Sunday, September 23, 2018

Cranky Cat Collection: Paintings by Cindy Schmidt
Gallery 54

Gallery 54
54 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

Whimsical, humorous original acrylic paintings.

Donald R. Waful: The Remarkable Life Story of a Local Syracusan
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Donald R. Waful has been a dedicated Syracuse citizen for nearly a century. As a young adult, he attended Syracuse University where he earned both his Bachelor's and Master's degrees. He enlisted in the United States army in 1941 and served overseas when the U.S. entered World War II. He met his future wife, army nurse Olga "Cassie" Casciolini, while stationed in Northern Ireland. He then served in the North African campaign where he was taken as a prisoner of war in 1942. He would remain a POW first in Italy, then in Poland, for the duration of the war. He was reunited with Cassie at the end of World War II, afterward settling in Syracuse. Don went on to have a career in insurance and served as President of the Syracuse Chiefs baseball team for 35 years. Waful has remained active in the Syracuse community, both with Syracuse University and the Chiefs baseball team.

This exhibit, designed and installed by SUNY Potsdam undergraduate student Mahala Nyberg, examinies the life of Don Waful, who is nearing 102 years old, and details his experiences during World War II as well as his experiences before and after the war in Syracuse.

The War to End All Wars: Onondaga County Encounters World War I
Onondaga Historical Association

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

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the United States' entry into World War I, Onondaga Historical Association will present an exhibit on Onondaga County's role in the Great War.

The exhibit will feature photographs, posters, uniforms, gas masks, helmets and other military accoutrements, war souvenirs, home-front conservation items, letters, diaries, and other archival material and objects. These items will illustrate the impact World War I had on Onondaga County and the world at large. The exhibit will focus on the people, places, and events at home and abroad including military personnel and units, the nurse corps, Camp Syracuse, food conservation, the Split Rock munitions explosion, and the Spanish Influenza epidemic.

Rodin: The Human Experience
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

"Rodin: The Human Experience (Selections from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Collections) presents 32 figures in bronze by Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), the French sculptor who left behind 19th century academic traditions to focus on conveying the passion and vitality of the human spirit. Considered in his lifetime to be the greatest sculptor since Michelangelo, Rodin exerted a tremendous influence on artists of subsequent generations, such as Matisse, Brancusi, and Maillol. His vigorous modeling emphasized his personal response to the subject, and he captured movement and emotion by altering traditional poses and gestures. Rodin's sculpture is often considered a crucial link between traditional and modern art.

Forbidden Fruit: Yasuo Kuniyoshi's America
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

"Forbidden Fruit: Yasuo Kuniyoshi's America" explores the life and career of the noted 20th century Japanese American artist through the lens of Forbidden Fruit, 1950. This eerie and confounding late painting from Syracuse University's permanent collection ultimately reveals Kuniyoshi's tortured state of mind close to his untimely passing in 1953.

Paintings, drawings, and prints from lenders including the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Wadsworth Athenaeum Museum of Art, and the Herbert F. Johnson Museum at Cornell University develop an engrossing visual narrative explaining the life and work of this unique artist.

The 2018 Members Exhibition of the Society of American Graphic Artists
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

This exhibition displays the prints of 66 SAGA members with a variety of statements and techniques that reflect their individual approaches to printmaking. All the prints in this exhibition were done in the 21st century and include traditional and contemporary approaches to printmaking. In their prints, members continue to show a wide variety of imagery, mediums and mastery of techniques, demonstrating the highest standards of excellence. SAGA members continually push the medium and contribute to the growth of printmaking.

The Very Mirror of Life: Ceramics at the Everson 1968-2018
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

I.M. Pei believed that "Architecture is the very mirror of life." This exhibition uses work from the permanent collection to explore the harmony between art and architecture in Pei's building over the past half century.

Time Capsule
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"Time Capsule" presents five decades of the Everson's history in its I.M. Pei-designed building with a look back at the significant acquisitions, groundbreaking exhibitions, and pioneering public programs sponsored by the Museum in the last 50 years. Featuring archival material including photographs, correspondence, and other ephemera as well as work from the Museum's collection, "Time Capsule" highlights the important role the Everson has played in both the art world and the Central New York community.

A Look Inside The Handmaid's Tale
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The Handmaid's Tale, written by Margaret Atwood, is Onondaga Community College's Common Read for the 2018-2019 academic year. The Everson has partnered with OCC to present an exhibition of works from the Museum's collection that address the themes and rich visual symbolism found within Atwood's novel. "A Look Inside The Handmaid's Tale" draws connections between the visual and literary world as a means to deepen our experience of both art forms and to sharpen our thinking about the world we live in today.

The Art of the Tile
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Ceramic tiles are one of the world's oldest decorative art forms, dating back to at least the fourth millennium BCE. Tiles served both an ornamental and functional purpose, covering interior and exterior building surfaces as well as tabletops and other pieces of furniture.

The Everson's expansive ceramics collection includes over 500 tiles made in countries around the world between the 17th and 20th centuries. This exhibition presents a selection of these tiles, many of which have never before been on view.

Visions of America
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Everson building, "Visions of America" showcases the depth of the Everson's collection of American art. In 1911, the Everson (then known as the Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts) made history as the first museum in the country to declare that it would collect only work made by American artists, a decision which led to the acquisition of many important works that are today beloved by Everson visitors. This exhibition features many of these visitor favorites, including work by Edward Hicks, Eastman Johnson, Frederick Remington, Adelaide Alsop Robineau, and Gilbert Stuart.

Unique
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Coordinated by ARISE, a non-profit agency based in Syracuse, "Unique" celebrates the artistic talents of Central New Yorkers living with disabilities. The works included in this exhibition eloquently speak to the myriad thoughts, ideas, and feelings that all humans share, regardless of individual ability or circumstance. The annual competition invites submissions of art and literature which are then selected for display by a panel of judges, and the works are exhibited in several venues throughout CNY.

Be Strong and Do Not Betray Your Soul: Selections from the Light Work Collection
Light Work Gallery

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

This exhibition is guest-curated by For Freedoms, a platform for civic engagement, discourse, and direct action for artists in the United States, co-founded in 2016 by former Light Work artists-in-residence Eric Gottesman and Hank Willis Thomas.

"Be Strong and Do Not Betray Your Soul" features over 40 photographs from the Light Work Collection. The list of artists includes Laura Aguilar, George Awde, Karl Baden, Lois Barden and Harry Littell, Claire Beckett, Charles Biasing-Rivera, Samantha Box, Deborah Bright, Chan Chao, Renee Cox, Rose Marie Cromwell, Jen Davis, Jess Dugan, John Edmonds, Amy Elkins, Nereyda Garcia Ferraz, Jennifer Garza-Cuen, Antony Gleaton, Jim Goldberg, David Graham, Mahtab Hussain, Osamu James Nakagawa, Tommy Kha, Pipo Nguyen-Duy, Deana Lawson, Mary Mattingly, Jackie Nickerson, Shelley Niro, Suzanne Opton, Kristine Potter, Ernesto Pujol, Irina Rozovsky, Alessandra Sanguinetti, Kanako Sasaki, Pacifico Silano, Clarissa Sligh, Beuford Smith, Amy Stein, Mila Teshaieva, Brian Ulrich, Ted Wathen, Carrie Mae Weems, Carla Williams, Hank Willis Thomas, Pixy Yijun Liao.

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Westcott Street Cultural Fair

Price: Free
Westcott Business District
Westcott St., Syraucuse

The Westcott Street Cultural Fair is an annual celebration of the diversity and uniqueness of the Westcott neighborhood through its culture, arts, food, organizations, and activities for families and students.

CENTER STAGE
12:30-1:30 pm: Jess Novak Band
2:10-3:10 pm: FunkyBluRoots
3:50-4:50 pm: The Ripcords
5:30-6:30 pm: Grupo Pagan

DELL STREET STAGE
12:30-1:15 pm: Trio Los Claveles
1:45-2:30 pm: Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers Band
3:00-3:45 pm: Jane Zell and the Zelltones
4:15-5:00 pm: Akuma Roots
5:30-6:15: Chris Eves and the New Normal

ACOUSTIC STAGE
12:45-1:15 pm: ECHO
1:30-2:00 pm: Ken Harms & Somethin' Worth Doing
2:15-2:45 pm: Harmonic Dirt
3:00-3:40 pm: GeriRig
3:55-4:35 pm: The Perennials
4:50-5:30 pm: Butternut Creek Revival

HARVARD STREET DANCE STAGE
12:30-12:50 pm: Francis Academy of Irish Dance
12:50-1:10 pm: Bassett St Hounds and Thornden Park Morris Dancers
1:10-1:40 pm: Light of the World Ballet
1:40-2:00 pm: Alegre Flamenco
2:00-2:10 pm: IllumaWorx
2:10-2:20 pm: Eradication Squad
2:20-2:40 pm: Syracuse Capoeira Club
2:40-3:10 pm: Yat Hip Hop Dance and Culture
3:10-3:25 pm: Kalabash
3:30-3:40 pm: Deviant Tribe
3:45-3:55 pm: Roots Dance Co./Guzman's Studio
4:00-4:30 pm: La Familia de la Salsa
4:30-5:30 pm: Wacheva's Dancing & Drumming group

BELLY DANCE STAGE
12:30-1:15 pm: Syracuse Improv Collective (SIC)
1:15-1:45 pm: Mirage Belly Dancers of Ithaca
1:45-2:00 pm: Trinity Beats
2:00-2:15 pm: Teen Tribal
2:15-2:45 pm: Maya Tribe Belly Dance
2:45-3:15 pm: Gypsy Spirit
3:15-4:15 pm: 3 Early Girls
4:15-4:45 pm: Gems of the Nile
4:45-5:45 pm: Celestial Bodies Belly Dance

KIDS STAGE
12:30-12:50 pm: Ed Smith Drum Line
1:00-1:45 pm: Music for Life - Toddler's Tango
2:00-2:45 pm: Jeff the Magic Man
3:00-3:30 pm: Colleen Kattau
3:30-4:15 pm: Kids Races
4:30-5:00 pm: Open Hand Theater Circus

For more information, visit westcottstreetfair.org

Beneath the Surface: The Storied History of Onondaga Lake
Onondaga Historical Association

Price: $7 regular, $5 OHA members
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Jazz on Tap: Ronnie Leigh
CNY Jazz Arts Foundation

Price: No cover
Finger Lakes On Tap
35 Fennell St., Skaneateles

Boston Brass
Malmgren Concert Series

Price: Free
Hendricks Chapel
Syracuse University, Syracuse

The Boston Brass, a perennial Malmgren Series favorite, returns to kick off this year's series. The unique blend of classical repertoire, jazz standards, and exciting arrangements has endeared audiences to this experienced quintet for more than 30 years. The group has made numerous recordings ranging from music of Chick Corea to Shostakovich, performed in 49 states and 30 countries, and has been featured on The CBS Early Show and National Public Radio's Performance Today, The Great American Brass Band Festival.

Note: This concert will take place at 3:00 pm so that the group can collaborate with the Honors Youth Wind Ensemble on their 5:00 pm concert in Setnor Auditorium.

Jefferson String Quartet
Lakeside Performing Arts Series

St. James Episcopal Church
94 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

Youth Wind Ensemble Concert
Syracuse University Setnor School of Music
Bradley P. Ethington, conductor

Price: Free
Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College
Syracuse University, Syracuse

For most concert events in Setnor Auditorium, free and accessible concert parking is available on campus in the Q-1 lot. When parking for concert events, please inform parking attendants that you are attending an event at Setnor Auditorium in Crouse College so they may direct you.

Idols and Icons
Palace Theatre

Price: $20
Palace Theater
2384 James St., Syracuse

Rock. Pop. Soul. Country. Jazz. Blues. Gospel. R&B. There are performers whose music is universal and transcends genre. This is the music of artists we all know and love.

From Billie Holiday to Elvis Presley, Barbra Streisand to The Beatles, Aretha Franklin to Joni Mitchell, Carole King to Bob Marley, "Idols & Icons" will take you on a musical journey through the decades, as interpreted by some of CNY's most dynamic and diverse performers: Donna Colton, Paul Valentino, Liz Friedel, Marcia Hagan, Joe Altier, Maureen Henesey, Joanna Jewett, Carolyn Kelly, Letizia, Peg Newell, and Robyn Stockdale.

Prepare for an unforgettable listening experience!

Tickets available online at eventbrite.com.

Prognosis: Poor
Building Company Theater

Price: $5-$15 sliding scale
Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

One doctor's personal account of the beauty and the perils of modern medical training, based on the book by Dr. Frances Southwick.

Steel Magnolias
Redhouse
Temar Underwood, director

Price: $32 regular, $27 students/seniors
Redhouse at City Center Mainstage
400 S. Salina St., Syracuse

Truvy's Beauty Salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana is where all the ladies who are "anybody" go to get their hair done. Enjoy the company of these wildly colorful and lovable women as they bond together to cope with good times and bad. Their journey is alternately hilarious and touching and ultimately reveals the incredible healing power of love and friendship.

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Noises Off
Syracuse Stage
Bob Hupp, director

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

Hailed as the "funniest farce ever written" and a "festival of delirium," Noises Off is legendary in the annals of laughter. As a company of actors attempts to deliver a comedy onstage, playwright Michael Frayn takes us behind the scenes where the real farce explodes. Slamming doors, wayward fish, and comic chaos delivered with impeccable precision make Noises Off the most dexterously realized comedy ever about putting on a comedy.

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Monday, September 24, 2018

Picture 81 Juried Exhibition
SUNY Oswego Metro Center at the Atrium

Price: Free
SUNY Oswego Metro Center at the Atrium
2 Clinton Square, Syracuse

Artists and photographers document Route 81 as it intersects with our community.

Woods: Oil Paintings by Robert Niedzwiecki
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

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

We Remember Them: The Legacy of Pan Am Flight 103
Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

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

The bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on December 21, 1988 claimed the lives of 270 individuals from 21 nations. Among those lost were 35 students returning home from a semester abroad through Syracuse University. This exhibition of materials donated to the Pan Am Flight 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster by the victims' families, friends, advocates, and affected communities commemorates the 30th anniversary of the tragedy through an exploration of the ways in which the lives of the victims have been remembered. Whether through scholarship, public advocacy, art, or physical memorials, we ensure their lives and the lessons learned from their deaths are not forgotten.

Cranky Cat Collection: Paintings by Cindy Schmidt
Gallery 54

Gallery 54
54 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

Whimsical, humorous original acrylic paintings.

Be Strong and Do Not Betray Your Soul: Selections from the Light Work Collection
Light Work Gallery

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

This exhibition is guest-curated by For Freedoms, a platform for civic engagement, discourse, and direct action for artists in the United States, co-founded in 2016 by former Light Work artists-in-residence Eric Gottesman and Hank Willis Thomas.

"Be Strong and Do Not Betray Your Soul" features over 40 photographs from the Light Work Collection. The list of artists includes Laura Aguilar, George Awde, Karl Baden, Lois Barden and Harry Littell, Claire Beckett, Charles Biasing-Rivera, Samantha Box, Deborah Bright, Chan Chao, Renee Cox, Rose Marie Cromwell, Jen Davis, Jess Dugan, John Edmonds, Amy Elkins, Nereyda Garcia Ferraz, Jennifer Garza-Cuen, Antony Gleaton, Jim Goldberg, David Graham, Mahtab Hussain, Osamu James Nakagawa, Tommy Kha, Pipo Nguyen-Duy, Deana Lawson, Mary Mattingly, Jackie Nickerson, Shelley Niro, Suzanne Opton, Kristine Potter, Ernesto Pujol, Irina Rozovsky, Alessandra Sanguinetti, Kanako Sasaki, Pacifico Silano, Clarissa Sligh, Beuford Smith, Amy Stein, Mila Teshaieva, Brian Ulrich, Ted Wathen, Carrie Mae Weems, Carla Williams, Hank Willis Thomas, Pixy Yijun Liao.

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Gallery Exhibit: Power of Love
Onondaga Community College

Price: Free
Ann Felton Multicultural Center and Gallery
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

Recent watercolors by Chinese artist Zhinan Jiang.

The Fighting Kentuckian (1949)
Syracuse Cinephile Society

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

Director: George Waggner
Cast: John Wayne, Vera Ralston, Oliver Hardy, Philip Dorn, Marie Windsor

Historical frontier adventure of land thieves and the efforts of Wayne and sidekick Hardy to stop them. A great combination of action, romance and comedy.

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Picture 81 Juried Exhibition
SUNY Oswego Metro Center at the Atrium

Price: Free
SUNY Oswego Metro Center at the Atrium
2 Clinton Square, Syracuse

Artists and photographers document Route 81 as it intersects with our community.

Woods: Oil Paintings by Robert Niedzwiecki
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

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

We Remember Them: The Legacy of Pan Am Flight 103
Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

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

The bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on December 21, 1988 claimed the lives of 270 individuals from 21 nations. Among those lost were 35 students returning home from a semester abroad through Syracuse University. This exhibition of materials donated to the Pan Am Flight 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster by the victims' families, friends, advocates, and affected communities commemorates the 30th anniversary of the tragedy through an exploration of the ways in which the lives of the victims have been remembered. Whether through scholarship, public advocacy, art, or physical memorials, we ensure their lives and the lessons learned from their deaths are not forgotten.

Disregard the Facts
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Charlie Golden: small ink drawings
Melissa Montgomery: bronze "footed" bowls
Mike Sickler: mixed media collage
Esperanza Tielbaard: semi-precious stone necklaces

LaToya Hobbs: Salt of the Earth
Community Folk Art Center

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

A celebration and examination of black women's lives throughout the Diaspora, through the use of the motif of the modern matriarch.

Cranky Cat Collection: Paintings by Cindy Schmidt
Gallery 54

Gallery 54
54 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

Whimsical, humorous original acrylic paintings.

Be Strong and Do Not Betray Your Soul: Selections from the Light Work Collection
Light Work Gallery

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

This exhibition is guest-curated by For Freedoms, a platform for civic engagement, discourse, and direct action for artists in the United States, co-founded in 2016 by former Light Work artists-in-residence Eric Gottesman and Hank Willis Thomas.

"Be Strong and Do Not Betray Your Soul" features over 40 photographs from the Light Work Collection. The list of artists includes Laura Aguilar, George Awde, Karl Baden, Lois Barden and Harry Littell, Claire Beckett, Charles Biasing-Rivera, Samantha Box, Deborah Bright, Chan Chao, Renee Cox, Rose Marie Cromwell, Jen Davis, Jess Dugan, John Edmonds, Amy Elkins, Nereyda Garcia Ferraz, Jennifer Garza-Cuen, Antony Gleaton, Jim Goldberg, David Graham, Mahtab Hussain, Osamu James Nakagawa, Tommy Kha, Pipo Nguyen-Duy, Deana Lawson, Mary Mattingly, Jackie Nickerson, Shelley Niro, Suzanne Opton, Kristine Potter, Ernesto Pujol, Irina Rozovsky, Alessandra Sanguinetti, Kanako Sasaki, Pacifico Silano, Clarissa Sligh, Beuford Smith, Amy Stein, Mila Teshaieva, Brian Ulrich, Ted Wathen, Carrie Mae Weems, Carla Williams, Hank Willis Thomas, Pixy Yijun Liao.

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Gallery Exhibit: Power of Love
Onondaga Community College

Price: Free
Ann Felton Multicultural Center and Gallery
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

Recent watercolors by Chinese artist Zhinan Jiang.

Rodin: The Human Experience
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

"Rodin: The Human Experience (Selections from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Collections) presents 32 figures in bronze by Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), the French sculptor who left behind 19th century academic traditions to focus on conveying the passion and vitality of the human spirit. Considered in his lifetime to be the greatest sculptor since Michelangelo, Rodin exerted a tremendous influence on artists of subsequent generations, such as Matisse, Brancusi, and Maillol. His vigorous modeling emphasized his personal response to the subject, and he captured movement and emotion by altering traditional poses and gestures. Rodin's sculpture is often considered a crucial link between traditional and modern art.

The 2018 Members Exhibition of the Society of American Graphic Artists
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

This exhibition displays the prints of 66 SAGA members with a variety of statements and techniques that reflect their individual approaches to printmaking. All the prints in this exhibition were done in the 21st century and include traditional and contemporary approaches to printmaking. In their prints, members continue to show a wide variety of imagery, mediums and mastery of techniques, demonstrating the highest standards of excellence. SAGA members continually push the medium and contribute to the growth of printmaking.

Forbidden Fruit: Yasuo Kuniyoshi's America
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

"Forbidden Fruit: Yasuo Kuniyoshi's America" explores the life and career of the noted 20th century Japanese American artist through the lens of Forbidden Fruit, 1950. This eerie and confounding late painting from Syracuse University's permanent collection ultimately reveals Kuniyoshi's tortured state of mind close to his untimely passing in 1953.

Paintings, drawings, and prints from lenders including the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Wadsworth Athenaeum Museum of Art, and the Herbert F. Johnson Museum at Cornell University develop an engrossing visual narrative explaining the life and work of this unique artist.

Frank Bruni
Rosamond Gifford Lecture Series

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

Op-Ed columnist Frank Bruni writes about politics, popular culture, food, and gay rights for the New York Times. He has written three bestselling books: Born Round, a memoir; Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be, about the college admissions mania; and Ambling into History about George W. Bush. His most recent book, A Meatloaf in Every Oven, is an homage to a tradition, with recipes.

Noises Off
Syracuse Stage
Bob Hupp, director

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

Hailed as the "funniest farce ever written" and a "festival of delirium," Noises Off is legendary in the annals of laughter. As a company of actors attempts to deliver a comedy onstage, playwright Michael Frayn takes us behind the scenes where the real farce explodes. Slamming doors, wayward fish, and comic chaos delivered with impeccable precision make Noises Off the most dexterously realized comedy ever about putting on a comedy.

Read a Review!

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Picture 81 Juried Exhibition
SUNY Oswego Metro Center at the Atrium

Price: Free
SUNY Oswego Metro Center at the Atrium
2 Clinton Square, Syracuse

Artists and photographers document Route 81 as it intersects with our community.

Woods: Oil Paintings by Robert Niedzwiecki
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

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

We Remember Them: The Legacy of Pan Am Flight 103
Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

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

The bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on December 21, 1988 claimed the lives of 270 individuals from 21 nations. Among those lost were 35 students returning home from a semester abroad through Syracuse University. This exhibition of materials donated to the Pan Am Flight 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster by the victims' families, friends, advocates, and affected communities commemorates the 30th anniversary of the tragedy through an exploration of the ways in which the lives of the victims have been remembered. Whether through scholarship, public advocacy, art, or physical memorials, we ensure their lives and the lessons learned from their deaths are not forgotten.

Disregard the Facts
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Charlie Golden: small ink drawings
Melissa Montgomery: bronze "footed" bowls
Mike Sickler: mixed media collage
Esperanza Tielbaard: semi-precious stone necklaces

LaToya Hobbs: Salt of the Earth
Community Folk Art Center

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

A celebration and examination of black women's lives throughout the Diaspora, through the use of the motif of the modern matriarch.

Cranky Cat Collection: Paintings by Cindy Schmidt
Gallery 54

Gallery 54
54 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

Whimsical, humorous original acrylic paintings.

Be Strong and Do Not Betray Your Soul: Selections from the Light Work Collection
Light Work Gallery

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

This exhibition is guest-curated by For Freedoms, a platform for civic engagement, discourse, and direct action for artists in the United States, co-founded in 2016 by former Light Work artists-in-residence Eric Gottesman and Hank Willis Thomas.

"Be Strong and Do Not Betray Your Soul" features over 40 photographs from the Light Work Collection. The list of artists includes Laura Aguilar, George Awde, Karl Baden, Lois Barden and Harry Littell, Claire Beckett, Charles Biasing-Rivera, Samantha Box, Deborah Bright, Chan Chao, Renee Cox, Rose Marie Cromwell, Jen Davis, Jess Dugan, John Edmonds, Amy Elkins, Nereyda Garcia Ferraz, Jennifer Garza-Cuen, Antony Gleaton, Jim Goldberg, David Graham, Mahtab Hussain, Osamu James Nakagawa, Tommy Kha, Pipo Nguyen-Duy, Deana Lawson, Mary Mattingly, Jackie Nickerson, Shelley Niro, Suzanne Opton, Kristine Potter, Ernesto Pujol, Irina Rozovsky, Alessandra Sanguinetti, Kanako Sasaki, Pacifico Silano, Clarissa Sligh, Beuford Smith, Amy Stein, Mila Teshaieva, Brian Ulrich, Ted Wathen, Carrie Mae Weems, Carla Williams, Hank Willis Thomas, Pixy Yijun Liao.

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The War to End All Wars: Onondaga County Encounters World War I
Onondaga Historical Association

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

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the United States' entry into World War I, Onondaga Historical Association will present an exhibit on Onondaga County's role in the Great War.

The exhibit will feature photographs, posters, uniforms, gas masks, helmets and other military accoutrements, war souvenirs, home-front conservation items, letters, diaries, and other archival material and objects. These items will illustrate the impact World War I had on Onondaga County and the world at large. The exhibit will focus on the people, places, and events at home and abroad including military personnel and units, the nurse corps, Camp Syracuse, food conservation, the Split Rock munitions explosion, and the Spanish Influenza epidemic.

Donald R. Waful: The Remarkable Life Story of a Local Syracusan
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Donald R. Waful has been a dedicated Syracuse citizen for nearly a century. As a young adult, he attended Syracuse University where he earned both his Bachelor's and Master's degrees. He enlisted in the United States army in 1941 and served overseas when the U.S. entered World War II. He met his future wife, army nurse Olga "Cassie" Casciolini, while stationed in Northern Ireland. He then served in the North African campaign where he was taken as a prisoner of war in 1942. He would remain a POW first in Italy, then in Poland, for the duration of the war. He was reunited with Cassie at the end of World War II, afterward settling in Syracuse. Don went on to have a career in insurance and served as President of the Syracuse Chiefs baseball team for 35 years. Waful has remained active in the Syracuse community, both with Syracuse University and the Chiefs baseball team.

This exhibit, designed and installed by SUNY Potsdam undergraduate student Mahala Nyberg, examinies the life of Don Waful, who is nearing 102 years old, and details his experiences during World War II as well as his experiences before and after the war in Syracuse.

Rodin: The Human Experience
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

"Rodin: The Human Experience (Selections from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Collections) presents 32 figures in bronze by Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), the French sculptor who left behind 19th century academic traditions to focus on conveying the passion and vitality of the human spirit. Considered in his lifetime to be the greatest sculptor since Michelangelo, Rodin exerted a tremendous influence on artists of subsequent generations, such as Matisse, Brancusi, and Maillol. His vigorous modeling emphasized his personal response to the subject, and he captured movement and emotion by altering traditional poses and gestures. Rodin's sculpture is often considered a crucial link between traditional and modern art.

Forbidden Fruit: Yasuo Kuniyoshi's America
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

"Forbidden Fruit: Yasuo Kuniyoshi's America" explores the life and career of the noted 20th century Japanese American artist through the lens of Forbidden Fruit, 1950. This eerie and confounding late painting from Syracuse University's permanent collection ultimately reveals Kuniyoshi's tortured state of mind close to his untimely passing in 1953.

Paintings, drawings, and prints from lenders including the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Wadsworth Athenaeum Museum of Art, and the Herbert F. Johnson Museum at Cornell University develop an engrossing visual narrative explaining the life and work of this unique artist.

The 2018 Members Exhibition of the Society of American Graphic Artists
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

This exhibition displays the prints of 66 SAGA members with a variety of statements and techniques that reflect their individual approaches to printmaking. All the prints in this exhibition were done in the 21st century and include traditional and contemporary approaches to printmaking. In their prints, members continue to show a wide variety of imagery, mediums and mastery of techniques, demonstrating the highest standards of excellence. SAGA members continually push the medium and contribute to the growth of printmaking.

Unique
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Coordinated by ARISE, a non-profit agency based in Syracuse, "Unique" celebrates the artistic talents of Central New Yorkers living with disabilities. The works included in this exhibition eloquently speak to the myriad thoughts, ideas, and feelings that all humans share, regardless of individual ability or circumstance. The annual competition invites submissions of art and literature which are then selected for display by a panel of judges, and the works are exhibited in several venues throughout CNY.

Visions of America
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Everson building, "Visions of America" showcases the depth of the Everson's collection of American art. In 1911, the Everson (then known as the Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts) made history as the first museum in the country to declare that it would collect only work made by American artists, a decision which led to the acquisition of many important works that are today beloved by Everson visitors. This exhibition features many of these visitor favorites, including work by Edward Hicks, Eastman Johnson, Frederick Remington, Adelaide Alsop Robineau, and Gilbert Stuart.

The Art of the Tile
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Ceramic tiles are one of the world's oldest decorative art forms, dating back to at least the fourth millennium BCE. Tiles served both an ornamental and functional purpose, covering interior and exterior building surfaces as well as tabletops and other pieces of furniture.

The Everson's expansive ceramics collection includes over 500 tiles made in countries around the world between the 17th and 20th centuries. This exhibition presents a selection of these tiles, many of which have never before been on view.

A Look Inside The Handmaid's Tale
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The Handmaid's Tale, written by Margaret Atwood, is Onondaga Community College's Common Read for the 2018-2019 academic year. The Everson has partnered with OCC to present an exhibition of works from the Museum's collection that address the themes and rich visual symbolism found within Atwood's novel. "A Look Inside The Handmaid's Tale" draws connections between the visual and literary world as a means to deepen our experience of both art forms and to sharpen our thinking about the world we live in today.

Time Capsule
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"Time Capsule" presents five decades of the Everson's history in its I.M. Pei-designed building with a look back at the significant acquisitions, groundbreaking exhibitions, and pioneering public programs sponsored by the Museum in the last 50 years. Featuring archival material including photographs, correspondence, and other ephemera as well as work from the Museum's collection, "Time Capsule" highlights the important role the Everson has played in both the art world and the Central New York community.

The Very Mirror of Life: Ceramics at the Everson 1968-2018
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

I.M. Pei believed that "Architecture is the very mirror of life." This exhibition uses work from the permanent collection to explore the harmony between art and architecture in Pei's building over the past half century.

Invisible People: Portraits of the Homeless by Neil Shigley
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

San Diego based artist Neil Shigley's work explores the subject of homelessness by giving visibility to homeless individuals through large-scale portraits.

Lunch and Learn: Out of the Vault
Everson Museum of Art

Price: Pay what you wish
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Bring your own lunch and learn about work in the Everson's permanent collection! Each month a new work will be pulled from the vault specifically for this discussion, allowing visitors to get up close and personal with select objects from the Museum's collection.

Today's work is John C. Johansen, Cafe Interior, not dated, oil on canvas.

Lunchtime Lecture: Chats with the Curator
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

Join David Prince, associate director and curator of collections for Chats with the Curator. Discover new and exiting details about the objects on display in this interactive conversation with the curator about objects installed in permanent collection galleries. You never know what you may learn.

Jazz at the Plaza: Dave Solazzo Duo
CNY Jazz Arts Foundation

Price: Free
LeMoyne Plaza
1135 Salt Springs Rd., Syracuse

Jazz at the Cavalier: Ronnie Leigh
CNY Jazz Arts Foundation

Price: No cover
Marriott Hotel Syracuse Cavalier Room
500 S. Warren St., Syracuse

Disney Junior Dance Party! On Tour

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

Are you ready to dance? Disney Junior Dance Party On Tour is an all new interactive live concert experience. Sing along to Disney Junior's greatest hits with your favorite characters: Mickey and the Roadster Racers, Sofia The First, Puppy Dog Pals, Elena of Avalor, Doc McStuffins, Vampirina, The Lion Guard, Muppet Babies and more! Kids of all ages and their families are invited to get up and dance, play games and join the biggest dance party around!

Tickets available online at Ticketmaster.com.

Arthur Flowers
Raymond Carver Reading Series

Price: Free
Gifford Auditorium, Huntington Beard Crouse Hall
Syracuse University, Syracuse

Arthur Flowers will read from Brer Rabbit Retold.

The reading will be preceded by a question and answer session from 3:45-4:30 pm.

Noises Off
Syracuse Stage
Bob Hupp, director

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

Hailed as the "funniest farce ever written" and a "festival of delirium," Noises Off is legendary in the annals of laughter. As a company of actors attempts to deliver a comedy onstage, playwright Michael Frayn takes us behind the scenes where the real farce explodes. Slamming doors, wayward fish, and comic chaos delivered with impeccable precision make Noises Off the most dexterously realized comedy ever about putting on a comedy.

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Thursday, September 27, 2018

Picture 81 Juried Exhibition
SUNY Oswego Metro Center at the Atrium

Price: Free
SUNY Oswego Metro Center at the Atrium
2 Clinton Square, Syracuse

Artists and photographers document Route 81 as it intersects with our community.

Woods: Oil Paintings by Robert Niedzwiecki
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

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

We Remember Them: The Legacy of Pan Am Flight 103
Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

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

The bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on December 21, 1988 claimed the lives of 270 individuals from 21 nations. Among those lost were 35 students returning home from a semester abroad through Syracuse University. This exhibition of materials donated to the Pan Am Flight 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster by the victims' families, friends, advocates, and affected communities commemorates the 30th anniversary of the tragedy through an exploration of the ways in which the lives of the victims have been remembered. Whether through scholarship, public advocacy, art, or physical memorials, we ensure their lives and the lessons learned from their deaths are not forgotten.

Disregard the Facts
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Charlie Golden: small ink drawings
Melissa Montgomery: bronze "footed" bowls
Mike Sickler: mixed media collage
Esperanza Tielbaard: semi-precious stone necklaces

LaToya Hobbs: Salt of the Earth
Community Folk Art Center

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

A celebration and examination of black women's lives throughout the Diaspora, through the use of the motif of the modern matriarch.

Cranky Cat Collection: Paintings by Cindy Schmidt
Gallery 54

Gallery 54
54 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

Whimsical, humorous original acrylic paintings.

Be Strong and Do Not Betray Your Soul: Selections from the Light Work Collection
Light Work Gallery

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

This exhibition is guest-curated by For Freedoms, a platform for civic engagement, discourse, and direct action for artists in the United States, co-founded in 2016 by former Light Work artists-in-residence Eric Gottesman and Hank Willis Thomas.

"Be Strong and Do Not Betray Your Soul" features over 40 photographs from the Light Work Collection. The list of artists includes Laura Aguilar, George Awde, Karl Baden, Lois Barden and Harry Littell, Claire Beckett, Charles Biasing-Rivera, Samantha Box, Deborah Bright, Chan Chao, Renee Cox, Rose Marie Cromwell, Jen Davis, Jess Dugan, John Edmonds, Amy Elkins, Nereyda Garcia Ferraz, Jennifer Garza-Cuen, Antony Gleaton, Jim Goldberg, David Graham, Mahtab Hussain, Osamu James Nakagawa, Tommy Kha, Pipo Nguyen-Duy, Deana Lawson, Mary Mattingly, Jackie Nickerson, Shelley Niro, Suzanne Opton, Kristine Potter, Ernesto Pujol, Irina Rozovsky, Alessandra Sanguinetti, Kanako Sasaki, Pacifico Silano, Clarissa Sligh, Beuford Smith, Amy Stein, Mila Teshaieva, Brian Ulrich, Ted Wathen, Carrie Mae Weems, Carla Williams, Hank Willis Thomas, Pixy Yijun Liao.

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Donald R. Waful: The Remarkable Life Story of a Local Syracusan
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Donald R. Waful has been a dedicated Syracuse citizen for nearly a century. As a young adult, he attended Syracuse University where he earned both his Bachelor's and Master's degrees. He enlisted in the United States army in 1941 and served overseas when the U.S. entered World War II. He met his future wife, army nurse Olga "Cassie" Casciolini, while stationed in Northern Ireland. He then served in the North African campaign where he was taken as a prisoner of war in 1942. He would remain a POW first in Italy, then in Poland, for the duration of the war. He was reunited with Cassie at the end of World War II, afterward settling in Syracuse. Don went on to have a career in insurance and served as President of the Syracuse Chiefs baseball team for 35 years. Waful has remained active in the Syracuse community, both with Syracuse University and the Chiefs baseball team.

This exhibit, designed and installed by SUNY Potsdam undergraduate student Mahala Nyberg, examinies the life of Don Waful, who is nearing 102 years old, and details his experiences during World War II as well as his experiences before and after the war in Syracuse.

The War to End All Wars: Onondaga County Encounters World War I
Onondaga Historical Association

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

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the United States' entry into World War I, Onondaga Historical Association will present an exhibit on Onondaga County's role in the Great War.

The exhibit will feature photographs, posters, uniforms, gas masks, helmets and other military accoutrements, war souvenirs, home-front conservation items, letters, diaries, and other archival material and objects. These items will illustrate the impact World War I had on Onondaga County and the world at large. The exhibit will focus on the people, places, and events at home and abroad including military personnel and units, the nurse corps, Camp Syracuse, food conservation, the Split Rock munitions explosion, and the Spanish Influenza epidemic.

Rodin: The Human Experience
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

"Rodin: The Human Experience (Selections from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Collections) presents 32 figures in bronze by Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), the French sculptor who left behind 19th century academic traditions to focus on conveying the passion and vitality of the human spirit. Considered in his lifetime to be the greatest sculptor since Michelangelo, Rodin exerted a tremendous influence on artists of subsequent generations, such as Matisse, Brancusi, and Maillol. His vigorous modeling emphasized his personal response to the subject, and he captured movement and emotion by altering traditional poses and gestures. Rodin's sculpture is often considered a crucial link between traditional and modern art.

The 2018 Members Exhibition of the Society of American Graphic Artists
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

This exhibition displays the prints of 66 SAGA members with a variety of statements and techniques that reflect their individual approaches to printmaking. All the prints in this exhibition were done in the 21st century and include traditional and contemporary approaches to printmaking. In their prints, members continue to show a wide variety of imagery, mediums and mastery of techniques, demonstrating the highest standards of excellence. SAGA members continually push the medium and contribute to the growth of printmaking.

Forbidden Fruit: Yasuo Kuniyoshi's America
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

"Forbidden Fruit: Yasuo Kuniyoshi's America" explores the life and career of the noted 20th century Japanese American artist through the lens of Forbidden Fruit, 1950. This eerie and confounding late painting from Syracuse University's permanent collection ultimately reveals Kuniyoshi's tortured state of mind close to his untimely passing in 1953.

Paintings, drawings, and prints from lenders including the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Wadsworth Athenaeum Museum of Art, and the Herbert F. Johnson Museum at Cornell University develop an engrossing visual narrative explaining the life and work of this unique artist.

A Look Inside The Handmaid's Tale
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The Handmaid's Tale, written by Margaret Atwood, is Onondaga Community College's Common Read for the 2018-2019 academic year. The Everson has partnered with OCC to present an exhibition of works from the Museum's collection that address the themes and rich visual symbolism found within Atwood's novel. "A Look Inside The Handmaid's Tale" draws connections between the visual and literary world as a means to deepen our experience of both art forms and to sharpen our thinking about the world we live in today.

The Art of the Tile
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Ceramic tiles are one of the world's oldest decorative art forms, dating back to at least the fourth millennium BCE. Tiles served both an ornamental and functional purpose, covering interior and exterior building surfaces as well as tabletops and other pieces of furniture.

The Everson's expansive ceramics collection includes over 500 tiles made in countries around the world between the 17th and 20th centuries. This exhibition presents a selection of these tiles, many of which have never before been on view.

Visions of America
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Everson building, "Visions of America" showcases the depth of the Everson's collection of American art. In 1911, the Everson (then known as the Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts) made history as the first museum in the country to declare that it would collect only work made by American artists, a decision which led to the acquisition of many important works that are today beloved by Everson visitors. This exhibition features many of these visitor favorites, including work by Edward Hicks, Eastman Johnson, Frederick Remington, Adelaide Alsop Robineau, and Gilbert Stuart.

Unique
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Coordinated by ARISE, a non-profit agency based in Syracuse, "Unique" celebrates the artistic talents of Central New Yorkers living with disabilities. The works included in this exhibition eloquently speak to the myriad thoughts, ideas, and feelings that all humans share, regardless of individual ability or circumstance. The annual competition invites submissions of art and literature which are then selected for display by a panel of judges, and the works are exhibited in several venues throughout CNY.

The Very Mirror of Life: Ceramics at the Everson 1968-2018
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

I.M. Pei believed that "Architecture is the very mirror of life." This exhibition uses work from the permanent collection to explore the harmony between art and architecture in Pei's building over the past half century.

Time Capsule
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"Time Capsule" presents five decades of the Everson's history in its I.M. Pei-designed building with a look back at the significant acquisitions, groundbreaking exhibitions, and pioneering public programs sponsored by the Museum in the last 50 years. Featuring archival material including photographs, correspondence, and other ephemera as well as work from the Museum's collection, "Time Capsule" highlights the important role the Everson has played in both the art world and the Central New York community.

Invisible People: Portraits of the Homeless by Neil Shigley
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

San Diego based artist Neil Shigley's work explores the subject of homelessness by giving visibility to homeless individuals through large-scale portraits.

Women in Architecture: Contested Subjectivities
Everson Museum of Art
Featuring Linda Zhang

Price: Free for members, $8 non-members
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Drawing upon her work and research in architecture, design, and ceramics, Zhang examines memory, gender, and identity narratives to explore the ways female subjectivity can confront and challenge architectural norms.

Jazz at the Magnolia: John Cortese Duo
CNY Jazz Arts Foundation

Price: No cover
Sugar Magnolia Bistro
316 S. Clinton St., Syracuse

My Dead Lady
Acme Mystery Company

Spaghetti Warehouse
689 N. Clinton St., Syracuse

Professor Barry Biggins has a problem. Azalia Dimwittle has completely failed every attempt to elevate her from Cockney flower girl to aristocratic lady. She simply hasn't gotten it, never will get it, and now everyone has just about had it. To make matters worse, she's invited you and the rest of her conniving family over to the Professor's house for her father's birthday party. By George, I think she's going to get it (if she doesn't get them first).

*SOLD OUT* Steel Magnolias
Redhouse
Temar Underwood, director

Price: $32 regular, $27 students/seniors
Redhouse at City Center Mainstage
400 S. Salina St., Syracuse

Truvy's Beauty Salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana is where all the ladies who are "anybody" go to get their hair done. Enjoy the company of these wildly colorful and lovable women as they bond together to cope with good times and bad. Their journey is alternately hilarious and touching and ultimately reveals the incredible healing power of love and friendship.

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Noises Off
Syracuse Stage
Bob Hupp, director

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

Hailed as the "funniest farce ever written" and a "festival of delirium," Noises Off is legendary in the annals of laughter. As a company of actors attempts to deliver a comedy onstage, playwright Michael Frayn takes us behind the scenes where the real farce explodes. Slamming doors, wayward fish, and comic chaos delivered with impeccable precision make Noises Off the most dexterously realized comedy ever about putting on a comedy.

Read a Review!

Friday, September 28, 2018

Picture 81 Juried Exhibition
SUNY Oswego Metro Center at the Atrium

Price: Free
SUNY Oswego Metro Center at the Atrium
2 Clinton Square, Syracuse

Artists and photographers document Route 81 as it intersects with our community.

Woods: Oil Paintings by Robert Niedzwiecki
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

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

We Remember Them: The Legacy of Pan Am Flight 103
Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

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

The bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on December 21, 1988 claimed the lives of 270 individuals from 21 nations. Among those lost were 35 students returning home from a semester abroad through Syracuse University. This exhibition of materials donated to the Pan Am Flight 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster by the victims' families, friends, advocates, and affected communities commemorates the 30th anniversary of the tragedy through an exploration of the ways in which the lives of the victims have been remembered. Whether through scholarship, public advocacy, art, or physical memorials, we ensure their lives and the lessons learned from their deaths are not forgotten.

Disregard the Facts
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Charlie Golden: small ink drawings
Melissa Montgomery: bronze "footed" bowls
Mike Sickler: mixed media collage
Esperanza Tielbaard: semi-precious stone necklaces

LaToya Hobbs: Salt of the Earth
Community Folk Art Center

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

A celebration and examination of black women's lives throughout the Diaspora, through the use of the motif of the modern matriarch.

Cranky Cat Collection: Paintings by Cindy Schmidt
Gallery 54

Gallery 54
54 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

Whimsical, humorous original acrylic paintings.

Be Strong and Do Not Betray Your Soul: Selections from the Light Work Collection
Light Work Gallery

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

This exhibition is guest-curated by For Freedoms, a platform for civic engagement, discourse, and direct action for artists in the United States, co-founded in 2016 by former Light Work artists-in-residence Eric Gottesman and Hank Willis Thomas.

"Be Strong and Do Not Betray Your Soul" features over 40 photographs from the Light Work Collection. The list of artists includes Laura Aguilar, George Awde, Karl Baden, Lois Barden and Harry Littell, Claire Beckett, Charles Biasing-Rivera, Samantha Box, Deborah Bright, Chan Chao, Renee Cox, Rose Marie Cromwell, Jen Davis, Jess Dugan, John Edmonds, Amy Elkins, Nereyda Garcia Ferraz, Jennifer Garza-Cuen, Antony Gleaton, Jim Goldberg, David Graham, Mahtab Hussain, Osamu James Nakagawa, Tommy Kha, Pipo Nguyen-Duy, Deana Lawson, Mary Mattingly, Jackie Nickerson, Shelley Niro, Suzanne Opton, Kristine Potter, Ernesto Pujol, Irina Rozovsky, Alessandra Sanguinetti, Kanako Sasaki, Pacifico Silano, Clarissa Sligh, Beuford Smith, Amy Stein, Mila Teshaieva, Brian Ulrich, Ted Wathen, Carrie Mae Weems, Carla Williams, Hank Willis Thomas, Pixy Yijun Liao.

Read a review!

The War to End All Wars: Onondaga County Encounters World War I
Onondaga Historical Association

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

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the United States' entry into World War I, Onondaga Historical Association will present an exhibit on Onondaga County's role in the Great War.

The exhibit will feature photographs, posters, uniforms, gas masks, helmets and other military accoutrements, war souvenirs, home-front conservation items, letters, diaries, and other archival material and objects. These items will illustrate the impact World War I had on Onondaga County and the world at large. The exhibit will focus on the people, places, and events at home and abroad including military personnel and units, the nurse corps, Camp Syracuse, food conservation, the Split Rock munitions explosion, and the Spanish Influenza epidemic.

Donald R. Waful: The Remarkable Life Story of a Local Syracusan
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Donald R. Waful has been a dedicated Syracuse citizen for nearly a century. As a young adult, he attended Syracuse University where he earned both his Bachelor's and Master's degrees. He enlisted in the United States army in 1941 and served overseas when the U.S. entered World War II. He met his future wife, army nurse Olga "Cassie" Casciolini, while stationed in Northern Ireland. He then served in the North African campaign where he was taken as a prisoner of war in 1942. He would remain a POW first in Italy, then in Poland, for the duration of the war. He was reunited with Cassie at the end of World War II, afterward settling in Syracuse. Don went on to have a career in insurance and served as President of the Syracuse Chiefs baseball team for 35 years. Waful has remained active in the Syracuse community, both with Syracuse University and the Chiefs baseball team.

This exhibit, designed and installed by SUNY Potsdam undergraduate student Mahala Nyberg, examinies the life of Don Waful, who is nearing 102 years old, and details his experiences during World War II as well as his experiences before and after the war in Syracuse.

Rodin: The Human Experience
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

"Rodin: The Human Experience (Selections from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Collections) presents 32 figures in bronze by Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), the French sculptor who left behind 19th century academic traditions to focus on conveying the passion and vitality of the human spirit. Considered in his lifetime to be the greatest sculptor since Michelangelo, Rodin exerted a tremendous influence on artists of subsequent generations, such as Matisse, Brancusi, and Maillol. His vigorous modeling emphasized his personal response to the subject, and he captured movement and emotion by altering traditional poses and gestures. Rodin's sculpture is often considered a crucial link between traditional and modern art.

Forbidden Fruit: Yasuo Kuniyoshi's America
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

"Forbidden Fruit: Yasuo Kuniyoshi's America" explores the life and career of the noted 20th century Japanese American artist through the lens of Forbidden Fruit, 1950. This eerie and confounding late painting from Syracuse University's permanent collection ultimately reveals Kuniyoshi's tortured state of mind close to his untimely passing in 1953.

Paintings, drawings, and prints from lenders including the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Wadsworth Athenaeum Museum of Art, and the Herbert F. Johnson Museum at Cornell University develop an engrossing visual narrative explaining the life and work of this unique artist.

The 2018 Members Exhibition of the Society of American Graphic Artists
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

This exhibition displays the prints of 66 SAGA members with a variety of statements and techniques that reflect their individual approaches to printmaking. All the prints in this exhibition were done in the 21st century and include traditional and contemporary approaches to printmaking. In their prints, members continue to show a wide variety of imagery, mediums and mastery of techniques, demonstrating the highest standards of excellence. SAGA members continually push the medium and contribute to the growth of printmaking.

Unique
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Coordinated by ARISE, a non-profit agency based in Syracuse, "Unique" celebrates the artistic talents of Central New Yorkers living with disabilities. The works included in this exhibition eloquently speak to the myriad thoughts, ideas, and feelings that all humans share, regardless of individual ability or circumstance. The annual competition invites submissions of art and literature which are then selected for display by a panel of judges, and the works are exhibited in several venues throughout CNY.

Visions of America
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Everson building, "Visions of America" showcases the depth of the Everson's collection of American art. In 1911, the Everson (then known as the Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts) made history as the first museum in the country to declare that it would collect only work made by American artists, a decision which led to the acquisition of many important works that are today beloved by Everson visitors. This exhibition features many of these visitor favorites, including work by Edward Hicks, Eastman Johnson, Frederick Remington, Adelaide Alsop Robineau, and Gilbert Stuart.

The Art of the Tile
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Ceramic tiles are one of the world's oldest decorative art forms, dating back to at least the fourth millennium BCE. Tiles served both an ornamental and functional purpose, covering interior and exterior building surfaces as well as tabletops and other pieces of furniture.

The Everson's expansive ceramics collection includes over 500 tiles made in countries around the world between the 17th and 20th centuries. This exhibition presents a selection of these tiles, many of which have never before been on view.

A Look Inside The Handmaid's Tale
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The Handmaid's Tale, written by Margaret Atwood, is Onondaga Community College's Common Read for the 2018-2019 academic year. The Everson has partnered with OCC to present an exhibition of works from the Museum's collection that address the themes and rich visual symbolism found within Atwood's novel. "A Look Inside The Handmaid's Tale" draws connections between the visual and literary world as a means to deepen our experience of both art forms and to sharpen our thinking about the world we live in today.

Time Capsule
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"Time Capsule" presents five decades of the Everson's history in its I.M. Pei-designed building with a look back at the significant acquisitions, groundbreaking exhibitions, and pioneering public programs sponsored by the Museum in the last 50 years. Featuring archival material including photographs, correspondence, and other ephemera as well as work from the Museum's collection, "Time Capsule" highlights the important role the Everson has played in both the art world and the Central New York community.

The Very Mirror of Life: Ceramics at the Everson 1968-2018
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

I.M. Pei believed that "Architecture is the very mirror of life." This exhibition uses work from the permanent collection to explore the harmony between art and architecture in Pei's building over the past half century.

Invisible People: Portraits of the Homeless by Neil Shigley
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

San Diego based artist Neil Shigley's work explores the subject of homelessness by giving visibility to homeless individuals through large-scale portraits.

Christopher Harris: Extended Forecast
Urban Video Project

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

The works in this exhibition by the award-winning filmmaker each explore the cosmological resonances of the seemingly mundane. In speaking about the broad goals of his work, Harris said, "These are films that are not there to tell an easy story or to narrate a palatable history. They're there to really make you think about and explore cinema's fundamental relationship to American racial identity, pushing us to turn the medium inside out and see how to stretch its potential for new conversations about film and race."

Sunshine State (Extended Forecast)
(2007, 8 minutes)
Somewhere in a quiet outer suburb of the Milky Way Galaxy, we live our lives in the pleasant warmth of our middle-of-the-road star, the Sun. Slowly but surely we will reach the point when there will be one last perfect sunny day. The sun will swell up, scorch the earth, and finally consume it.

28.IV.81 (Bedouin Spark)
(2009, 3 minutes)
This piece approximates a small child's fantasy world in the dark. In a series of close-ups, the nightlight is transformed into a meditative star-spangled sky. An improvisation edited in-camera and shot on a single reel. The stars swirl in silence.

Distant Shores
(2016, 3 minutes)
A sunny afternoon on a tour boat in Chicago is haunted by the specter of other voyages.

On view at UVP's outdoor projection site on the north facade of the Everson Museum of Art from dusk until 11:00 pm.

Intimate Evening with Syracuse City Ballet
Syracuse City Ballet
Featuring Callan Bergmann

Price: $25
Syracuse City Ballet Studios
932 Spencer St., Syracuse

An Intimate Evening with Syracuse City Ballet will offer an eclectic mix of new works, both classical and contemporary, and showcase the multi-dimensional talents of our dancers. This year we welcome Broadway star Callan Bergmann as a guest artist for this performance.

Historic Ghostwalk: Manlius Memories
Onondaga Historical Association

Price: $15 regular, $12 members (reservations required)
Manlius Historical Society
109 Pleasant St., Manlius

Historic Ghostwalks are led by guides to locations in neighborhoods, buildings, and cemeteries where actors in costume portray individuals from Onondaga County's past. The "ghosts" reveal their lives in 12- to 15-minute vignettes, giving personal insight to those who have preceded us.

Walking tours leave every 15 minutes from 6:00-8:00 pm. Tickets for each time slot are available on the website; advance purchase required.

Bria Skonberg, Baker Guest Artist
Syracuse University Setnor School of Music

Price: Free
Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College
Syracuse University, Syracuse

New York-based Canadian singer, trumpeter, and songwriter Bria Skonberg has been described as one of the "most versatile and imposing musicians of her generation" (Wall Street Journal). Recognized as one of 25 for the Future by DownBeat Magazine, Skonberg has been a force in the new generation with her bold horn melodies and smoky vocals and adventurous concoctions of classic and new.

Skonberg signed to Sony Music Masterworks' OKeh Records in 2016 and released her debut LP, Bria, which won a Canadian JUNO award and made the Top 5 on Billboard jazz charts. She collaborated again with producer Matt Pierson, as well as multi-Grammy winner Gil Goldstein, for her second Sony album, With A Twist, released in May 2017. Her take on Leonard Cohen's "Dance Me To The End of Love" has garnered more than three million streams.

For most concert events in Setnor Auditorium, free and accessible concert parking is available on campus in the Q-1 lot. When parking for concert events, please inform parking attendants that you are attending an event at Setnor Auditorium in Crouse College so they may direct you.

Penny Boxall, poet
Downtown Writer's Center

Price: Free
YMCA
340 Montgomery St., Syracuse

U.K. poet Penny Boxall holds an MA in Creative Writing (Poetry) from the University of East Anglia. She won the 2016 Edwin Morgan Poetry Award with her debut collection, Ship of the Line. She has held residencies at Gladstone's Library (Wales), Hawthornden Castle (Scotland), and Chateau de Lavigny (Switzerland). Her poetry has appeared in The Sunday Times, Rialto, The North, and Mslexia. Her second collection, Who Goes There?, is out in September from Valley Press. She is currently working on a third collection and her first novel for children.

Steel Magnolias
Redhouse
Temar Underwood, director

Price: $32 regular, $27 students/seniors
Redhouse at City Center Mainstage
400 S. Salina St., Syracuse

Truvy's Beauty Salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana is where all the ladies who are "anybody" go to get their hair done. Enjoy the company of these wildly colorful and lovable women as they bond together to cope with good times and bad. Their journey is alternately hilarious and touching and ultimately reveals the incredible healing power of love and friendship.

Read a Review!

Noises Off
Syracuse Stage
Bob Hupp, director

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

Hailed as the "funniest farce ever written" and a "festival of delirium," Noises Off is legendary in the annals of laughter. As a company of actors attempts to deliver a comedy onstage, playwright Michael Frayn takes us behind the scenes where the real farce explodes. Slamming doors, wayward fish, and comic chaos delivered with impeccable precision make Noises Off the most dexterously realized comedy ever about putting on a comedy.

Read a Review!

Saturday, September 29, 2018

Woods: Oil Paintings by Robert Niedzwiecki
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

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

The Very Mirror of Life: Ceramics at the Everson 1968-2018
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

I.M. Pei believed that "Architecture is the very mirror of life." This exhibition uses work from the permanent collection to explore the harmony between art and architecture in Pei's building over the past half century.

Time Capsule
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"Time Capsule" presents five decades of the Everson's history in its I.M. Pei-designed building with a look back at the significant acquisitions, groundbreaking exhibitions, and pioneering public programs sponsored by the Museum in the last 50 years. Featuring archival material including photographs, correspondence, and other ephemera as well as work from the Museum's collection, "Time Capsule" highlights the important role the Everson has played in both the art world and the Central New York community.

A Look Inside The Handmaid's Tale
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The Handmaid's Tale, written by Margaret Atwood, is Onondaga Community College's Common Read for the 2018-2019 academic year. The Everson has partnered with OCC to present an exhibition of works from the Museum's collection that address the themes and rich visual symbolism found within Atwood's novel. "A Look Inside The Handmaid's Tale" draws connections between the visual and literary world as a means to deepen our experience of both art forms and to sharpen our thinking about the world we live in today.

The Art of the Tile
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Ceramic tiles are one of the world's oldest decorative art forms, dating back to at least the fourth millennium BCE. Tiles served both an ornamental and functional purpose, covering interior and exterior building surfaces as well as tabletops and other pieces of furniture.

The Everson's expansive ceramics collection includes over 500 tiles made in countries around the world between the 17th and 20th centuries. This exhibition presents a selection of these tiles, many of which have never before been on view.

Visions of America
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Everson building, "Visions of America" showcases the depth of the Everson's collection of American art. In 1911, the Everson (then known as the Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts) made history as the first museum in the country to declare that it would collect only work made by American artists, a decision which led to the acquisition of many important works that are today beloved by Everson visitors. This exhibition features many of these visitor favorites, including work by Edward Hicks, Eastman Johnson, Frederick Remington, Adelaide Alsop Robineau, and Gilbert Stuart.

Unique
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Coordinated by ARISE, a non-profit agency based in Syracuse, "Unique" celebrates the artistic talents of Central New Yorkers living with disabilities. The works included in this exhibition eloquently speak to the myriad thoughts, ideas, and feelings that all humans share, regardless of individual ability or circumstance. The annual competition invites submissions of art and literature which are then selected for display by a panel of judges, and the works are exhibited in several venues throughout CNY.

Cranky Cat Collection: Paintings by Cindy Schmidt
Gallery 54

Gallery 54
54 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

Whimsical, humorous original acrylic paintings.

LaToya Hobbs: Salt of the Earth
Community Folk Art Center

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

A celebration and examination of black women's lives throughout the Diaspora, through the use of the motif of the modern matriarch.

Donald R. Waful: The Remarkable Life Story of a Local Syracusan
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Donald R. Waful has been a dedicated Syracuse citizen for nearly a century. As a young adult, he attended Syracuse University where he earned both his Bachelor's and Master's degrees. He enlisted in the United States army in 1941 and served overseas when the U.S. entered World War II. He met his future wife, army nurse Olga "Cassie" Casciolini, while stationed in Northern Ireland. He then served in the North African campaign where he was taken as a prisoner of war in 1942. He would remain a POW first in Italy, then in Poland, for the duration of the war. He was reunited with Cassie at the end of World War II, afterward settling in Syracuse. Don went on to have a career in insurance and served as President of the Syracuse Chiefs baseball team for 35 years. Waful has remained active in the Syracuse community, both with Syracuse University and the Chiefs baseball team.

This exhibit, designed and installed by SUNY Potsdam undergraduate student Mahala Nyberg, examinies the life of Don Waful, who is nearing 102 years old, and details his experiences during World War II as well as his experiences before and after the war in Syracuse.

The War to End All Wars: Onondaga County Encounters World War I
Onondaga Historical Association

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

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the United States' entry into World War I, Onondaga Historical Association will present an exhibit on Onondaga County's role in the Great War.

The exhibit will feature photographs, posters, uniforms, gas masks, helmets and other military accoutrements, war souvenirs, home-front conservation items, letters, diaries, and other archival material and objects. These items will illustrate the impact World War I had on Onondaga County and the world at large. The exhibit will focus on the people, places, and events at home and abroad including military personnel and units, the nurse corps, Camp Syracuse, food conservation, the Split Rock munitions explosion, and the Spanish Influenza epidemic.

Rodin: The Human Experience
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

"Rodin: The Human Experience (Selections from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Collections) presents 32 figures in bronze by Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), the French sculptor who left behind 19th century academic traditions to focus on conveying the passion and vitality of the human spirit. Considered in his lifetime to be the greatest sculptor since Michelangelo, Rodin exerted a tremendous influence on artists of subsequent generations, such as Matisse, Brancusi, and Maillol. His vigorous modeling emphasized his personal response to the subject, and he captured movement and emotion by altering traditional poses and gestures. Rodin's sculpture is often considered a crucial link between traditional and modern art.

The 2018 Members Exhibition of the Society of American Graphic Artists
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

This exhibition displays the prints of 66 SAGA members with a variety of statements and techniques that reflect their individual approaches to printmaking. All the prints in this exhibition were done in the 21st century and include traditional and contemporary approaches to printmaking. In their prints, members continue to show a wide variety of imagery, mediums and mastery of techniques, demonstrating the highest standards of excellence. SAGA members continually push the medium and contribute to the growth of printmaking.

Forbidden Fruit: Yasuo Kuniyoshi's America
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

"Forbidden Fruit: Yasuo Kuniyoshi's America" explores the life and career of the noted 20th century Japanese American artist through the lens of Forbidden Fruit, 1950. This eerie and confounding late painting from Syracuse University's permanent collection ultimately reveals Kuniyoshi's tortured state of mind close to his untimely passing in 1953.

Paintings, drawings, and prints from lenders including the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Wadsworth Athenaeum Museum of Art, and the Herbert F. Johnson Museum at Cornell University develop an engrossing visual narrative explaining the life and work of this unique artist.

Invisible People: Portraits of the Homeless by Neil Shigley
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

San Diego based artist Neil Shigley's work explores the subject of homelessness by giving visibility to homeless individuals through large-scale portraits.

Be Strong and Do Not Betray Your Soul: Selections from the Light Work Collection
Light Work Gallery

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

This exhibition is guest-curated by For Freedoms, a platform for civic engagement, discourse, and direct action for artists in the United States, co-founded in 2016 by former Light Work artists-in-residence Eric Gottesman and Hank Willis Thomas.

"Be Strong and Do Not Betray Your Soul" features over 40 photographs from the Light Work Collection. The list of artists includes Laura Aguilar, George Awde, Karl Baden, Lois Barden and Harry Littell, Claire Beckett, Charles Biasing-Rivera, Samantha Box, Deborah Bright, Chan Chao, Renee Cox, Rose Marie Cromwell, Jen Davis, Jess Dugan, John Edmonds, Amy Elkins, Nereyda Garcia Ferraz, Jennifer Garza-Cuen, Antony Gleaton, Jim Goldberg, David Graham, Mahtab Hussain, Osamu James Nakagawa, Tommy Kha, Pipo Nguyen-Duy, Deana Lawson, Mary Mattingly, Jackie Nickerson, Shelley Niro, Suzanne Opton, Kristine Potter, Ernesto Pujol, Irina Rozovsky, Alessandra Sanguinetti, Kanako Sasaki, Pacifico Silano, Clarissa Sligh, Beuford Smith, Amy Stein, Mila Teshaieva, Brian Ulrich, Ted Wathen, Carrie Mae Weems, Carla Williams, Hank Willis Thomas, Pixy Yijun Liao.

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Christopher Harris: Extended Forecast
Urban Video Project

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

The works in this exhibition by the award-winning filmmaker each explore the cosmological resonances of the seemingly mundane. In speaking about the broad goals of his work, Harris said, "These are films that are not there to tell an easy story or to narrate a palatable history. They're there to really make you think about and explore cinema's fundamental relationship to American racial identity, pushing us to turn the medium inside out and see how to stretch its potential for new conversations about film and race."

Sunshine State (Extended Forecast)
(2007, 8 minutes)
Somewhere in a quiet outer suburb of the Milky Way Galaxy, we live our lives in the pleasant warmth of our middle-of-the-road star, the Sun. Slowly but surely we will reach the point when there will be one last perfect sunny day. The sun will swell up, scorch the earth, and finally consume it.

28.IV.81 (Bedouin Spark)
(2009, 3 minutes)
This piece approximates a small child's fantasy world in the dark. In a series of close-ups, the nightlight is transformed into a meditative star-spangled sky. An improvisation edited in-camera and shot on a single reel. The stars swirl in silence.

Distant Shores
(2016, 3 minutes)
A sunny afternoon on a tour boat in Chicago is haunted by the specter of other voyages.

On view at UVP's outdoor projection site on the north facade of the Everson Museum of Art from dusk until 11:00 pm.

A Little Spark
Syracuse Improv Collective

Price: $20
Redhouse at City Center Small Theater
400 S. Salina St., Syracuse

Join us for A Little Spark, our 5th annual variety show to benefit the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

This variety show will feature improv comedy by the Syracuse Improv Collective, music by Gary Carpentier of NBC's The Voice, and special appearances by local luminaries.

Lord of the Dance: Dangerous Games

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

"Lord of the Dance" premiered in London two decades ago, and in 2014 Michael Flatley transformed the show making it even more thrilling than the original. "Lord of the Dance: Dangerous Games" with music composed by Gerard Fahy premiered at the iconic London Palladium in September 2014 to mark the milestone 20th anniversary since Michael Flatley became an international sensation.

The show continues to thrill audiences around the globe with its intoxicating mix of dance and music that fuses the traditional with the contemporary in a classic tale that showcases the exceptional talent of the cast. The show features cutting edge technology including a giant Radiant flat screen that spans the width of the stage, special effects lighting, dancing robots and world champion acrobats.

"The Lord of the Dance" story emerges from the dreams of the Little Spirit. It is a classic tale of good versus evil. In her dream the Lord of the Dance represents all things good in the world but he must fight against evil in the form of The Dark Lord and his army of Dark Disciples. Morrighan the Seductress comes between The Lord and his true love Saoirse, while Erin the Goddess puts into song the words that the dances convey. Will the Lord of the Dance and his chieftains defeat the Dark Lord and his men? Will the Spirit's Dream become a nightmare from which she cannot wake?

Let the dance embrace you and take you on a journey filled with energy and passion.

Tickets available online at Ticketmaster.com or on person at the Oncenter Box Office.

Historic Ghostwalk: Manlius Memories
Onondaga Historical Association

Price: $15 regular, $12 members (reservations required)
Manlius Historical Society
109 Pleasant St., Manlius

Historic Ghostwalks are led by guides to locations in neighborhoods, buildings, and cemeteries where actors in costume portray individuals from Onondaga County's past. The "ghosts" reveal their lives in 12- to 15-minute vignettes, giving personal insight to those who have preceded us.

Walking tours leave every 15 minutes from 6:00-8:00 pm. Tickets for each time slot are available on the website; advance purchase required.

The Clay Hess Band
Steeple Coffee House

Price: $20 suggested donation covers entertainment, dessert, coffee/tea
United Church of Fayetteville
310 E. Genesee St., Fayetteville

Bluegrass extraordinaire

Matt De la Peña, author
La Casita Cultural Center

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

New York Times best-selling author Matt De la Peña will talk about his latest children's picture book called LOVE (Putnam, January 2018).

The first Latino author to be awarded the John Newberry Medal, for his book Last Stop on Market Street, he is also the author the award-winning picture book A Nation's Hope: The Story of Boxing Legend Joe Louis and six critically-acclaimed young adult novels. Matt teaches creative writing and his talks inspire audiences of all ages in schools and colleges across the country.

Moongobble Series: The Dragon of Doom
Open Hand Theater

Open Hand Theater
Shoppingtown Mall, Entrance No. 1 (formerly Dick's entrance), Dewitt

Edward has never been so busy—or so happy. But then someone threatens to stop Moongobble from ever casting another spell. Edward can't let that happen. He'll do anything to save his friend's magic—even face the deadly, dreaded Dragon of Doom!

The Little Mermaid
Magic Circle Children's Theatre

Price: $6
Spaghetti Warehouse
689 N. Clinton St., Syracuse

Interactive retelling of the children's classic.

Noises Off
Syracuse Stage
Bob Hupp, director

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

Hailed as the "funniest farce ever written" and a "festival of delirium," Noises Off is legendary in the annals of laughter. As a company of actors attempts to deliver a comedy onstage, playwright Michael Frayn takes us behind the scenes where the real farce explodes. Slamming doors, wayward fish, and comic chaos delivered with impeccable precision make Noises Off the most dexterously realized comedy ever about putting on a comedy.

Read a Review!

Steel Magnolias
Redhouse
Temar Underwood, director

Price: $32 regular, $27 students/seniors
Redhouse at City Center Mainstage
400 S. Salina St., Syracuse

Truvy's Beauty Salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana is where all the ladies who are "anybody" go to get their hair done. Enjoy the company of these wildly colorful and lovable women as they bond together to cope with good times and bad. Their journey is alternately hilarious and touching and ultimately reveals the incredible healing power of love and friendship.

Read a Review!

Noises Off
Syracuse Stage
Bob Hupp, director

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

Hailed as the "funniest farce ever written" and a "festival of delirium," Noises Off is legendary in the annals of laughter. As a company of actors attempts to deliver a comedy onstage, playwright Michael Frayn takes us behind the scenes where the real farce explodes. Slamming doors, wayward fish, and comic chaos delivered with impeccable precision make Noises Off the most dexterously realized comedy ever about putting on a comedy.

Read a Review!

Sunday, September 30, 2018

Cranky Cat Collection: Paintings by Cindy Schmidt
Gallery 54

Gallery 54
54 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

Whimsical, humorous original acrylic paintings.

The War to End All Wars: Onondaga County Encounters World War I
Onondaga Historical Association

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

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the United States' entry into World War I, Onondaga Historical Association will present an exhibit on Onondaga County's role in the Great War.

The exhibit will feature photographs, posters, uniforms, gas masks, helmets and other military accoutrements, war souvenirs, home-front conservation items, letters, diaries, and other archival material and objects. These items will illustrate the impact World War I had on Onondaga County and the world at large. The exhibit will focus on the people, places, and events at home and abroad including military personnel and units, the nurse corps, Camp Syracuse, food conservation, the Split Rock munitions explosion, and the Spanish Influenza epidemic.

Donald R. Waful: The Remarkable Life Story of a Local Syracusan
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Donald R. Waful has been a dedicated Syracuse citizen for nearly a century. As a young adult, he attended Syracuse University where he earned both his Bachelor's and Master's degrees. He enlisted in the United States army in 1941 and served overseas when the U.S. entered World War II. He met his future wife, army nurse Olga "Cassie" Casciolini, while stationed in Northern Ireland. He then served in the North African campaign where he was taken as a prisoner of war in 1942. He would remain a POW first in Italy, then in Poland, for the duration of the war. He was reunited with Cassie at the end of World War II, afterward settling in Syracuse. Don went on to have a career in insurance and served as President of the Syracuse Chiefs baseball team for 35 years. Waful has remained active in the Syracuse community, both with Syracuse University and the Chiefs baseball team.

This exhibit, designed and installed by SUNY Potsdam undergraduate student Mahala Nyberg, examinies the life of Don Waful, who is nearing 102 years old, and details his experiences during World War II as well as his experiences before and after the war in Syracuse.

Forbidden Fruit: Yasuo Kuniyoshi's America
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

"Forbidden Fruit: Yasuo Kuniyoshi's America" explores the life and career of the noted 20th century Japanese American artist through the lens of Forbidden Fruit, 1950. This eerie and confounding late painting from Syracuse University's permanent collection ultimately reveals Kuniyoshi's tortured state of mind close to his untimely passing in 1953.

Paintings, drawings, and prints from lenders including the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Wadsworth Athenaeum Museum of Art, and the Herbert F. Johnson Museum at Cornell University develop an engrossing visual narrative explaining the life and work of this unique artist.

The 2018 Members Exhibition of the Society of American Graphic Artists
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

This exhibition displays the prints of 66 SAGA members with a variety of statements and techniques that reflect their individual approaches to printmaking. All the prints in this exhibition were done in the 21st century and include traditional and contemporary approaches to printmaking. In their prints, members continue to show a wide variety of imagery, mediums and mastery of techniques, demonstrating the highest standards of excellence. SAGA members continually push the medium and contribute to the growth of printmaking.

Rodin: The Human Experience
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

"Rodin: The Human Experience (Selections from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Collections) presents 32 figures in bronze by Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), the French sculptor who left behind 19th century academic traditions to focus on conveying the passion and vitality of the human spirit. Considered in his lifetime to be the greatest sculptor since Michelangelo, Rodin exerted a tremendous influence on artists of subsequent generations, such as Matisse, Brancusi, and Maillol. His vigorous modeling emphasized his personal response to the subject, and he captured movement and emotion by altering traditional poses and gestures. Rodin's sculpture is often considered a crucial link between traditional and modern art.

Time Capsule
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"Time Capsule" presents five decades of the Everson's history in its I.M. Pei-designed building with a look back at the significant acquisitions, groundbreaking exhibitions, and pioneering public programs sponsored by the Museum in the last 50 years. Featuring archival material including photographs, correspondence, and other ephemera as well as work from the Museum's collection, "Time Capsule" highlights the important role the Everson has played in both the art world and the Central New York community.

The Very Mirror of Life: Ceramics at the Everson 1968-2018
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

I.M. Pei believed that "Architecture is the very mirror of life." This exhibition uses work from the permanent collection to explore the harmony between art and architecture in Pei's building over the past half century.

Unique
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Coordinated by ARISE, a non-profit agency based in Syracuse, "Unique" celebrates the artistic talents of Central New Yorkers living with disabilities. The works included in this exhibition eloquently speak to the myriad thoughts, ideas, and feelings that all humans share, regardless of individual ability or circumstance. The annual competition invites submissions of art and literature which are then selected for display by a panel of judges, and the works are exhibited in several venues throughout CNY.

Visions of America
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Everson building, "Visions of America" showcases the depth of the Everson's collection of American art. In 1911, the Everson (then known as the Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts) made history as the first museum in the country to declare that it would collect only work made by American artists, a decision which led to the acquisition of many important works that are today beloved by Everson visitors. This exhibition features many of these visitor favorites, including work by Edward Hicks, Eastman Johnson, Frederick Remington, Adelaide Alsop Robineau, and Gilbert Stuart.

The Art of the Tile
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Ceramic tiles are one of the world's oldest decorative art forms, dating back to at least the fourth millennium BCE. Tiles served both an ornamental and functional purpose, covering interior and exterior building surfaces as well as tabletops and other pieces of furniture.

The Everson's expansive ceramics collection includes over 500 tiles made in countries around the world between the 17th and 20th centuries. This exhibition presents a selection of these tiles, many of which have never before been on view.

A Look Inside The Handmaid's Tale
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The Handmaid's Tale, written by Margaret Atwood, is Onondaga Community College's Common Read for the 2018-2019 academic year. The Everson has partnered with OCC to present an exhibition of works from the Museum's collection that address the themes and rich visual symbolism found within Atwood's novel. "A Look Inside The Handmaid's Tale" draws connections between the visual and literary world as a means to deepen our experience of both art forms and to sharpen our thinking about the world we live in today.

Be Strong and Do Not Betray Your Soul: Selections from the Light Work Collection
Light Work Gallery

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

This exhibition is guest-curated by For Freedoms, a platform for civic engagement, discourse, and direct action for artists in the United States, co-founded in 2016 by former Light Work artists-in-residence Eric Gottesman and Hank Willis Thomas.

"Be Strong and Do Not Betray Your Soul" features over 40 photographs from the Light Work Collection. The list of artists includes Laura Aguilar, George Awde, Karl Baden, Lois Barden and Harry Littell, Claire Beckett, Charles Biasing-Rivera, Samantha Box, Deborah Bright, Chan Chao, Renee Cox, Rose Marie Cromwell, Jen Davis, Jess Dugan, John Edmonds, Amy Elkins, Nereyda Garcia Ferraz, Jennifer Garza-Cuen, Antony Gleaton, Jim Goldberg, David Graham, Mahtab Hussain, Osamu James Nakagawa, Tommy Kha, Pipo Nguyen-Duy, Deana Lawson, Mary Mattingly, Jackie Nickerson, Shelley Niro, Suzanne Opton, Kristine Potter, Ernesto Pujol, Irina Rozovsky, Alessandra Sanguinetti, Kanako Sasaki, Pacifico Silano, Clarissa Sligh, Beuford Smith, Amy Stein, Mila Teshaieva, Brian Ulrich, Ted Wathen, Carrie Mae Weems, Carla Williams, Hank Willis Thomas, Pixy Yijun Liao.

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Beneath the Surface: The Storied History of Onondaga Lake
Onondaga Historical Association

Price: $7 regular, $5 OHA members
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

21st-Century Prize Winners
Society for New Music

Price: $20 regular, $15 students/seniors, children 12 and under free
Pebble Hill Presbyterian Church
5299 Jamesville Rd., Dewitt

Kevin Ernste Chorale, 2018
Jack Frerer Downloads, 2017 (2018 Israel/Pellman winner)
Ryan Chase Stargazer, 2015
Missy Mazzoli Still Life with Avalanche, 2009
Texu Kim Co.Ko – un poco loco, 2017
Eric Nathan Threads, 2011

Moongobble Series: The Dragon of Doom
Open Hand Theater

Open Hand Theater
Shoppingtown Mall, Entrance No. 1 (formerly Dick's entrance), Dewitt

Edward has never been so busy—or so happy. But then someone threatens to stop Moongobble from ever casting another spell. Edward can't let that happen. He'll do anything to save his friend's magic—even face the deadly, dreaded Dragon of Doom!

Steel Magnolias
Redhouse
Temar Underwood, director

Price: $32 regular, $27 students/seniors
Redhouse at City Center Mainstage
400 S. Salina St., Syracuse

Truvy's Beauty Salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana is where all the ladies who are "anybody" go to get their hair done. Enjoy the company of these wildly colorful and lovable women as they bond together to cope with good times and bad. Their journey is alternately hilarious and touching and ultimately reveals the incredible healing power of love and friendship.

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Noises Off
Syracuse Stage
Bob Hupp, director

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

Hailed as the "funniest farce ever written" and a "festival of delirium," Noises Off is legendary in the annals of laughter. As a company of actors attempts to deliver a comedy onstage, playwright Michael Frayn takes us behind the scenes where the real farce explodes. Slamming doors, wayward fish, and comic chaos delivered with impeccable precision make Noises Off the most dexterously realized comedy ever about putting on a comedy.

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