Saturday, May 31, 2014

Art Exhibit by Deborah Walsh
Onondaga County Central Library

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

Working predominately in the medium of acrylic painting, Deborah Walsh also works in pastel, collage, and printmaking. Her artworks engage the viewer in a celebration of light, color, and movement.

Student Art Exhibit
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

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

A variety of nature-inspired art celebrating the achievements of young artists from the elementary through high school levels in the Auburn, Marcellus, West Genesee and Skaneateles school districts.

Passages In Time
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Marna Bell: Four photography series eliciting imagery of memories
Chris Irick: Internationally recognized jeweler exhibiting her series referencing machinery
Jonathan Kirk: Britis- born sculptor who utilizes forms from the Industrial Revolution, combining abstraction with narrative

Daniel Buckingham: Secret Invitation
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Buckingham's triple arch pavilion, Secret Invitation, is informed by an 8-year bicycle trip the artist took around the world. Immersed in the history of the Silk Road, which facilitated the transmission of goods, ideas, culture, and religion, Buckingham's social sculpture is intended to serve as a space to meet people from our community, share stories and even, as the artist suggests, fall in love. "Daniel Buckingham: Secret Invitation" is part of The Edge of Art Series.

Sarah McCoubrey: Works on Paper
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

McCoubrey takes on the role of alchemist through her transmutation of the potato into mystical contraptions built to coast above the earth or journey along the desolate landscape. These delicately drawn mixed media works belong to a world of myths and fairytales and bring to mind artists, such as Hieronymous Bosch and Salvador Dali. "Sarah McCoubrey: Works on Paper" is part of the 2014 Edge of Art Series.

Enduring Gift: Chinese Ceramics from the Cloud Wampler Collection
Everson Museum of Art

Price: Suggested donation: $5
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

For nine years, beginning in 1960, Cloud Wampler donated some 170 Asian works to the Everson Museum. The collection is dominated by a particularly strong core of Chinese ceramics. Spanning nearly 2,000 years, from the Han Dynasty in 200 BCE to the Ching Dynasty that ended in 1912, this selection offers a survey of forms, styles and glazes that are considered still today to be the pinnacle of aesthetic and technical achievements.

Mary Giehl: Rice is Life
Everson Museum of Art

Price: Suggested donation, $5, adults
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The Everson Biennial returns in 2014 with the Edge of Art Series. The first artist featured is Mary Giehl. Known for her innovation with both materials and concepts, Giehl turns her focus to world hunger in this installation. The sculptural bowls are made from rice and water, the food that so much of the world relies on for nourishment. The bowls are suspended from a world map, which illustrates globally the areas where hunger is greatest and populations rely on rice to live.

Video Vault: The 70s Revisited
Everson Museum of Art

Price: Suggested donation: $5
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Including works by Paul Kos, Bill Viola, Hermine Freed, Ruth Vollmer, Rita Myers, Richard Serra and Keith Sonnier, this installation will highlight pioneering art video from the Everson's permanent collection that hasn't been on view in decades. The exhibition is an exciting opportunity to immerse oneself in the early world of video art.

Wings Over Gallery 54: An Artful Collection of Things That Fly
Gallery 54

Gallery 54
54 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

Spring has sprung at Gallery 54 and we are celebrating with a show featuring creations of things that fly in a variety of mediums.

The Photography of J.R. Hughto
Dalton's American Decorative Arts

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

J.R. Hughto is a filmmaker and photographer whose work explores duality, principally the friction between nostalgia/modernity and documentary/lyricism. Hughto's photography has appeared in print in the German edition of Wired Magazine, and has shown in Los Angeles and San Diego, CA, and Syracuse and Buffalo.

42nd Annual Teenage Competitive Art Exhibition
Community Folk Art Center

Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

There will be an opening reception this afternoon 1:00-3:00 pm.

The Annual Teen Competitive Art Exhibition is the longest running collaborative exhibition in the greater Syracuse area that features the work of underrepresented teen artists. Prizes are awarded to winners in two-dimensional and three-dimensional categories. A panel of local art professionals will serve as judges for the exhibition. Participating students attend Syracuse City high schools as well as suburban Onondaga County High Schools.

In collaboration with the Syracuse chapter of The Links, Inc.

See Me
Community Folk Art Center

Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Presented in partnership with NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Syracuse, this exhibition highlights local artists and families facing mental illness. "See Me" reinforces the celebration of these artists. There is no shame in having mental illness; the shame is how little people know.

NAMI is a grass-roots, self-help, support and advocacy organization dedicated to improving the lives of families who have relatives with a brain disorder (mental illness).

REnewal
Gandee Gallery

Gandee Gallery
7846 Main St., Fabius

REnewal features work by regionally recognized artists that incorporates recycled materials and utilizes appropriated vintage imagery.

Works include assemblages by Dan Bacich, illustrative collage by Marty Blake, one-of-a-kind and limited edition furniture and jewelry by Unite Two Design (Theresa and Keith Traub), pots by Jen Gandee, up-cycled jewelry by Betsy Menson Sio, and hand-painted, digital collage by Lucie Wellner.

Culture of the Cocktail Hour
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

The story of cocktail fashions has several associations with local history. This exhibit will discover some of those people, places and events, including Syracuse's most famous cocktail lounges of days gone by. Cocktails also conjure up the exciting era of the Roaring Twenties, when speakeasies flourished during the decade of Prohibition. Displays will include the story of one of the most famous local speakeasies, located just a few hundred feet from the OH Museum, including a menu of its libations, and the tale of the police raid that shut it down. Also on exhibit, along with other documents and artifacts of the era will be an original federal court ledger listing arrests and convictions across the state for Prohibition violations and a local brewery's recipes for "near beer" and flavored sodas, which helped keep them in business through the infamous "dry" years when America famously tried unsuccessfully to eliminate intoxicating beverages from its culture.

Fashion After Five
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

The exhibit, Fashion After Five, curated by Syracuse University's Jeffrey Mayer, associate professor of fashion design and history and curator of the Sue Ann Genet Costume Collection, will explore the history of the cocktail dress with several spectacular garments from the collections of OHA and the Sue Ann Genet Collection. Also represented in the exhibit will be the work of students from the S.U. Department of Fashion Design who will present their own creations, inspired by the vintage dresses selected for the exhibition—a perfect way to combine the past and the present for this exciting new exhibit.

Ann Hamilton: table of contents
Urban Video Project

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

World premiere of table of contents (2013-2014), a new piece by celebrated multimedia artist, Ann Hamilton.

When composer David Lang wrote the score for his notoriously difficult piece, "Table of Contents", he envisioned a nearly-impossible synchronization of two percussionists. After seeing a performance in 2011, Hamilton imagined attaching an array of low-resolution mini surveillance cameras to the hands of the percussionists and instruments. In the resulting piece, Hamilton's "table of contents", the cameras occupy the gap between hearing and seeing. The edit generates a counter-rhythm--a back-and-forth that brings us intimately into "impossible" virtuosity.

Slaughter in Syracuse! Underground horror fest
Palace Theatre

Price: $20 in advance, $25 day of show for all films, $15 per block
Palace Theater
2384 James St., Syracuse

This fest was put together to showcase some of the hottest names in the underground horror scene. ALL directors will be in attendance showing a movie followed by a Q & A session. The panels will be moderated by Heather Buckley of Fangoria magazine.

BLOCK 1:
12:00 pm: Intro by Jason West of Vultra Video & Farmer Vincent of Beneath The Underground
12:10 pm: Marcus Koch: 100 Tears extended cut with alternate ending world premier followed by Q&A
Two journalists are on the trail of a demented serial killer who may be much closer than they think.

2:00 pm: Jason Koch: 7th Day
A pervert, murderer, and hopeless romantic, Allen Dean is on a 7-day journey to discovery his real true love. He is torn between Denise the waitress, who he believes he loves, and his first true love, murder. Plunge into the deep end of the mind of a killer in this gritty surrelistic horror landscape from director Jason Koch (Aftermath FX Studio) and writer Mark Leake (Isle of the Damned).

3:10 pm: Adam Ahlbrandt: Hunters/The Sadist trailers
Hunters trailer: In 1987, a group of film students go scout an abandoned resort in the Pennsylvania wilderness, becoming real victims in another film.
The Sadist trailer: The story of a one-time sex slave trying to escape his past masters and their sick game of psychological torture.

3:30pm: Ryan Nicholson: North American Premier of Collar
A rookie cop starts her shift like any other but soon it will all change for the worse. A derelict with a reputation of satanic violence, attacks the officer and collars her with a dog leash which is just the start of his abusive ritual.

4:45pm: Ryan Nicholson: North American Premier of Good Wife followed by Q&A
Good Wife is a short film that will featured in the upcoming "Profane Exhibit"

BLOCK 2:
5:10pm: Jason West The Fumigator
The Fumigator was a normal, everyday man, with a normal job and a normal life& until one day it was taken from him by a gang of rotten punks. His vengeance must be repaid, in BLOOD.

5:20pm: Screamerclauz/Ruby LaRocca, short form films and music videos followed by Q&A
Short form films and music videos, and featuring the world premiere of the trailer for When Black Birds Fly

6:30pm: Victor Bonacore: Blood Wings and Diary Of a Deadbeat trailers
Diary of a Deadbeat is documentary on independent cult filmmaker Jim Van Bebber.

7:00pm: Gator Green short (presented by Stephen Biro) followed by Q&A with Stephen Biro of Unearthed Films
A demented Vietnam veteran and his pals run amok at an alligator farm in 1973 Florida.

7:30pm: Matthew Garrett: Morris County followed by Q&A
Suburban New Jersey is the land of sex and death in Morris County, a triptych of twisted tales

9:30pm: Fred & Shelby Vogel: World Premier of the Remastered The Redsin Tower
A teen girl's psychotic ex-boyfriend follows her friends to Redsin Tower, where a night of partying quickly becomes a fight for their very lives.

Fred & Shelby Vogel: Possessed: The Redsin Tower Possession Documentary Trailer followed by Q&A

For more information, visit beneaththeunderground.com/slaughterinsyracuse.

God Loves Uganda
ArtRage Gallery
Featuring Rev. Mark Kiyimba

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

The feature-length documentary God Loves Uganda is a powerful exploration of the evangelical campaign to change African culture with values imported from America's Christian Right. The film follows American and Ugandan religious leaders fighting "sexual immorality" and missionaries trying to convince Ugandans to follow Biblical law. God Loves Uganda premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2013 and has screened at over 50 American and international film festivals, winning numerous awards. The film serves as a catalyst for change, through our upcoming international screening tour and social action campaign.

The film will be followed by a discussion with Rev. Mark Kiyimba, a minister of a little church of 150 souls with very large hearts. Together they run a school for 650 children who have lost parents to HIV and AIDS, and an orphanage for 22 children infected with the virus. Kiyimba is the founder and senior minister of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Uganda, which preaches the acceptance of all people. And that makes the 38-year-old minister and the members of his Kampala congregation outlaws.

Movie Night: Over the Hedge

Green Lakes State Park
7900 Green Lakes Rd., Fayetteville

Join us for a campfire and s'mores at 8:00 pm followed by the movie "Over the Hedge," beginning at 9:00 pm. Event held outside at the Nature Center (unless rainy--then call the park office for indoor location). Complimentary popcorn will be served. Bug spray is recommended. Bring your own chairs.

British Invasion
Syracuse Gay and Lesbian Chorus
Stephen Gamba, conductor

Pebble Hill Presbyterian Church
5299 Jamesville Rd., Dewitt

Dr. Seuss's Cat in the Hat
Gifford Family Theatre

Price: $15 adults, $10 children
Coyne Center for the Performing Arts
LeMoyne College, Syracuse

From the moment his tall, red-and-white-striped hat appears around the door, Sally and her brother know that The Cat in the Hat is the funniest, most mischievous cat they have ever met.

With the trickiest of tricks and craziest of ideas, he is certainly fun to play with. And he turns a rainy afternoon into an amazing adventure. But what will mum find when she gets home...?

The National Theatre's production of Dr. Seuss's THE CAT IN THE HAT is a lively, engaging play that is fun for all ages. Not a word has been touched or added to Dr. Seuss's classic, ensuring anyone who's read the story will find themselves transported into the world they've always imagined.

For tickets or information, call 315-445-4200 or visit the website.

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The Princess and the Pea
Magic Circle Children's Theatre

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

Interactive retelling of the children's classic.

Dr. Seuss's Cat in the Hat
Gifford Family Theatre

Price: $15 adults, $10 children
Coyne Center for the Performing Arts
LeMoyne College, Syracuse

From the moment his tall, red-and-white-striped hat appears around the door, Sally and her brother know that The Cat in the Hat is the funniest, most mischievous cat they have ever met.

With the trickiest of tricks and craziest of ideas, he is certainly fun to play with. And he turns a rainy afternoon into an amazing adventure. But what will mum find when she gets home...?

The National Theatre's production of Dr. Seuss's THE CAT IN THE HAT is a lively, engaging play that is fun for all ages. Not a word has been touched or added to Dr. Seuss's classic, ensuring anyone who's read the story will find themselves transported into the world they've always imagined.

For tickets or information, call 315-445-4200 or visit the website.

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The Wild Party
Central New York Playhouse
Stephfond Brunson, director

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

Tonight's show will be preceded by dinner at 6:45 pm.

Adapted from a book-length poem by Joseph Moncure March written in and about the Roaring Twenties, Andrew Lippa's Wild Party tells the story of one wild evening in the Manhattan apartment shared by Queenie and Burrs, a vaudeville dancer and a vaudeville clown. In a relationship marked by vicious behavior and recklessness (mirroring the time in which they live), they decide to throw a party to end all parties.

As the guests arrive, we meet an assortment of people living on the edge. Queenie and Burrs set out to make each other jealous, but Queenie begins to fall in love with her conquest named Black. After a long night of decadence, Burrs' jealousy erupts and he comes to a violent end at Black's hand. In the stark light of a new day, Queenie moves out into a brighter world, although not necessarily a brighter future, leaving the passed-out revelers in her wake.

An award-winning score by Andrew Lippa provides excitement and drive for this tale of passions out of control. Capturing the sound of a bygone era with a nod to the present one, he makes us realize that moral decadence is not only limited to our past.

This CNY amateur premiere of the show is music directed by Abel Searor.

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Colour Me Streisand
Covey Theatre Company
Featuring Jimmy Wachter and Roy George

Price: $51
BeVard Room, Mulroy Civic Center
411 Montgomery St., Syracuse

A one-night engagement to benefit Covey Theatre's production of Lizzie Borden Took an Axe at the International New York City Fringe Festival and Colour Me Streisand at Sophie's on Broadway.

With the Covey Theatre Company's return to FringeNYC, The International New York City Fringe Festival, in August of 2014 with Lizzie Borden Took an Axe, local chanteuse Jimmy Wachter will present his award-winning cabaret Colour Me Streisand as a benefit for the company. What makes it all the more exciting is that this particular production is headed to Sophie's on Broadway in June.

Doors
Paul Robeson Performing Arts Company
Ryan Johnson-Travis, director

Price: $20 in advance, $25 at the door
Jazz Central
441 E. Washington St., Syracuse

The world premiere of a new play written by Syracuse native and professional storyteller Vanessa Johnson. Doors is a drama set in Syracuse about two sisters struggling with their troubled past. The show will challenge audience members in new and exciting ways.

To reserve tickets, email info@theprpac.org or phone 315-491-4738.

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Sunday, June 1, 2014

Artist to Artist: Light Work's Fine Print Program
Light Work Gallery

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

Featuring works by Keliy Anderson-Staley, Matt Black, John Chervinsky, Scott Connaroe, Kelli Connell, Peter Finnemore, Lucas Foglia, Tony Gleaton, Elijah Gowin, Priya Kambli, Mark Klett, Shane Lavalette, Arno Rafael Minkkinen, Pipo Nguyen-Duy, Angelika Rinnhofer, Irina Rozovsky, Krista Steinke, Mark Steinmetz, Garie Waltzer, William Wegman, James Welling, and Susan Worsham.

REnewal
Gandee Gallery

Gandee Gallery
7846 Main St., Fabius

REnewal features work by regionally recognized artists that incorporates recycled materials and utilizes appropriated vintage imagery.

Works include assemblages by Dan Bacich, illustrative collage by Marty Blake, one-of-a-kind and limited edition furniture and jewelry by Unite Two Design (Theresa and Keith Traub), pots by Jen Gandee, up-cycled jewelry by Betsy Menson Sio, and hand-painted, digital collage by Lucie Wellner.

Fashion After Five
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

The exhibit, Fashion After Five, curated by Syracuse University's Jeffrey Mayer, associate professor of fashion design and history and curator of the Sue Ann Genet Costume Collection, will explore the history of the cocktail dress with several spectacular garments from the collections of OHA and the Sue Ann Genet Collection. Also represented in the exhibit will be the work of students from the S.U. Department of Fashion Design who will present their own creations, inspired by the vintage dresses selected for the exhibition—a perfect way to combine the past and the present for this exciting new exhibit.

Culture of the Cocktail Hour
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

The story of cocktail fashions has several associations with local history. This exhibit will discover some of those people, places and events, including Syracuse's most famous cocktail lounges of days gone by. Cocktails also conjure up the exciting era of the Roaring Twenties, when speakeasies flourished during the decade of Prohibition. Displays will include the story of one of the most famous local speakeasies, located just a few hundred feet from the OH Museum, including a menu of its libations, and the tale of the police raid that shut it down. Also on exhibit, along with other documents and artifacts of the era will be an original federal court ledger listing arrests and convictions across the state for Prohibition violations and a local brewery's recipes for "near beer" and flavored sodas, which helped keep them in business through the infamous "dry" years when America famously tried unsuccessfully to eliminate intoxicating beverages from its culture.

Video Vault: The 70s Revisited
Everson Museum of Art

Price: Suggested donation: $5
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Including works by Paul Kos, Bill Viola, Hermine Freed, Ruth Vollmer, Rita Myers, Richard Serra and Keith Sonnier, this installation will highlight pioneering art video from the Everson's permanent collection that hasn't been on view in decades. The exhibition is an exciting opportunity to immerse oneself in the early world of video art.

Mary Giehl: Rice is Life
Everson Museum of Art

Price: Suggested donation, $5, adults
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The Everson Biennial returns in 2014 with the Edge of Art Series. The first artist featured is Mary Giehl. Known for her innovation with both materials and concepts, Giehl turns her focus to world hunger in this installation. The sculptural bowls are made from rice and water, the food that so much of the world relies on for nourishment. The bowls are suspended from a world map, which illustrates globally the areas where hunger is greatest and populations rely on rice to live.

Enduring Gift: Chinese Ceramics from the Cloud Wampler Collection
Everson Museum of Art

Price: Suggested donation: $5
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

For nine years, beginning in 1960, Cloud Wampler donated some 170 Asian works to the Everson Museum. The collection is dominated by a particularly strong core of Chinese ceramics. Spanning nearly 2,000 years, from the Han Dynasty in 200 BCE to the Ching Dynasty that ended in 1912, this selection offers a survey of forms, styles and glazes that are considered still today to be the pinnacle of aesthetic and technical achievements.

Sarah McCoubrey: Works on Paper
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

McCoubrey takes on the role of alchemist through her transmutation of the potato into mystical contraptions built to coast above the earth or journey along the desolate landscape. These delicately drawn mixed media works belong to a world of myths and fairytales and bring to mind artists, such as Hieronymous Bosch and Salvador Dali. "Sarah McCoubrey: Works on Paper" is part of the 2014 Edge of Art Series.

Daniel Buckingham: Secret Invitation
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Buckingham's triple arch pavilion, Secret Invitation, is informed by an 8-year bicycle trip the artist took around the world. Immersed in the history of the Silk Road, which facilitated the transmission of goods, ideas, culture, and religion, Buckingham's social sculpture is intended to serve as a space to meet people from our community, share stories and even, as the artist suggests, fall in love. "Daniel Buckingham: Secret Invitation" is part of The Edge of Art Series.

Monday, June 2, 2014

Onondaga Art Guild's 50th Anniversary Show
Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery

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

The exhibit showcases the work of 32 Guild Artists representing a variety of mediums from watercolor, oil paintings and sculpture, including works by Linda Abbey, Carol Adamec, Angela Arrey-Wastavino, Joan Back, Maureen Barcza, Barbara Bickford, Susi Buschbacher, Deb Dahlin, Patrice Downes Centore, Donna Egan, Bonnie Goetske, Geraldine Greig, Judy Hand, Karen Harris, Mary Haven, Marge Hill, Elizabeth Hughes, Peter Huntington, Brian Madigan, Jane McCarthy, Geraldine Meday, Adriana Meiss, Susan Murphy, Candace O'Brien, Toloa Perry, Maria Rizzo, Allison Sarenski, Gale Shuba, Mary Beth Sorber, Tina Strutz, Mary Touchette, Kathryn Wehrung.

The Archive in Motion
Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

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

This exhibition explores the concept of movement through the materials held by SU Libraries' Special Collections Research Center. Organized around a set of interlinked themes—color, combat, magic, transportation, dance, drawing, athletics, and gravity—the exhibition encompasses rare books, manuscripts, photographs, and original artworks spanning the 15th and 20th centuries. Inspired by the eccentric library of the art historian Aby Warburg and informed by the theoretical discourse on the archive formulated by Walter Benjamin, Jorge Luis Borges, Jacques Derrida, and Michel Foucault, this exhibition highlights the unique character of the collections at Syracuse. From Albert Einstein's original handwritten research paper "On Rotationally Symmetric Stationary Gravitational Fields," through stunning photographs of ballet dancers Paul Draper and George Skibine, to pochoir prints hand-painted by Native Americans, this exhibition not only attends to the representation of movement found in the collections, but it suggests that the archive is itself always in motion.

Artist to Artist: Light Work's Fine Print Program
Light Work Gallery

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

Featuring works by Keliy Anderson-Staley, Matt Black, John Chervinsky, Scott Connaroe, Kelli Connell, Peter Finnemore, Lucas Foglia, Tony Gleaton, Elijah Gowin, Priya Kambli, Mark Klett, Shane Lavalette, Arno Rafael Minkkinen, Pipo Nguyen-Duy, Angelika Rinnhofer, Irina Rozovsky, Krista Steinke, Mark Steinmetz, Garie Waltzer, William Wegman, James Welling, and Susan Worsham.

The Photography of J.R. Hughto
Dalton's American Decorative Arts

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

J.R. Hughto is a filmmaker and photographer whose work explores duality, principally the friction between nostalgia/modernity and documentary/lyricism. Hughto's photography has appeared in print in the German edition of Wired Magazine, and has shown in Los Angeles and San Diego, CA, and Syracuse and Buffalo.

Young Art 2014
La Casita Cultural Center

La Casita Cultural Center
109 Otisco St., Syracuse

The exhibit presents works by children from La Casita's Dual Language Reading Circles, a program offered in collaboration with the Spanish Action League of Upstate NY. The program focuses on the development of bilingual reading skills and art projects that spring from the themes of the readings completed this year. The exhibit includes a 20-foot mural and a beautiful collection of handmade masks created under the guidance of Westside artist Juan Cruz.

Learning to See
Point of Contact Gallery

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

Join us for Learning to See, an exhibition of work produced by students participating in EL PUNTO Art Studio 2014, a contemporary arts workshop hosted by Point of Contact. Exhibited works include photography, video, and performance arts. This innovative arts program is facilitated to local youths in close collaboration with local Latino artists and community organizations including La Casita Cultural Center, The Spanish Action League of Upstate NY, the Near West Side Initiative, and the Pal Project.

Flashback Mondays: Original Pink Panther
Palace Theatre

Price: $5
Palace Theater
2384 James St., Syracuse

Blue, White And Perfect (1942)
Syracuse Cinephile Society

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

Directed by Herbert I. Leeds. Cast features Lloyd Nolan, Mary Beth Hughes, George Reeves, Helene Reynolds.

Another of 20th Century-Fox's popular "Michael Shayne" mysteries. Shayne (Nolan) is on the trail of enemy agents who are trying to smuggle industrial diamonds out of the country. One of the best entries in the series, and a fine performance by a pre-Superman George Reeves.

Plus, a special short subject, And a Voice Shall be Heard (1951). A special "March of Time" short on Civil Defense, shot in Syracuse. See what Syracuse looked like in 1951!

Liverpool Schools Jazz Ensembles
Liverpool is the Place

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

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Works of Tina Strutz
Onondaga County Central Library

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

Tina Strutz will display her acrylic landscape paintings of her travels in the US and abroad. A self-taught painter and educated in the Netherlands, Strutz's past visual displays include window dressing for Dey Brothers and other local department stores in the Syracuse area.

Onondaga Art Guild's 50th Anniversary Show
Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery

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

The exhibit showcases the work of 32 Guild Artists representing a variety of mediums from watercolor, oil paintings and sculpture, including works by Linda Abbey, Carol Adamec, Angela Arrey-Wastavino, Joan Back, Maureen Barcza, Barbara Bickford, Susi Buschbacher, Deb Dahlin, Patrice Downes Centore, Donna Egan, Bonnie Goetske, Geraldine Greig, Judy Hand, Karen Harris, Mary Haven, Marge Hill, Elizabeth Hughes, Peter Huntington, Brian Madigan, Jane McCarthy, Geraldine Meday, Adriana Meiss, Susan Murphy, Candace O'Brien, Toloa Perry, Maria Rizzo, Allison Sarenski, Gale Shuba, Mary Beth Sorber, Tina Strutz, Mary Touchette, Kathryn Wehrung.

The Archive in Motion
Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

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

This exhibition explores the concept of movement through the materials held by SU Libraries' Special Collections Research Center. Organized around a set of interlinked themes—color, combat, magic, transportation, dance, drawing, athletics, and gravity—the exhibition encompasses rare books, manuscripts, photographs, and original artworks spanning the 15th and 20th centuries. Inspired by the eccentric library of the art historian Aby Warburg and informed by the theoretical discourse on the archive formulated by Walter Benjamin, Jorge Luis Borges, Jacques Derrida, and Michel Foucault, this exhibition highlights the unique character of the collections at Syracuse. From Albert Einstein's original handwritten research paper "On Rotationally Symmetric Stationary Gravitational Fields," through stunning photographs of ballet dancers Paul Draper and George Skibine, to pochoir prints hand-painted by Native Americans, this exhibition not only attends to the representation of movement found in the collections, but it suggests that the archive is itself always in motion.

Passages In Time
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Marna Bell: Four photography series eliciting imagery of memories
Chris Irick: Internationally recognized jeweler exhibiting her series referencing machinery
Jonathan Kirk: Britis- born sculptor who utilizes forms from the Industrial Revolution, combining abstraction with narrative

See Me
Community Folk Art Center

Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Presented in partnership with NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Syracuse, this exhibition highlights local artists and families facing mental illness. "See Me" reinforces the celebration of these artists. There is no shame in having mental illness; the shame is how little people know.

NAMI is a grass-roots, self-help, support and advocacy organization dedicated to improving the lives of families who have relatives with a brain disorder (mental illness).

42nd Annual Teenage Competitive Art Exhibition
Community Folk Art Center

Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

The Annual Teen Competitive Art Exhibition is the longest running collaborative exhibition in the greater Syracuse area that features the work of underrepresented teen artists. Prizes are awarded to winners in two-dimensional and three-dimensional categories. A panel of local art professionals will serve as judges for the exhibition. Participating students attend Syracuse City high schools as well as suburban Onondaga County High Schools.

In collaboration with the Syracuse chapter of The Links, Inc.

Artist to Artist: Light Work's Fine Print Program
Light Work Gallery

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

Featuring works by Keliy Anderson-Staley, Matt Black, John Chervinsky, Scott Connaroe, Kelli Connell, Peter Finnemore, Lucas Foglia, Tony Gleaton, Elijah Gowin, Priya Kambli, Mark Klett, Shane Lavalette, Arno Rafael Minkkinen, Pipo Nguyen-Duy, Angelika Rinnhofer, Irina Rozovsky, Krista Steinke, Mark Steinmetz, Garie Waltzer, William Wegman, James Welling, and Susan Worsham.

The Photography of J.R. Hughto
Dalton's American Decorative Arts

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

J.R. Hughto is a filmmaker and photographer whose work explores duality, principally the friction between nostalgia/modernity and documentary/lyricism. Hughto's photography has appeared in print in the German edition of Wired Magazine, and has shown in Los Angeles and San Diego, CA, and Syracuse and Buffalo.

Son of the Genesee: Paintings by Stefan Zoller
914Works

Price: Free
914Works
914 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Stefan Zoller is a graduate painting student in VPA's Department of Art. "Son of the Genesee" pays homage to the Genesee Valley of Western New York, where he was born and raised, and where he first painted.

Introduced to art by an older brother, Zoller took college art courses while still in high school. After receiving a bachelor of arts degree in studio art from Houghton College in 2008, he moved to Corning, NY, to work with renowned portrait painter Thomas S. Buechner. During two years studying representational painting with Buechner, Zoller also maintained a home studio practice, painting in the non-representational vein he had developed during his undergraduate experience.

Zoller recently had a solo exhibition at VPA's Michael Sickler Gallery. His recent group exhibitions include the 64th Rochester Finger Lakes Exhibition at Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester; the Southern Tier Biennial at Olean Public Library, Olean; and "Zoller & Ryder" at Atrium Gallery, Corning.

Because 914Works will be closed during several summer holidays, patrons are encouraged to contact the staff at 914works@syr.edu to confirm that the gallery is open.

Young Art 2014
La Casita Cultural Center

La Casita Cultural Center
109 Otisco St., Syracuse

The exhibit presents works by children from La Casita's Dual Language Reading Circles, a program offered in collaboration with the Spanish Action League of Upstate NY. The program focuses on the development of bilingual reading skills and art projects that spring from the themes of the readings completed this year. The exhibit includes a 20-foot mural and a beautiful collection of handmade masks created under the guidance of Westside artist Juan Cruz.

Learning to See
Point of Contact Gallery

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

Join us for Learning to See, an exhibition of work produced by students participating in EL PUNTO Art Studio 2014, a contemporary arts workshop hosted by Point of Contact. Exhibited works include photography, video, and performance arts. This innovative arts program is facilitated to local youths in close collaboration with local Latino artists and community organizations including La Casita Cultural Center, The Spanish Action League of Upstate NY, the Near West Side Initiative, and the Pal Project.

125th Anniversary of the Crouse College Bell Tower Chimes
Syracuse University Setnor School of Music

Price: Free
Syracuse University Quad
Syracuse

Come to campus, sit on the beautiful lawns outside of Crouse, and enjoy a concert by our Chimesmasters, featuring music from classical to contemporary, and patriotic to pop.

Million Dollar Quartet
Broadway in Syracuse

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

Million Dollar Quartet is the Tony award-winning Broadway musical, inspired by the electrifying true story of the famed recording session that brought together rock 'n' roll icons Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins for the first and only time. On December 4, 1956, these four young musicians were gathered together by Sam Phillips, the "Father of Rock 'n' Roll" at Sun Records in Memphis for what would be one of the greatest jam sessions of all time. Million Dollar Quartet brings that legendary night to life with an irresistible tale of broken promises, secrets, betrayal and celebrations featuring timeless hits including "Blue Suede Shoes," "Fever," "That's All Right," "Sixteen Tons," "Great Balls of Fire," "I Walk the Line," "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On," "Who Do You Love?," "Matchbox," "Folsom Prison Blues," "Hound Dog" and more. This thrilling musical brings you inside the recording studio with four major talents who came together as a red-hot rock 'n' roll band for one unforgettable night. Don't miss your chance to be a fly on the wall of fame... at Million Dollar Quartet!

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Works of Tina Strutz
Onondaga County Central Library

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

Tina Strutz will display her acrylic landscape paintings of her travels in the US and abroad. A self-taught painter and educated in the Netherlands, Strutz's past visual displays include window dressing for Dey Brothers and other local department stores in the Syracuse area.

Onondaga Art Guild's 50th Anniversary Show
Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery

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

The exhibit showcases the work of 32 Guild Artists representing a variety of mediums from watercolor, oil paintings and sculpture, including works by Linda Abbey, Carol Adamec, Angela Arrey-Wastavino, Joan Back, Maureen Barcza, Barbara Bickford, Susi Buschbacher, Deb Dahlin, Patrice Downes Centore, Donna Egan, Bonnie Goetske, Geraldine Greig, Judy Hand, Karen Harris, Mary Haven, Marge Hill, Elizabeth Hughes, Peter Huntington, Brian Madigan, Jane McCarthy, Geraldine Meday, Adriana Meiss, Susan Murphy, Candace O'Brien, Toloa Perry, Maria Rizzo, Allison Sarenski, Gale Shuba, Mary Beth Sorber, Tina Strutz, Mary Touchette, Kathryn Wehrung.

The Archive in Motion
Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

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

This exhibition explores the concept of movement through the materials held by SU Libraries' Special Collections Research Center. Organized around a set of interlinked themes—color, combat, magic, transportation, dance, drawing, athletics, and gravity—the exhibition encompasses rare books, manuscripts, photographs, and original artworks spanning the 15th and 20th centuries. Inspired by the eccentric library of the art historian Aby Warburg and informed by the theoretical discourse on the archive formulated by Walter Benjamin, Jorge Luis Borges, Jacques Derrida, and Michel Foucault, this exhibition highlights the unique character of the collections at Syracuse. From Albert Einstein's original handwritten research paper "On Rotationally Symmetric Stationary Gravitational Fields," through stunning photographs of ballet dancers Paul Draper and George Skibine, to pochoir prints hand-painted by Native Americans, this exhibition not only attends to the representation of movement found in the collections, but it suggests that the archive is itself always in motion.

Passages In Time
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Marna Bell: Four photography series eliciting imagery of memories
Chris Irick: Internationally recognized jeweler exhibiting her series referencing machinery
Jonathan Kirk: Britis- born sculptor who utilizes forms from the Industrial Revolution, combining abstraction with narrative

See Me
Community Folk Art Center

Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Presented in partnership with NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Syracuse, this exhibition highlights local artists and families facing mental illness. "See Me" reinforces the celebration of these artists. There is no shame in having mental illness; the shame is how little people know.

NAMI is a grass-roots, self-help, support and advocacy organization dedicated to improving the lives of families who have relatives with a brain disorder (mental illness).

42nd Annual Teenage Competitive Art Exhibition
Community Folk Art Center

Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

The Annual Teen Competitive Art Exhibition is the longest running collaborative exhibition in the greater Syracuse area that features the work of underrepresented teen artists. Prizes are awarded to winners in two-dimensional and three-dimensional categories. A panel of local art professionals will serve as judges for the exhibition. Participating students attend Syracuse City high schools as well as suburban Onondaga County High Schools.

In collaboration with the Syracuse chapter of The Links, Inc.

Artist to Artist: Light Work's Fine Print Program
Light Work Gallery

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

Featuring works by Keliy Anderson-Staley, Matt Black, John Chervinsky, Scott Connaroe, Kelli Connell, Peter Finnemore, Lucas Foglia, Tony Gleaton, Elijah Gowin, Priya Kambli, Mark Klett, Shane Lavalette, Arno Rafael Minkkinen, Pipo Nguyen-Duy, Angelika Rinnhofer, Irina Rozovsky, Krista Steinke, Mark Steinmetz, Garie Waltzer, William Wegman, James Welling, and Susan Worsham.

The Photography of J.R. Hughto
Dalton's American Decorative Arts

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

J.R. Hughto is a filmmaker and photographer whose work explores duality, principally the friction between nostalgia/modernity and documentary/lyricism. Hughto's photography has appeared in print in the German edition of Wired Magazine, and has shown in Los Angeles and San Diego, CA, and Syracuse and Buffalo.

Culture of the Cocktail Hour
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

The story of cocktail fashions has several associations with local history. This exhibit will discover some of those people, places and events, including Syracuse's most famous cocktail lounges of days gone by. Cocktails also conjure up the exciting era of the Roaring Twenties, when speakeasies flourished during the decade of Prohibition. Displays will include the story of one of the most famous local speakeasies, located just a few hundred feet from the OH Museum, including a menu of its libations, and the tale of the police raid that shut it down. Also on exhibit, along with other documents and artifacts of the era will be an original federal court ledger listing arrests and convictions across the state for Prohibition violations and a local brewery's recipes for "near beer" and flavored sodas, which helped keep them in business through the infamous "dry" years when America famously tried unsuccessfully to eliminate intoxicating beverages from its culture.

Fashion After Five
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

The exhibit, Fashion After Five, curated by Syracuse University's Jeffrey Mayer, associate professor of fashion design and history and curator of the Sue Ann Genet Costume Collection, will explore the history of the cocktail dress with several spectacular garments from the collections of OHA and the Sue Ann Genet Collection. Also represented in the exhibit will be the work of students from the S.U. Department of Fashion Design who will present their own creations, inspired by the vintage dresses selected for the exhibition—a perfect way to combine the past and the present for this exciting new exhibit.

Son of the Genesee: Paintings by Stefan Zoller
914Works

Price: Free
914Works
914 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Stefan Zoller is a graduate painting student in VPA's Department of Art. "Son of the Genesee" pays homage to the Genesee Valley of Western New York, where he was born and raised, and where he first painted.

Introduced to art by an older brother, Zoller took college art courses while still in high school. After receiving a bachelor of arts degree in studio art from Houghton College in 2008, he moved to Corning, NY, to work with renowned portrait painter Thomas S. Buechner. During two years studying representational painting with Buechner, Zoller also maintained a home studio practice, painting in the non-representational vein he had developed during his undergraduate experience.

Zoller recently had a solo exhibition at VPA's Michael Sickler Gallery. His recent group exhibitions include the 64th Rochester Finger Lakes Exhibition at Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester; the Southern Tier Biennial at Olean Public Library, Olean; and "Zoller & Ryder" at Atrium Gallery, Corning.

Because 914Works will be closed during several summer holidays, patrons are encouraged to contact the staff at 914works@syr.edu to confirm that the gallery is open.

Video Vault: The 70s Revisited
Everson Museum of Art

Price: Suggested donation: $5
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Including works by Paul Kos, Bill Viola, Hermine Freed, Ruth Vollmer, Rita Myers, Richard Serra and Keith Sonnier, this installation will highlight pioneering art video from the Everson's permanent collection that hasn't been on view in decades. The exhibition is an exciting opportunity to immerse oneself in the early world of video art.

Daniel Buckingham: Secret Invitation
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Buckingham's triple arch pavilion, Secret Invitation, is informed by an 8-year bicycle trip the artist took around the world. Immersed in the history of the Silk Road, which facilitated the transmission of goods, ideas, culture, and religion, Buckingham's social sculpture is intended to serve as a space to meet people from our community, share stories and even, as the artist suggests, fall in love. "Daniel Buckingham: Secret Invitation" is part of The Edge of Art Series.

Sarah McCoubrey: Works on Paper
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

McCoubrey takes on the role of alchemist through her transmutation of the potato into mystical contraptions built to coast above the earth or journey along the desolate landscape. These delicately drawn mixed media works belong to a world of myths and fairytales and bring to mind artists, such as Hieronymous Bosch and Salvador Dali. "Sarah McCoubrey: Works on Paper" is part of the 2014 Edge of Art Series.

Enduring Gift: Chinese Ceramics from the Cloud Wampler Collection
Everson Museum of Art

Price: Suggested donation: $5
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

For nine years, beginning in 1960, Cloud Wampler donated some 170 Asian works to the Everson Museum. The collection is dominated by a particularly strong core of Chinese ceramics. Spanning nearly 2,000 years, from the Han Dynasty in 200 BCE to the Ching Dynasty that ended in 1912, this selection offers a survey of forms, styles and glazes that are considered still today to be the pinnacle of aesthetic and technical achievements.

Mary Giehl: Rice is Life
Everson Museum of Art

Price: Suggested donation, $5, adults
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The Everson Biennial returns in 2014 with the Edge of Art Series. The first artist featured is Mary Giehl. Known for her innovation with both materials and concepts, Giehl turns her focus to world hunger in this installation. The sculptural bowls are made from rice and water, the food that so much of the world relies on for nourishment. The bowls are suspended from a world map, which illustrates globally the areas where hunger is greatest and populations rely on rice to live.

Young Art 2014
La Casita Cultural Center

La Casita Cultural Center
109 Otisco St., Syracuse

The exhibit presents works by children from La Casita's Dual Language Reading Circles, a program offered in collaboration with the Spanish Action League of Upstate NY. The program focuses on the development of bilingual reading skills and art projects that spring from the themes of the readings completed this year. The exhibit includes a 20-foot mural and a beautiful collection of handmade masks created under the guidance of Westside artist Juan Cruz.

Learning to See
Point of Contact Gallery

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

Join us for Learning to See, an exhibition of work produced by students participating in EL PUNTO Art Studio 2014, a contemporary arts workshop hosted by Point of Contact. Exhibited works include photography, video, and performance arts. This innovative arts program is facilitated to local youths in close collaboration with local Latino artists and community organizations including La Casita Cultural Center, The Spanish Action League of Upstate NY, the Near West Side Initiative, and the Pal Project.

Gerald Zampino, clarinet; Gregory Wood, cello; Maryna Mazhukhova, piano
Civic Morning Musicals

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

Music of Beethoven and Bruch.

Pale Green Stars
Liverpool is the Place

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

Honky-tonk rock 'n' roll

Million Dollar Quartet
Broadway in Syracuse

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

Million Dollar Quartet is the Tony award-winning Broadway musical, inspired by the electrifying true story of the famed recording session that brought together rock 'n' roll icons Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins for the first and only time. On December 4, 1956, these four young musicians were gathered together by Sam Phillips, the "Father of Rock 'n' Roll" at Sun Records in Memphis for what would be one of the greatest jam sessions of all time. Million Dollar Quartet brings that legendary night to life with an irresistible tale of broken promises, secrets, betrayal and celebrations featuring timeless hits including "Blue Suede Shoes," "Fever," "That's All Right," "Sixteen Tons," "Great Balls of Fire," "I Walk the Line," "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On," "Who Do You Love?," "Matchbox," "Folsom Prison Blues," "Hound Dog" and more. This thrilling musical brings you inside the recording studio with four major talents who came together as a red-hot rock 'n' roll band for one unforgettable night. Don't miss your chance to be a fly on the wall of fame... at Million Dollar Quartet!

A Year With Frog and Toad
Redhouse
The District Festival

Price: $25 regular, $15 students/seniors
Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

In this Theater For Young Audiences version, A Year With Frog and Toad remains true to the spirit of the original stories as it follows two great friends, the cheerful and popular Frog and the rather grumpy Toad, through four fun-filled seasons. Waking from hibernation in the spring, they proceed to plant gardens, swim, rake leaves and go sledding, learning life lessons along the way, including a most important one about friendship and rejoicing in the attributes that make each of us different and special. Book and lyrics by Willie Reale, music by Robert Reale, based on the books by Arnold Lobel.

This production features professional actors, community actors, actors with developmental disabilities from Arc of Onondaga, and students from Elmcrest all performing together.

Tickets are available online at www.theredhouse.org or by calling the Redhouse box office at 315-362-2785. See all three festival shows for $60 for the general public, and $40 for students/seniors. The three-show discount is only available by calling the Redhouse box office.

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Thursday, June 5, 2014

Works of Tina Strutz
Onondaga County Central Library

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

Tina Strutz will display her acrylic landscape paintings of her travels in the US and abroad. A self-taught painter and educated in the Netherlands, Strutz's past visual displays include window dressing for Dey Brothers and other local department stores in the Syracuse area.

Onondaga Art Guild's 50th Anniversary Show
Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery

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

The exhibit showcases the work of 32 Guild Artists representing a variety of mediums from watercolor, oil paintings and sculpture, including works by Linda Abbey, Carol Adamec, Angela Arrey-Wastavino, Joan Back, Maureen Barcza, Barbara Bickford, Susi Buschbacher, Deb Dahlin, Patrice Downes Centore, Donna Egan, Bonnie Goetske, Geraldine Greig, Judy Hand, Karen Harris, Mary Haven, Marge Hill, Elizabeth Hughes, Peter Huntington, Brian Madigan, Jane McCarthy, Geraldine Meday, Adriana Meiss, Susan Murphy, Candace O'Brien, Toloa Perry, Maria Rizzo, Allison Sarenski, Gale Shuba, Mary Beth Sorber, Tina Strutz, Mary Touchette, Kathryn Wehrung.

The Archive in Motion
Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

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

This exhibition explores the concept of movement through the materials held by SU Libraries' Special Collections Research Center. Organized around a set of interlinked themes—color, combat, magic, transportation, dance, drawing, athletics, and gravity—the exhibition encompasses rare books, manuscripts, photographs, and original artworks spanning the 15th and 20th centuries. Inspired by the eccentric library of the art historian Aby Warburg and informed by the theoretical discourse on the archive formulated by Walter Benjamin, Jorge Luis Borges, Jacques Derrida, and Michel Foucault, this exhibition highlights the unique character of the collections at Syracuse. From Albert Einstein's original handwritten research paper "On Rotationally Symmetric Stationary Gravitational Fields," through stunning photographs of ballet dancers Paul Draper and George Skibine, to pochoir prints hand-painted by Native Americans, this exhibition not only attends to the representation of movement found in the collections, but it suggests that the archive is itself always in motion.

Passages In Time
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Marna Bell: Four photography series eliciting imagery of memories
Chris Irick: Internationally recognized jeweler exhibiting her series referencing machinery
Jonathan Kirk: Britis- born sculptor who utilizes forms from the Industrial Revolution, combining abstraction with narrative

See Me
Community Folk Art Center

Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Presented in partnership with NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Syracuse, this exhibition highlights local artists and families facing mental illness. "See Me" reinforces the celebration of these artists. There is no shame in having mental illness; the shame is how little people know.

NAMI is a grass-roots, self-help, support and advocacy organization dedicated to improving the lives of families who have relatives with a brain disorder (mental illness).

42nd Annual Teenage Competitive Art Exhibition
Community Folk Art Center

Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

The Annual Teen Competitive Art Exhibition is the longest running collaborative exhibition in the greater Syracuse area that features the work of underrepresented teen artists. Prizes are awarded to winners in two-dimensional and three-dimensional categories. A panel of local art professionals will serve as judges for the exhibition. Participating students attend Syracuse City high schools as well as suburban Onondaga County High Schools.

In collaboration with the Syracuse chapter of The Links, Inc.

Artist to Artist: Light Work's Fine Print Program
Light Work Gallery

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

Featuring works by Keliy Anderson-Staley, Matt Black, John Chervinsky, Scott Connaroe, Kelli Connell, Peter Finnemore, Lucas Foglia, Tony Gleaton, Elijah Gowin, Priya Kambli, Mark Klett, Shane Lavalette, Arno Rafael Minkkinen, Pipo Nguyen-Duy, Angelika Rinnhofer, Irina Rozovsky, Krista Steinke, Mark Steinmetz, Garie Waltzer, William Wegman, James Welling, and Susan Worsham.

The Photography of J.R. Hughto
Dalton's American Decorative Arts

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

J.R. Hughto is a filmmaker and photographer whose work explores duality, principally the friction between nostalgia/modernity and documentary/lyricism. Hughto's photography has appeared in print in the German edition of Wired Magazine, and has shown in Los Angeles and San Diego, CA, and Syracuse and Buffalo.

Culture of the Cocktail Hour
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

The story of cocktail fashions has several associations with local history. This exhibit will discover some of those people, places and events, including Syracuse's most famous cocktail lounges of days gone by. Cocktails also conjure up the exciting era of the Roaring Twenties, when speakeasies flourished during the decade of Prohibition. Displays will include the story of one of the most famous local speakeasies, located just a few hundred feet from the OH Museum, including a menu of its libations, and the tale of the police raid that shut it down. Also on exhibit, along with other documents and artifacts of the era will be an original federal court ledger listing arrests and convictions across the state for Prohibition violations and a local brewery's recipes for "near beer" and flavored sodas, which helped keep them in business through the infamous "dry" years when America famously tried unsuccessfully to eliminate intoxicating beverages from its culture.

Fashion After Five
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

The exhibit, Fashion After Five, curated by Syracuse University's Jeffrey Mayer, associate professor of fashion design and history and curator of the Sue Ann Genet Costume Collection, will explore the history of the cocktail dress with several spectacular garments from the collections of OHA and the Sue Ann Genet Collection. Also represented in the exhibit will be the work of students from the S.U. Department of Fashion Design who will present their own creations, inspired by the vintage dresses selected for the exhibition—a perfect way to combine the past and the present for this exciting new exhibit.

Son of the Genesee: Paintings by Stefan Zoller
914Works

Price: Free
914Works
914 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Stefan Zoller is a graduate painting student in VPA's Department of Art. "Son of the Genesee" pays homage to the Genesee Valley of Western New York, where he was born and raised, and where he first painted.

Introduced to art by an older brother, Zoller took college art courses while still in high school. After receiving a bachelor of arts degree in studio art from Houghton College in 2008, he moved to Corning, NY, to work with renowned portrait painter Thomas S. Buechner. During two years studying representational painting with Buechner, Zoller also maintained a home studio practice, painting in the non-representational vein he had developed during his undergraduate experience.

Zoller recently had a solo exhibition at VPA's Michael Sickler Gallery. His recent group exhibitions include the 64th Rochester Finger Lakes Exhibition at Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester; the Southern Tier Biennial at Olean Public Library, Olean; and "Zoller & Ryder" at Atrium Gallery, Corning.

Because 914Works will be closed during several summer holidays, patrons are encouraged to contact the staff at 914works@syr.edu to confirm that the gallery is open.

REnewal
Gandee Gallery

Gandee Gallery
7846 Main St., Fabius

REnewal features work by regionally recognized artists that incorporates recycled materials and utilizes appropriated vintage imagery.

Works include assemblages by Dan Bacich, illustrative collage by Marty Blake, one-of-a-kind and limited edition furniture and jewelry by Unite Two Design (Theresa and Keith Traub), pots by Jen Gandee, up-cycled jewelry by Betsy Menson Sio, and hand-painted, digital collage by Lucie Wellner.

Video Vault: The 70s Revisited
Everson Museum of Art

Price: Suggested donation: $5
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Including works by Paul Kos, Bill Viola, Hermine Freed, Ruth Vollmer, Rita Myers, Richard Serra and Keith Sonnier, this installation will highlight pioneering art video from the Everson's permanent collection that hasn't been on view in decades. The exhibition is an exciting opportunity to immerse oneself in the early world of video art.

Mary Giehl: Rice is Life
Everson Museum of Art

Price: Suggested donation, $5, adults
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The Everson Biennial returns in 2014 with the Edge of Art Series. The first artist featured is Mary Giehl. Known for her innovation with both materials and concepts, Giehl turns her focus to world hunger in this installation. The sculptural bowls are made from rice and water, the food that so much of the world relies on for nourishment. The bowls are suspended from a world map, which illustrates globally the areas where hunger is greatest and populations rely on rice to live.

Enduring Gift: Chinese Ceramics from the Cloud Wampler Collection
Everson Museum of Art

Price: Suggested donation: $5
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

For nine years, beginning in 1960, Cloud Wampler donated some 170 Asian works to the Everson Museum. The collection is dominated by a particularly strong core of Chinese ceramics. Spanning nearly 2,000 years, from the Han Dynasty in 200 BCE to the Ching Dynasty that ended in 1912, this selection offers a survey of forms, styles and glazes that are considered still today to be the pinnacle of aesthetic and technical achievements.

Sarah McCoubrey: Works on Paper
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

McCoubrey takes on the role of alchemist through her transmutation of the potato into mystical contraptions built to coast above the earth or journey along the desolate landscape. These delicately drawn mixed media works belong to a world of myths and fairytales and bring to mind artists, such as Hieronymous Bosch and Salvador Dali. "Sarah McCoubrey: Works on Paper" is part of the 2014 Edge of Art Series.

Daniel Buckingham: Secret Invitation
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Buckingham's triple arch pavilion, Secret Invitation, is informed by an 8-year bicycle trip the artist took around the world. Immersed in the history of the Silk Road, which facilitated the transmission of goods, ideas, culture, and religion, Buckingham's social sculpture is intended to serve as a space to meet people from our community, share stories and even, as the artist suggests, fall in love. "Daniel Buckingham: Secret Invitation" is part of The Edge of Art Series.

Young Art 2014
La Casita Cultural Center

La Casita Cultural Center
109 Otisco St., Syracuse

The exhibit presents works by children from La Casita's Dual Language Reading Circles, a program offered in collaboration with the Spanish Action League of Upstate NY. The program focuses on the development of bilingual reading skills and art projects that spring from the themes of the readings completed this year. The exhibit includes a 20-foot mural and a beautiful collection of handmade masks created under the guidance of Westside artist Juan Cruz.

Learning to See
Point of Contact Gallery

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

Join us for Learning to See, an exhibition of work produced by students participating in EL PUNTO Art Studio 2014, a contemporary arts workshop hosted by Point of Contact. Exhibited works include photography, video, and performance arts. This innovative arts program is facilitated to local youths in close collaboration with local Latino artists and community organizations including La Casita Cultural Center, The Spanish Action League of Upstate NY, the Near West Side Initiative, and the Pal Project.

Opening: Blindness/Insight: Works by Andrea Deschambeault-Porter
Gallery 4040

Gallery 4040
4040 New Court Ave (off Midler), Syracuse

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

New and recent collages and oil paintings by artist Andrea Deschambeault-Porter. Working intuitively, the artist develops a vibrant pictorial experience by moving between abstraction and representation of various subjects such as still life, landscape, and the figure, involving some combination of conscious and unconscious thought.

Andrea Deschambeault-Porter lives and works Manlius. She grew up in the Catskills Mountain region of NY, and received her BFA from SUNY Purchase and her MFA from Syracuse University. She studied in Venice, Italy, for a year in 1984. This is her first exhibition at Gallery 4040.

Greek Cultural Festival

Price: Free
St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church
325 Waring Rd., Syracuse

5:30 pm: Church tour
6:00 pm: Children dancers
7:00 pm: Church tour
7:30 pm: Adult dancers

Greek food, live music, and dancing.

For more information, visit www.syracusegreekfest.com.

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

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

You and the rest of the Bangalone Gang are in deep trouble. Big Louie's been beaned by a bocci ball and now he ain't thinking so good. The gang's got to figure out what to do before arch rival gang leader "Muscles" Marinara has you rubbed out. You better move fast. Word on the street is that ruthless hitman Jake "The Weasel" is on the way.

Deadly Dancing
Wise Gals Dinner Theater
Sara Caliva, director

Price: $34.95 dinner and show
Stein's (formerly McNamara's Pub)
5600 Newport Rd., Camillus

In the murder mystery comedy Deadly Dancing, it's the summer of 1963, and the guests at Killerman's Resort in the Catskills are bunny hopping, limbo-ing, and cha cha-ing their way through the summer. Baby is about to have the biggest adventure of her life.

You've arrived just in time for the legendary annual dance contest, and Johnny and Robby are here yet again to go head-to-head with their original dance routines. Unfortunately, the action doesn't stop at the dancing, and someone just may wind up dead before the vacation is over. So be careful, because things could get dirty if the dancing turns deadly. Join us to relive the 80s reliving the 60s in this hilarious "Dirty Dancing"-esque murder mystery parody.

For tickets, visit wiseguys.showare.com.

Million Dollar Quartet
Broadway in Syracuse

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

Million Dollar Quartet is the Tony award-winning Broadway musical, inspired by the electrifying true story of the famed recording session that brought together rock 'n' roll icons Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins for the first and only time. On December 4, 1956, these four young musicians were gathered together by Sam Phillips, the "Father of Rock 'n' Roll" at Sun Records in Memphis for what would be one of the greatest jam sessions of all time. Million Dollar Quartet brings that legendary night to life with an irresistible tale of broken promises, secrets, betrayal and celebrations featuring timeless hits including "Blue Suede Shoes," "Fever," "That's All Right," "Sixteen Tons," "Great Balls of Fire," "I Walk the Line," "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On," "Who Do You Love?," "Matchbox," "Folsom Prison Blues," "Hound Dog" and more. This thrilling musical brings you inside the recording studio with four major talents who came together as a red-hot rock 'n' roll band for one unforgettable night. Don't miss your chance to be a fly on the wall of fame... at Million Dollar Quartet!

The Civil War
Appleseed Productions
The District Festival

Price: $25 regular, $15 students/seniors
Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

Drawing on letters, diaries, firsthand accounts, and the words of Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Walt Whitman, The Civil War is a thrilling, gut-wrenching, and awe-inspiring "dramatic theatrical concert" that covers the enormous emotional landscape of the most difficult test our nation has ever endured. It also examines the lives of the lovers and families left behind, as well as the hopes and fears of the slaves whose freedom was at stake. It passionately asks us to consider our beliefs about freedom, honor and faith. Book by Frank Wildhorn, Gregory Boyd, and Jack Murphy; music by Frank Wildhorn; lyrics by Frank Wildhorn, Gregory Boyd, and Jack Murphy.

Tickets are available online at www.theredhouse.org or by calling the Redhouse box office at 315-362-2785. See all three festival shows for $60 for the general public, and $40 for students/seniors. The three-show discount is only available by calling the Redhouse box office.

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Friday, June 6, 2014

Works of Tina Strutz
Onondaga County Central Library

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

Tina Strutz will display her acrylic landscape paintings of her travels in the US and abroad. A self-taught painter and educated in the Netherlands, Strutz's past visual displays include window dressing for Dey Brothers and other local department stores in the Syracuse area.

Onondaga Art Guild's 50th Anniversary Show
Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery

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

The exhibit showcases the work of 32 Guild Artists representing a variety of mediums from watercolor, oil paintings and sculpture, including works by Linda Abbey, Carol Adamec, Angela Arrey-Wastavino, Joan Back, Maureen Barcza, Barbara Bickford, Susi Buschbacher, Deb Dahlin, Patrice Downes Centore, Donna Egan, Bonnie Goetske, Geraldine Greig, Judy Hand, Karen Harris, Mary Haven, Marge Hill, Elizabeth Hughes, Peter Huntington, Brian Madigan, Jane McCarthy, Geraldine Meday, Adriana Meiss, Susan Murphy, Candace O'Brien, Toloa Perry, Maria Rizzo, Allison Sarenski, Gale Shuba, Mary Beth Sorber, Tina Strutz, Mary Touchette, Kathryn Wehrung.

The Archive in Motion
Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

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

This exhibition explores the concept of movement through the materials held by SU Libraries' Special Collections Research Center. Organized around a set of interlinked themes—color, combat, magic, transportation, dance, drawing, athletics, and gravity—the exhibition encompasses rare books, manuscripts, photographs, and original artworks spanning the 15th and 20th centuries. Inspired by the eccentric library of the art historian Aby Warburg and informed by the theoretical discourse on the archive formulated by Walter Benjamin, Jorge Luis Borges, Jacques Derrida, and Michel Foucault, this exhibition highlights the unique character of the collections at Syracuse. From Albert Einstein's original handwritten research paper "On Rotationally Symmetric Stationary Gravitational Fields," through stunning photographs of ballet dancers Paul Draper and George Skibine, to pochoir prints hand-painted by Native Americans, this exhibition not only attends to the representation of movement found in the collections, but it suggests that the archive is itself always in motion.

Passages In Time
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Marna Bell: Four photography series eliciting imagery of memories
Chris Irick: Internationally recognized jeweler exhibiting her series referencing machinery
Jonathan Kirk: Britis- born sculptor who utilizes forms from the Industrial Revolution, combining abstraction with narrative

See Me
Community Folk Art Center

Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Presented in partnership with NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Syracuse, this exhibition highlights local artists and families facing mental illness. "See Me" reinforces the celebration of these artists. There is no shame in having mental illness; the shame is how little people know.

NAMI is a grass-roots, self-help, support and advocacy organization dedicated to improving the lives of families who have relatives with a brain disorder (mental illness).

42nd Annual Teenage Competitive Art Exhibition
Community Folk Art Center

Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

The Annual Teen Competitive Art Exhibition is the longest running collaborative exhibition in the greater Syracuse area that features the work of underrepresented teen artists. Prizes are awarded to winners in two-dimensional and three-dimensional categories. A panel of local art professionals will serve as judges for the exhibition. Participating students attend Syracuse City high schools as well as suburban Onondaga County High Schools.

In collaboration with the Syracuse chapter of The Links, Inc.

Artist to Artist: Light Work's Fine Print Program
Light Work Gallery

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

Featuring works by Keliy Anderson-Staley, Matt Black, John Chervinsky, Scott Connaroe, Kelli Connell, Peter Finnemore, Lucas Foglia, Tony Gleaton, Elijah Gowin, Priya Kambli, Mark Klett, Shane Lavalette, Arno Rafael Minkkinen, Pipo Nguyen-Duy, Angelika Rinnhofer, Irina Rozovsky, Krista Steinke, Mark Steinmetz, Garie Waltzer, William Wegman, James Welling, and Susan Worsham.

The Photography of J.R. Hughto
Dalton's American Decorative Arts

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

J.R. Hughto is a filmmaker and photographer whose work explores duality, principally the friction between nostalgia/modernity and documentary/lyricism. Hughto's photography has appeared in print in the German edition of Wired Magazine, and has shown in Los Angeles and San Diego, CA, and Syracuse and Buffalo.

Culture of the Cocktail Hour
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

The story of cocktail fashions has several associations with local history. This exhibit will discover some of those people, places and events, including Syracuse's most famous cocktail lounges of days gone by. Cocktails also conjure up the exciting era of the Roaring Twenties, when speakeasies flourished during the decade of Prohibition. Displays will include the story of one of the most famous local speakeasies, located just a few hundred feet from the OH Museum, including a menu of its libations, and the tale of the police raid that shut it down. Also on exhibit, along with other documents and artifacts of the era will be an original federal court ledger listing arrests and convictions across the state for Prohibition violations and a local brewery's recipes for "near beer" and flavored sodas, which helped keep them in business through the infamous "dry" years when America famously tried unsuccessfully to eliminate intoxicating beverages from its culture.

Fashion After Five
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

The exhibit, Fashion After Five, curated by Syracuse University's Jeffrey Mayer, associate professor of fashion design and history and curator of the Sue Ann Genet Costume Collection, will explore the history of the cocktail dress with several spectacular garments from the collections of OHA and the Sue Ann Genet Collection. Also represented in the exhibit will be the work of students from the S.U. Department of Fashion Design who will present their own creations, inspired by the vintage dresses selected for the exhibition—a perfect way to combine the past and the present for this exciting new exhibit.

Ever a New Season: Works by 19th-Century Photographer George Barnard
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

During the nation's 150th anniversary observance of the Civil War, a Barnard exhibition makes sense. OHA owns a rare complete first edition of Barnard's Photographic Views of Sherman's Campaign (1866), widely recognized as one of two foundational publications of 19th-century American photography. Barnard also lived in Oswego and Syracuse before the war and retired to Marcellus for his last decade. A technical innovator, commercial pioneer, and important taste-maker in one of our most pivotal periods, Barnard was also firmly rooted in the traditions and iconography of 19th-century American landscape painting, which equated national identity with the land and infused much of his work. "Ever a New Season" reintroduces an exciting early figure to a region already attuned to and highly literate in contemporary photography.

Son of the Genesee: Paintings by Stefan Zoller
914Works

Price: Free
914Works
914 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Stefan Zoller is a graduate painting student in VPA's Department of Art. "Son of the Genesee" pays homage to the Genesee Valley of Western New York, where he was born and raised, and where he first painted.

Introduced to art by an older brother, Zoller took college art courses while still in high school. After receiving a bachelor of arts degree in studio art from Houghton College in 2008, he moved to Corning, NY, to work with renowned portrait painter Thomas S. Buechner. During two years studying representational painting with Buechner, Zoller also maintained a home studio practice, painting in the non-representational vein he had developed during his undergraduate experience.

Zoller recently had a solo exhibition at VPA's Michael Sickler Gallery. His recent group exhibitions include the 64th Rochester Finger Lakes Exhibition at Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester; the Southern Tier Biennial at Olean Public Library, Olean; and "Zoller & Ryder" at Atrium Gallery, Corning.

Because 914Works will be closed during several summer holidays, patrons are encouraged to contact the staff at 914works@syr.edu to confirm that the gallery is open.

REnewal
Gandee Gallery

Gandee Gallery
7846 Main St., Fabius

REnewal features work by regionally recognized artists that incorporates recycled materials and utilizes appropriated vintage imagery.

Works include assemblages by Dan Bacich, illustrative collage by Marty Blake, one-of-a-kind and limited edition furniture and jewelry by Unite Two Design (Theresa and Keith Traub), pots by Jen Gandee, up-cycled jewelry by Betsy Menson Sio, and hand-painted, digital collage by Lucie Wellner.

Video Vault: The 70s Revisited
Everson Museum of Art

Price: Suggested donation: $5
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Including works by Paul Kos, Bill Viola, Hermine Freed, Ruth Vollmer, Rita Myers, Richard Serra and Keith Sonnier, this installation will highlight pioneering art video from the Everson's permanent collection that hasn't been on view in decades. The exhibition is an exciting opportunity to immerse oneself in the early world of video art.

Daniel Buckingham: Secret Invitation
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Buckingham's triple arch pavilion, Secret Invitation, is informed by an 8-year bicycle trip the artist took around the world. Immersed in the history of the Silk Road, which facilitated the transmission of goods, ideas, culture, and religion, Buckingham's social sculpture is intended to serve as a space to meet people from our community, share stories and even, as the artist suggests, fall in love. "Daniel Buckingham: Secret Invitation" is part of The Edge of Art Series.

Sarah McCoubrey: Works on Paper
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

McCoubrey takes on the role of alchemist through her transmutation of the potato into mystical contraptions built to coast above the earth or journey along the desolate landscape. These delicately drawn mixed media works belong to a world of myths and fairytales and bring to mind artists, such as Hieronymous Bosch and Salvador Dali. "Sarah McCoubrey: Works on Paper" is part of the 2014 Edge of Art Series.

Enduring Gift: Chinese Ceramics from the Cloud Wampler Collection
Everson Museum of Art

Price: Suggested donation: $5
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

For nine years, beginning in 1960, Cloud Wampler donated some 170 Asian works to the Everson Museum. The collection is dominated by a particularly strong core of Chinese ceramics. Spanning nearly 2,000 years, from the Han Dynasty in 200 BCE to the Ching Dynasty that ended in 1912, this selection offers a survey of forms, styles and glazes that are considered still today to be the pinnacle of aesthetic and technical achievements.

Mary Giehl: Rice is Life
Everson Museum of Art

Price: Suggested donation, $5, adults
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The Everson Biennial returns in 2014 with the Edge of Art Series. The first artist featured is Mary Giehl. Known for her innovation with both materials and concepts, Giehl turns her focus to world hunger in this installation. The sculptural bowls are made from rice and water, the food that so much of the world relies on for nourishment. The bowls are suspended from a world map, which illustrates globally the areas where hunger is greatest and populations rely on rice to live.

Blindness/Insight: Works by Andrea Deschambeault-Porter
Gallery 4040

Gallery 4040
4040 New Court Ave (off Midler), Syracuse

New and recent collages and oil paintings by artist Andrea Deschambeault-Porter. Working intuitively, the artist develops a vibrant pictorial experience by moving between abstraction and representation of various subjects such as still life, landscape, and the figure, involving some combination of conscious and unconscious thought.

Andrea Deschambeault-Porter lives and works Manlius. She grew up in the Catskills Mountain region of NY, and received her BFA from SUNY Purchase and her MFA from Syracuse University. She studied in Venice, Italy, for a year in 1984. This is her first exhibition at Gallery 4040.

Young Art 2014
La Casita Cultural Center

La Casita Cultural Center
109 Otisco St., Syracuse

The exhibit presents works by children from La Casita's Dual Language Reading Circles, a program offered in collaboration with the Spanish Action League of Upstate NY. The program focuses on the development of bilingual reading skills and art projects that spring from the themes of the readings completed this year. The exhibit includes a 20-foot mural and a beautiful collection of handmade masks created under the guidance of Westside artist Juan Cruz.

Learning to See
Point of Contact Gallery

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

Join us for Learning to See, an exhibition of work produced by students participating in EL PUNTO Art Studio 2014, a contemporary arts workshop hosted by Point of Contact. Exhibited works include photography, video, and performance arts. This innovative arts program is facilitated to local youths in close collaboration with local Latino artists and community organizations including La Casita Cultural Center, The Spanish Action League of Upstate NY, the Near West Side Initiative, and the Pal Project.

Opening: Stained Glass Garden Art by Liz and Rich Micho
Gallery 54

Gallery 54
54 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

There will be an opening reception this evening 5:00-8:00 pm. Meet the artists, enjoy music by Syracuse singer and songwriter Jane Zell, wine tastings by Anyela's Winery, and light refreshments. Enter drawing to win a $50 gift certificate to Gallery 54. Purchase garden art during the opening and receive a free pot of flowers.

Presented as part of First Friday in Skaneateles.

June Bank Show
Syracuse Improv Collective

Price: $5
CNY Playhouse
Shoppingtown Mall, Entrance No. 4 (adjacent to parking garage), Dewitt

The Collective specializes in bringing a show like no other combining long form improv with musical acts and stand up comedy. You never know what the SIC has in store!

Taste of Syracuse

Price: Free
Clinton Square
Downtown, Syracuse

Main Stage
12:00-1:30 pm: Tim Herron
5:00-6:30 pm: The Dirty Birds
6:50-7:50 pm: Wayland
8:10-9:20 pm: Vinyl Albums Live: The music of the Black Crowes
9:30-11:00 pm: Under The Gun

Clinton Square Stage
12:00-1:30 pm: Just Joe
1:40-2:40 pm: Lori Anne's tribute to the Oldies
3:30-4:30 pm: Corey Paige
4:45-6:00 pm: Michael & Anjela Lynn w/the Talented Ones
6:15-7:30 pm: Stroke
7:45-9:15 pm: Hard Promises
9:30-11:00 pm: Prime Time

Erie Blvd. Stage
12:00-1:30 pm: Colin Aberdeen
4:15-5:15 pm: Ruddy Well Band
5:30-6:30 pm: The Master Thieves
6:45-8:00 pm: Driftwood
8:15-9:30 pm: The Goonies
9:45-11:00 pm: Sophistafunk

Two days of fantastic food and fabulous music. Stroll the streets of historic Clinton Square and beyond while enjoying delicious $1 samples from some of the area's best restaurants. Choose between three stages of continuous live music with something for everyone. Treat your little ones to a pint-sized good time in our Family Zone.

For more information, visit www.tasteofsyracuse.com.

Greek Cultural Festival

Price: Free
St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church
325 Waring Rd., Syracuse

5:30 pm: Church tour
6:00 pm: Children dancers
7:00 pm: Church tour
7:30 pm: Adult dancers

Greek food, live music, and dancing.

For more information, visit www.syracusegreekfest.com.

Saving Private Ryan
Palace Theatre

Price: $7 regular, $3 veterans and current military
Palace Theater
2384 James St., Syracuse

Dr. Seuss's Cat in the Hat
Gifford Family Theatre

Price: $15 adults, $10 children
Coyne Center for the Performing Arts
LeMoyne College, Syracuse

From the moment his tall, red-and-white-striped hat appears around the door, Sally and her brother know that The Cat in the Hat is the funniest, most mischievous cat they have ever met.

With the trickiest of tricks and craziest of ideas, he is certainly fun to play with. And he turns a rainy afternoon into an amazing adventure. But what will mum find when she gets home...?

The National Theatre's production of Dr. Seuss's THE CAT IN THE HAT is a lively, engaging play that is fun for all ages. Not a word has been touched or added to Dr. Seuss's classic, ensuring anyone who's read the story will find themselves transported into the world they've always imagined.

For tickets or information, call 315-445-4200 or visit the website.

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Deadly Dancing
Wise Gals Dinner Theater
Sara Caliva, director

Price: $34.95 dinner and show
Stein's (formerly McNamara's Pub)
5600 Newport Rd., Camillus

In the murder mystery comedy Deadly Dancing, it's the summer of 1963, and the guests at Killerman's Resort in the Catskills are bunny hopping, limbo-ing, and cha cha-ing their way through the summer. Baby is about to have the biggest adventure of her life.

You've arrived just in time for the legendary annual dance contest, and Johnny and Robby are here yet again to go head-to-head with their original dance routines. Unfortunately, the action doesn't stop at the dancing, and someone just may wind up dead before the vacation is over. So be careful, because things could get dirty if the dancing turns deadly. Join us to relive the 80s reliving the 60s in this hilarious "Dirty Dancing"-esque murder mystery parody.

For tickets, visit wiseguys.showare.com.

Company
Rarely Done Productions
The District Festival

Price: $25 regular, $15 students/seniors
Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

Company opens on the night of confirmed bachelor Robert's 35th birthday as he contemplates his unmarried state. Over the course of a series of dinners, drinks, and even a wedding, his friends -- "those good and crazy people, [his] married friends" -- explain the pros and cons of taking on a spouse. The habitually single Robert is forced to question his adamant retention of bachelorhood during a hilarious, yet accurate, array of interactions. Book by George Furth, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.

Tickets are available online at www.theredhouse.org or by calling the Redhouse box office at 315-362-2785. See all three festival shows for $60 for the general public, and $40 for students/seniors. The three-show discount is only available by calling the Redhouse box office.

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Les Miserables
Wit's End Players

Carrier Theater, Mulroy Civic Center
411 Montgomery St., Syracuse

The Wit's End Players are proud to present a semi-staged production of Les Misérables, the beloved global stage sensation, which sweeps its audience through an epic tale of broken dreams, passion, and redemption, set against the backdrop of a nation in the grip of revolution. This enthralling story is a timeless testament to the survival of the human spirit, and features the now-classic songs "I Dreamed a Dream," "On My Own," "Stars," "Bring Him Home," "Do You Hear the People Sing?," "One Day More," "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables," "Master of the House," and more.

Tickets available at www.ticketmaster.com, 1-800-745-3000, or from the Oncenter Box Office, open Monday-Friday 10:00 am-4:00 pm and Saturday 10:00 am-2:00 pm, 315-435-2121.

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Saturday, June 7, 2014

Works of Tina Strutz
Onondaga County Central Library

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

Tina Strutz will display her acrylic landscape paintings of her travels in the US and abroad. A self-taught painter and educated in the Netherlands, Strutz's past visual displays include window dressing for Dey Brothers and other local department stores in the Syracuse area.

Explorations of a Nemesis: Works by Karen Jean Smith
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

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

There will be an opening reception this afternoon 2:00-4:00 pm.

Passages In Time
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Marna Bell: Four photography series eliciting imagery of memories
Chris Irick: Internationally recognized jeweler exhibiting her series referencing machinery
Jonathan Kirk: Britis- born sculptor who utilizes forms from the Industrial Revolution, combining abstraction with narrative

Video Vault: The 70s Revisited
Everson Museum of Art

Price: Suggested donation: $5
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Including works by Paul Kos, Bill Viola, Hermine Freed, Ruth Vollmer, Rita Myers, Richard Serra and Keith Sonnier, this installation will highlight pioneering art video from the Everson's permanent collection that hasn't been on view in decades. The exhibition is an exciting opportunity to immerse oneself in the early world of video art.

Mary Giehl: Rice is Life
Everson Museum of Art

Price: Suggested donation, $5, adults
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The Everson Biennial returns in 2014 with the Edge of Art Series. The first artist featured is Mary Giehl. Known for her innovation with both materials and concepts, Giehl turns her focus to world hunger in this installation. The sculptural bowls are made from rice and water, the food that so much of the world relies on for nourishment. The bowls are suspended from a world map, which illustrates globally the areas where hunger is greatest and populations rely on rice to live.

Enduring Gift: Chinese Ceramics from the Cloud Wampler Collection
Everson Museum of Art

Price: Suggested donation: $5
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

For nine years, beginning in 1960, Cloud Wampler donated some 170 Asian works to the Everson Museum. The collection is dominated by a particularly strong core of Chinese ceramics. Spanning nearly 2,000 years, from the Han Dynasty in 200 BCE to the Ching Dynasty that ended in 1912, this selection offers a survey of forms, styles and glazes that are considered still today to be the pinnacle of aesthetic and technical achievements.

Sarah McCoubrey: Works on Paper
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

McCoubrey takes on the role of alchemist through her transmutation of the potato into mystical contraptions built to coast above the earth or journey along the desolate landscape. These delicately drawn mixed media works belong to a world of myths and fairytales and bring to mind artists, such as Hieronymous Bosch and Salvador Dali. "Sarah McCoubrey: Works on Paper" is part of the 2014 Edge of Art Series.

Daniel Buckingham: Secret Invitation
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Buckingham's triple arch pavilion, Secret Invitation, is informed by an 8-year bicycle trip the artist took around the world. Immersed in the history of the Silk Road, which facilitated the transmission of goods, ideas, culture, and religion, Buckingham's social sculpture is intended to serve as a space to meet people from our community, share stories and even, as the artist suggests, fall in love. "Daniel Buckingham: Secret Invitation" is part of The Edge of Art Series.

Stained Glass Garden Art by Liz and Rich Micho
Gallery 54

Gallery 54
54 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

The Photography of J.R. Hughto
Dalton's American Decorative Arts

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

J.R. Hughto is a filmmaker and photographer whose work explores duality, principally the friction between nostalgia/modernity and documentary/lyricism. Hughto's photography has appeared in print in the German edition of Wired Magazine, and has shown in Los Angeles and San Diego, CA, and Syracuse and Buffalo.

Funky Flea
40 Below's Public Arts Task Force and Echo

Everson Museum of Art Plaza
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

An outdoor flea market that's a lotta flea, a little bit art & craft, and a bunches of fun. Featuring over 75 local vendors, food trucks, and live music.

For more information, visit funkyfleasyracuse.blogspot.com.

Westcott Art Trail Sale
Westcott Community Center

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

This is a non-juried art sale, but there are many very talented artists in the Westcott neighborhood, so the quality of items offered for sale is very high. There is also enormous variety! Artists sell photographs, paintings, pottery, sculpture, hand-made wearables, jewelry, drawings, wall hangings and more. Participating artists set up their work at their homes, in their yards, on their porches, inside in their studios, at the Westcott Community Center (indoors and out), or indoors at Petit library.

Art trail maps available at www.westcottarttrail.org.

Son of the Genesee: Paintings by Stefan Zoller
914Works

Price: Free
914Works
914 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Stefan Zoller is a graduate painting student in VPA's Department of Art. "Son of the Genesee" pays homage to the Genesee Valley of Western New York, where he was born and raised, and where he first painted.

Introduced to art by an older brother, Zoller took college art courses while still in high school. After receiving a bachelor of arts degree in studio art from Houghton College in 2008, he moved to Corning, NY, to work with renowned portrait painter Thomas S. Buechner. During two years studying representational painting with Buechner, Zoller also maintained a home studio practice, painting in the non-representational vein he had developed during his undergraduate experience.

Zoller recently had a solo exhibition at VPA's Michael Sickler Gallery. His recent group exhibitions include the 64th Rochester Finger Lakes Exhibition at Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester; the Southern Tier Biennial at Olean Public Library, Olean; and "Zoller & Ryder" at Atrium Gallery, Corning.

Because 914Works will be closed during several summer holidays, patrons are encouraged to contact the staff at 914works@syr.edu to confirm that the gallery is open.

See Me
Community Folk Art Center

Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Presented in partnership with NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Syracuse, this exhibition highlights local artists and families facing mental illness. "See Me" reinforces the celebration of these artists. There is no shame in having mental illness; the shame is how little people know.

NAMI is a grass-roots, self-help, support and advocacy organization dedicated to improving the lives of families who have relatives with a brain disorder (mental illness).

42nd Annual Teenage Competitive Art Exhibition
Community Folk Art Center

Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

The Annual Teen Competitive Art Exhibition is the longest running collaborative exhibition in the greater Syracuse area that features the work of underrepresented teen artists. Prizes are awarded to winners in two-dimensional and three-dimensional categories. A panel of local art professionals will serve as judges for the exhibition. Participating students attend Syracuse City high schools as well as suburban Onondaga County High Schools.

In collaboration with the Syracuse chapter of The Links, Inc.

REnewal
Gandee Gallery

Gandee Gallery
7846 Main St., Fabius

REnewal features work by regionally recognized artists that incorporates recycled materials and utilizes appropriated vintage imagery.

Works include assemblages by Dan Bacich, illustrative collage by Marty Blake, one-of-a-kind and limited edition furniture and jewelry by Unite Two Design (Theresa and Keith Traub), pots by Jen Gandee, up-cycled jewelry by Betsy Menson Sio, and hand-painted, digital collage by Lucie Wellner.

Fashion After Five
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

The exhibit, Fashion After Five, curated by Syracuse University's Jeffrey Mayer, associate professor of fashion design and history and curator of the Sue Ann Genet Costume Collection, will explore the history of the cocktail dress with several spectacular garments from the collections of OHA and the Sue Ann Genet Collection. Also represented in the exhibit will be the work of students from the S.U. Department of Fashion Design who will present their own creations, inspired by the vintage dresses selected for the exhibition—a perfect way to combine the past and the present for this exciting new exhibit.

Culture of the Cocktail Hour
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

The story of cocktail fashions has several associations with local history. This exhibit will discover some of those people, places and events, including Syracuse's most famous cocktail lounges of days gone by. Cocktails also conjure up the exciting era of the Roaring Twenties, when speakeasies flourished during the decade of Prohibition. Displays will include the story of one of the most famous local speakeasies, located just a few hundred feet from the OH Museum, including a menu of its libations, and the tale of the police raid that shut it down. Also on exhibit, along with other documents and artifacts of the era will be an original federal court ledger listing arrests and convictions across the state for Prohibition violations and a local brewery's recipes for "near beer" and flavored sodas, which helped keep them in business through the infamous "dry" years when America famously tried unsuccessfully to eliminate intoxicating beverages from its culture.

Blindness/Insight: Works by Andrea Deschambeault-Porter
Gallery 4040

Gallery 4040
4040 New Court Ave (off Midler), Syracuse

New and recent collages and oil paintings by artist Andrea Deschambeault-Porter. Working intuitively, the artist develops a vibrant pictorial experience by moving between abstraction and representation of various subjects such as still life, landscape, and the figure, involving some combination of conscious and unconscious thought.

Andrea Deschambeault-Porter lives and works Manlius. She grew up in the Catskills Mountain region of NY, and received her BFA from SUNY Purchase and her MFA from Syracuse University. She studied in Venice, Italy, for a year in 1984. This is her first exhibition at Gallery 4040.

Ever a New Season: Works by 19th-Century Photographer George Barnard
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

During the nation's 150th anniversary observance of the Civil War, a Barnard exhibition makes sense. OHA owns a rare complete first edition of Barnard's Photographic Views of Sherman's Campaign (1866), widely recognized as one of two foundational publications of 19th-century American photography. Barnard also lived in Oswego and Syracuse before the war and retired to Marcellus for his last decade. A technical innovator, commercial pioneer, and important taste-maker in one of our most pivotal periods, Barnard was also firmly rooted in the traditions and iconography of 19th-century American landscape painting, which equated national identity with the land and infused much of his work. "Ever a New Season" reintroduces an exciting early figure to a region already attuned to and highly literate in contemporary photography.

Proof Through the Night: The Black & White Work of Paul Pearce
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

There will be an opening reception this evening 7:00-9:00 pm.

"Proof Through the Night" is a retrospective of traditional silver-based photography and lithographs by Paul Pearce, a certified disabled combat veteran who now declares himself to be a "backward observer." His photography focuses on issues of war and morality and questions the very notion of civilization. In his words about what inspires him to photograph he states, "In spite of growing cynicism, I have a calling to declare a point of view, a mandate to cry out that (in my opinion), the sky is falling, and a gnawing need to expose a system that turns innocent children into monsters."

Pearce was raised as an All-American boy, Sunday school attendee and college-bound Eagle Scout. He was drafted into the Army, commissioned as an artillery Lieutenant and ordered into combat in Vietnam as a forward observer with the 114th infantry. He returned from the war motivated to raise consciousness about the evils of war. Armed with a camera and a printing press he taught himself photography, struggled for peace and justice as an artist and anti-war activist, and participated in and documented antiwar protests including the massive action in Syracuse following the killings at Kent State.

Off the Tops of Our Heads: Improv Comedy Night
Don't Feed the Actors

Price: $20 dinner and show, $10 show only
CNY Playhouse
Shoppingtown Mall, Entrance No. 4 (adjacent to parking garage), Dewitt

This time, we dare you to bring in any hat and we will work it into our scenes.

DFtA specializes in audience interactive improv and is one of the longest-running improv troupes in Central New York. Having toured all over the area, their large stable of theatrically trained actors rotate in and out of each show, ensuring a unique experience each time. Come enjoy an evening of improv in the style of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" and Drew Carey's "Improvaganza."

The performance will be preceded by dinner at 6:30 pm.

Taste of Syracuse

Price: Free
Clinton Square
Downtown, Syracuse

Main Stage
1:00-2:00 pm: Westcott Jug Suckers
2:15-3:15 pm: Double Barrel Blues Band
3:30-4:30 pm: Carolyn Kelly Blues Band
5:00-6:30 pm: Carolyn Wonderland
7:00-8:30 pm: The Barn Dogs Plus: "Music of The Allman Brothers Band"
9:00-11:00 pm: Blues Traveler

Clinton Square Stage
12:00-1:00 pm: Better Than Bowling
1:15-2:45 pm: Hold The Air
3:00-4:00 pm: Joe Whiting
4:15-5:15 pm: Wild Honey
5:30-6:30 pm: Mike Powell Band
6:45-7:45 pm: Fabulous Ripcords
8:00-9:15 pm: Driftwater
9:30-11:00 pm: Custom Taylor

Erie Blvd. Stage
12:00-1:00 pm: Ben Fiore Trio
1:15-2:00 pm: Honey Spoon
2:00-3:00 pm: Hobo Graffiti
3:15-4:15 pm: Merit
4:30-5:45 pm: Teagan and the Tweeds
6:00-7:15 pm: Candid
7:30-8:45 pm: Gridley Paige
9:00-11:00 pm: Scars & Stripes

Two days of fantastic food and fabulous music. Stroll the streets of historic Clinton Square and beyond while enjoying delicious $1 samples from some of the area's best restaurants. Choose between three stages of continuous live music with something for everyone. Treat your little ones to a pint-sized good time in our Family Zone.

For more information, visit www.tasteofsyracuse.com.

Greek Cultural Festival

Price: Free
St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church
325 Waring Rd., Syracuse

1:00-1:30 pm: Food and Culture Lecture: Discover and Explore Greece
1:30 pm: Church tour
2:00 pm: Dancers in training
2:00-2:45 pm: Food and Culture Lecture: Ikaria-the Greek Island of longevity and the Mediterranean Diet
2:00-5:00 pm: Iconography Demonstration
3:00 pm: Children dancers
3:30 pm: Church tour
4:00 pm: Dancers in training
4:00-4:45 pm: Food and Culture Lecture: Ikaria-the Greek Island of longevity and the Mediterranean Diet
5:00 pm: Children dancers
5:30 pm: Church tour
6:00 pm: Adult dancers
7:30 pm: Church tour
8:00 pm: Adult dancers

Greek food, live music, and dancing.

For more information, visit www.syracusegreekfest.com.

Jazz on Demand
CNY Jazz Arts Foundation

Price: Free
Beauchamp Public Library
Corner S. Salina & Colvin Sts., Syracuse

Performed by the CNY Jazz Trio, Jazz on Demand will demonstrate how jazz musicians think about improvising by showing how they build their ideas on the basic architecture of the song. The one-hour, narrated, family program includes historic background, a call-and-response blues that invites the audience to co-create a blues melody, and a flash card experiment that gives the audience control over what song the combo plays, in what musical style, and at what tempo.

Spring Cabaret
Syracuse Chorale
Warren Ottey, conductor

Blessed Sacrament School
3127 James St., Syracuse

Jesse Cook, Flamenco Guitar Virtuoso
Syracuse Stage

Price: $30
Goldstein Auditorium, Schine Student Center
Syracuse University, Syracuse

Jesse Cook and his band incorporate elements of flamenco, rumba, jazz, and many forms of world music. Cook is known internationally as one of the most influential figures in Nuevo Flamenco music.

His music has been featured on Sex and the City, The Chris Isaak Show and several Olympic Games:
* Canada's Gabrielle Daleman, and Russian pairs Stolbova and Klimov's skated to Jesse's music in their routines at the Olympic Games in Sochi.
* At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Irina Slutskaya of Russia won a bronze medal skating to Cook's composition "Mario Takes a Walk".

Jesse is a Juno Award winner, Acoustic Guitar Player's Choice Award silver winner in the Flamenco Category and a three-time winner of the Canadian Smooth Jazz award for Guitarist of the Year.

Jesse Cook's concert is part of the Syracuse Stage Gala, an annual fundraiser presented by the Syracuse Stage Board of Trustees and the Syracuse Stage Guild. Tickets for the Gala (which include the Jesse Cook concert) are $200-$300. For more information about the Gala, visit the Syracuse Stage website.

To purchase concert tickets, call the Syracuse Stage Box Office at 315-443-3275 or visit the Syracuse Stage website.

Dr. Seuss's Cat in the Hat
Gifford Family Theatre

Price: $15 adults, $10 children
Coyne Center for the Performing Arts
LeMoyne College, Syracuse

From the moment his tall, red-and-white-striped hat appears around the door, Sally and her brother know that The Cat in the Hat is the funniest, most mischievous cat they have ever met.

With the trickiest of tricks and craziest of ideas, he is certainly fun to play with. And he turns a rainy afternoon into an amazing adventure. But what will mum find when she gets home...?

The National Theatre's production of Dr. Seuss's THE CAT IN THE HAT is a lively, engaging play that is fun for all ages. Not a word has been touched or added to Dr. Seuss's classic, ensuring anyone who's read the story will find themselves transported into the world they've always imagined.

For tickets or information, call 315-445-4200 or visit the website.

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A Year With Frog and Toad
Redhouse
The District Festival

Price: $25 regular, $15 students/seniors
Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

In this Theater For Young Audiences version, A Year With Frog and Toad remains true to the spirit of the original stories as it follows two great friends, the cheerful and popular Frog and the rather grumpy Toad, through four fun-filled seasons. Waking from hibernation in the spring, they proceed to plant gardens, swim, rake leaves and go sledding, learning life lessons along the way, including a most important one about friendship and rejoicing in the attributes that make each of us different and special. Book and lyrics by Willie Reale, music by Robert Reale, based on the books by Arnold Lobel.

This production features professional actors, community actors, actors with developmental disabilities from Arc of Onondaga, and students from Elmcrest all performing together.

Tickets are available online at www.theredhouse.org or by calling the Redhouse box office at 315-362-2785. See all three festival shows for $60 for the general public, and $40 for students/seniors. The three-show discount is only available by calling the Redhouse box office.

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The Princess and the Pea
Magic Circle Children's Theatre

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

Interactive retelling of the children's classic.

Dr. Seuss's Cat in the Hat
Gifford Family Theatre

Price: $15 adults, $10 children
Coyne Center for the Performing Arts
LeMoyne College, Syracuse

From the moment his tall, red-and-white-striped hat appears around the door, Sally and her brother know that The Cat in the Hat is the funniest, most mischievous cat they have ever met.

With the trickiest of tricks and craziest of ideas, he is certainly fun to play with. And he turns a rainy afternoon into an amazing adventure. But what will mum find when she gets home...?

The National Theatre's production of Dr. Seuss's THE CAT IN THE HAT is a lively, engaging play that is fun for all ages. Not a word has been touched or added to Dr. Seuss's classic, ensuring anyone who's read the story will find themselves transported into the world they've always imagined.

For tickets or information, call 315-445-4200 or visit the website.

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The Civil War
Appleseed Productions
The District Festival

Price: $25 regular, $15 students/seniors
Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

Drawing on letters, diaries, firsthand accounts, and the words of Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Walt Whitman, The Civil War is a thrilling, gut-wrenching, and awe-inspiring "dramatic theatrical concert" that covers the enormous emotional landscape of the most difficult test our nation has ever endured. It also examines the lives of the lovers and families left behind, as well as the hopes and fears of the slaves whose freedom was at stake. It passionately asks us to consider our beliefs about freedom, honor and faith. Book by Frank Wildhorn, Gregory Boyd, and Jack Murphy; music by Frank Wildhorn; lyrics by Frank Wildhorn, Gregory Boyd, and Jack Murphy.

Tickets are available online at www.theredhouse.org or by calling the Redhouse box office at 315-362-2785. See all three festival shows for $60 for the general public, and $40 for students/seniors. The three-show discount is only available by calling the Redhouse box office.

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Company
Rarely Done Productions
The District Festival

Price: $25 regular, $15 students/seniors
Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

Company opens on the night of confirmed bachelor Robert's 35th birthday as he contemplates his unmarried state. Over the course of a series of dinners, drinks, and even a wedding, his friends -- "those good and crazy people, [his] married friends" -- explain the pros and cons of taking on a spouse. The habitually single Robert is forced to question his adamant retention of bachelorhood during a hilarious, yet accurate, array of interactions. Book by George Furth, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.

Tickets are available online at www.theredhouse.org or by calling the Redhouse box office at 315-362-2785. See all three festival shows for $60 for the general public, and $40 for students/seniors. The three-show discount is only available by calling the Redhouse box office.

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Les Miserables
Wit's End Players

Carrier Theater, Mulroy Civic Center
411 Montgomery St., Syracuse

The Wit's End Players are proud to present a semi-staged production of Les Misérables, the beloved global stage sensation, which sweeps its audience through an epic tale of broken dreams, passion, and redemption, set against the backdrop of a nation in the grip of revolution. This enthralling story is a timeless testament to the survival of the human spirit, and features the now-classic songs "I Dreamed a Dream," "On My Own," "Stars," "Bring Him Home," "Do You Hear the People Sing?," "One Day More," "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables," "Master of the House," and more.

Tickets available at www.ticketmaster.com, 1-800-745-3000, or from the Oncenter Box Office, open Monday-Friday 10:00 am-4:00 pm and Saturday 10:00 am-2:00 pm, 315-435-2121.

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