Sunday, July 28, 2013

Rust Belt: New Pants
Lipe Art Park

Price: Free
Lipe Art Park
W. Fayette St. between Armory Square and Tipp Hill, Syracuse

"Rust Belt: New Pants" is an outdoor art exhibit that examines the evolving identity of the city of Syracuse, starting with its industrial, manufacturing beginnings and going to its presence as a post-industrial and cultural hub. Seven local Syracuse artists will be showing their work in the exhibition. While these artists each approached the symbolization of the city's evolution differently in their work, they all recognized the effects post-industrial renewal is having on Syracuse's identity. Furthermore, they chose to represent the city's past by utilizing materials and creating structures that are reminiscent of Syracuse's industrial age. The works encompass a variety of mediums including mural, sculpture, and video.

M Street Cooperative Craft Show

Price: Free
300 Block of Montgomery St.
Syracuse

This event features 65 local crafters offering everything from stained glass and handmade wooden toys to wrought iron sculpture and handmade children's and adult clothing. Culinary delights are supplied by the Onondaga Historical Association's booth with members of the Onondaga Nation cooking Buffalo Burgers and Venison Sausage. Media Unit street performers provide original choreography with the dancers roving back to Oz Nation and staging a tribute to Michael Jackson.

Syracuse Arts & Crafts Festival

Price: Free
Columbus Circle
Jefferson and Montgomery Sts., Syracuse

This spectacular 3-day showcase of the country's most talented artists, craftspeople, and entertainers features more than 160 artists representing 30 states and Canada. Shop and browse among the art and craft exhibits and enjoy a wide variety of music, multicultural performances, summer refreshments, and participatory activities.

For more information, visit www.syracuseartsandcraftsfestival.com.

Columbus Circle Mural Restoration

Price: Free
Columbus Circle
Jefferson and Montgomery Sts., Syracuse

Mural Artist Kelly Curry will repaint and restore the public art mural at 264 E. Onondaga St. The mural depicts a turn-of-the century urban street scene with storefronts, a streetcar and several characters. The artwork is one of the visual highlights of the historic Columbus Circle area. Originally commissioned in 1980 by the Downtown Committee, the mural was created by the Syracuse Art Squad, directed by artist Andy Matlow. Using historic images of the mural, Ms. Curry will bring back the mural's original brilliance and character by restoring perspectives and colors.

Transversing Impermanance: Explorations in Metal and Fiber
Gallery 54

Gallery 54
54 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

Featuring works by fabric artist Sharon Bottle Souva and metal work by Dana Blythe Stenson.

Bloom
Gandee Gallery

Price: Free
Gandee Gallery
7846 Main St., Fabius

"Bloom" presents an eclectic mix of styles and art media. This group exhibition features artwork with the theme of renewal and investigates the innate beauty of nature. The show includes drawing, photography, watercolor, sculpture, and ceramics.

Participating artists include Anne Novado Capuccilli, Willson Cummer, Jen Gandee, Bob Gates, Kelly Sullivan, Lucie Wellner, Pualani Wiley, and Errol Willett.

From Memory

Price: Free
State Tower Building storefront
217 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Last fall, Syracuse-area residents were invited to write about a significant memory from their lives. Then, without looking at the previous version, the writers rewrote these memories at regular intervals over the course of six months. Now, a wide selection of Syracuse artists are sharing their interpretations of this writing process for a group show. The event will include performance poetry, illustration, painting, video and sculpture.

Presented by the 40 Below Public Arts Task Force and the American Institute of Architects CNY.

Plymouth Congregational Church Art Sale

Price: Free
Plymouth Church
232 E. Onondaga St., Syracuse

All are invited to browse Plymouth Church's sale held within the church, featuring 11 artisans from the community.

Native American Circle of Life
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

For the 5th year, the OHA Museum will host Native American arts, crafts and foods including buffalo burgers, jewelry, native blankets, ladies' bags, sweet grass, dream catchers, soaps, and face painting!

Love and Marriage
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

This exhibition, mounted in conjunction with Syracuse Opera's April performances of The Marriage of Figaro, will feature items of a wedding nature from OHA's collection, including wedding dresses, invitations, and even a piece of anniversary cake from 1896.

Onondaga County at Gettysburg: A Sesquicentennial Remembrance
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

In honor of the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, Onondaga Historical Association presents a new exhibit with a focus on paintings, photos, diary entries and quotes to illustrate the experience of eight veterans who served at Gettysburg in one of the following locally-based regiments. Also included in the exhibit is a three-part framed battlefield map that shows the military maneuvering that took place over the course of three days of fighting, July 1-3, 1863.

20th-Century American Art from the Permanent Collection
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

To complement "American Moderns, 1910-1960: From O'Keeffe to Rockwell," the Everson highlights works by American modern artists from the permanent collection. This exhibition presents paintings, works on paper and sculpture by Milton Avery, Charles Burchfield, Eldzier Cortor, Reginald Marsh, Grandma Moses, and John Marin, among others.

An American Look: Fashion, Decorative Arts and Gustav Stickley
Everson Museum of Art

Price: $10 regular, $8 students/seniors/military, $5 Everson members, $30 family (up to 2 adults & 4 children)
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"An American Look" is a unique exhibition that, for the first time, examines the influence of an Arts & Crafts aesthetic in American fashion during the early 20th century. Color, texture and motif were all adapted from the Arts & Crafts elements of furniture, ceramics and other furnishings of the period for upper-class fashion. Clothing styles of 1910-1914 are particularly representative of the elegant simplicity of Arts and Crafts objects popular in the preceding decade.

"An American Look" includes 34 examples from the Sue Ann Genet Costume Collection housed at Syracuse University, along with ceramics, Stickley furniture, and other decorative art examples from the Everson's permanent collection. The exhibition is co-curated by Jeffrey Mayer, curator of the Genet Costume Collection and associate professor of fashion design and history at Syracuse University, and Everson Museum Senior Curator Debora Ryan.

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Watercolors by Christi Sobel
Imagine

Imagine
38 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

In addition to being a painter and printmaker, Ithaca-area artist Christi Sobel of Brooktondale is a scientific illustrator. She earned a bachelor's degree in art and biology at Eastern College and a graduate certificate in scientific illustration at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Sobel has worked at and been published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in London; taught art classes in a small village in the Central Plateau of Haiti; and painted murals and created illustrations for environmentally conscious organizations.

Syracuse Stories Documentary

Price: Free
YMCA
340 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Syracuse Stories is a documentary comprised of stories collected during last year's ArtsWeek and throughout the year by Malinda Masing (SU Newhouse senior) and other members of Syracuse Stories in the course of their travels in Brazil and throughout the Middle East. The film will be shown several times each day. Come see how members of both the CNY and international communities shared their stories over the last year. Stay for a story circle or tell your own Syracuse story.

For more information, contact syracusestories@gmail.com.

Syracuse Stories

Price: Free
YMCA
340 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Syracuse Stories is a collaborative grassroots initiative celebrating and sharing the stories of the people, cultures, and institutions that make up our community. During ArtsWeek, Syracuse Stories invites members of the Syracuse and CNY community to share your stories: who you are, where you come from, how you came to live in CNY, why you stay, what you care about, what you would like neighbors to know about your culture and its traditions. Syracuse Stories and the Downtown Writer's Center collaborate to help people tell their stories in a variety of ways--in writing, in story-circles, thru individual story-telling and two person interviews modeled on NPR's Story Corps. More stories will be gathered and filmed at the Downtown Writer's Center on Saturday during ArtsWeek as a part of the "Know Your Neighbor, Know the World" project.

Email syracusestories@gmail.com to schedule a time to tell your story, or sign up that day.

The Ties that Bind: The Heritage of Onondaga County's Bridges
Onondaga Historical Association

Price: Free (donation accepted)
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Onondaga County is a community that has been shaped by a legacy of bridges. In the context of the public discussion about what to do with the elevated section of I-81 in downtown Syracuse, it is important for the public to understand the history of the community's decision-making regarding its transportation infrastructure. The exhibit features photos, diagrams, and models of bridges and takes viewers through the rich heritage of turnpikes, canals, and railroads of Onondaga County. It also examines the post-World War II intersection of two great interstate highways, I-81 and the NYS Thruway. Sponsorship of the exhibit is through the Syracuse Metropolitan Transportation Council's I-81 Challenge.

Classical Oasis

Price: Free
300 Block of E. Onondaga St.
Syracuse

Classical Oasis, a program designed to recognize, employ and promote rising talent around the country, will feature student performers from the Eastman School of Music and Syracuse University who will be performing pop, classical, and contemporary instrumental music throughout the weekend. Four student musicians, who are top rising starts within the community, will perform live on violin and cello, with pre-recorded accompaniment. Their CDs will be available for sale as a way to raise funds for the program and promote the arts.

For more information, visit www.classicaloasis.net.

The Art of Tinsmithing and How the Statue of Liberty Was Built

Price: Free
300 Block of E. Onondaga St.
Syracuse

Syracuse tinsmith Dennis Heaphy will present an interactive program on the art of tinsmithing and the building of the Statue of Liberty. Heaphy is the fourth generation of his family to work as a tinsmith in Syracuse. He is the primary tinsmith for the Statue of Liberty and has worked on the extensive ongoing restoration of the copper statue. His program describes the building process and its relationship to the Erie Canal. He demonstrates the process of Repousse, the technique used by the craftsmen, as well as the tools and materials used. Visitors will gain a greater appreciation for what the builders went through to bring sculptor Frederic Bartholdi's vision to life.

For more information, visit www.EllisIslandReenactment.com.

The Art of Tinsmithing and How the Statue of Liberty Was Built

Price: Free
300 Block of E. Onondaga St.
Syracuse

Syracuse tinsmith Dennis Heaphy will present an interactive program on the art of tinsmithing and the building of the Statue of Liberty. Heaphy is the fourth generation of his family to work as a tinsmith in Syracuse. He is the primary tinsmith for the Statue of Liberty and has worked on the extensive ongoing restoration of the copper statue. His program describes the building process and its relationship to the Erie Canal. He demonstrates the process of Repousse, the technique used by the craftsmen, as well as the tools and materials used. Visitors will gain a greater appreciation for what the builders went through to bring sculptor Frederic Bartholdi's vision to life.

For more information, visit www.EllisIslandReenactment.com.

The Art of Tinsmithing and How the Statue of Liberty Was Built

Price: Free
300 Block of E. Onondaga St.
Syracuse

Syracuse tinsmith Dennis Heaphy will present an interactive program on the art of tinsmithing and the building of the Statue of Liberty. Heaphy is the fourth generation of his family to work as a tinsmith in Syracuse. He is the primary tinsmith for the Statue of Liberty and has worked on the extensive ongoing restoration of the copper statue. His program describes the building process and its relationship to the Erie Canal. He demonstrates the process of Repousse, the technique used by the craftsmen, as well as the tools and materials used. Visitors will gain a greater appreciation for what the builders went through to bring sculptor Frederic Bartholdi's vision to life.

For more information, visit www.EllisIslandReenactment.com.

Elise Testone
Westcott Theater

Westcott Theater
524 Westcott St., Syracuse

Writer's Center Tent
Downtown Writer's Center

Price: Free
300 Block of Montgomery St.
Syracuse

The Downtown Writer's Center of the YMCA, Central New York's only literary writing center, will offer activities under the Downtown Writer's Center tent all weekend, including collage poems, Magnetic Poetry, writing prompts, and the annual Six-Word Memoir Contest. Meet Downtown Writer's Center faculty and browse through the library of books published by both teachers and Center members, with book signings by authors throughout the weekend.

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Central New York Playhouse
Stephfond Brunson, director

Price: $20
CNY Playhouse
Shoppingtown Mall, Entrance No. 4 (adjacent to parking garage), Dewitt

This happy-go-lucky view of small town vice and statewide political side-stepping recounts the good times and the demise of the Chicken Ranch, known since the 1850s as one of the better pleasure palaces in all of Texas. Governors, senators, mayors, and even victorious college football teams frequent Miss Mona's cozy bordello until that puritan nemesis Watchdog focuses his television cameras and his righteous indignation on the institution.

Book by Larry L. King and Peter Masterson; music and lyrics by Carol Hall. Abel Searor, music director; Kaleigh Pfohl, choreographer

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Cooking with The Calamari Sisters
The Talent Company

Price: $32.50 regular, $30.50 students/seniors
Empire Theater
New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes

Hilarity, failed dishes, and food fights ensue during this "live broadcast" of a public access cable cooking show hosted by two larger-than-life Italian sisters, Delphine and Carmela Calamari. The sisters sing and dance to such beloved Italian favorites as "Volare," "Come On A My House," "Botcha Me," "Que Sera Sera," "That's Amore," and of course, "Mambo Italiano!" as they try to make it through their final broadcast together in one piece. Original cast.

Tickets available at www.thetalentco.com or by calling 1-800-838-3006.

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Monday, July 29, 2013

Rust Belt: New Pants
Lipe Art Park

Price: Free
Lipe Art Park
W. Fayette St. between Armory Square and Tipp Hill, Syracuse

"Rust Belt: New Pants" is an outdoor art exhibit that examines the evolving identity of the city of Syracuse, starting with its industrial, manufacturing beginnings and going to its presence as a post-industrial and cultural hub. Seven local Syracuse artists will be showing their work in the exhibition. While these artists each approached the symbolization of the city's evolution differently in their work, they all recognized the effects post-industrial renewal is having on Syracuse's identity. Furthermore, they chose to represent the city's past by utilizing materials and creating structures that are reminiscent of Syracuse's industrial age. The works encompass a variety of mediums including mural, sculpture, and video.

Exceptional Exhibition
Onondaga County Central Library

Price: Free
Onondaga County Central Library
The Galleries of Syracuse, 447 S. Salina St., Syracuse

Exceptional Artworks Committee presents an Exceptional Exhibition in celebration of the 23rd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Exceptional Artworks Committee is a coalition of local and regional nonprofit agencies in Central New York. Its mission is to encourage and showcase the artistic and creative talents of individuals with disabilities. This will be the eighth art exhibit held for the annual ADA celebrations, and the fourth to be hosted by Central Library.

Trois Soeurs d'Été (Three Sisters of Summer)
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

Price: Free
Baltimore Woods Nature Center
4007 Bishop Hill Rd., Marcellus

Daphné Verley: ceramics
M Bénédicte Verley: photographs
Thérèse Verley Strodel: paintings

Mentors: 4 Influential Women Artists
Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery

Price: Free
Syracuse Technology Garden
235 Harrison St., Syracuse

Artist-in-Residence and Curator at The Tech Garden, Maria Rizzo is proud to present a group show that celebrates the art of four professional female artists who have greatly influenced Rizzo's young art career: Maria Grazia Facchinetti, Marianne Smith Dalton, Angela Arrey-Wastavino and Linda Bigness. All four of these women share a passion for the arts, strong talent and unyielding professionalism in reaching their goals. They each have a story to share and advice to give for other artists who want to dedicate their lives to the arts.

Facing the Facts
Westcott Community Art Gallery

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

Open Figure Drawing presents their non-juried 2013 portrait show.

Transversing Impermanance: Explorations in Metal and Fiber
Gallery 54

Gallery 54
54 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

Featuring works by fabric artist Sharon Bottle Souva and metal work by Dana Blythe Stenson.

Watercolors by Christi Sobel
Imagine

Imagine
38 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

In addition to being a painter and printmaker, Ithaca-area artist Christi Sobel of Brooktondale is a scientific illustrator. She earned a bachelor's degree in art and biology at Eastern College and a graduate certificate in scientific illustration at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Sobel has worked at and been published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in London; taught art classes in a small village in the Central Plateau of Haiti; and painted murals and created illustrations for environmentally conscious organizations.

Extended Passions: Watercolors by Cyndee Sharpe
Maxwell Memorial Library

Price: Free
Maxwell Memorial Library
14 Genesee St., Camillus

Cyndee Sharpe's nature photography is well-known in Central New York. Her intimate portraits of birds and other wildlife show these animals in breathtaking detail. In this exhibit, Sharpe will share a different vision of the world around us. A self-taught watercolorist, Sharpe has turned to a new medium for expressing her love of nature.

The Art of Nicora Gangi
Dalton's

Dalton's American Decorative Arts
1931 James St., Syracuse

Nicora Gangi's work will resonate with those who appreciate her link to European art and her aesthetic kinship with the Hudson River School painters. Yet her oil paintings have a fresh, modern sensibility to which lovers of contemporary realism will surely respond.

Transfiguring Art: Contemporary Colombian Abstract Painting
La Casita Cultural Center

Price: Free
La Casita Cultural Center
109 Otisco St., Syracuse

"Transfiguring Art: Contemporary Colombian Abstract Painting" is a collection of oil and acrylic pieces on canvas showcasing three contemporary Colombian artists exploring non-figurative art. The exhibit is conceived as a bridge-building opportunity and artistic exchange between artists residing at home and in the diaspora, in Colombia, Mexico, and the United States. It includes paintings by Fernando Manrique, Rafael Ordoñez, and Esperanza Tielbaard Pazmiño, all of whom explore the of textural and composition possibilities in abstract art.

The artistic proposals of Manrique, Ordoñez and Pazmiño share an interest in communicating the rich sensory experiences and of the conceptual suggestions possible in pictorial abstraction. Their works explore alternative ways of engaging reality and ask viewers to see through the senses as they travel through interweaving forms, suggestive textures, and provoking compositions. Their canvases challenge accepted distinctions between abstract and figurative painting, as well as between purist and committed art from Latin America, since they incorporate issues of identity, technology, nature, and affect as themes to be explored through the senses.

The collection invites us to be seduced by the mix and to reflect on our understanding of artistic creation and perception, and changing patterns in the 21st century.

West Side Through My Eyes
La Casita Cultural Center

Price: Free
La Casita Cultural Center
109 Otisco St., Syracuse

An exhibit of photos by the participants of the teen photography workshop at La Casita in collaboration with the Department of Child and Family Studies of Syracuse University. The program is part of the Creative Corner Program at La Casita which is a multi-modal artistic space in which children and youth explore diverse forms and processes of art-making. In addition, the Teen Photography Workshop series is part of the 2013 Reducing Teen Violence Initiative in the Near West Side.

Native Man & The Funky White Band
Liverpool is the Place

Price: Free
Johnson Park
Corner of Vine and Oswego Streets, Liverpool

Rock 'n' roll

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Rust Belt: New Pants
Lipe Art Park

Price: Free
Lipe Art Park
W. Fayette St. between Armory Square and Tipp Hill, Syracuse

"Rust Belt: New Pants" is an outdoor art exhibit that examines the evolving identity of the city of Syracuse, starting with its industrial, manufacturing beginnings and going to its presence as a post-industrial and cultural hub. Seven local Syracuse artists will be showing their work in the exhibition. While these artists each approached the symbolization of the city's evolution differently in their work, they all recognized the effects post-industrial renewal is having on Syracuse's identity. Furthermore, they chose to represent the city's past by utilizing materials and creating structures that are reminiscent of Syracuse's industrial age. The works encompass a variety of mediums including mural, sculpture, and video.

Exceptional Exhibition
Onondaga County Central Library

Price: Free
Onondaga County Central Library
The Galleries of Syracuse, 447 S. Salina St., Syracuse

Exceptional Artworks Committee presents an Exceptional Exhibition in celebration of the 23rd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Exceptional Artworks Committee is a coalition of local and regional nonprofit agencies in Central New York. Its mission is to encourage and showcase the artistic and creative talents of individuals with disabilities. This will be the eighth art exhibit held for the annual ADA celebrations, and the fourth to be hosted by Central Library.

Trois Soeurs d'Été (Three Sisters of Summer)
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

Price: Free
Baltimore Woods Nature Center
4007 Bishop Hill Rd., Marcellus

Daphné Verley: ceramics
M Bénédicte Verley: photographs
Thérèse Verley Strodel: paintings

Mentors: 4 Influential Women Artists
Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery

Price: Free
Syracuse Technology Garden
235 Harrison St., Syracuse

Artist-in-Residence and Curator at The Tech Garden, Maria Rizzo is proud to present a group show that celebrates the art of four professional female artists who have greatly influenced Rizzo's young art career: Maria Grazia Facchinetti, Marianne Smith Dalton, Angela Arrey-Wastavino and Linda Bigness. All four of these women share a passion for the arts, strong talent and unyielding professionalism in reaching their goals. They each have a story to share and advice to give for other artists who want to dedicate their lives to the arts.

Facing the Facts
Westcott Community Art Gallery

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

Open Figure Drawing presents their non-juried 2013 portrait show.

Convergence: Where Line Meets Form
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

R. Jason Howard: internationally recognized glass artist using both traditional Italian techniques and self-invented processes

Marilyn Forth: uses the ancient art process of batik in a contemporary fashion--painting dye onto silk

DeeAnn von Hunke: new works in jewelry design exploring combinations of medium, materials, and methods in metalsmithing

Give & Take: The Currency of Culture
Community Folk Art Center

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

"Give & Take: The Currency of Culture" features new, site-specific installations and performance art by Aisha Cousins, Nzuji De Magalhaes and Nontsikelelo Mutiti. The exhibition explores the complex and symbiotic relationship between Africans and African Americans. The artists in this exhibit investigate a wide range of topics from Fela Kuti's Africa American lover, Sandra Smith, to misconceptions about Africa and Africans.

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Creative Crossings
Community Folk Art Center

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

For this exhibition, the artists have created works of mixed media that include landscapes, still-life, protraits, and abstracts. The group chose the title Creative Crossings because they felt that a crossing must be made in order to heal both mentally and spiritually. This exhibit provides a special opportunity to share their artistic achievements with the community.

Transversing Impermanance: Explorations in Metal and Fiber
Gallery 54

Gallery 54
54 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

Featuring works by fabric artist Sharon Bottle Souva and metal work by Dana Blythe Stenson.

Watercolors by Christi Sobel
Imagine

Imagine
38 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

In addition to being a painter and printmaker, Ithaca-area artist Christi Sobel of Brooktondale is a scientific illustrator. She earned a bachelor's degree in art and biology at Eastern College and a graduate certificate in scientific illustration at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Sobel has worked at and been published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in London; taught art classes in a small village in the Central Plateau of Haiti; and painted murals and created illustrations for environmentally conscious organizations.

Extended Passions: Watercolors by Cyndee Sharpe
Maxwell Memorial Library

Price: Free
Maxwell Memorial Library
14 Genesee St., Camillus

Cyndee Sharpe's nature photography is well-known in Central New York. Her intimate portraits of birds and other wildlife show these animals in breathtaking detail. In this exhibit, Sharpe will share a different vision of the world around us. A self-taught watercolorist, Sharpe has turned to a new medium for expressing her love of nature.

The Art of Nicora Gangi
Dalton's

Dalton's American Decorative Arts
1931 James St., Syracuse

Nicora Gangi's work will resonate with those who appreciate her link to European art and her aesthetic kinship with the Hudson River School painters. Yet her oil paintings have a fresh, modern sensibility to which lovers of contemporary realism will surely respond.

An American Look: Fashion, Decorative Arts and Gustav Stickley
Everson Museum of Art

Price: $10 regular, $8 students/seniors/military, $5 Everson members, $30 family (up to 2 adults & 4 children)
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"An American Look" is a unique exhibition that, for the first time, examines the influence of an Arts & Crafts aesthetic in American fashion during the early 20th century. Color, texture and motif were all adapted from the Arts & Crafts elements of furniture, ceramics and other furnishings of the period for upper-class fashion. Clothing styles of 1910-1914 are particularly representative of the elegant simplicity of Arts and Crafts objects popular in the preceding decade.

"An American Look" includes 34 examples from the Sue Ann Genet Costume Collection housed at Syracuse University, along with ceramics, Stickley furniture, and other decorative art examples from the Everson's permanent collection. The exhibition is co-curated by Jeffrey Mayer, curator of the Genet Costume Collection and associate professor of fashion design and history at Syracuse University, and Everson Museum Senior Curator Debora Ryan.

Read a review!

20th-Century American Art from the Permanent Collection
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

To complement "American Moderns, 1910-1960: From O'Keeffe to Rockwell," the Everson highlights works by American modern artists from the permanent collection. This exhibition presents paintings, works on paper and sculpture by Milton Avery, Charles Burchfield, Eldzier Cortor, Reginald Marsh, Grandma Moses, and John Marin, among others.

West Side Through My Eyes
La Casita Cultural Center

Price: Free
La Casita Cultural Center
109 Otisco St., Syracuse

An exhibit of photos by the participants of the teen photography workshop at La Casita in collaboration with the Department of Child and Family Studies of Syracuse University. The program is part of the Creative Corner Program at La Casita which is a multi-modal artistic space in which children and youth explore diverse forms and processes of art-making. In addition, the Teen Photography Workshop series is part of the 2013 Reducing Teen Violence Initiative in the Near West Side.

Transfiguring Art: Contemporary Colombian Abstract Painting
La Casita Cultural Center

Price: Free
La Casita Cultural Center
109 Otisco St., Syracuse

"Transfiguring Art: Contemporary Colombian Abstract Painting" is a collection of oil and acrylic pieces on canvas showcasing three contemporary Colombian artists exploring non-figurative art. The exhibit is conceived as a bridge-building opportunity and artistic exchange between artists residing at home and in the diaspora, in Colombia, Mexico, and the United States. It includes paintings by Fernando Manrique, Rafael Ordoñez, and Esperanza Tielbaard Pazmiño, all of whom explore the of textural and composition possibilities in abstract art.

The artistic proposals of Manrique, Ordoñez and Pazmiño share an interest in communicating the rich sensory experiences and of the conceptual suggestions possible in pictorial abstraction. Their works explore alternative ways of engaging reality and ask viewers to see through the senses as they travel through interweaving forms, suggestive textures, and provoking compositions. Their canvases challenge accepted distinctions between abstract and figurative painting, as well as between purist and committed art from Latin America, since they incorporate issues of identity, technology, nature, and affect as themes to be explored through the senses.

The collection invites us to be seduced by the mix and to reflect on our understanding of artistic creation and perception, and changing patterns in the 21st century.

Pops in the Park

Price: Free
Onondaga Park
Roberts Avenue, Syracuse

A variety of musical styles featured each week. Bring lawn chairs for seating.

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Rust Belt: New Pants
Lipe Art Park

Price: Free
Lipe Art Park
W. Fayette St. between Armory Square and Tipp Hill, Syracuse

"Rust Belt: New Pants" is an outdoor art exhibit that examines the evolving identity of the city of Syracuse, starting with its industrial, manufacturing beginnings and going to its presence as a post-industrial and cultural hub. Seven local Syracuse artists will be showing their work in the exhibition. While these artists each approached the symbolization of the city's evolution differently in their work, they all recognized the effects post-industrial renewal is having on Syracuse's identity. Furthermore, they chose to represent the city's past by utilizing materials and creating structures that are reminiscent of Syracuse's industrial age. The works encompass a variety of mediums including mural, sculpture, and video.

Exceptional Exhibition
Onondaga County Central Library

Price: Free
Onondaga County Central Library
The Galleries of Syracuse, 447 S. Salina St., Syracuse

Exceptional Artworks Committee presents an Exceptional Exhibition in celebration of the 23rd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Exceptional Artworks Committee is a coalition of local and regional nonprofit agencies in Central New York. Its mission is to encourage and showcase the artistic and creative talents of individuals with disabilities. This will be the eighth art exhibit held for the annual ADA celebrations, and the fourth to be hosted by Central Library.

Trois Soeurs d'Été (Three Sisters of Summer)
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

Price: Free
Baltimore Woods Nature Center
4007 Bishop Hill Rd., Marcellus

Daphné Verley: ceramics
M Bénédicte Verley: photographs
Thérèse Verley Strodel: paintings

Mentors: 4 Influential Women Artists
Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery

Price: Free
Syracuse Technology Garden
235 Harrison St., Syracuse

Artist-in-Residence and Curator at The Tech Garden, Maria Rizzo is proud to present a group show that celebrates the art of four professional female artists who have greatly influenced Rizzo's young art career: Maria Grazia Facchinetti, Marianne Smith Dalton, Angela Arrey-Wastavino and Linda Bigness. All four of these women share a passion for the arts, strong talent and unyielding professionalism in reaching their goals. They each have a story to share and advice to give for other artists who want to dedicate their lives to the arts.

Facing the Facts
Westcott Community Art Gallery

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

Open Figure Drawing presents their non-juried 2013 portrait show.

Convergence: Where Line Meets Form
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

R. Jason Howard: internationally recognized glass artist using both traditional Italian techniques and self-invented processes

Marilyn Forth: uses the ancient art process of batik in a contemporary fashion--painting dye onto silk

DeeAnn von Hunke: new works in jewelry design exploring combinations of medium, materials, and methods in metalsmithing

Creative Crossings
Community Folk Art Center

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

For this exhibition, the artists have created works of mixed media that include landscapes, still-life, protraits, and abstracts. The group chose the title Creative Crossings because they felt that a crossing must be made in order to heal both mentally and spiritually. This exhibit provides a special opportunity to share their artistic achievements with the community.

Give & Take: The Currency of Culture
Community Folk Art Center

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

"Give & Take: The Currency of Culture" features new, site-specific installations and performance art by Aisha Cousins, Nzuji De Magalhaes and Nontsikelelo Mutiti. The exhibition explores the complex and symbiotic relationship between Africans and African Americans. The artists in this exhibit investigate a wide range of topics from Fela Kuti's Africa American lover, Sandra Smith, to misconceptions about Africa and Africans.

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Transversing Impermanance: Explorations in Metal and Fiber
Gallery 54

Gallery 54
54 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

Featuring works by fabric artist Sharon Bottle Souva and metal work by Dana Blythe Stenson.

Watercolors by Christi Sobel
Imagine

Imagine
38 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

In addition to being a painter and printmaker, Ithaca-area artist Christi Sobel of Brooktondale is a scientific illustrator. She earned a bachelor's degree in art and biology at Eastern College and a graduate certificate in scientific illustration at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Sobel has worked at and been published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in London; taught art classes in a small village in the Central Plateau of Haiti; and painted murals and created illustrations for environmentally conscious organizations.

The Art of Nicora Gangi
Dalton's

Dalton's American Decorative Arts
1931 James St., Syracuse

Nicora Gangi's work will resonate with those who appreciate her link to European art and her aesthetic kinship with the Hudson River School painters. Yet her oil paintings have a fresh, modern sensibility to which lovers of contemporary realism will surely respond.

Onondaga County at Gettysburg: A Sesquicentennial Remembrance
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

In honor of the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, Onondaga Historical Association presents a new exhibit with a focus on paintings, photos, diary entries and quotes to illustrate the experience of eight veterans who served at Gettysburg in one of the following locally-based regiments. Also included in the exhibit is a three-part framed battlefield map that shows the military maneuvering that took place over the course of three days of fighting, July 1-3, 1863.

20th-Century American Art from the Permanent Collection
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

To complement "American Moderns, 1910-1960: From O'Keeffe to Rockwell," the Everson highlights works by American modern artists from the permanent collection. This exhibition presents paintings, works on paper and sculpture by Milton Avery, Charles Burchfield, Eldzier Cortor, Reginald Marsh, Grandma Moses, and John Marin, among others.

An American Look: Fashion, Decorative Arts and Gustav Stickley
Everson Museum of Art

Price: $10 regular, $8 students/seniors/military, $5 Everson members, $30 family (up to 2 adults & 4 children)
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"An American Look" is a unique exhibition that, for the first time, examines the influence of an Arts & Crafts aesthetic in American fashion during the early 20th century. Color, texture and motif were all adapted from the Arts & Crafts elements of furniture, ceramics and other furnishings of the period for upper-class fashion. Clothing styles of 1910-1914 are particularly representative of the elegant simplicity of Arts and Crafts objects popular in the preceding decade.

"An American Look" includes 34 examples from the Sue Ann Genet Costume Collection housed at Syracuse University, along with ceramics, Stickley furniture, and other decorative art examples from the Everson's permanent collection. The exhibition is co-curated by Jeffrey Mayer, curator of the Genet Costume Collection and associate professor of fashion design and history at Syracuse University, and Everson Museum Senior Curator Debora Ryan.

Read a review!

West Side Through My Eyes
La Casita Cultural Center

Price: Free
La Casita Cultural Center
109 Otisco St., Syracuse

An exhibit of photos by the participants of the teen photography workshop at La Casita in collaboration with the Department of Child and Family Studies of Syracuse University. The program is part of the Creative Corner Program at La Casita which is a multi-modal artistic space in which children and youth explore diverse forms and processes of art-making. In addition, the Teen Photography Workshop series is part of the 2013 Reducing Teen Violence Initiative in the Near West Side.

Flicks on the Crick: Flight

Price: Free
Sound Garden
310 W. Jefferson St., Syracuse

Bring a lawn chair and enjoy the film projected on the side of Sound Garden's building, beginning at dusk. Rated R.

The Ties that Bind: The Heritage of Onondaga County's Bridges
Onondaga Historical Association

Price: Free (donation accepted)
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Onondaga County is a community that has been shaped by a legacy of bridges. In the context of the public discussion about what to do with the elevated section of I-81 in downtown Syracuse, it is important for the public to understand the history of the community's decision-making regarding its transportation infrastructure. The exhibit features photos, diagrams, and models of bridges and takes viewers through the rich heritage of turnpikes, canals, and railroads of Onondaga County. It also examines the post-World War II intersection of two great interstate highways, I-81 and the NYS Thruway. Sponsorship of the exhibit is through the Syracuse Metropolitan Transportation Council's I-81 Challenge.

I Am Fool
Liverpool is the Place

Price: Free
Johnson Park
Corner of Vine and Oswego Streets, Liverpool

Original rock

Thursday, August 1, 2013

Trois Soeurs d'Été (Three Sisters of Summer)
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

Price: Free
Baltimore Woods Nature Center
4007 Bishop Hill Rd., Marcellus

Daphné Verley: ceramics
M Bénédicte Verley: photographs
Thérèse Verley Strodel: paintings

Mentors: 4 Influential Women Artists
Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery

Price: Free
Syracuse Technology Garden
235 Harrison St., Syracuse

Artist-in-Residence and Curator at The Tech Garden, Maria Rizzo is proud to present a group show that celebrates the art of four professional female artists who have greatly influenced Rizzo's young art career: Maria Grazia Facchinetti, Marianne Smith Dalton, Angela Arrey-Wastavino and Linda Bigness. All four of these women share a passion for the arts, strong talent and unyielding professionalism in reaching their goals. They each have a story to share and advice to give for other artists who want to dedicate their lives to the arts.

Convergence: Where Line Meets Form
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

R. Jason Howard: internationally recognized glass artist using both traditional Italian techniques and self-invented processes

Marilyn Forth: uses the ancient art process of batik in a contemporary fashion--painting dye onto silk

DeeAnn von Hunke: new works in jewelry design exploring combinations of medium, materials, and methods in metalsmithing

Give & Take: The Currency of Culture
Community Folk Art Center

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

"Give & Take: The Currency of Culture" features new, site-specific installations and performance art by Aisha Cousins, Nzuji De Magalhaes and Nontsikelelo Mutiti. The exhibition explores the complex and symbiotic relationship between Africans and African Americans. The artists in this exhibit investigate a wide range of topics from Fela Kuti's Africa American lover, Sandra Smith, to misconceptions about Africa and Africans.

Read a review!

Creative Crossings
Community Folk Art Center

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

For this exhibition, the artists have created works of mixed media that include landscapes, still-life, protraits, and abstracts. The group chose the title Creative Crossings because they felt that a crossing must be made in order to heal both mentally and spiritually. This exhibit provides a special opportunity to share their artistic achievements with the community.

The Art of Nicora Gangi
Dalton's

Dalton's American Decorative Arts
1931 James St., Syracuse

Nicora Gangi's work will resonate with those who appreciate her link to European art and her aesthetic kinship with the Hudson River School painters. Yet her oil paintings have a fresh, modern sensibility to which lovers of contemporary realism will surely respond.

Onondaga County at Gettysburg: A Sesquicentennial Remembrance
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

In honor of the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, Onondaga Historical Association presents a new exhibit with a focus on paintings, photos, diary entries and quotes to illustrate the experience of eight veterans who served at Gettysburg in one of the following locally-based regiments. Also included in the exhibit is a three-part framed battlefield map that shows the military maneuvering that took place over the course of three days of fighting, July 1-3, 1863.

Bloom
Gandee Gallery

Price: Free
Gandee Gallery
7846 Main St., Fabius

"Bloom" presents an eclectic mix of styles and art media. This group exhibition features artwork with the theme of renewal and investigates the innate beauty of nature. The show includes drawing, photography, watercolor, sculpture, and ceramics.

Participating artists include Anne Novado Capuccilli, Willson Cummer, Jen Gandee, Bob Gates, Kelly Sullivan, Lucie Wellner, Pualani Wiley, and Errol Willett.

An American Look: Fashion, Decorative Arts and Gustav Stickley
Everson Museum of Art

Price: $10 regular, $8 students/seniors/military, $5 Everson members, $30 family (up to 2 adults & 4 children)
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"An American Look" is a unique exhibition that, for the first time, examines the influence of an Arts & Crafts aesthetic in American fashion during the early 20th century. Color, texture and motif were all adapted from the Arts & Crafts elements of furniture, ceramics and other furnishings of the period for upper-class fashion. Clothing styles of 1910-1914 are particularly representative of the elegant simplicity of Arts and Crafts objects popular in the preceding decade.

"An American Look" includes 34 examples from the Sue Ann Genet Costume Collection housed at Syracuse University, along with ceramics, Stickley furniture, and other decorative art examples from the Everson's permanent collection. The exhibition is co-curated by Jeffrey Mayer, curator of the Genet Costume Collection and associate professor of fashion design and history at Syracuse University, and Everson Museum Senior Curator Debora Ryan.

Read a review!

20th-Century American Art from the Permanent Collection
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

To complement "American Moderns, 1910-1960: From O'Keeffe to Rockwell," the Everson highlights works by American modern artists from the permanent collection. This exhibition presents paintings, works on paper and sculpture by Milton Avery, Charles Burchfield, Eldzier Cortor, Reginald Marsh, Grandma Moses, and John Marin, among others.

West Side Through My Eyes
La Casita Cultural Center

Price: Free
La Casita Cultural Center
109 Otisco St., Syracuse

An exhibit of photos by the participants of the teen photography workshop at La Casita in collaboration with the Department of Child and Family Studies of Syracuse University. The program is part of the Creative Corner Program at La Casita which is a multi-modal artistic space in which children and youth explore diverse forms and processes of art-making. In addition, the Teen Photography Workshop series is part of the 2013 Reducing Teen Violence Initiative in the Near West Side.

UVP Annual Summer Review: in Court (Basketball) by Yvonne Buchanan
Urban Video Project

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

In Buchanan's video work, she creates micro narratives of the ghostly presence of histories. Individual, family and community experiences of otherness, and the perpetual small and large traumas sustained, is the focus of her recent work. She is particularly interested in the strategies employed to endure these experiences, especially ideas of religiosity and beliefs in the afterlife. Her subject is often the black body as object and symbol, the embodiment of curiosity, and a "dark" and weighty presence. In constructing her work, she frequently uses the loop, in creating a circular story, one that can be read differently, as scenes repeat.

The piece "in Court (Basketball)" features a basketball court, where the hopes and dreams of young black men are played out, at the same time as it seems to fluctuate between a site for sport and a cage. The projection of the piece at the UVP Everson venue, with its close proximity to the Onondaga County jail, takes on a special and literal resonance with the audible but invisible play of the inmates on the rooftop court of the correctional facility.

Buchanan's background in the history and techniques of painting and drawing is a strong influence on her visual form, making her video pieces less cinematic and more spatially related to painting.

The Ties that Bind: The Heritage of Onondaga County's Bridges
Onondaga Historical Association

Price: Free (donation accepted)
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Onondaga County is a community that has been shaped by a legacy of bridges. In the context of the public discussion about what to do with the elevated section of I-81 in downtown Syracuse, it is important for the public to understand the history of the community's decision-making regarding its transportation infrastructure. The exhibit features photos, diagrams, and models of bridges and takes viewers through the rich heritage of turnpikes, canals, and railroads of Onondaga County. It also examines the post-World War II intersection of two great interstate highways, I-81 and the NYS Thruway. Sponsorship of the exhibit is through the Syracuse Metropolitan Transportation Council's I-81 Challenge.

About Time Duo
Town of Geddes Summer Concert

Price: Free
Lakeland Park
Alhadn Parkway, Solvay

Dan Elliott & the Monterays
Town of Dewitt Concert Series

Price: Free
Ryder Park
5400 Butternut Dr., DeWitt

Classics from the 50s, 60s, and 70s

Death Joins the Club
Acme Mystery Company

Price: $32.50 (includes meal, show, tax and gratuities)
Spaghetti Warehouse
689 N. Clinton St., Syracuse

Noses up, everyone. You and the other members of the posh Pfieffer Hills Country Club are gathering to consider applications for membership and you want to look your snobby best. Members of the wealthy elite are dying to get in, or rather, are waiting for you to die so they can get in. A word to the wise, dear member: some applicants are less patient than others.

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Central New York Playhouse
Stephfond Brunson, director

Price: $20
CNY Playhouse
Shoppingtown Mall, Entrance No. 4 (adjacent to parking garage), Dewitt

This happy-go-lucky view of small town vice and statewide political side-stepping recounts the good times and the demise of the Chicken Ranch, known since the 1850s as one of the better pleasure palaces in all of Texas. Governors, senators, mayors, and even victorious college football teams frequent Miss Mona's cozy bordello until that puritan nemesis Watchdog focuses his television cameras and his righteous indignation on the institution.

Book by Larry L. King and Peter Masterson; music and lyrics by Carol Hall. Abel Searor, music director; Kaleigh Pfohl, choreographer

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Shrek the Musical
Redhouse

Price: $25 regular, $15 members, $10 children under 12
Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

Based on the Oscar-winning DreamWorks film that started it all, brings the hilarious story of everyone's favorite ogre to dazzling new life on the stage. In a faraway kingdom turned upside down, things get ugly when an unseemly ogre--not a handsome prince--shows up to rescue a feisty princess. Throw in a donkey who won't shut up, a bad guy with a SHORT temper, a cookie with an attitude, and over a dozen other fairy tale misfits, and you've got the kind of mess that calls for a real hero. Luckily, there's one on hand...and his name is Shrek. Full of all-new songs, great dancing and breathtaking scenery, Shrek the Musical is part romance, part twisted fairy tale and all irreverent fun for everyone!

Read a review!

Cooking with The Calamari Sisters
The Talent Company

Price: $32.50 regular, $30.50 students/seniors
Empire Theater
New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes

Hilarity, failed dishes, and food fights ensue during this "live broadcast" of a public access cable cooking show hosted by two larger-than-life Italian sisters, Delphine and Carmela Calamari. The sisters sing and dance to such beloved Italian favorites as "Volare," "Come On A My House," "Botcha Me," "Que Sera Sera," "That's Amore," and of course, "Mambo Italiano!" as they try to make it through their final broadcast together in one piece. Original cast.

Tickets available at www.thetalentco.com or by calling 1-800-838-3006.

Read a Review!

Friday, August 2, 2013

Syracuse Poster Project
Onondaga County Central Library

Price: Free
Onondaga County Central Library
The Galleries of Syracuse, 447 S. Salina St., Syracuse

16 poster prints from the 2013 Syracuse Poster Project will be on exhibit. The Poster Project brings together community p'ets and Syracuse University student artists to create an annual series of posters for the citys poster panels. Each of the 16 posters features an illustrated poem about downtown, the city, or the surrounding countryside.

Trois Soeurs d'Été (Three Sisters of Summer)
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

Price: Free
Baltimore Woods Nature Center
4007 Bishop Hill Rd., Marcellus

Daphné Verley: ceramics
M Bénédicte Verley: photographs
Thérèse Verley Strodel: paintings

Mentors: 4 Influential Women Artists
Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery

Price: Free
Syracuse Technology Garden
235 Harrison St., Syracuse

Artist-in-Residence and Curator at The Tech Garden, Maria Rizzo is proud to present a group show that celebrates the art of four professional female artists who have greatly influenced Rizzo's young art career: Maria Grazia Facchinetti, Marianne Smith Dalton, Angela Arrey-Wastavino and Linda Bigness. All four of these women share a passion for the arts, strong talent and unyielding professionalism in reaching their goals. They each have a story to share and advice to give for other artists who want to dedicate their lives to the arts.

Ray Trudell Photography
The Art Store Gallery

Price: Free
The Art Store/Commercial Art Supply
935 Erie Blvd. E., Syracuse

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

Ray is a lifelong local resident whom describes himself as a disgruntled union thug... a better description might be a man who thinks for himself, lives life to his own beat and in his own unique skewed style shows us the way he sees life, through the lens of his camera. He finds those peaceful refuges that are tucked in between the chaos and the hectic. Those bites of peace and nature that make living in Central New York worth all the rain, shoveling and construction!

Convergence: Where Line Meets Form
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

R. Jason Howard: internationally recognized glass artist using both traditional Italian techniques and self-invented processes

Marilyn Forth: uses the ancient art process of batik in a contemporary fashion--painting dye onto silk

DeeAnn von Hunke: new works in jewelry design exploring combinations of medium, materials, and methods in metalsmithing

Creative Crossings
Community Folk Art Center

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

For this exhibition, the artists have created works of mixed media that include landscapes, still-life, protraits, and abstracts. The group chose the title Creative Crossings because they felt that a crossing must be made in order to heal both mentally and spiritually. This exhibit provides a special opportunity to share their artistic achievements with the community.

Give & Take: The Currency of Culture
Community Folk Art Center

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

"Give & Take: The Currency of Culture" features new, site-specific installations and performance art by Aisha Cousins, Nzuji De Magalhaes and Nontsikelelo Mutiti. The exhibition explores the complex and symbiotic relationship between Africans and African Americans. The artists in this exhibit investigate a wide range of topics from Fela Kuti's Africa American lover, Sandra Smith, to misconceptions about Africa and Africans.

Read a review!

Simple Pleasures: Watercolor and Acrylic Paintings by Kathleen Schneider
Gallery 54

Gallery 54
54 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

There will be an opening reception this evening 6:00-9:00 pm as part of Skaneateles First Friday. Meet Kathleen Schneider and enjoy entertainment by Chris Molloy and his Electric Blue Harp, with wine tasting by Anyela's. Light refreshments will be served.

Although some paintings are bold and others subtle, they all convey images pleasing to the soul.

The Craft of Wood
Imagine

Imagine
38 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

There will be an opening reception this evening 6:00-9:00 pm, as part of Skaneateles' First Friday art walk. Refreshments will be provided, along with entertainment by the Usual Suspects.

"The Craft of Wood" features one-of-a-kind dressers, tables, mirrors, jewelry boxes and clocks by Charlie and Deb DeMinck, of Vineyard View Woodworking.

The DeMincks work with such diverse woods as tiger maple, cherry, black walnut, quarter sawn oak, curly cherry, ambrosia maple, sycamore and ash, and use only environmentally friendly waterborne finishes. They recently took first-place honors in woodworking at the Corn Hill Arts Festival.

Mixed Media Works by Don Meyer
Maxwell Memorial Library

Price: Free
Maxwell Memorial Library
14 Genesee St., Camillus

Line, color, and compositional experimentation are key words in painter Don Meyer's artist statement. A self-described gardener and "sometimes painter," the artist fills his canvases with mesmerizing shapes and colors. Meyer is a graduate of West Genesee High School and Emporia State and Kansas State universities

Mixed Media Works is a collection of small abstract works, mostly studies, in gouache with various media. As Meyer prefers that his viewers come to their own conclusions about the subjects represented, he displays no titles on the paintings.

The Art of Nicora Gangi
Dalton's

Dalton's American Decorative Arts
1931 James St., Syracuse

Nicora Gangi's work will resonate with those who appreciate her link to European art and her aesthetic kinship with the Hudson River School painters. Yet her oil paintings have a fresh, modern sensibility to which lovers of contemporary realism will surely respond.

Onondaga County at Gettysburg: A Sesquicentennial Remembrance
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

In honor of the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, Onondaga Historical Association presents a new exhibit with a focus on paintings, photos, diary entries and quotes to illustrate the experience of eight veterans who served at Gettysburg in one of the following locally-based regiments. Also included in the exhibit is a three-part framed battlefield map that shows the military maneuvering that took place over the course of three days of fighting, July 1-3, 1863.

Bloom
Gandee Gallery

Price: Free
Gandee Gallery
7846 Main St., Fabius

"Bloom" presents an eclectic mix of styles and art media. This group exhibition features artwork with the theme of renewal and investigates the innate beauty of nature. The show includes drawing, photography, watercolor, sculpture, and ceramics.

Participating artists include Anne Novado Capuccilli, Willson Cummer, Jen Gandee, Bob Gates, Kelly Sullivan, Lucie Wellner, Pualani Wiley, and Errol Willett.

20th-Century American Art from the Permanent Collection
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

To complement "American Moderns, 1910-1960: From O'Keeffe to Rockwell," the Everson highlights works by American modern artists from the permanent collection. This exhibition presents paintings, works on paper and sculpture by Milton Avery, Charles Burchfield, Eldzier Cortor, Reginald Marsh, Grandma Moses, and John Marin, among others.

An American Look: Fashion, Decorative Arts and Gustav Stickley
Everson Museum of Art

Price: $10 regular, $8 students/seniors/military, $5 Everson members, $30 family (up to 2 adults & 4 children)
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"An American Look" is a unique exhibition that, for the first time, examines the influence of an Arts & Crafts aesthetic in American fashion during the early 20th century. Color, texture and motif were all adapted from the Arts & Crafts elements of furniture, ceramics and other furnishings of the period for upper-class fashion. Clothing styles of 1910-1914 are particularly representative of the elegant simplicity of Arts and Crafts objects popular in the preceding decade.

"An American Look" includes 34 examples from the Sue Ann Genet Costume Collection housed at Syracuse University, along with ceramics, Stickley furniture, and other decorative art examples from the Everson's permanent collection. The exhibition is co-curated by Jeffrey Mayer, curator of the Genet Costume Collection and associate professor of fashion design and history at Syracuse University, and Everson Museum Senior Curator Debora Ryan.

Read a review!

UVP Annual Summer Review: in Court (Basketball) by Yvonne Buchanan
Urban Video Project

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

In Buchanan's video work, she creates micro narratives of the ghostly presence of histories. Individual, family and community experiences of otherness, and the perpetual small and large traumas sustained, is the focus of her recent work. She is particularly interested in the strategies employed to endure these experiences, especially ideas of religiosity and beliefs in the afterlife. Her subject is often the black body as object and symbol, the embodiment of curiosity, and a "dark" and weighty presence. In constructing her work, she frequently uses the loop, in creating a circular story, one that can be read differently, as scenes repeat.

The piece "in Court (Basketball)" features a basketball court, where the hopes and dreams of young black men are played out, at the same time as it seems to fluctuate between a site for sport and a cage. The projection of the piece at the UVP Everson venue, with its close proximity to the Onondaga County jail, takes on a special and literal resonance with the audible but invisible play of the inmates on the rooftop court of the correctional facility.

Buchanan's background in the history and techniques of painting and drawing is a strong influence on her visual form, making her video pieces less cinematic and more spatially related to painting.

Macedonian Festival

Price: Free
St. George Macedonian Church
5083 Onondaga Rd., Onondaga

Macedonian Ethnic Folk dancing groups performing daily
Daily tours of St. George Macedonian Orthodox Church and its beautiful frescoes
Traditional Macedonian merchandise available for purchase
Macedonian ethnic food including lamb and chicken dinners, Macedonian kebobs, and stuffed cabbage
Assorted beverages, including traditional beer and Macedonian wine, soda, and assorted coffee

For more information, visit the website.

The Ties that Bind: The Heritage of Onondaga County's Bridges
Onondaga Historical Association

Price: Free (donation accepted)
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Onondaga County is a community that has been shaped by a legacy of bridges. In the context of the public discussion about what to do with the elevated section of I-81 in downtown Syracuse, it is important for the public to understand the history of the community's decision-making regarding its transportation infrastructure. The exhibit features photos, diagrams, and models of bridges and takes viewers through the rich heritage of turnpikes, canals, and railroads of Onondaga County. It also examines the post-World War II intersection of two great interstate highways, I-81 and the NYS Thruway. Sponsorship of the exhibit is through the Syracuse Metropolitan Transportation Council's I-81 Challenge.

Skaneateles Community Band

Price: Free
Clift Park
Genesee St., Skaneateles

The music ranges from pops to marches to show tunes to light classical. Bring lawn chairs or blankets for seating.

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Central New York Playhouse
Stephfond Brunson, director

Price: $25
CNY Playhouse
Shoppingtown Mall, Entrance No. 4 (adjacent to parking garage), Dewitt

This happy-go-lucky view of small town vice and statewide political side-stepping recounts the good times and the demise of the Chicken Ranch, known since the 1850s as one of the better pleasure palaces in all of Texas. Governors, senators, mayors, and even victorious college football teams frequent Miss Mona's cozy bordello until that puritan nemesis Watchdog focuses his television cameras and his righteous indignation on the institution.

Book by Larry L. King and Peter Masterson; music and lyrics by Carol Hall. Abel Searor, music director; Kaleigh Pfohl, choreographer

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*SOLD OUT* Rent
Covey Theatre Company

Price: $30
BeVard Room, Mulroy Civic Center
411 Montgomery St., Syracuse

From the company that brought you the last summer's sold-out, award-winning musical Avenue Q, The Covey Theatre Company is proud to present Jonathan Larson's iconic musical RENT.

Focusing on the lives of several New York City bohemians in the early '90s, RENT encapsulates the tribulations and loves of young artists, set to a brilliant musical score including "I'll Cover You," "Out Tonight," and the stunning "Seasons of Love." Don't miss your chance to experience RENT in a vibrant, intimate production like you've never seen it before.

Tickets can be purchased by calling 315-420-3729.

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Shrek the Musical
Redhouse

Price: $25 regular, $15 members, $10 children under 12
Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

Based on the Oscar-winning DreamWorks film that started it all, brings the hilarious story of everyone's favorite ogre to dazzling new life on the stage. In a faraway kingdom turned upside down, things get ugly when an unseemly ogre--not a handsome prince--shows up to rescue a feisty princess. Throw in a donkey who won't shut up, a bad guy with a SHORT temper, a cookie with an attitude, and over a dozen other fairy tale misfits, and you've got the kind of mess that calls for a real hero. Luckily, there's one on hand...and his name is Shrek. Full of all-new songs, great dancing and breathtaking scenery, Shrek the Musical is part romance, part twisted fairy tale and all irreverent fun for everyone!

Read a review!

Cooking with The Calamari Sisters
The Talent Company

Price: $32.50 regular, $30.50 students/seniors
Empire Theater
New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes

Hilarity, failed dishes, and food fights ensue during this "live broadcast" of a public access cable cooking show hosted by two larger-than-life Italian sisters, Delphine and Carmela Calamari. The sisters sing and dance to such beloved Italian favorites as "Volare," "Come On A My House," "Botcha Me," "Que Sera Sera," "That's Amore," and of course, "Mambo Italiano!" as they try to make it through their final broadcast together in one piece. Original cast.

Tickets available at www.thetalentco.com or by calling 1-800-838-3006.

Read a Review!

Saturday, August 3, 2013

Syracuse Poster Project
Onondaga County Central Library

Price: Free
Onondaga County Central Library
The Galleries of Syracuse, 447 S. Salina St., Syracuse

16 poster prints from the 2013 Syracuse Poster Project will be on exhibit. The Poster Project brings together community p'ets and Syracuse University student artists to create an annual series of posters for the citys poster panels. Each of the 16 posters features an illustrated poem about downtown, the city, or the surrounding countryside.

Trois Soeurs d'Été (Three Sisters of Summer)
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

Price: Free
Baltimore Woods Nature Center
4007 Bishop Hill Rd., Marcellus

Daphné Verley: ceramics
M Bénédicte Verley: photographs
Thérèse Verley Strodel: paintings

Convergence: Where Line Meets Form
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

R. Jason Howard: internationally recognized glass artist using both traditional Italian techniques and self-invented processes

Marilyn Forth: uses the ancient art process of batik in a contemporary fashion--painting dye onto silk

DeeAnn von Hunke: new works in jewelry design exploring combinations of medium, materials, and methods in metalsmithing

An American Look: Fashion, Decorative Arts and Gustav Stickley
Everson Museum of Art

Price: $10 regular, $8 students/seniors/military, $5 Everson members, $30 family (up to 2 adults & 4 children)
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"An American Look" is a unique exhibition that, for the first time, examines the influence of an Arts & Crafts aesthetic in American fashion during the early 20th century. Color, texture and motif were all adapted from the Arts & Crafts elements of furniture, ceramics and other furnishings of the period for upper-class fashion. Clothing styles of 1910-1914 are particularly representative of the elegant simplicity of Arts and Crafts objects popular in the preceding decade.

"An American Look" includes 34 examples from the Sue Ann Genet Costume Collection housed at Syracuse University, along with ceramics, Stickley furniture, and other decorative art examples from the Everson's permanent collection. The exhibition is co-curated by Jeffrey Mayer, curator of the Genet Costume Collection and associate professor of fashion design and history at Syracuse University, and Everson Museum Senior Curator Debora Ryan.

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20th-Century American Art from the Permanent Collection
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

To complement "American Moderns, 1910-1960: From O'Keeffe to Rockwell," the Everson highlights works by American modern artists from the permanent collection. This exhibition presents paintings, works on paper and sculpture by Milton Avery, Charles Burchfield, Eldzier Cortor, Reginald Marsh, Grandma Moses, and John Marin, among others.

Simple Pleasures: Watercolor and Acrylic Paintings by Kathleen Schneider
Gallery 54

Gallery 54
54 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

Although some paintings are bold and others subtle, they all convey images pleasing to the soul.

The Craft of Wood
Imagine

Imagine
38 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

"The Craft of Wood" features one-of-a-kind dressers, tables, mirrors, jewelry boxes and clocks by Charlie and Deb DeMinck, of Vineyard View Woodworking.

The DeMincks work with such diverse woods as tiger maple, cherry, black walnut, quarter sawn oak, curly cherry, ambrosia maple, sycamore and ash, and use only environmentally friendly waterborne finishes. They recently took first-place honors in woodworking at the Corn Hill Arts Festival.

Mixed Media Works by Don Meyer
Maxwell Memorial Library

Price: Free
Maxwell Memorial Library
14 Genesee St., Camillus

Line, color, and compositional experimentation are key words in painter Don Meyer's artist statement. A self-described gardener and "sometimes painter," the artist fills his canvases with mesmerizing shapes and colors. Meyer is a graduate of West Genesee High School and Emporia State and Kansas State universities

Mixed Media Works is a collection of small abstract works, mostly studies, in gouache with various media. As Meyer prefers that his viewers come to their own conclusions about the subjects represented, he displays no titles on the paintings.

The Art of Nicora Gangi
Dalton's

Dalton's American Decorative Arts
1931 James St., Syracuse

Nicora Gangi's work will resonate with those who appreciate her link to European art and her aesthetic kinship with the Hudson River School painters. Yet her oil paintings have a fresh, modern sensibility to which lovers of contemporary realism will surely respond.

Ray Trudell Photography
The Art Store Gallery

Price: Free
The Art Store/Commercial Art Supply
935 Erie Blvd. E., Syracuse

Ray is a lifelong local resident whom describes himself as a disgruntled union thug... a better description might be a man who thinks for himself, lives life to his own beat and in his own unique skewed style shows us the way he sees life, through the lens of his camera. He finds those peaceful refuges that are tucked in between the chaos and the hectic. Those bites of peace and nature that make living in Central New York worth all the rain, shoveling and construction!

Give & Take: The Currency of Culture
Community Folk Art Center

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

"Give & Take: The Currency of Culture" features new, site-specific installations and performance art by Aisha Cousins, Nzuji De Magalhaes and Nontsikelelo Mutiti. The exhibition explores the complex and symbiotic relationship between Africans and African Americans. The artists in this exhibit investigate a wide range of topics from Fela Kuti's Africa American lover, Sandra Smith, to misconceptions about Africa and Africans.

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Creative Crossings
Community Folk Art Center

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

For this exhibition, the artists have created works of mixed media that include landscapes, still-life, protraits, and abstracts. The group chose the title Creative Crossings because they felt that a crossing must be made in order to heal both mentally and spiritually. This exhibit provides a special opportunity to share their artistic achievements with the community.

Bloom
Gandee Gallery

Price: Free
Gandee Gallery
7846 Main St., Fabius

"Bloom" presents an eclectic mix of styles and art media. This group exhibition features artwork with the theme of renewal and investigates the innate beauty of nature. The show includes drawing, photography, watercolor, sculpture, and ceramics.

Participating artists include Anne Novado Capuccilli, Willson Cummer, Jen Gandee, Bob Gates, Kelly Sullivan, Lucie Wellner, Pualani Wiley, and Errol Willett.

Onondaga County at Gettysburg: A Sesquicentennial Remembrance
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

In honor of the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, Onondaga Historical Association presents a new exhibit with a focus on paintings, photos, diary entries and quotes to illustrate the experience of eight veterans who served at Gettysburg in one of the following locally-based regiments. Also included in the exhibit is a three-part framed battlefield map that shows the military maneuvering that took place over the course of three days of fighting, July 1-3, 1863.

UVP Annual Summer Review: in Court (Basketball) by Yvonne Buchanan
Urban Video Project

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

In Buchanan's video work, she creates micro narratives of the ghostly presence of histories. Individual, family and community experiences of otherness, and the perpetual small and large traumas sustained, is the focus of her recent work. She is particularly interested in the strategies employed to endure these experiences, especially ideas of religiosity and beliefs in the afterlife. Her subject is often the black body as object and symbol, the embodiment of curiosity, and a "dark" and weighty presence. In constructing her work, she frequently uses the loop, in creating a circular story, one that can be read differently, as scenes repeat.

The piece "in Court (Basketball)" features a basketball court, where the hopes and dreams of young black men are played out, at the same time as it seems to fluctuate between a site for sport and a cage. The projection of the piece at the UVP Everson venue, with its close proximity to the Onondaga County jail, takes on a special and literal resonance with the audible but invisible play of the inmates on the rooftop court of the correctional facility.

Buchanan's background in the history and techniques of painting and drawing is a strong influence on her visual form, making her video pieces less cinematic and more spatially related to painting.

Macedonian Festival

Price: Free
St. George Macedonian Church
5083 Onondaga Rd., Onondaga

Macedonian Ethnic Folk dancing groups performing daily
Daily tours of St. George Macedonian Orthodox Church and its beautiful frescoes
Traditional Macedonian merchandise available for purchase
Macedonian ethnic food including lamb and chicken dinners, Macedonian kebobs, and stuffed cabbage
Assorted beverages, including traditional beer and Macedonian wine, soda, and assorted coffee

For more information, visit the website.

The Ties that Bind: The Heritage of Onondaga County's Bridges
Onondaga Historical Association

Price: Free (donation accepted)
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Onondaga County is a community that has been shaped by a legacy of bridges. In the context of the public discussion about what to do with the elevated section of I-81 in downtown Syracuse, it is important for the public to understand the history of the community's decision-making regarding its transportation infrastructure. The exhibit features photos, diagrams, and models of bridges and takes viewers through the rich heritage of turnpikes, canals, and railroads of Onondaga County. It also examines the post-World War II intersection of two great interstate highways, I-81 and the NYS Thruway. Sponsorship of the exhibit is through the Syracuse Metropolitan Transportation Council's I-81 Challenge.

*CANCELLED* Copperline: A Tribute to James Taylor

Landmark Theatre
362 S. Salina St., Syracuse

Copperline brings you the ultimate James Taylor experience. The members of Copperline lead you through decades of JT's most memorable songs. Drawing from his greatest hits catalog, they take you from ballads like Fire and Rain, Carolina In My Mind, and Shower the People and get you on your feet with rockers like How Sweet It Is, Your Smiling Face and Steamroller Blues. Come out and listen to Copperline pay homage to one of the greatest singer-songwriters of our time.

For more information, phone 315-475-7980 or visit www.landmarktheatre.org.

Eddie Zacholl, Wendy Ramsay, and host Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers
Words and Music Songwriter Showcase

Price: Free
Creekside Books
35 Fennell St., Skaneateles

The Words and Music Songwriter Showcase is a celebration of original music from Central New York and beyond, featuring established and emerging artists of all genres in an up-close-and-personal acoustic setting. Tonight's performance features SAMMY winner Eddie Zacholl (Z-Bones and The Easy Ramblers), Wendy S. Ramsay (Unstoppables, Hysterical Fits, and Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers Trio), and host Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers.

Aladdin
Magic Circle Children's Theatre

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

In this interactive version, children in the audience help Aladdin find the magic lamp.

Giant Puppet Circus
Open Hand Theater

Price: Free
Ed Smith Elementary School
Corner of Lancaster Ave. and Broad St., Syracuse

Over 50 young people join Open Hand Theater's own menagerie of Circus animals in this fun family performance, created over two weeks of classes and rehearsals with our own specialists in puppetry, juggling, dance, acting, and art. Great fun for young and old!

Shrek the Musical
Redhouse

Price: $25 regular, $15 members, $10 children under 12
Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

Based on the Oscar-winning DreamWorks film that started it all, brings the hilarious story of everyone's favorite ogre to dazzling new life on the stage. In a faraway kingdom turned upside down, things get ugly when an unseemly ogre--not a handsome prince--shows up to rescue a feisty princess. Throw in a donkey who won't shut up, a bad guy with a SHORT temper, a cookie with an attitude, and over a dozen other fairy tale misfits, and you've got the kind of mess that calls for a real hero. Luckily, there's one on hand...and his name is Shrek. Full of all-new songs, great dancing and breathtaking scenery, Shrek the Musical is part romance, part twisted fairy tale and all irreverent fun for everyone!

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The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Central New York Playhouse
Stephfond Brunson, director

Price: $39.95 dinner and show, $25 show only
CNY Playhouse
Shoppingtown Mall, Entrance No. 4 (adjacent to parking garage), Dewitt

Tonight's performance will be preceded by dinner at 6:30 pm.

This happy-go-lucky view of small town vice and statewide political side-stepping recounts the good times and the demise of the Chicken Ranch, known since the 1850s as one of the better pleasure palaces in all of Texas. Governors, senators, mayors, and even victorious college football teams frequent Miss Mona's cozy bordello until that puritan nemesis Watchdog focuses his television cameras and his righteous indignation on the institution.

Book by Larry L. King and Peter Masterson; music and lyrics by Carol Hall. Abel Searor, music director; Kaleigh Pfohl, choreographer

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*SOLD OUT* Rent
Covey Theatre Company

Price: $30
BeVard Room, Mulroy Civic Center
411 Montgomery St., Syracuse

From the company that brought you the last summer's sold-out, award-winning musical Avenue Q, The Covey Theatre Company is proud to present Jonathan Larson's iconic musical RENT.

Focusing on the lives of several New York City bohemians in the early '90s, RENT encapsulates the tribulations and loves of young artists, set to a brilliant musical score including "I'll Cover You," "Out Tonight," and the stunning "Seasons of Love." Don't miss your chance to experience RENT in a vibrant, intimate production like you've never seen it before.

Tickets can be purchased by calling 315-420-3729.

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Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus

Price: $42
Carrier Theater, Mulroy Civic Center
411 Montgomery St., Syracuse

When Mars and Venus collide, the adventures are Earth-shatteringly hysterical. Join our favorite Martian, Peter Story, and discover how to get a little "piece" on Earth. Based on the best-selling book by John Gray.

Tickets are available through the OnCenter box office, 760 S. State St., Syracuse, 315-435-2121, or through Ticketmaster.

Shrek the Musical
Redhouse

Price: $25 regular, $15 members, $10 children under 12
Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

Based on the Oscar-winning DreamWorks film that started it all, brings the hilarious story of everyone's favorite ogre to dazzling new life on the stage. In a faraway kingdom turned upside down, things get ugly when an unseemly ogre--not a handsome prince--shows up to rescue a feisty princess. Throw in a donkey who won't shut up, a bad guy with a SHORT temper, a cookie with an attitude, and over a dozen other fairy tale misfits, and you've got the kind of mess that calls for a real hero. Luckily, there's one on hand...and his name is Shrek. Full of all-new songs, great dancing and breathtaking scenery, Shrek the Musical is part romance, part twisted fairy tale and all irreverent fun for everyone!

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Cooking with The Calamari Sisters
The Talent Company

Price: $32.50 regular, $30.50 students/seniors
Empire Theater
New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes

Hilarity, failed dishes, and food fights ensue during this "live broadcast" of a public access cable cooking show hosted by two larger-than-life Italian sisters, Delphine and Carmela Calamari. The sisters sing and dance to such beloved Italian favorites as "Volare," "Come On A My House," "Botcha Me," "Que Sera Sera," "That's Amore," and of course, "Mambo Italiano!" as they try to make it through their final broadcast together in one piece. Original cast.

Tickets available at www.thetalentco.com or by calling 1-800-838-3006.

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Sunday, August 4, 2013

Simple Pleasures: Watercolor and Acrylic Paintings by Kathleen Schneider
Gallery 54

Gallery 54
54 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

Although some paintings are bold and others subtle, they all convey images pleasing to the soul.

Bloom
Gandee Gallery

Price: Free
Gandee Gallery
7846 Main St., Fabius

"Bloom" presents an eclectic mix of styles and art media. This group exhibition features artwork with the theme of renewal and investigates the innate beauty of nature. The show includes drawing, photography, watercolor, sculpture, and ceramics.

Participating artists include Anne Novado Capuccilli, Willson Cummer, Jen Gandee, Bob Gates, Kelly Sullivan, Lucie Wellner, Pualani Wiley, and Errol Willett.

The Craft of Wood
Imagine

Imagine
38 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

"The Craft of Wood" features one-of-a-kind dressers, tables, mirrors, jewelry boxes and clocks by Charlie and Deb DeMinck, of Vineyard View Woodworking.

The DeMincks work with such diverse woods as tiger maple, cherry, black walnut, quarter sawn oak, curly cherry, ambrosia maple, sycamore and ash, and use only environmentally friendly waterborne finishes. They recently took first-place honors in woodworking at the Corn Hill Arts Festival.

Onondaga County at Gettysburg: A Sesquicentennial Remembrance
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

In honor of the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, Onondaga Historical Association presents a new exhibit with a focus on paintings, photos, diary entries and quotes to illustrate the experience of eight veterans who served at Gettysburg in one of the following locally-based regiments. Also included in the exhibit is a three-part framed battlefield map that shows the military maneuvering that took place over the course of three days of fighting, July 1-3, 1863.

20th-Century American Art from the Permanent Collection
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

To complement "American Moderns, 1910-1960: From O'Keeffe to Rockwell," the Everson highlights works by American modern artists from the permanent collection. This exhibition presents paintings, works on paper and sculpture by Milton Avery, Charles Burchfield, Eldzier Cortor, Reginald Marsh, Grandma Moses, and John Marin, among others.

An American Look: Fashion, Decorative Arts and Gustav Stickley
Everson Museum of Art

Price: $10 regular, $8 students/seniors/military, $5 Everson members, $30 family (up to 2 adults & 4 children)
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"An American Look" is a unique exhibition that, for the first time, examines the influence of an Arts & Crafts aesthetic in American fashion during the early 20th century. Color, texture and motif were all adapted from the Arts & Crafts elements of furniture, ceramics and other furnishings of the period for upper-class fashion. Clothing styles of 1910-1914 are particularly representative of the elegant simplicity of Arts and Crafts objects popular in the preceding decade.

"An American Look" includes 34 examples from the Sue Ann Genet Costume Collection housed at Syracuse University, along with ceramics, Stickley furniture, and other decorative art examples from the Everson's permanent collection. The exhibition is co-curated by Jeffrey Mayer, curator of the Genet Costume Collection and associate professor of fashion design and history at Syracuse University, and Everson Museum Senior Curator Debora Ryan.

Read a review!

Macedonian Festival

Price: Free
St. George Macedonian Church
5083 Onondaga Rd., Onondaga

Macedonian Ethnic Folk dancing groups performing daily
Daily tours of St. George Macedonian Orthodox Church and its beautiful frescoes
Traditional Macedonian merchandise available for purchase
Macedonian ethnic food including lamb and chicken dinners, Macedonian kebobs, and stuffed cabbage
Assorted beverages, including traditional beer and Macedonian wine, soda, and assorted coffee

For more information, visit the website.

The Ties that Bind: The Heritage of Onondaga County's Bridges
Onondaga Historical Association

Price: Free (donation accepted)
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Onondaga County is a community that has been shaped by a legacy of bridges. In the context of the public discussion about what to do with the elevated section of I-81 in downtown Syracuse, it is important for the public to understand the history of the community's decision-making regarding its transportation infrastructure. The exhibit features photos, diagrams, and models of bridges and takes viewers through the rich heritage of turnpikes, canals, and railroads of Onondaga County. It also examines the post-World War II intersection of two great interstate highways, I-81 and the NYS Thruway. Sponsorship of the exhibit is through the Syracuse Metropolitan Transportation Council's I-81 Challenge.

Songs for Josh
Syracuse Opera
Syracuse Opera Chorus

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

Members of the Syracuse Opera Chorus will present greatest hits from the musical theater stage in a tribute to chorister Joshua Fingerhut who passed away in February of 2013.

"Songs for Josh" will feature members of the chorus in both classic and contemporary songs from Broadway's shining stars.

Shows from which selections are chosen include Camelot, Man of La Mancha, Wicked, Sunday in the Park with George, and many more.

Douglas Kinney Frost, Producing and Artistic Director of Syracuse Opera, will host and accompany.

Joshua performed with Syracuse Opera for nine years in main stage operas as a chorister and in small roles. Josh was also featured in leading roles in the company's annual presentation of a musical in Thornden Park. Recent performances included Cervantes in Man of La Mancha and Arthur in Camelot.

A free-will donation will be accepted at the door with the proceeds benefiting the CNY SPCA in Syracuse as directed by Josh's family.

An Afternoon with Bob Milne
Syracuse Wurlitzer

Price: $10 advance, $12 at the door, $5 children and students
First English Lutheran Church
Corner of James and Townsend Streets, Syracuse

Bob Milne is known as the top ragtime/boogie-woogie pianist around today. As a student in the 1960s at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, Bob began his musical career not as a pianist, but a French horn virtuoso. He performed in such symphonies as he Rochester Philharmonic and the Baltimore Symphony.

Bob soon found himself at the piano, quickly learning how to accompany singers and entertaining. His favorite style as he later discovered was based on a type of off-the-beat, "ragged" time very similar to the styles of America's early ragtime era of the late 1800s and early 1900s.

As he continued performing night after night, he expanded his repertoire, adding early ragtime pieces, Scott Joplin rags, and John William "Blind" Boone pieces. As he continued to listen and study, he delved into the Dixieland and stride piano styles. Today, Bob enjoys a successful career as a concert pianist, entertaining audiences in concert halls, opera houses and arena stages from coast to coast. As a recording artist, he has produced ten collections of piano rags, blues, boogies and folk/traditional tunes, which are available on cassette and CD.

For advance sale tickets, phone 315-458-4755.

Soul Risin', with The Blind Owl Band
Westcott Theater

Westcott Theater
524 Westcott St., Syracuse

Cooking with The Calamari Sisters
The Talent Company

Price: $32.50 regular, $30.50 students/seniors
Empire Theater
New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes

Hilarity, failed dishes, and food fights ensue during this "live broadcast" of a public access cable cooking show hosted by two larger-than-life Italian sisters, Delphine and Carmela Calamari. The sisters sing and dance to such beloved Italian favorites as "Volare," "Come On A My House," "Botcha Me," "Que Sera Sera," "That's Amore," and of course, "Mambo Italiano!" as they try to make it through their final broadcast together in one piece. Original cast.

Tickets available at www.thetalentco.com or by calling 1-800-838-3006.

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