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Events for Friday, May 22, 2015

9:00 AM-6:00 PM Perspective: Selections from the Light Work Collection Light Work Gallery

9:00 AM-6:00 PM Letha Wilson: Sight Specific Light Work Gallery (Read a review!)

9:00 AM-5:00 PM Syracuse Poster Project Exhibit Petit Branch Library

9:00 AM-5:00 PM The Automobile: Design Considerations and Local Manifestations Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

9:30 AM-6:00 PM The Sum of Its Parts Edgewood Gallery (Read a review!)

10:00 AM-6:00 PM Gary Metz: Quaking Aspen Light Work Gallery

10:00 AM-4:00 PM Look at What We Got! New to the OHA Collection Onondaga Historical Association

10:00 AM-4:00 PM With Open Arms: The Story of Armenians in Syracuse Onondaga Historical Association

10:00 AM-4:00 PM Lodging Landmark: The Heritage of the Hotel Syracuse Onondaga Historical Association

12:00 PM-5:00 PM Let's Play! Everson Museum of Art

12:00 PM-5:00 PM Imagine Me... Point of Contact Gallery

2:00 PM-7:00 PM Capillary Reaction: Hydrofracking and Irrevocable Loss--The Paintings of Ron Throop ArtRage Gallery

5:00 PM Cabaret Performance: Moe Harrington & Jeff Unaitis

7:00 PM Elephant & Piggie's "We Are in a Play!" Gifford Family Theatre (Read a review!)

7:30 PM Always a Bridesmaid Baldwinsville Theatre Guild (Read a review!)

8:00 PM Romeo and Juliet Central New York Playhouse (Read a review!)

8:15 PM-11:00 PM Cauleen Smith: Crow Requiem Urban Video Project

Events for Saturday, May 23, 2015

9:00 AM-5:00 PM Syracuse Poster Project Exhibit Petit Branch Library

10:00 AM-2:00 PM The Sum of Its Parts Edgewood Gallery (Read a review!)

10:00 AM-5:00 PM Let's Play! Everson Museum of Art

11:00 AM-4:00 PM Lodging Landmark: The Heritage of the Hotel Syracuse Onondaga Historical Association

11:00 AM-4:00 PM With Open Arms: The Story of Armenians in Syracuse Onondaga Historical Association

11:00 AM-4:00 PM Look at What We Got! New to the OHA Collection Onondaga Historical Association

12:00 PM-4:00 PM Capillary Reaction: Hydrofracking and Irrevocable Loss--The Paintings of Ron Throop ArtRage Gallery

12:00 PM-5:00 PM Imagine Me... Point of Contact Gallery

12:30 PM Beauty and the Beast Magic Circle Children's Theatre

1:00 PM-4:00 PM The Homeless: Paintings by Stephen Perrone Studio 24

2:00 PM Elephant & Piggie's "We Are in a Play!" Gifford Family Theatre (Read a review!)

7:30 PM Always a Bridesmaid Baldwinsville Theatre Guild (Read a review!)

8:00 PM Romeo and Juliet Central New York Playhouse (Read a review!)

8:15 PM-11:00 PM Cauleen Smith: Crow Requiem Urban Video Project

Events for Sunday, May 24, 2015

9:00 AM-6:00 PM Letha Wilson: Sight Specific Light Work Gallery (Read a review!)

9:00 AM-6:00 PM Perspective: Selections from the Light Work Collection Light Work Gallery

10:00 AM-6:00 PM Gary Metz: Quaking Aspen Light Work Gallery

11:00 AM-4:00 PM With Open Arms: The Story of Armenians in Syracuse Onondaga Historical Association

11:00 AM-4:00 PM Lodging Landmark: The Heritage of the Hotel Syracuse Onondaga Historical Association

11:00 AM-4:00 PM Look at What We Got! New to the OHA Collection Onondaga Historical Association

12:00 PM-5:00 PM Let's Play! Everson Museum of Art

1:00 PM-4:00 PM The Homeless: Paintings by Stephen Perrone Studio 24

Events for Monday, May 25, 2015

9:00 AM-6:00 PM Perspective: Selections from the Light Work Collection Light Work Gallery

9:00 AM-6:00 PM Letha Wilson: Sight Specific Light Work Gallery (Read a review!)

9:00 AM-7:30 PM Syracuse Poster Project Exhibit Petit Branch Library

Events for Tuesday, May 26, 2015

9:00 AM-6:00 PM Letha Wilson: Sight Specific Light Work Gallery (Read a review!)

9:00 AM-6:00 PM Perspective: Selections from the Light Work Collection Light Work Gallery

9:00 AM-5:00 PM Syracuse Poster Project Exhibit Petit Branch Library

9:00 AM-7:00 PM The Automobile: Design Considerations and Local Manifestations Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

9:30 AM-6:00 PM The Sum of Its Parts Edgewood Gallery (Read a review!)

10:00 AM-6:00 PM Gary Metz: Quaking Aspen Light Work Gallery

12:00 PM-5:00 PM Imagine Me... Point of Contact Gallery

8:00 PM Organissimo Westcott Theater

Events for Wednesday, May 27, 2015

9:00 AM-6:00 PM Perspective: Selections from the Light Work Collection Light Work Gallery

9:00 AM-6:00 PM Letha Wilson: Sight Specific Light Work Gallery (Read a review!)

9:00 AM-5:00 PM Syracuse Poster Project Exhibit Petit Branch Library

9:00 AM-4:00 PM Id/Ego/SuperEgo Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery

9:00 AM-5:00 PM The Automobile: Design Considerations and Local Manifestations Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

9:30 AM-6:00 PM The Sum of Its Parts Edgewood Gallery (Read a review!)

10:00 AM-6:00 PM Gary Metz: Quaking Aspen Light Work Gallery

10:00 AM-4:00 PM Look at What We Got! New to the OHA Collection Onondaga Historical Association

10:00 AM-4:00 PM Lodging Landmark: The Heritage of the Hotel Syracuse Onondaga Historical Association

10:00 AM-4:00 PM With Open Arms: The Story of Armenians in Syracuse Onondaga Historical Association

12:00 PM-5:00 PM Let's Play! Everson Museum of Art

12:00 PM-5:00 PM Imagine Me... Point of Contact Gallery

12:30 PM *CANCELLED* Joshua Corcoran, piano Civic Morning Musicals

8:00 PM *SOLD OUT* LAB Series: In the Continuum Redhouse

Events for Thursday, May 28, 2015

9:00 AM-6:00 PM Letha Wilson: Sight Specific Light Work Gallery (Read a review!)

9:00 AM-6:00 PM Perspective: Selections from the Light Work Collection Light Work Gallery

9:00 AM-7:30 PM Syracuse Poster Project Exhibit Petit Branch Library

9:00 AM-4:00 PM Id/Ego/SuperEgo Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery

9:00 AM-7:00 PM The Automobile: Design Considerations and Local Manifestations Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

9:30 AM-6:00 PM The Sum of Its Parts Edgewood Gallery (Read a review!)

10:00 AM-6:00 PM Gary Metz: Quaking Aspen Light Work Gallery

10:00 AM-4:00 PM Look at What We Got! New to the OHA Collection Onondaga Historical Association

10:00 AM-4:00 PM With Open Arms: The Story of Armenians in Syracuse Onondaga Historical Association

10:00 AM-4:00 PM Lodging Landmark: The Heritage of the Hotel Syracuse Onondaga Historical Association

12:00 PM-8:00 PM Let's Play! Everson Museum of Art

12:00 PM-5:00 PM Imagine Me... Point of Contact Gallery

6:45 PM Death Takes a Bow Acme Mystery Company

7:00 PM U.S. Air Force Rhythm in Blue Jazz Ensemble

8:00 PM LAB Series: In the Continuum Redhouse

8:30 PM-11:00 PM Cauleen Smith: Crow Requiem Urban Video Project

Events for Friday, May 29, 2015

9:00 AM-6:00 PM Perspective: Selections from the Light Work Collection Light Work Gallery

9:00 AM-6:00 PM Letha Wilson: Sight Specific Light Work Gallery (Read a review!)

9:00 AM-5:00 PM Syracuse Poster Project Exhibit Petit Branch Library

9:00 AM-4:00 PM Id/Ego/SuperEgo Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery

9:00 AM-5:00 PM The Automobile: Design Considerations and Local Manifestations Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

9:30 AM-6:00 PM The Sum of Its Parts Edgewood Gallery (Read a review!)

10:00 AM-6:00 PM Gary Metz: Quaking Aspen Light Work Gallery

10:00 AM-4:00 PM Look at What We Got! New to the OHA Collection Onondaga Historical Association

10:00 AM-4:00 PM Lodging Landmark: The Heritage of the Hotel Syracuse Onondaga Historical Association

10:00 AM-4:00 PM With Open Arms: The Story of Armenians in Syracuse Onondaga Historical Association

12:00 PM-5:00 PM Let's Play! Everson Museum of Art

12:00 PM-5:00 PM Imagine Me... Point of Contact Gallery

6:00 PM-11:00 PM Flicks Al Fresco: Ratatouille

7:30 PM Always a Bridesmaid Baldwinsville Theatre Guild (Read a review!)

8:00 PM Cabaret Series: Singer Songrwriter Cabaret Central New York Playhouse

8:00 PM Dusty Pas'cal and Friends Folkus Project

8:00 PM *SOLD OUT* LAB Series: In the Continuum Redhouse

8:00 PM Wonderful World Syracuse Gay and Lesbian Chorus

8:30 PM-11:00 PM Cauleen Smith: Crow Requiem Urban Video Project

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Friday, May 22, 2015


Art
 

9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, May 22



Perspective: Selections from the Light Work Collection
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

This exhibition features recent acquisitions from 2013 Light Work Artists-in-Residence including work by Brijesh Patel, Alexandra Demenkova, George Gittoes, John D. Freyer, Jason Eskenazi, Anouk Kruithof, Dani Leventhal, Karolina Karlic, Cecil McDonald Jr., Matt Eich, Jo Ann Walters, Ofer Wolberger, and Eric Gottesman. The artists in this exhibition are also featured in Contact Sheet 177: Light Work Annual 2014.


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9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, May 22



Letha Wilson: Sight Specific
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

Letha Wilson is a mixed media artist who was born in Honolulu, raised in Colorado, and currently lives in Brooklyn. Her outdoor excursions amongst the Rocky Mountains have placed the natural world and its photographic image at the root of her artistic interests. She earned her BFA from Syracuse University and an MFA from Hunter College in New York City. Wilson's artwork has been shown at many venues including the Bronx Museum of the Arts, Socrates Sculpture Park, Exit Art, White Box, Platform Gallery, Fredrieke Taylor Gallery, BravinLee Programs, Partipant Inc., the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Vox Populi, and Higher Pictures. In 2009 Letha was a resident at the Santa Fe Art Institute, the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, and was nominated for the Louis Comfort Tiffany Award. Wilson participated in Light Work's Artist-in-Residence program in February 2015.

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9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 22



Syracuse Poster Project Exhibit
Petit Branch Library

Petit Branch Library
105 Victoria Pl., Syracuse

The Poster Project brings together local poets and Syracuse University artists to create an annual series of poetry posters for the poster panels of downtown Syracuse. The project enlivens downtown, strengthens the city's sense of place, and reaches the larger community by selling small prints of the large posters. Each year since its founding in 2001, the project has produced 16 unique posters. Each poster features an illustrated poem about downtown, the city or nearby countryside. The annual release of the poster series in April, culminates nearly a year of work. Now see the artwork gathered at Petit!


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9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 22



The Automobile: Design Considerations and Local Manifestations
Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

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

"The Automobile" provides a sampling of the ways in which the automobile evolved in the Syracuse area and a glimpse into the innovations of some of the most significant mid-20th-century automobile designers. The centerpiece of the exhibition is the air-cooled Franklin car, the most famous of Syracuse's automobile lines, with its remarkably flexible and durable wooden frame.

The exhibition will also include drawings, sketches, and photographs from SCRC's industrial design collections by designers Howard A. Darrin, Claude Hill, Raymond Loewy, Budd Steinhilber, and Walter Dorwin Teague. Darrin was known for his designs for exotic luxury and sports cars. Claude Hill created some important concept car designs, while Raymond Loewy's photographs document a number of striking Studebaker model designs. Budd Steinhilber was a member of the design team for the revolutionary rear-engine 1948 Tucker automobile, and Walter Dorwin Teague designed for both the Ford Motor Company and the Marmon Motor Company.


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9:30 AM - 6:00 PM, May 22



The Sum of Its Parts
Edgewood Gallery

Price: Free
Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Evamaria Hardin: metal sculpture and mixed media wall hangings
Ann Skiold: abstract oil paintings and paper collage using watercolor and mixed media
Susan Machamer,"Puzzle Wear" series: wearable, interactive jewelry using sterling silver, gold and gemstones

Read a review!


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10:00 AM - 6:00 PM, May 22



Gary Metz: Quaking Aspen
Light Work Gallery

Price: Free
Robert B. Menschel Photography Gallery
Schine Student Center, 306 University Ave., Syracuse

In the 1970s, the late photographer and educator Gary Metz generated a significant body of work that was very much in the spirit of the times. Metz's "Quaking Aspen: A Lyric Complaint" challenged the first 100 years of landscape photography, which had placed a major emphasis on depicting nature as sublime, heroic and unspoiled. Unlike previous photographers who glorified nature, Metz and his contemporaries wrenched photography out of the national parks and replaced the scenic with the vernacular of the everyday American landscape.

A number of Metz's colleagues received wide recognition for their similar investigations culminating in the seminal 1975 exhibition "The New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape" at the Museum of Photography at the George Eastman House. Metz never received the same level of acknowledgement. Now, 40 years later, his "Quaking Aspen: A Lyric Complaint" is as powerful and relevant as ever, resonating with current interests in ecology and the everyday landscape.

Metz spent the month of August 1985 as an artist-in-residence at Light Work. Metz was the was a professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder; director of Education at the International Center of Photography; and head of the photography department at the Rhode Island School of Design. He received NEA fellowships in photography in 1972 and 1980, and is represented in various collections including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, George Eastman House in Rochester, the National Gallery of Canada, and the Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester.


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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, May 22



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.


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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, May 22



With Open Arms: The Story of Armenians in Syracuse
Onondaga Historical Association

Price: Free
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Syracuse's rich Armenian history is a little known story that can be discovered in this exhibit.

Syracuse has a long historical legacy with the people of Armenia. There is a vibrant community here today of Armenian-Americans, some recent arrivals and others whose ancestors came to Central New York in the late 19th century.

This year, 2015, holds special significance for that community because of the atrocities Armenian suffered in their homeland, inside the Ottoman Empire, 100 years ago during World War I. Those hardships led many Armenian families to relocate to Syracuse, where there already was a small but vigorous Armenian community. After World War I, Syracuse Armenians were also active participants with international efforts to establish an independent Armenian nation. That would not become reality, however, until 1992 with the breakup of the Soviet Union.

The exhibit will feature many images and artifacts that explore the saga of the local Armenian community from the 1890s to the present:
* The assistance that local Syracusans, such as SU Chancellor James Day played in helping Armenian refugees
* Businesses and industries that Armenians created here
* The importance of their religious and social identity
* Involvement that Syracuse Armenians had with national leaders in trying to establish an independent Armenia in 1918-1920


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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, May 22



Lodging Landmark: The Heritage of the Hotel Syracuse
Onondaga Historical Association

Price: Free
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

The exhibit will feature 20 framed images along with a small selection of original archival items and artifacts. Fourteen historic images will be drawn from the extensive photographic files on the hotel maintained in the OHA's permanent collection. These range from a 1923 view of construction to the 1948 interior of the famous Rainbow Lounge, along with historic scenes of the Cavalier Room, the Persian Terrace and other locations from its heyday. Additionally, there will be a half-dozen recent interior images taken this year by professional photographer Bruce Harvey. These show that the hotel still maintains an irreplaceable majesty despite years of faded glory. The hotel, which opened in 1924, has been closed and dormant for several years but a new owner has begun a massive project to renovate it for the future while restoring its grand architecture.


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, May 22



Let's Play!
Everson Museum of Art

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

"Let's Play!" presents a selection of ceramic works from the Everson's renowned collection that embodies a playful spirit, whether through subject or form. Spanning more than 60 years, the works on view represent a vast diversity of ceramic materials, techniques, styles, and forms utilized by some of the most influential international practitioners of the medium. Reflecting the often colorful, humorous, and whimsical imaginations of the artists, these works remind us that play is a critical part of the creative process and that art can also make us smile.


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, May 22



Imagine Me...
Point of Contact Gallery

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

Imagine Me... is a showcase of original children's stories, music and illustration.

Thirty-five young talents from the West Side neighborhood of Syracuse are the featured authors, illustrators and composers. This event is the culmination of Point of Contact's art education program, EL PUNTO Art Studio, an interdisciplinary arts program offered to local youths at no cost every spring since 2010.

Imagine Me... is the result of a 6-week contemporary art workshop where children explored themes related to identity and imagination. The show will include a collection of 65 watercolor pieces: self-portraits and illustrations created for original stories written and narrated by the children. The exhibit includes a sound installation in the Vault area of the gallery, where visitors will be able to listen in on the children's narrations of their own original stories, accompanied by their own music scores composed especially for each of those stories.


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2:00 PM - 7:00 PM, May 22



Capillary Reaction: Hydrofracking and Irrevocable Loss--The Paintings of Ron Throop
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

Hailing from Oswego, Ron Throop is a prolific expressionist painter. This exhibition is selected from his ongoing Fracking Series. Throop began painting on the subject in 2009, concerned that the process of hydraulic fracturing of the Marcellus Shale for natural gas has the potential of poisoning the groundwater for hundreds of thousands of people for many generations. He says, "Art and artists must take up the moral torch. We have the ability to create an imagined memory before it's too late to turn back. The 21st century artist has a mission to make sense common once again."


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8:15 PM - 11:00 PM, May 22



Cauleen Smith: Crow Requiem
Urban Video Project

Everson Museum of Art Plaza
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Crows are well known for their mythological reputation as tricksters and harbingers of death, but less for the reality that they are creatures of remarkable intelligence who lead complex social lives. Cauleen Smith became fascinated by these misunderstood animals when she noticed the massive flock of crows roosting outside her bedroom window during her artist residency at Light Work. She learned that the native population of crows circulates between Syracuse and nearby Auburn; and that this migration is partly in response to harassment and, at times, state-sanctioned violence at the hands of a human population who view them as a nuisance.

Smith interweaves the figure of the crow through the histories of these two cities, both of which were key stations on the Underground Railroad and innovators in early cinematic and 3D optical technologies. "Crow Requiem" connects this history to recent and ongoing violence against people of color at the hands of the state. Shot on location in Central New York, and featuring selections from Onondaga Historical Association's extensive archive of 19th-century stereoscopic images.


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Theater
 

5:00 PM, May 22



Cabaret Performance: Moe Harrington & Jeff Unaitis

Price: Donation
Q Center @ AIDS Community Resources
627 W. Genesee St., Syracuse

If you missed the sold-out performances benefiting ArtRage at the Bear Garden in March, then come see Jeff Unaitis & Moe Harrington for a one-night-only repeat performance, this time benefiting ACR Health, the Q Center, and the AIDS Walk/Run. Come early for cupcakes and champagne at 5:00, with an hour-long performance to follow. You'll laugh, you'll cry...It's better than Cats!


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7:00 PM, May 22



Elephant & Piggie's "We Are in a Play!"
Gifford Family Theatre

Coyne Center for the Performing Arts
LeMoyne College, Syracuse

The new smash hit children's musical commissioned and first produced by the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, We Are in a Play! is based on several of the books in the popular and award-winning Elephant & Piggie children's book series written by Mo Willems. This rollicking musical adventure featuring beloved characters and lively songs is sure to delight audiences of all ages.

With book and lyrics by Mo Willems and music by Deborah Wicks Le Puma, this vaudevillian romp features best, best, "bestus" friends Gerald and Piggie singing and dancing their way through plenty of pachydermal peril and swiney suspense.

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7:30 PM, May 22



Always a Bridesmaid
Baldwinsville Theatre Guild
Jon Barden, director

First Presbyterian Church of Baldwinsville
64 Oswego St., Baldwinsville

In this hilarious comedic romp, four friends have sworn to keep the promise they made on the night of their Senior Prom: to be in each other's weddings ... no matter what. More than 30 years later, these Southern friends-for-life are still making "the long walk" for each other, determined to honor that vow.

Libby Ruth, the hopeful romantic with the perfect marriage, believes—in spite of all evidence to the contrary—that her friends can find the very same happiness. Headstrong Deedra's "rock-solid" union hangs by a thread when she discovers her husband of many years not only has a wandering eye, but the hands to match. Monette, flashy, high-spirited and self-involved, continues to test her friends' love and patience with all-too-frequent trips down the aisle. And salt-of-the-earth, tree-hugging Charlie discovers—the hard way—that marital bliss is not the end of her rainbow and panics in outrageous style when the opportunity presents itself.

Hop on this marriage-go-round for a laugh-out-loud journey with these beleaguered bridesmaids as they navigate the choppy waters of love and matrimony.

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8:00 PM, May 22



Romeo and Juliet
Central New York Playhouse
Daniel Rowlands, director

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

In William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, a long feud between the Montague and Capulet families disrupts the city of Verona and causes tragic results for Romeo and Juliet. Revenge, love, and a secret marriage force the young star-crossed lovers to grow up quickly--and fate causes them to commit suicide in despair. Contrast and conflict are running themes this play--one of the Bard's most popular romantic tragedies.

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Saturday, May 23, 2015


Art
 

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 23



Syracuse Poster Project Exhibit
Petit Branch Library

Petit Branch Library
105 Victoria Pl., Syracuse

The Poster Project brings together local poets and Syracuse University artists to create an annual series of poetry posters for the poster panels of downtown Syracuse. The project enlivens downtown, strengthens the city's sense of place, and reaches the larger community by selling small prints of the large posters. Each year since its founding in 2001, the project has produced 16 unique posters. Each poster features an illustrated poem about downtown, the city or nearby countryside. The annual release of the poster series in April, culminates nearly a year of work. Now see the artwork gathered at Petit!


Back to list
 

 

10:00 AM - 2:00 PM, May 23



The Sum of Its Parts
Edgewood Gallery

Price: Free
Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Evamaria Hardin: metal sculpture and mixed media wall hangings
Ann Skiold: abstract oil paintings and paper collage using watercolor and mixed media
Susan Machamer,"Puzzle Wear" series: wearable, interactive jewelry using sterling silver, gold and gemstones

Read a review!


Back to list
 

 

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 23



Let's Play!
Everson Museum of Art

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

"Let's Play!" presents a selection of ceramic works from the Everson's renowned collection that embodies a playful spirit, whether through subject or form. Spanning more than 60 years, the works on view represent a vast diversity of ceramic materials, techniques, styles, and forms utilized by some of the most influential international practitioners of the medium. Reflecting the often colorful, humorous, and whimsical imaginations of the artists, these works remind us that play is a critical part of the creative process and that art can also make us smile.


Back to list
 

 

11:00 AM - 4:00 PM, May 23



Lodging Landmark: The Heritage of the Hotel Syracuse
Onondaga Historical Association

Price: Free
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

The exhibit will feature 20 framed images along with a small selection of original archival items and artifacts. Fourteen historic images will be drawn from the extensive photographic files on the hotel maintained in the OHA's permanent collection. These range from a 1923 view of construction to the 1948 interior of the famous Rainbow Lounge, along with historic scenes of the Cavalier Room, the Persian Terrace and other locations from its heyday. Additionally, there will be a half-dozen recent interior images taken this year by professional photographer Bruce Harvey. These show that the hotel still maintains an irreplaceable majesty despite years of faded glory. The hotel, which opened in 1924, has been closed and dormant for several years but a new owner has begun a massive project to renovate it for the future while restoring its grand architecture.


Back to list
 

 

11:00 AM - 4:00 PM, May 23



With Open Arms: The Story of Armenians in Syracuse
Onondaga Historical Association

Price: Free
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Syracuse's rich Armenian history is a little known story that can be discovered in this exhibit.

Syracuse has a long historical legacy with the people of Armenia. There is a vibrant community here today of Armenian-Americans, some recent arrivals and others whose ancestors came to Central New York in the late 19th century.

This year, 2015, holds special significance for that community because of the atrocities Armenian suffered in their homeland, inside the Ottoman Empire, 100 years ago during World War I. Those hardships led many Armenian families to relocate to Syracuse, where there already was a small but vigorous Armenian community. After World War I, Syracuse Armenians were also active participants with international efforts to establish an independent Armenian nation. That would not become reality, however, until 1992 with the breakup of the Soviet Union.

The exhibit will feature many images and artifacts that explore the saga of the local Armenian community from the 1890s to the present:
* The assistance that local Syracusans, such as SU Chancellor James Day played in helping Armenian refugees
* Businesses and industries that Armenians created here
* The importance of their religious and social identity
* Involvement that Syracuse Armenians had with national leaders in trying to establish an independent Armenia in 1918-1920


Back to list
 

 

11:00 AM - 4:00 PM, May 23



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.


Back to list
 

 

12:00 PM - 4:00 PM, May 23



Capillary Reaction: Hydrofracking and Irrevocable Loss--The Paintings of Ron Throop
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

Hailing from Oswego, Ron Throop is a prolific expressionist painter. This exhibition is selected from his ongoing Fracking Series. Throop began painting on the subject in 2009, concerned that the process of hydraulic fracturing of the Marcellus Shale for natural gas has the potential of poisoning the groundwater for hundreds of thousands of people for many generations. He says, "Art and artists must take up the moral torch. We have the ability to create an imagined memory before it's too late to turn back. The 21st century artist has a mission to make sense common once again."


Back to list
 

 

12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, May 23



Imagine Me...
Point of Contact Gallery

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

Imagine Me... is a showcase of original children's stories, music and illustration.

Thirty-five young talents from the West Side neighborhood of Syracuse are the featured authors, illustrators and composers. This event is the culmination of Point of Contact's art education program, EL PUNTO Art Studio, an interdisciplinary arts program offered to local youths at no cost every spring since 2010.

Imagine Me... is the result of a 6-week contemporary art workshop where children explored themes related to identity and imagination. The show will include a collection of 65 watercolor pieces: self-portraits and illustrations created for original stories written and narrated by the children. The exhibit includes a sound installation in the Vault area of the gallery, where visitors will be able to listen in on the children's narrations of their own original stories, accompanied by their own music scores composed especially for each of those stories.


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1:00 PM - 4:00 PM, May 23



The Homeless: Paintings by Stephen Perrone
Studio 24

Price: Free
Studio 24
433 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

Stephen Perrone's paintings reflect the hardships that confront homeless peoples experiencing isolation while still recognizing the hopes and dreams of each individual.

Gallery open other times by appointment.


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8:15 PM - 11:00 PM, May 23



Cauleen Smith: Crow Requiem
Urban Video Project

Everson Museum of Art Plaza
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Crows are well known for their mythological reputation as tricksters and harbingers of death, but less for the reality that they are creatures of remarkable intelligence who lead complex social lives. Cauleen Smith became fascinated by these misunderstood animals when she noticed the massive flock of crows roosting outside her bedroom window during her artist residency at Light Work. She learned that the native population of crows circulates between Syracuse and nearby Auburn; and that this migration is partly in response to harassment and, at times, state-sanctioned violence at the hands of a human population who view them as a nuisance.

Smith interweaves the figure of the crow through the histories of these two cities, both of which were key stations on the Underground Railroad and innovators in early cinematic and 3D optical technologies. "Crow Requiem" connects this history to recent and ongoing violence against people of color at the hands of the state. Shot on location in Central New York, and featuring selections from Onondaga Historical Association's extensive archive of 19th-century stereoscopic images.


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Theater
 

12:30 PM, May 23



Beauty and the Beast
Magic Circle Children's Theatre

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

Interactive retelling of the classic children's story.


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2:00 PM, May 23



Elephant & Piggie's "We Are in a Play!"
Gifford Family Theatre

Coyne Center for the Performing Arts
LeMoyne College, Syracuse

The new smash hit children's musical commissioned and first produced by the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, We Are in a Play! is based on several of the books in the popular and award-winning Elephant & Piggie children's book series written by Mo Willems. This rollicking musical adventure featuring beloved characters and lively songs is sure to delight audiences of all ages.

With book and lyrics by Mo Willems and music by Deborah Wicks Le Puma, this vaudevillian romp features best, best, "bestus" friends Gerald and Piggie singing and dancing their way through plenty of pachydermal peril and swiney suspense.

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7:30 PM, May 23



Always a Bridesmaid
Baldwinsville Theatre Guild
Jon Barden, director

First Presbyterian Church of Baldwinsville
64 Oswego St., Baldwinsville

In this hilarious comedic romp, four friends have sworn to keep the promise they made on the night of their Senior Prom: to be in each other's weddings ... no matter what. More than 30 years later, these Southern friends-for-life are still making "the long walk" for each other, determined to honor that vow.

Libby Ruth, the hopeful romantic with the perfect marriage, believes—in spite of all evidence to the contrary—that her friends can find the very same happiness. Headstrong Deedra's "rock-solid" union hangs by a thread when she discovers her husband of many years not only has a wandering eye, but the hands to match. Monette, flashy, high-spirited and self-involved, continues to test her friends' love and patience with all-too-frequent trips down the aisle. And salt-of-the-earth, tree-hugging Charlie discovers—the hard way—that marital bliss is not the end of her rainbow and panics in outrageous style when the opportunity presents itself.

Hop on this marriage-go-round for a laugh-out-loud journey with these beleaguered bridesmaids as they navigate the choppy waters of love and matrimony.

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8:00 PM, May 23



Romeo and Juliet
Central New York Playhouse
Daniel Rowlands, director

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

In William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, a long feud between the Montague and Capulet families disrupts the city of Verona and causes tragic results for Romeo and Juliet. Revenge, love, and a secret marriage force the young star-crossed lovers to grow up quickly--and fate causes them to commit suicide in despair. Contrast and conflict are running themes this play--one of the Bard's most popular romantic tragedies.

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Sunday, May 24, 2015


Art
 

9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, May 24



Letha Wilson: Sight Specific
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

Letha Wilson is a mixed media artist who was born in Honolulu, raised in Colorado, and currently lives in Brooklyn. Her outdoor excursions amongst the Rocky Mountains have placed the natural world and its photographic image at the root of her artistic interests. She earned her BFA from Syracuse University and an MFA from Hunter College in New York City. Wilson's artwork has been shown at many venues including the Bronx Museum of the Arts, Socrates Sculpture Park, Exit Art, White Box, Platform Gallery, Fredrieke Taylor Gallery, BravinLee Programs, Partipant Inc., the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Vox Populi, and Higher Pictures. In 2009 Letha was a resident at the Santa Fe Art Institute, the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, and was nominated for the Louis Comfort Tiffany Award. Wilson participated in Light Work's Artist-in-Residence program in February 2015.

Read a review!


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9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, May 24



Perspective: Selections from the Light Work Collection
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

This exhibition features recent acquisitions from 2013 Light Work Artists-in-Residence including work by Brijesh Patel, Alexandra Demenkova, George Gittoes, John D. Freyer, Jason Eskenazi, Anouk Kruithof, Dani Leventhal, Karolina Karlic, Cecil McDonald Jr., Matt Eich, Jo Ann Walters, Ofer Wolberger, and Eric Gottesman. The artists in this exhibition are also featured in Contact Sheet 177: Light Work Annual 2014.


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10:00 AM - 6:00 PM, May 24



Gary Metz: Quaking Aspen
Light Work Gallery

Price: Free
Robert B. Menschel Photography Gallery
Schine Student Center, 306 University Ave., Syracuse

In the 1970s, the late photographer and educator Gary Metz generated a significant body of work that was very much in the spirit of the times. Metz's "Quaking Aspen: A Lyric Complaint" challenged the first 100 years of landscape photography, which had placed a major emphasis on depicting nature as sublime, heroic and unspoiled. Unlike previous photographers who glorified nature, Metz and his contemporaries wrenched photography out of the national parks and replaced the scenic with the vernacular of the everyday American landscape.

A number of Metz's colleagues received wide recognition for their similar investigations culminating in the seminal 1975 exhibition "The New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape" at the Museum of Photography at the George Eastman House. Metz never received the same level of acknowledgement. Now, 40 years later, his "Quaking Aspen: A Lyric Complaint" is as powerful and relevant as ever, resonating with current interests in ecology and the everyday landscape.

Metz spent the month of August 1985 as an artist-in-residence at Light Work. Metz was the was a professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder; director of Education at the International Center of Photography; and head of the photography department at the Rhode Island School of Design. He received NEA fellowships in photography in 1972 and 1980, and is represented in various collections including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, George Eastman House in Rochester, the National Gallery of Canada, and the Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester.


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11:00 AM - 4:00 PM, May 24



With Open Arms: The Story of Armenians in Syracuse
Onondaga Historical Association

Price: Free
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Syracuse's rich Armenian history is a little known story that can be discovered in this exhibit.

Syracuse has a long historical legacy with the people of Armenia. There is a vibrant community here today of Armenian-Americans, some recent arrivals and others whose ancestors came to Central New York in the late 19th century.

This year, 2015, holds special significance for that community because of the atrocities Armenian suffered in their homeland, inside the Ottoman Empire, 100 years ago during World War I. Those hardships led many Armenian families to relocate to Syracuse, where there already was a small but vigorous Armenian community. After World War I, Syracuse Armenians were also active participants with international efforts to establish an independent Armenian nation. That would not become reality, however, until 1992 with the breakup of the Soviet Union.

The exhibit will feature many images and artifacts that explore the saga of the local Armenian community from the 1890s to the present:
* The assistance that local Syracusans, such as SU Chancellor James Day played in helping Armenian refugees
* Businesses and industries that Armenians created here
* The importance of their religious and social identity
* Involvement that Syracuse Armenians had with national leaders in trying to establish an independent Armenia in 1918-1920


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11:00 AM - 4:00 PM, May 24



Lodging Landmark: The Heritage of the Hotel Syracuse
Onondaga Historical Association

Price: Free
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

The exhibit will feature 20 framed images along with a small selection of original archival items and artifacts. Fourteen historic images will be drawn from the extensive photographic files on the hotel maintained in the OHA's permanent collection. These range from a 1923 view of construction to the 1948 interior of the famous Rainbow Lounge, along with historic scenes of the Cavalier Room, the Persian Terrace and other locations from its heyday. Additionally, there will be a half-dozen recent interior images taken this year by professional photographer Bruce Harvey. These show that the hotel still maintains an irreplaceable majesty despite years of faded glory. The hotel, which opened in 1924, has been closed and dormant for several years but a new owner has begun a massive project to renovate it for the future while restoring its grand architecture.


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11:00 AM - 4:00 PM, May 24



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.


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, May 24



Let's Play!
Everson Museum of Art

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

"Let's Play!" presents a selection of ceramic works from the Everson's renowned collection that embodies a playful spirit, whether through subject or form. Spanning more than 60 years, the works on view represent a vast diversity of ceramic materials, techniques, styles, and forms utilized by some of the most influential international practitioners of the medium. Reflecting the often colorful, humorous, and whimsical imaginations of the artists, these works remind us that play is a critical part of the creative process and that art can also make us smile.


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1:00 PM - 4:00 PM, May 24



The Homeless: Paintings by Stephen Perrone
Studio 24

Price: Free
Studio 24
433 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

Stephen Perrone's paintings reflect the hardships that confront homeless peoples experiencing isolation while still recognizing the hopes and dreams of each individual.

Gallery open other times by appointment.


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Monday, May 25, 2015


Art
 

9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, May 25



Perspective: Selections from the Light Work Collection
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

This exhibition features recent acquisitions from 2013 Light Work Artists-in-Residence including work by Brijesh Patel, Alexandra Demenkova, George Gittoes, John D. Freyer, Jason Eskenazi, Anouk Kruithof, Dani Leventhal, Karolina Karlic, Cecil McDonald Jr., Matt Eich, Jo Ann Walters, Ofer Wolberger, and Eric Gottesman. The artists in this exhibition are also featured in Contact Sheet 177: Light Work Annual 2014.


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9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, May 25



Letha Wilson: Sight Specific
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

Letha Wilson is a mixed media artist who was born in Honolulu, raised in Colorado, and currently lives in Brooklyn. Her outdoor excursions amongst the Rocky Mountains have placed the natural world and its photographic image at the root of her artistic interests. She earned her BFA from Syracuse University and an MFA from Hunter College in New York City. Wilson's artwork has been shown at many venues including the Bronx Museum of the Arts, Socrates Sculpture Park, Exit Art, White Box, Platform Gallery, Fredrieke Taylor Gallery, BravinLee Programs, Partipant Inc., the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Vox Populi, and Higher Pictures. In 2009 Letha was a resident at the Santa Fe Art Institute, the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, and was nominated for the Louis Comfort Tiffany Award. Wilson participated in Light Work's Artist-in-Residence program in February 2015.

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9:00 AM - 7:30 PM, May 25



Syracuse Poster Project Exhibit
Petit Branch Library

Petit Branch Library
105 Victoria Pl., Syracuse

The Poster Project brings together local poets and Syracuse University artists to create an annual series of poetry posters for the poster panels of downtown Syracuse. The project enlivens downtown, strengthens the city's sense of place, and reaches the larger community by selling small prints of the large posters. Each year since its founding in 2001, the project has produced 16 unique posters. Each poster features an illustrated poem about downtown, the city or nearby countryside. The annual release of the poster series in April, culminates nearly a year of work. Now see the artwork gathered at Petit!


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Tuesday, May 26, 2015


Art
 

9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, May 26



Letha Wilson: Sight Specific
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

Letha Wilson is a mixed media artist who was born in Honolulu, raised in Colorado, and currently lives in Brooklyn. Her outdoor excursions amongst the Rocky Mountains have placed the natural world and its photographic image at the root of her artistic interests. She earned her BFA from Syracuse University and an MFA from Hunter College in New York City. Wilson's artwork has been shown at many venues including the Bronx Museum of the Arts, Socrates Sculpture Park, Exit Art, White Box, Platform Gallery, Fredrieke Taylor Gallery, BravinLee Programs, Partipant Inc., the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Vox Populi, and Higher Pictures. In 2009 Letha was a resident at the Santa Fe Art Institute, the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, and was nominated for the Louis Comfort Tiffany Award. Wilson participated in Light Work's Artist-in-Residence program in February 2015.

Read a review!


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9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, May 26



Perspective: Selections from the Light Work Collection
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

This exhibition features recent acquisitions from 2013 Light Work Artists-in-Residence including work by Brijesh Patel, Alexandra Demenkova, George Gittoes, John D. Freyer, Jason Eskenazi, Anouk Kruithof, Dani Leventhal, Karolina Karlic, Cecil McDonald Jr., Matt Eich, Jo Ann Walters, Ofer Wolberger, and Eric Gottesman. The artists in this exhibition are also featured in Contact Sheet 177: Light Work Annual 2014.


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9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 26



Syracuse Poster Project Exhibit
Petit Branch Library

Petit Branch Library
105 Victoria Pl., Syracuse

The Poster Project brings together local poets and Syracuse University artists to create an annual series of poetry posters for the poster panels of downtown Syracuse. The project enlivens downtown, strengthens the city's sense of place, and reaches the larger community by selling small prints of the large posters. Each year since its founding in 2001, the project has produced 16 unique posters. Each poster features an illustrated poem about downtown, the city or nearby countryside. The annual release of the poster series in April, culminates nearly a year of work. Now see the artwork gathered at Petit!


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9:00 AM - 7:00 PM, May 26



The Automobile: Design Considerations and Local Manifestations
Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

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

"The Automobile" provides a sampling of the ways in which the automobile evolved in the Syracuse area and a glimpse into the innovations of some of the most significant mid-20th-century automobile designers. The centerpiece of the exhibition is the air-cooled Franklin car, the most famous of Syracuse's automobile lines, with its remarkably flexible and durable wooden frame.

The exhibition will also include drawings, sketches, and photographs from SCRC's industrial design collections by designers Howard A. Darrin, Claude Hill, Raymond Loewy, Budd Steinhilber, and Walter Dorwin Teague. Darrin was known for his designs for exotic luxury and sports cars. Claude Hill created some important concept car designs, while Raymond Loewy's photographs document a number of striking Studebaker model designs. Budd Steinhilber was a member of the design team for the revolutionary rear-engine 1948 Tucker automobile, and Walter Dorwin Teague designed for both the Ford Motor Company and the Marmon Motor Company.


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9:30 AM - 6:00 PM, May 26



The Sum of Its Parts
Edgewood Gallery

Price: Free
Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Evamaria Hardin: metal sculpture and mixed media wall hangings
Ann Skiold: abstract oil paintings and paper collage using watercolor and mixed media
Susan Machamer,"Puzzle Wear" series: wearable, interactive jewelry using sterling silver, gold and gemstones

Read a review!


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10:00 AM - 6:00 PM, May 26



Gary Metz: Quaking Aspen
Light Work Gallery

Price: Free
Robert B. Menschel Photography Gallery
Schine Student Center, 306 University Ave., Syracuse

In the 1970s, the late photographer and educator Gary Metz generated a significant body of work that was very much in the spirit of the times. Metz's "Quaking Aspen: A Lyric Complaint" challenged the first 100 years of landscape photography, which had placed a major emphasis on depicting nature as sublime, heroic and unspoiled. Unlike previous photographers who glorified nature, Metz and his contemporaries wrenched photography out of the national parks and replaced the scenic with the vernacular of the everyday American landscape.

A number of Metz's colleagues received wide recognition for their similar investigations culminating in the seminal 1975 exhibition "The New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape" at the Museum of Photography at the George Eastman House. Metz never received the same level of acknowledgement. Now, 40 years later, his "Quaking Aspen: A Lyric Complaint" is as powerful and relevant as ever, resonating with current interests in ecology and the everyday landscape.

Metz spent the month of August 1985 as an artist-in-residence at Light Work. Metz was the was a professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder; director of Education at the International Center of Photography; and head of the photography department at the Rhode Island School of Design. He received NEA fellowships in photography in 1972 and 1980, and is represented in various collections including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, George Eastman House in Rochester, the National Gallery of Canada, and the Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester.


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, May 26



Imagine Me...
Point of Contact Gallery

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

Imagine Me... is a showcase of original children's stories, music and illustration.

Thirty-five young talents from the West Side neighborhood of Syracuse are the featured authors, illustrators and composers. This event is the culmination of Point of Contact's art education program, EL PUNTO Art Studio, an interdisciplinary arts program offered to local youths at no cost every spring since 2010.

Imagine Me... is the result of a 6-week contemporary art workshop where children explored themes related to identity and imagination. The show will include a collection of 65 watercolor pieces: self-portraits and illustrations created for original stories written and narrated by the children. The exhibit includes a sound installation in the Vault area of the gallery, where visitors will be able to listen in on the children's narrations of their own original stories, accompanied by their own music scores composed especially for each of those stories.


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Music
 

8:00 PM, May 26



Organissimo
Westcott Theater

Westcott Theater
524 Westcott St., Syracuse


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Wednesday, May 27, 2015


Art
 

9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, May 27



Perspective: Selections from the Light Work Collection
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

This exhibition features recent acquisitions from 2013 Light Work Artists-in-Residence including work by Brijesh Patel, Alexandra Demenkova, George Gittoes, John D. Freyer, Jason Eskenazi, Anouk Kruithof, Dani Leventhal, Karolina Karlic, Cecil McDonald Jr., Matt Eich, Jo Ann Walters, Ofer Wolberger, and Eric Gottesman. The artists in this exhibition are also featured in Contact Sheet 177: Light Work Annual 2014.


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9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, May 27



Letha Wilson: Sight Specific
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

Letha Wilson is a mixed media artist who was born in Honolulu, raised in Colorado, and currently lives in Brooklyn. Her outdoor excursions amongst the Rocky Mountains have placed the natural world and its photographic image at the root of her artistic interests. She earned her BFA from Syracuse University and an MFA from Hunter College in New York City. Wilson's artwork has been shown at many venues including the Bronx Museum of the Arts, Socrates Sculpture Park, Exit Art, White Box, Platform Gallery, Fredrieke Taylor Gallery, BravinLee Programs, Partipant Inc., the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Vox Populi, and Higher Pictures. In 2009 Letha was a resident at the Santa Fe Art Institute, the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, and was nominated for the Louis Comfort Tiffany Award. Wilson participated in Light Work's Artist-in-Residence program in February 2015.

Read a review!


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9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 27



Syracuse Poster Project Exhibit
Petit Branch Library

Petit Branch Library
105 Victoria Pl., Syracuse

The Poster Project brings together local poets and Syracuse University artists to create an annual series of poetry posters for the poster panels of downtown Syracuse. The project enlivens downtown, strengthens the city's sense of place, and reaches the larger community by selling small prints of the large posters. Each year since its founding in 2001, the project has produced 16 unique posters. Each poster features an illustrated poem about downtown, the city or nearby countryside. The annual release of the poster series in April, culminates nearly a year of work. Now see the artwork gathered at Petit!


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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM, May 27



Id/Ego/SuperEgo
Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery

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

Art exploring the psychological self, featuring works by Julie Angerosa, Lauren Bristol, Kathy Donovan, Christopher Farrell, Cathy Marsh, Jenn Massi, Jenna North, Flora May Nyland, Steve Nyland, Marc-Anthony Polizzi, Beth Post, Timothy Rand, Steven Specht, James Thatcher, Tony Thompson, Jonathan Vaughn, Kayla Cady Vaughn, and Catherine Wright.


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9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 27



The Automobile: Design Considerations and Local Manifestations
Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

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

"The Automobile" provides a sampling of the ways in which the automobile evolved in the Syracuse area and a glimpse into the innovations of some of the most significant mid-20th-century automobile designers. The centerpiece of the exhibition is the air-cooled Franklin car, the most famous of Syracuse's automobile lines, with its remarkably flexible and durable wooden frame.

The exhibition will also include drawings, sketches, and photographs from SCRC's industrial design collections by designers Howard A. Darrin, Claude Hill, Raymond Loewy, Budd Steinhilber, and Walter Dorwin Teague. Darrin was known for his designs for exotic luxury and sports cars. Claude Hill created some important concept car designs, while Raymond Loewy's photographs document a number of striking Studebaker model designs. Budd Steinhilber was a member of the design team for the revolutionary rear-engine 1948 Tucker automobile, and Walter Dorwin Teague designed for both the Ford Motor Company and the Marmon Motor Company.


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9:30 AM - 6:00 PM, May 27



The Sum of Its Parts
Edgewood Gallery

Price: Free
Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Evamaria Hardin: metal sculpture and mixed media wall hangings
Ann Skiold: abstract oil paintings and paper collage using watercolor and mixed media
Susan Machamer,"Puzzle Wear" series: wearable, interactive jewelry using sterling silver, gold and gemstones

Read a review!


Back to list
 

 

10:00 AM - 6:00 PM, May 27



Gary Metz: Quaking Aspen
Light Work Gallery

Price: Free
Robert B. Menschel Photography Gallery
Schine Student Center, 306 University Ave., Syracuse

In the 1970s, the late photographer and educator Gary Metz generated a significant body of work that was very much in the spirit of the times. Metz's "Quaking Aspen: A Lyric Complaint" challenged the first 100 years of landscape photography, which had placed a major emphasis on depicting nature as sublime, heroic and unspoiled. Unlike previous photographers who glorified nature, Metz and his contemporaries wrenched photography out of the national parks and replaced the scenic with the vernacular of the everyday American landscape.

A number of Metz's colleagues received wide recognition for their similar investigations culminating in the seminal 1975 exhibition "The New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape" at the Museum of Photography at the George Eastman House. Metz never received the same level of acknowledgement. Now, 40 years later, his "Quaking Aspen: A Lyric Complaint" is as powerful and relevant as ever, resonating with current interests in ecology and the everyday landscape.

Metz spent the month of August 1985 as an artist-in-residence at Light Work. Metz was the was a professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder; director of Education at the International Center of Photography; and head of the photography department at the Rhode Island School of Design. He received NEA fellowships in photography in 1972 and 1980, and is represented in various collections including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, George Eastman House in Rochester, the National Gallery of Canada, and the Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester.


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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, May 27



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.


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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, May 27



Lodging Landmark: The Heritage of the Hotel Syracuse
Onondaga Historical Association

Price: Free
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

The exhibit will feature 20 framed images along with a small selection of original archival items and artifacts. Fourteen historic images will be drawn from the extensive photographic files on the hotel maintained in the OHA's permanent collection. These range from a 1923 view of construction to the 1948 interior of the famous Rainbow Lounge, along with historic scenes of the Cavalier Room, the Persian Terrace and other locations from its heyday. Additionally, there will be a half-dozen recent interior images taken this year by professional photographer Bruce Harvey. These show that the hotel still maintains an irreplaceable majesty despite years of faded glory. The hotel, which opened in 1924, has been closed and dormant for several years but a new owner has begun a massive project to renovate it for the future while restoring its grand architecture.


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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, May 27



With Open Arms: The Story of Armenians in Syracuse
Onondaga Historical Association

Price: Free
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Syracuse's rich Armenian history is a little known story that can be discovered in this exhibit.

Syracuse has a long historical legacy with the people of Armenia. There is a vibrant community here today of Armenian-Americans, some recent arrivals and others whose ancestors came to Central New York in the late 19th century.

This year, 2015, holds special significance for that community because of the atrocities Armenian suffered in their homeland, inside the Ottoman Empire, 100 years ago during World War I. Those hardships led many Armenian families to relocate to Syracuse, where there already was a small but vigorous Armenian community. After World War I, Syracuse Armenians were also active participants with international efforts to establish an independent Armenian nation. That would not become reality, however, until 1992 with the breakup of the Soviet Union.

The exhibit will feature many images and artifacts that explore the saga of the local Armenian community from the 1890s to the present:
* The assistance that local Syracusans, such as SU Chancellor James Day played in helping Armenian refugees
* Businesses and industries that Armenians created here
* The importance of their religious and social identity
* Involvement that Syracuse Armenians had with national leaders in trying to establish an independent Armenia in 1918-1920


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, May 27



Let's Play!
Everson Museum of Art

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

"Let's Play!" presents a selection of ceramic works from the Everson's renowned collection that embodies a playful spirit, whether through subject or form. Spanning more than 60 years, the works on view represent a vast diversity of ceramic materials, techniques, styles, and forms utilized by some of the most influential international practitioners of the medium. Reflecting the often colorful, humorous, and whimsical imaginations of the artists, these works remind us that play is a critical part of the creative process and that art can also make us smile.


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, May 27



Imagine Me...
Point of Contact Gallery

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

Imagine Me... is a showcase of original children's stories, music and illustration.

Thirty-five young talents from the West Side neighborhood of Syracuse are the featured authors, illustrators and composers. This event is the culmination of Point of Contact's art education program, EL PUNTO Art Studio, an interdisciplinary arts program offered to local youths at no cost every spring since 2010.

Imagine Me... is the result of a 6-week contemporary art workshop where children explored themes related to identity and imagination. The show will include a collection of 65 watercolor pieces: self-portraits and illustrations created for original stories written and narrated by the children. The exhibit includes a sound installation in the Vault area of the gallery, where visitors will be able to listen in on the children's narrations of their own original stories, accompanied by their own music scores composed especially for each of those stories.


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Music
 

12:30 PM, May 27



*CANCELLED* Joshua Corcoran, piano
Civic Morning Musicals

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

Music of Bach, Beethoven, Copland, and a new work by Sean Doyle.


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Theater
 

8:00 PM, May 27



*SOLD OUT* LAB Series: In the Continuum
Redhouse
Marguerite Mitchell, director

Price: $10
Redhouse Lab Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

Performed by only two women, this piece by Danai Gurira and Nikkole Salter takes place over a 48-hour period in which both protagonists, living continents apart, discover that the men in their lives have infected them with HIV. Follow as each character goes on a personal journey, encountering various characters and cultural bias, as they try to come to grips with their diagnosis and sense of isolation.

ACR Health will be providing onsite HIV/AIDS testing at each performance.


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Thursday, May 28, 2015


Art
 

9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, May 28



Letha Wilson: Sight Specific
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

Letha Wilson is a mixed media artist who was born in Honolulu, raised in Colorado, and currently lives in Brooklyn. Her outdoor excursions amongst the Rocky Mountains have placed the natural world and its photographic image at the root of her artistic interests. She earned her BFA from Syracuse University and an MFA from Hunter College in New York City. Wilson's artwork has been shown at many venues including the Bronx Museum of the Arts, Socrates Sculpture Park, Exit Art, White Box, Platform Gallery, Fredrieke Taylor Gallery, BravinLee Programs, Partipant Inc., the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Vox Populi, and Higher Pictures. In 2009 Letha was a resident at the Santa Fe Art Institute, the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, and was nominated for the Louis Comfort Tiffany Award. Wilson participated in Light Work's Artist-in-Residence program in February 2015.

Read a review!


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9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, May 28



Perspective: Selections from the Light Work Collection
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

This exhibition features recent acquisitions from 2013 Light Work Artists-in-Residence including work by Brijesh Patel, Alexandra Demenkova, George Gittoes, John D. Freyer, Jason Eskenazi, Anouk Kruithof, Dani Leventhal, Karolina Karlic, Cecil McDonald Jr., Matt Eich, Jo Ann Walters, Ofer Wolberger, and Eric Gottesman. The artists in this exhibition are also featured in Contact Sheet 177: Light Work Annual 2014.


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9:00 AM - 7:30 PM, May 28



Syracuse Poster Project Exhibit
Petit Branch Library

Petit Branch Library
105 Victoria Pl., Syracuse

The Poster Project brings together local poets and Syracuse University artists to create an annual series of poetry posters for the poster panels of downtown Syracuse. The project enlivens downtown, strengthens the city's sense of place, and reaches the larger community by selling small prints of the large posters. Each year since its founding in 2001, the project has produced 16 unique posters. Each poster features an illustrated poem about downtown, the city or nearby countryside. The annual release of the poster series in April, culminates nearly a year of work. Now see the artwork gathered at Petit!


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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM, May 28



Id/Ego/SuperEgo
Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery

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

Art exploring the psychological self, featuring works by Julie Angerosa, Lauren Bristol, Kathy Donovan, Christopher Farrell, Cathy Marsh, Jenn Massi, Jenna North, Flora May Nyland, Steve Nyland, Marc-Anthony Polizzi, Beth Post, Timothy Rand, Steven Specht, James Thatcher, Tony Thompson, Jonathan Vaughn, Kayla Cady Vaughn, and Catherine Wright.


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9:00 AM - 7:00 PM, May 28



The Automobile: Design Considerations and Local Manifestations
Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

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

"The Automobile" provides a sampling of the ways in which the automobile evolved in the Syracuse area and a glimpse into the innovations of some of the most significant mid-20th-century automobile designers. The centerpiece of the exhibition is the air-cooled Franklin car, the most famous of Syracuse's automobile lines, with its remarkably flexible and durable wooden frame.

The exhibition will also include drawings, sketches, and photographs from SCRC's industrial design collections by designers Howard A. Darrin, Claude Hill, Raymond Loewy, Budd Steinhilber, and Walter Dorwin Teague. Darrin was known for his designs for exotic luxury and sports cars. Claude Hill created some important concept car designs, while Raymond Loewy's photographs document a number of striking Studebaker model designs. Budd Steinhilber was a member of the design team for the revolutionary rear-engine 1948 Tucker automobile, and Walter Dorwin Teague designed for both the Ford Motor Company and the Marmon Motor Company.


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9:30 AM - 6:00 PM, May 28



The Sum of Its Parts
Edgewood Gallery

Price: Free
Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Evamaria Hardin: metal sculpture and mixed media wall hangings
Ann Skiold: abstract oil paintings and paper collage using watercolor and mixed media
Susan Machamer,"Puzzle Wear" series: wearable, interactive jewelry using sterling silver, gold and gemstones

Read a review!


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10:00 AM - 6:00 PM, May 28



Gary Metz: Quaking Aspen
Light Work Gallery

Price: Free
Robert B. Menschel Photography Gallery
Schine Student Center, 306 University Ave., Syracuse

In the 1970s, the late photographer and educator Gary Metz generated a significant body of work that was very much in the spirit of the times. Metz's "Quaking Aspen: A Lyric Complaint" challenged the first 100 years of landscape photography, which had placed a major emphasis on depicting nature as sublime, heroic and unspoiled. Unlike previous photographers who glorified nature, Metz and his contemporaries wrenched photography out of the national parks and replaced the scenic with the vernacular of the everyday American landscape.

A number of Metz's colleagues received wide recognition for their similar investigations culminating in the seminal 1975 exhibition "The New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape" at the Museum of Photography at the George Eastman House. Metz never received the same level of acknowledgement. Now, 40 years later, his "Quaking Aspen: A Lyric Complaint" is as powerful and relevant as ever, resonating with current interests in ecology and the everyday landscape.

Metz spent the month of August 1985 as an artist-in-residence at Light Work. Metz was the was a professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder; director of Education at the International Center of Photography; and head of the photography department at the Rhode Island School of Design. He received NEA fellowships in photography in 1972 and 1980, and is represented in various collections including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, George Eastman House in Rochester, the National Gallery of Canada, and the Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester.


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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, May 28



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.


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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, May 28



With Open Arms: The Story of Armenians in Syracuse
Onondaga Historical Association

Price: Free
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Syracuse's rich Armenian history is a little known story that can be discovered in this exhibit.

Syracuse has a long historical legacy with the people of Armenia. There is a vibrant community here today of Armenian-Americans, some recent arrivals and others whose ancestors came to Central New York in the late 19th century.

This year, 2015, holds special significance for that community because of the atrocities Armenian suffered in their homeland, inside the Ottoman Empire, 100 years ago during World War I. Those hardships led many Armenian families to relocate to Syracuse, where there already was a small but vigorous Armenian community. After World War I, Syracuse Armenians were also active participants with international efforts to establish an independent Armenian nation. That would not become reality, however, until 1992 with the breakup of the Soviet Union.

The exhibit will feature many images and artifacts that explore the saga of the local Armenian community from the 1890s to the present:
* The assistance that local Syracusans, such as SU Chancellor James Day played in helping Armenian refugees
* Businesses and industries that Armenians created here
* The importance of their religious and social identity
* Involvement that Syracuse Armenians had with national leaders in trying to establish an independent Armenia in 1918-1920


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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, May 28



Lodging Landmark: The Heritage of the Hotel Syracuse
Onondaga Historical Association

Price: Free
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

The exhibit will feature 20 framed images along with a small selection of original archival items and artifacts. Fourteen historic images will be drawn from the extensive photographic files on the hotel maintained in the OHA's permanent collection. These range from a 1923 view of construction to the 1948 interior of the famous Rainbow Lounge, along with historic scenes of the Cavalier Room, the Persian Terrace and other locations from its heyday. Additionally, there will be a half-dozen recent interior images taken this year by professional photographer Bruce Harvey. These show that the hotel still maintains an irreplaceable majesty despite years of faded glory. The hotel, which opened in 1924, has been closed and dormant for several years but a new owner has begun a massive project to renovate it for the future while restoring its grand architecture.


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12:00 PM - 8:00 PM, May 28



Let's Play!
Everson Museum of Art

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

"Let's Play!" presents a selection of ceramic works from the Everson's renowned collection that embodies a playful spirit, whether through subject or form. Spanning more than 60 years, the works on view represent a vast diversity of ceramic materials, techniques, styles, and forms utilized by some of the most influential international practitioners of the medium. Reflecting the often colorful, humorous, and whimsical imaginations of the artists, these works remind us that play is a critical part of the creative process and that art can also make us smile.


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, May 28



Imagine Me...
Point of Contact Gallery

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

Imagine Me... is a showcase of original children's stories, music and illustration.

Thirty-five young talents from the West Side neighborhood of Syracuse are the featured authors, illustrators and composers. This event is the culmination of Point of Contact's art education program, EL PUNTO Art Studio, an interdisciplinary arts program offered to local youths at no cost every spring since 2010.

Imagine Me... is the result of a 6-week contemporary art workshop where children explored themes related to identity and imagination. The show will include a collection of 65 watercolor pieces: self-portraits and illustrations created for original stories written and narrated by the children. The exhibit includes a sound installation in the Vault area of the gallery, where visitors will be able to listen in on the children's narrations of their own original stories, accompanied by their own music scores composed especially for each of those stories.


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8:30 PM - 11:00 PM, May 28



Cauleen Smith: Crow Requiem
Urban Video Project

Everson Museum of Art Plaza
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Crows are well known for their mythological reputation as tricksters and harbingers of death, but less for the reality that they are creatures of remarkable intelligence who lead complex social lives. Cauleen Smith became fascinated by these misunderstood animals when she noticed the massive flock of crows roosting outside her bedroom window during her artist residency at Light Work. She learned that the native population of crows circulates between Syracuse and nearby Auburn; and that this migration is partly in response to harassment and, at times, state-sanctioned violence at the hands of a human population who view them as a nuisance.

Smith interweaves the figure of the crow through the histories of these two cities, both of which were key stations on the Underground Railroad and innovators in early cinematic and 3D optical technologies. "Crow Requiem" connects this history to recent and ongoing violence against people of color at the hands of the state. Shot on location in Central New York, and featuring selections from Onondaga Historical Association's extensive archive of 19th-century stereoscopic images.


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Music
 

7:00 PM, May 28



U.S. Air Force Rhythm in Blue Jazz Ensemble

Price: Free
Baker High School
29 E. Oneida St., Baldwinsville

Ticket reservations recommended. Email your name, phone, and number of tickets to bvillerotary1@yahoo.com or by snail mail to Baldwinsville Rotary, Attn: Jazz Concert, PO Box 713, Baldwinsville NY 13027.

For more information, visit www.BaldwinsvilleRotary.org.


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Theater
 

6:45 PM, May 28



Death Takes a Bow
Acme Mystery Company

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

All the world's a stage, but some stages are worth more than others. Welcome to the historic White Tulip, the seediest theater in London, yet a place everyone seems to want. Tonight, a tycoon temptress and her tawdry toady take on a territorial thespian and his trollop of a treasurer in a tussle for title of this theatrical tenement. What valuable secrets lie behind the scenes, and how far will someone go to unearth them? Let the buyer beware: At this showplace greed steals every scene and dying on stage could be more than a figure of speech.


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8:00 PM, May 28



LAB Series: In the Continuum
Redhouse
Marguerite Mitchell, director

Price: $10
Redhouse Lab Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

Performed by only two women, this piece by Danai Gurira and Nikkole Salter takes place over a 48-hour period in which both protagonists, living continents apart, discover that the men in their lives have infected them with HIV. Follow as each character goes on a personal journey, encountering various characters and cultural bias, as they try to come to grips with their diagnosis and sense of isolation.

ACR Health will be providing onsite HIV/AIDS testing at each performance.


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Friday, May 29, 2015


Art
 

9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, May 29



Perspective: Selections from the Light Work Collection
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

This exhibition features recent acquisitions from 2013 Light Work Artists-in-Residence including work by Brijesh Patel, Alexandra Demenkova, George Gittoes, John D. Freyer, Jason Eskenazi, Anouk Kruithof, Dani Leventhal, Karolina Karlic, Cecil McDonald Jr., Matt Eich, Jo Ann Walters, Ofer Wolberger, and Eric Gottesman. The artists in this exhibition are also featured in Contact Sheet 177: Light Work Annual 2014.


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9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, May 29



Letha Wilson: Sight Specific
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

Letha Wilson is a mixed media artist who was born in Honolulu, raised in Colorado, and currently lives in Brooklyn. Her outdoor excursions amongst the Rocky Mountains have placed the natural world and its photographic image at the root of her artistic interests. She earned her BFA from Syracuse University and an MFA from Hunter College in New York City. Wilson's artwork has been shown at many venues including the Bronx Museum of the Arts, Socrates Sculpture Park, Exit Art, White Box, Platform Gallery, Fredrieke Taylor Gallery, BravinLee Programs, Partipant Inc., the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Vox Populi, and Higher Pictures. In 2009 Letha was a resident at the Santa Fe Art Institute, the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, and was nominated for the Louis Comfort Tiffany Award. Wilson participated in Light Work's Artist-in-Residence program in February 2015.

Read a review!


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9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 29



Syracuse Poster Project Exhibit
Petit Branch Library

Petit Branch Library
105 Victoria Pl., Syracuse

The Poster Project brings together local poets and Syracuse University artists to create an annual series of poetry posters for the poster panels of downtown Syracuse. The project enlivens downtown, strengthens the city's sense of place, and reaches the larger community by selling small prints of the large posters. Each year since its founding in 2001, the project has produced 16 unique posters. Each poster features an illustrated poem about downtown, the city or nearby countryside. The annual release of the poster series in April, culminates nearly a year of work. Now see the artwork gathered at Petit!


Back to list
 

 

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM, May 29



Id/Ego/SuperEgo
Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery

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

Art exploring the psychological self, featuring works by Julie Angerosa, Lauren Bristol, Kathy Donovan, Christopher Farrell, Cathy Marsh, Jenn Massi, Jenna North, Flora May Nyland, Steve Nyland, Marc-Anthony Polizzi, Beth Post, Timothy Rand, Steven Specht, James Thatcher, Tony Thompson, Jonathan Vaughn, Kayla Cady Vaughn, and Catherine Wright.


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9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 29



The Automobile: Design Considerations and Local Manifestations
Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

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

"The Automobile" provides a sampling of the ways in which the automobile evolved in the Syracuse area and a glimpse into the innovations of some of the most significant mid-20th-century automobile designers. The centerpiece of the exhibition is the air-cooled Franklin car, the most famous of Syracuse's automobile lines, with its remarkably flexible and durable wooden frame.

The exhibition will also include drawings, sketches, and photographs from SCRC's industrial design collections by designers Howard A. Darrin, Claude Hill, Raymond Loewy, Budd Steinhilber, and Walter Dorwin Teague. Darrin was known for his designs for exotic luxury and sports cars. Claude Hill created some important concept car designs, while Raymond Loewy's photographs document a number of striking Studebaker model designs. Budd Steinhilber was a member of the design team for the revolutionary rear-engine 1948 Tucker automobile, and Walter Dorwin Teague designed for both the Ford Motor Company and the Marmon Motor Company.


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9:30 AM - 6:00 PM, May 29



The Sum of Its Parts
Edgewood Gallery

Price: Free
Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Evamaria Hardin: metal sculpture and mixed media wall hangings
Ann Skiold: abstract oil paintings and paper collage using watercolor and mixed media
Susan Machamer,"Puzzle Wear" series: wearable, interactive jewelry using sterling silver, gold and gemstones

Read a review!


Back to list
 

 

10:00 AM - 6:00 PM, May 29



Gary Metz: Quaking Aspen
Light Work Gallery

Price: Free
Robert B. Menschel Photography Gallery
Schine Student Center, 306 University Ave., Syracuse

In the 1970s, the late photographer and educator Gary Metz generated a significant body of work that was very much in the spirit of the times. Metz's "Quaking Aspen: A Lyric Complaint" challenged the first 100 years of landscape photography, which had placed a major emphasis on depicting nature as sublime, heroic and unspoiled. Unlike previous photographers who glorified nature, Metz and his contemporaries wrenched photography out of the national parks and replaced the scenic with the vernacular of the everyday American landscape.

A number of Metz's colleagues received wide recognition for their similar investigations culminating in the seminal 1975 exhibition "The New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape" at the Museum of Photography at the George Eastman House. Metz never received the same level of acknowledgement. Now, 40 years later, his "Quaking Aspen: A Lyric Complaint" is as powerful and relevant as ever, resonating with current interests in ecology and the everyday landscape.

Metz spent the month of August 1985 as an artist-in-residence at Light Work. Metz was the was a professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder; director of Education at the International Center of Photography; and head of the photography department at the Rhode Island School of Design. He received NEA fellowships in photography in 1972 and 1980, and is represented in various collections including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, George Eastman House in Rochester, the National Gallery of Canada, and the Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester.


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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, May 29



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.


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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, May 29



Lodging Landmark: The Heritage of the Hotel Syracuse
Onondaga Historical Association

Price: Free
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

The exhibit will feature 20 framed images along with a small selection of original archival items and artifacts. Fourteen historic images will be drawn from the extensive photographic files on the hotel maintained in the OHA's permanent collection. These range from a 1923 view of construction to the 1948 interior of the famous Rainbow Lounge, along with historic scenes of the Cavalier Room, the Persian Terrace and other locations from its heyday. Additionally, there will be a half-dozen recent interior images taken this year by professional photographer Bruce Harvey. These show that the hotel still maintains an irreplaceable majesty despite years of faded glory. The hotel, which opened in 1924, has been closed and dormant for several years but a new owner has begun a massive project to renovate it for the future while restoring its grand architecture.


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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, May 29



With Open Arms: The Story of Armenians in Syracuse
Onondaga Historical Association

Price: Free
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Syracuse's rich Armenian history is a little known story that can be discovered in this exhibit.

Syracuse has a long historical legacy with the people of Armenia. There is a vibrant community here today of Armenian-Americans, some recent arrivals and others whose ancestors came to Central New York in the late 19th century.

This year, 2015, holds special significance for that community because of the atrocities Armenian suffered in their homeland, inside the Ottoman Empire, 100 years ago during World War I. Those hardships led many Armenian families to relocate to Syracuse, where there already was a small but vigorous Armenian community. After World War I, Syracuse Armenians were also active participants with international efforts to establish an independent Armenian nation. That would not become reality, however, until 1992 with the breakup of the Soviet Union.

The exhibit will feature many images and artifacts that explore the saga of the local Armenian community from the 1890s to the present:
* The assistance that local Syracusans, such as SU Chancellor James Day played in helping Armenian refugees
* Businesses and industries that Armenians created here
* The importance of their religious and social identity
* Involvement that Syracuse Armenians had with national leaders in trying to establish an independent Armenia in 1918-1920


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, May 29



Let's Play!
Everson Museum of Art

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

"Let's Play!" presents a selection of ceramic works from the Everson's renowned collection that embodies a playful spirit, whether through subject or form. Spanning more than 60 years, the works on view represent a vast diversity of ceramic materials, techniques, styles, and forms utilized by some of the most influential international practitioners of the medium. Reflecting the often colorful, humorous, and whimsical imaginations of the artists, these works remind us that play is a critical part of the creative process and that art can also make us smile.


Back to list
 

 

12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, May 29



Imagine Me...
Point of Contact Gallery

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

Imagine Me... is a showcase of original children's stories, music and illustration.

Thirty-five young talents from the West Side neighborhood of Syracuse are the featured authors, illustrators and composers. This event is the culmination of Point of Contact's art education program, EL PUNTO Art Studio, an interdisciplinary arts program offered to local youths at no cost every spring since 2010.

Imagine Me... is the result of a 6-week contemporary art workshop where children explored themes related to identity and imagination. The show will include a collection of 65 watercolor pieces: self-portraits and illustrations created for original stories written and narrated by the children. The exhibit includes a sound installation in the Vault area of the gallery, where visitors will be able to listen in on the children's narrations of their own original stories, accompanied by their own music scores composed especially for each of those stories.


Back to list
 

 

8:30 PM - 11:00 PM, May 29



Cauleen Smith: Crow Requiem
Urban Video Project

Everson Museum of Art Plaza
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Crows are well known for their mythological reputation as tricksters and harbingers of death, but less for the reality that they are creatures of remarkable intelligence who lead complex social lives. Cauleen Smith became fascinated by these misunderstood animals when she noticed the massive flock of crows roosting outside her bedroom window during her artist residency at Light Work. She learned that the native population of crows circulates between Syracuse and nearby Auburn; and that this migration is partly in response to harassment and, at times, state-sanctioned violence at the hands of a human population who view them as a nuisance.

Smith interweaves the figure of the crow through the histories of these two cities, both of which were key stations on the Underground Railroad and innovators in early cinematic and 3D optical technologies. "Crow Requiem" connects this history to recent and ongoing violence against people of color at the hands of the state. Shot on location in Central New York, and featuring selections from Onondaga Historical Association's extensive archive of 19th-century stereoscopic images.


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Film
 

6:00 PM - 11:00 PM, May 29



Flicks Al Fresco: Ratatouille

Price: $2 per car; $1 bike or walk in donation
Cosmopolitan Building parking lot
1153 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

The Flicks Al Fresco outdoor movie series invites you to enjoy screenings in a parking lot that's been transformed into a cultural venue for Summer 2015. Bring your blanket or lawn chair, walk, bike or carpool. Enjoy local food trucks, listen to local bands, and then at dusk, watch films under the stars.


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Music
 

8:00 PM, May 29



Cabaret Series: Singer Songrwriter Cabaret
Central New York Playhouse

Price: $8 in advance, $10 at the door
CNY Playhouse
Shoppingtown Mall, Entrance No. 4 (adjacent to parking garage), Dewitt

A night dedicated to original songs by CNY singer songwriters hosted by Kate Crawford.


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8:00 PM, May 29



Dusty Pas'cal and Friends
Folkus Project

Price: Members free, $15 others
May Memorial Unitarian Society
3800 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

A season-ending "bonus" show featuring local songwriter Dusty Pas'cal and a cast of musical comrades that includes Kevin Barrigar, Amanda Rogers, Shane Pas'cal, Danny Welch, David Abbott, and Bobby Perry. Musical magic is all but guaranteed when Dusty gets on stage with his compatriots, and this promises to be a boisterous, celebratory way to end the season.


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8:00 PM, May 29



Wonderful World
Syracuse Gay and Lesbian Chorus
Stephen Gamba, conductor

Pebble Hill Presbyterian Church
5299 Jamesville Rd., Dewitt


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Theater
 

7:30 PM, May 29



Always a Bridesmaid
Baldwinsville Theatre Guild
Jon Barden, director

First Presbyterian Church of Baldwinsville
64 Oswego St., Baldwinsville

In this hilarious comedic romp, four friends have sworn to keep the promise they made on the night of their Senior Prom: to be in each other's weddings ... no matter what. More than 30 years later, these Southern friends-for-life are still making "the long walk" for each other, determined to honor that vow.

Libby Ruth, the hopeful romantic with the perfect marriage, believes—in spite of all evidence to the contrary—that her friends can find the very same happiness. Headstrong Deedra's "rock-solid" union hangs by a thread when she discovers her husband of many years not only has a wandering eye, but the hands to match. Monette, flashy, high-spirited and self-involved, continues to test her friends' love and patience with all-too-frequent trips down the aisle. And salt-of-the-earth, tree-hugging Charlie discovers—the hard way—that marital bliss is not the end of her rainbow and panics in outrageous style when the opportunity presents itself.

Hop on this marriage-go-round for a laugh-out-loud journey with these beleaguered bridesmaids as they navigate the choppy waters of love and matrimony.

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8:00 PM, May 29



*SOLD OUT* LAB Series: In the Continuum
Redhouse
Marguerite Mitchell, director

Price: $10
Redhouse Lab Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

Performed by only two women, this piece by Danai Gurira and Nikkole Salter takes place over a 48-hour period in which both protagonists, living continents apart, discover that the men in their lives have infected them with HIV. Follow as each character goes on a personal journey, encountering various characters and cultural bias, as they try to come to grips with their diagnosis and sense of isolation.

ACR Health will be providing onsite HIV/AIDS testing at each performance.


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