena (such as nebulae, comets, and eclipses). Together, they pay homage to a time when simple systems explained the universe and humankind held friendly commerce with the skies.

Weekend and evening Galleries visitors can park in the Q4 lot on College Place. Notify the attendant that you are visiting the Galleries and you will be directed where to park. Parking is on a space available basis and may be restricted during events held at the Carrier Dome. If spaces aren't available the attendant will direct you to the nearest lot.

On the Edge of Pop
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

On the Edge of Pop presents a selection of paintings, sculpture and prints that examines the pop art movement's later years in the 1970s. Included in the exhibition are works by Pop icons like Andy Warhol and Robert Rauschenberg. These originators were joined by later participants including Robert Cottingham, John Clem Clark and Mel Ramos.

Pop established a new order of symbols, images and content that evolved over time. The style began in the late 1950s as a reaction to the intensely personal and gestural look of Abstract Expressionism. Pop artists de-emphasized their role in making art by often using more mechanical techniques usually associated with mass market processes. Their images were often appropriated from popular culture and, as a result, the general public greeted the new work enthusiastically.

By 1970 Pop had evolved into a more mainstream art form as the style broadened its scope. Andy Warhol did a series of paintings and prints of celebrities and other important figures. He took a famous publicity photograph of Marilyn Monroe and made a series of differently colored screenprints. Installed as multiples, the prints reinterpreted the starlet's place in American culture. Robert Rauschenberg had gained such a reputation that in 1969 NASA invited him to Cape Canaveral to witness the launch of Apollo 11 and to use its images in his work. His color screenprint Signs, 1970 prominently features the astronaut Buzz Aldrin standing on the moon along with a host of other iconic figures and events from the preceding decade.

Weekend and evening Galleries visitors can park in the Q4 lot on College Place. Notify the attendant that you are visiting the Galleries and you will be directed where to park. Parking is on a space available basis and may be restricted during events held at the Carrier Dome. If spaces aren't available the attendant will direct you to the nearest lot.

The Human Condition
Delavan Art Gallery

Price: Free
Delavan Art Gallery
501 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

The exhibit features photography and wood cut prints of West Africa by James Albertson, drawings on issues of forced emigration by Joan Carlon, oil paintings by William Finch, drawings on canvas and linen of West African women by Viginia Hovendon, and watercolor portraits by Stephen Ryan.

Artist Lecture: William Earle Williams
Light Work Gallery

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

Lecture and reception in conjunction with the exhibition "Unsung Heroes: African American Soldiers in the Civil War," which features over 40 stunning black-and-white photographs.

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

Price: $26 plus tax and gratuities (includes meal and show)
Spaghetti Warehouse
689 N. Clinton St., Syracuse

Audience participation comedy/mystery dinner theater.

Spike Heels
Syracuse Stage
Robert Moss, director

Price: $35, $31, $22 (adults); $18 (teens); $15 (children)
Archbold Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Playwright Theresa Rebeck (of last season's comic delight Bad Dates) is fascinated with the tricky negotiations of male-female relationships. With Spike Heels, she plunges head first into the complexities of the battle of the sexes and pops up with a witty, compelling and very tart comedy. Even smart people are not so smart when it comes to love. (Adult language.)

Set in present-day Boston, the play focuses on the mixed-up, complicated relationships of four friends. Georgie is an attractive, street-savvy woman with a penchant for stiletto heels that make prizes of her legs. She lives in the same apartment complex as Andrew, a political philosophy professor writing a book. The two meet by the mailboxes one day and become unlikely friends. Andrew takes Georgie under his wing and helps her land a job as a secretary with his friend Edward, a lawyer. However, when Edward sexually harasses Georgie, the situation turns volatile. The fact that Andrew is engaged to Edward's ex-girlfriend Lydia complicates things even further.

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