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Events for Friday, November 8, 2024
9:30 AM-6:00 PM
Texture/Form/Surface Edgewood Gallery
10:00 AM-5:00 PM
Nicholas Muellner: Asea Light Work Gallery
10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Suit Up! Syracuse Sporting Uniforms Through the Years Onondaga Historical Association
10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Homeward to the Prairie I Come: Gordon Parks Photographs Syracuse University Art Museum
10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Mithila Women Paint Gender-Based Violence in the 21st Century Syracuse University Art Museum
10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Fruits of Their Labor: Work and Leisure at the Syracuse University Art Museum Syracuse University Art Museum
11:00 AM-5:00 PM
Putting Art to Work: Prints of the Works Progress Administration Everson Museum of Art
11:00 AM-5:00 PM
Tim Atseff: Final Edition Everson Museum of Art
11:00 AM-5:00 PM
Sascha Brastoff: California King Everson Museum of Art
11:00 AM-5:00 PM
Off the Rack Everson Museum of Art
12:00 PM-5:00 PM
Libro de Artista Point of Contact Gallery
5:15 PM-11:00 PM
Lynne Sachs: This Side of Salina Urban Video Project
7:00 PM
Poets Sara Daniele Rivera and Leslie Neustadt Downtown Writer's Center
7:00 PM
The Kennedys The 443 Social Club
Events for Saturday, November 9, 2024
10:00 AM-2:00 PM
Texture/Form/Surface Edgewood Gallery
10:00 AM-5:00 PM
Off the Rack Everson Museum of Art
10:00 AM-5:00 PM
Putting Art to Work: Prints of the Works Progress Administration Everson Museum of Art
10:00 AM-5:00 PM
Sascha Brastoff: California King Everson Museum of Art
10:00 AM-5:00 PM
Tim Atseff: Final Edition Everson Museum of Art
11:00 AM-6:00 PM
Nicholas Muellner: Asea Light Work Gallery
11:00 AM-4:00 PM
Suit Up! Syracuse Sporting Uniforms Through the Years Onondaga Historical Association
12:00 PM-4:00 PM
In Secrecy: New Works by Jaleel Campbell ArtRage Gallery
12:00 PM-4:00 PM
Fruits of Their Labor: Work and Leisure at the Syracuse University Art Museum Syracuse University Art Museum
12:00 PM-4:00 PM
Mithila Women Paint Gender-Based Violence in the 21st Century Syracuse University Art Museum
12:00 PM-4:00 PM
Homeward to the Prairie I Come: Gordon Parks Photographs Syracuse University Art Museum
5:15 PM-11:00 PM
Lynne Sachs: This Side of Salina Urban Video Project
7:00 PM
*SOLD OUT* The Nighthawks The 443 Social Club
7:30 PM
Jessie Murph: In the Sticks Part II Landmark Theatre
7:30 PM
Kristin Gitler Festival Steeple Coffee House
Events for Sunday, November 10, 2024
10:00 AM-5:00 PM
Putting Art to Work: Prints of the Works Progress Administration Everson Museum of Art
10:00 AM-5:00 PM
Tim Atseff: Final Edition Everson Museum of Art
10:00 AM-5:00 PM
Sascha Brastoff: California King Everson Museum of Art
10:00 AM-5:00 PM
Off the Rack Everson Museum of Art
11:00 AM-6:00 PM
Nicholas Muellner: Asea Light Work Gallery
11:00 AM-4:00 PM
Suit Up! Syracuse Sporting Uniforms Through the Years Onondaga Historical Association
12:00 PM-4:00 PM
Homeward to the Prairie I Come: Gordon Parks Photographs Syracuse University Art Museum
12:00 PM-4:00 PM
Mithila Women Paint Gender-Based Violence in the 21st Century Syracuse University Art Museum
12:00 PM-4:00 PM
Fruits of Their Labor: Work and Leisure at the Syracuse University Art Museum Syracuse University Art Museum
1:00 PM
Nutcracker! Magical Christmas Ballet Landmark Theatre
1:00 PM
*SOLD OUT* The Nighthawks The 443 Social Club
2:00 PM
Special Event: Veterans Tribute Syracuse Orchestra (formerly Symphoria)
4:00 PM
Messiah Sing MasterWorks Chorale
Events for Monday, November 11, 2024
10:00 AM-9:00 PM
Nicholas Muellner: Asea Light Work Gallery
12:00 PM-5:00 PM
Libro de Artista Point of Contact Gallery
7:00 PM
Battleground (1949) Syracuse Cinephile Society
7:00 PM
Glenn Miller Orchestra The Oncenter
Events for Tuesday, November 12, 2024
9:30 AM-6:00 PM
Texture/Form/Surface Edgewood Gallery
10:00 AM-9:00 PM
Nicholas Muellner: Asea Light Work Gallery
10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Homeward to the Prairie I Come: Gordon Parks Photographs Syracuse University Art Museum
10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Fruits of Their Labor: Work and Leisure at the Syracuse University Art Museum Syracuse University Art Museum
10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Mithila Women Paint Gender-Based Violence in the 21st Century Syracuse University Art Museum
12:00 PM-5:00 PM
Libro de Artista Point of Contact Gallery
7:00 PM
Gracie Curran & the High Falutin' Band The 443 Social Club
7:30 PM
William Kent Krueger Friends of the Central Library Author Series
Events for Wednesday, November 13, 2024
9:30 AM-6:00 PM
Texture/Form/Surface Edgewood Gallery
10:00 AM-9:00 PM
Nicholas Muellner: Asea Light Work Gallery
10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Suit Up! Syracuse Sporting Uniforms Through the Years Onondaga Historical Association
10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Homeward to the Prairie I Come: Gordon Parks Photographs Syracuse University Art Museum
10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Mithila Women Paint Gender-Based Violence in the 21st Century Syracuse University Art Museum
10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Fruits of Their Labor: Work and Leisure at the Syracuse University Art Museum Syracuse University Art Museum
11:00 AM-5:00 PM
Putting Art to Work: Prints of the Works Progress Administration Everson Museum of Art
11:00 AM-5:00 PM
Sascha Brastoff: California King Everson Museum of Art
11:00 AM-5:00 PM
Tim Atseff: Final Edition Everson Museum of Art
11:00 AM-5:00 PM
Off the Rack Everson Museum of Art
12:00 PM-5:00 PM
Libro de Artista Point of Contact Gallery
2:00 PM-6:00 PM
In Secrecy: New Works by Jaleel Campbell ArtRage Gallery
Events for Thursday, November 14, 2024
9:30 AM-6:00 PM
Texture/Form/Surface Edgewood Gallery
10:00 AM-9:00 PM
Nicholas Muellner: Asea Light Work Gallery
10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Suit Up! Syracuse Sporting Uniforms Through the Years Onondaga Historical Association
10:00 AM-8:00 PM
Fruits of Their Labor: Work and Leisure at the Syracuse University Art Museum Syracuse University Art Museum
10:00 AM-8:00 PM
Mithila Women Paint Gender-Based Violence in the 21st Century Syracuse University Art Museum
10:00 AM-8:00 PM
Homeward to the Prairie I Come: Gordon Parks Photographs Syracuse University Art Museum
11:00 AM-8:00 PM
Putting Art to Work: Prints of the Works Progress Administration Everson Museum of Art
11:00 AM-8:00 PM
Tim Atseff: Final Edition Everson Museum of Art
11:00 AM-8:00 PM
Sascha Brastoff: California King Everson Museum of Art
11:00 AM-8:00 PM
Off the Rack Everson Museum of Art
12:00 PM-5:00 PM
Libro de Artista Point of Contact Gallery
2:00 PM-6:00 PM
In Secrecy: New Works by Jaleel Campbell ArtRage Gallery
5:00 PM-11:00 PM
Lynne Sachs: This Side of Salina Urban Video Project
7:00 PM
The Sound of Murder Acme Mystery Company
7:00 PM
Artist Talk with Jaleel Campbell ArtRage Gallery
7:00 PM
*SOLD OUT* Mike Powell The 443 Social Club
Events for Friday, November 15, 2024
9:30 AM-6:00 PM
Texture/Form/Surface Edgewood Gallery
10:00 AM-5:00 PM
Nicholas Muellner: Asea Light Work Gallery
10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Suit Up! Syracuse Sporting Uniforms Through the Years Onondaga Historical Association
10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Homeward to the Prairie I Come: Gordon Parks Photographs Syracuse University Art Museum
10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Mithila Women Paint Gender-Based Violence in the 21st Century Syracuse University Art Museum
10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Fruits of Their Labor: Work and Leisure at the Syracuse University Art Museum Syracuse University Art Museum
11:00 AM-5:00 PM
Putting Art to Work: Prints of the Works Progress Administration Everson Museum of Art
11:00 AM-5:00 PM
Sascha Brastoff: California King Everson Museum of Art
11:00 AM-5:00 PM
Tim Atseff: Final Edition Everson Museum of Art
11:00 AM-5:00 PM
Off the Rack Everson Museum of Art
12:00 PM-5:00 PM
Libro de Artista Point of Contact Gallery
2:00 PM-6:00 PM
In Secrecy: New Works by Jaleel Campbell ArtRage Gallery
5:00 PM-11:00 PM
Lynne Sachs: This Side of Salina Urban Video Project
7:00 PM
Poet Jan Beatty Downtown Writer's Center
7:00 PM
Dead to the Core: An Acoustic Celebration of the Grateful Dead The 443 Social Club
7:30 PM
The Broken Hearted: Tom Petty Tribute Palace Theatre
8:00 PM
Get the Led Out: A Celebration of "The Mighty Zep" Landmark Theatre
8:00 PM
Preview: Twelfth Night Syracuse University Drama Department
Friday, November 8, 2024
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Texture/Form/Surface Edgewood Gallery
Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd.,
Syracuse
David (Hongo) Robertson: textural acrylic paintings from various series Lauren Bristol: sculptural coiled basketry Dana Stenson: metalsmith jewelry
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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, November 8 |
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Nicholas Muellner: Asea Light Work Gallery
Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University,
Syracuse
Nicholas Muellner's "Asea" offers up photographs depicting people pantomiming in a verdant landscape made complex with surreal lighting; these images are paired with an issue of Contact Sheet that serves as a guidebook to the exhibition. The text in Contact Sheet is wryly poetic and succinct, and loosely leads us from picture to picture. "Asea" takes us somewhere without making its destination specific, setting a tone and mood that guides our desire for meaning but refuses to precisely locate it. With "Asea," Muellner projects a state of limbo and a search for personal meaning within photography's inevitable narrative limits. We are asked to ponder alone, in a subjective state that is not fixed but which hovers within the parameters established by the photographs and text. Ultimately, we engage with "Asea" because it is at once thoughtful, beautiful, and curious.
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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, November 8 |
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Homeward to the Prairie I Come: Gordon Parks Photographs Syracuse University Art Museum
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
A new exhibition of the work of renowned photographer, writer, poet, musician, and composer Gordon Parks features more than 75 of Parks' images, examining his wide-ranging artistic ideas. The exhibition not only includes Parks' documentary photography such as the series Paris Fashions, Fort Scott Revisited, The Redemption of the Champion (featuring images of Muhammed Ali), but also his thoughts on photography as a fine art medium and his engagement with celebrated paintings and sculptures. Most significantly, the photographs instigate cultural change by challenging viewers to imagine a more inclusive culture than the one they know: a world where Black skin represents ideal beauty, where an African American athlete embodies the exemplary hero, and where an artist of African heritage has a place within the lineage of excellent artists in Western art history.
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Mithila Women Paint Gender-Based Violence in the 21st Century Syracuse University Art Museum
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
For centuries, Mithila painters who work in Northeastern India have made paintings of gods and auspicious symbols on the walls and floors of their homes. This exhibition investigates a recent development within this long tradition of Indian folk art, where, beginning in the mid-2000s, artists began making paintings drawn from their own lived experiences. These women painters depicted the violence enacted against them, including dowry deaths, female feticide, and male kin's control generally. In doing so, this exhibition will draw attention to the patriarchal structures of this rural Indian community and broader structures of gender-based violence worldwide.
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Fruits of Their Labor: Work and Leisure at the Syracuse University Art Museum Syracuse University Art Museum
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
"Fruits of Their Labor" seeks to reexamine depictions of labor and leisure in the Syracuse University Art Museum's permanent collection. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed systemic problems in the workplace, mirroring the societal shifts in the labor industry during the Great Depression. Through thematic groupings such as those that depict women's work in and out of the home or behind the scenes views into the entertainment industry, this exhibition challenges conventional depictions of labor.
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11:00 AM - 5:00 PM, November 8 |
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Putting Art to Work: Prints of the Works Progress Administration Everson Museum of Art
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St.,
Syracuse
The Great Depression reached its peak in 1933 when the unemployment rate in the United States plummeted to 20%. The Public Works of Art Project, a relief measure to employ artists, was one of many New Deal initiatives that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed into law during his first year in office. In 1935, the program was replaced by the Federal Art Project, which was administered by the Works Progress Administration. Together, the two programs employed more than 10,000 artists and generated an estimated 400,000 paintings, murals, prints, and posters. The Everson Museum of Art (then the Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts) played an important role as Museum Director Anna Wetherill Olmsted oversaw the Central New York region of the Federal Art Project. Putting Art to Work features more than 60 prints made under the auspices of the Public Works of Art Project and the Federal Art Project between 1934 and 1942. Most of the prints in the Everson's collection were donated to the Museum by the Public Works of Art Project of New York City, but Putting Art to Work includes key loans from the Syracuse University Art Museum, the Tyler Art Gallery at SUNY Oswego, the Picker Art Gallery at Colgate University, and the Onondaga Historical Association that show the program's economic and cultural impact on our region's public institutions and artists.
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11:00 AM - 5:00 PM, November 8 |
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Tim Atseff: Final Edition Everson Museum of Art
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St.,
Syracuse
Fifty years following his Everson Museum debut, Syracuse-native Tim Atseff returns with a solo exhibition dedicated to a topic he knows intimately — the news media. Atseff spent nearly five decades working in the newspaper business in various professional roles and is perhaps best-known for penning editorial cartoons that satirically skewered political and public figures in print. Atseff's artistic practice is similarly grounded in current events, but as a platform for expressing his personal views about existential crises facing the world today, it is writ large and in full color in paintings, assemblages, and installations. For the Everson, Atseff presents a selection of recent works about the continued shuttering of American newspapers — and what it means for the future of journalistic integrity, an informed public, and national political debate. Timed to coincide with the 2024 US Presidential elections, "Tim Atseff: Final Edition" features more than 15 works from the last decade, along with a selection of editorial cartoons penned during Atseff's newspaper career.
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11:00 AM - 5:00 PM, November 8 |
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Sascha Brastoff: California King Everson Museum of Art
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St.,
Syracuse
There are many wild and colorful characters in the history of American ceramics, but most pale in comparison to Sascha Brastoff. We most remember Brastoff as a prolific designer of midcentury dinnerware, but he also served in the US Army during World War II, where he created props and costumes for Special Services events to entertain troops. Brastoff also performed as his drag alter-ego, G.I. Carmen Miranda, and was cast in a Broadway production, Winged Victory (later adapted into the 1944 movie of the same name). When the war ended, Brastoff moved to Los Angeles to design costumes for film stars, including the real Carmen Miranda. Brastoff then built a dinnerware empire (bankrolled by a Rockefeller) after taking a top prize in the Syracuse Museum of Fine Art's 1948 Ceramic National exhibition. Throughout his career, Brastoff rubbed elbows with celebrities and was at the heart of L.A.'s Queer underground. Besides his work in ceramics, Brastoff also mastered jewelry, metalwork, enamels, and created erotic works for many private clients.
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11:00 AM - 5:00 PM, November 8 |
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Off the Rack Everson Museum of Art
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St.,
Syracuse
"Off the Rack" is the happy by-product of a major renovation of the Everson's on-site art storage. As hundreds of paintings and framed works are displaced from their racks while renovations take place, the public has an unprecedented opportunity to view objects that have been in deep storage for years, never-before-seen recent acquisitions, and some perennial favorites — all hung together salon-style in our exhibition galleries. This smorgasbord of paintings and works on paper showcases the breadth and depth of the Museum's collections and provides a glimpse into the world of collections management and care.
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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, November 8 |
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Libro de Artista Point of Contact Gallery
Price: Free Point of Contact Gallery
350 W. Fayette St.,
Syracuse
Point of Contact (POC), in partnership with the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Argentina (MNBA), and the Museum Studies Program at Syracuse University, presents the exhibit Libro de Artista, a showcase of the National Museum's Artist Book Collection, for its first showing in the United States. Artist books occupy an important place in a creator's life. They are notebooks, sketches, projects, and ideas that, at times, serve as the seed for future art pieces, and can also transfigure into true works of art themselves. The Libro de Artista exhibit comprises more than 60 works from different periods by artists in their explorations around painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, and drawing. Using different techniques, formats, and materials, artist books take many forms on paper, cardboard, celluloid, acrylic, metal, and other materials, transforming into boxes, intervened prints, collages, and pop-up books.
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5:15 PM - 11:00 PM, November 8 |
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Lynne Sachs: This Side of Salina Urban Video Project
Everson Museum of Art Plaza
401 Harrison St.,
Syracuse
Four Black women from the gritty and tenacious city of Syracuse reflect on sexuality, youthful regret, emotional vulnerability, raising a daughter, and working in reproductive health services. In a series of their own choreographed vignettes, each woman thoughtfully engages with the neighborhoods she's known all of her life. Two performers flip through classic 1960s titles by Black authors in a bookstore. Others sit in a hat store finding time to pour into each other, as mentors and confidantes. These are businesses that are owned by local Black women, and they know it. In Brady Market, a community grocery, they playfully shop and chat with ease and confidence. They dance to their own rhythms in the outdoor plaza of the Everson Museum of Art. Together they look down at the city from its highest point and ponder how to battle the inequities of the place that they call home. (12 minutes) Screening begins at dusk.
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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, November 8 |
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Suit Up! Syracuse Sporting Uniforms Through the Years Onondaga Historical Association
Price: Free Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St.,
Syracuse
"Suit Up! A Look At Syracuse Sporting Uniforms Through The Years" highlights the wide array of sporting uniforms donned by athletes in Onondaga County at every level of competition going back more than 120 years. Utilizing OHA's extensive collection of uniforms, programs, and photographs, and the generosity of the Syracuse Mets and Syracuse Crunch, in addition to the several local collectors, this exhibition offers something for every sports fan. Highlights include signed memorabilia from Ernie Davis, Syracuse Orange Football star and the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy in 1961, as well as game-worn jerseys from Crunch, Mets, and Syracuse Orange Basketball players, to name just a few of the incredible items on display in this exhibit.
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7:00 PM, November 8 |
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The Kennedys The 443 Social Club
The 443 Social Club
443 Burnet Ave.,
Syracuse
The Kennedys release their first CD of all newly minted original songs in five years! Songwriting duo Pete and Maura Kennedy make a strong return to the studio and stage after three years of weekly live-streamed lockdown-era concerts. They took the opportunity to explore classic songwriting in-depth, performing over a thousand songs during the pandemic. That vast overview strengthened and refined their own writing and laid the foundation for this new collection of original, socially-conscious songs. In addition to singing and writing, Pete and Maura are multi-instrumentalists. The 13 songs are cast in a soundscape that draws from the classic canon of American roots, in keeping with the theme of getting back "home" as a nation. Acoustic and electric guitars, a vintage steel guitar, a gospel-inflected piano/organ mix, and even a slide ukulele all add colors to a songbag of sounds that have drawn us together during hard times. Pete and Maura believe that those sounds still have the power to pull us through again.
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7:00 PM, November 8 |
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Poets Sara Daniele Rivera and Leslie Neustadt Downtown Writer's Center
Price: Free Online
Sara Daniele Rivera is a Cuban Peruvian American artist, writer, translator, and educator. Her writing has appeared in The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 4: LatiNext, Solstice, Waxwing, Speculative Fiction for Dreamers: A Latinx Anthology, and elsewhere. She was the recipient of a 2017 St. Botolph Club Emerging Artist Award, the winner of the 2018 Stephen Dunn Prize in Poetry (Solstice Magazine), and a 2022 Tin House resident. She is a co-translator of The Blinding Star: Selected Poems by Blanca Varela (Tolsun Books, 2021) and co-editor of Not Your Papi's Utopia: Latinx Visions of Radical Hope (Mouthfeel Press, 2025). Her debut book of poetry, The Blue Mimes (Graywolf Press, 2024), won the 2023 Academy of American Poets First Book Award. She lives in Albuquerque, NM. Leslie B. Neustadt is a retired attorney, poet, and collage artist. Her books include Becoming Fruit: a Poetic Journey (Spirit Wind Books, 2014), and most recently, The Sustenance of Stars (Kelsay Books, 2024). Her poems have been published in a number of anthologies and journals, including Veils, Halos & Shackles, International Poetry on the Oppression and Empowerment of Women; The Bloomsbury Anthology of Contemporary American Jewish Poetry; Rumors Secrets & Lies: Stories & Poems About Pregnancy, Abortion & Choice, and others. She is a board member of the International Women's Writing Guild, chairs its program committee, and produces their workshop series. She lives in Niskayuna, NY.
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Saturday, November 9, 2024
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10:00 AM - 2:00 PM, November 9 |
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Texture/Form/Surface Edgewood Gallery
Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd.,
Syracuse
David (Hongo) Robertson: textural acrylic paintings from various series Lauren Bristol: sculptural coiled basketry Dana Stenson: metalsmith jewelry
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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, November 9 |
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Off the Rack Everson Museum of Art
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St.,
Syracuse
"Off the Rack" is the happy by-product of a major renovation of the Everson's on-site art storage. As hundreds of paintings and framed works are displaced from their racks while renovations take place, the public has an unprecedented opportunity to view objects that have been in deep storage for years, never-before-seen recent acquisitions, and some perennial favorites — all hung together salon-style in our exhibition galleries. This smorgasbord of paintings and works on paper showcases the breadth and depth of the Museum's collections and provides a glimpse into the world of collections management and care.
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Putting Art to Work: Prints of the Works Progress Administration Everson Museum of Art
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St.,
Syracuse
The Great Depression reached its peak in 1933 when the unemployment rate in the United States plummeted to 20%. The Public Works of Art Project, a relief measure to employ artists, was one of many New Deal initiatives that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed into law during his first year in office. In 1935, the program was replaced by the Federal Art Project, which was administered by the Works Progress Administration. Together, the two programs employed more than 10,000 artists and generated an estimated 400,000 paintings, murals, prints, and posters. The Everson Museum of Art (then the Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts) played an important role as Museum Director Anna Wetherill Olmsted oversaw the Central New York region of the Federal Art Project. Putting Art to Work features more than 60 prints made under the auspices of the Public Works of Art Project and the Federal Art Project between 1934 and 1942. Most of the prints in the Everson's collection were donated to the Museum by the Public Works of Art Project of New York City, but Putting Art to Work includes key loans from the Syracuse University Art Museum, the Tyler Art Gallery at SUNY Oswego, the Picker Art Gallery at Colgate University, and the Onondaga Historical Association that show the program's economic and cultural impact on our region's public institutions and artists.
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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, November 9 |
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Sascha Brastoff: California King Everson Museum of Art
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St.,
Syracuse
There are many wild and colorful characters in the history of American ceramics, but most pale in comparison to Sascha Brastoff. We most remember Brastoff as a prolific designer of midcentury dinnerware, but he also served in the US Army during World War II, where he created props and costumes for Special Services events to entertain troops. Brastoff also performed as his drag alter-ego, G.I. Carmen Miranda, and was cast in a Broadway production, Winged Victory (later adapted into the 1944 movie of the same name). When the war ended, Brastoff moved to Los Angeles to design costumes for film stars, including the real Carmen Miranda. Brastoff then built a dinnerware empire (bankrolled by a Rockefeller) after taking a top prize in the Syracuse Museum of Fine Art's 1948 Ceramic National exhibition. Throughout his career, Brastoff rubbed elbows with celebrities and was at the heart of L.A.'s Queer underground. Besides his work in ceramics, Brastoff also mastered jewelry, metalwork, enamels, and created erotic works for many private clients.
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Tim Atseff: Final Edition Everson Museum of Art
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St.,
Syracuse
Fifty years following his Everson Museum debut, Syracuse-native Tim Atseff returns with a solo exhibition dedicated to a topic he knows intimately — the news media. Atseff spent nearly five decades working in the newspaper business in various professional roles and is perhaps best-known for penning editorial cartoons that satirically skewered political and public figures in print. Atseff's artistic practice is similarly grounded in current events, but as a platform for expressing his personal views about existential crises facing the world today, it is writ large and in full color in paintings, assemblages, and installations. For the Everson, Atseff presents a selection of recent works about the continued shuttering of American newspapers — and what it means for the future of journalistic integrity, an informed public, and national political debate. Timed to coincide with the 2024 US Presidential elections, "Tim Atseff: Final Edition" features more than 15 works from the last decade, along with a selection of editorial cartoons penned during Atseff's newspaper career.
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11:00 AM - 6:00 PM, November 9 |
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Nicholas Muellner: Asea Light Work Gallery
Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University,
Syracuse
Nicholas Muellner's "Asea" offers up photographs depicting people pantomiming in a verdant landscape made complex with surreal lighting; these images are paired with an issue of Contact Sheet that serves as a guidebook to the exhibition. The text in Contact Sheet is wryly poetic and succinct, and loosely leads us from picture to picture. "Asea" takes us somewhere without making its destination specific, setting a tone and mood that guides our desire for meaning but refuses to precisely locate it. With "Asea," Muellner projects a state of limbo and a search for personal meaning within photography's inevitable narrative limits. We are asked to ponder alone, in a subjective state that is not fixed but which hovers within the parameters established by the photographs and text. Ultimately, we engage with "Asea" because it is at once thoughtful, beautiful, and curious.
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12:00 PM - 4:00 PM, November 9 |
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In Secrecy: New Works by Jaleel Campbell ArtRage Gallery
Price: Free ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave.,
Syracuse
"In Secrecy" will explore the experiences of out, discreet, and DL Black men in the gay community and what toll that takes on the psyche over time. Unlearning our natural instinct to operate in secret is half the battle. Homophobia in the Black community continues to run rampant. Growing up under these constraints forces queer youth to assimilate – to prevent drawing attention to their mannerisms, interests, or desires. Each year, those that are able to "pass" lose more and more of their natural instincts and begin to present themselves to the public how they believe society wants them to be. A performance. What is the truth? Is there truth? Jaleel hopes to enable real conversations from those that may share a similar experience and encourage others to tell their stories.
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Fruits of Their Labor: Work and Leisure at the Syracuse University Art Museum Syracuse University Art Museum
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
"Fruits of Their Labor" seeks to reexamine depictions of labor and leisure in the Syracuse University Art Museum's permanent collection. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed systemic problems in the workplace, mirroring the societal shifts in the labor industry during the Great Depression. Through thematic groupings such as those that depict women's work in and out of the home or behind the scenes views into the entertainment industry, this exhibition challenges conventional depictions of labor.
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Mithila Women Paint Gender-Based Violence in the 21st Century Syracuse University Art Museum
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
For centuries, Mithila painters who work in Northeastern India have made paintings of gods and auspicious symbols on the walls and floors of their homes. This exhibition investigates a recent development within this long tradition of Indian folk art, where, beginning in the mid-2000s, artists began making paintings drawn from their own lived experiences. These women painters depicted the violence enacted against them, including dowry deaths, female feticide, and male kin's control generally. In doing so, this exhibition will draw attention to the patriarchal structures of this rural Indian community and broader structures of gender-based violence worldwide.
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Homeward to the Prairie I Come: Gordon Parks Photographs Syracuse University Art Museum
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
A new exhibition of the work of renowned photographer, writer, poet, musician, and composer Gordon Parks features more than 75 of Parks' images, examining his wide-ranging artistic ideas. The exhibition not only includes Parks' documentary photography such as the series Paris Fashions, Fort Scott Revisited, The Redemption of the Champion (featuring images of Muhammed Ali), but also his thoughts on photography as a fine art medium and his engagement with celebrated paintings and sculptures. Most significantly, the photographs instigate cultural change by challenging viewers to imagine a more inclusive culture than the one they know: a world where Black skin represents ideal beauty, where an African American athlete embodies the exemplary hero, and where an artist of African heritage has a place within the lineage of excellent artists in Western art history.
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5:15 PM - 11:00 PM, November 9 |
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Lynne Sachs: This Side of Salina Urban Video Project
Everson Museum of Art Plaza
401 Harrison St.,
Syracuse
Four Black women from the gritty and tenacious city of Syracuse reflect on sexuality, youthful regret, emotional vulnerability, raising a daughter, and working in reproductive health services. In a series of their own choreographed vignettes, each woman thoughtfully engages with the neighborhoods she's known all of her life. Two performers flip through classic 1960s titles by Black authors in a bookstore. Others sit in a hat store finding time to pour into each other, as mentors and confidantes. These are businesses that are owned by local Black women, and they know it. In Brady Market, a community grocery, they playfully shop and chat with ease and confidence. They dance to their own rhythms in the outdoor plaza of the Everson Museum of Art. Together they look down at the city from its highest point and ponder how to battle the inequities of the place that they call home. (12 minutes) Screening begins at dusk.
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11:00 AM - 4:00 PM, November 9 |
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Suit Up! Syracuse Sporting Uniforms Through the Years Onondaga Historical Association
Price: Free Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St.,
Syracuse
"Suit Up! A Look At Syracuse Sporting Uniforms Through The Years" highlights the wide array of sporting uniforms donned by athletes in Onondaga County at every level of competition going back more than 120 years. Utilizing OHA's extensive collection of uniforms, programs, and photographs, and the generosity of the Syracuse Mets and Syracuse Crunch, in addition to the several local collectors, this exhibition offers something for every sports fan. Highlights include signed memorabilia from Ernie Davis, Syracuse Orange Football star and the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy in 1961, as well as game-worn jerseys from Crunch, Mets, and Syracuse Orange Basketball players, to name just a few of the incredible items on display in this exhibit.
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7:00 PM, November 9 |
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*SOLD OUT* The Nighthawks The 443 Social Club
The 443 Social Club
443 Burnet Ave.,
Syracuse
The Nighthawks was an idea in Mark Wenner's brain long before he was able to implement it. The musical product of pre-1958 radio in Washington, DC, he did not know there were rules against mixing blues, R&B, honky-tonk country, doo-wop, gospel, and rockabilly into one delicious stew. The current lineup for The Nighthawks is: Mark Wenner: Vocals, Harmonica Mark Stutso: Drums, Vocals Paul Pisciotta: Bass Dan Hovey: Guitar, Vocals
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7:30 PM, November 9 |
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Jessie Murph: In the Sticks Part II Landmark Theatre
Landmark Theatre
362 S. Salina St.,
Syracuse
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7:30 PM, November 9 |
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Kristin Gitler Festival Steeple Coffee House
Price: $15-$20 suggested donation covers entertainment, dessert, coffee/tea United Church of Fayetteville
310 E. Genesee St.,
Fayetteville
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Sunday, November 10, 2024
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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, November 10 |
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Putting Art to Work: Prints of the Works Progress Administration Everson Museum of Art
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St.,
Syracuse
The Great Depression reached its peak in 1933 when the unemployment rate in the United States plummeted to 20%. The Public Works of Art Project, a relief measure to employ artists, was one of many New Deal initiatives that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed into law during his first year in office. In 1935, the program was replaced by the Federal Art Project, which was administered by the Works Progress Administration. Together, the two programs employed more than 10,000 artists and generated an estimated 400,000 paintings, murals, prints, and posters. The Everson Museum of Art (then the Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts) played an important role as Museum Director Anna Wetherill Olmsted oversaw the Central New York region of the Federal Art Project. Putting Art to Work features more than 60 prints made under the auspices of the Public Works of Art Project and the Federal Art Project between 1934 and 1942. Most of the prints in the Everson's collection were donated to the Museum by the Public Works of Art Project of New York City, but Putting Art to Work includes key loans from the Syracuse University Art Museum, the Tyler Art Gallery at SUNY Oswego, the Picker Art Gallery at Colgate University, and the Onondaga Historical Association that show the program's economic and cultural impact on our region's public institutions and artists.
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Tim Atseff: Final Edition Everson Museum of Art
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St.,
Syracuse
Fifty years following his Everson Museum debut, Syracuse-native Tim Atseff returns with a solo exhibition dedicated to a topic he knows intimately — the news media. Atseff spent nearly five decades working in the newspaper business in various professional roles and is perhaps best-known for penning editorial cartoons that satirically skewered political and public figures in print. Atseff's artistic practice is similarly grounded in current events, but as a platform for expressing his personal views about existential crises facing the world today, it is writ large and in full color in paintings, assemblages, and installations. For the Everson, Atseff presents a selection of recent works about the continued shuttering of American newspapers — and what it means for the future of journalistic integrity, an informed public, and national political debate. Timed to coincide with the 2024 US Presidential elections, "Tim Atseff: Final Edition" features more than 15 works from the last decade, along with a selection of editorial cartoons penned during Atseff's newspaper career.
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Sascha Brastoff: California King Everson Museum of Art
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St.,
Syracuse
There are many wild and colorful characters in the history of American ceramics, but most pale in comparison to Sascha Brastoff. We most remember Brastoff as a prolific designer of midcentury dinnerware, but he also served in the US Army during World War II, where he created props and costumes for Special Services events to entertain troops. Brastoff also performed as his drag alter-ego, G.I. Carmen Miranda, and was cast in a Broadway production, Winged Victory (later adapted into the 1944 movie of the same name). When the war ended, Brastoff moved to Los Angeles to design costumes for film stars, including the real Carmen Miranda. Brastoff then built a dinnerware empire (bankrolled by a Rockefeller) after taking a top prize in the Syracuse Museum of Fine Art's 1948 Ceramic National exhibition. Throughout his career, Brastoff rubbed elbows with celebrities and was at the heart of L.A.'s Queer underground. Besides his work in ceramics, Brastoff also mastered jewelry, metalwork, enamels, and created erotic works for many private clients.
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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, November 10 |
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Off the Rack Everson Museum of Art
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St.,
Syracuse
"Off the Rack" is the happy by-product of a major renovation of the Everson's on-site art storage. As hundreds of paintings and framed works are displaced from their racks while renovations take place, the public has an unprecedented opportunity to view objects that have been in deep storage for years, never-before-seen recent acquisitions, and some perennial favorites — all hung together salon-style in our exhibition galleries. This smorgasbord of paintings and works on paper showcases the breadth and depth of the Museum's collections and provides a glimpse into the world of collections management and care.
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11:00 AM - 6:00 PM, November 10 |
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Nicholas Muellner: Asea Light Work Gallery
Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University,
Syracuse
Nicholas Muellner's "Asea" offers up photographs depicting people pantomiming in a verdant landscape made complex with surreal lighting; these images are paired with an issue of Contact Sheet that serves as a guidebook to the exhibition. The text in Contact Sheet is wryly poetic and succinct, and loosely leads us from picture to picture. "Asea" takes us somewhere without making its destination specific, setting a tone and mood that guides our desire for meaning but refuses to precisely locate it. With "Asea," Muellner projects a state of limbo and a search for personal meaning within photography's inevitable narrative limits. We are asked to ponder alone, in a subjective state that is not fixed but which hovers within the parameters established by the photographs and text. Ultimately, we engage with "Asea" because it is at once thoughtful, beautiful, and curious.
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12:00 PM - 4:00 PM, November 10 |
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Homeward to the Prairie I Come: Gordon Parks Photographs Syracuse University Art Museum
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
A new exhibition of the work of renowned photographer, writer, poet, musician, and composer Gordon Parks features more than 75 of Parks' images, examining his wide-ranging artistic ideas. The exhibition not only includes Parks' documentary photography such as the series Paris Fashions, Fort Scott Revisited, The Redemption of the Champion (featuring images of Muhammed Ali), but also his thoughts on photography as a fine art medium and his engagement with celebrated paintings and sculptures. Most significantly, the photographs instigate cultural change by challenging viewers to imagine a more inclusive culture than the one they know: a world where Black skin represents ideal beauty, where an African American athlete embodies the exemplary hero, and where an artist of African heritage has a place within the lineage of excellent artists in Western art history.
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Mithila Women Paint Gender-Based Violence in the 21st Century Syracuse University Art Museum
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
For centuries, Mithila painters who work in Northeastern India have made paintings of gods and auspicious symbols on the walls and floors of their homes. This exhibition investigates a recent development within this long tradition of Indian folk art, where, beginning in the mid-2000s, artists began making paintings drawn from their own lived experiences. These women painters depicted the violence enacted against them, including dowry deaths, female feticide, and male kin's control generally. In doing so, this exhibition will draw attention to the patriarchal structures of this rural Indian community and broader structures of gender-based violence worldwide.
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Fruits of Their Labor: Work and Leisure at the Syracuse University Art Museum Syracuse University Art Museum
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
"Fruits of Their Labor" seeks to reexamine depictions of labor and leisure in the Syracuse University Art Museum's permanent collection. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed systemic problems in the workplace, mirroring the societal shifts in the labor industry during the Great Depression. Through thematic groupings such as those that depict women's work in and out of the home or behind the scenes views into the entertainment industry, this exhibition challenges conventional depictions of labor.
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1:00 PM, November 10 |
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Nutcracker! Magical Christmas Ballet Landmark Theatre
Landmark Theatre
362 S. Salina St.,
Syracuse
Give the gift of Nutcracker! Magical Christmas Ballet to the whole family. Celebrate America's favorite Christmas tradition with an international all-star cast that blends world-class ballet with whimsical puppets, lavish costumes, and stunning acrobatics! Share the tradition of pure holiday magic and Tchaikovsky's timeless score with friends and family of all ages. Don't miss this chance to create memories of a lifetime.
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11:00 AM - 4:00 PM, November 10 |
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Suit Up! Syracuse Sporting Uniforms Through the Years Onondaga Historical Association
Price: Free Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St.,
Syracuse
"Suit Up! A Look At Syracuse Sporting Uniforms Through The Years" highlights the wide array of sporting uniforms donned by athletes in Onondaga County at every level of competition going back more than 120 years. Utilizing OHA's extensive collection of uniforms, programs, and photographs, and the generosity of the Syracuse Mets and Syracuse Crunch, in addition to the several local collectors, this exhibition offers something for every sports fan. Highlights include signed memorabilia from Ernie Davis, Syracuse Orange Football star and the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy in 1961, as well as game-worn jerseys from Crunch, Mets, and Syracuse Orange Basketball players, to name just a few of the incredible items on display in this exhibit.
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1:00 PM, November 10 |
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*SOLD OUT* The Nighthawks The 443 Social Club
The 443 Social Club
443 Burnet Ave.,
Syracuse
The Nighthawks was an idea in Mark Wenner's brain long before he was able to implement it. The musical product of pre-1958 radio in Washington, DC, he did not know there were rules against mixing blues, R&B, honky-tonk country, doo-wop, gospel, and rockabilly into one delicious stew. The current lineup for The Nighthawks is: Mark Wenner: Vocals, Harmonica Mark Stutso: Drums, Vocals Paul Pisciotta: Bass Dan Hovey: Guitar, Vocals
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Special Event: Veterans Tribute Syracuse Orchestra (formerly Symphoria)
Price: Free, but ticket required Underground Lounge (under the carousel, across from Burlington)
Destiny USA,
Syracuse
The Syracuse Orchestra pays tribute to our veterans with this special free performance, featuring music that pays tribute to and was inspired by veterans.
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4:00 PM, November 10 |
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Messiah Sing MasterWorks Chorale Micheal Kringer, conductor
Price: Suggested donation: $10 adults, children free St. Cecilia's Church
1001 Woods Rd.,
Syracuse
You're invited to add your voice! The glorious Christmas portion of Handel's oratorio is one of the best gifts of the holidays. Love to sing the Messiah? Grab your score, attend our open rehearsal on Friday, Nov. 8, at 7:00 p.m. at the concert venue, and join in our performance!
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Monday, November 11, 2024
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10:00 AM - 9:00 PM, November 11 |
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Nicholas Muellner: Asea Light Work Gallery
Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University,
Syracuse
Nicholas Muellner's "Asea" offers up photographs depicting people pantomiming in a verdant landscape made complex with surreal lighting; these images are paired with an issue of Contact Sheet that serves as a guidebook to the exhibition. The text in Contact Sheet is wryly poetic and succinct, and loosely leads us from picture to picture. "Asea" takes us somewhere without making its destination specific, setting a tone and mood that guides our desire for meaning but refuses to precisely locate it. With "Asea," Muellner projects a state of limbo and a search for personal meaning within photography's inevitable narrative limits. We are asked to ponder alone, in a subjective state that is not fixed but which hovers within the parameters established by the photographs and text. Ultimately, we engage with "Asea" because it is at once thoughtful, beautiful, and curious.
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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, November 11 |
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Libro de Artista Point of Contact Gallery
Price: Free Point of Contact Gallery
350 W. Fayette St.,
Syracuse
Point of Contact (POC), in partnership with the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Argentina (MNBA), and the Museum Studies Program at Syracuse University, presents the exhibit Libro de Artista, a showcase of the National Museum's Artist Book Collection, for its first showing in the United States. Artist books occupy an important place in a creator's life. They are notebooks, sketches, projects, and ideas that, at times, serve as the seed for future art pieces, and can also transfigure into true works of art themselves. The Libro de Artista exhibit comprises more than 60 works from different periods by artists in their explorations around painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, and drawing. Using different techniques, formats, and materials, artist books take many forms on paper, cardboard, celluloid, acrylic, metal, and other materials, transforming into boxes, intervened prints, collages, and pop-up books.
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Battleground (1949) Syracuse Cinephile Society
Price: $4 non-members, $3.50 members Spaghetti Warehouse
689 N. Clinton St.,
Syracuse
Cast: Van Johnson, John Hodiak, Ricardo Montalban, George Murphy, Marshall Thompson, James Whitmore, James Arness, Denise Darcel, Don Taylor, Scotty Beckett Director: William Wellman Our Veterans Day attraction is this well-done and highly respected drama that depicts the Battle of the Bulge. Battleground won Academy Awards for its screenplay and cinematography and it's easy to understand why. Excellent performances from the fine cast of talented actors.
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Glenn Miller Orchestra The Oncenter
Carrier Theater, Mulroy Civic Center
411 Montgomery St.,
Syracuse
On November 11, The world-famous Glenn Miller Orchestra will perform a collection of patriotic songs in addition to their greatest hits for this special Veterans Day themed show. This includes an extensive selection of patriotic music the WWII era and beyond along with Glenn Miller's biggest hits, like "In The Mood", "Chattanooga Choo Choo", "American Patrol", "A String Of Pearls", "Little Brown Jug", "Pennsylvania 6-5000", Tuxedo Junction", and of course their theme song "Moonlight Serenade".
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Tuesday, November 12, 2024
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Texture/Form/Surface Edgewood Gallery
Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd.,
Syracuse
David (Hongo) Robertson: textural acrylic paintings from various series Lauren Bristol: sculptural coiled basketry Dana Stenson: metalsmith jewelry
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10:00 AM - 9:00 PM, November 12 |
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Nicholas Muellner: Asea Light Work Gallery
Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University,
Syracuse
Nicholas Muellner's "Asea" offers up photographs depicting people pantomiming in a verdant landscape made complex with surreal lighting; these images are paired with an issue of Contact Sheet that serves as a guidebook to the exhibition. The text in Contact Sheet is wryly poetic and succinct, and loosely leads us from picture to picture. "Asea" takes us somewhere without making its destination specific, setting a tone and mood that guides our desire for meaning but refuses to precisely locate it. With "Asea," Muellner projects a state of limbo and a search for personal meaning within photography's inevitable narrative limits. We are asked to ponder alone, in a subjective state that is not fixed but which hovers within the parameters established by the photographs and text. Ultimately, we engage with "Asea" because it is at once thoughtful, beautiful, and curious.
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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, November 12 |
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Homeward to the Prairie I Come: Gordon Parks Photographs Syracuse University Art Museum
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
A new exhibition of the work of renowned photographer, writer, poet, musician, and composer Gordon Parks features more than 75 of Parks' images, examining his wide-ranging artistic ideas. The exhibition not only includes Parks' documentary photography such as the series Paris Fashions, Fort Scott Revisited, The Redemption of the Champion (featuring images of Muhammed Ali), but also his thoughts on photography as a fine art medium and his engagement with celebrated paintings and sculptures. Most significantly, the photographs instigate cultural change by challenging viewers to imagine a more inclusive culture than the one they know: a world where Black skin represents ideal beauty, where an African American athlete embodies the exemplary hero, and where an artist of African heritage has a place within the lineage of excellent artists in Western art history.
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Fruits of Their Labor: Work and Leisure at the Syracuse University Art Museum Syracuse University Art Museum
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
"Fruits of Their Labor" seeks to reexamine depictions of labor and leisure in the Syracuse University Art Museum's permanent collection. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed systemic problems in the workplace, mirroring the societal shifts in the labor industry during the Great Depression. Through thematic groupings such as those that depict women's work in and out of the home or behind the scenes views into the entertainment industry, this exhibition challenges conventional depictions of labor.
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Mithila Women Paint Gender-Based Violence in the 21st Century Syracuse University Art Museum
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
For centuries, Mithila painters who work in Northeastern India have made paintings of gods and auspicious symbols on the walls and floors of their homes. This exhibition investigates a recent development within this long tradition of Indian folk art, where, beginning in the mid-2000s, artists began making paintings drawn from their own lived experiences. These women painters depicted the violence enacted against them, including dowry deaths, female feticide, and male kin's control generally. In doing so, this exhibition will draw attention to the patriarchal structures of this rural Indian community and broader structures of gender-based violence worldwide.
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Libro de Artista Point of Contact Gallery
Price: Free Point of Contact Gallery
350 W. Fayette St.,
Syracuse
Point of Contact (POC), in partnership with the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Argentina (MNBA), and the Museum Studies Program at Syracuse University, presents the exhibit Libro de Artista, a showcase of the National Museum's Artist Book Collection, for its first showing in the United States. Artist books occupy an important place in a creator's life. They are notebooks, sketches, projects, and ideas that, at times, serve as the seed for future art pieces, and can also transfigure into true works of art themselves. The Libro de Artista exhibit comprises more than 60 works from different periods by artists in their explorations around painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, and drawing. Using different techniques, formats, and materials, artist books take many forms on paper, cardboard, celluloid, acrylic, metal, and other materials, transforming into boxes, intervened prints, collages, and pop-up books.
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William Kent Krueger Friends of the Central Library Author Series
Crouse Hinds Concert Theater, Mulroy Civic Center
411 Montgomery St.,
Syracuse
Raised in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon, William Kent Krueger briefly attended Stanford University — before being kicked out for radical activities. After that, he logged timber, worked construction, tried his hand at freelance journalism and eventually settled on becoming a full-time author. Krueger's mystery series set in the north woods of MN with protagonist Cork O'Connor have won countless awards along with bestseller status. Ordinary Grace, his stand-alone novel published in 2013, received the Edgar Award. The companion novel, This Tender Land, published in 2019, spent nearly six months on the top-10 New York Times bestseller list. His most recent novel, The River We Remember debuted at #5 on the New York Times list and has become a Washington Post, USA Today, and international bestseller.
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Gracie Curran & the High Falutin' Band The 443 Social Club
The 443 Social Club
443 Burnet Ave.,
Syracuse
With a stunningly soulful sound and an amazingly entertaining live show, Gracie Curran & The High Falutin' Band have been captivating audiences across the country. Originally from Boston and the Northeast, the band is made up of Gracie Curran on vocals, Geoff Murfitt on bass, Chris Hersch on guitar, and Owen Eichensehr on drums. A unique blend of blues, soul, and Americana, they will take you on a journey through the human condition that is inspiring, humorous, and authentically heartfelt.
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Wednesday, November 13, 2024
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Texture/Form/Surface Edgewood Gallery
Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd.,
Syracuse
David (Hongo) Robertson: textural acrylic paintings from various series Lauren Bristol: sculptural coiled basketry Dana Stenson: metalsmith jewelry
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10:00 AM - 9:00 PM, November 13 |
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Nicholas Muellner: Asea Light Work Gallery
Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University,
Syracuse
Nicholas Muellner's "Asea" offers up photographs depicting people pantomiming in a verdant landscape made complex with surreal lighting; these images are paired with an issue of Contact Sheet that serves as a guidebook to the exhibition. The text in Contact Sheet is wryly poetic and succinct, and loosely leads us from picture to picture. "Asea" takes us somewhere without making its destination specific, setting a tone and mood that guides our desire for meaning but refuses to precisely locate it. With "Asea," Muellner projects a state of limbo and a search for personal meaning within photography's inevitable narrative limits. We are asked to ponder alone, in a subjective state that is not fixed but which hovers within the parameters established by the photographs and text. Ultimately, we engage with "Asea" because it is at once thoughtful, beautiful, and curious.
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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, November 13 |
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Homeward to the Prairie I Come: Gordon Parks Photographs Syracuse University Art Museum
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
A new exhibition of the work of renowned photographer, writer, poet, musician, and composer Gordon Parks features more than 75 of Parks' images, examining his wide-ranging artistic ideas. The exhibition not only includes Parks' documentary photography such as the series Paris Fashions, Fort Scott Revisited, The Redemption of the Champion (featuring images of Muhammed Ali), but also his thoughts on photography as a fine art medium and his engagement with celebrated paintings and sculptures. Most significantly, the photographs instigate cultural change by challenging viewers to imagine a more inclusive culture than the one they know: a world where Black skin represents ideal beauty, where an African American athlete embodies the exemplary hero, and where an artist of African heritage has a place within the lineage of excellent artists in Western art history.
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Mithila Women Paint Gender-Based Violence in the 21st Century Syracuse University Art Museum
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
For centuries, Mithila painters who work in Northeastern India have made paintings of gods and auspicious symbols on the walls and floors of their homes. This exhibition investigates a recent development within this long tradition of Indian folk art, where, beginning in the mid-2000s, artists began making paintings drawn from their own lived experiences. These women painters depicted the violence enacted against them, including dowry deaths, female feticide, and male kin's control generally. In doing so, this exhibition will draw attention to the patriarchal structures of this rural Indian community and broader structures of gender-based violence worldwide.
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Fruits of Their Labor: Work and Leisure at the Syracuse University Art Museum Syracuse University Art Museum
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
"Fruits of Their Labor" seeks to reexamine depictions of labor and leisure in the Syracuse University Art Museum's permanent collection. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed systemic problems in the workplace, mirroring the societal shifts in the labor industry during the Great Depression. Through thematic groupings such as those that depict women's work in and out of the home or behind the scenes views into the entertainment industry, this exhibition challenges conventional depictions of labor.
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11:00 AM - 5:00 PM, November 13 |
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Putting Art to Work: Prints of the Works Progress Administration Everson Museum of Art
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St.,
Syracuse
The Great Depression reached its peak in 1933 when the unemployment rate in the United States plummeted to 20%. The Public Works of Art Project, a relief measure to employ artists, was one of many New Deal initiatives that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed into law during his first year in office. In 1935, the program was replaced by the Federal Art Project, which was administered by the Works Progress Administration. Together, the two programs employed more than 10,000 artists and generated an estimated 400,000 paintings, murals, prints, and posters. The Everson Museum of Art (then the Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts) played an important role as Museum Director Anna Wetherill Olmsted oversaw the Central New York region of the Federal Art Project. Putting Art to Work features more than 60 prints made under the auspices of the Public Works of Art Project and the Federal Art Project between 1934 and 1942. Most of the prints in the Everson's collection were donated to the Museum by the Public Works of Art Project of New York City, but Putting Art to Work includes key loans from the Syracuse University Art Museum, the Tyler Art Gallery at SUNY Oswego, the Picker Art Gallery at Colgate University, and the Onondaga Historical Association that show the program's economic and cultural impact on our region's public institutions and artists.
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11:00 AM - 5:00 PM, November 13 |
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Sascha Brastoff: California King Everson Museum of Art
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St.,
Syracuse
There are many wild and colorful characters in the history of American ceramics, but most pale in comparison to Sascha Brastoff. We most remember Brastoff as a prolific designer of midcentury dinnerware, but he also served in the US Army during World War II, where he created props and costumes for Special Services events to entertain troops. Brastoff also performed as his drag alter-ego, G.I. Carmen Miranda, and was cast in a Broadway production, Winged Victory (later adapted into the 1944 movie of the same name). When the war ended, Brastoff moved to Los Angeles to design costumes for film stars, including the real Carmen Miranda. Brastoff then built a dinnerware empire (bankrolled by a Rockefeller) after taking a top prize in the Syracuse Museum of Fine Art's 1948 Ceramic National exhibition. Throughout his career, Brastoff rubbed elbows with celebrities and was at the heart of L.A.'s Queer underground. Besides his work in ceramics, Brastoff also mastered jewelry, metalwork, enamels, and created erotic works for many private clients.
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11:00 AM - 5:00 PM, November 13 |
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Tim Atseff: Final Edition Everson Museum of Art
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St.,
Syracuse
Fifty years following his Everson Museum debut, Syracuse-native Tim Atseff returns with a solo exhibition dedicated to a topic he knows intimately — the news media. Atseff spent nearly five decades working in the newspaper business in various professional roles and is perhaps best-known for penning editorial cartoons that satirically skewered political and public figures in print. Atseff's artistic practice is similarly grounded in current events, but as a platform for expressing his personal views about existential crises facing the world today, it is writ large and in full color in paintings, assemblages, and installations. For the Everson, Atseff presents a selection of recent works about the continued shuttering of American newspapers — and what it means for the future of journalistic integrity, an informed public, and national political debate. Timed to coincide with the 2024 US Presidential elections, "Tim Atseff: Final Edition" features more than 15 works from the last decade, along with a selection of editorial cartoons penned during Atseff's newspaper career.
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11:00 AM - 5:00 PM, November 13 |
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Off the Rack Everson Museum of Art
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St.,
Syracuse
"Off the Rack" is the happy by-product of a major renovation of the Everson's on-site art storage. As hundreds of paintings and framed works are displaced from their racks while renovations take place, the public has an unprecedented opportunity to view objects that have been in deep storage for years, never-before-seen recent acquisitions, and some perennial favorites — all hung together salon-style in our exhibition galleries. This smorgasbord of paintings and works on paper showcases the breadth and depth of the Museum's collections and provides a glimpse into the world of collections management and care.
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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, November 13 |
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Libro de Artista Point of Contact Gallery
Price: Free Point of Contact Gallery
350 W. Fayette St.,
Syracuse
Point of Contact (POC), in partnership with the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Argentina (MNBA), and the Museum Studies Program at Syracuse University, presents the exhibit Libro de Artista, a showcase of the National Museum's Artist Book Collection, for its first showing in the United States. Artist books occupy an important place in a creator's life. They are notebooks, sketches, projects, and ideas that, at times, serve as the seed for future art pieces, and can also transfigure into true works of art themselves. The Libro de Artista exhibit comprises more than 60 works from different periods by artists in their explorations around painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, and drawing. Using different techniques, formats, and materials, artist books take many forms on paper, cardboard, celluloid, acrylic, metal, and other materials, transforming into boxes, intervened prints, collages, and pop-up books.
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2:00 PM - 6:00 PM, November 13 |
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In Secrecy: New Works by Jaleel Campbell ArtRage Gallery
Price: Free ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave.,
Syracuse
"In Secrecy" will explore the experiences of out, discreet, and DL Black men in the gay community and what toll that takes on the psyche over time. Unlearning our natural instinct to operate in secret is half the battle. Homophobia in the Black community continues to run rampant. Growing up under these constraints forces queer youth to assimilate – to prevent drawing attention to their mannerisms, interests, or desires. Each year, those that are able to "pass" lose more and more of their natural instincts and begin to present themselves to the public how they believe society wants them to be. A performance. What is the truth? Is there truth? Jaleel hopes to enable real conversations from those that may share a similar experience and encourage others to tell their stories.
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History |
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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, November 13 |
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Suit Up! Syracuse Sporting Uniforms Through the Years Onondaga Historical Association
Price: Free Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St.,
Syracuse
"Suit Up! A Look At Syracuse Sporting Uniforms Through The Years" highlights the wide array of sporting uniforms donned by athletes in Onondaga County at every level of competition going back more than 120 years. Utilizing OHA's extensive collection of uniforms, programs, and photographs, and the generosity of the Syracuse Mets and Syracuse Crunch, in addition to the several local collectors, this exhibition offers something for every sports fan. Highlights include signed memorabilia from Ernie Davis, Syracuse Orange Football star and the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy in 1961, as well as game-worn jerseys from Crunch, Mets, and Syracuse Orange Basketball players, to name just a few of the incredible items on display in this exhibit.
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Thursday, November 14, 2024
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9:30 AM - 6:00 PM, November 14 |
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Texture/Form/Surface Edgewood Gallery
Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd.,
Syracuse
David (Hongo) Robertson: textural acrylic paintings from various series Lauren Bristol: sculptural coiled basketry Dana Stenson: metalsmith jewelry
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10:00 AM - 9:00 PM, November 14 |
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Nicholas Muellner: Asea Light Work Gallery
Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University,
Syracuse
Nicholas Muellner's "Asea" offers up photographs depicting people pantomiming in a verdant landscape made complex with surreal lighting; these images are paired with an issue of Contact Sheet that serves as a guidebook to the exhibition. The text in Contact Sheet is wryly poetic and succinct, and loosely leads us from picture to picture. "Asea" takes us somewhere without making its destination specific, setting a tone and mood that guides our desire for meaning but refuses to precisely locate it. With "Asea," Muellner projects a state of limbo and a search for personal meaning within photography's inevitable narrative limits. We are asked to ponder alone, in a subjective state that is not fixed but which hovers within the parameters established by the photographs and text. Ultimately, we engage with "Asea" because it is at once thoughtful, beautiful, and curious.
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10:00 AM - 8:00 PM, November 14 |
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Fruits of Their Labor: Work and Leisure at the Syracuse University Art Museum Syracuse University Art Museum
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
"Fruits of Their Labor" seeks to reexamine depictions of labor and leisure in the Syracuse University Art Museum's permanent collection. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed systemic problems in the workplace, mirroring the societal shifts in the labor industry during the Great Depression. Through thematic groupings such as those that depict women's work in and out of the home or behind the scenes views into the entertainment industry, this exhibition challenges conventional depictions of labor.
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10:00 AM - 8:00 PM, November 14 |
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Mithila Women Paint Gender-Based Violence in the 21st Century Syracuse University Art Museum
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
For centuries, Mithila painters who work in Northeastern India have made paintings of gods and auspicious symbols on the walls and floors of their homes. This exhibition investigates a recent development within this long tradition of Indian folk art, where, beginning in the mid-2000s, artists began making paintings drawn from their own lived experiences. These women painters depicted the violence enacted against them, including dowry deaths, female feticide, and male kin's control generally. In doing so, this exhibition will draw attention to the patriarchal structures of this rural Indian community and broader structures of gender-based violence worldwide.
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10:00 AM - 8:00 PM, November 14 |
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Homeward to the Prairie I Come: Gordon Parks Photographs Syracuse University Art Museum
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
A new exhibition of the work of renowned photographer, writer, poet, musician, and composer Gordon Parks features more than 75 of Parks' images, examining his wide-ranging artistic ideas. The exhibition not only includes Parks' documentary photography such as the series Paris Fashions, Fort Scott Revisited, The Redemption of the Champion (featuring images of Muhammed Ali), but also his thoughts on photography as a fine art medium and his engagement with celebrated paintings and sculptures. Most significantly, the photographs instigate cultural change by challenging viewers to imagine a more inclusive culture than the one they know: a world where Black skin represents ideal beauty, where an African American athlete embodies the exemplary hero, and where an artist of African heritage has a place within the lineage of excellent artists in Western art history.
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11:00 AM - 8:00 PM, November 14 |
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Putting Art to Work: Prints of the Works Progress Administration Everson Museum of Art
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St.,
Syracuse
The Great Depression reached its peak in 1933 when the unemployment rate in the United States plummeted to 20%. The Public Works of Art Project, a relief measure to employ artists, was one of many New Deal initiatives that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed into law during his first year in office. In 1935, the program was replaced by the Federal Art Project, which was administered by the Works Progress Administration. Together, the two programs employed more than 10,000 artists and generated an estimated 400,000 paintings, murals, prints, and posters. The Everson Museum of Art (then the Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts) played an important role as Museum Director Anna Wetherill Olmsted oversaw the Central New York region of the Federal Art Project. Putting Art to Work features more than 60 prints made under the auspices of the Public Works of Art Project and the Federal Art Project between 1934 and 1942. Most of the prints in the Everson's collection were donated to the Museum by the Public Works of Art Project of New York City, but Putting Art to Work includes key loans from the Syracuse University Art Museum, the Tyler Art Gallery at SUNY Oswego, the Picker Art Gallery at Colgate University, and the Onondaga Historical Association that show the program's economic and cultural impact on our region's public institutions and artists.
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11:00 AM - 8:00 PM, November 14 |
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Tim Atseff: Final Edition Everson Museum of Art
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St.,
Syracuse
Fifty years following his Everson Museum debut, Syracuse-native Tim Atseff returns with a solo exhibition dedicated to a topic he knows intimately — the news media. Atseff spent nearly five decades working in the newspaper business in various professional roles and is perhaps best-known for penning editorial cartoons that satirically skewered political and public figures in print. Atseff's artistic practice is similarly grounded in current events, but as a platform for expressing his personal views about existential crises facing the world today, it is writ large and in full color in paintings, assemblages, and installations. For the Everson, Atseff presents a selection of recent works about the continued shuttering of American newspapers — and what it means for the future of journalistic integrity, an informed public, and national political debate. Timed to coincide with the 2024 US Presidential elections, "Tim Atseff: Final Edition" features more than 15 works from the last decade, along with a selection of editorial cartoons penned during Atseff's newspaper career.
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11:00 AM - 8:00 PM, November 14 |
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Sascha Brastoff: California King Everson Museum of Art
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St.,
Syracuse
There are many wild and colorful characters in the history of American ceramics, but most pale in comparison to Sascha Brastoff. We most remember Brastoff as a prolific designer of midcentury dinnerware, but he also served in the US Army during World War II, where he created props and costumes for Special Services events to entertain troops. Brastoff also performed as his drag alter-ego, G.I. Carmen Miranda, and was cast in a Broadway production, Winged Victory (later adapted into the 1944 movie of the same name). When the war ended, Brastoff moved to Los Angeles to design costumes for film stars, including the real Carmen Miranda. Brastoff then built a dinnerware empire (bankrolled by a Rockefeller) after taking a top prize in the Syracuse Museum of Fine Art's 1948 Ceramic National exhibition. Throughout his career, Brastoff rubbed elbows with celebrities and was at the heart of L.A.'s Queer underground. Besides his work in ceramics, Brastoff also mastered jewelry, metalwork, enamels, and created erotic works for many private clients.
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11:00 AM - 8:00 PM, November 14 |
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Off the Rack Everson Museum of Art
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St.,
Syracuse
"Off the Rack" is the happy by-product of a major renovation of the Everson's on-site art storage. As hundreds of paintings and framed works are displaced from their racks while renovations take place, the public has an unprecedented opportunity to view objects that have been in deep storage for years, never-before-seen recent acquisitions, and some perennial favorites — all hung together salon-style in our exhibition galleries. This smorgasbord of paintings and works on paper showcases the breadth and depth of the Museum's collections and provides a glimpse into the world of collections management and care.
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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, November 14 |
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Libro de Artista Point of Contact Gallery
Price: Free Point of Contact Gallery
350 W. Fayette St.,
Syracuse
Point of Contact (POC), in partnership with the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Argentina (MNBA), and the Museum Studies Program at Syracuse University, presents the exhibit Libro de Artista, a showcase of the National Museum's Artist Book Collection, for its first showing in the United States. Artist books occupy an important place in a creator's life. They are notebooks, sketches, projects, and ideas that, at times, serve as the seed for future art pieces, and can also transfigure into true works of art themselves. The Libro de Artista exhibit comprises more than 60 works from different periods by artists in their explorations around painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, and drawing. Using different techniques, formats, and materials, artist books take many forms on paper, cardboard, celluloid, acrylic, metal, and other materials, transforming into boxes, intervened prints, collages, and pop-up books.
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2:00 PM - 6:00 PM, November 14 |
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In Secrecy: New Works by Jaleel Campbell ArtRage Gallery
Price: Free ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave.,
Syracuse
"In Secrecy" will explore the experiences of out, discreet, and DL Black men in the gay community and what toll that takes on the psyche over time. Unlearning our natural instinct to operate in secret is half the battle. Homophobia in the Black community continues to run rampant. Growing up under these constraints forces queer youth to assimilate – to prevent drawing attention to their mannerisms, interests, or desires. Each year, those that are able to "pass" lose more and more of their natural instincts and begin to present themselves to the public how they believe society wants them to be. A performance. What is the truth? Is there truth? Jaleel hopes to enable real conversations from those that may share a similar experience and encourage others to tell their stories.
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5:00 PM - 11:00 PM, November 14 |
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Lynne Sachs: This Side of Salina Urban Video Project
Everson Museum of Art Plaza
401 Harrison St.,
Syracuse
Four Black women from the gritty and tenacious city of Syracuse reflect on sexuality, youthful regret, emotional vulnerability, raising a daughter, and working in reproductive health services. In a series of their own choreographed vignettes, each woman thoughtfully engages with the neighborhoods she's known all of her life. Two performers flip through classic 1960s titles by Black authors in a bookstore. Others sit in a hat store finding time to pour into each other, as mentors and confidantes. These are businesses that are owned by local Black women, and they know it. In Brady Market, a community grocery, they playfully shop and chat with ease and confidence. They dance to their own rhythms in the outdoor plaza of the Everson Museum of Art. Together they look down at the city from its highest point and ponder how to battle the inequities of the place that they call home. (12 minutes) Screening begins at dusk.
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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, November 14 |
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Suit Up! Syracuse Sporting Uniforms Through the Years Onondaga Historical Association
Price: Free Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St.,
Syracuse
"Suit Up! A Look At Syracuse Sporting Uniforms Through The Years" highlights the wide array of sporting uniforms donned by athletes in Onondaga County at every level of competition going back more than 120 years. Utilizing OHA's extensive collection of uniforms, programs, and photographs, and the generosity of the Syracuse Mets and Syracuse Crunch, in addition to the several local collectors, this exhibition offers something for every sports fan. Highlights include signed memorabilia from Ernie Davis, Syracuse Orange Football star and the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy in 1961, as well as game-worn jerseys from Crunch, Mets, and Syracuse Orange Basketball players, to name just a few of the incredible items on display in this exhibit.
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7:00 PM, November 14 |
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Artist Talk with Jaleel Campbell ArtRage Gallery
Price: Free ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave.,
Syracuse
Join us for an Artist Talk with the artist behind our current exhibition, "In Secrecy: New Works by Jaleel Campbell."
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Music |
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7:00 PM, November 14 |
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*SOLD OUT* Mike Powell The 443 Social Club
The 443 Social Club
443 Burnet Ave.,
Syracuse
Mike Powell is a natural-born storyteller with a stage presence that's best described as "real". His spontaneous nature and extreme comfort behind a microphone create a vibe that engages audiences in a way that only authenticity can. His songs are filled with powerful imagery and thought-provoking themes but a Powell performance is much more than just a concert—it's an exploration into the human heart. Seamlessly weaving hilarious tales of everyday life with heartbreaking songs of tragedy, loss and blue-collar hardship. Pulling from his catalog of over 200 original songs he has become one of the "must-see" acts in Central New York.
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7:00 PM, November 14 |
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The Sound of Murder Acme Mystery Company
Spaghetti Warehouse
689 N. Clinton St.,
Syracuse
High on a hill died a lonely goatherd and some people around the Abbey are beginning to get the idea that sweet little Maria just might be a budding serial killer. Is she now at 16, going on 17? What exactly are her favorite things? Mother Abbess and her new assistant, Sister Adolph, are calling in all nuns and townsfolk to decide what to do. Even the pompous Captain Von Trampp and his bratty children will be there. Don't be late. You don't want Sister Adolph shaking her carrot at you.
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Friday, November 15, 2024
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9:30 AM - 6:00 PM, November 15 |
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Texture/Form/Surface Edgewood Gallery
Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd.,
Syracuse
David (Hongo) Robertson: textural acrylic paintings from various series Lauren Bristol: sculptural coiled basketry Dana Stenson: metalsmith jewelry
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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, November 15 |
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Nicholas Muellner: Asea Light Work Gallery
Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University,
Syracuse
Nicholas Muellner's "Asea" offers up photographs depicting people pantomiming in a verdant landscape made complex with surreal lighting; these images are paired with an issue of Contact Sheet that serves as a guidebook to the exhibition. The text in Contact Sheet is wryly poetic and succinct, and loosely leads us from picture to picture. "Asea" takes us somewhere without making its destination specific, setting a tone and mood that guides our desire for meaning but refuses to precisely locate it. With "Asea," Muellner projects a state of limbo and a search for personal meaning within photography's inevitable narrative limits. We are asked to ponder alone, in a subjective state that is not fixed but which hovers within the parameters established by the photographs and text. Ultimately, we engage with "Asea" because it is at once thoughtful, beautiful, and curious.
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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, November 15 |
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Homeward to the Prairie I Come: Gordon Parks Photographs Syracuse University Art Museum
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
A new exhibition of the work of renowned photographer, writer, poet, musician, and composer Gordon Parks features more than 75 of Parks' images, examining his wide-ranging artistic ideas. The exhibition not only includes Parks' documentary photography such as the series Paris Fashions, Fort Scott Revisited, The Redemption of the Champion (featuring images of Muhammed Ali), but also his thoughts on photography as a fine art medium and his engagement with celebrated paintings and sculptures. Most significantly, the photographs instigate cultural change by challenging viewers to imagine a more inclusive culture than the one they know: a world where Black skin represents ideal beauty, where an African American athlete embodies the exemplary hero, and where an artist of African heritage has a place within the lineage of excellent artists in Western art history.
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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, November 15 |
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Mithila Women Paint Gender-Based Violence in the 21st Century Syracuse University Art Museum
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
For centuries, Mithila painters who work in Northeastern India have made paintings of gods and auspicious symbols on the walls and floors of their homes. This exhibition investigates a recent development within this long tradition of Indian folk art, where, beginning in the mid-2000s, artists began making paintings drawn from their own lived experiences. These women painters depicted the violence enacted against them, including dowry deaths, female feticide, and male kin's control generally. In doing so, this exhibition will draw attention to the patriarchal structures of this rural Indian community and broader structures of gender-based violence worldwide.
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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, November 15 |
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Fruits of Their Labor: Work and Leisure at the Syracuse University Art Museum Syracuse University Art Museum
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
"Fruits of Their Labor" seeks to reexamine depictions of labor and leisure in the Syracuse University Art Museum's permanent collection. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed systemic problems in the workplace, mirroring the societal shifts in the labor industry during the Great Depression. Through thematic groupings such as those that depict women's work in and out of the home or behind the scenes views into the entertainment industry, this exhibition challenges conventional depictions of labor.
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11:00 AM - 5:00 PM, November 15 |
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Putting Art to Work: Prints of the Works Progress Administration Everson Museum of Art
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St.,
Syracuse
The Great Depression reached its peak in 1933 when the unemployment rate in the United States plummeted to 20%. The Public Works of Art Project, a relief measure to employ artists, was one of many New Deal initiatives that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed into law during his first year in office. In 1935, the program was replaced by the Federal Art Project, which was administered by the Works Progress Administration. Together, the two programs employed more than 10,000 artists and generated an estimated 400,000 paintings, murals, prints, and posters. The Everson Museum of Art (then the Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts) played an important role as Museum Director Anna Wetherill Olmsted oversaw the Central New York region of the Federal Art Project. Putting Art to Work features more than 60 prints made under the auspices of the Public Works of Art Project and the Federal Art Project between 1934 and 1942. Most of the prints in the Everson's collection were donated to the Museum by the Public Works of Art Project of New York City, but Putting Art to Work includes key loans from the Syracuse University Art Museum, the Tyler Art Gallery at SUNY Oswego, the Picker Art Gallery at Colgate University, and the Onondaga Historical Association that show the program's economic and cultural impact on our region's public institutions and artists.
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11:00 AM - 5:00 PM, November 15 |
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Sascha Brastoff: California King Everson Museum of Art
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St.,
Syracuse
There are many wild and colorful characters in the history of American ceramics, but most pale in comparison to Sascha Brastoff. We most remember Brastoff as a prolific designer of midcentury dinnerware, but he also served in the US Army during World War II, where he created props and costumes for Special Services events to entertain troops. Brastoff also performed as his drag alter-ego, G.I. Carmen Miranda, and was cast in a Broadway production, Winged Victory (later adapted into the 1944 movie of the same name). When the war ended, Brastoff moved to Los Angeles to design costumes for film stars, including the real Carmen Miranda. Brastoff then built a dinnerware empire (bankrolled by a Rockefeller) after taking a top prize in the Syracuse Museum of Fine Art's 1948 Ceramic National exhibition. Throughout his career, Brastoff rubbed elbows with celebrities and was at the heart of L.A.'s Queer underground. Besides his work in ceramics, Brastoff also mastered jewelry, metalwork, enamels, and created erotic works for many private clients.
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11:00 AM - 5:00 PM, November 15 |
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Tim Atseff: Final Edition Everson Museum of Art
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St.,
Syracuse
Fifty years following his Everson Museum debut, Syracuse-native Tim Atseff returns with a solo exhibition dedicated to a topic he knows intimately — the news media. Atseff spent nearly five decades working in the newspaper business in various professional roles and is perhaps best-known for penning editorial cartoons that satirically skewered political and public figures in print. Atseff's artistic practice is similarly grounded in current events, but as a platform for expressing his personal views about existential crises facing the world today, it is writ large and in full color in paintings, assemblages, and installations. For the Everson, Atseff presents a selection of recent works about the continued shuttering of American newspapers — and what it means for the future of journalistic integrity, an informed public, and national political debate. Timed to coincide with the 2024 US Presidential elections, "Tim Atseff: Final Edition" features more than 15 works from the last decade, along with a selection of editorial cartoons penned during Atseff's newspaper career.
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11:00 AM - 5:00 PM, November 15 |
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Off the Rack Everson Museum of Art
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St.,
Syracuse
"Off the Rack" is the happy by-product of a major renovation of the Everson's on-site art storage. As hundreds of paintings and framed works are displaced from their racks while renovations take place, the public has an unprecedented opportunity to view objects that have been in deep storage for years, never-before-seen recent acquisitions, and some perennial favorites — all hung together salon-style in our exhibition galleries. This smorgasbord of paintings and works on paper showcases the breadth and depth of the Museum's collections and provides a glimpse into the world of collections management and care.
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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, November 15 |
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Libro de Artista Point of Contact Gallery
Price: Free Point of Contact Gallery
350 W. Fayette St.,
Syracuse
Point of Contact (POC), in partnership with the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Argentina (MNBA), and the Museum Studies Program at Syracuse University, presents the exhibit Libro de Artista, a showcase of the National Museum's Artist Book Collection, for its first showing in the United States. Artist books occupy an important place in a creator's life. They are notebooks, sketches, projects, and ideas that, at times, serve as the seed for future art pieces, and can also transfigure into true works of art themselves. The Libro de Artista exhibit comprises more than 60 works from different periods by artists in their explorations around painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, and drawing. Using different techniques, formats, and materials, artist books take many forms on paper, cardboard, celluloid, acrylic, metal, and other materials, transforming into boxes, intervened prints, collages, and pop-up books.
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2:00 PM - 6:00 PM, November 15 |
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In Secrecy: New Works by Jaleel Campbell ArtRage Gallery
Price: Free ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave.,
Syracuse
"In Secrecy" will explore the experiences of out, discreet, and DL Black men in the gay community and what toll that takes on the psyche over time. Unlearning our natural instinct to operate in secret is half the battle. Homophobia in the Black community continues to run rampant. Growing up under these constraints forces queer youth to assimilate – to prevent drawing attention to their mannerisms, interests, or desires. Each year, those that are able to "pass" lose more and more of their natural instincts and begin to present themselves to the public how they believe society wants them to be. A performance. What is the truth? Is there truth? Jaleel hopes to enable real conversations from those that may share a similar experience and encourage others to tell their stories.
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5:00 PM - 11:00 PM, November 15 |
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Lynne Sachs: This Side of Salina Urban Video Project
Everson Museum of Art Plaza
401 Harrison St.,
Syracuse
Four Black women from the gritty and tenacious city of Syracuse reflect on sexuality, youthful regret, emotional vulnerability, raising a daughter, and working in reproductive health services. In a series of their own choreographed vignettes, each woman thoughtfully engages with the neighborhoods she's known all of her life. Two performers flip through classic 1960s titles by Black authors in a bookstore. Others sit in a hat store finding time to pour into each other, as mentors and confidantes. These are businesses that are owned by local Black women, and they know it. In Brady Market, a community grocery, they playfully shop and chat with ease and confidence. They dance to their own rhythms in the outdoor plaza of the Everson Museum of Art. Together they look down at the city from its highest point and ponder how to battle the inequities of the place that they call home. (12 minutes) Screening begins at dusk.
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History |
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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, November 15 |
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Suit Up! Syracuse Sporting Uniforms Through the Years Onondaga Historical Association
Price: Free Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St.,
Syracuse
"Suit Up! A Look At Syracuse Sporting Uniforms Through The Years" highlights the wide array of sporting uniforms donned by athletes in Onondaga County at every level of competition going back more than 120 years. Utilizing OHA's extensive collection of uniforms, programs, and photographs, and the generosity of the Syracuse Mets and Syracuse Crunch, in addition to the several local collectors, this exhibition offers something for every sports fan. Highlights include signed memorabilia from Ernie Davis, Syracuse Orange Football star and the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy in 1961, as well as game-worn jerseys from Crunch, Mets, and Syracuse Orange Basketball players, to name just a few of the incredible items on display in this exhibit.
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Music |
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7:00 PM, November 15 |
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Dead to the Core: An Acoustic Celebration of the Grateful Dead The 443 Social Club
The 443 Social Club
443 Burnet Ave.,
Syracuse
Dead to the Core is a collective of singer-songwriters and acoustic musicians, led by musician/author Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers, that celebrates the music of the Grateful Dead—not through note-for-note re-creations but by playing the songs their own way, letting them grow and evolve collaboratively in the true spirit of the Dead. This show an all-star Syracuse-based band. Joining Rodgers (guitar, Strumstick) are Tim Burns of Two Hour Delay (guitar, mandolin), Wendy Sassafras Ramsay (flute, clarinet, accordion), Josh Dekaney (percussion kit), and John Dancks (upright bass). Interspersed with the music are clips from Rodgers' own interviews with Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir, in which they reflect on the roots and evolution of the music. A Dead to the Core show is an experience unlike any other Grateful Dead tribute: a night of deeply personal performances that illuminate the masterful song craft of one of America's most original bands. Grateful Dead music right down to the core.
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7:30 PM, November 15 |
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The Broken Hearted: Tom Petty Tribute Palace Theatre
Palace Theater
2384 James St.,
Syracuse
The Broken Hearted, the #1 Tom Petty Tribute! Get ready to rock out to all your favorite Tom Petty hits in a night filled with nostalgia and great music. Bring your friends and sing along to classics like "Free Fallin'" and "American Girl". Don't miss out on this epic tribute to one of the greatest rock legends of all time! Starting off with the lead singer Johnny Clifford AKA Johnny/Petty on guitar, harmonica, and lead vocals has been playing the music of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers since first hearing them back in the 70's. Going by the nickname Johnny Petty, as it was a natural fit. We also would like to introduce the man on Keys and some vocals Matthias Donnelly as a musical staple in the North East for over 30yrs, writing movie scores, musical theater, and recording commercials and instructional soundtracks, opening for musical greats like Brian Auger and Eric Burdon. He performed on a hit pick on the billboard 100, played piano on WMHT for a live Jazz series and performed on national television on "The Rich and Famous". Switching gears we have Frank Affinito on drums and vocals, with great sound and tight groove. Charged with extensive harmony duties and sings lead on some vocals. James Cappello the groovy bass player rounding out the rhythm section. James and Johnny have a long musical history playing together for over 40yrs in several bands.
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8:00 PM, November 15 |
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Get the Led Out: A Celebration of "The Mighty Zep" Landmark Theatre
Landmark Theatre
362 S. Salina St.,
Syracuse
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Poetry/Reading |
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7:00 PM, November 15 |
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Poet Jan Beatty Downtown Writer's Center
Price: Free Online
Jan Beatty's eighth book, Dragstripping, was published by the University of Pittsburgh Press, September, 2024. Her memoir, American Bastard, won the Red Hen Nonfiction Award. Recent books include The Body Wars and a chapbook, Skydog (Lefty Blondie Press, 2022). Other work includes Jackknife: New and Selected Poems (University of Pittsburgh, 2018 Paterson Prize) named by Sandra Cisneros on LitHub as her favorite book of 2019. Beatty has worked as a waitress, abortion counselor, and in maximum security prisons. She is Professor Emerita at Carlow University, where she directed creative writing, the Madwomen in the Attic workshops, and the MFA program.
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Theater |
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8:00 PM, November 15 |
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Preview: Twelfth Night Syracuse University Drama Department Will Pomerantz, director
Storch Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St.,
Syracuse
Orsino loves Olivia, but Olivia wants Cesario. Or is it Sebastian? Or Viola, perhaps? "Disguise, I see thou art a wickedness," except when it leads to riotous laughter in Shakespeare's delicious and exuberant comedy of love, music, and mistaken identities.
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