Monday, December 21, 2015

Drawing on Talent: Members Art Show
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

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

Although generally open to the public, the program room is occasionally used for nature-themed classes and private parties. Those interested in the gallery may wish to call before their visit to be sure that the program room will not be in use when they arrive.

Machines
Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery

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

An exhibit of artworks exploring the human species love of mechanical, technical, and electronic implements.

Black Utopias
Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

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

Co-curated by Dr. Joan Bryant, associate professor in the African American Studies Department, and Dr. Lucy Mulroney, interim senior director of the Special Collections Research Center, "Black Utopias" commemorates the 50th anniversary of the publication of The Autobiography of Malcolm X, the best-selling narrative of one of the most prominent men of the Civil Rights era.

This anniversary holds special significance for Syracuse University because the Libraries' Special Collections Research Center is home to the records of Grove Press, the avant-garde publisher of the Autobiography. Grove hailed the book as one of its "most important" publications. The first printing of 10,000 copies sold out before it was released in October 1965.

"Black Utopias" takes the personal transformations that form the narrative arc of Malcolm X's Autobiography as the framework for exploring a range of utopian visions that have shaped Black American life. Although utopias are, by definition, the stuff of dreams, the examples presented in this exhibition are firmly rooted in historical experiences of subjugation, inequality, and injustice. They are at once visionary and modest endeavors to craft worlds of freedom, unity, power, equality, and beauty.

The exhibit will feature the handwritten letter that Malcolm X sent to Alex Haley during his pilgrimage to Mecca, as well as other unique and rare materials from the collections. It includes documents by little-known individuals and such prominent figures as W.E.B. Dubois, Langston Hughes, Madam C. J. Walker, James Ford, and Martin Luther King, Jr.

Off the Wall Holiday Show and Sale
Associated Artists of Central New York

Price: Free
Manlius Village Library
Manlius Village Center, 1 Arkie Albanese Dr., Manlius

Annual show and sale of members' work. Pieces may be taken at time of purchase.

30th Annual Gingerbread Gallery
Erie Canal Museum

Price: $5 adults, $4 seniors, $2 children
Erie Canal Museum
318 Erie Blvd. E., Syracuse

It is that time of year again! The upstairs gallery of the Erie Canal Museum has transformed into a 1800s street scene with gingerbread creations made by professional and amateur bakers from across the region on display in storefront windows.

Joanne Balfour and Barb Schramm: Theorums and Victorian Santas
Gallery 54

Gallery 54
54 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

Both Barbara Schramm and Joanne Balfour are well known in the Central New York art community. Schramm is a painter of old-world Victorian Santas, and Joanne Balfour uses 19th-century techniques for inspiration for her theorem paintings.

Joanne Balfour was drawn to the history and type of home decorative arts done in 17th and 18th century England and America. Her theorem paintings exhibit a technique practiced by young ladies in early 19th-century American academies. Stencils were often provided by their teachers and used in various combinations by the girls to create their oil paintings or watercolors on cotton velveteen, often embellished with freehand details.

Barbara Schramm's Old World, Victorian Santas (or Father Christmases) are painted on quarter-sawn Finger Lakes sycamore, oak or pine. The reverse of each painting indicates where in the world the depicted Santa became popular.

61st Annual Art Mart
Syracuse Allied Arts

City Hall Commons Atrium
201 East Washington St., Syracuse

Unique art handcrafted by over 45 local artists — paintings, photography, pottery, jewelry, textiles, stained glass.

For more information and complete list of artists, visit artmart-syracuse.com.

A Christmas Story (1983)
Landmark Theatre

Price: $5
Landmark Theatre
362 S. Salina St., Syracuse

Based on the humorous writings of Jean Shepherd, A Christmas Story follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker (Peter Billingsley), who spends most of his time dodging a bully (Zack Ward) and dreaming of his ideal Christmas gift, a "Red Ryder air rifle." The film also stars Darren McGavin and Melinda Dillon as Ralphie's parents.

The Santaland Diaries
Syracuse Stage
Wendy Knox, director

Storch Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Back by popular demand: David Sedaris' perfect antidote to holiday madness. For those who like a little jeer with their Christmas cheer, The Santaland Diaries offers Crumpet, a 33-year-old starving artist turned Macy's elf. It's the most wonderful time of the year, but who would know it from the bad Santas, naughty elves, cranky kids, and pushy parents who test Crumpet's last elfin nerve. With sardonic wit, Sedaris takes us all playfully to task for plunging into the Christmas $pirit while missing the point. For mature elves only.

Read a Review!

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Drawing on Talent: Members Art Show
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

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

Although generally open to the public, the program room is occasionally used for nature-themed classes and private parties. Those interested in the gallery may wish to call before their visit to be sure that the program room will not be in use when they arrive.

Machines
Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery

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

An exhibit of artworks exploring the human species love of mechanical, technical, and electronic implements.

Black Utopias
Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

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

Co-curated by Dr. Joan Bryant, associate professor in the African American Studies Department, and Dr. Lucy Mulroney, interim senior director of the Special Collections Research Center, "Black Utopias" commemorates the 50th anniversary of the publication of The Autobiography of Malcolm X, the best-selling narrative of one of the most prominent men of the Civil Rights era.

This anniversary holds special significance for Syracuse University because the Libraries' Special Collections Research Center is home to the records of Grove Press, the avant-garde publisher of the Autobiography. Grove hailed the book as one of its "most important" publications. The first printing of 10,000 copies sold out before it was released in October 1965.

"Black Utopias" takes the personal transformations that form the narrative arc of Malcolm X's Autobiography as the framework for exploring a range of utopian visions that have shaped Black American life. Although utopias are, by definition, the stuff of dreams, the examples presented in this exhibition are firmly rooted in historical experiences of subjugation, inequality, and injustice. They are at once visionary and modest endeavors to craft worlds of freedom, unity, power, equality, and beauty.

The exhibit will feature the handwritten letter that Malcolm X sent to Alex Haley during his pilgrimage to Mecca, as well as other unique and rare materials from the collections. It includes documents by little-known individuals and such prominent figures as W.E.B. Dubois, Langston Hughes, Madam C. J. Walker, James Ford, and Martin Luther King, Jr.

Contemporary Ceramics: SU Faculty and Students
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Works by faculty members Peter Beasecker, Margie Hughto, Jee Eun Lee, David MacDonald, and Errol Willett, and students Chelsey Albert, Nora Arrieta, Klaus Doelle, Brion Hardink, Adam Jennett, Kwan Jeong, Sunyoung Lee, and Alberto Veronica.

Off the Wall Holiday Show and Sale
Associated Artists of Central New York

Price: Free
Manlius Village Library
Manlius Village Center, 1 Arkie Albanese Dr., Manlius

Annual show and sale of members' work. Pieces may be taken at time of purchase.

30th Annual Gingerbread Gallery
Erie Canal Museum

Price: $5 adults, $4 seniors, $2 children
Erie Canal Museum
318 Erie Blvd. E., Syracuse

It is that time of year again! The upstairs gallery of the Erie Canal Museum has transformed into a 1800s street scene with gingerbread creations made by professional and amateur bakers from across the region on display in storefront windows.

Joanne Balfour and Barb Schramm: Theorums and Victorian Santas
Gallery 54

Gallery 54
54 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

Both Barbara Schramm and Joanne Balfour are well known in the Central New York art community. Schramm is a painter of old-world Victorian Santas, and Joanne Balfour uses 19th-century techniques for inspiration for her theorem paintings.

Joanne Balfour was drawn to the history and type of home decorative arts done in 17th and 18th century England and America. Her theorem paintings exhibit a technique practiced by young ladies in early 19th-century American academies. Stencils were often provided by their teachers and used in various combinations by the girls to create their oil paintings or watercolors on cotton velveteen, often embellished with freehand details.

Barbara Schramm's Old World, Victorian Santas (or Father Christmases) are painted on quarter-sawn Finger Lakes sycamore, oak or pine. The reverse of each painting indicates where in the world the depicted Santa became popular.

Over and Over
914Works

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

Work by Stefan Marc Zoller and Brent Michael Erickson, both graduate students in the SU School of Art, is featured in the new exhibition "Over and Over." Memory plays a significant role in the work of both artists, both in the sense of drawing from a memory and in the use of repetition. The repeated motif in Zoller's "Interior Witness Group" is based on a nondescript yet familiar space that has been the site of years of memory. Through its repetition, Zoller contemplates and confronts the host of memory to which it has borne witness. Erickson's "White Noise" presents works both in the present and past as documentation of temporary wall drawings, which no longer exist, are paired next to lithographs to question how the memory of a work can be used to inform new works. "Over and Over" is meant to question the role memory plays in the artist's studio as well as how these memories can relate to others to create a connection or conversation.

61st Annual Art Mart
Syracuse Allied Arts

City Hall Commons Atrium
201 East Washington St., Syracuse

Unique art handcrafted by over 45 local artists — paintings, photography, pottery, jewelry, textiles, stained glass.

For more information and complete list of artists, visit artmart-syracuse.com.

Poetry of Content: Five Contemporary Representational Artists
Syracuse University Art Museum

Price: Free
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

In the landscape of contemporary practice, representational imagery has seemingly gone into hiding. With few exceptions, imagery that incorporates a realistic visual space, modeled figures and natural surroundings is largely absent from the lexicon of art making. Over his more than 40 years as a painter and professor at Syracuse University, internationally recognized artist and co-curator Jerome Within has championed representation and narrative in his work and his teaching. Poetry of Content is an examination and celebration of the work of five painters who share Witkin's interest in the subject: Bill Murphy, Gillian Pederson-Krag, Joel Sheesley, Robert Birmelin and Tim Lowly. Featuring over 40 pieces of original artwork, this exhibition displays a variety of representational imagery as paintings, drawings, and prints.

Peter Pan
Syracuse Stage
Syracuse University Drama Department
Paul Barnes, director

Archbold Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Journey to Neverland in the high-flying family musical Peter Pan. "All children grow up, except one." So begins the magical adventure that has been delighting youngsters (and oldsters) for more than 100 years. With such songs as "I'm Flying", "I Won't Grow Up," and "Never Never Land", Peter Pan delivers a musical and adventurous treat for the holiday season. Paul Barnes directs, with choreography by Anthony Salatino and musical direction by Brian Cimmet.

Lyrics by Carolyn Leigh and music by Morris "Moose" Charlap, with additional lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, additional music by Jule Styne. Based on the play by Sir James M. Barrie.

Read a Review!

The Santaland Diaries
Syracuse Stage
Wendy Knox, director

Storch Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Back by popular demand: David Sedaris' perfect antidote to holiday madness. For those who like a little jeer with their Christmas cheer, The Santaland Diaries offers Crumpet, a 33-year-old starving artist turned Macy's elf. It's the most wonderful time of the year, but who would know it from the bad Santas, naughty elves, cranky kids, and pushy parents who test Crumpet's last elfin nerve. With sardonic wit, Sedaris takes us all playfully to task for plunging into the Christmas $pirit while missing the point. For mature elves only.

Read a Review!

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Drawing on Talent: Members Art Show
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

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

Although generally open to the public, the program room is occasionally used for nature-themed classes and private parties. Those interested in the gallery may wish to call before their visit to be sure that the program room will not be in use when they arrive.

Machines
Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery

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

An exhibit of artworks exploring the human species love of mechanical, technical, and electronic implements.

Black Utopias
Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

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

Co-curated by Dr. Joan Bryant, associate professor in the African American Studies Department, and Dr. Lucy Mulroney, interim senior director of the Special Collections Research Center, "Black Utopias" commemorates the 50th anniversary of the publication of The Autobiography of Malcolm X, the best-selling narrative of one of the most prominent men of the Civil Rights era.

This anniversary holds special significance for Syracuse University because the Libraries' Special Collections Research Center is home to the records of Grove Press, the avant-garde publisher of the Autobiography. Grove hailed the book as one of its "most important" publications. The first printing of 10,000 copies sold out before it was released in October 1965.

"Black Utopias" takes the personal transformations that form the narrative arc of Malcolm X's Autobiography as the framework for exploring a range of utopian visions that have shaped Black American life. Although utopias are, by definition, the stuff of dreams, the examples presented in this exhibition are firmly rooted in historical experiences of subjugation, inequality, and injustice. They are at once visionary and modest endeavors to craft worlds of freedom, unity, power, equality, and beauty.

The exhibit will feature the handwritten letter that Malcolm X sent to Alex Haley during his pilgrimage to Mecca, as well as other unique and rare materials from the collections. It includes documents by little-known individuals and such prominent figures as W.E.B. Dubois, Langston Hughes, Madam C. J. Walker, James Ford, and Martin Luther King, Jr.

Contemporary Ceramics: SU Faculty and Students
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Works by faculty members Peter Beasecker, Margie Hughto, Jee Eun Lee, David MacDonald, and Errol Willett, and students Chelsey Albert, Nora Arrieta, Klaus Doelle, Brion Hardink, Adam Jennett, Kwan Jeong, Sunyoung Lee, and Alberto Veronica.

Off the Wall Holiday Show and Sale
Associated Artists of Central New York

Price: Free
Manlius Village Library
Manlius Village Center, 1 Arkie Albanese Dr., Manlius

Annual show and sale of members' work. Pieces may be taken at time of purchase.

30th Annual Gingerbread Gallery
Erie Canal Museum

Price: $5 adults, $4 seniors, $2 children
Erie Canal Museum
318 Erie Blvd. E., Syracuse

It is that time of year again! The upstairs gallery of the Erie Canal Museum has transformed into a 1800s street scene with gingerbread creations made by professional and amateur bakers from across the region on display in storefront windows.

Joanne Balfour and Barb Schramm: Theorums and Victorian Santas
Gallery 54

Gallery 54
54 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

Both Barbara Schramm and Joanne Balfour are well known in the Central New York art community. Schramm is a painter of old-world Victorian Santas, and Joanne Balfour uses 19th-century techniques for inspiration for her theorem paintings.

Joanne Balfour was drawn to the history and type of home decorative arts done in 17th and 18th century England and America. Her theorem paintings exhibit a technique practiced by young ladies in early 19th-century American academies. Stencils were often provided by their teachers and used in various combinations by the girls to create their oil paintings or watercolors on cotton velveteen, often embellished with freehand details.

Barbara Schramm's Old World, Victorian Santas (or Father Christmases) are painted on quarter-sawn Finger Lakes sycamore, oak or pine. The reverse of each painting indicates where in the world the depicted Santa became popular.

A Life in Art: Highlights of Women Artists in OHA's Collection
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

This exhibit highlights artwork created by local women artists whose work is represented in OHA's collection. The exhibition features over 40 paintings, prints, drawings, and sculptures ranging from the mid-19th century through the end of the 20th century.

Snowy Splendor: Winter Scenes of Onondaga County
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

OHA is proud to present the third annual Snowy Splendor: Winter Scenes of Onondaga County. The exhibition features oil, acrylic, and watercolor paintings, photographs, and pastel drawings of winter scenes of Onondaga County from area artists and photographers. The 40 scenes include downtown Syracuse, parks, rural vistas, and woodland settings. The imagery also is varied; sometimes stark, sometimes colorful, yet all evocative of a season we love and hate.

Look at What We Got! New to the OHA Collection
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

The OHA is displaying some of the unique and exceptional local history objects that curatorial staff collected during the past two years. This exhibit will include unusual items recently donated to OHA, such as a framed potato chip--the first chip produced by Jean's Foods in the 1940s; a "Glass Victory Washboard," as well as a "Camp Fire Girls Ceremonial Gown" from 1944-45. Adorning the walls will be art both by local artists and of local history. Alongside a framed photograph of the last train that rumbled down Washington Street c. 1936 will be a series of paintings by renowned Syracuse impressionist Hall Groat, including "Syracuse City Hall," "Alarm, Syracuse, NY," "Parade Day, Salina St. Syracuse," and "Canal Days, Clinton Square, Syracuse, NY." New additions from the archival collection will introduce sheet music from the 1895 Syracuse Post March and the diary of a local high school student reacting to the 1963 Kennedy assassination.

Over and Over
914Works

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

Work by Stefan Marc Zoller and Brent Michael Erickson, both graduate students in the SU School of Art, is featured in the new exhibition "Over and Over." Memory plays a significant role in the work of both artists, both in the sense of drawing from a memory and in the use of repetition. The repeated motif in Zoller's "Interior Witness Group" is based on a nondescript yet familiar space that has been the site of years of memory. Through its repetition, Zoller contemplates and confronts the host of memory to which it has borne witness. Erickson's "White Noise" presents works both in the present and past as documentation of temporary wall drawings, which no longer exist, are paired next to lithographs to question how the memory of a work can be used to inform new works. "Over and Over" is meant to question the role memory plays in the artist's studio as well as how these memories can relate to others to create a connection or conversation.

61st Annual Art Mart
Syracuse Allied Arts

City Hall Commons Atrium
201 East Washington St., Syracuse

Unique art handcrafted by over 45 local artists — paintings, photography, pottery, jewelry, textiles, stained glass.

For more information and complete list of artists, visit artmart-syracuse.com.

Poetry of Content: Five Contemporary Representational Artists
Syracuse University Art Museum

Price: Free
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

In the landscape of contemporary practice, representational imagery has seemingly gone into hiding. With few exceptions, imagery that incorporates a realistic visual space, modeled figures and natural surroundings is largely absent from the lexicon of art making. Over his more than 40 years as a painter and professor at Syracuse University, internationally recognized artist and co-curator Jerome Within has championed representation and narrative in his work and his teaching. Poetry of Content is an examination and celebration of the work of five painters who share Witkin's interest in the subject: Bill Murphy, Gillian Pederson-Krag, Joel Sheesley, Robert Birmelin and Tim Lowly. Featuring over 40 pieces of original artwork, this exhibition displays a variety of representational imagery as paintings, drawings, and prints.

Gods and Monsters: Three Centuries of Portraiture
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

This exhibition represents an overview of the portraiture genre for over three centuries, examining how artists have portrayed themselves and others within different contexts and in a variety of media and styles. From 19th-century painted miniatures to contemporary color photographs, these portraits drawn from the Everson collection depict a heterogeneous cast of characters both remembered and forgotten, lauded and reviled. Stretching the conventions of the genre, the exhibition includes works by Andy Warhol, William Wegman and others as well as more traditional portrait paintings by artists such as Cecelia Beaux and Gilbert Stuart.

Mastering a Medium: The Porcelains of Adelaide Alsop Robineau
Everson Museum of Art

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

Adelaide Alsop Robineau, a major figure in the Arts and Crafts movement and today considered one of America's preeminent art potters, is known for her exquisite porcelains decorated with intricate carvings and crystalline glazes. This exhibition features more than seventy of Robineau's works, a number of which were part of the Everson's original purchase of Robineau's porcelains in 1916, an acquisition that set the course for the Museum's long-term commitment to collecting ceramics. On display in the exhibition are many visitor favorites, including the famous Scarab Vase, believed to be Robineau's masterpiece.

Three Graces
Everson Museum of Art

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

The Three Graces were known in ancient mythology as enchanting goddesses who personified the primary attributes of creativity: Beauty, Wonder and Joy. In a recasting of this mythical triumvirate, the Everson introduces three contemporary artists from New York – Polly Apfelbaum, Tony Feher and Carrie Moyer – whose spectacular abstract works embody these qualities. More than just a typical exhibition, Three Graces is also a revelatory experience, as the artists have created new works inspired by pieces from the Museum's collection, which are also included. From Moyer's biomorphic paintings, to Apfelbaum's playful textiles, and Feher's magical installations, Three Graces connects the past and present through beauty, wonder, and joy.

Read a review!

Yuletide Tales
Quintessential

Price: Free
Anglican Church of St. Mary the Virgin
7831 Morgan Rd. (corner of Wetzel), Liverpool

A concert of Christmas music and readings will be presented by Quintessential, CNY's premier 5-voice a capella ensemble. The performance includes readings from such classic books as Wind in the Willows and The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, and Christmas music encompassing 1500 years of classical and popular song.

For more information call 315-637-3899.

The Santaland Diaries
Syracuse Stage
Wendy Knox, director

Storch Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Back by popular demand: David Sedaris' perfect antidote to holiday madness. For those who like a little jeer with their Christmas cheer, The Santaland Diaries offers Crumpet, a 33-year-old starving artist turned Macy's elf. It's the most wonderful time of the year, but who would know it from the bad Santas, naughty elves, cranky kids, and pushy parents who test Crumpet's last elfin nerve. With sardonic wit, Sedaris takes us all playfully to task for plunging into the Christmas $pirit while missing the point. For mature elves only.

Read a Review!

Pirates of the Yuletide
Acme Mystery Company

Price: $34.75 (includes meal, show, tax and gratuities)
Spaghetti Warehouse
689 N. Clinton St., Syracuse

Ho, ho, ho and a bottle of rum! Avast ye, maties! It be Christmas time in the year 1757 in Merry Olde England. The scuttlebutt is that all the famous pirates of the day be gathering down by the docks at London's infamous Finch and Pickle Tavern. 'Tis true, me hardies, and they be cooking up the most dastardly deed of all time. Come the tide, they be sailing to the North Pole to kidnap old Saint Nick himself! Hold on to your parrot, bucco. This meeting could get rowdy!

The Santaland Diaries
Syracuse Stage
Wendy Knox, director

Storch Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Back by popular demand: David Sedaris' perfect antidote to holiday madness. For those who like a little jeer with their Christmas cheer, The Santaland Diaries offers Crumpet, a 33-year-old starving artist turned Macy's elf. It's the most wonderful time of the year, but who would know it from the bad Santas, naughty elves, cranky kids, and pushy parents who test Crumpet's last elfin nerve. With sardonic wit, Sedaris takes us all playfully to task for plunging into the Christmas $pirit while missing the point. For mature elves only.

Read a Review!

Peter Pan
Syracuse Stage
Syracuse University Drama Department
Paul Barnes, director

Archbold Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Journey to Neverland in the high-flying family musical Peter Pan. "All children grow up, except one." So begins the magical adventure that has been delighting youngsters (and oldsters) for more than 100 years. With such songs as "I'm Flying", "I Won't Grow Up," and "Never Never Land", Peter Pan delivers a musical and adventurous treat for the holiday season. Paul Barnes directs, with choreography by Anthony Salatino and musical direction by Brian Cimmet.

Lyrics by Carolyn Leigh and music by Morris "Moose" Charlap, with additional lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, additional music by Jule Styne. Based on the play by Sir James M. Barrie.

Read a Review!

Thursday, December 24, 2015

Drawing on Talent: Members Art Show
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

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

Although generally open to the public, the program room is occasionally used for nature-themed classes and private parties. Those interested in the gallery may wish to call before their visit to be sure that the program room will not be in use when they arrive.

Machines
Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery

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

An exhibit of artworks exploring the human species love of mechanical, technical, and electronic implements.

Contemporary Ceramics: SU Faculty and Students
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Works by faculty members Peter Beasecker, Margie Hughto, Jee Eun Lee, David MacDonald, and Errol Willett, and students Chelsey Albert, Nora Arrieta, Klaus Doelle, Brion Hardink, Adam Jennett, Kwan Jeong, Sunyoung Lee, and Alberto Veronica.

30th Annual Gingerbread Gallery
Erie Canal Museum

Price: $5 adults, $4 seniors, $2 children
Erie Canal Museum
318 Erie Blvd. E., Syracuse

It is that time of year again! The upstairs gallery of the Erie Canal Museum has transformed into a 1800s street scene with gingerbread creations made by professional and amateur bakers from across the region on display in storefront windows.

Joanne Balfour and Barb Schramm: Theorums and Victorian Santas
Gallery 54

Gallery 54
54 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

Both Barbara Schramm and Joanne Balfour are well known in the Central New York art community. Schramm is a painter of old-world Victorian Santas, and Joanne Balfour uses 19th-century techniques for inspiration for her theorem paintings.

Joanne Balfour was drawn to the history and type of home decorative arts done in 17th and 18th century England and America. Her theorem paintings exhibit a technique practiced by young ladies in early 19th-century American academies. Stencils were often provided by their teachers and used in various combinations by the girls to create their oil paintings or watercolors on cotton velveteen, often embellished with freehand details.

Barbara Schramm's Old World, Victorian Santas (or Father Christmases) are painted on quarter-sawn Finger Lakes sycamore, oak or pine. The reverse of each painting indicates where in the world the depicted Santa became popular.

Snowy Splendor: Winter Scenes of Onondaga County
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

OHA is proud to present the third annual Snowy Splendor: Winter Scenes of Onondaga County. The exhibition features oil, acrylic, and watercolor paintings, photographs, and pastel drawings of winter scenes of Onondaga County from area artists and photographers. The 40 scenes include downtown Syracuse, parks, rural vistas, and woodland settings. The imagery also is varied; sometimes stark, sometimes colorful, yet all evocative of a season we love and hate.

A Life in Art: Highlights of Women Artists in OHA's Collection
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

This exhibit highlights artwork created by local women artists whose work is represented in OHA's collection. The exhibition features over 40 paintings, prints, drawings, and sculptures ranging from the mid-19th century through the end of the 20th century.

Look at What We Got! New to the OHA Collection
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

The OHA is displaying some of the unique and exceptional local history objects that curatorial staff collected during the past two years. This exhibit will include unusual items recently donated to OHA, such as a framed potato chip--the first chip produced by Jean's Foods in the 1940s; a "Glass Victory Washboard," as well as a "Camp Fire Girls Ceremonial Gown" from 1944-45. Adorning the walls will be art both by local artists and of local history. Alongside a framed photograph of the last train that rumbled down Washington Street c. 1936 will be a series of paintings by renowned Syracuse impressionist Hall Groat, including "Syracuse City Hall," "Alarm, Syracuse, NY," "Parade Day, Salina St. Syracuse," and "Canal Days, Clinton Square, Syracuse, NY." New additions from the archival collection will introduce sheet music from the 1895 Syracuse Post March and the diary of a local high school student reacting to the 1963 Kennedy assassination.

Holiday Show 2015
Gandee Gallery

Gandee Gallery
7846 Main St., Fabius

The Holiday Group Show emphasizes the important role handmade objects and fine art plays in domestic life, enriching living spaces and adorning the body. The Gandee Gallery encourages art lovers to celebrate the holidays by giving gifts that embody the creative spirit and to shop locally. The exhibition features jewelry, up-cycled jewelry and ornaments by Betsy Menson Sio, ceramics by Jen Gandee and Brooke Millecchia, pastels by Mary Padgett and Adriana Meiss, woven scarves by Laurel Moranz, and earrings by Susan Machamer.

61st Annual Art Mart
Syracuse Allied Arts

City Hall Commons Atrium
201 East Washington St., Syracuse

Unique art handcrafted by over 45 local artists — paintings, photography, pottery, jewelry, textiles, stained glass.

For more information and complete list of artists, visit artmart-syracuse.com.

Dickens Christmas

Price: Free
Village of Skaneateles
Skaneateles

Strolling appearances throughout the village by Scrooge, Tiny Tim, Father Christmas, Mother Goose, Charles Dickens, and Queen Victoria.

Friday, December 25, 2015

Machines
Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery

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

An exhibit of artworks exploring the human species love of mechanical, technical, and electronic implements.

Contemporary Ceramics: SU Faculty and Students
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Works by faculty members Peter Beasecker, Margie Hughto, Jee Eun Lee, David MacDonald, and Errol Willett, and students Chelsey Albert, Nora Arrieta, Klaus Doelle, Brion Hardink, Adam Jennett, Kwan Jeong, Sunyoung Lee, and Alberto Veronica.

Saturday, December 26, 2015

Drawing on Talent: Members Art Show
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

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

Although generally open to the public, the program room is occasionally used for nature-themed classes and private parties. Those interested in the gallery may wish to call before their visit to be sure that the program room will not be in use when they arrive.

Contemporary Ceramics: SU Faculty and Students
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Works by faculty members Peter Beasecker, Margie Hughto, Jee Eun Lee, David MacDonald, and Errol Willett, and students Chelsey Albert, Nora Arrieta, Klaus Doelle, Brion Hardink, Adam Jennett, Kwan Jeong, Sunyoung Lee, and Alberto Veronica.

30th Annual Gingerbread Gallery
Erie Canal Museum

Price: $5 adults, $4 seniors, $2 children
Erie Canal Museum
318 Erie Blvd. E., Syracuse

It is that time of year again! The upstairs gallery of the Erie Canal Museum has transformed into a 1800s street scene with gingerbread creations made by professional and amateur bakers from across the region on display in storefront windows.

Mastering a Medium: The Porcelains of Adelaide Alsop Robineau
Everson Museum of Art

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

Adelaide Alsop Robineau, a major figure in the Arts and Crafts movement and today considered one of America's preeminent art potters, is known for her exquisite porcelains decorated with intricate carvings and crystalline glazes. This exhibition features more than seventy of Robineau's works, a number of which were part of the Everson's original purchase of Robineau's porcelains in 1916, an acquisition that set the course for the Museum's long-term commitment to collecting ceramics. On display in the exhibition are many visitor favorites, including the famous Scarab Vase, believed to be Robineau's masterpiece.

Gods and Monsters: Three Centuries of Portraiture
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

This exhibition represents an overview of the portraiture genre for over three centuries, examining how artists have portrayed themselves and others within different contexts and in a variety of media and styles. From 19th-century painted miniatures to contemporary color photographs, these portraits drawn from the Everson collection depict a heterogeneous cast of characters both remembered and forgotten, lauded and reviled. Stretching the conventions of the genre, the exhibition includes works by Andy Warhol, William Wegman and others as well as more traditional portrait paintings by artists such as Cecelia Beaux and Gilbert Stuart.

Three Graces
Everson Museum of Art

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

The Three Graces were known in ancient mythology as enchanting goddesses who personified the primary attributes of creativity: Beauty, Wonder and Joy. In a recasting of this mythical triumvirate, the Everson introduces three contemporary artists from New York – Polly Apfelbaum, Tony Feher and Carrie Moyer – whose spectacular abstract works embody these qualities. More than just a typical exhibition, Three Graces is also a revelatory experience, as the artists have created new works inspired by pieces from the Museum's collection, which are also included. From Moyer's biomorphic paintings, to Apfelbaum's playful textiles, and Feher's magical installations, Three Graces connects the past and present through beauty, wonder, and joy.

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Joanne Balfour and Barb Schramm: Theorums and Victorian Santas
Gallery 54

Gallery 54
54 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

Both Barbara Schramm and Joanne Balfour are well known in the Central New York art community. Schramm is a painter of old-world Victorian Santas, and Joanne Balfour uses 19th-century techniques for inspiration for her theorem paintings.

Joanne Balfour was drawn to the history and type of home decorative arts done in 17th and 18th century England and America. Her theorem paintings exhibit a technique practiced by young ladies in early 19th-century American academies. Stencils were often provided by their teachers and used in various combinations by the girls to create their oil paintings or watercolors on cotton velveteen, often embellished with freehand details.

Barbara Schramm's Old World, Victorian Santas (or Father Christmases) are painted on quarter-sawn Finger Lakes sycamore, oak or pine. The reverse of each painting indicates where in the world the depicted Santa became popular.

Holiday Show 2015
Gandee Gallery

Gandee Gallery
7846 Main St., Fabius

The Holiday Group Show emphasizes the important role handmade objects and fine art plays in domestic life, enriching living spaces and adorning the body. The Gandee Gallery encourages art lovers to celebrate the holidays by giving gifts that embody the creative spirit and to shop locally. The exhibition features jewelry, up-cycled jewelry and ornaments by Betsy Menson Sio, ceramics by Jen Gandee and Brooke Millecchia, pastels by Mary Padgett and Adriana Meiss, woven scarves by Laurel Moranz, and earrings by Susan Machamer.

A Life in Art: Highlights of Women Artists in OHA's Collection
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

This exhibit highlights artwork created by local women artists whose work is represented in OHA's collection. The exhibition features over 40 paintings, prints, drawings, and sculptures ranging from the mid-19th century through the end of the 20th century.

Snowy Splendor: Winter Scenes of Onondaga County
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

OHA is proud to present the third annual Snowy Splendor: Winter Scenes of Onondaga County. The exhibition features oil, acrylic, and watercolor paintings, photographs, and pastel drawings of winter scenes of Onondaga County from area artists and photographers. The 40 scenes include downtown Syracuse, parks, rural vistas, and woodland settings. The imagery also is varied; sometimes stark, sometimes colorful, yet all evocative of a season we love and hate.

Look at What We Got! New to the OHA Collection
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

The OHA is displaying some of the unique and exceptional local history objects that curatorial staff collected during the past two years. This exhibit will include unusual items recently donated to OHA, such as a framed potato chip--the first chip produced by Jean's Foods in the 1940s; a "Glass Victory Washboard," as well as a "Camp Fire Girls Ceremonial Gown" from 1944-45. Adorning the walls will be art both by local artists and of local history. Alongside a framed photograph of the last train that rumbled down Washington Street c. 1936 will be a series of paintings by renowned Syracuse impressionist Hall Groat, including "Syracuse City Hall," "Alarm, Syracuse, NY," "Parade Day, Salina St. Syracuse," and "Canal Days, Clinton Square, Syracuse, NY." New additions from the archival collection will introduce sheet music from the 1895 Syracuse Post March and the diary of a local high school student reacting to the 1963 Kennedy assassination.

Aladdin
Magic Circle Children's Theatre

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

Interactive retelling of the children's classic.

Peter Pan
Syracuse Stage
Syracuse University Drama Department
Paul Barnes, director

Archbold Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Journey to Neverland in the high-flying family musical Peter Pan. "All children grow up, except one." So begins the magical adventure that has been delighting youngsters (and oldsters) for more than 100 years. With such songs as "I'm Flying", "I Won't Grow Up," and "Never Never Land", Peter Pan delivers a musical and adventurous treat for the holiday season. Paul Barnes directs, with choreography by Anthony Salatino and musical direction by Brian Cimmet.

Lyrics by Carolyn Leigh and music by Morris "Moose" Charlap, with additional lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, additional music by Jule Styne. Based on the play by Sir James M. Barrie.

Read a Review!

The Santaland Diaries
Syracuse Stage
Wendy Knox, director

Storch Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Back by popular demand: David Sedaris' perfect antidote to holiday madness. For those who like a little jeer with their Christmas cheer, The Santaland Diaries offers Crumpet, a 33-year-old starving artist turned Macy's elf. It's the most wonderful time of the year, but who would know it from the bad Santas, naughty elves, cranky kids, and pushy parents who test Crumpet's last elfin nerve. With sardonic wit, Sedaris takes us all playfully to task for plunging into the Christmas $pirit while missing the point. For mature elves only.

Read a Review!

The Santaland Diaries
Syracuse Stage
Wendy Knox, director

Storch Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Back by popular demand: David Sedaris' perfect antidote to holiday madness. For those who like a little jeer with their Christmas cheer, The Santaland Diaries offers Crumpet, a 33-year-old starving artist turned Macy's elf. It's the most wonderful time of the year, but who would know it from the bad Santas, naughty elves, cranky kids, and pushy parents who test Crumpet's last elfin nerve. With sardonic wit, Sedaris takes us all playfully to task for plunging into the Christmas $pirit while missing the point. For mature elves only.

Read a Review!

Peter Pan
Syracuse Stage
Syracuse University Drama Department
Paul Barnes, director

Archbold Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Journey to Neverland in the high-flying family musical Peter Pan. "All children grow up, except one." So begins the magical adventure that has been delighting youngsters (and oldsters) for more than 100 years. With such songs as "I'm Flying", "I Won't Grow Up," and "Never Never Land", Peter Pan delivers a musical and adventurous treat for the holiday season. Paul Barnes directs, with choreography by Anthony Salatino and musical direction by Brian Cimmet.

Lyrics by Carolyn Leigh and music by Morris "Moose" Charlap, with additional lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, additional music by Jule Styne. Based on the play by Sir James M. Barrie.

Read a Review!

Sunday, December 27, 2015

30th Annual Gingerbread Gallery
Erie Canal Museum

Price: $5 adults, $4 seniors, $2 children
Erie Canal Museum
318 Erie Blvd. E., Syracuse

It is that time of year again! The upstairs gallery of the Erie Canal Museum has transformed into a 1800s street scene with gingerbread creations made by professional and amateur bakers from across the region on display in storefront windows.

Joanne Balfour and Barb Schramm: Theorums and Victorian Santas
Gallery 54

Gallery 54
54 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

Both Barbara Schramm and Joanne Balfour are well known in the Central New York art community. Schramm is a painter of old-world Victorian Santas, and Joanne Balfour uses 19th-century techniques for inspiration for her theorem paintings.

Joanne Balfour was drawn to the history and type of home decorative arts done in 17th and 18th century England and America. Her theorem paintings exhibit a technique practiced by young ladies in early 19th-century American academies. Stencils were often provided by their teachers and used in various combinations by the girls to create their oil paintings or watercolors on cotton velveteen, often embellished with freehand details.

Barbara Schramm's Old World, Victorian Santas (or Father Christmases) are painted on quarter-sawn Finger Lakes sycamore, oak or pine. The reverse of each painting indicates where in the world the depicted Santa became popular.

Holiday Show 2015
Gandee Gallery

Gandee Gallery
7846 Main St., Fabius

The Holiday Group Show emphasizes the important role handmade objects and fine art plays in domestic life, enriching living spaces and adorning the body. The Gandee Gallery encourages art lovers to celebrate the holidays by giving gifts that embody the creative spirit and to shop locally. The exhibition features jewelry, up-cycled jewelry and ornaments by Betsy Menson Sio, ceramics by Jen Gandee and Brooke Millecchia, pastels by Mary Padgett and Adriana Meiss, woven scarves by Laurel Moranz, and earrings by Susan Machamer.

Snowy Splendor: Winter Scenes of Onondaga County
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

OHA is proud to present the third annual Snowy Splendor: Winter Scenes of Onondaga County. The exhibition features oil, acrylic, and watercolor paintings, photographs, and pastel drawings of winter scenes of Onondaga County from area artists and photographers. The 40 scenes include downtown Syracuse, parks, rural vistas, and woodland settings. The imagery also is varied; sometimes stark, sometimes colorful, yet all evocative of a season we love and hate.

A Life in Art: Highlights of Women Artists in OHA's Collection
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

This exhibit highlights artwork created by local women artists whose work is represented in OHA's collection. The exhibition features over 40 paintings, prints, drawings, and sculptures ranging from the mid-19th century through the end of the 20th century.

Look at What We Got! New to the OHA Collection
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

The OHA is displaying some of the unique and exceptional local history objects that curatorial staff collected during the past two years. This exhibit will include unusual items recently donated to OHA, such as a framed potato chip--the first chip produced by Jean's Foods in the 1940s; a "Glass Victory Washboard," as well as a "Camp Fire Girls Ceremonial Gown" from 1944-45. Adorning the walls will be art both by local artists and of local history. Alongside a framed photograph of the last train that rumbled down Washington Street c. 1936 will be a series of paintings by renowned Syracuse impressionist Hall Groat, including "Syracuse City Hall," "Alarm, Syracuse, NY," "Parade Day, Salina St. Syracuse," and "Canal Days, Clinton Square, Syracuse, NY." New additions from the archival collection will introduce sheet music from the 1895 Syracuse Post March and the diary of a local high school student reacting to the 1963 Kennedy assassination.

Gods and Monsters: Three Centuries of Portraiture
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

This exhibition represents an overview of the portraiture genre for over three centuries, examining how artists have portrayed themselves and others within different contexts and in a variety of media and styles. From 19th-century painted miniatures to contemporary color photographs, these portraits drawn from the Everson collection depict a heterogeneous cast of characters both remembered and forgotten, lauded and reviled. Stretching the conventions of the genre, the exhibition includes works by Andy Warhol, William Wegman and others as well as more traditional portrait paintings by artists such as Cecelia Beaux and Gilbert Stuart.

Mastering a Medium: The Porcelains of Adelaide Alsop Robineau
Everson Museum of Art

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

Adelaide Alsop Robineau, a major figure in the Arts and Crafts movement and today considered one of America's preeminent art potters, is known for her exquisite porcelains decorated with intricate carvings and crystalline glazes. This exhibition features more than seventy of Robineau's works, a number of which were part of the Everson's original purchase of Robineau's porcelains in 1916, an acquisition that set the course for the Museum's long-term commitment to collecting ceramics. On display in the exhibition are many visitor favorites, including the famous Scarab Vase, believed to be Robineau's masterpiece.

Three Graces
Everson Museum of Art

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

The Three Graces were known in ancient mythology as enchanting goddesses who personified the primary attributes of creativity: Beauty, Wonder and Joy. In a recasting of this mythical triumvirate, the Everson introduces three contemporary artists from New York – Polly Apfelbaum, Tony Feher and Carrie Moyer – whose spectacular abstract works embody these qualities. More than just a typical exhibition, Three Graces is also a revelatory experience, as the artists have created new works inspired by pieces from the Museum's collection, which are also included. From Moyer's biomorphic paintings, to Apfelbaum's playful textiles, and Feher's magical installations, Three Graces connects the past and present through beauty, wonder, and joy.

Read a review!

Wizards of Winter

Price: $29.50-$49.50
Crouse Hinds Concert Theater, Mulroy Civic Center
411 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Wizards of Winter will bring their musical intensity, stage theatrics and holiday fun to Syracuse.

This 12-member ensemble boasts vocal harmonies, prevision string instrumentation, powerful percussion and stunning keyboard work layered around a rich storyboard that evokes Decembers past.

Featuring some of the mid-Atlantic's finest rock and progressive musicians, the Wizards of Winter reprise a few of the greatest hits of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra's Christmas and Classical catalog. During 2014, the band released their own album based on original Christmas material in a similar yet unique style. The Wizards original music comprises the major portion of their live performances as part of their holiday rock opera, "Tales Beneath a Northern Star." Celebrate the season with the Wizards of Winter!

For tickets, visit the Oncenter Box Office (760 S. State Street), charge by phone (1-800-745-3000), or purchase online via Ticketmaster.com.

Peter Pan
Syracuse Stage
Syracuse University Drama Department
Paul Barnes, director

Archbold Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Journey to Neverland in the high-flying family musical Peter Pan. "All children grow up, except one." So begins the magical adventure that has been delighting youngsters (and oldsters) for more than 100 years. With such songs as "I'm Flying", "I Won't Grow Up," and "Never Never Land", Peter Pan delivers a musical and adventurous treat for the holiday season. Paul Barnes directs, with choreography by Anthony Salatino and musical direction by Brian Cimmet.

Lyrics by Carolyn Leigh and music by Morris "Moose" Charlap, with additional lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, additional music by Jule Styne. Based on the play by Sir James M. Barrie.

Read a Review!

The Santaland Diaries
Syracuse Stage
Wendy Knox, director

Storch Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Back by popular demand: David Sedaris' perfect antidote to holiday madness. For those who like a little jeer with their Christmas cheer, The Santaland Diaries offers Crumpet, a 33-year-old starving artist turned Macy's elf. It's the most wonderful time of the year, but who would know it from the bad Santas, naughty elves, cranky kids, and pushy parents who test Crumpet's last elfin nerve. With sardonic wit, Sedaris takes us all playfully to task for plunging into the Christmas $pirit while missing the point. For mature elves only.

Read a Review!

The Santaland Diaries
Syracuse Stage
Wendy Knox, director

Storch Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Back by popular demand: David Sedaris' perfect antidote to holiday madness. For those who like a little jeer with their Christmas cheer, The Santaland Diaries offers Crumpet, a 33-year-old starving artist turned Macy's elf. It's the most wonderful time of the year, but who would know it from the bad Santas, naughty elves, cranky kids, and pushy parents who test Crumpet's last elfin nerve. With sardonic wit, Sedaris takes us all playfully to task for plunging into the Christmas $pirit while missing the point. For mature elves only.

Read a Review!

Monday, December 28, 2015

Drawing on Talent: Members Art Show
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

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

Although generally open to the public, the program room is occasionally used for nature-themed classes and private parties. Those interested in the gallery may wish to call before their visit to be sure that the program room will not be in use when they arrive.

Machines
Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery

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

An exhibit of artworks exploring the human species love of mechanical, technical, and electronic implements.

Off the Wall Holiday Show and Sale
Associated Artists of Central New York

Price: Free
Manlius Village Library
Manlius Village Center, 1 Arkie Albanese Dr., Manlius

Annual show and sale of members' work. Pieces may be taken at time of purchase.

30th Annual Gingerbread Gallery
Erie Canal Museum

Price: $5 adults, $4 seniors, $2 children
Erie Canal Museum
318 Erie Blvd. E., Syracuse

It is that time of year again! The upstairs gallery of the Erie Canal Museum has transformed into a 1800s street scene with gingerbread creations made by professional and amateur bakers from across the region on display in storefront windows.

Joanne Balfour and Barb Schramm: Theorums and Victorian Santas
Gallery 54

Gallery 54
54 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

Both Barbara Schramm and Joanne Balfour are well known in the Central New York art community. Schramm is a painter of old-world Victorian Santas, and Joanne Balfour uses 19th-century techniques for inspiration for her theorem paintings.

Joanne Balfour was drawn to the history and type of home decorative arts done in 17th and 18th century England and America. Her theorem paintings exhibit a technique practiced by young ladies in early 19th-century American academies. Stencils were often provided by their teachers and used in various combinations by the girls to create their oil paintings or watercolors on cotton velveteen, often embellished with freehand details.

Barbara Schramm's Old World, Victorian Santas (or Father Christmases) are painted on quarter-sawn Finger Lakes sycamore, oak or pine. The reverse of each painting indicates where in the world the depicted Santa became popular.

The Santaland Diaries
Syracuse Stage
Wendy Knox, director

Storch Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Back by popular demand: David Sedaris' perfect antidote to holiday madness. For those who like a little jeer with their Christmas cheer, The Santaland Diaries offers Crumpet, a 33-year-old starving artist turned Macy's elf. It's the most wonderful time of the year, but who would know it from the bad Santas, naughty elves, cranky kids, and pushy parents who test Crumpet's last elfin nerve. With sardonic wit, Sedaris takes us all playfully to task for plunging into the Christmas $pirit while missing the point. For mature elves only.

Read a Review!

Peter Pan
Syracuse Stage
Syracuse University Drama Department
Paul Barnes, director

Archbold Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Journey to Neverland in the high-flying family musical Peter Pan. "All children grow up, except one." So begins the magical adventure that has been delighting youngsters (and oldsters) for more than 100 years. With such songs as "I'm Flying", "I Won't Grow Up," and "Never Never Land", Peter Pan delivers a musical and adventurous treat for the holiday season. Paul Barnes directs, with choreography by Anthony Salatino and musical direction by Brian Cimmet.

Lyrics by Carolyn Leigh and music by Morris "Moose" Charlap, with additional lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, additional music by Jule Styne. Based on the play by Sir James M. Barrie.

Read a Review!