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Events for Friday, May 10, 2019

9:00 AM-5:00 PM On Tap 2: Works by members of the Independent Potters' Association Clayscapes Pottery Gallery

9:00 AM-5:00 PM We Remember Them: The Legacy of Pan Am Flight 103 Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

9:30 AM-8:00 PM Opening: Stories from the Land Edgewood Gallery

10:00 AM-5:00 PM MFA Exhibit 2019: Plans Are Cancelled Community Folk Art Center

10:00 AM-6:00 PM Robert Benjamin: River Walking Light Work Gallery (Read a review!)

10:00 AM-6:00 PM 2019 Newhouse Photography Annual Light Work Gallery

10:00 AM-4:00 PM From Gilded to Gustav: The Victorian and Arts & Crafts Era in Onondaga County Onondaga Historical Association

10:00 AM-4:00 PM From the Vault: Dumbo First Took Flight in Syracuse Onondaga Historical Association

11:00 AM-7:30 PM Celebration of the Arts Art Exhibit Celebration of the Arts

11:00 AM-4:30 PM Plans Are Cancelled: MFA Thesis Exhibition Syracuse University Art Museum

11:00 AM-4:30 PM Winslow Homer: Women and American Society During the Civil War Era Syracuse University Art Museum

11:00 AM-4:30 PM Sound and Color Syracuse University Art Museum

12:00 PM-5:00 PM Highlights from the Permanent Collection Everson Museum of Art

12:00 PM-5:00 PM Eddie Dominguez: Garden of Eden Everson Museum of Art

12:00 PM-5:00 PM Juan Cruz: A Retrospective Everson Museum of Art

12:00 PM-5:00 PM Key Figures: Representational Ceramics 1932-1972 Everson Museum of Art (Read a review!)

12:00 PM-5:00 PM Socially Gifted: 75 Years of Gifts from the Social Art Club Everson Museum of Art

12:00 PM-5:00 PM Plans Are Cancelled: MFA 2019 Point of Contact Gallery

2:00 PM-7:00 PM From Gods to Social Justice: Indian Folk Artists Challenging Traditions ArtRage Gallery (Read a review!)

6:00 PM-8:00 PM Summer Exhibitions Opening Night Reception Everson Museum of Art

7:00 PM Poet Patrick Donnelly Downtown Writer's Center

7:00 PM-10:00 PM The Lightkeepers Acoustic Trio The 443 Social Club

7:00 PM Cliff Eberhardt and Louise Mosrie Words and Music Songwriter Showcase

7:30 PM The Book of Mormon Broadway in Syracuse

7:30 PM Anyone Can Whistle Celebration of the Arts

7:30 PM Pops Series: Cirque Goes to the Cinema Syracuse Orchestra (formerly Symphoria)

8:00 PM A Midsummer Night's Dream Central New York Playhouse (Read a review!)

8:00 PM Puffs or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic Rarely Done Productions (Read a review!)

8:00 PM Spring Concert: Sing Out Syracuse Gay and Lesbian Chorus

8:00 PM Girls Night: A Female Improv Event Syracuse Improv Collective

8:00 PM The Humans Syracuse Stage (Read a review!)

8:00 PM Good Kids Syracuse University Drama Department (Read a review!)

8:45 PM-11:00 PM Culture Capture: Terminal Addition Urban Video Project

Events for Saturday, May 11, 2019

9:00 AM-1:00 PM On Tap 2: Works by members of the Independent Potters' Association Clayscapes Pottery Gallery

10:00 AM-2:00 PM Stories from the Land Edgewood Gallery

10:00 AM-5:00 PM Socially Gifted: 75 Years of Gifts from the Social Art Club Everson Museum of Art

10:00 AM-5:00 PM Key Figures: Representational Ceramics 1932-1972 Everson Museum of Art (Read a review!)

10:00 AM-5:00 PM Juan Cruz: A Retrospective Everson Museum of Art

10:00 AM-5:00 PM Time Returns: A Continuous Now Everson Museum of Art (Read a review!)

10:00 AM-5:00 PM Eddie Dominguez: Garden of Eden Everson Museum of Art

10:00 AM-5:00 PM Highlights from the Permanent Collection Everson Museum of Art

11:00 AM-5:00 PM Celebration of the Arts Art Exhibit Celebration of the Arts

11:00 AM-5:00 PM MFA Exhibit 2019: Plans Are Cancelled Community Folk Art Center

11:00 AM-4:00 PM From Gilded to Gustav: The Victorian and Arts & Crafts Era in Onondaga County Onondaga Historical Association

11:00 AM-4:00 PM From the Vault: Dumbo First Took Flight in Syracuse Onondaga Historical Association

11:00 AM-4:30 PM Sound and Color Syracuse University Art Museum

11:00 AM-4:30 PM Winslow Homer: Women and American Society During the Civil War Era Syracuse University Art Museum

11:00 AM-4:30 PM Plans Are Cancelled: MFA Thesis Exhibition Syracuse University Art Museum

12:00 PM-4:00 PM From Gods to Social Justice: Indian Folk Artists Challenging Traditions ArtRage Gallery (Read a review!)

1:00 PM-9:00 PM 2019 Newhouse Photography Annual Light Work Gallery

1:00 PM-9:00 PM Robert Benjamin: River Walking Light Work Gallery (Read a review!)

2:00 PM The Book of Mormon Broadway in Syracuse

2:00 PM Spring Concert: Sing Out Syracuse Gay and Lesbian Chorus

2:00 PM Good Kids Syracuse University Drama Department (Read a review!)

3:00 PM The Humans Syracuse Stage (Read a review!)

7:00 PM-10:00 PM Donna Colton and Sam Patterelli The 443 Social Club

7:30 PM The Book of Mormon Broadway in Syracuse

7:30 PM Todd Hobin and Doug Moncrief Steeple Coffee House

7:30 PM Pops Series: Cirque Goes to the Cinema Syracuse Orchestra (formerly Symphoria)

8:00 PM Trouble in Paradise (1932) ArtRage Gallery

8:00 PM A Midsummer Night's Dream Central New York Playhouse (Read a review!)

8:00 PM Puffs or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic Rarely Done Productions (Read a review!)

8:00 PM The Humans Syracuse Stage (Read a review!)

8:00 PM Good Kids Syracuse University Drama Department (Read a review!)

8:45 PM-11:00 PM Culture Capture: Terminal Addition Urban Video Project

Events for Sunday, May 12, 2019

11:00 AM-5:00 PM Celebration of the Arts Art Exhibit Celebration of the Arts

11:00 AM-4:00 PM From Gilded to Gustav: The Victorian and Arts & Crafts Era in Onondaga County Onondaga Historical Association

11:00 AM-4:00 PM From the Vault: Dumbo First Took Flight in Syracuse Onondaga Historical Association

11:00 AM-4:30 PM Plans Are Cancelled: MFA Thesis Exhibition Syracuse University Art Museum

11:00 AM-4:30 PM Winslow Homer: Women and American Society During the Civil War Era Syracuse University Art Museum

11:00 AM-4:30 PM Sound and Color Syracuse University Art Museum

12:00 PM-5:00 PM Time Returns: A Continuous Now Everson Museum of Art (Read a review!)

12:00 PM-5:00 PM Juan Cruz: A Retrospective Everson Museum of Art

12:00 PM-5:00 PM Key Figures: Representational Ceramics 1932-1972 Everson Museum of Art (Read a review!)

12:00 PM-5:00 PM Socially Gifted: 75 Years of Gifts from the Social Art Club Everson Museum of Art

12:00 PM-5:00 PM Highlights from the Permanent Collection Everson Museum of Art

12:00 PM-5:00 PM Eddie Dominguez: Garden of Eden Everson Museum of Art

1:00 PM The Book of Mormon Broadway in Syracuse

1:00 PM-9:00 PM Robert Benjamin: River Walking Light Work Gallery (Read a review!)

1:00 PM-9:00 PM 2019 Newhouse Photography Annual Light Work Gallery

2:00 PM-5:00 PM Jazz on Tap: Jeff Stockham CNY Jazz Arts Foundation

2:00 PM Anyone Can Whistle Celebration of the Arts

2:00 PM A Midsummer Night's Dream Central New York Playhouse (Read a review!)

2:00 PM The Humans Syracuse Stage (Read a review!)

4:00 PM Symphoria Youth Orchestras Syracuse Orchestra (formerly Symphoria)

5:00 PM-8:00 PM Second Sundays with Stpehn Douglas Wolfe The 443 Social Club, featuring Amanda Rogers, Donna Dennihy, and the Harmonic Dirt Duo

6:30 PM The Book of Mormon Broadway in Syracuse

Events for Monday, May 13, 2019

9:00 AM-5:00 PM We Remember Them: The Legacy of Pan Am Flight 103 Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

10:00 AM-9:00 PM 2019 Newhouse Photography Annual Light Work Gallery

10:00 AM-9:00 PM Robert Benjamin: River Walking Light Work Gallery (Read a review!)

7:30 PM RKO Double Feature Syracuse Cinephile Society

Events for Tuesday, May 14, 2019

9:00 AM-5:00 PM We Remember Them: The Legacy of Pan Am Flight 103 Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

9:30 AM-6:00 PM Stories from the Land Edgewood Gallery

10:00 AM-9:00 PM Robert Benjamin: River Walking Light Work Gallery (Read a review!)

10:00 AM-9:00 PM 2019 Newhouse Photography Annual Light Work Gallery

7:30 PM Spring Concert Central New York Flute Choir

Events for Wednesday, May 15, 2019

9:00 AM-7:00 PM We Remember Them: The Legacy of Pan Am Flight 103 Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

9:30 AM-6:00 PM Stories from the Land Edgewood Gallery

10:00 AM-9:00 PM 2019 Newhouse Photography Annual Light Work Gallery

10:00 AM-9:00 PM Robert Benjamin: River Walking Light Work Gallery (Read a review!)

10:00 AM-4:00 PM From Gilded to Gustav: The Victorian and Arts & Crafts Era in Onondaga County Onondaga Historical Association

10:00 AM-4:00 PM From the Vault: Dumbo First Took Flight in Syracuse Onondaga Historical Association

12:00 PM-2:00 PM Jazz at the Plaza: Matthew Rockwell Group CNY Jazz Arts Foundation

12:00 PM-5:00 PM Eddie Dominguez: Garden of Eden Everson Museum of Art

12:00 PM-5:00 PM Highlights from the Permanent Collection Everson Museum of Art

12:00 PM-5:00 PM Socially Gifted: 75 Years of Gifts from the Social Art Club Everson Museum of Art

12:00 PM-5:00 PM Key Figures: Representational Ceramics 1932-1972 Everson Museum of Art (Read a review!)

12:00 PM-5:00 PM Juan Cruz: A Retrospective Everson Museum of Art

12:00 PM-5:00 PM Time Returns: A Continuous Now Everson Museum of Art (Read a review!)

12:15 PM Kristy Morgan, soprano; Ida Tili-Trebicka, piano Civic Morning Musicals

2:00 PM-7:00 PM From Gods to Social Justice: Indian Folk Artists Challenging Traditions ArtRage Gallery (Read a review!)

5:30 PM-8:30 PM Jazz at the Cavalier: Andrea Miceli CNY Jazz Arts Foundation

5:30 PM Symphoria String Quartet Pop-Up Concert Syracuse Orchestra (formerly Symphoria)

Events for Thursday, May 16, 2019

9:00 AM-5:00 PM We Remember Them: The Legacy of Pan Am Flight 103 Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

9:30 AM-6:00 PM Stories from the Land Edgewood Gallery

10:00 AM-9:00 PM Robert Benjamin: River Walking Light Work Gallery (Read a review!)

10:00 AM-9:00 PM 2019 Newhouse Photography Annual Light Work Gallery

10:00 AM-4:00 PM From Gilded to Gustav: The Victorian and Arts & Crafts Era in Onondaga County Onondaga Historical Association

10:00 AM-4:00 PM From the Vault: Dumbo First Took Flight in Syracuse Onondaga Historical Association

12:00 PM-8:00 PM Eddie Dominguez: Garden of Eden Everson Museum of Art

12:00 PM-8:00 PM Highlights from the Permanent Collection Everson Museum of Art

12:00 PM-8:00 PM It's Always Been a Revolution Everson Museum of Art

12:00 PM-8:00 PM Time Returns: A Continuous Now Everson Museum of Art (Read a review!)

12:00 PM-8:00 PM Juan Cruz: A Retrospective Everson Museum of Art

12:00 PM-8:00 PM Key Figures: Representational Ceramics 1932-1972 Everson Museum of Art (Read a review!)

12:00 PM-8:00 PM Socially Gifted: 75 Years of Gifts from the Social Art Club Everson Museum of Art

2:00 PM-7:00 PM From Gods to Social Justice: Indian Folk Artists Challenging Traditions ArtRage Gallery (Read a review!)

6:00 PM Docent-Led Tour: Teen Council exhibition Everson Museum of Art

6:30 PM-9:30 PM Acoustic Open Mic The 443 Social Club

6:45 PM Death Takes a Bow Acme Mystery Company

7:00 PM The Opioid Crisis Strathmore Speakers Series, featuring Dr. Ednita Wright

7:30 PM Jason Aldean: Ride All Night Tour, with Kane Brown, Carly Pearce, Dee Jay Silver Lakeview St. Joseph's Amphitheater

7:30 PM Choral Concert to Benefit Food Bank of CNY Choirs of University United Methodist Church and Bellevue Heights United Methodist Church

8:00 PM A Midsummer Night's Dream Central New York Playhouse (Read a review!)

8:00 PM Drunk with Hope Rarely Done Productions (Read a review!)

9:00 PM-11:00 PM Culture Capture: Terminal Addition Urban Video Project

Events for Friday, May 17, 2019

9:00 AM-5:00 PM We Remember Them: The Legacy of Pan Am Flight 103 Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

9:30 AM-6:00 PM Stories from the Land Edgewood Gallery

10:00 AM-6:00 PM 2019 Newhouse Photography Annual Light Work Gallery

10:00 AM-6:00 PM Robert Benjamin: River Walking Light Work Gallery (Read a review!)

10:00 AM-4:00 PM From Gilded to Gustav: The Victorian and Arts & Crafts Era in Onondaga County Onondaga Historical Association

10:00 AM-4:00 PM From the Vault: Dumbo First Took Flight in Syracuse Onondaga Historical Association

12:00 PM-5:00 PM It's Always Been a Revolution Everson Museum of Art

12:00 PM-5:00 PM Highlights from the Permanent Collection Everson Museum of Art

12:00 PM-5:00 PM Eddie Dominguez: Garden of Eden Everson Museum of Art

12:00 PM-5:00 PM Socially Gifted: 75 Years of Gifts from the Social Art Club Everson Museum of Art

12:00 PM-5:00 PM Key Figures: Representational Ceramics 1932-1972 Everson Museum of Art (Read a review!)

12:00 PM-5:00 PM Juan Cruz: A Retrospective Everson Museum of Art

12:00 PM-5:00 PM Time Returns: A Continuous Now Everson Museum of Art (Read a review!)

2:00 PM-7:00 PM From Gods to Social Justice: Indian Folk Artists Challenging Traditions ArtRage Gallery (Read a review!)

7:00 PM Author Peter McShane Downtown Writer's Center

8:00 PM A Midsummer Night's Dream Central New York Playhouse (Read a review!)

8:00 PM Joe Jackson: Four Decade Tour Creative Concerts

8:00 PM Durham County Poets Folkus Project

8:00 PM Drunk with Hope Rarely Done Productions (Read a review!)

9:00 PM-11:00 PM Culture Capture: Terminal Addition Urban Video Project

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Friday, May 10, 2019


Art
 

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 10



On Tap 2: Works by members of the Independent Potters' Association
Clayscapes Pottery Gallery

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

The Independent Potters' Association (IPA) is pleased to announce On Tap 2, featuring ceramics created by the group's members. The artwork on view will demonstrate a variety of techniques and styles, ranging from utilitarian forms to sculptural vessels.


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9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 10



We Remember Them: The Legacy of Pan Am Flight 103
Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

Price: Free
Bird Library, 6th Floor
Syracuse University, Syracuse

The bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on December 21, 1988 claimed the lives of 270 individuals from 21 nations. Among those lost were 35 students returning home from a semester abroad through Syracuse University. This exhibition of materials donated to the Pan Am Flight 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster by the victims' families, friends, advocates, and affected communities commemorates the 30th anniversary of the tragedy through an exploration of the ways in which the lives of the victims have been remembered. Whether through scholarship, public advocacy, art, or physical memorials, we ensure their lives and the lessons learned from their deaths are not forgotten.


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9:30 AM - 8:00 PM, May 10



Opening: Stories from the Land
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

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

Jay Hart: elevation surface images from around the world
Susan Machamer: jeweler
Miyo Hirano: ceramicist
June Szabo: sculptural wood reliefs of natural and man-made land formations, representative of the human condition


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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 10



MFA Exhibit 2019: Plans Are Cancelled
Community Folk Art Center

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

The gallery, along with SUArt and Point of Contact Gallery, will be hosting the annual Master of Fine Arts thesis exhibition titled "Plans are Cancelled", featuring works by Leticia Hernandez, Adam Hutchinson, Salome Kokoladze, Hlumela Matika, Seok Wun Au Yong, Haotian Wu, and Yilu Yang.


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10:00 AM - 6:00 PM, May 10



Robert Benjamin: River Walking
Light Work Gallery

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

Light Work is pleased to present Robert Benjamin's "River Walking," a solo exhibition of photographs and poems spanning four decades. A self-taught photographer and poet, Benjamin's work, often centered around his family, offers a simple and honest consideration of what it means to live and to love with intention. "I think you have to love your life, and you have to have the courage to find the world beautiful," says Benjamin. Enchanted by color and the beauty of photography itself, Benjamin uncovers poetry in the everyday.

Benjamin never wanted a career in photography. He simply felt that he needed to make pictures. According to Benjamin, one of the great joys of being a photographer is working with cameras. He appreciates the elegance of mechanical objects deeply — their feel, their smell, their sound. Cameras are "exquisite little machines" — like typewriters, he says. Benjamin has been writing poems on his Smith-Corona Clipper longer than he's made photographs. His poems echo the sensitivity and humble directness of his photographs. More recently, Benjamin has begun pairing what he aptly calls "small photographs" with "small poems," a selection of which are included in this exhibition.

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10:00 AM - 6:00 PM, May 10



2019 Newhouse Photography Annual
Light Work Gallery

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

Light Work is pleased to present the 2019 Newhouse Photography Annual, featuring work by photography students in S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. This exhibition comprises more than 25 thematically diverse photographs by Newhouse's Multimedia Photography students. The exhibition represents various approaches to photographic practice and technique and showcases the rage of images that today's students are producing.

The exhibiting artists are Michele Abercrombie, Zack Bolton, Emily Elconin, Zach Krahmer, Jordan Larson, Sam Lee, Levingston Lewis, Gavin Liddell, Todd Michalek, Ally Moreo, Skye Schumacher, Liam Sheehan, Jes Sheldon, Maranie Staab, Doug Steinman, and Romy Weidner.

Caroline Smith, editor of photography and visuals at TOPIC, served as juror to select images for Best of Show and Honorable Mention awards. Maranie Staab took Best of Show and Honorable Mentions went to Emily Elconin and Sam Lee.


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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, May 10



From Gilded to Gustav: The Victorian and Arts & Crafts Era in Onondaga County
Onondaga Historical Association

Price: Free
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

This Victorian Era and Arts & Crafts exhibit will highlight several of Syracuse's major contributors to the Arts and Crafts movement, 1900-1920s, as well as feature many fine examples of period clothing, architecture, and furniture of the Victorian Era in Syracuse, 1837-1901.

In many respects, the Arts and Crafts movement was a rebuke of the ornate styling, designs, and increasing mechanization of production in the Victorian period. The displays will allow for museum patrons to see these contrasting styles up close.


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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, May 10



From the Vault: Dumbo First Took Flight in Syracuse
Onondaga Historical Association

Price: Free
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

The exhibit will guide visitors through the long and humble beginnings of this adorable character. Learn about the two Helens, both Syracuse University graduates, who worked together to create the Dumbo that we know today. Helen Aberson wrote the original story of Dumbo the Flying Elephant and Helen Durney drew the illustrations.

For this special exhibit, OHA has worked in collaboration with the Syracuse University Special Collections, where the original documents are housed due to their connection to the S.U. graduates. Due to the extreme fragility of the pieces, duplicates are used in place of the originals, but the story the pieces tell about the origins and evolution of Dumbo is one every Syracusan should know.


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11:00 AM - 7:30 PM, May 10



Celebration of the Arts Art Exhibit
Celebration of the Arts

Price: Free
St. David's Episcopal Church
13 Jamar Dr., Dewitt

The juried exhibit showcases the recent artwork of over 110 artists from CNY.


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11:00 AM - 4:30 PM, May 10



Plans Are Cancelled: MFA Thesis Exhibition
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

The annual Master of Fine Arts thesis exhibition featuring work by emerging contemporary artists in the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University.


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11:00 AM - 4:30 PM, May 10



Winslow Homer: Women and American Society During the Civil War Era
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

Distinguished Professor of Art and Music Histories Wayne Franits and students from his Senior Seminar studied wood engravings by noted American artist Winslow Homer (1836-1910) that depict women during the Civil War era. Their research and curatorial writing is featured in this exhibition.


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11:00 AM - 4:30 PM, May 10



Sound and Color
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

Whether we are healing or celebrating, the visual arts and music speak to our personal experiences and the connection we have to each other. It is only natural that the visual artist be directly influenced by melody and rhythm.


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, May 10



Highlights from the Permanent Collection
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Showcasing the depth of the Everson's collection, Highlights from the Permanent Collection presents 150 years of American art, from early 19th-century portraiture to the Pop Art of the 1960s. This exhibition features many visitor favorites, including work by Albert Bierstadt, Eastman Johnson, Lee Krasner, Grandma Moses, Jackson Pollock, and Gilbert Stuart.


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, May 10



Eddie Dominguez: Garden of Eden
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The youngest of eight children, Eddie Dominguez grew up in Tucumcari, New Mexico, between Albuquerque and Amarillo on historic Route 66. He came to national prominence in the mid–1980s for highly stylized dinnerware sets that also stack into sculptural forms. In his work, Dominguez frequently references his home state's vegetation, landforms, weather, and Hispano–Catholic culture. The dual nature of Dominguez's objects, which inhabit the gray area between utility and art for art's sake, reflects his personal experience as a New Mexican who studied ceramics in the Anglo–dominated East: whether we see "art" or "craft," local Hispano or melting pot American depends completely on the immediate context.


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, May 10



Juan Cruz: A Retrospective
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

In the 1980s, Juan Cruz began investigating his past as a method to understand where the tribal and the modern world collide. Born in Puerto Rico, Cruz briefly attended the Art Students League in 1975 and in 1995 he graduated from Syracuse University's School of Visual and Performing Arts. This career-spanning exhibition focuses on Cruz's work as a painter, sculptor, muralist, and community activist.


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, May 10



Key Figures: Representational Ceramics 1932-1972
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Dating back to the Ceramic National exhibitions, which began in 1932, the Everson has a rich history of supporting artists who explore the figure. Artists like Viktor Schreckengost, Edris Eckhardt, and Waylande Gregory routinely received awards and critical acclaim for their work. "Key Figures" examines the larger-than-life artists who shaped an art movement, and features select works from a new generation of artists who are building on this legacy by using the figure to explore identity, narrative, and allegory.

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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, May 10



Socially Gifted: 75 Years of Gifts from the Social Art Club
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Founded in 1875, the Social Art Club is a women's club dedicated to the study of art in a group setting. The Club has an extensive history of supporting the Everson, including financial support for the acquisition of some of the Museum's most iconic pieces, such as Adrian Saxe's Untitled vessel from 1980, which graces the cover of the Museum's American Ceramics catalog. Over the past decade, the Social Art Club's gifts have strengthened the Everson's connections to Central New York through donations of work by indigenous and regional artists.


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, May 10



Plans Are Cancelled: MFA 2019
Point of Contact Gallery

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

Featuring the work of six MFA candidates from Syracuse University's VPA School of Art and Department of Transmedia: Taylor Clock, Candice Corgan, Rene Gortat, Megan King, Jeremy Tarr, and Jessie Wang


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2:00 PM - 7:00 PM, May 10



From Gods to Social Justice: Indian Folk Artists Challenging Traditions
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

Representing two painting styles of eastern India, this exhibition includes a male tradition of scrolls from Bengal and a female tradition of wall paintings, now done on paper, from the Mithila region of northern Bihar. Both of these art forms have morphed and changed in contemporary India, creating space for artists to use their art to comment on issues facing their lives, their nation and the planet. Their work deals with a variety of injustices such as violence against women, female infanticide, political corruption, climate change, and war.

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6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, May 10



Summer Exhibitions Opening Night Reception
Everson Museum of Art

Price: $15 regular, free for members and Syracuse city residents
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Join us for your first chance to see the summer exhibitions. Meet artist Juan Cruz and hear from Time Returns: A Continuous Now curators Judy Natal and DJ Hellerman.

Curator conversation at 6:15 pm.


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8:45 PM - 11:00 PM, May 10



Culture Capture: Terminal Addition
Urban Video Project

Price: Free
Everson Museum of Art Plaza
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Light Work's Urban Video Project presents "Culture Capture: Terminal Addition" by the New Red Order (NRO). NRO core contributors Adam Khalil (Ojibway), Zack Khalil (Ojibway), and Jackson Polys (Tlingit) use video and performance to collectively challenge European settler and colonialist tendencies — such as "playing Indian" — with what they call "sites of savage pronouncement," the purpose of which is to shift potential obstructions to Indigenous growth and agency.

Created for UVP and shot in and around Syracuse, "Terminal Addition" uses local archives, collections, and locations, including the Columbus Monument in downtown Syracuse and the Saltine Warrior on the Syracuse University campus.

The exhibition will be on view on the north facade of the Everson Museum of Art from dusk until 11:00 pm.


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Comedy
 

8:00 PM, May 10



Girls Night: A Female Improv Event
Syracuse Improv Collective

Price: $10
Wunderbar
201 S. West St., Syracuse

"Girls Night: A Female Improv Event" celebrates the comedic voices and stories of female-identifying improvisers. It's a night of comedy, laughter, and fun. Performers will take suggestions from the audience and improvise never before seen characters and scenes. Audience members are invited to take the stage with performers at the end of the night in an open jam!


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Music
 

7:00 PM - 10:00 PM, May 10



The Lightkeepers Acoustic Trio
The 443 Social Club

Price: No cover
The 443 Social Club
443 Burnet Ave., Syracuse

The Lightkeepers knit a musical blanket of soul, funk, rock, jazzy blues and American roots.


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7:00 PM, May 10



Cliff Eberhardt and Louise Mosrie
Words and Music Songwriter Showcase

Price: $15-$20 suggested donation
Seneca Street Brew Pub
315 E. Seneca St., Manlius

Cliff Eberhardt got his start in music in the '70s and '80s under the tutelage of mentors Tom Paxton, Odetta, and Richie Havens in Greenwich Village. His 1990 debut as a singer-songwriter, The Long Road, featured a duet with folk icon Richie Havens and the single "My Father's Shoes," which hit No. 1 on the Billboard AC charts. Eberhardt went on to produce eight more albums to critical success as well as accumulating over 30 song cuts by artists like Richie Havens, Shawn Colvin, Buffy St. Marie, Erasure, and Cry Cry Cry (Dar Williams, Richard Shindell, and Lucy Kaplansky).

An open-mic songwriter spotlight will feature David Benjamin Goldman, Rob Orioli, Jim Shaffer, and Nadine Prince.


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7:30 PM, May 10



Pops Series: Cirque Goes to the Cinema
Syracuse Orchestra (formerly Symphoria)
Sean O'Loughlin, conductor

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

Cirque de la Symphonie returns with an all-new program of awe-inspiring physical feats of power and beauty! Paired with the music from blockbuster movie classics, including Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Mission Impossible, Titanic and more, this thrill ride includes the spectacle of acrobats, jugglers and aerial flyers soaring high above the heads of the audience.


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8:00 PM, May 10



Spring Concert: Sing Out
Syracuse Gay and Lesbian Chorus
Stephen Gamba, conductor

May Memorial Unitarian Society
3800 E. Genesee St., Syracuse


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Poetry/Reading
 

7:00 PM, May 10



Poet Patrick Donnelly
Downtown Writer's Center

Price: Free
YMCA
340 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Patrick Donnelly is the author of four books of poetry, Little-Known Operas (Four Way Books, 2019), Jesus Said (a chapbook from Orison Books, 2017), Nocturnes of the Brothel of Ruin (Four Way Books, 2012), and The Charge (Ausable Press, 2003, since 2009 part of Copper Canyon Press), which was a 2013 finalist for the Lambda Literary Award. Donnelly is director of the Poetry Seminar at The Frost Place, Robert Frost's old homestead in Franconia, NH, now a center for poetry and the arts. Donnelly's translations with Stephen D. Miller of classical Japanese poetry were awarded the 2015-2016 Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature. Donnelly's other awards include a U.S./Japan Creative Artists Program Award, an Artist Fellowship from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the Margaret Bridgman Fellowship in Poetry from the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, and a 2018 Amy Clampitt Residency Award.


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Theater
 

7:30 PM, May 10



The Book of Mormon
Broadway in Syracuse

Landmark Theatre
362 S. Salina St., Syracuse

The New York Times calls it "the best musical of this century." The Washington Post says, "It is the kind of evening that restores your faith in musicals." And Entertainment Weekly says, "Grade A: the funniest musical of all time." Jimmy Fallon of The Tonight Show calls it "Genius. Brilliant. Phenomenal." It's The Book of Mormon, the nine-time Tony Award-winning Best Musical.

This outrageous musical comedy follows the misadventures of a mismatched pair of missionaries, sent halfway across the world to spread the Good Word. Now with standing room only productions in London, on Broadway, and across North America, The Book of Mormon has truly become an international sensation. Contains explicit language.


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7:30 PM, May 10



Anyone Can Whistle
Celebration of the Arts
Abel Searor, director

Price: $10 suggested donation
St. David's Episcopal Church
13 Jamar Dr., Dewitt

A town is forced to face the fact that its major industry makes a product that never wears out. Hilarity and confusion result when the decision is made to bring crowds to the town by declaring a miracle. Arthur Laurents' satire on conformity is graced by a musical score which helped bring Stephen Sondheim into the forefront of young 1960s Broadway composers. Liam Fitzpatrick, Erin Sills and Ceara Windhausen lead a cast of local theater favorites.



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8:00 PM, May 10



A Midsummer Night's Dream
Central New York Playhouse
William Edward White, director

CNY Playhouse
Shoppingtown Mall, Entrance No. 4 (adjacent to parking garage), Dewitt

A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare's enchanting comic tale of love lost and found, presents love in all its glory, warts and all: Love at first sight, innocent love, love twisted by the mind, by lust, by jealousy, by a marriage on the rocks; love that is thrown into chaos by a mischievous fairy's mistake.

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8:00 PM, May 10



Puffs or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic
Rarely Done Productions
Krystal Wadsworth, director

Jazz Central
441 E. Washington St., Syracuse

For seven years a certain boy wizard went to a certain Wizard School and conquered evil. This, however, is not his story. This is the story of the Puffs... who just happened to be there too. A tale for anyone who has never been destined to save the world.

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8:00 PM, May 10



The Humans
Syracuse Stage
Mark Cuddy, director

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

Critically acclaimed winner of the 2016 Tony Award for Best Play, The Humans offers a compelling look at a slice of contemporary life as seen through a family Thanksgiving celebration. The Blakes of Scranton, Pennsylvania, Eric and Deirdre, have come to Chinatown to spend the holiday with their adult daughters, Aimee and Brigid. Along for the celebration are Momo, Eric's mother teetering in and out of consciousness, and Richard, Brigid's boyfriend. Of course, they eat turkey, but when they talk turkey, it really gets interesting. A blisteringly funny and poignant play by Stephen Karam about people we might know and people we could be.

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8:00 PM, May 10



Good Kids
Syracuse University Drama Department
Holly Thuma, director

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

A hard-hitting and clear-eyed look at the troubling aftermath of the sexual assault of a 16-year-old girl by members of a high school football team. Based on actual events, Good Kids, by Naomi Iizuka, examines how social media makes private lives public in ways we don't always anticipate and can't always control. At the same time, it sheds light on issues that are often treated as isolated incidents — but which, in truth, reflect attitudes and beliefs prevalent in the culture at large.

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Saturday, May 11, 2019


Art
 

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM, May 11



On Tap 2: Works by members of the Independent Potters' Association
Clayscapes Pottery Gallery

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

The Independent Potters' Association (IPA) is pleased to announce On Tap 2, featuring ceramics created by the group's members. The artwork on view will demonstrate a variety of techniques and styles, ranging from utilitarian forms to sculptural vessels.


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10:00 AM - 2:00 PM, May 11



Stories from the Land
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Jay Hart: elevation surface images from around the world
Susan Machamer: jeweler
Miyo Hirano: ceramicist
June Szabo: sculptural wood reliefs of natural and man-made land formations, representative of the human condition


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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 11



Socially Gifted: 75 Years of Gifts from the Social Art Club
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Founded in 1875, the Social Art Club is a women's club dedicated to the study of art in a group setting. The Club has an extensive history of supporting the Everson, including financial support for the acquisition of some of the Museum's most iconic pieces, such as Adrian Saxe's Untitled vessel from 1980, which graces the cover of the Museum's American Ceramics catalog. Over the past decade, the Social Art Club's gifts have strengthened the Everson's connections to Central New York through donations of work by indigenous and regional artists.


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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 11



Key Figures: Representational Ceramics 1932-1972
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Dating back to the Ceramic National exhibitions, which began in 1932, the Everson has a rich history of supporting artists who explore the figure. Artists like Viktor Schreckengost, Edris Eckhardt, and Waylande Gregory routinely received awards and critical acclaim for their work. "Key Figures" examines the larger-than-life artists who shaped an art movement, and features select works from a new generation of artists who are building on this legacy by using the figure to explore identity, narrative, and allegory.

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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 11



Juan Cruz: A Retrospective
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

In the 1980s, Juan Cruz began investigating his past as a method to understand where the tribal and the modern world collide. Born in Puerto Rico, Cruz briefly attended the Art Students League in 1975 and in 1995 he graduated from Syracuse University's School of Visual and Performing Arts. This career-spanning exhibition focuses on Cruz's work as a painter, sculptor, muralist, and community activist.


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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 11



Time Returns: A Continuous Now
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"Time Returns: A Continuous Now" presents a cross section of photographs that span the early 20th century through 2019. In our current moment of peaked social activism and political engagement, the exhibition suggests new connections among seemingly disparate topics such as the horrors of war, the impact of the Anthropocene, shifting identities, and the necessity of intimacy. "Time Returns: A Continuous Now" features work rife with immediacy by artists living through tumultuous times that reevaluate societal divisions and reinforce the relevance and power of photography today. Co-curated by artist Judy Natal and the Everson's Curator of Art & Programs DJ Hellerman, the exhibition is assembled from the collections of the Everson Museum and Light Work.

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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 11



Eddie Dominguez: Garden of Eden
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The youngest of eight children, Eddie Dominguez grew up in Tucumcari, New Mexico, between Albuquerque and Amarillo on historic Route 66. He came to national prominence in the mid–1980s for highly stylized dinnerware sets that also stack into sculptural forms. In his work, Dominguez frequently references his home state's vegetation, landforms, weather, and Hispano–Catholic culture. The dual nature of Dominguez's objects, which inhabit the gray area between utility and art for art's sake, reflects his personal experience as a New Mexican who studied ceramics in the Anglo–dominated East: whether we see "art" or "craft," local Hispano or melting pot American depends completely on the immediate context.


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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 11



Highlights from the Permanent Collection
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Showcasing the depth of the Everson's collection, Highlights from the Permanent Collection presents 150 years of American art, from early 19th-century portraiture to the Pop Art of the 1960s. This exhibition features many visitor favorites, including work by Albert Bierstadt, Eastman Johnson, Lee Krasner, Grandma Moses, Jackson Pollock, and Gilbert Stuart.


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11:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 11



Celebration of the Arts Art Exhibit
Celebration of the Arts

Price: Free
St. David's Episcopal Church
13 Jamar Dr., Dewitt

The juried exhibit showcases the recent artwork of over 110 artists from CNY.


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11:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 11



MFA Exhibit 2019: Plans Are Cancelled
Community Folk Art Center

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

The gallery, along with SUArt and Point of Contact Gallery, will be hosting the annual Master of Fine Arts thesis exhibition titled "Plans are Cancelled", featuring works by Leticia Hernandez, Adam Hutchinson, Salome Kokoladze, Hlumela Matika, Seok Wun Au Yong, Haotian Wu, and Yilu Yang.


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11:00 AM - 4:00 PM, May 11



From Gilded to Gustav: The Victorian and Arts & Crafts Era in Onondaga County
Onondaga Historical Association

Price: Free
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

This Victorian Era and Arts & Crafts exhibit will highlight several of Syracuse's major contributors to the Arts and Crafts movement, 1900-1920s, as well as feature many fine examples of period clothing, architecture, and furniture of the Victorian Era in Syracuse, 1837-1901.

In many respects, the Arts and Crafts movement was a rebuke of the ornate styling, designs, and increasing mechanization of production in the Victorian period. The displays will allow for museum patrons to see these contrasting styles up close.


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11:00 AM - 4:00 PM, May 11



From the Vault: Dumbo First Took Flight in Syracuse
Onondaga Historical Association

Price: Free
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

The exhibit will guide visitors through the long and humble beginnings of this adorable character. Learn about the two Helens, both Syracuse University graduates, who worked together to create the Dumbo that we know today. Helen Aberson wrote the original story of Dumbo the Flying Elephant and Helen Durney drew the illustrations.

For this special exhibit, OHA has worked in collaboration with the Syracuse University Special Collections, where the original documents are housed due to their connection to the S.U. graduates. Due to the extreme fragility of the pieces, duplicates are used in place of the originals, but the story the pieces tell about the origins and evolution of Dumbo is one every Syracusan should know.


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11:00 AM - 4:30 PM, May 11



Sound and Color
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

Whether we are healing or celebrating, the visual arts and music speak to our personal experiences and the connection we have to each other. It is only natural that the visual artist be directly influenced by melody and rhythm.


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11:00 AM - 4:30 PM, May 11



Winslow Homer: Women and American Society During the Civil War Era
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

Distinguished Professor of Art and Music Histories Wayne Franits and students from his Senior Seminar studied wood engravings by noted American artist Winslow Homer (1836-1910) that depict women during the Civil War era. Their research and curatorial writing is featured in this exhibition.


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11:00 AM - 4:30 PM, May 11



Plans Are Cancelled: MFA Thesis Exhibition
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

The annual Master of Fine Arts thesis exhibition featuring work by emerging contemporary artists in the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University.


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12:00 PM - 4:00 PM, May 11



From Gods to Social Justice: Indian Folk Artists Challenging Traditions
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

Representing two painting styles of eastern India, this exhibition includes a male tradition of scrolls from Bengal and a female tradition of wall paintings, now done on paper, from the Mithila region of northern Bihar. Both of these art forms have morphed and changed in contemporary India, creating space for artists to use their art to comment on issues facing their lives, their nation and the planet. Their work deals with a variety of injustices such as violence against women, female infanticide, political corruption, climate change, and war.

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1:00 PM - 9:00 PM, May 11



2019 Newhouse Photography Annual
Light Work Gallery

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

Light Work is pleased to present the 2019 Newhouse Photography Annual, featuring work by photography students in S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. This exhibition comprises more than 25 thematically diverse photographs by Newhouse's Multimedia Photography students. The exhibition represents various approaches to photographic practice and technique and showcases the rage of images that today's students are producing.

The exhibiting artists are Michele Abercrombie, Zack Bolton, Emily Elconin, Zach Krahmer, Jordan Larson, Sam Lee, Levingston Lewis, Gavin Liddell, Todd Michalek, Ally Moreo, Skye Schumacher, Liam Sheehan, Jes Sheldon, Maranie Staab, Doug Steinman, and Romy Weidner.

Caroline Smith, editor of photography and visuals at TOPIC, served as juror to select images for Best of Show and Honorable Mention awards. Maranie Staab took Best of Show and Honorable Mentions went to Emily Elconin and Sam Lee.


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1:00 PM - 9:00 PM, May 11



Robert Benjamin: River Walking
Light Work Gallery

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

Light Work is pleased to present Robert Benjamin's "River Walking," a solo exhibition of photographs and poems spanning four decades. A self-taught photographer and poet, Benjamin's work, often centered around his family, offers a simple and honest consideration of what it means to live and to love with intention. "I think you have to love your life, and you have to have the courage to find the world beautiful," says Benjamin. Enchanted by color and the beauty of photography itself, Benjamin uncovers poetry in the everyday.

Benjamin never wanted a career in photography. He simply felt that he needed to make pictures. According to Benjamin, one of the great joys of being a photographer is working with cameras. He appreciates the elegance of mechanical objects deeply — their feel, their smell, their sound. Cameras are "exquisite little machines" — like typewriters, he says. Benjamin has been writing poems on his Smith-Corona Clipper longer than he's made photographs. His poems echo the sensitivity and humble directness of his photographs. More recently, Benjamin has begun pairing what he aptly calls "small photographs" with "small poems," a selection of which are included in this exhibition.

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8:45 PM - 11:00 PM, May 11



Culture Capture: Terminal Addition
Urban Video Project

Price: Free
Everson Museum of Art Plaza
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Light Work's Urban Video Project presents "Culture Capture: Terminal Addition" by the New Red Order (NRO). NRO core contributors Adam Khalil (Ojibway), Zack Khalil (Ojibway), and Jackson Polys (Tlingit) use video and performance to collectively challenge European settler and colonialist tendencies — such as "playing Indian" — with what they call "sites of savage pronouncement," the purpose of which is to shift potential obstructions to Indigenous growth and agency.

Created for UVP and shot in and around Syracuse, "Terminal Addition" uses local archives, collections, and locations, including the Columbus Monument in downtown Syracuse and the Saltine Warrior on the Syracuse University campus.

The exhibition will be on view on the north facade of the Everson Museum of Art from dusk until 11:00 pm.


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Film
 

8:00 PM, May 11



Trouble in Paradise (1932)
ArtRage Gallery

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

Venice, 1932. International jewel thief, Gaston, and Lily, a pickpocket, are partners in crime and love. Seizing opportunity, they are off to Paris to rob Mariette, the elegant owner of a Parisian perfume empire. As luck would have it, she is looking to hire new staff, and Gaston and Lily, masquerading as nobles, land jobs. Their shady plan goes smoothly but when sparks fly between Gaston and Mariette, the road to riches turns rocky. Larcenous lovers are one thing. Thieves of hearts quite another. Sparked by sophisticated dialogue, exquisite visual style, impossibly adult characters, and supreme acting, the film was a major hit. Its unmistakable sexiness, however, aggravated religious groups, inciting movie censorship that would last for decades. Yet Trouble in Paradise defined a film genre and its sass and inner light would influence future screenwriters and filmmakers — it is thought to have inspired the recent Grand Budapest Hotel.


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Music
 

2:00 PM, May 11



Spring Concert: Sing Out
Syracuse Gay and Lesbian Chorus
Stephen Gamba, conductor

May Memorial Unitarian Society
3800 E. Genesee St., Syracuse


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7:00 PM - 10:00 PM, May 11



Donna Colton and Sam Patterelli
The 443 Social Club

Price: No cover
The 443 Social Club
443 Burnet Ave., Syracuse

Gritty, buttery and soul-piercing have all been used to describe the vocals of Donna Colton. A seasoned veteran of the local music scene, her songwriting and CDs have garnered national and international attention. Solo showcases at the legendary Bitter End and Spiral Club in New York City and at the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville led to live performances for national TV and radio shows.

Colton will be joined on stage her husband and bandmate, Sam Patterelli, AKA Sam Troublemaker, making music they call an acoustic tangle of Broken Folk and Twang Rock.


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7:30 PM, May 11



Todd Hobin and Doug Moncrief
Steeple Coffee House

Price: $20 suggested donation covers entertainment, dessert, coffee/tea
United Church of Fayetteville
310 E. Genesee St., Fayetteville

Performing their signature rock 'n' roll


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7:30 PM, May 11



Pops Series: Cirque Goes to the Cinema
Syracuse Orchestra (formerly Symphoria)
Sean O'Loughlin, conductor

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

Cirque de la Symphonie returns with an all-new program of awe-inspiring physical feats of power and beauty! Paired with the music from blockbuster movie classics, including Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Mission Impossible, Titanic and more, this thrill ride includes the spectacle of acrobats, jugglers and aerial flyers soaring high above the heads of the audience.


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Theater
 

2:00 PM, May 11



The Book of Mormon
Broadway in Syracuse

Landmark Theatre
362 S. Salina St., Syracuse

The New York Times calls it "the best musical of this century." The Washington Post says, "It is the kind of evening that restores your faith in musicals." And Entertainment Weekly says, "Grade A: the funniest musical of all time." Jimmy Fallon of The Tonight Show calls it "Genius. Brilliant. Phenomenal." It's The Book of Mormon, the nine-time Tony Award-winning Best Musical.

This outrageous musical comedy follows the misadventures of a mismatched pair of missionaries, sent halfway across the world to spread the Good Word. Now with standing room only productions in London, on Broadway, and across North America, The Book of Mormon has truly become an international sensation. Contains explicit language.


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2:00 PM, May 11



Good Kids
Syracuse University Drama Department
Holly Thuma, director

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

A hard-hitting and clear-eyed look at the troubling aftermath of the sexual assault of a 16-year-old girl by members of a high school football team. Based on actual events, Good Kids, by Naomi Iizuka, examines how social media makes private lives public in ways we don't always anticipate and can't always control. At the same time, it sheds light on issues that are often treated as isolated incidents — but which, in truth, reflect attitudes and beliefs prevalent in the culture at large.

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3:00 PM, May 11



The Humans
Syracuse Stage
Mark Cuddy, director

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

Critically acclaimed winner of the 2016 Tony Award for Best Play, The Humans offers a compelling look at a slice of contemporary life as seen through a family Thanksgiving celebration. The Blakes of Scranton, Pennsylvania, Eric and Deirdre, have come to Chinatown to spend the holiday with their adult daughters, Aimee and Brigid. Along for the celebration are Momo, Eric's mother teetering in and out of consciousness, and Richard, Brigid's boyfriend. Of course, they eat turkey, but when they talk turkey, it really gets interesting. A blisteringly funny and poignant play by Stephen Karam about people we might know and people we could be.

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7:30 PM, May 11



The Book of Mormon
Broadway in Syracuse

Landmark Theatre
362 S. Salina St., Syracuse

The New York Times calls it "the best musical of this century." The Washington Post says, "It is the kind of evening that restores your faith in musicals." And Entertainment Weekly says, "Grade A: the funniest musical of all time." Jimmy Fallon of The Tonight Show calls it "Genius. Brilliant. Phenomenal." It's The Book of Mormon, the nine-time Tony Award-winning Best Musical.

This outrageous musical comedy follows the misadventures of a mismatched pair of missionaries, sent halfway across the world to spread the Good Word. Now with standing room only productions in London, on Broadway, and across North America, The Book of Mormon has truly become an international sensation. Contains explicit language.


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8:00 PM, May 11



A Midsummer Night's Dream
Central New York Playhouse
William Edward White, director

CNY Playhouse
Shoppingtown Mall, Entrance No. 4 (adjacent to parking garage), Dewitt

A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare's enchanting comic tale of love lost and found, presents love in all its glory, warts and all: Love at first sight, innocent love, love twisted by the mind, by lust, by jealousy, by a marriage on the rocks; love that is thrown into chaos by a mischievous fairy's mistake.

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8:00 PM, May 11



Puffs or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic
Rarely Done Productions
Krystal Wadsworth, director

Jazz Central
441 E. Washington St., Syracuse

For seven years a certain boy wizard went to a certain Wizard School and conquered evil. This, however, is not his story. This is the story of the Puffs... who just happened to be there too. A tale for anyone who has never been destined to save the world.

Read a Review!


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8:00 PM, May 11



The Humans
Syracuse Stage
Mark Cuddy, director

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

Critically acclaimed winner of the 2016 Tony Award for Best Play, The Humans offers a compelling look at a slice of contemporary life as seen through a family Thanksgiving celebration. The Blakes of Scranton, Pennsylvania, Eric and Deirdre, have come to Chinatown to spend the holiday with their adult daughters, Aimee and Brigid. Along for the celebration are Momo, Eric's mother teetering in and out of consciousness, and Richard, Brigid's boyfriend. Of course, they eat turkey, but when they talk turkey, it really gets interesting. A blisteringly funny and poignant play by Stephen Karam about people we might know and people we could be.

Read a Review!


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8:00 PM, May 11



Good Kids
Syracuse University Drama Department
Holly Thuma, director

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

A hard-hitting and clear-eyed look at the troubling aftermath of the sexual assault of a 16-year-old girl by members of a high school football team. Based on actual events, Good Kids, by Naomi Iizuka, examines how social media makes private lives public in ways we don't always anticipate and can't always control. At the same time, it sheds light on issues that are often treated as isolated incidents — but which, in truth, reflect attitudes and beliefs prevalent in the culture at large.

Read a Review!


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Sunday, May 12, 2019


Art
 

11:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 12



Celebration of the Arts Art Exhibit
Celebration of the Arts

Price: Free
St. David's Episcopal Church
13 Jamar Dr., Dewitt

The juried exhibit showcases the recent artwork of over 110 artists from CNY.


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11:00 AM - 4:00 PM, May 12



From Gilded to Gustav: The Victorian and Arts & Crafts Era in Onondaga County
Onondaga Historical Association

Price: Free
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

This Victorian Era and Arts & Crafts exhibit will highlight several of Syracuse's major contributors to the Arts and Crafts movement, 1900-1920s, as well as feature many fine examples of period clothing, architecture, and furniture of the Victorian Era in Syracuse, 1837-1901.

In many respects, the Arts and Crafts movement was a rebuke of the ornate styling, designs, and increasing mechanization of production in the Victorian period. The displays will allow for museum patrons to see these contrasting styles up close.


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11:00 AM - 4:00 PM, May 12



From the Vault: Dumbo First Took Flight in Syracuse
Onondaga Historical Association

Price: Free
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

The exhibit will guide visitors through the long and humble beginnings of this adorable character. Learn about the two Helens, both Syracuse University graduates, who worked together to create the Dumbo that we know today. Helen Aberson wrote the original story of Dumbo the Flying Elephant and Helen Durney drew the illustrations.

For this special exhibit, OHA has worked in collaboration with the Syracuse University Special Collections, where the original documents are housed due to their connection to the S.U. graduates. Due to the extreme fragility of the pieces, duplicates are used in place of the originals, but the story the pieces tell about the origins and evolution of Dumbo is one every Syracusan should know.


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11:00 AM - 4:30 PM, May 12



Plans Are Cancelled: MFA Thesis Exhibition
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

The annual Master of Fine Arts thesis exhibition featuring work by emerging contemporary artists in the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University.


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11:00 AM - 4:30 PM, May 12



Winslow Homer: Women and American Society During the Civil War Era
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

Distinguished Professor of Art and Music Histories Wayne Franits and students from his Senior Seminar studied wood engravings by noted American artist Winslow Homer (1836-1910) that depict women during the Civil War era. Their research and curatorial writing is featured in this exhibition.


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11:00 AM - 4:30 PM, May 12



Sound and Color
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

Whether we are healing or celebrating, the visual arts and music speak to our personal experiences and the connection we have to each other. It is only natural that the visual artist be directly influenced by melody and rhythm.


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, May 12



Time Returns: A Continuous Now
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"Time Returns: A Continuous Now" presents a cross section of photographs that span the early 20th century through 2019. In our current moment of peaked social activism and political engagement, the exhibition suggests new connections among seemingly disparate topics such as the horrors of war, the impact of the Anthropocene, shifting identities, and the necessity of intimacy. "Time Returns: A Continuous Now" features work rife with immediacy by artists living through tumultuous times that reevaluate societal divisions and reinforce the relevance and power of photography today. Co-curated by artist Judy Natal and the Everson's Curator of Art & Programs DJ Hellerman, the exhibition is assembled from the collections of the Everson Museum and Light Work.

Read a review!


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, May 12



Juan Cruz: A Retrospective
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

In the 1980s, Juan Cruz began investigating his past as a method to understand where the tribal and the modern world collide. Born in Puerto Rico, Cruz briefly attended the Art Students League in 1975 and in 1995 he graduated from Syracuse University's School of Visual and Performing Arts. This career-spanning exhibition focuses on Cruz's work as a painter, sculptor, muralist, and community activist.


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, May 12



Key Figures: Representational Ceramics 1932-1972
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Dating back to the Ceramic National exhibitions, which began in 1932, the Everson has a rich history of supporting artists who explore the figure. Artists like Viktor Schreckengost, Edris Eckhardt, and Waylande Gregory routinely received awards and critical acclaim for their work. "Key Figures" examines the larger-than-life artists who shaped an art movement, and features select works from a new generation of artists who are building on this legacy by using the figure to explore identity, narrative, and allegory.

Read a review!


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, May 12



Socially Gifted: 75 Years of Gifts from the Social Art Club
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Founded in 1875, the Social Art Club is a women's club dedicated to the study of art in a group setting. The Club has an extensive history of supporting the Everson, including financial support for the acquisition of some of the Museum's most iconic pieces, such as Adrian Saxe's Untitled vessel from 1980, which graces the cover of the Museum's American Ceramics catalog. Over the past decade, the Social Art Club's gifts have strengthened the Everson's connections to Central New York through donations of work by indigenous and regional artists.


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, May 12



Highlights from the Permanent Collection
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Showcasing the depth of the Everson's collection, Highlights from the Permanent Collection presents 150 years of American art, from early 19th-century portraiture to the Pop Art of the 1960s. This exhibition features many visitor favorites, including work by Albert Bierstadt, Eastman Johnson, Lee Krasner, Grandma Moses, Jackson Pollock, and Gilbert Stuart.


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, May 12



Eddie Dominguez: Garden of Eden
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The youngest of eight children, Eddie Dominguez grew up in Tucumcari, New Mexico, between Albuquerque and Amarillo on historic Route 66. He came to national prominence in the mid–1980s for highly stylized dinnerware sets that also stack into sculptural forms. In his work, Dominguez frequently references his home state's vegetation, landforms, weather, and Hispano–Catholic culture. The dual nature of Dominguez's objects, which inhabit the gray area between utility and art for art's sake, reflects his personal experience as a New Mexican who studied ceramics in the Anglo–dominated East: whether we see "art" or "craft," local Hispano or melting pot American depends completely on the immediate context.


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1:00 PM - 9:00 PM, May 12



Robert Benjamin: River Walking
Light Work Gallery

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

Light Work is pleased to present Robert Benjamin's "River Walking," a solo exhibition of photographs and poems spanning four decades. A self-taught photographer and poet, Benjamin's work, often centered around his family, offers a simple and honest consideration of what it means to live and to love with intention. "I think you have to love your life, and you have to have the courage to find the world beautiful," says Benjamin. Enchanted by color and the beauty of photography itself, Benjamin uncovers poetry in the everyday.

Benjamin never wanted a career in photography. He simply felt that he needed to make pictures. According to Benjamin, one of the great joys of being a photographer is working with cameras. He appreciates the elegance of mechanical objects deeply — their feel, their smell, their sound. Cameras are "exquisite little machines" — like typewriters, he says. Benjamin has been writing poems on his Smith-Corona Clipper longer than he's made photographs. His poems echo the sensitivity and humble directness of his photographs. More recently, Benjamin has begun pairing what he aptly calls "small photographs" with "small poems," a selection of which are included in this exhibition.

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1:00 PM - 9:00 PM, May 12



2019 Newhouse Photography Annual
Light Work Gallery

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

Light Work is pleased to present the 2019 Newhouse Photography Annual, featuring work by photography students in S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. This exhibition comprises more than 25 thematically diverse photographs by Newhouse's Multimedia Photography students. The exhibition represents various approaches to photographic practice and technique and showcases the rage of images that today's students are producing.

The exhibiting artists are Michele Abercrombie, Zack Bolton, Emily Elconin, Zach Krahmer, Jordan Larson, Sam Lee, Levingston Lewis, Gavin Liddell, Todd Michalek, Ally Moreo, Skye Schumacher, Liam Sheehan, Jes Sheldon, Maranie Staab, Doug Steinman, and Romy Weidner.

Caroline Smith, editor of photography and visuals at TOPIC, served as juror to select images for Best of Show and Honorable Mention awards. Maranie Staab took Best of Show and Honorable Mentions went to Emily Elconin and Sam Lee.


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Music
 

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM, May 12



Jazz on Tap: Jeff Stockham
CNY Jazz Arts Foundation

Price: No cover
Finger Lakes On Tap
35 Fennell St., Skaneateles


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4:00 PM, May 12



Symphoria Youth Orchestras
Syracuse Orchestra (formerly Symphoria)

Price: $10 adults, $5 students with college ID, free for kids 18 and under
H. W. Smith School Auditorium
1130 Salt Springs Rd., Syracuse

Hear some of Central New York's most talented young musicians perform diverse musical selections including the perennial favorite Dvorak's Symphony No. 9, "New World".


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5:00 PM - 8:00 PM, May 12



Second Sundays with Stpehn Douglas Wolfe
The 443 Social Club
Featuring Amanda Rogers, Donna Dennihy, and the Harmonic Dirt Duo

Price: $5
The 443 Social Club
443 Burnet Ave., Syracuse

Join Stephen Douglas Wolfe on the second Sunday of every month as he invites some of the area's most talented songwriters to the stage for music and conversation. Dig a little deeper into the composers' minds and hear original works in their purest form.


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Theater
 

1:00 PM, May 12



The Book of Mormon
Broadway in Syracuse

Landmark Theatre
362 S. Salina St., Syracuse

The New York Times calls it "the best musical of this century." The Washington Post says, "It is the kind of evening that restores your faith in musicals." And Entertainment Weekly says, "Grade A: the funniest musical of all time." Jimmy Fallon of The Tonight Show calls it "Genius. Brilliant. Phenomenal." It's The Book of Mormon, the nine-time Tony Award-winning Best Musical.

This outrageous musical comedy follows the misadventures of a mismatched pair of missionaries, sent halfway across the world to spread the Good Word. Now with standing room only productions in London, on Broadway, and across North America, The Book of Mormon has truly become an international sensation. Contains explicit language.


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2:00 PM, May 12



Anyone Can Whistle
Celebration of the Arts
Abel Searor, director

Price: $10 suggested donation
St. David's Episcopal Church
13 Jamar Dr., Dewitt

A town is forced to face the fact that its major industry makes a product that never wears out. Hilarity and confusion result when the decision is made to bring crowds to the town by declaring a miracle. Arthur Laurents' satire on conformity is graced by a musical score which helped bring Stephen Sondheim into the forefront of young 1960s Broadway composers. Liam Fitzpatrick, Erin Sills and Ceara Windhausen lead a cast of local theater favorites.



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2:00 PM, May 12



A Midsummer Night's Dream
Central New York Playhouse
William Edward White, director

CNY Playhouse
Shoppingtown Mall, Entrance No. 4 (adjacent to parking garage), Dewitt

A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare's enchanting comic tale of love lost and found, presents love in all its glory, warts and all: Love at first sight, innocent love, love twisted by the mind, by lust, by jealousy, by a marriage on the rocks; love that is thrown into chaos by a mischievous fairy's mistake.

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2:00 PM, May 12



The Humans
Syracuse Stage
Mark Cuddy, director

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

Critically acclaimed winner of the 2016 Tony Award for Best Play, The Humans offers a compelling look at a slice of contemporary life as seen through a family Thanksgiving celebration. The Blakes of Scranton, Pennsylvania, Eric and Deirdre, have come to Chinatown to spend the holiday with their adult daughters, Aimee and Brigid. Along for the celebration are Momo, Eric's mother teetering in and out of consciousness, and Richard, Brigid's boyfriend. Of course, they eat turkey, but when they talk turkey, it really gets interesting. A blisteringly funny and poignant play by Stephen Karam about people we might know and people we could be.

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6:30 PM, May 12



The Book of Mormon
Broadway in Syracuse

Landmark Theatre
362 S. Salina St., Syracuse

The New York Times calls it "the best musical of this century." The Washington Post says, "It is the kind of evening that restores your faith in musicals." And Entertainment Weekly says, "Grade A: the funniest musical of all time." Jimmy Fallon of The Tonight Show calls it "Genius. Brilliant. Phenomenal." It's The Book of Mormon, the nine-time Tony Award-winning Best Musical.

This outrageous musical comedy follows the misadventures of a mismatched pair of missionaries, sent halfway across the world to spread the Good Word. Now with standing room only productions in London, on Broadway, and across North America, The Book of Mormon has truly become an international sensation. Contains explicit language.


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Monday, May 13, 2019


Art
 

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 13



We Remember Them: The Legacy of Pan Am Flight 103
Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

Price: Free
Bird Library, 6th Floor
Syracuse University, Syracuse

The bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on December 21, 1988 claimed the lives of 270 individuals from 21 nations. Among those lost were 35 students returning home from a semester abroad through Syracuse University. This exhibition of materials donated to the Pan Am Flight 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster by the victims' families, friends, advocates, and affected communities commemorates the 30th anniversary of the tragedy through an exploration of the ways in which the lives of the victims have been remembered. Whether through scholarship, public advocacy, art, or physical memorials, we ensure their lives and the lessons learned from their deaths are not forgotten.


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10:00 AM - 9:00 PM, May 13



2019 Newhouse Photography Annual
Light Work Gallery

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

Light Work is pleased to present the 2019 Newhouse Photography Annual, featuring work by photography students in S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. This exhibition comprises more than 25 thematically diverse photographs by Newhouse's Multimedia Photography students. The exhibition represents various approaches to photographic practice and technique and showcases the rage of images that today's students are producing.

The exhibiting artists are Michele Abercrombie, Zack Bolton, Emily Elconin, Zach Krahmer, Jordan Larson, Sam Lee, Levingston Lewis, Gavin Liddell, Todd Michalek, Ally Moreo, Skye Schumacher, Liam Sheehan, Jes Sheldon, Maranie Staab, Doug Steinman, and Romy Weidner.

Caroline Smith, editor of photography and visuals at TOPIC, served as juror to select images for Best of Show and Honorable Mention awards. Maranie Staab took Best of Show and Honorable Mentions went to Emily Elconin and Sam Lee.


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10:00 AM - 9:00 PM, May 13



Robert Benjamin: River Walking
Light Work Gallery

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

Light Work is pleased to present Robert Benjamin's "River Walking," a solo exhibition of photographs and poems spanning four decades. A self-taught photographer and poet, Benjamin's work, often centered around his family, offers a simple and honest consideration of what it means to live and to love with intention. "I think you have to love your life, and you have to have the courage to find the world beautiful," says Benjamin. Enchanted by color and the beauty of photography itself, Benjamin uncovers poetry in the everyday.

Benjamin never wanted a career in photography. He simply felt that he needed to make pictures. According to Benjamin, one of the great joys of being a photographer is working with cameras. He appreciates the elegance of mechanical objects deeply — their feel, their smell, their sound. Cameras are "exquisite little machines" — like typewriters, he says. Benjamin has been writing poems on his Smith-Corona Clipper longer than he's made photographs. His poems echo the sensitivity and humble directness of his photographs. More recently, Benjamin has begun pairing what he aptly calls "small photographs" with "small poems," a selection of which are included in this exhibition.

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Film
 

7:30 PM, May 13



RKO Double Feature
Syracuse Cinephile Society

Price: $3.50 non-members, $3 members
Spaghetti Warehouse
689 N. Clinton St., Syracuse

Behind the Headlines (1937)
Director: Richard Rosson
Cast: Lee Tracy, Diana Gibson, Paul Guilfoyle, Donald Meek

Rival radio and newspaper reporters (Tracy and Gibson) join forces to uncover a planned armored car robbery. Plenty of thrills and surprises in this snappy crime drama.

Five Came Back (1939)
Director: John Farrow
Cast: Chester Morris, Lucille Ball, Wendy Barrie, John Carradine, Allen Jenkins, Joseph Calleia, C. Aubrey Smith

A small passenger plane crashes in the dangerous Amazon jungle. Everyone survives the crash, but when the plane is repaired, it's discovered that it can only carry SOME of the passengers back to civilization. Who must stay behind? An exciting adventure with a top-notch cast.


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Tuesday, May 14, 2019


Art
 

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 14



We Remember Them: The Legacy of Pan Am Flight 103
Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

Price: Free
Bird Library, 6th Floor
Syracuse University, Syracuse

The bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on December 21, 1988 claimed the lives of 270 individuals from 21 nations. Among those lost were 35 students returning home from a semester abroad through Syracuse University. This exhibition of materials donated to the Pan Am Flight 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster by the victims' families, friends, advocates, and affected communities commemorates the 30th anniversary of the tragedy through an exploration of the ways in which the lives of the victims have been remembered. Whether through scholarship, public advocacy, art, or physical memorials, we ensure their lives and the lessons learned from their deaths are not forgotten.


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9:30 AM - 6:00 PM, May 14



Stories from the Land
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Jay Hart: elevation surface images from around the world
Susan Machamer: jeweler
Miyo Hirano: ceramicist
June Szabo: sculptural wood reliefs of natural and man-made land formations, representative of the human condition


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10:00 AM - 9:00 PM, May 14



Robert Benjamin: River Walking
Light Work Gallery

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

Light Work is pleased to present Robert Benjamin's "River Walking," a solo exhibition of photographs and poems spanning four decades. A self-taught photographer and poet, Benjamin's work, often centered around his family, offers a simple and honest consideration of what it means to live and to love with intention. "I think you have to love your life, and you have to have the courage to find the world beautiful," says Benjamin. Enchanted by color and the beauty of photography itself, Benjamin uncovers poetry in the everyday.

Benjamin never wanted a career in photography. He simply felt that he needed to make pictures. According to Benjamin, one of the great joys of being a photographer is working with cameras. He appreciates the elegance of mechanical objects deeply — their feel, their smell, their sound. Cameras are "exquisite little machines" — like typewriters, he says. Benjamin has been writing poems on his Smith-Corona Clipper longer than he's made photographs. His poems echo the sensitivity and humble directness of his photographs. More recently, Benjamin has begun pairing what he aptly calls "small photographs" with "small poems," a selection of which are included in this exhibition.

Read a review!


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10:00 AM - 9:00 PM, May 14



2019 Newhouse Photography Annual
Light Work Gallery

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

Light Work is pleased to present the 2019 Newhouse Photography Annual, featuring work by photography students in S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. This exhibition comprises more than 25 thematically diverse photographs by Newhouse's Multimedia Photography students. The exhibition represents various approaches to photographic practice and technique and showcases the rage of images that today's students are producing.

The exhibiting artists are Michele Abercrombie, Zack Bolton, Emily Elconin, Zach Krahmer, Jordan Larson, Sam Lee, Levingston Lewis, Gavin Liddell, Todd Michalek, Ally Moreo, Skye Schumacher, Liam Sheehan, Jes Sheldon, Maranie Staab, Doug Steinman, and Romy Weidner.

Caroline Smith, editor of photography and visuals at TOPIC, served as juror to select images for Best of Show and Honorable Mention awards. Maranie Staab took Best of Show and Honorable Mentions went to Emily Elconin and Sam Lee.


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Music
 

7:30 PM, May 14



Spring Concert
Central New York Flute Choir

Price: Free
Carrier Theater, Mulroy Civic Center
411 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Works by Albinoni, Bach, Kelly Via, Paul Eyring, and a tribute to Richard Rodgers.


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Wednesday, May 15, 2019


Art
 

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM, May 15



We Remember Them: The Legacy of Pan Am Flight 103
Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

Price: Free
Bird Library, 6th Floor
Syracuse University, Syracuse

The bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on December 21, 1988 claimed the lives of 270 individuals from 21 nations. Among those lost were 35 students returning home from a semester abroad through Syracuse University. This exhibition of materials donated to the Pan Am Flight 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster by the victims' families, friends, advocates, and affected communities commemorates the 30th anniversary of the tragedy through an exploration of the ways in which the lives of the victims have been remembered. Whether through scholarship, public advocacy, art, or physical memorials, we ensure their lives and the lessons learned from their deaths are not forgotten.


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9:30 AM - 6:00 PM, May 15



Stories from the Land
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Jay Hart: elevation surface images from around the world
Susan Machamer: jeweler
Miyo Hirano: ceramicist
June Szabo: sculptural wood reliefs of natural and man-made land formations, representative of the human condition


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10:00 AM - 9:00 PM, May 15



2019 Newhouse Photography Annual
Light Work Gallery

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

Light Work is pleased to present the 2019 Newhouse Photography Annual, featuring work by photography students in S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. This exhibition comprises more than 25 thematically diverse photographs by Newhouse's Multimedia Photography students. The exhibition represents various approaches to photographic practice and technique and showcases the rage of images that today's students are producing.

The exhibiting artists are Michele Abercrombie, Zack Bolton, Emily Elconin, Zach Krahmer, Jordan Larson, Sam Lee, Levingston Lewis, Gavin Liddell, Todd Michalek, Ally Moreo, Skye Schumacher, Liam Sheehan, Jes Sheldon, Maranie Staab, Doug Steinman, and Romy Weidner.

Caroline Smith, editor of photography and visuals at TOPIC, served as juror to select images for Best of Show and Honorable Mention awards. Maranie Staab took Best of Show and Honorable Mentions went to Emily Elconin and Sam Lee.


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10:00 AM - 9:00 PM, May 15



Robert Benjamin: River Walking
Light Work Gallery

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

Light Work is pleased to present Robert Benjamin's "River Walking," a solo exhibition of photographs and poems spanning four decades. A self-taught photographer and poet, Benjamin's work, often centered around his family, offers a simple and honest consideration of what it means to live and to love with intention. "I think you have to love your life, and you have to have the courage to find the world beautiful," says Benjamin. Enchanted by color and the beauty of photography itself, Benjamin uncovers poetry in the everyday.

Benjamin never wanted a career in photography. He simply felt that he needed to make pictures. According to Benjamin, one of the great joys of being a photographer is working with cameras. He appreciates the elegance of mechanical objects deeply — their feel, their smell, their sound. Cameras are "exquisite little machines" — like typewriters, he says. Benjamin has been writing poems on his Smith-Corona Clipper longer than he's made photographs. His poems echo the sensitivity and humble directness of his photographs. More recently, Benjamin has begun pairing what he aptly calls "small photographs" with "small poems," a selection of which are included in this exhibition.

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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, May 15



From Gilded to Gustav: The Victorian and Arts & Crafts Era in Onondaga County
Onondaga Historical Association

Price: Free
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

This Victorian Era and Arts & Crafts exhibit will highlight several of Syracuse's major contributors to the Arts and Crafts movement, 1900-1920s, as well as feature many fine examples of period clothing, architecture, and furniture of the Victorian Era in Syracuse, 1837-1901.

In many respects, the Arts and Crafts movement was a rebuke of the ornate styling, designs, and increasing mechanization of production in the Victorian period. The displays will allow for museum patrons to see these contrasting styles up close.


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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, May 15



From the Vault: Dumbo First Took Flight in Syracuse
Onondaga Historical Association

Price: Free
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

The exhibit will guide visitors through the long and humble beginnings of this adorable character. Learn about the two Helens, both Syracuse University graduates, who worked together to create the Dumbo that we know today. Helen Aberson wrote the original story of Dumbo the Flying Elephant and Helen Durney drew the illustrations.

For this special exhibit, OHA has worked in collaboration with the Syracuse University Special Collections, where the original documents are housed due to their connection to the S.U. graduates. Due to the extreme fragility of the pieces, duplicates are used in place of the originals, but the story the pieces tell about the origins and evolution of Dumbo is one every Syracusan should know.


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, May 15



Eddie Dominguez: Garden of Eden
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The youngest of eight children, Eddie Dominguez grew up in Tucumcari, New Mexico, between Albuquerque and Amarillo on historic Route 66. He came to national prominence in the mid–1980s for highly stylized dinnerware sets that also stack into sculptural forms. In his work, Dominguez frequently references his home state's vegetation, landforms, weather, and Hispano–Catholic culture. The dual nature of Dominguez's objects, which inhabit the gray area between utility and art for art's sake, reflects his personal experience as a New Mexican who studied ceramics in the Anglo–dominated East: whether we see "art" or "craft," local Hispano or melting pot American depends completely on the immediate context.


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, May 15



Highlights from the Permanent Collection
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Showcasing the depth of the Everson's collection, Highlights from the Permanent Collection presents 150 years of American art, from early 19th-century portraiture to the Pop Art of the 1960s. This exhibition features many visitor favorites, including work by Albert Bierstadt, Eastman Johnson, Lee Krasner, Grandma Moses, Jackson Pollock, and Gilbert Stuart.


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, May 15



Socially Gifted: 75 Years of Gifts from the Social Art Club
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Founded in 1875, the Social Art Club is a women's club dedicated to the study of art in a group setting. The Club has an extensive history of supporting the Everson, including financial support for the acquisition of some of the Museum's most iconic pieces, such as Adrian Saxe's Untitled vessel from 1980, which graces the cover of the Museum's American Ceramics catalog. Over the past decade, the Social Art Club's gifts have strengthened the Everson's connections to Central New York through donations of work by indigenous and regional artists.


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, May 15



Key Figures: Representational Ceramics 1932-1972
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Dating back to the Ceramic National exhibitions, which began in 1932, the Everson has a rich history of supporting artists who explore the figure. Artists like Viktor Schreckengost, Edris Eckhardt, and Waylande Gregory routinely received awards and critical acclaim for their work. "Key Figures" examines the larger-than-life artists who shaped an art movement, and features select works from a new generation of artists who are building on this legacy by using the figure to explore identity, narrative, and allegory.

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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, May 15



Juan Cruz: A Retrospective
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

In the 1980s, Juan Cruz began investigating his past as a method to understand where the tribal and the modern world collide. Born in Puerto Rico, Cruz briefly attended the Art Students League in 1975 and in 1995 he graduated from Syracuse University's School of Visual and Performing Arts. This career-spanning exhibition focuses on Cruz's work as a painter, sculptor, muralist, and community activist.


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, May 15



Time Returns: A Continuous Now
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"Time Returns: A Continuous Now" presents a cross section of photographs that span the early 20th century through 2019. In our current moment of peaked social activism and political engagement, the exhibition suggests new connections among seemingly disparate topics such as the horrors of war, the impact of the Anthropocene, shifting identities, and the necessity of intimacy. "Time Returns: A Continuous Now" features work rife with immediacy by artists living through tumultuous times that reevaluate societal divisions and reinforce the relevance and power of photography today. Co-curated by artist Judy Natal and the Everson's Curator of Art & Programs DJ Hellerman, the exhibition is assembled from the collections of the Everson Museum and Light Work.

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2:00 PM - 7:00 PM, May 15



From Gods to Social Justice: Indian Folk Artists Challenging Traditions
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

Representing two painting styles of eastern India, this exhibition includes a male tradition of scrolls from Bengal and a female tradition of wall paintings, now done on paper, from the Mithila region of northern Bihar. Both of these art forms have morphed and changed in contemporary India, creating space for artists to use their art to comment on issues facing their lives, their nation and the planet. Their work deals with a variety of injustices such as violence against women, female infanticide, political corruption, climate change, and war.

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Music
 

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM, May 15



Jazz at the Plaza: Matthew Rockwell Group
CNY Jazz Arts Foundation

Price: No cover
LeMoyne Plaza
1135 Salt Springs Rd., Syracuse


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12:15 PM, May 15



Kristy Morgan, soprano; Ida Tili-Trebicka, piano
Civic Morning Musicals

Price: Free
St. David's Episcopal Church
13 Jamar Dr., Dewitt


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5:30 PM - 8:30 PM, May 15



Jazz at the Cavalier: Andrea Miceli
CNY Jazz Arts Foundation

Price: No cover
Marriott Hotel Syracuse Cavalier Room
500 S. Warren St., Syracuse


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5:30 PM, May 15



Symphoria String Quartet Pop-Up Concert
Syracuse Orchestra (formerly Symphoria)

Price: Free
Schiller Park
Syracuse

Come celebrate joy! Freiderich Schiller is the poet who wrote the famous words Beethoven used in his Ninth Symphony "Ode To Joy," which Symphoria will perform this Saturday night.

Spring is here, so turn your ordinary Wednesday into something special with this fun and free concert.

To find the Goethe-Schiller Monument:
Proceed from downtown, North on Salina Street, then make a right onto Butternut Street. Proceed on Butternut to 3rd Avenue, and make a right. You will be able to see the monument at the top of the hill, and parking is available at the base of the stairs on the street. You can also enter from the park entrance off of Oak St. and walk on the park road to the monument at the back end of the park.


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Thursday, May 16, 2019


Art
 

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 16



We Remember Them: The Legacy of Pan Am Flight 103
Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

Price: Free
Bird Library, 6th Floor
Syracuse University, Syracuse

The bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on December 21, 1988 claimed the lives of 270 individuals from 21 nations. Among those lost were 35 students returning home from a semester abroad through Syracuse University. This exhibition of materials donated to the Pan Am Flight 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster by the victims' families, friends, advocates, and affected communities commemorates the 30th anniversary of the tragedy through an exploration of the ways in which the lives of the victims have been remembered. Whether through scholarship, public advocacy, art, or physical memorials, we ensure their lives and the lessons learned from their deaths are not forgotten.


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9:30 AM - 6:00 PM, May 16



Stories from the Land
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Jay Hart: elevation surface images from around the world
Susan Machamer: jeweler
Miyo Hirano: ceramicist
June Szabo: sculptural wood reliefs of natural and man-made land formations, representative of the human condition


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10:00 AM - 9:00 PM, May 16



Robert Benjamin: River Walking
Light Work Gallery

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

Light Work is pleased to present Robert Benjamin's "River Walking," a solo exhibition of photographs and poems spanning four decades. A self-taught photographer and poet, Benjamin's work, often centered around his family, offers a simple and honest consideration of what it means to live and to love with intention. "I think you have to love your life, and you have to have the courage to find the world beautiful," says Benjamin. Enchanted by color and the beauty of photography itself, Benjamin uncovers poetry in the everyday.

Benjamin never wanted a career in photography. He simply felt that he needed to make pictures. According to Benjamin, one of the great joys of being a photographer is working with cameras. He appreciates the elegance of mechanical objects deeply — their feel, their smell, their sound. Cameras are "exquisite little machines" — like typewriters, he says. Benjamin has been writing poems on his Smith-Corona Clipper longer than he's made photographs. His poems echo the sensitivity and humble directness of his photographs. More recently, Benjamin has begun pairing what he aptly calls "small photographs" with "small poems," a selection of which are included in this exhibition.

Read a review!


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10:00 AM - 9:00 PM, May 16



2019 Newhouse Photography Annual
Light Work Gallery

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

Light Work is pleased to present the 2019 Newhouse Photography Annual, featuring work by photography students in S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. This exhibition comprises more than 25 thematically diverse photographs by Newhouse's Multimedia Photography students. The exhibition represents various approaches to photographic practice and technique and showcases the rage of images that today's students are producing.

The exhibiting artists are Michele Abercrombie, Zack Bolton, Emily Elconin, Zach Krahmer, Jordan Larson, Sam Lee, Levingston Lewis, Gavin Liddell, Todd Michalek, Ally Moreo, Skye Schumacher, Liam Sheehan, Jes Sheldon, Maranie Staab, Doug Steinman, and Romy Weidner.

Caroline Smith, editor of photography and visuals at TOPIC, served as juror to select images for Best of Show and Honorable Mention awards. Maranie Staab took Best of Show and Honorable Mentions went to Emily Elconin and Sam Lee.


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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, May 16



From Gilded to Gustav: The Victorian and Arts & Crafts Era in Onondaga County
Onondaga Historical Association

Price: Free
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

This Victorian Era and Arts & Crafts exhibit will highlight several of Syracuse's major contributors to the Arts and Crafts movement, 1900-1920s, as well as feature many fine examples of period clothing, architecture, and furniture of the Victorian Era in Syracuse, 1837-1901.

In many respects, the Arts and Crafts movement was a rebuke of the ornate styling, designs, and increasing mechanization of production in the Victorian period. The displays will allow for museum patrons to see these contrasting styles up close.


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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, May 16



From the Vault: Dumbo First Took Flight in Syracuse
Onondaga Historical Association

Price: Free
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

The exhibit will guide visitors through the long and humble beginnings of this adorable character. Learn about the two Helens, both Syracuse University graduates, who worked together to create the Dumbo that we know today. Helen Aberson wrote the original story of Dumbo the Flying Elephant and Helen Durney drew the illustrations.

For this special exhibit, OHA has worked in collaboration with the Syracuse University Special Collections, where the original documents are housed due to their connection to the S.U. graduates. Due to the extreme fragility of the pieces, duplicates are used in place of the originals, but the story the pieces tell about the origins and evolution of Dumbo is one every Syracusan should know.


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12:00 PM - 8:00 PM, May 16



Eddie Dominguez: Garden of Eden
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The youngest of eight children, Eddie Dominguez grew up in Tucumcari, New Mexico, between Albuquerque and Amarillo on historic Route 66. He came to national prominence in the mid–1980s for highly stylized dinnerware sets that also stack into sculptural forms. In his work, Dominguez frequently references his home state's vegetation, landforms, weather, and Hispano–Catholic culture. The dual nature of Dominguez's objects, which inhabit the gray area between utility and art for art's sake, reflects his personal experience as a New Mexican who studied ceramics in the Anglo–dominated East: whether we see "art" or "craft," local Hispano or melting pot American depends completely on the immediate context.


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12:00 PM - 8:00 PM, May 16



Highlights from the Permanent Collection
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Showcasing the depth of the Everson's collection, Highlights from the Permanent Collection presents 150 years of American art, from early 19th-century portraiture to the Pop Art of the 1960s. This exhibition features many visitor favorites, including work by Albert Bierstadt, Eastman Johnson, Lee Krasner, Grandma Moses, Jackson Pollock, and Gilbert Stuart.


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12:00 PM - 8:00 PM, May 16



It's Always Been a Revolution
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

This exhibition is curated by the Everson Teen Arts Council, a group of high school students from Onondaga County, using the Museum's collection as inspiration for this exhibition. Teen Council members collaborated to choose a theme, select works from the Museum's collection, write wall text, and design the layout. This exploration provided Council members with insight into how museum exhibitions come to life.


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12:00 PM - 8:00 PM, May 16



Time Returns: A Continuous Now
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"Time Returns: A Continuous Now" presents a cross section of photographs that span the early 20th century through 2019. In our current moment of peaked social activism and political engagement, the exhibition suggests new connections among seemingly disparate topics such as the horrors of war, the impact of the Anthropocene, shifting identities, and the necessity of intimacy. "Time Returns: A Continuous Now" features work rife with immediacy by artists living through tumultuous times that reevaluate societal divisions and reinforce the relevance and power of photography today. Co-curated by artist Judy Natal and the Everson's Curator of Art & Programs DJ Hellerman, the exhibition is assembled from the collections of the Everson Museum and Light Work.

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12:00 PM - 8:00 PM, May 16



Juan Cruz: A Retrospective
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

In the 1980s, Juan Cruz began investigating his past as a method to understand where the tribal and the modern world collide. Born in Puerto Rico, Cruz briefly attended the Art Students League in 1975 and in 1995 he graduated from Syracuse University's School of Visual and Performing Arts. This career-spanning exhibition focuses on Cruz's work as a painter, sculptor, muralist, and community activist.


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12:00 PM - 8:00 PM, May 16



Key Figures: Representational Ceramics 1932-1972
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Dating back to the Ceramic National exhibitions, which began in 1932, the Everson has a rich history of supporting artists who explore the figure. Artists like Viktor Schreckengost, Edris Eckhardt, and Waylande Gregory routinely received awards and critical acclaim for their work. "Key Figures" examines the larger-than-life artists who shaped an art movement, and features select works from a new generation of artists who are building on this legacy by using the figure to explore identity, narrative, and allegory.

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12:00 PM - 8:00 PM, May 16



Socially Gifted: 75 Years of Gifts from the Social Art Club
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Founded in 1875, the Social Art Club is a women's club dedicated to the study of art in a group setting. The Club has an extensive history of supporting the Everson, including financial support for the acquisition of some of the Museum's most iconic pieces, such as Adrian Saxe's Untitled vessel from 1980, which graces the cover of the Museum's American Ceramics catalog. Over the past decade, the Social Art Club's gifts have strengthened the Everson's connections to Central New York through donations of work by indigenous and regional artists.


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2:00 PM - 7:00 PM, May 16



From Gods to Social Justice: Indian Folk Artists Challenging Traditions
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

Representing two painting styles of eastern India, this exhibition includes a male tradition of scrolls from Bengal and a female tradition of wall paintings, now done on paper, from the Mithila region of northern Bihar. Both of these art forms have morphed and changed in contemporary India, creating space for artists to use their art to comment on issues facing their lives, their nation and the planet. Their work deals with a variety of injustices such as violence against women, female infanticide, political corruption, climate change, and war.

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6:00 PM, May 16



Docent-Led Tour: Teen Council exhibition
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse


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9:00 PM - 11:00 PM, May 16



Culture Capture: Terminal Addition
Urban Video Project

Price: Free
Everson Museum of Art Plaza
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Light Work's Urban Video Project presents "Culture Capture: Terminal Addition" by the New Red Order (NRO). NRO core contributors Adam Khalil (Ojibway), Zack Khalil (Ojibway), and Jackson Polys (Tlingit) use video and performance to collectively challenge European settler and colonialist tendencies — such as "playing Indian" — with what they call "sites of savage pronouncement," the purpose of which is to shift potential obstructions to Indigenous growth and agency.

Created for UVP and shot in and around Syracuse, "Terminal Addition" uses local archives, collections, and locations, including the Columbus Monument in downtown Syracuse and the Saltine Warrior on the Syracuse University campus.

The exhibition will be on view on the north facade of the Everson Museum of Art from dusk until 11:00 pm.


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Lecture
 

7:00 PM, May 16



The Opioid Crisis
Strathmore Speakers Series
Featuring Dr. Ednita Wright

Price: Free
Onondaga Park Fire Barn
W. Colvin St. and Summit Ave., Syracuse

An evening with Dr. Ednita Wright who will examine the root causes of the opioid epidemic in America and what it means for individuals and families dealing with addition.

Dr. Wright is a licensed clinical social worker and a credentialed alcoholism and substance abuse counselor. She holds a Ph.D. from Maxwell School of Citizenship, Interdisciplinary Social Science Program at Syracuse University. Dr. Wright is an associate professor of Human Services and Teacher Education at Onondaga Community College. Her areas of expertise include: adolescents, synthetic drugs, community building, cultural diversity, HIV/AIDS, LGBT issues, social work practice, substance abuse, and marijuana legalization. In her spare time, Dr. Wright is working on a book about Harriet Tubman's life in Auburn.


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Music
 

6:30 PM - 9:30 PM, May 16



Acoustic Open Mic
The 443 Social Club

The 443 Social Club
443 Burnet Ave., Syracuse

Sign-ups begin at 5:30 pm.


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7:30 PM, May 16



Jason Aldean: Ride All Night Tour, with Kane Brown, Carly Pearce, Dee Jay Silver
Lakeview St. Joseph's Amphitheater

Lakeview Amphitheater
490 Restoration Way, Syracuse


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7:30 PM, May 16



Choral Concert to Benefit Food Bank of CNY
Choirs of University United Methodist Church and Bellevue Heights United Methodist Church

Price: Donation (cash or non-perishable food items)
University United Methodist Church
1085 E. Genesee St. (corner of University Ave.), Syracuse

The two choirs will perform separately and then will combine for additional works.

All donations will benefit the Food Bank of CNY.


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Theater
 

6:45 PM, May 16



Death Takes a Bow
Acme Mystery Company

Spaghetti Warehouse
689 N. Clinton St., Syracuse

All the world's a stage, but some stages are worth more than others. Welcome to the historic White Tulip, the seediest theater in London, yet a place everyone seems to want. Tonight, a tycoon temptress and her tawdry toady take on a territorial thespian and his trollop of a treasurer in a tussle for title of this theatrical tenement. What valuable secrets lie behind the scenes, and how far will someone go to unearth them? Let the buyer beware: At this showplace greed steals every scene and dying on stage could be more than a figure of speech.


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8:00 PM, May 16



A Midsummer Night's Dream
Central New York Playhouse
William Edward White, director

CNY Playhouse
Shoppingtown Mall, Entrance No. 4 (adjacent to parking garage), Dewitt

A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare's enchanting comic tale of love lost and found, presents love in all its glory, warts and all: Love at first sight, innocent love, love twisted by the mind, by lust, by jealousy, by a marriage on the rocks; love that is thrown into chaos by a mischievous fairy's mistake.

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8:00 PM, May 16



Drunk with Hope
Rarely Done Productions

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

This one-woman show by Tara Handron and starring Dorothy Lennon consists of monologues — stories of many women — illustrating the recovering alcoholic's experience: life when they were drinking or using drugs, what caused that shift when they decided to stop, and what life is like now. Hilarious, heartbreaking, and enlightening, this is a magical evening of theater.

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Friday, May 17, 2019


Art
 

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 17



We Remember Them: The Legacy of Pan Am Flight 103
Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

Price: Free
Bird Library, 6th Floor
Syracuse University, Syracuse

The bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on December 21, 1988 claimed the lives of 270 individuals from 21 nations. Among those lost were 35 students returning home from a semester abroad through Syracuse University. This exhibition of materials donated to the Pan Am Flight 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster by the victims' families, friends, advocates, and affected communities commemorates the 30th anniversary of the tragedy through an exploration of the ways in which the lives of the victims have been remembered. Whether through scholarship, public advocacy, art, or physical memorials, we ensure their lives and the lessons learned from their deaths are not forgotten.


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9:30 AM - 6:00 PM, May 17



Stories from the Land
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Jay Hart: elevation surface images from around the world
Susan Machamer: jeweler
Miyo Hirano: ceramicist
June Szabo: sculptural wood reliefs of natural and man-made land formations, representative of the human condition


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10:00 AM - 6:00 PM, May 17



2019 Newhouse Photography Annual
Light Work Gallery

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

Light Work is pleased to present the 2019 Newhouse Photography Annual, featuring work by photography students in S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. This exhibition comprises more than 25 thematically diverse photographs by Newhouse's Multimedia Photography students. The exhibition represents various approaches to photographic practice and technique and showcases the rage of images that today's students are producing.

The exhibiting artists are Michele Abercrombie, Zack Bolton, Emily Elconin, Zach Krahmer, Jordan Larson, Sam Lee, Levingston Lewis, Gavin Liddell, Todd Michalek, Ally Moreo, Skye Schumacher, Liam Sheehan, Jes Sheldon, Maranie Staab, Doug Steinman, and Romy Weidner.

Caroline Smith, editor of photography and visuals at TOPIC, served as juror to select images for Best of Show and Honorable Mention awards. Maranie Staab took Best of Show and Honorable Mentions went to Emily Elconin and Sam Lee.


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10:00 AM - 6:00 PM, May 17



Robert Benjamin: River Walking
Light Work Gallery

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

Light Work is pleased to present Robert Benjamin's "River Walking," a solo exhibition of photographs and poems spanning four decades. A self-taught photographer and poet, Benjamin's work, often centered around his family, offers a simple and honest consideration of what it means to live and to love with intention. "I think you have to love your life, and you have to have the courage to find the world beautiful," says Benjamin. Enchanted by color and the beauty of photography itself, Benjamin uncovers poetry in the everyday.

Benjamin never wanted a career in photography. He simply felt that he needed to make pictures. According to Benjamin, one of the great joys of being a photographer is working with cameras. He appreciates the elegance of mechanical objects deeply — their feel, their smell, their sound. Cameras are "exquisite little machines" — like typewriters, he says. Benjamin has been writing poems on his Smith-Corona Clipper longer than he's made photographs. His poems echo the sensitivity and humble directness of his photographs. More recently, Benjamin has begun pairing what he aptly calls "small photographs" with "small poems," a selection of which are included in this exhibition.

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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, May 17



From Gilded to Gustav: The Victorian and Arts & Crafts Era in Onondaga County
Onondaga Historical Association

Price: Free
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

This Victorian Era and Arts & Crafts exhibit will highlight several of Syracuse's major contributors to the Arts and Crafts movement, 1900-1920s, as well as feature many fine examples of period clothing, architecture, and furniture of the Victorian Era in Syracuse, 1837-1901.

In many respects, the Arts and Crafts movement was a rebuke of the ornate styling, designs, and increasing mechanization of production in the Victorian period. The displays will allow for museum patrons to see these contrasting styles up close.


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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, May 17



From the Vault: Dumbo First Took Flight in Syracuse
Onondaga Historical Association

Price: Free
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

The exhibit will guide visitors through the long and humble beginnings of this adorable character. Learn about the two Helens, both Syracuse University graduates, who worked together to create the Dumbo that we know today. Helen Aberson wrote the original story of Dumbo the Flying Elephant and Helen Durney drew the illustrations.

For this special exhibit, OHA has worked in collaboration with the Syracuse University Special Collections, where the original documents are housed due to their connection to the S.U. graduates. Due to the extreme fragility of the pieces, duplicates are used in place of the originals, but the story the pieces tell about the origins and evolution of Dumbo is one every Syracusan should know.


Back to list
 

 

12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, May 17



It's Always Been a Revolution
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

This exhibition is curated by the Everson Teen Arts Council, a group of high school students from Onondaga County, using the Museum's collection as inspiration for this exhibition. Teen Council members collaborated to choose a theme, select works from the Museum's collection, write wall text, and design the layout. This exploration provided Council members with insight into how museum exhibitions come to life.


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, May 17



Highlights from the Permanent Collection
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Showcasing the depth of the Everson's collection, Highlights from the Permanent Collection presents 150 years of American art, from early 19th-century portraiture to the Pop Art of the 1960s. This exhibition features many visitor favorites, including work by Albert Bierstadt, Eastman Johnson, Lee Krasner, Grandma Moses, Jackson Pollock, and Gilbert Stuart.


Back to list
 

 

12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, May 17



Eddie Dominguez: Garden of Eden
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The youngest of eight children, Eddie Dominguez grew up in Tucumcari, New Mexico, between Albuquerque and Amarillo on historic Route 66. He came to national prominence in the mid–1980s for highly stylized dinnerware sets that also stack into sculptural forms. In his work, Dominguez frequently references his home state's vegetation, landforms, weather, and Hispano–Catholic culture. The dual nature of Dominguez's objects, which inhabit the gray area between utility and art for art's sake, reflects his personal experience as a New Mexican who studied ceramics in the Anglo–dominated East: whether we see "art" or "craft," local Hispano or melting pot American depends completely on the immediate context.


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, May 17



Socially Gifted: 75 Years of Gifts from the Social Art Club
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Founded in 1875, the Social Art Club is a women's club dedicated to the study of art in a group setting. The Club has an extensive history of supporting the Everson, including financial support for the acquisition of some of the Museum's most iconic pieces, such as Adrian Saxe's Untitled vessel from 1980, which graces the cover of the Museum's American Ceramics catalog. Over the past decade, the Social Art Club's gifts have strengthened the Everson's connections to Central New York through donations of work by indigenous and regional artists.


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, May 17



Key Figures: Representational Ceramics 1932-1972
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Dating back to the Ceramic National exhibitions, which began in 1932, the Everson has a rich history of supporting artists who explore the figure. Artists like Viktor Schreckengost, Edris Eckhardt, and Waylande Gregory routinely received awards and critical acclaim for their work. "Key Figures" examines the larger-than-life artists who shaped an art movement, and features select works from a new generation of artists who are building on this legacy by using the figure to explore identity, narrative, and allegory.

Read a review!


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, May 17



Juan Cruz: A Retrospective
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

In the 1980s, Juan Cruz began investigating his past as a method to understand where the tribal and the modern world collide. Born in Puerto Rico, Cruz briefly attended the Art Students League in 1975 and in 1995 he graduated from Syracuse University's School of Visual and Performing Arts. This career-spanning exhibition focuses on Cruz's work as a painter, sculptor, muralist, and community activist.


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, May 17



Time Returns: A Continuous Now
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"Time Returns: A Continuous Now" presents a cross section of photographs that span the early 20th century through 2019. In our current moment of peaked social activism and political engagement, the exhibition suggests new connections among seemingly disparate topics such as the horrors of war, the impact of the Anthropocene, shifting identities, and the necessity of intimacy. "Time Returns: A Continuous Now" features work rife with immediacy by artists living through tumultuous times that reevaluate societal divisions and reinforce the relevance and power of photography today. Co-curated by artist Judy Natal and the Everson's Curator of Art & Programs DJ Hellerman, the exhibition is assembled from the collections of the Everson Museum and Light Work.

Read a review!


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2:00 PM - 7:00 PM, May 17



From Gods to Social Justice: Indian Folk Artists Challenging Traditions
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

Representing two painting styles of eastern India, this exhibition includes a male tradition of scrolls from Bengal and a female tradition of wall paintings, now done on paper, from the Mithila region of northern Bihar. Both of these art forms have morphed and changed in contemporary India, creating space for artists to use their art to comment on issues facing their lives, their nation and the planet. Their work deals with a variety of injustices such as violence against women, female infanticide, political corruption, climate change, and war.

Read a review!


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9:00 PM - 11:00 PM, May 17



Culture Capture: Terminal Addition
Urban Video Project

Price: Free
Everson Museum of Art Plaza
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Light Work's Urban Video Project presents "Culture Capture: Terminal Addition" by the New Red Order (NRO). NRO core contributors Adam Khalil (Ojibway), Zack Khalil (Ojibway), and Jackson Polys (Tlingit) use video and performance to collectively challenge European settler and colonialist tendencies — such as "playing Indian" — with what they call "sites of savage pronouncement," the purpose of which is to shift potential obstructions to Indigenous growth and agency.

Created for UVP and shot in and around Syracuse, "Terminal Addition" uses local archives, collections, and locations, including the Columbus Monument in downtown Syracuse and the Saltine Warrior on the Syracuse University campus.

The exhibition will be on view on the north facade of the Everson Museum of Art from dusk until 11:00 pm.


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Music
 

8:00 PM, May 17



Joe Jackson: Four Decade Tour
Creative Concerts

Price: $55
Palace Theater
2384 James St., Syracuse


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8:00 PM, May 17



Durham County Poets
Folkus Project

Price: $18 regular, $15 members
May Memorial Unitarian Society
3800 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

They are five seasoned musicians, all of whom are songwriters, working together individually and collaboratively in composing their music. Delving into a variety of styles and genres, their musical influences include a broad range of artists. From The Band to Dire Straits, Leon Redbone to James Taylor and Neil Young, they have managed to put it all together to create their own musical style.

Fronted by Kevin Harvey, a self proclaimed blues crooner on lead vocals, The Durham County Poets also feature David Whyte (electric and acoustic guitars and vocals), Neil Elsmore (acoustic guitar and vocals), Carl Rufh (double bass and vocals) and Rob Couture, formerly of The Echo Hunters (drums and percussion).

The obvious joie de vivre expressed while performing together is reflected in the good-time feel that the band creates, which has been captivating their audiences consistently since their inception 6 years ago. Popular at music festivals and venues across eastern Canada, the band is branching more and more into the U.S. market.


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Poetry/Reading
 

7:00 PM, May 17



Author Peter McShane
Downtown Writer's Center

Price: Free
YMCA
340 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Peter McShane served from 1967 to 1968 as a US Army Special Forces medic during the Vietnam conflict. Holding an MBA from Syracuse University, he had a career in banking and finance before turning to writing. He has completed a collection of short stories, a novella, and a number of personal essays. He is also a two-time graduate of the DWC PRO program, first in fiction, then in nonfiction. His first published book is the memoir Save a Life, Take a Life, which tells the story of his time in Vietnam and how it shaped his life for decades to come.


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Theater
 

8:00 PM, May 17



A Midsummer Night's Dream
Central New York Playhouse
William Edward White, director

CNY Playhouse
Shoppingtown Mall, Entrance No. 4 (adjacent to parking garage), Dewitt

A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare's enchanting comic tale of love lost and found, presents love in all its glory, warts and all: Love at first sight, innocent love, love twisted by the mind, by lust, by jealousy, by a marriage on the rocks; love that is thrown into chaos by a mischievous fairy's mistake.

Read a Review!


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8:00 PM, May 17



Drunk with Hope
Rarely Done Productions

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

This one-woman show by Tara Handron and starring Dorothy Lennon consists of monologues — stories of many women — illustrating the recovering alcoholic's experience: life when they were drinking or using drugs, what caused that shift when they decided to stop, and what life is like now. Hilarious, heartbreaking, and enlightening, this is a magical evening of theater.

Read a Review!


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