Thursday, April 30, 2015

LeMoyne Annual Student Art Show
LeMoyne College

Price: Free
Wilson Art Gallery, Noreen Reale Falcone Library
LeMoyne College, Syracuse

Paintings, photographs, drawings, and sculpture from current students.

Perspective: Selections from the Light Work Collection
Light Work Gallery

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

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

Letha Wilson: Sight Specific
Light Work Gallery

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

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

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Gallery Exhibition: 27th Annual Feats of Clay
Onondaga Community College

Ann Felton Multicultural Center and Gallery
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

Central New York's "Feats of Clay" was established in 1987 as a means to foster education of the ceramic arts for Syracuse area High Schools. Feats of Clay has grown to include schools from Watertown and the north country to Binghamton and the southern tier as well. On view will be a selection of 100+ ceramic works by participating Central NY high school students.

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

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

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

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

Annual High School Seniors' Exhibit
Edgewood Gallery

Price: Free
Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

High school seniors within a 30 mile radius of Syracuse are selected by their teachers to participate in an exhibit juried by the CNY Art Guild.

Post Basquiat: North-South Contemporaneities
Community Folk Art Center

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

Gary Metz: Quaking Aspen
Light Work Gallery

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

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

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

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

It's in Our Very Name: The Italian Heritage of Syracuse
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

As a crossroads for many immigrants from around the world, Syracuse became the home for Italians who were looking to build a better life. In turn, these immigrants changed Syracuse both physically, by helping with different architectural and infrastructure projects, and culturally, by importing new foods and customs to our community and by participation at all levels in the Syracuse economy.

The exhibit will focus on the history and influence of Italian culture in Syracuse beginning with the name given to this village in 1825, which was adopted when John Wilkinson was inspired by a poem about Siracusa, Sicily. By the 1880s, an increasing number of Italian immigrants began to arrive to take advantage of the thriving Syracuse economy and other opportunities that were available. Some artifacts that will be highlighted include a wine press, a set of wooden bocce balls, and purses made at the Resnick purse factory.

Salt City Rock: The History of Rock and Roll in Syracuse
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

The exhibit will cover rock 'n' roll in Syracuse from the 1950s to today and include memorabilia from local musicians such as The Trend, The FlashCubes, The Tear Jerkers.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Extra|ordinary Reflections: Works from the Robert Infarinato Collection
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

An exhibition that examines the reflective relationship between photographers, their subjects and the audience, featuring 35 photographic portraits from the collection of SU alumnus Robert M. Infarinato and curated by students in the College of Visual and Performing Arts Graduate Program in Museum Studies course Advanced Curatorship, under the guidance of Professor Edward A. Aiken.

Whether the scene is staged or candid, public or private, whether the subject is famous or unknown, portraits can reveal a person's qualities, interests, and attitudes in the click of a camera lens. In portraiture, three potential players hold power: the viewer, the subject, and artist. Power relationships are held between two or all of these players. Extra|ordinary Reflections blurs the lines between all three key players so that the viewer can actively seek out the extraordinary in the seemingly ordinary.

Patrons and potential visitors are encouraged to follow Extra|ordinary Reflections on Instragram via @Extraordinaryreflections and post images using the hashtag #extraordinaryreflections for a chance to be featured.

Women Sculpting Women
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

Women Sculpting Women is a selection of 14 works from the Syracuse University Art Collection that illustrate the achievements these artists made through their own representations of the female form.

Neither Confirmed nor Denied: MFA 2015
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

The annual Master of Fine Arts exhibition features 17 artists from the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University. This year's presenting artists are working in a variety of traditional and multi-disciplinary media including new installations of photography, printmaking, painting, sculpture, ceramics, and site-specific experiences.

Dancing Atoms: Barbara Morgan Photographs
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

Barbara Morgan's legacy of observing life in relation to "dancing atoms" is forever preserved on film and on paper, providing a glimpse into her world of photography, painting, light and modern dance.

Video Vault: The 70s Revisited
Everson Museum of Art

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

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

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

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

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

Prendergast to Pollock: American Modernism from the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute
Everson Museum of Art

Price: $5 members, $10 non-members, $8 students/military/educators/seniors, $30 family, children under 10 free
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The exhibition features 35 masterworks, drawn from the permanent collection of the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute in Utica. Prendergast to Pollock includes important paintings by many of the leading progressive and avant-garde American artists who shaped the history of American art in the first half of the 20th century, including, Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Arthur B. Davies (1862-1928), Arthur G. Dove (1880-1946), Arshile Gorky (1904-48), Edward Hopper (1882-1967), George B. Luks (1866-1933), Reginald Marsh (1898-1954), Jackson Pollock (1912-56), Maurice B. Prendergast (1858-1924), Theodoros Stamos (1922-97), and Mark Tobey (1890-1976). Additional works are drawn from the Everson Museum's permanent collection.

Through these paintings visitors will explore three kinds of traditional artistic subject matter: landscape, still life, and figurative work. Other works in the exhibition embody different manifestations of the mid-20th century art movement known as Abstract Expressionism—the first American art movement to receive international recognition and influence. In addition to the iconic beauty of the works in the exhibition, visitors will have an opportunity to observe how leading modern American artists depicted similar representational and abstract subject matter.

Docent-led tours are available at 2:00 pm daily at no additional cost. Check in at the Visitor Services Desk.

Women's Work: Feminist Art from the Everson's Collection
Everson Museum of Art

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

The Feminist Art Movement emerged in the late 1960s in various cities around the globe. Proponents of the movement sought to influence cultural attitudes and build a new framework for viewing the world, one that included and validated women's experiences. This group of artists did not conform to a single style or medium; instead, they united around ideas of producing art reflective of women's lives, transforming stereotypes, and drawing attention to women's historic contributions to art and society. Drawing from the Everson's collection, this exhibit brings together works by some of the most important artists of the Feminist Art Movement.

Manifestation & Ambiguity
Gallery 4040

Price: Free
Gallery 4040
4040 New Court Ave (off Midler), Syracuse

"Manifestation & Ambiguity" features works by artists that examine and call into question the formation and perception of identity, of how we view ourselves and others. Marna Bell's black & white cinematic series, "Imperfect Memories", exists as reclaimed visions of past experiences from her childhood amnesia. Lacey McKinney's indistinct, "I Am You/Dissolution Paintings", suggest in part that time acts in opposition to the idea of a fixed or absolute self, while Juan Perdiguero's, "Loop" series utilizes large scale drawings of chimpanzees to represent humanistic concepts. This exhibition encourages the viewer to engage the work beyond a formal pictorial response.

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

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

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

Everson Beer Garden
Everson Museum of Art

Price: $15 includes admission to Prendergast to Pollock
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Celebrate the closing of our exciting exhibition Prendergast to Pollock at the Everson Beer Garden. Sample fine craft beers from Empire Brewing Company, Middle Ages Brewing Company, and Good Shepherds Brewing Company, as well as hard and soft ciders from 1911 Spirits. Beverages may be purchased to benefit the Museum and enjoyed in the Rosamond Gifford Sculpture Court. Food and coffee will be available for sale from Recess Coffee.

Throughout the night, guests can enjoy live music by Oswego's top singer/songwriter John McConnell, view the exhibitions, and peruse the wares of local artists. Weather permitting, beverages can also be enjoyed outside on the Everson podium.

Cauleen Smith: Crow Requiem
Urban Video Project

Everson Museum of Art Plaza
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

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

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

Jazzuits with Jazz Ensemble
LeMoyne College

Price: $15 regular, $10 seniors, $5 students and LeMoyne community
Coyne Center for the Performing Arts
LeMoyne College, Syracuse

In this evening of fun-filled jazz, the Jazzuits will take a journey through jazz styles and the Jazz Ensemble will entertain with Latin jazz hits. The two ensembles will join forces for a show-stopping grand finale.

Student Recital Series: Michaela Peterson, voice
Syracuse University Setnor School of Music

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

For most events, free and accessible concert parking is available on campus in the Q-1 lot, located behind Crouse College. Additional parking is available in Irving Garage. Campus parking availability is subject to change, so please call 315-443-2191 for current information.

Ft. Duelle, with Lights Out, DJ Merc, Paulie V, DJ Dezz
Westcott Theater

Westcott Theater
524 Westcott St., Syracuse

Epic Party presents Jump Tour.

Cruel April Poetry Readings
Point of Contact Gallery
Featuring Upstate NY Verve (guest poets from the 2015 edition of Stone Canoe)

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

Point of Contact's poetry series Cruel April will conclude with a special event by guest poets featured in the newly released Stone Canoe 2015 edition. Featured poets at this reading: Jennifer Glancy, Eric Berlin, Chen Chen, Elinor Cramer, Gloria Heffernan, and Michael Jennings.

A Wee Bit O' Murder
Acme Mystery Company

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

Holy St. Patrick on a stick! Someone has stolen the pot of gold and now you and all the other leprechauns of Clover Union Local Number 7 have your little tails in a spin. The president of your local, Jimmy Jack Daniels O'Toole, is demanding that you get your wee bottoms over to the pub as fast as your little feet can go. If the International Fellowship of Little Knickers finds out about this, you'll all be turned into garden gnomes!

Once on this Island
Fowler Drama Club

Price: $5 in advance, $8 at the door (children under 5 free)
Fowler High School
227 Magnolia St., Syracuse

There is an island where rivers run deep. Where the sea sparkling in the sun earns it the name "Jewel of the Antilles." An island where the poorest of peasants labor, and the wealthiest of grands hommes play.

Ti Moune, a peasant girl, rescues a wealthy boy from the other side of the island, Daniel, with whom she falls in love. Unbeknownst to Ti Moune, the pompous gods who preside over the island make a bet with one another over which is stronger, love or death, the stakes being Ti Moune's life. When she pursues Daniel, who has returned to his people, Ti Moune is shunned because of her lowly status. Her determination and capacity to love, though, is not enough to win Daniel's heart and Ti Moune pays the ultimate price; but the gods turn Ti Moune into a tree that grows so strong and so tall, it breaks the wall that separates the societies and ultimately unites them.

Join us for this Caribbean adaptation of The Little Mermaid, written by the TONY Award-winning songwriting team of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty.

For tickets and more information, visit the eventbrite page.

Anything Goes
Broadway in Syracuse

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

Anything Goes is set aboard the ocean liner S.S. American, where nightclub singer/evangelist Reno Sweeney is en route from New York to England. Her pal Billy Crocker has stowed away to be near his love, Hope Harcourt, but the problem is Hope is engaged to the wealthy Lord Evelyn Oakleigh. Joining this love triangle on board the luxury liner are Public Enemy #13, Moonface Martin and his sidekick-in-crime Erma. With the help of some elaborate disguises, tap-dancing sailors, and good old-fashioned blackmail, Reno and Martin join forces to help Billy in his quest to win Hope's heart.

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*SOLD OUT* Seussical The Musical
Redhouse

Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

Book by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, music By Stephen Flaherty, lyrics By Lynn Ahrens, conceived By Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty and Eric Idle, based on the works of Dr. Seuss.

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Glengarry Glen Ross
Central New York Playhouse
Kasey McHale, director

Price: $17
CNY Playhouse
Shoppingtown Mall, Entrance No. 4 (adjacent to parking garage), Dewitt

This scalding comedy took Broadway and London by storm. Here is Mamet at his very best, writing about small-time, cutthroat real estate salesmen trying to grind out a living by pushing plots of land on reluctant buyers in a never-ending scramble for their share of the American dream. Revived on Broadway in 2005 and 2012, this masterpiece of American drama also became a celebrated film which starred Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin and Alan Arkin.

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Avenue Q
Syracuse University Drama Department
Brian Cimmet, director

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

Winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical, Best Score, and Best Book, Avenue Q is part flesh (people), part felt (puppets), and packed with heart. This long-running Broadway hit is a laugh-out-loud musical that tells the story of a recent college grad named Princeton who moves into a shabby New York apartment all the way out on Avenue Q. There, he meets Kate (the girl next door), Rod (the Republican), Trekkie (the internet-surfing monster), Lucy the Slut (and proud of it), and other colorful types who help Princeton finally discover his purpose in life. A little bit naughty, a lot a bit nice, and with enough satire to satisfy the monster in all of us. Music and lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, book by Jeff Whitty.

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Friday, May 1, 2015

LeMoyne Annual Student Art Show
LeMoyne College

Price: Free
Wilson Art Gallery, Noreen Reale Falcone Library
LeMoyne College, Syracuse

Paintings, photographs, drawings, and sculpture from current students.

Letha Wilson: Sight Specific
Light Work Gallery

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

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

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Perspective: Selections from the Light Work Collection
Light Work Gallery

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

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

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

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

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

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

Annual High School Seniors' Exhibit
Edgewood Gallery

Price: Free
Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

High school seniors within a 30 mile radius of Syracuse are selected by their teachers to participate in an exhibit juried by the CNY Art Guild.

Post Basquiat: North-South Contemporaneities
Community Folk Art Center

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

Gary Metz: Quaking Aspen
Light Work Gallery

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

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

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

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

It's in Our Very Name: The Italian Heritage of Syracuse
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

As a crossroads for many immigrants from around the world, Syracuse became the home for Italians who were looking to build a better life. In turn, these immigrants changed Syracuse both physically, by helping with different architectural and infrastructure projects, and culturally, by importing new foods and customs to our community and by participation at all levels in the Syracuse economy.

The exhibit will focus on the history and influence of Italian culture in Syracuse beginning with the name given to this village in 1825, which was adopted when John Wilkinson was inspired by a poem about Siracusa, Sicily. By the 1880s, an increasing number of Italian immigrants began to arrive to take advantage of the thriving Syracuse economy and other opportunities that were available. Some artifacts that will be highlighted include a wine press, a set of wooden bocce balls, and purses made at the Resnick purse factory.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Salt City Rock: The History of Rock and Roll in Syracuse
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

The exhibit will cover rock 'n' roll in Syracuse from the 1950s to today and include memorabilia from local musicians such as The Trend, The FlashCubes, The Tear Jerkers.

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

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

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

Extra|ordinary Reflections: Works from the Robert Infarinato Collection
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

An exhibition that examines the reflective relationship between photographers, their subjects and the audience, featuring 35 photographic portraits from the collection of SU alumnus Robert M. Infarinato and curated by students in the College of Visual and Performing Arts Graduate Program in Museum Studies course Advanced Curatorship, under the guidance of Professor Edward A. Aiken.

Whether the scene is staged or candid, public or private, whether the subject is famous or unknown, portraits can reveal a person's qualities, interests, and attitudes in the click of a camera lens. In portraiture, three potential players hold power: the viewer, the subject, and artist. Power relationships are held between two or all of these players. Extra|ordinary Reflections blurs the lines between all three key players so that the viewer can actively seek out the extraordinary in the seemingly ordinary.

Patrons and potential visitors are encouraged to follow Extra|ordinary Reflections on Instragram via @Extraordinaryreflections and post images using the hashtag #extraordinaryreflections for a chance to be featured.

Neither Confirmed nor Denied: MFA 2015
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

The annual Master of Fine Arts exhibition features 17 artists from the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University. This year's presenting artists are working in a variety of traditional and multi-disciplinary media including new installations of photography, printmaking, painting, sculpture, ceramics, and site-specific experiences.

Women Sculpting Women
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

Women Sculpting Women is a selection of 14 works from the Syracuse University Art Collection that illustrate the achievements these artists made through their own representations of the female form.

Dancing Atoms: Barbara Morgan Photographs
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

Barbara Morgan's legacy of observing life in relation to "dancing atoms" is forever preserved on film and on paper, providing a glimpse into her world of photography, painting, light and modern dance.

Women's Work: Feminist Art from the Everson's Collection
Everson Museum of Art

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

The Feminist Art Movement emerged in the late 1960s in various cities around the globe. Proponents of the movement sought to influence cultural attitudes and build a new framework for viewing the world, one that included and validated women's experiences. This group of artists did not conform to a single style or medium; instead, they united around ideas of producing art reflective of women's lives, transforming stereotypes, and drawing attention to women's historic contributions to art and society. Drawing from the Everson's collection, this exhibit brings together works by some of the most important artists of the Feminist Art Movement.

Prendergast to Pollock: American Modernism from the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute
Everson Museum of Art

Price: $5 members, $10 non-members, $8 students/military/educators/seniors, $30 family, children under 10 free
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The exhibition features 35 masterworks, drawn from the permanent collection of the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute in Utica. Prendergast to Pollock includes important paintings by many of the leading progressive and avant-garde American artists who shaped the history of American art in the first half of the 20th century, including, Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Arthur B. Davies (1862-1928), Arthur G. Dove (1880-1946), Arshile Gorky (1904-48), Edward Hopper (1882-1967), George B. Luks (1866-1933), Reginald Marsh (1898-1954), Jackson Pollock (1912-56), Maurice B. Prendergast (1858-1924), Theodoros Stamos (1922-97), and Mark Tobey (1890-1976). Additional works are drawn from the Everson Museum's permanent collection.

Through these paintings visitors will explore three kinds of traditional artistic subject matter: landscape, still life, and figurative work. Other works in the exhibition embody different manifestations of the mid-20th century art movement known as Abstract Expressionism—the first American art movement to receive international recognition and influence. In addition to the iconic beauty of the works in the exhibition, visitors will have an opportunity to observe how leading modern American artists depicted similar representational and abstract subject matter.

Docent-led tours are available at 2:00 pm daily at no additional cost. Check in at the Visitor Services Desk.

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

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

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

Video Vault: The 70s Revisited
Everson Museum of Art

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

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

Let's Play!
Everson Museum of Art

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

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

Manifestation & Ambiguity
Gallery 4040

Price: Free
Gallery 4040
4040 New Court Ave (off Midler), Syracuse

"Manifestation & Ambiguity" features works by artists that examine and call into question the formation and perception of identity, of how we view ourselves and others. Marna Bell's black & white cinematic series, "Imperfect Memories", exists as reclaimed visions of past experiences from her childhood amnesia. Lacey McKinney's indistinct, "I Am You/Dissolution Paintings", suggest in part that time acts in opposition to the idea of a fixed or absolute self, while Juan Perdiguero's, "Loop" series utilizes large scale drawings of chimpanzees to represent humanistic concepts. This exhibition encourages the viewer to engage the work beyond a formal pictorial response.

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

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

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

Spring Salt Market

St. Clare Auditorium
Lodi and Isabella Streets, Syracuse

Join us for our first springtime Salt Market, featuring 25+ upstate makers, live music, tasty beverages, and food trucks. It's a small, pop-up market that packs a big punch.

For more information and a list of crafters, visit http://www.saltmarketsyracuse.com.

Opening: Celebration of the Arts Art Exhibit
Celebration of the Arts

Price: Free
St. David's Episcopal Church
13 Jamar Dr., Dewitt

There will be an opening reception this evening 7:00-8:30 pm.

New works by 100 of Central New York's finest painters, sculptors, ceramists, metalworkers, fabric artists. Works are offered for sale; credit cards, checks, cash accepted.

Cauleen Smith: Crow Requiem
Urban Video Project

Everson Museum of Art Plaza
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

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

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

The Best of The Second City

Price: $20 regular, $15 students/seniors
Fayetteville-Manlius High School
8201 E. Seneca Tpke., Manlius

Comic relief is on the way. "The Best of The Second City," featuring performers of Chicago's famed The Second City comedy troupe, will perform comedy sketches, both scripted and improvised, and songs.

The Fayetteville-Manlius Thespian Troupe #98 is presenting one of Second City's touring companies. Proceeds from the show will benefit the high school club's future productions.

Since its start in 1959, The Second City has been the proving ground for a long list of now famous players, including Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell and Bill Murray, to name a few.

To purchase tickets, visit fmsecondcity.com. If available, tickets will also be sold at the door. For more information, call Kathy Muldoon at 315-692-1896.

Thumbs UPstate Improv Festival
Syracuse Improv Collective

Price: Free
The Vault
451 S. Warren St., Syracuse

The Table Tour
CNY Crossroads
Featuring Steven Curtis Chapman, Brandon Heath, Love & The Outcome, and Ellie Holcomb

Price: $20 general, $30 VIP
North Syracuse Baptist Church
420 S. Main St., North Syracuse

Please join with CNY Crossroads as we introduce The Table Tour featuring some of today's most poetic Christian artists. Come experience a gathering of musicians and fans alike, together under one roof singing simple messages of hope, healing and enduring faith.

It is said tables bring people together and the vision for The Table Tour concert is no different--to gather a community of Christian artists and fans. The Table Tour will be a unique concert-like experience showcasing artists coming together, sharing both in song and story, welcoming attendees to pull up a chair and listen.

Steven Curtis Chapman has sold 11 million albums, recorded 48 No. 1 radio hits, won five Grammy Awards and an American Music Award, and is Christian music's most-honored artist, with an unprecedented 58 Dove Awards.

Brandon Heath is one of the best in the industry at telling stories through his music. He is a seven time Dove award winner and Emmy-winning songwriter.

Love & The Outcome is the emerging husband/wife duo of singer/songwriter Jodi King and bass player/songwriter Chris Rademaker. They believe Love & The Outcome is both a name and life story. The duo sold their Canadian condo and set off on an international musical road trip.

Ellie Holcomb has a clear vision for uplifting the weary and wounded who need a reminder of who God is and how He loves them. An emerging solo artist, singer/songwriter Ellie Holcomb views music as the ultimate bridge-builder.

Jazzuits with Jazz Ensemble
LeMoyne College

Price: $15 regular, $10 seniors, $5 students and LeMoyne community
Coyne Center for the Performing Arts
LeMoyne College, Syracuse

In this evening of fun-filled jazz, the Jazzuits will take a journey through jazz styles and the Jazz Ensemble will entertain with Latin jazz hits. The two ensembles will join forces for a show-stopping grand finale.

Emma's Revolution
Folkus Project

Price: $18 regular, $15 members
May Memorial Unitarian Society
3800 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Smart, funny, informative -- like Rachel Maddow and Jon Stewart with guitars. Emma's Revolution is the award-winning, activist musicians Pat Humphries and Sandy Opatow. With hauntingly beautiful harmonies and powerful acoustic instrumentals that deliver the energy and strength of their convictions, Emma's Revolution writes songs that become traditions. Their music is infused with inspiration from the legacy of music for social change. It is infectiously energizing, imbued with warmth, hope and humor and the power to turn tears into laughter, cynicism into action.

Student Recital Series: Julia Tucker, piano
Syracuse University Setnor School of Music

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

For most events, free and accessible concert parking is available on campus in the Q-1 lot, located behind Crouse College. Additional parking is available in Irving Garage. Campus parking availability is subject to change, so please call 315-443-2191 for current information.

The Werks, with Soul Junction, Dunks and The Funks
Westcott Theater

Westcott Theater
524 Westcott St., Syracuse

Poets Marthe Reed and Jesse Nissim
Downtown Writer's Center

Price: Free
YMCA
340 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Marthe Reed is the author of five books, including most recently Nights Reading (Lavender Ink 2014), Pleth, a collaboration with j hastain (Unlikely Books 2013), and (em)bodied bliss (Moria Books 2013). Her collaborative chapbook, thrown, text by j hastain with Reed's collages, won the 2013 Smoking Glue Gun contest and will appear in 2015. She is Co-Publisher of Black Radish and Publisher of Nous-zot chapbooks.

Jesse Nissim is the author of Day cracks between the bones of the foot (Furniture Press Books), Where They Would Never Be Invited (forthcoming from Black Radish Books), and several chapbooks. Her poems and reviews have recently appeared or are forthcoming in Barrow Street, Handsome, H-NGM-N, HTML Giant, Many Mountains Moving, and New American Writing. She is a recipient of grants from the Ragdale Foundation and the Constance Saltonstall Foundation.

Once on this Island
Fowler Drama Club

Price: $5 in advance, $8 at the door (children under 5 free)
Fowler High School
227 Magnolia St., Syracuse

There is an island where rivers run deep. Where the sea sparkling in the sun earns it the name "Jewel of the Antilles." An island where the poorest of peasants labor, and the wealthiest of grands hommes play.

Ti Moune, a peasant girl, rescues a wealthy boy from the other side of the island, Daniel, with whom she falls in love. Unbeknownst to Ti Moune, the pompous gods who preside over the island make a bet with one another over which is stronger, love or death, the stakes being Ti Moune's life. When she pursues Daniel, who has returned to his people, Ti Moune is shunned because of her lowly status. Her determination and capacity to love, though, is not enough to win Daniel's heart and Ti Moune pays the ultimate price; but the gods turn Ti Moune into a tree that grows so strong and so tall, it breaks the wall that separates the societies and ultimately unites them.

Join us for this Caribbean adaptation of The Little Mermaid, written by the TONY Award-winning songwriting team of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty.

For tickets and more information, visit the eventbrite page.

Moon Over Buffalo
Appleseed Productions
Pamela Kelley, director

Price: $18 regular, $15 students/seniors
Atonement Lutheran Church
116 W. Glen Ave., Syracuse

The finale to our Main Stage season will be the comedy Moon Over Buffalo, which saw Carol Burnett's return to Broadway in 1995 after a 30-year absence.

In the madcap comedy tradition of Lend me a Tenor, also by Ken Ludwig, the hilarious Moon Over Buffalo centers on George and Charlotte Hay, fading stars of the 1950s. At the moment, they're playing Private Lives and Cyrano De Bergerac in rep in Buffalo with five actors. On the brink of a disastrous split-up, they receive word that they might just have one last shot at stardom.

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Glengarry Glen Ross
Central New York Playhouse
Kasey McHale, director

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

This scalding comedy took Broadway and London by storm. Here is Mamet at his very best, writing about small-time, cutthroat real estate salesmen trying to grind out a living by pushing plots of land on reluctant buyers in a never-ending scramble for their share of the American dream. Revived on Broadway in 2005 and 2012, this masterpiece of American drama also became a celebrated film which starred Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin and Alan Arkin.

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Avenue Q
Syracuse University Drama Department
Brian Cimmet, director

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

Winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical, Best Score, and Best Book, Avenue Q is part flesh (people), part felt (puppets), and packed with heart. This long-running Broadway hit is a laugh-out-loud musical that tells the story of a recent college grad named Princeton who moves into a shabby New York apartment all the way out on Avenue Q. There, he meets Kate (the girl next door), Rod (the Republican), Trekkie (the internet-surfing monster), Lucy the Slut (and proud of it), and other colorful types who help Princeton finally discover his purpose in life. A little bit naughty, a lot a bit nice, and with enough satire to satisfy the monster in all of us. Music and lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, book by Jeff Whitty.

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Saturday, May 2, 2015

LeMoyne Annual Student Art Show
LeMoyne College

Price: Free
Wilson Art Gallery, Noreen Reale Falcone Library
LeMoyne College, Syracuse

Paintings, photographs, drawings, and sculpture from current students.

Women's Work: Feminist Art from the Everson's Collection
Everson Museum of Art

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

The Feminist Art Movement emerged in the late 1960s in various cities around the globe. Proponents of the movement sought to influence cultural attitudes and build a new framework for viewing the world, one that included and validated women's experiences. This group of artists did not conform to a single style or medium; instead, they united around ideas of producing art reflective of women's lives, transforming stereotypes, and drawing attention to women's historic contributions to art and society. Drawing from the Everson's collection, this exhibit brings together works by some of the most important artists of the Feminist Art Movement.

Let's Play!
Everson Museum of Art

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

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

Video Vault: The 70s Revisited
Everson Museum of Art

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

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

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

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

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

Prendergast to Pollock: American Modernism from the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute
Everson Museum of Art

Price: $5 members, $10 non-members, $8 students/military/educators/seniors, $30 family, children under 10 free
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The exhibition features 35 masterworks, drawn from the permanent collection of the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute in Utica. Prendergast to Pollock includes important paintings by many of the leading progressive and avant-garde American artists who shaped the history of American art in the first half of the 20th century, including, Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Arthur B. Davies (1862-1928), Arthur G. Dove (1880-1946), Arshile Gorky (1904-48), Edward Hopper (1882-1967), George B. Luks (1866-1933), Reginald Marsh (1898-1954), Jackson Pollock (1912-56), Maurice B. Prendergast (1858-1924), Theodoros Stamos (1922-97), and Mark Tobey (1890-1976). Additional works are drawn from the Everson Museum's permanent collection.

Through these paintings visitors will explore three kinds of traditional artistic subject matter: landscape, still life, and figurative work. Other works in the exhibition embody different manifestations of the mid-20th century art movement known as Abstract Expressionism—the first American art movement to receive international recognition and influence. In addition to the iconic beauty of the works in the exhibition, visitors will have an opportunity to observe how leading modern American artists depicted similar representational and abstract subject matter.

Docent-led tours are available at 2:00 pm daily at no additional cost. Check in at the Visitor Services Desk.

Spring Salt Market

St. Clare Auditorium
Lodi and Isabella Streets, Syracuse

Join us for our first springtime Salt Market, featuring 25+ upstate makers, live music, tasty beverages, and food trucks. It's a small, pop-up market that packs a big punch.

For more information and a list of crafters, visit http://www.saltmarketsyracuse.com.

Celebration of the Arts Art Exhibit
Celebration of the Arts

Price: Free
St. David's Episcopal Church
13 Jamar Dr., Dewitt

New works by 100 of Central New York's finest painters, sculptors, ceramists, metalworkers, fabric artists. Works are offered for sale; credit cards, checks, cash accepted.

Post Basquiat: North-South Contemporaneities
Community Folk Art Center

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

Salt City Rock: The History of Rock and Roll in Syracuse
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

The exhibit will cover rock 'n' roll in Syracuse from the 1950s to today and include memorabilia from local musicians such as The Trend, The FlashCubes, The Tear Jerkers.

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

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

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

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

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

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

It's in Our Very Name: The Italian Heritage of Syracuse
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

As a crossroads for many immigrants from around the world, Syracuse became the home for Italians who were looking to build a better life. In turn, these immigrants changed Syracuse both physically, by helping with different architectural and infrastructure projects, and culturally, by importing new foods and customs to our community and by participation at all levels in the Syracuse economy.

The exhibit will focus on the history and influence of Italian culture in Syracuse beginning with the name given to this village in 1825, which was adopted when John Wilkinson was inspired by a poem about Siracusa, Sicily. By the 1880s, an increasing number of Italian immigrants began to arrive to take advantage of the thriving Syracuse economy and other opportunities that were available. Some artifacts that will be highlighted include a wine press, a set of wooden bocce balls, and purses made at the Resnick purse factory.

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

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

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

Women Sculpting Women
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

Women Sculpting Women is a selection of 14 works from the Syracuse University Art Collection that illustrate the achievements these artists made through their own representations of the female form.

Neither Confirmed nor Denied: MFA 2015
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

The annual Master of Fine Arts exhibition features 17 artists from the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University. This year's presenting artists are working in a variety of traditional and multi-disciplinary media including new installations of photography, printmaking, painting, sculpture, ceramics, and site-specific experiences.

Extra|ordinary Reflections: Works from the Robert Infarinato Collection
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

An exhibition that examines the reflective relationship between photographers, their subjects and the audience, featuring 35 photographic portraits from the collection of SU alumnus Robert M. Infarinato and curated by students in the College of Visual and Performing Arts Graduate Program in Museum Studies course Advanced Curatorship, under the guidance of Professor Edward A. Aiken.

Whether the scene is staged or candid, public or private, whether the subject is famous or unknown, portraits can reveal a person's qualities, interests, and attitudes in the click of a camera lens. In portraiture, three potential players hold power: the viewer, the subject, and artist. Power relationships are held between two or all of these players. Extra|ordinary Reflections blurs the lines between all three key players so that the viewer can actively seek out the extraordinary in the seemingly ordinary.

Patrons and potential visitors are encouraged to follow Extra|ordinary Reflections on Instragram via @Extraordinaryreflections and post images using the hashtag #extraordinaryreflections for a chance to be featured.

Dancing Atoms: Barbara Morgan Photographs
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

Barbara Morgan's legacy of observing life in relation to "dancing atoms" is forever preserved on film and on paper, providing a glimpse into her world of photography, painting, light and modern dance.

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

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

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

Manifestation & Ambiguity
Gallery 4040

Price: Free
Gallery 4040
4040 New Court Ave (off Midler), Syracuse

"Manifestation & Ambiguity" features works by artists that examine and call into question the formation and perception of identity, of how we view ourselves and others. Marna Bell's black & white cinematic series, "Imperfect Memories", exists as reclaimed visions of past experiences from her childhood amnesia. Lacey McKinney's indistinct, "I Am You/Dissolution Paintings", suggest in part that time acts in opposition to the idea of a fixed or absolute self, while Juan Perdiguero's, "Loop" series utilizes large scale drawings of chimpanzees to represent humanistic concepts. This exhibition encourages the viewer to engage the work beyond a formal pictorial response.

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Imagine Me...
Point of Contact Gallery

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

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

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

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

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

The Homeless: Paintings by Stephen Perrone
Studio 24

Price: Free
Studio 24
433 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

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

Gallery open other times by appointment.

Cauleen Smith: Crow Requiem
Urban Video Project

Everson Museum of Art Plaza
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

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

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

Late Night for MLAB Fundraiser

Price: $50 single, $85 double, $25 students
Pastabilities
311 S. Franklin St., Syracuse

The Mobile Literacy Art Bus (MLAB) is on tour from Maine to Miami in support of free arts education.

With admission, you will enjoy a specialty cocktail, duck bacon pizza, and homemade desserts, music, readings from prominent Syracuse writers, a chance to bid on Sam Van Aken's Tree of 40 Fruit, and access to the Mobile Art Literacy Bus that will be parked out front, all in support of a great cause- revolutionizing the way art education can look in this country.

For tickets or more information, visit www.eventbrite.com/e/late-night-for-mlab-tickets-16487524630.

Thumbs UPstate Improv Festival
Syracuse Improv Collective

Price: Free
The Vault
451 S. Warren St., Syracuse

Crawfish Festival
Operation Northern Comfort

Price: Free
Clinton Square
Downtown, Syracuse

Cajun food including crawfish boil, clams, beignets, crawfish bread, pulled pork; arts and craft vendors, music by The Fabulous Ripcords, Soul Risin', Slow Train, C'est Bon Cajun Dance Band, and Los Blancos.

The money raised will benefit A Tiny Homes for Good.

Annual Spring Fling
Syracuse Community Choir
Karen Mihalyi, conductor

Price: $25-$50 dinner, show, dessert; $12-$25 show, dessert
May Memorial Unitarian Society
3800 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

This the 4th annual Spring Fling event, with catered dinner, cabaret, and silent auction. You can come to the whole event or come after dinner for the cabaret (aka vaudeville show), silent auction, and dessert. Special guest appearance by Emma's Revolution.

Adam Miller, autoharp
Kellish Hill Farm

Price: $10
Kellish Hill Farm
3192 Pompey Center Rd., Pompey

Adam Miller, folksinger, storyteller, and autoharp virtuoso, comes to the farm. One of the premier autoharpists in the world, Adam Miller is a renowned American folksinger and natural-born storyteller. An accomplished folklorist, historian, and song-collector, he has amassed an impressive repertoire of over 5,000 songs. He accompanies his rich, resonant baritone voice with lively fingerpicking acoustic guitar and stunningly beautiful autoharp melodies. In a contemporary musical landscape peopled with singer/songwriters and their often short-lived offerings, his time-honored traditional folksongs and ballads are a breath of fresh air. A masterful entertainer who never fails to get his audience singing along, he has distinguished himself as one of the great interpreters of American folktales and folksongs, and as a performer who appeals to audiences of all ages.

Bringing the World Together in Syracuse
Partners in Learning, Inc.

Price: $25 in advance, $35 at the door
Palace Theater
2384 James St., Syracuse

Music, dance, silent auction, and cross-cultural sharing, feating Grupo Pagan, with guest musicians, Mark Doyle, Irv Lyons, and Joe Whiting; plus Root Shock, Adanfo, Muevete Baile Latino, MANOS Children, and Kinlogh Irish Dancers. All proceeds benefit Partners in Learning's intergenerational learning programs.

Partners in Learning supports adults, children and families of diverse cultures and languages in their efforts to learn, earn and live well. A MANOS Dual Langauge Early Childhood Education and West Side Adult Learning Center-SCSD partnership.

For tickets, visit www.eventbrite.com/e/bringing-the-world-together-in-syracuse-tickets-10391331753.

OCC Percussion Ensemble
Celebration of the Arts

Price: $10
St. David's Episcopal Church
13 Jamar Dr., Dewitt

This premiere group of students from Onondaga Community College, directed by Dr. Robert Bridge, performs thrilling music on more instruments than you can imagine.

Student Recital Series: Anouk Lenormand, cello
Syracuse University Setnor School of Music

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

For most events, free and accessible concert parking is available on campus in the Q-1 lot, located behind Crouse College. Additional parking is available in Irving Garage. Campus parking availability is subject to change, so please call 315-443-2191 for current information.

Rael: The Music of Genesis
Westcott Theater

Westcott Theater
524 Westcott St., Syracuse

Beauty and the Beast
Magic Circle Children's Theatre

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

Interactive retelling of the classic children's story.

Finding Normal
Celebration of the Arts

Price: $10
St. David's Episcopal Church
13 Jamar Dr., Dewitt

High school students explore bullying and sexuality in an interview-style show first developed at Fayetteville-Manlius High School. Talk-back with the student actors follows the show. Presented by the Appleseed Academy.

Once on this Island
Fowler Drama Club

Price: $5 in advance, $8 at the door (children under 5 free)
Fowler High School
227 Magnolia St., Syracuse

There is an island where rivers run deep. Where the sea sparkling in the sun earns it the name "Jewel of the Antilles." An island where the poorest of peasants labor, and the wealthiest of grands hommes play.

Ti Moune, a peasant girl, rescues a wealthy boy from the other side of the island, Daniel, with whom she falls in love. Unbeknownst to Ti Moune, the pompous gods who preside over the island make a bet with one another over which is stronger, love or death, the stakes being Ti Moune's life. When she pursues Daniel, who has returned to his people, Ti Moune is shunned because of her lowly status. Her determination and capacity to love, though, is not enough to win Daniel's heart and Ti Moune pays the ultimate price; but the gods turn Ti Moune into a tree that grows so strong and so tall, it breaks the wall that separates the societies and ultimately unites them.

Join us for this Caribbean adaptation of The Little Mermaid, written by the TONY Award-winning songwriting team of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty.

For tickets and more information, visit the eventbrite page.

Moon Over Buffalo
Appleseed Productions
Pamela Kelley, director

Price: $18 regular, $15 students/seniors
Atonement Lutheran Church
116 W. Glen Ave., Syracuse

The finale to our Main Stage season will be the comedy Moon Over Buffalo, which saw Carol Burnett's return to Broadway in 1995 after a 30-year absence.

In the madcap comedy tradition of Lend me a Tenor, also by Ken Ludwig, the hilarious Moon Over Buffalo centers on George and Charlotte Hay, fading stars of the 1950s. At the moment, they're playing Private Lives and Cyrano De Bergerac in rep in Buffalo with five actors. On the brink of a disastrous split-up, they receive word that they might just have one last shot at stardom.

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Glengarry Glen Ross
Central New York Playhouse
Kasey McHale, director

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

This scalding comedy took Broadway and London by storm. Here is Mamet at his very best, writing about small-time, cutthroat real estate salesmen trying to grind out a living by pushing plots of land on reluctant buyers in a never-ending scramble for their share of the American dream. Revived on Broadway in 2005 and 2012, this masterpiece of American drama also became a celebrated film which starred Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin and Alan Arkin.

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*SOLD OUT* Seussical The Musical
Redhouse

Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

Book by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, music By Stephen Flaherty, lyrics By Lynn Ahrens, conceived By Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty and Eric Idle, based on the works of Dr. Seuss.

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Avenue Q
Syracuse University Drama Department
Brian Cimmet, director

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

Winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical, Best Score, and Best Book, Avenue Q is part flesh (people), part felt (puppets), and packed with heart. This long-running Broadway hit is a laugh-out-loud musical that tells the story of a recent college grad named Princeton who moves into a shabby New York apartment all the way out on Avenue Q. There, he meets Kate (the girl next door), Rod (the Republican), Trekkie (the internet-surfing monster), Lucy the Slut (and proud of it), and other colorful types who help Princeton finally discover his purpose in life. A little bit naughty, a lot a bit nice, and with enough satire to satisfy the monster in all of us. Music and lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, book by Jeff Whitty.

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Sunday, May 3, 2015

Perspective: Selections from the Light Work Collection
Light Work Gallery

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

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

Letha Wilson: Sight Specific
Light Work Gallery

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

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

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Gary Metz: Quaking Aspen
Light Work Gallery

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

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

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

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

Celebration of the Arts Art Exhibit
Celebration of the Arts

Price: Free
St. David's Episcopal Church
13 Jamar Dr., Dewitt

New works by 100 of Central New York's finest painters, sculptors, ceramists, metalworkers, fabric artists. Works are offered for sale; credit cards, checks, cash accepted.

It's in Our Very Name: The Italian Heritage of Syracuse
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

As a crossroads for many immigrants from around the world, Syracuse became the home for Italians who were looking to build a better life. In turn, these immigrants changed Syracuse both physically, by helping with different architectural and infrastructure projects, and culturally, by importing new foods and customs to our community and by participation at all levels in the Syracuse economy.

The exhibit will focus on the history and influence of Italian culture in Syracuse beginning with the name given to this village in 1825, which was adopted when John Wilkinson was inspired by a poem about Siracusa, Sicily. By the 1880s, an increasing number of Italian immigrants began to arrive to take advantage of the thriving Syracuse economy and other opportunities that were available. Some artifacts that will be highlighted include a wine press, a set of wooden bocce balls, and purses made at the Resnick purse factory.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Salt City Rock: The History of Rock and Roll in Syracuse
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

The exhibit will cover rock 'n' roll in Syracuse from the 1950s to today and include memorabilia from local musicians such as The Trend, The FlashCubes, The Tear Jerkers.

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

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

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

Extra|ordinary Reflections: Works from the Robert Infarinato Collection
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

An exhibition that examines the reflective relationship between photographers, their subjects and the audience, featuring 35 photographic portraits from the collection of SU alumnus Robert M. Infarinato and curated by students in the College of Visual and Performing Arts Graduate Program in Museum Studies course Advanced Curatorship, under the guidance of Professor Edward A. Aiken.

Whether the scene is staged or candid, public or private, whether the subject is famous or unknown, portraits can reveal a person's qualities, interests, and attitudes in the click of a camera lens. In portraiture, three potential players hold power: the viewer, the subject, and artist. Power relationships are held between two or all of these players. Extra|ordinary Reflections blurs the lines between all three key players so that the viewer can actively seek out the extraordinary in the seemingly ordinary.

Patrons and potential visitors are encouraged to follow Extra|ordinary Reflections on Instragram via @Extraordinaryreflections and post images using the hashtag #extraordinaryreflections for a chance to be featured.

Neither Confirmed nor Denied: MFA 2015
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

The annual Master of Fine Arts exhibition features 17 artists from the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University. This year's presenting artists are working in a variety of traditional and multi-disciplinary media including new installations of photography, printmaking, painting, sculpture, ceramics, and site-specific experiences.

Women Sculpting Women
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

Women Sculpting Women is a selection of 14 works from the Syracuse University Art Collection that illustrate the achievements these artists made through their own representations of the female form.

Dancing Atoms: Barbara Morgan Photographs
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

Barbara Morgan's legacy of observing life in relation to "dancing atoms" is forever preserved on film and on paper, providing a glimpse into her world of photography, painting, light and modern dance.

Women's Work: Feminist Art from the Everson's Collection
Everson Museum of Art

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

The Feminist Art Movement emerged in the late 1960s in various cities around the globe. Proponents of the movement sought to influence cultural attitudes and build a new framework for viewing the world, one that included and validated women's experiences. This group of artists did not conform to a single style or medium; instead, they united around ideas of producing art reflective of women's lives, transforming stereotypes, and drawing attention to women's historic contributions to art and society. Drawing from the Everson's collection, this exhibit brings together works by some of the most important artists of the Feminist Art Movement.

Prendergast to Pollock: American Modernism from the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute
Everson Museum of Art

Price: $5 members, $10 non-members, $8 students/military/educators/seniors, $30 family, children under 10 free
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The exhibition features 35 masterworks, drawn from the permanent collection of the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute in Utica. Prendergast to Pollock includes important paintings by many of the leading progressive and avant-garde American artists who shaped the history of American art in the first half of the 20th century, including, Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Arthur B. Davies (1862-1928), Arthur G. Dove (1880-1946), Arshile Gorky (1904-48), Edward Hopper (1882-1967), George B. Luks (1866-1933), Reginald Marsh (1898-1954), Jackson Pollock (1912-56), Maurice B. Prendergast (1858-1924), Theodoros Stamos (1922-97), and Mark Tobey (1890-1976). Additional works are drawn from the Everson Museum's permanent collection.

Through these paintings visitors will explore three kinds of traditional artistic subject matter: landscape, still life, and figurative work. Other works in the exhibition embody different manifestations of the mid-20th century art movement known as Abstract Expressionism—the first American art movement to receive international recognition and influence. In addition to the iconic beauty of the works in the exhibition, visitors will have an opportunity to observe how leading modern American artists depicted similar representational and abstract subject matter.

Docent-led tours are available at 2:00 pm daily at no additional cost. Check in at the Visitor Services Desk.

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

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

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

Video Vault: The 70s Revisited
Everson Museum of Art

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

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

Let's Play!
Everson Museum of Art

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

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

LeMoyne Annual Student Art Show
LeMoyne College

Price: Free
Wilson Art Gallery, Noreen Reale Falcone Library
LeMoyne College, Syracuse

Paintings, photographs, drawings, and sculpture from current students.

The Homeless: Paintings by Stephen Perrone
Studio 24

Price: Free
Studio 24
433 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

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

Gallery open other times by appointment.

Original Brew & View: Gone With the Wind and Cartoons
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $10
Palace Theater
2384 James St., Syracuse

One of the best loved films of all time, accompanied by classic cartoons for the kids (and the kid in you).

Ensemble Series: Opera Scenes
Syracuse University Setnor School of Music

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

For most events, free and accessible concert parking is available on campus in the Q-1 lot, located behind Crouse College. Additional parking is available in Irving Garage. Campus parking availability is subject to change, so please call 315-443-2191 for current information.

Last Night at the Proms: Festival of English Choral Music
Celebration of the Arts
Abel Searor, conductor

Price: $10 suggested donation
St. David's Episcopal Church
13 Jamar Dr., Dewitt

St. David's version of a beloved English tradition. Choral gems from Britten, Handel, Parry, Howells and Elgar will finish with the rousing strains of Land of Hope and Glory. Wave your Union Jack!

11th Annual MPH Jazzfest
Featuring Cookie Coogan, vocalist

Price: $10
Manlius Pebble Hill School
5300 Jamesville Rd., Dewitt

For 11 years, Manlius Pebble Hill has sponsored this community Jazz Fest that features regional professional artists and jazz students from Manlius Pebble Hill and other local schools. The quality of all the performers is outstanding and audience members are transported through decades of jazz, from traditional to modern. The Jazz Fest is more than a production for participating students. Each event is preceded by a workshop for the young professionals led by the guest artist with experiential lessons, tips, stories, and more.

This year's guest performer is vocalist Cookie Coogan, a gifted artist often compared to Ella Fitzgerald for her bright scat improvisations and fun-filled approach to music. Her repertoire consists of over 150 tunes ranging from popular and lesser-known standards of the Great American Songbook, to jazz and blues classics, to Brazilian bossa novas, and charming originals. Ms. Coogan is also a pianist, composer, arranger and educator.

For tickets and more information, visit ticketleap.

Barbra Lica
CNY Jazz Arts Foundation

Price: $30 regular, $25 for advance subscribers and donors
Sheraton Syracuse University Grand Ballroom
801 University Ave., Syracuse

Runner-up at the 2013 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Competition (chosen by none other than Al Jarreau and Janis Siegel), at 24 years of age the vivacious Barbra has already been chosen one of Canada's Top 5 Female jazz singers. She's visiting us on her very first U.S. tour, and we're tickled to be able to present another emerging international superstar and her band of Toronto's best.

The event will also celebrate the career achievements of Carol Jacobe, who will receive the CNY Jazz Educator of the Year Award. Additionally, her Vocal Jazz group, the Le Moyne Jazzuits, will perform pop-up a cappella tunes during the first hour of the event.

Spiritual Madrigals
Schola Cantorum of Syracuse
Barry Torres, conductor

Price: $15 regular, $10 students/seniors
Pebble Hill Presbyterian Church
5299 Jamesville Rd., Dewitt

The "Gospel Music" of the Late Renaissance: Chamber choral works of Tallis, Lasso, Monteverdi, Gesualdo and others that brought piety to the public in the popular form of the madrigal.

Spring Celebration Concert
Syracuse Children's Chorus
Stephanie Mowery, conductor

Price: $18-$22 regular, $15-$20 students/seniors, $10 SCC alumni
Hendricks Chapel
Syracuse University, Syracuse

Student Recital Series: Lydia Parkington, cello
Syracuse University Setnor School of Music

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

For most events, free and accessible concert parking is available on campus in the Q-1 lot, located behind Crouse College. Additional parking is available in Irving Garage. Campus parking availability is subject to change, so please call 315-443-2191 for current information.

*SOLD OUT* Seussical The Musical
Redhouse

Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

Book by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, music By Stephen Flaherty, lyrics By Lynn Ahrens, conceived By Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty and Eric Idle, based on the works of Dr. Seuss.

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Festival of Short Plays
Armory Square Playwrights

Price: $7 regular, $5 students/seniors
Jazz Central
441 E. Washington St., Syracuse

Staged readings of short plays by CNY playwrights:

Cutaneous Rabbit Illusion by Kyle Bass
Attraction 101 by Janice Scully
OMG Exclamation Point by Peter Moller

Talkbacks with the authors will follow each play.

Rosewater Nipples
Studio 24

Price: Free
Studio 24
433 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

A staged reading of Bob Brophy's new play Rosewater Nipples, a love story riddled with humor and pathos about a Lebanese family, first and second generation, struggling to grow in the U.S.

Avenue Q
Syracuse University Drama Department
Brian Cimmet, director

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

Winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical, Best Score, and Best Book, Avenue Q is part flesh (people), part felt (puppets), and packed with heart. This long-running Broadway hit is a laugh-out-loud musical that tells the story of a recent college grad named Princeton who moves into a shabby New York apartment all the way out on Avenue Q. There, he meets Kate (the girl next door), Rod (the Republican), Trekkie (the internet-surfing monster), Lucy the Slut (and proud of it), and other colorful types who help Princeton finally discover his purpose in life. A little bit naughty, a lot a bit nice, and with enough satire to satisfy the monster in all of us. Music and lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, book by Jeff Whitty.

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Monday, May 4, 2015

LeMoyne Annual Student Art Show
LeMoyne College

Price: Free
Wilson Art Gallery, Noreen Reale Falcone Library
LeMoyne College, Syracuse

Paintings, photographs, drawings, and sculpture from current students.

Perspective: Selections from the Light Work Collection
Light Work Gallery

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

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

Letha Wilson: Sight Specific
Light Work Gallery

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gary Metz: Quaking Aspen
Light Work Gallery

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

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

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

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

Flashback Monday: The Campaign
Palace Theatre

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

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)
Syracuse Cinephile Society

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

Director: Allan Dwan. Cast: Shirley Temple, Randolph Scott, Jack Haley, Gloria Stuart, Bill Robinson, Helen Westley, Slim Summerville, William Demarest, Phyllis Brooks

Shirley and a top-notch cast entertain in this sparkling musical-comedy that combines big-time radio broadcasting and rural living. An enjoyable story and terrific songs, including Shirley singing a medley of her hits from previous films.

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

LeMoyne Annual Student Art Show
LeMoyne College

Price: Free
Wilson Art Gallery, Noreen Reale Falcone Library
LeMoyne College, Syracuse

Paintings, photographs, drawings, and sculpture from current students.

Perspective: Selections from the Light Work Collection
Light Work Gallery

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

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

Letha Wilson: Sight Specific
Light Work Gallery

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

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

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

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

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

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

Post Basquiat: North-South Contemporaneities
Community Folk Art Center

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

Gary Metz: Quaking Aspen
Light Work Gallery

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

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

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

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

Dancing Atoms: Barbara Morgan Photographs
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

Barbara Morgan's legacy of observing life in relation to "dancing atoms" is forever preserved on film and on paper, providing a glimpse into her world of photography, painting, light and modern dance.

Women Sculpting Women
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

Women Sculpting Women is a selection of 14 works from the Syracuse University Art Collection that illustrate the achievements these artists made through their own representations of the female form.

Neither Confirmed nor Denied: MFA 2015
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

The annual Master of Fine Arts exhibition features 17 artists from the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University. This year's presenting artists are working in a variety of traditional and multi-disciplinary media including new installations of photography, printmaking, painting, sculpture, ceramics, and site-specific experiences.

Extra|ordinary Reflections: Works from the Robert Infarinato Collection
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

An exhibition that examines the reflective relationship between photographers, their subjects and the audience, featuring 35 photographic portraits from the collection of SU alumnus Robert M. Infarinato and curated by students in the College of Visual and Performing Arts Graduate Program in Museum Studies course Advanced Curatorship, under the guidance of Professor Edward A. Aiken.

Whether the scene is staged or candid, public or private, whether the subject is famous or unknown, portraits can reveal a person's qualities, interests, and attitudes in the click of a camera lens. In portraiture, three potential players hold power: the viewer, the subject, and artist. Power relationships are held between two or all of these players. Extra|ordinary Reflections blurs the lines between all three key players so that the viewer can actively seek out the extraordinary in the seemingly ordinary.

Patrons and potential visitors are encouraged to follow Extra|ordinary Reflections on Instragram via @Extraordinaryreflections and post images using the hashtag #extraordinaryreflections for a chance to be featured.

Imagine Me...
Point of Contact Gallery

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

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

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

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

Godsmack, with Papa Roach and Hellyeah

War Memorial at Oncenter
800 S. State St., Syracuse

Wednesday, May 6, 2015

LeMoyne Annual Student Art Show
LeMoyne College

Price: Free
Wilson Art Gallery, Noreen Reale Falcone Library
LeMoyne College, Syracuse

Paintings, photographs, drawings, and sculpture from current students.

Letha Wilson: Sight Specific
Light Work Gallery

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

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

Read a review!

Perspective: Selections from the Light Work Collection
Light Work Gallery

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

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

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

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

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

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

Post Basquiat: North-South Contemporaneities
Community Folk Art Center

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

Gary Metz: Quaking Aspen
Light Work Gallery

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Extra|ordinary Reflections: Works from the Robert Infarinato Collection
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

An exhibition that examines the reflective relationship between photographers, their subjects and the audience, featuring 35 photographic portraits from the collection of SU alumnus Robert M. Infarinato and curated by students in the College of Visual and Performing Arts Graduate Program in Museum Studies course Advanced Curatorship, under the guidance of Professor Edward A. Aiken.

Whether the scene is staged or candid, public or private, whether the subject is famous or unknown, portraits can reveal a person's qualities, interests, and attitudes in the click of a camera lens. In portraiture, three potential players hold power: the viewer, the subject, and artist. Power relationships are held between two or all of these players. Extra|ordinary Reflections blurs the lines between all three key players so that the viewer can actively seek out the extraordinary in the seemingly ordinary.

Patrons and potential visitors are encouraged to follow Extra|ordinary Reflections on Instragram via @Extraordinaryreflections and post images using the hashtag #extraordinaryreflections for a chance to be featured.

Neither Confirmed nor Denied: MFA 2015
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

The annual Master of Fine Arts exhibition features 17 artists from the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University. This year's presenting artists are working in a variety of traditional and multi-disciplinary media including new installations of photography, printmaking, painting, sculpture, ceramics, and site-specific experiences.

Women Sculpting Women
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

Women Sculpting Women is a selection of 14 works from the Syracuse University Art Collection that illustrate the achievements these artists made through their own representations of the female form.

Dancing Atoms: Barbara Morgan Photographs
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

Barbara Morgan's legacy of observing life in relation to "dancing atoms" is forever preserved on film and on paper, providing a glimpse into her world of photography, painting, light and modern dance.

Women's Work: Feminist Art from the Everson's Collection
Everson Museum of Art

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

The Feminist Art Movement emerged in the late 1960s in various cities around the globe. Proponents of the movement sought to influence cultural attitudes and build a new framework for viewing the world, one that included and validated women's experiences. This group of artists did not conform to a single style or medium; instead, they united around ideas of producing art reflective of women's lives, transforming stereotypes, and drawing attention to women's historic contributions to art and society. Drawing from the Everson's collection, this exhibit brings together works by some of the most important artists of the Feminist Art Movement.

Let's Play!
Everson Museum of Art

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

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

Video Vault: The 70s Revisited
Everson Museum of Art

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

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

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

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

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

Prendergast to Pollock: American Modernism from the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute
Everson Museum of Art

Price: $5 members, $10 non-members, $8 students/military/educators/seniors, $30 family, children under 10 free
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The exhibition features 35 masterworks, drawn from the permanent collection of the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute in Utica. Prendergast to Pollock includes important paintings by many of the leading progressive and avant-garde American artists who shaped the history of American art in the first half of the 20th century, including, Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Arthur B. Davies (1862-1928), Arthur G. Dove (1880-1946), Arshile Gorky (1904-48), Edward Hopper (1882-1967), George B. Luks (1866-1933), Reginald Marsh (1898-1954), Jackson Pollock (1912-56), Maurice B. Prendergast (1858-1924), Theodoros Stamos (1922-97), and Mark Tobey (1890-1976). Additional works are drawn from the Everson Museum's permanent collection.

Through these paintings visitors will explore three kinds of traditional artistic subject matter: landscape, still life, and figurative work. Other works in the exhibition embody different manifestations of the mid-20th century art movement known as Abstract Expressionism—the first American art movement to receive international recognition and influence. In addition to the iconic beauty of the works in the exhibition, visitors will have an opportunity to observe how leading modern American artists depicted similar representational and abstract subject matter.

Docent-led tours are available at 2:00 pm daily at no additional cost. Check in at the Visitor Services Desk.

Manifestation & Ambiguity
Gallery 4040

Price: Free
Gallery 4040
4040 New Court Ave (off Midler), Syracuse

"Manifestation & Ambiguity" features works by artists that examine and call into question the formation and perception of identity, of how we view ourselves and others. Marna Bell's black & white cinematic series, "Imperfect Memories", exists as reclaimed visions of past experiences from her childhood amnesia. Lacey McKinney's indistinct, "I Am You/Dissolution Paintings", suggest in part that time acts in opposition to the idea of a fixed or absolute self, while Juan Perdiguero's, "Loop" series utilizes large scale drawings of chimpanzees to represent humanistic concepts. This exhibition encourages the viewer to engage the work beyond a formal pictorial response.

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Imagine Me...
Point of Contact Gallery

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

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

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

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

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

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

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

Flicks al Fresco: Chef

Price: Free
Cosmopolitan Building parking lot
1153 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

NOExcuses Syracuse and the Syracuse Food Truck Association kick off the "Flicks Al Fresco" film series with "Chef" (2014). Bring a folding chair or blanket, and get there early to enjoy the delicious variety that is the Syracuse Food Truck Rodeo.

Jazz at the Plaza: Grupo Pagan Lite
CNY Jazz Arts Foundation

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

Strawberry Fields: An Opera
Civic Morning Musicals
(Victoria King, Gayle Ross, Michael Hanley, Donnie Williams, and friends

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

A one-act opera by Michael Torke, with libretto by A.R. Gurney. The action takes place in the Strawberry Fields section of Central Park.

Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers Sammy Celebration Concert
Listening Room Acoustic Music Series

Price: $10
Small Plates
116 Walton St., Syracuse

To celebrate "Almost There" winning the 2015 Sammy Award for Best Americana, the album band is presenting special concert: that's JPR (guitar, Strumstick), Josh Dekaney (percussion kit), Wendy Ramsay (accordion, flute, clarinet), and John Dancks (upright bass), with special guest Jason Fridley on saxophone.

Fishbone
Westcott Theater

Westcott Theater
524 Westcott St., Syracuse

Thursday, May 7, 2015

LeMoyne Annual Student Art Show
LeMoyne College

Price: Free
Wilson Art Gallery, Noreen Reale Falcone Library
LeMoyne College, Syracuse

Paintings, photographs, drawings, and sculpture from current students.

Letha Wilson: Sight Specific
Light Work Gallery

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

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

Read a review!

Perspective: Selections from the Light Work Collection
Light Work Gallery

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

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

Syracuse Poster Project Exhibit
Petit Branch Library

Petit Branch Library
105 Victoria Pl., Syracuse

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

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

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

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

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

Post Basquiat: North-South Contemporaneities
Community Folk Art Center

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

Gary Metz: Quaking Aspen
Light Work Gallery

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

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

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

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

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