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9:30 AM-6:00 PM Changes Edgewood Gallery (Read a review!)
10:00 AM-6:00 PM Vessels & Abstractions Limestone Art and Framing Gallery (Read a review!)
10:00 AM-5:00 PM

Joan Lukas Rothenberg: A Retrospective Redhouse
11:00 AM-6:00 PM Works of John Jessiman and Steven Barbash Gandee Gallery
11:00 AM-4:30 PM

4x4: Community Curators and the Syracuse University Art Collection SU Art Galleries
12:00 PM-7:00 PM Junk Craft Chemistry
12:00 PM-5:00 PM

Designed to Scale--The Edge of Art: New York State Artists Series Everson Museum of Art (Read a review!)
12:00 PM-5:00 PM

Good Design: Stories from Herman Miller Everson Museum of Art
8:00 PM Hilary & Friends, Part 2 Skaneateles Festival, featuring Hilary Hahn, violin
8:00 PM

The Pleasants Spark Contemporary Art Space

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Auditions will be held Sept. 11 and 12 for actors aged 12-17 for the Syracuse premiere of the only all-teenage cast ever to hit Broadway! 13 is a new musical about the labels that last a lifetime. When his parents get divorced and he's forced to move from New York to a small town in Indiana, Evan Goldman just wants to make friends and survive the school year. Easier said than done. The star quarterback is threatening to ruin his life and his only friend, Patrice, won't talk to him. An opportunist sees a chance for blackmail and someone else is spreading the nastiest rumors. With an unforgettable rock score from Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown, 13 is a hilarious, high-energy musical for all ages about discovering that cool is where you find it, and sometimes where you least expect it.

Archie: the outsider - intelligent, but not above manipulation, uses crutches / C3 - A4 / tenor
Brett: the jock - popular, ready to succeed at others expense / A2 - G4 (C5) / baritenor
Cassie: a follower, content with her place in the social strata/ C4 - F5 / soprano
Charlotte: leader of the gossip pack / F#3 - F5 / mezzo
Eddie: part of Brett's pack of popular kids / C3 - G4 (C5) / tenor + falsetto
Evan: bright, charismatic, a bit nerdy, in search of a place to truly fit in / Bb2 - Bb4 / Tenor
Kendra: bubbly and popular, but slightly naive and impressionable / C4 - F4 / soprano
Lucy: drama queen, a popular girl - has learned to manipulate her friends / F#3 - D5 / Mezzo
Malcolm: follower - part of Brett's pack of popular kids / B2 - G4 (C5) / baritenor + falsetto
Molly: first lieutenant of the gossip brigade / F#3 - C#5 / mezzo
Patrice: sweetly shy, intelligent, mature, an outsider looking in / Eb3 - F#5 / mezzo
Richie: a cool-kid wannabe/hangs out with Brett to look cool /A2 - C5 (E5) / high tenor
Simon: pretender/manages to hang with the cool kids, but just barely / C2 - G4 / tenor

Auditions will be held at LeMoyne College's W. Carroll Coyne Center for the Performing Arts on Sat., Sept. 11 from 1:00-4:00 pm and Sun., Sept. 12 from 6:00-9:00 pm.

Actors are asked to prepare a one-minute contemporary monologue as well as 16 bars of an up-tempo song (bring sheet music).

Auditions are by appointment. For an appointment time or for more information, please call Steve at 315-445-4230.

Syracuse Stage will be hosting local non-equity auditions for all children's roles in the 2010-2011 season production of A Christmas Story. Auditions will be held September 14-15 and are by appointment only. To schedule a time, please contact Chris Botek at 315-443-4008 or cbotek@syr.edu.

The young actors chosen must be available for all rehearsals and performances. Children's rehearsals will be after school on weekdays and during the day on weekends. Performance schedules include both matinee and evening performances. Rehearsals begin Nov. 2. Show runs Nov. 30–Dec. 30.

Roles to be cast:
Ralphie Parker: Male age 9-12, lead boy who is often teased by bullies. Caucasian.
Randy: Male age 7-8, Ralphie's little brother. Caucasian.
Flick: Male age 9-12, Ralphie's friend. Any ethnicity.
Schwartz: Male age 9-12, Ralphie's friend. Any ethnicity.
Esther Jane Alberry: Female age 9-12, Ralphie's classmate. Any ethnicity.
Helen Weathers: Female age 9-12, Ralphie's classmate. Any ethnicity.
Scut Farkas: Male 9-12, bully. Also plays Black Bart. Any ethnicity.

Synopsis:
A smoking furnace, a bully named Farkus, a pack of thieving-baying hounds, a dingblang-fuzzle-whizzin-mouthed old man, a prized leg lamp that's more leg than lamp$mdash;and a bunny suit: Is this the stuff of Christmas? It is for Ralphie, and all he really wants is a legendary official Red Ryder 200-Shot Carbine Action Range Model Air Rifle with a compass and this thing which tells time built right into the stock. Brighten the holidays with this hilarious and critically acclaimed stage adaptation of Jean Shepherd's wry and witty tale of a special Christmas past and journey back to a time when we all had less and it felt like more.

Syracuse Stage will be hosting local non-equity auditions for all children's roles in the 2010-2011 season production of The Miracle Worker. Auditions will be held September 14-15 and are by appointment only. To schedule a time, please contact Chris Botek at 315-443-4008 or cbotek@syr.edu.

Roles to be cast:
Helen: Female age 8-12, blind and deaf, and acts and reacts as such&mash;a single line, but is onstage almost the entire show. Caucasian.
Martha: Female age 8-12, daughter of a servant — playmate (of sorts) of Helen. African American.
Percy: male age 8-12, son of a servant — playmate of Helen. African American.
Blind girls/boys: Age 8-14, various ages of young girls and boys at the blind school.

Synopsis:
"Once I knew only darkness and stillness ... my life was without past or future ... but a little word from the fingers of another fell into my hand that clutched at emptiness, and my heart leaped to the rapture of living." In her own words, Helen Keller captures the inspirational heart of William Gibson's classic American play. Between the emptiness and the rapture, though, came a fierce struggle of wills, with Helen, in her darkness and stillness, on one side, and the determined Annie Sullivan on the other, a young woman who had endured a lifetime of pain in just 20 years. Gibson's text is unsparing and unflinching in its depiction of their confrontation and mutual triumph. The hearts that will be leaping will be ours.

Red House will hold auditions for local actors on Mon., Sept 20 from 5:00-9:00 pm.

Casting four male actors (ages 20-30) and two female (ages 40-50) for the January 2011 production of Odysseus DOA by Stephen Svoboda and two male actors (30s) and one female (30s) for April 2011 production of [sic] by Melissa James Gibson.

Equity and non-equity are welcome. Scripts will not be available ahead of time. Actors will be asked to cold read. Please schedule audition time via email only. Send a message as soon as possible to kristian@theredhouse.org with your availability.

The Near Westside Initiative has commissioned internationally-known artist Steve Powers to create a public art project to “visually disrupt” a physical barrier at the most critical intersection of the Connective Corridor and Near Westside. The working title for the installation is "A Love Letter to Syracuse."

Located at the corner of West Fayette and West streets is a gateway used by thousands of commuters daily. The intersection provides access to downtown, but also acts as a natural barrier between the Near Westside and the rest of the city. Created by heavy traffic and three cavernous bridges that deter individuals from passing under them, the barrier has created a chasm in Syracuse for years. Powers will transform the bridges into enormous pieces of public art, making the intersection more aesthetically interesting and pedestrian-friendly.

Powers is a New York City-based artist who at one time wrote graffiti in Philadelphia and New York under the name ESPO ("Exterior Surface Painting Outreach"). In 2000, he gave up graffiti to become a full-time studio artist. His body of work reflects a fascination with graffiti, sign painting and the visual overload of the city. He has created artwork for the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Teen Health Center; painted signs and rides at Coney Island; and created murals in Dublin and Belfast.

In 2009, Powers created a deeply moving mural project in West Philadelphia about the complexities and rewards of relationships called "A Love Letter for You." Powers and his crew painted 50 murals along the elevated train on Market Street. Inspiration for the murals came directly from residents who were canvassed about their feelings about the neighborhood. Powers translated those into largely text-based murals, focusing on the common struggles of the community and reframing them in a positive light. His murals received praise from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter and, most importantly, the West Philadelphia community.

Powers and several artists have canvassed Near Westside residents for inspiration. They held neighborhood meetings and went door-to-door asking for input about the community. For the Syracuse project, he translated those ideas and words into positive messages that recognize the hardships and beauties of everyday life. The inspiration for the Syracuse murals include paying the bills, having nothing to do, the four seasons and people's ultimate view that the city is a good place to live and raise a family. Powers has created preliminary designs for the bridges and what they will look like on the actual iron girders.

The installation of "A Love Letter to Syracuse" begins on Tuesday, Aug. 24. The first four to five days of the project will consist of Powers and his crew prepping the bridges for painting. Following their prep work, the murals will be painted onto the iron girders.

In addition, documentary filmmaker Faythe Levine will be in Syracuse beginning Aug. 27 to film Powers and his crew during the installation process for her new film about the American tradition of sign painting. Levine is best known for her documentary "Handmade Nation: The Rise of DIY Art, Craft and Design," which documents the new wave of art, craft and design capturing the attention of the nation. Levine traveled to 15 cities and covered more than 19,000 miles to interview artists, crafters, makers, curators and community members for the film. Levine is an author, artist, curator and prominent figure in the DIY Ethic indie craft movement.

PARK(ing) Day is an annual, one-day, global event where artists, activists, and citizens independently but simultaneously transform metered parking spots into "PAKR(ing)" spaces to create temporary public parks. The event is open to any organization, individual, teacher, student, or citizen interested in promoting creativity, civic engagement, critical thinking, unscripted social interactions, generosity, or play.

To reserve your spot by Sept 7, contact Carlota Deseda-Coon at chdeseda@syr.edu or phone 315-443-1476.

This event is sponsored by COLAB, the Connective Corridor, and 40 Below's Public Arts Task Force.

Stone Canoe, a Journal of Arts and Ideas from Upstate New York, will offer a new set of prizes for its 2011 edition, designed specifically for Syracuse City School District (SCSD) high school students. Funded by the Gifford Foundation, the prizes will be awarded in four categories, conforming to the four primary content areas featured in the journal: visual arts, fiction, nonfiction and poetry.

Students currently in grades 9, 10 and 11 in the SCSD will be eligible to submit entries. The prize winners in each category will receive a certificate and a cash award of $500, and their entries will be published in Stone Canoe Number 5, scheduled for publication in January 2011. The winners will also be recognized at the annual Stone Canoe publication launch and awards reception in late January 2011.

The deadline for students to submit entries is Sept. 30. Winning entries will be decided by Oct. 30, in time for inclusion in the 2011 issue of the journal. Judges for the awards will be the editors of the past and current issues of the journal; all of whom are experts in their respective fields. All entries must be sent to the journal via the website, www.stonecanoejournal.org.

Applicants may submit one poem, one short story, one nonfiction piece, or one photograph of a work of art in any medium. Teachers may assist in preparing the documents for submission. Digital cameras will be available in the schools for students who are interested in submitting photography. The cameras are available courtesy of the federal GEAR-UP Program in partnership with Syracuse University.

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