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The Power and The Piety: The World of Medieval and Renaissance Europe Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center
10:00 AM-4:00 PM

Take No Prisoners: Political Cartoons Over Time and Place Onondaga Historical Association
10:00 AM-4:00 PM

Timeless Imagery: Associated Artists of CNY's 85th Anniversary Exhibition Onondaga Historical Association
10:00 AM-10:00 PM

Opening Melding Time and Process: Works by Richard Harvey Redhouse
10:00 AM-8:00 PM

Ekphrasis: A Marriage of Literary and Visual Arts Szozda Gallery
1:00 PM-6:00 PM Living Collections Craft Chemistry
2:00 PM-7:00 PM RESOURCED/response: The Art of the Justseeds Artists Cooperative and SU Fiber Arts ArtRage Gallery
5:00 PM-8:00 PM Tuscan Light: Painting and Sculpture by Nives Marzocchi Petit Branch Library
5:00 PM-8:00 PM

Group Exhibition and Sale Syracuse Ceramic Guild
6:30 PM Stories from El Salvador La Casita Cultural Center
6:45 PM A Tomb With a View Acme Mystery Company
7:00 PM Crude: The Real Price of Oil ArtRage Gallery
7:30 PM

Young Frankenstein Famous Artists Broadway Series (Read a review!)
8:00 PM

Joe Bonamassa
8:00 PM

RDP Student Outreach: The Wrestling Season Rarely Done Productions
8:30 PM-11:00 PM

William Wegman: Flo Flow (2011) Urban Video Project

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Calling all actors -- film auditions will be held Sun. May 20, 12:00-5:00 pm at the Shaffer Art Building on the SU Campus (free parking).

Is That You?, an independent feature film directed by Dani Menkin, is a romantic comedy about regrets. It will be filmed in Syracuse and CNY between May 28 and June 10.

Syracuse-area actors are needed to fill 10 male and female roles.

For audition appointments, contact zodiv0@gmail.com or christine@syrfilm.com.

Open auditions for ages 16 and up.
The Town of Manlius Recreation Department is casting A Chorus Line, the musical for everyone who’s ever had a dream and put it all on the line. Seeking all roles. No parts have been pre-cast. Please bring sheet music, an accompanist will be provided. Be ready to provide a list of rehearsal conflicts.

Please prepare 32-bars of a show tune (up-tempo or ballad), a 1-minute monologue, and be ready to dance.

Auditions will be held May 19 at 6:00 pm and May 20 at 1:00 pm, with callbacks May 20 at 6:00 pm. They will be held at the Town of Manlius Community Center, 301 Brooklea Drive, Fayetteville.

The Westcott Area Cultural Coalition (WACC) is calling for proposals from artists to create a mural on the wall of 508 Westcott St. (formerly the Seven Rays Bookstore building). The details of the request for proposals are on the website with a deadline of June 5. To assist the artist in understanding the community's perspective of what the character is of the Westcott Neighborhood, WACC has collected community feedback by asking people to answer the question, "What does Westcott Street mean to you?" The responses to the question are posted on the website as well.

On May 17 at 7:00 pm, local musician Jared Brickman will be hosting a free meetup at The Red House Café, open to local musicians and audiophiles. This event coincides with SoundCloud Global Meetup Day, when hundreds of communities across the world will be hosting similar events, all with the aim of encouraging people to "Connect Around Sound."

A music social network boasting over 10 million users worldwide, SoundCloud recently selected Syracuse to be one of nine cities to pilot its new "Heroes" program. The platform tapped Brickman as an ambassador for platform, citing his unique use of sound for his project One Hello World and his commitment to the Syracuse community. In his new position, he'll be showcasing local talent and activities via updates on the international social network's blog.

At this debut event, attendees will learn about how they can participate in two new projects: the Syracuse Found Sound Collaborative (an initiative to capture ambient soundscapes from around the city) and a compilation of local musicians. They'll also have an opportunity to go on a guided tour of adjoining SubCat Music Studios, a world-class, 3-studio audio recording facility.

CMM is now accepting applications for its 2012-2013 Wednesday Recital Series season at the Everson Museum. You may apply to perform at civicmorningmusicals.org/wednesday-recital-series. Follow the prompt at the top of the page. Whenever possible, please submit all recital applications online. All of our correspondence with applicants will be exclusively online, and you will receive an email receipt acknowledging your application. Applications without an active email address will not be accepted.

Music programmed for your recital should be 35 to 45 minutes in length. Longer programs will be considered, for reasons such as presenting a complete cycle or work.

Special consideration will be given to programs containing music relating to the Everson's "The Other New York: 2012" exhibit, Sept. 22, 2012 - Jan. 6, 2013. This is a community-wide, multi-venue biennial exhibition that is the result of a major collaboration among 14 art organizations in Syracuse. This project aims to highlight the rich talent of artists across Upstate New York, with a special focus on Central New York and the surrounding counties. CMM intends to program music on its Wednesday Recital Series appropriate to this theme.

We particularly wish to encourage applications from highly talented and accomplished young people. Teachers are certainly aware of such students in their studios, and should encourage them to apply. A CD of recent work or an active URL of an online performance will be required of all new applcants.

The Belfer Audio Archive of Syracuse University Library has accepted the donation of more than 700 78-rpm recordings from the Onondaga Historical Association (OHA). The recordings were formerly part of the collections of the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra. The OHA took ownership of them when the orchestra declared bankruptcy in 2011. The collection donated is comprised mainly of operatic excerpts and orchestral works.

Jenny Doctor, the recently appointed director of the Belfer, says of the gift, "Though not rare, the newly donated discs are in excellent condition and will undoubtedly enhance the Belfer Audio Archive's collection of nearly 400,000 78-rpm recordings. This acquisition is a welcome addition to our classical collections, representing music that has been significant to the conductors and players of the Syracuse Symphony and its community since the 1940s."

The Arthur and Diane Belfer Audio Laboratory and Archive, founded in 1963 and named in 1982, is among the largest collections of sound recordings in the United States, holding over half a million items in a variety of formats, from the earliest experimental recordings on tinfoil to modern digital media. The Belfer's representation of classical music is substantive, but the archive has focused largely on popular vocal and instrumental music, including jazz, patriotic, novelty, folk, country, ethnic and experimental genres, as well as recordings of the spoken word. The late 19th and early 20th centuries are particularly well represented through a collection of more than 22,000 cylinders and extensive holdings of 78-rpm discs.

Beginning this year, the YMCA's Downtown Writer's Center will host The CNY Book Awards, an annual series of prizes in celebration of the best books published by Central New York authors. The Awards will recognize books of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction, and will be judged by prominent authors from around the nation; a "People's Choice" category will be decided by the audience at the awards ceremony and will include all books nominated for the genre awards.

The nomination for the 2012 CNY Book Awards is now open. A book may be nominated by either its author or its publisher. To be eligible, a book must have been published between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012, and its author must be a resident of Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, Seneca, Tioga, or Tompkins County

Authors and publishers may download nomination forms after April 16th at the DWC's website, or may receive a copy immediately by email or mail from DWC director Phil Memmer.

The Awards will be announced at a reception in late Fall 2012. Prizes will include a cash honorarium for the winning authors. A short list of finalists in each category will also be named.

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