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Events for Sunday, May 31, 2015

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2:00 PM *SOLD OUT* LAB Series: In the Continuum Redhouse

3:00 PM "Heard it on the Radio" Cabaret Syracuse Chorale

5:00 PM Jazz Vespers CNY Jazz Arts Foundation

Events for Monday, June 1, 2015

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

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

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

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

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

7:30 PM The Black Swan (1942) Syracuse Cinephile Society

Events for Tuesday, June 2, 2015

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

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

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

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

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

10:00 AM-5:00 PM 43rd Annual Teenage Competitive Art Exhibition Community Folk Art Center

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

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

Events for Wednesday, June 3, 2015

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

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

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

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

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

10:00 AM-5:00 PM 43rd Annual Teenage Competitive Art Exhibition Community Folk Art Center

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

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

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

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

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

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

6:00 PM-11:00 PM Flicks Al Fresco: Hunger Games

Events for Thursday, June 4, 2015

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

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

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

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

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

10:00 AM-5:00 PM 43rd Annual Teenage Competitive Art Exhibition Community Folk Art Center

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

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

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

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

11:00 AM-6:00 PM New Growth Gandee Gallery (Read a review!)

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

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

6:45 PM Death Takes a Bow Acme Mystery Company

Events for Friday, June 5, 2015

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

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

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

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

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

10:00 AM-5:00 PM 43rd Annual Teenage Competitive Art Exhibition Community Folk Art Center

10:00 AM-6:00 PM Tim See: Wood Fired Pottery Gallery 54

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

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

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

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

11:00 AM-6:00 PM New Growth Gandee Gallery (Read a review!)

11:00 AM-11:00 PM Taste of Syracuse

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

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

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

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

7:30 PM Scars 2, The Secret is Out! Syracuse Area Drama Ensemble

8:00 PM Carousel Redhouse (Read a review!)

8:00 PM June Bank Show Syracuse Improv Collective

Events for Saturday, June 6, 2015

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

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

10:00 AM-5:00 PM Hillerbrand+Magsamen: Higher Ground Everson Museum of Art

10:00 AM-5:00 PM Bricks and Blocks Everson Museum of Art

10:00 AM-5:00 PM Handmade: The Art of Susan Roth Everson Museum of Art

10:00 AM-6:00 PM Tim See: Wood Fired Pottery Gallery 54

10:00 AM-5:00 PM Westcott Art Trail

11:00 AM-5:00 PM 43rd Annual Teenage Competitive Art Exhibition Community Folk Art Center

11:00 AM Elephant & Piggie's "We Are in a Play!" Gifford Family Theatre (Read a review!)

11:00 AM-11:00 PM Taste of Syracuse

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

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

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

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

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

1:00 PM November's Song Saint Marianne Cope Shrine & Museum

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

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

2:00 PM Scars 2, The Secret is Out! Syracuse Area Drama Ensemble

3:00 PM 5th Annual Creek Float 40 Below Public Arts Task Force

6:00 PM-8:00 PM New Growth Gandee Gallery (Read a review!)

7:00 PM-9:00 PM Opening: Impressions: South Sudan: The Photographs of Michelle Gabel and Bruce Strong ArtRage Gallery

7:00 PM Concert: An Evening of Worship with Shane & Shane CNY Crossroads

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

8:00 PM Improv Comedy Night Don't Feed the Actors

8:00 PM Carousel Redhouse (Read a review!)

Events for Sunday, June 7, 2015

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

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

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

11:00 AM-5:00 PM Tim See: Wood Fired Pottery Gallery 54

11:00 AM-4:00 PM New Growth Gandee Gallery (Read a review!)

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

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

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

12:00 PM-5:00 PM Handmade: The Art of Susan Roth Everson Museum of Art

12:00 PM-5:00 PM Bricks and Blocks Everson Museum of Art

12:00 PM-5:00 PM Hillerbrand+Magsamen: Higher Ground Everson Museum of Art

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

12:00 PM-5:00 PM Westcott Art Trail

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

2:00 PM Annual Spring Concert Central New York Flute Choir

2:00 PM Live! At the Everson: Central New York Young Artists Civic Morning Musicals

2:00 PM Carousel Redhouse (Read a review!)

3:00 PM Always a Bridesmaid Baldwinsville Theatre Guild (Read a review!)

3:00 PM Three Trios: Piano Trios of Ravel,Turina and Brahms Geneva Music Festival

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Sunday, May 31, 2015


Art
 

9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, May 31



Letha Wilson: Sight Specific
Light Work Gallery

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

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

Read a review!


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9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, May 31



Perspective: Selections from the Light Work Collection
Light Work Gallery

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

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


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10:00 AM - 6:00 PM, May 31



Gary Metz: Quaking Aspen
Light Work Gallery

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

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

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

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


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11:00 AM - 4:00 PM, May 31



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

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

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


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11:00 AM - 4:00 PM, May 31



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

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

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

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

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

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


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11:00 AM - 4:00 PM, May 31



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

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

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


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, May 31



Let's Play!
Everson Museum of Art

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

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


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1:00 PM - 4:00 PM, May 31



The Homeless: Paintings by Stephen Perrone
Studio 24

Price: Free
Studio 24
433 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

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

Gallery open other times by appointment.


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Music
 

3:00 PM, May 31



"Heard it on the Radio" Cabaret
Syracuse Chorale
Warren Ottey, conductor

Blessed Sacrament School
3127 James St., Syracuse


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5:00 PM, May 31



Jazz Vespers
CNY Jazz Arts Foundation

Price: Free
Pebble Hill Presbyterian Church
5299 Jamesville Rd., Dewitt

These informal events are open to people of all faiths. Music is drawn from sacred and secular sources, accompanied by inspirational readings and hymns arranged in jazz styles.


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Theater
 

2:00 PM, May 31



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

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

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

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


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Monday, June 1, 2015


Art
 

9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, June 1



Letha Wilson: Sight Specific
Light Work Gallery

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

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

Read a review!


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9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, June 1



Perspective: Selections from the Light Work Collection
Light Work Gallery

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

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


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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM, June 1



Id/Ego/SuperEgo
Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery

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

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


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9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, June 1



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

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

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

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


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10:00 AM - 6:00 PM, June 1



Gary Metz: Quaking Aspen
Light Work Gallery

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

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

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

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


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Film
 

7:30 PM, June 1



The Black Swan (1942)
Syracuse Cinephile Society

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

Director: Henry King. Cast: Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hara, Laird Cregar, George Sanders, Thomas Mitchell, Anthony Quinn, George Zucco

In color! A lively and colorful swashbuckling adventure of rival pirate gangs in the Caribbean. 20th Century-Fox assembled a top-of-the-line cast for this one. Don't miss it!


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Tuesday, June 2, 2015


Art
 

9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, June 2



Perspective: Selections from the Light Work Collection
Light Work Gallery

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

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


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9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, June 2



Letha Wilson: Sight Specific
Light Work Gallery

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

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

Read a review!


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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM, June 2



Id/Ego/SuperEgo
Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery

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

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


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9:00 AM - 7:00 PM, June 2



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

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

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

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


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9:30 AM - 6:00 PM, June 2



The Sum of Its Parts
Edgewood Gallery

Price: Free
Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

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

Read a review!


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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, June 2



43rd Annual Teenage Competitive Art Exhibition
Community Folk Art Center

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

In collaboration with the Syracuse chapter of The Links, Inc., Community Folk Art Center will present the 43rd Annual Teenage Competitive Art Exhibition. The Annual Teen Competitive Art Exhibition is the longest running collaborative exhibition in the greater Syracuse area that features the work of underrepresented teen artists. Prizes are awarded to winners in two-dimensional and three-dimensional categories. A panel of local art professionals will serve as judges for the exhibition. Participating students attend Syracuse City high schools as well as suburban Onondaga County High Schools.


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10:00 AM - 6:00 PM, June 2



Gary Metz: Quaking Aspen
Light Work Gallery

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

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

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

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


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, June 2



Imagine Me...
Point of Contact Gallery

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

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

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

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


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Wednesday, June 3, 2015


Art
 

9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, June 3



Perspective: Selections from the Light Work Collection
Light Work Gallery

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

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


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9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, June 3



Letha Wilson: Sight Specific
Light Work Gallery

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

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

Read a review!


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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM, June 3



Id/Ego/SuperEgo
Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery

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

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


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9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, June 3



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

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

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

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


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9:30 AM - 6:00 PM, June 3



The Sum of Its Parts
Edgewood Gallery

Price: Free
Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

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

Read a review!


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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, June 3



43rd Annual Teenage Competitive Art Exhibition
Community Folk Art Center

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

In collaboration with the Syracuse chapter of The Links, Inc., Community Folk Art Center will present the 43rd Annual Teenage Competitive Art Exhibition. The Annual Teen Competitive Art Exhibition is the longest running collaborative exhibition in the greater Syracuse area that features the work of underrepresented teen artists. Prizes are awarded to winners in two-dimensional and three-dimensional categories. A panel of local art professionals will serve as judges for the exhibition. Participating students attend Syracuse City high schools as well as suburban Onondaga County High Schools.


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10:00 AM - 6:00 PM, June 3



Gary Metz: Quaking Aspen
Light Work Gallery

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

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

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

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


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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, June 3



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

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

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


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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, June 3



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

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

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

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

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

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


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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, June 3



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

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

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


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, June 3



Let's Play!
Everson Museum of Art

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

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


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, June 3



Imagine Me...
Point of Contact Gallery

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

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

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

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


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Film
 

6:00 PM - 11:00 PM, June 3



Flicks Al Fresco: Hunger Games

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

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


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Thursday, June 4, 2015


Art
 

9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, June 4



Letha Wilson: Sight Specific
Light Work Gallery

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

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

Read a review!


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9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, June 4



Perspective: Selections from the Light Work Collection
Light Work Gallery

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

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


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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM, June 4



Id/Ego/SuperEgo
Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery

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

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


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9:00 AM - 7:00 PM, June 4



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

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

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

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


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9:30 AM - 6:00 PM, June 4



The Sum of Its Parts
Edgewood Gallery

Price: Free
Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

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

Read a review!


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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, June 4



43rd Annual Teenage Competitive Art Exhibition
Community Folk Art Center

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

In collaboration with the Syracuse chapter of The Links, Inc., Community Folk Art Center will present the 43rd Annual Teenage Competitive Art Exhibition. The Annual Teen Competitive Art Exhibition is the longest running collaborative exhibition in the greater Syracuse area that features the work of underrepresented teen artists. Prizes are awarded to winners in two-dimensional and three-dimensional categories. A panel of local art professionals will serve as judges for the exhibition. Participating students attend Syracuse City high schools as well as suburban Onondaga County High Schools.


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10:00 AM - 6:00 PM, June 4



Gary Metz: Quaking Aspen
Light Work Gallery

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

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

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

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


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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, June 4



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

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

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


Back to list
 

 

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, June 4



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

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

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

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

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

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


Back to list
 

 

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, June 4



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

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

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


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11:00 AM - 6:00 PM, June 4



New Growth
Gandee Gallery

Gandee Gallery
7846 Main St., Fabius

Artwork that celebrates the innate beauty of nature, created by Central New York artists, including Jen Gandee, Bob Gates, Momoko Takeshita Keane, Colleen McCall, Maria Rizzo, Lucie Wellner, and Pualani Wiley.

Read a review!


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12:00 PM - 8:00 PM, June 4



Let's Play!
Everson Museum of Art

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

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


Back to list
 

 

12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, June 4



Imagine Me...
Point of Contact Gallery

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

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

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

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


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Theater
 

6:45 PM, June 4



Death Takes a Bow
Acme Mystery Company

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

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


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Friday, June 5, 2015


Art
 

9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, June 5



Letha Wilson: Sight Specific
Light Work Gallery

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

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

Read a review!


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9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, June 5



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.


Back to list
 

 

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM, June 5



Id/Ego/SuperEgo
Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery

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

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


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9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, June 5



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.


Back to list
 

 

9:30 AM - 6:00 PM, June 5



The Sum of Its Parts
Edgewood Gallery

Price: Free
Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

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

Read a review!


Back to list
 

 

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, June 5



43rd Annual Teenage Competitive Art Exhibition
Community Folk Art Center

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

In collaboration with the Syracuse chapter of The Links, Inc., Community Folk Art Center will present the 43rd Annual Teenage Competitive Art Exhibition. The Annual Teen Competitive Art Exhibition is the longest running collaborative exhibition in the greater Syracuse area that features the work of underrepresented teen artists. Prizes are awarded to winners in two-dimensional and three-dimensional categories. A panel of local art professionals will serve as judges for the exhibition. Participating students attend Syracuse City high schools as well as suburban Onondaga County High Schools.


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10:00 AM - 6:00 PM, June 5



Tim See: Wood Fired Pottery
Gallery 54

Gallery 54
54 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

There will be an artist reception this evening 5:00-8:00 pm, with guest artist Tim See, music by Christopher Molloy and his Electric Blue Harp, and wine tasting by Anyela's Vineyards, in conjunction with the village's First Friday art celebration.

Tim See creates industrial-inspired tableware, including complex pouring vessels composed of both wheel-thrown and hand-built parts. Many of the porcelain pots are decorated with hand-painted illustrations, some of which depict scenes from his Buckethead Story, an original parable of an apocalyptic future. Tim's work has been shown at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, DC, the Everson Museum in Syracuse, and the Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester, as well as in many other galleries and shows.


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10:00 AM - 6:00 PM, June 5



Gary Metz: Quaking Aspen
Light Work Gallery

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

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

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

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


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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, June 5



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

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

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


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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, June 5



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

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

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

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

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

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


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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, June 5



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

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

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


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11:00 AM - 6:00 PM, June 5



New Growth
Gandee Gallery

Gandee Gallery
7846 Main St., Fabius

Artwork that celebrates the innate beauty of nature, created by Central New York artists, including Jen Gandee, Bob Gates, Momoko Takeshita Keane, Colleen McCall, Maria Rizzo, Lucie Wellner, and Pualani Wiley.

Read a review!


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, June 5



Let's Play!
Everson Museum of Art

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

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


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, June 5



Imagine Me...
Point of Contact Gallery

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

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

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

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


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Comedy
 

8:00 PM, June 5



June Bank Show
Syracuse Improv Collective

Price: $5
CNY Playhouse
Shoppingtown Mall, Entrance No. 4 (adjacent to parking garage), Dewitt

The Collective specializes in bringing a show like no other combining long form improv with musical acts and stand up comedy. You never know what the SIC has in store!


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Festival
 

11:00 AM - 11:00 PM, June 5



Taste of Syracuse

Price: Free admission; charge for food and drinks
Clinton Square
Downtown, Syracuse

Main Stage
12:00-1:30 pm: Lori Anne's tribute to the Oldies
5:30-8:00 pm: Vinyl Albums Live (music of Paul McCartney, U2 and Alanis Morrisette)
8:15-9:30 pm: Gridley Paige
9:45-11:00 pm: Under The Gun

Erie Stage
12:00-1:30 pm: Shakedown Revival
4:30-5:45 pm: Unknown Woodsman
6:00-7:15 pm: Soul Risin'
7:35-9:05 pm: Shining Star Band (Grateful Dead music)
9:30-11:00 pm: Sophistafunk

Clinton Square Stage
12:00-1:30 pm: Just Joe
3:30-4:30 pm: Jeffery Pepper Rodgers
4:45-5:35 pm: Tim Herron
5:50-7:30 pm: Kings of the Fall
8:00-9:15 pm: Prestige
9:30-11:00 pm: Stroke


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Theater
 

7:00 PM, June 5



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

Coyne Center for the Performing Arts
LeMoyne College, Syracuse

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

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

Read a review!


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7:30 PM, June 5



Always a Bridesmaid
Baldwinsville Theatre Guild
Jon Barden, director

First Presbyterian Church of Baldwinsville
64 Oswego St., Baldwinsville

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

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

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

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7:30 PM, June 5



Scars 2, The Secret is Out!
Syracuse Area Drama Ensemble

Price: $15
Jazz Central
441 E. Washington St., Syracuse

For more information and tickets, phone 315-491-2896.


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8:00 PM, June 5



Carousel
Redhouse

Price: $30 non-members, $20 members
Carrier Theater, Mulroy Civic Center
411 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Celebrated as one of the greatest musicals of the 20th century, this classic depicts the extraordinary journey of traveling carnival man Billy Bigelow and millworker Julie Jordan and their unlikely romance. Music by Richard Rodgers and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein.

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Saturday, June 6, 2015


Art
 

10:00 AM - 2:00 PM, June 6



The Sum of Its Parts
Edgewood Gallery

Price: Free
Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

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

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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, June 6



Let's Play!
Everson Museum of Art

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

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


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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, June 6



Hillerbrand+Magsamen: Higher Ground
Everson Museum of Art

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

This husband-and-wife artistic team explores the domestic side of life using their Houston home and its contents (including the kids and family dog) as both inspiration and material. Part performance and part installation, the artists record their process through videos and photographs that comment on family dynamics, life in the suburbs, and American consumerism. Their recent project, "Higher Ground," documents the family's efforts to build a spaceship in their backyard and then pilot it to the moon. Through video, sculpture, and photographs, visitors will follow their humorous yet poignant journey into outer space.


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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, June 6



Bricks and Blocks
Everson Museum of Art

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

"Bricks and Blocks" combines two seemingly dissimilar mediums, LEGOs and quilts, to celebrate color, pattern and construction and to take play and ingenuity to new heights. The exhibition features original small-scale LEGO designs alongside works by some of the finest quilters in the region.

The LEGO Design Challenge: Build Your Syracuse called upon the community to reimagine Syracuse and its structures. Working in small scale, contributors of all ages gave a fresh look to Syracuse through the magic of LEGOs, considering new and improved buildings and modes of transportation they wish to see in their city. A panel of professional architects and local government officials carefully evaluated and selected submissions based on the creative application of LEGO bricks, imaginative design and concept, as well as difficulty of execution and vision.

Concurrently, Central New York quilters were invited to submit original, contemporary quilts whose vibrant fabric narratives treat the eye to the themes of color, play and geometry and whose work demonstrates original feats of fiber engineering.

Creativity comes in many forms. Together, the beauty and artistry of quilts and the innovation and imagination of the LEGO constructions entwine to create a vivid and playful presentation.


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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, June 6



Handmade: The Art of Susan Roth
Everson Museum of Art

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

This major exhibition surveys more than 40 years of work produced by the Canastota-based artist, ranging from her early stain paintings influenced by the Color Field painters to recent works in powder-coated steel. Roth's abstract, shaped canvases are composed of layers of color which often take on three-dimensional, sculptural forms. These innovative works are made possible through the use of acrylic products that Roth has had a hand in developing over the years in collaboration with Golden Artist Colors, a Central New York-based company that specializes in acrylic colors and mediums. Roth's restless experimentation has resulted in a body of work that pushes painting to the limits and has repeatedly opened new areas for exploration. Featuring more than 30 works from private and public collections, "Handmade" connects works across various periods in order to highlight the material and conceptual concerns that have remained constant throughout Roth's long career but which also continues to evolve.


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10:00 AM - 6:00 PM, June 6



Tim See: Wood Fired Pottery
Gallery 54

Gallery 54
54 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

Tim See creates industrial-inspired tableware, including complex pouring vessels composed of both wheel-thrown and hand-built parts. Many of the porcelain pots are decorated with hand-painted illustrations, some of which depict scenes from his Buckethead Story, an original parable of an apocalyptic future. Tim's work has been shown at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, DC, the Everson Museum in Syracuse, and the Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester, as well as in many other galleries and shows.


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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, June 6



Westcott Art Trail

Westcott Community Center
Corner of Euclid Ave. and Westcott St., Syracuse

The Westcott Art Trail, one of the finest arts and craft offerings in Syracuse, brings together over 60 artists to fill the neighborhood with ceramics, glass, jewelry, fibers, painting, and sculpture for sale. Many artists will be demonstrating their craft in mediums including silk, painting, henna, watercolor, ceramic wheel throwing and firing, oil painting, origami, and jewelry making techniques.

The East Side Farmer's Market will be open at the Westcott Community Center, where Onondaga Earth Core will be offering free rain barrels. Enjoy music by harpists Mary O'Reilly and Ruth Thompson and a variety of bands throughout the weekend.

Artist locations on the Westcott Art Trail, including gardens on Buckingham Road and Clarke Street, stretch from Meadowbrook Drive to Berkeley Drive, from Broad Street to Avondale Road, in the Petit Library on Victoria Place, and include unique bird houses placed along Meadowbrook Drive.

This year's Westcott Art Trail honors co-founder Lauren Ritchie, a potter known for her ceramic lanterns and community service who died in January.

For a trail map and more information, visit www.westcottarttrail.org.


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11:00 AM - 5:00 PM, June 6



43rd Annual Teenage Competitive Art Exhibition
Community Folk Art Center

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

In collaboration with the Syracuse chapter of The Links, Inc., Community Folk Art Center will present the 43rd Annual Teenage Competitive Art Exhibition. The Annual Teen Competitive Art Exhibition is the longest running collaborative exhibition in the greater Syracuse area that features the work of underrepresented teen artists. Prizes are awarded to winners in two-dimensional and three-dimensional categories. A panel of local art professionals will serve as judges for the exhibition. Participating students attend Syracuse City high schools as well as suburban Onondaga County High Schools.


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11:00 AM - 4:00 PM, June 6



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

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

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


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11:00 AM - 4:00 PM, June 6



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

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

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


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11:00 AM - 4:00 PM, June 6



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

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

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

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

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

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


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, June 6



Imagine Me...
Point of Contact Gallery

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

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

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

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


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1:00 PM - 4:00 PM, June 6



The Homeless: Paintings by Stephen Perrone
Studio 24

Price: Free
Studio 24
433 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

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

Gallery open other times by appointment.


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3:00 PM, June 6



5th Annual Creek Float
40 Below Public Arts Task Force

Price: Free
Onondaga Creekwalk
Syracuse

View floating sculptures along the downtown stretch of Onondaga Creekwalk.

Creek Float is a floating art parade held on Onondaga Creek through the heart of downtown Syracuse, beginning in Armory Square. The event is held in an effort to raise awareness and appreciation for the conservation of Onondaga Creek and the newly renovated Onondaga Creekwalk. This is a fun twist on the standard perception of an art show. Festivities will be held at the parade finish in Franklin Square, near 500 Plum Street. The best areas for viewing the parade are Armory Square, at the Onondaga Creek bridges between Walton and W. Fayette Streets, and along the Onondaga Creekwalk from W. Genesee St. to Franklin Square.


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6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, June 6



New Growth
Gandee Gallery

Gandee Gallery
7846 Main St., Fabius

Artwork that celebrates the innate beauty of nature, created by Central New York artists, including Jen Gandee, Bob Gates, Momoko Takeshita Keane, Colleen McCall, Maria Rizzo, Lucie Wellner, and Pualani Wiley.

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7:00 PM - 9:00 PM, June 6



Opening: Impressions: South Sudan: The Photographs of Michelle Gabel and Bruce Strong
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

There will be an opening reception this evening featuring a performance by the South Sudanese Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral.

"Impressions: South Sudan" features photographs by Michelle Gabel, a photojournalist with the Syracuse Media Group and graduate student at SU's Newhouse School of Public Communications, and Bruce Strong, a multimedia storyteller and Newhouse School professor. Maureen Sieh's commentary provides a background for the photographs. Now an independent journalist based in Africa, Sieh is a former reporter and editor for Syracuse Newspapers, where she focused on ethnic community issues. Made on separate trips, Strong's and Gabel's photographs represent specific conditions and struggles of the South Sudanese before the formation of an autonomous South Sudan in 2011.

While these images are specific to a time and place--after the second Sudanese civil war, which ended in 2005--the photographs reflect the rampant poverty and public health crisis as well as the dignity and grace of a people who persevere despite centuries of conflict. Sieh's commentary is based on her 2009 trip to South Sudan and her decade-long experience reporting on the Lost Boys, dating from their arrival in Syracuse in 2001. The exhibition reminds us of the debilitating effects of all wars--those in Syria, Ukraine, Venezuela and other nations including South Sudan, where the situation remains in flux and renewed violence continues today.


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Comedy
 

8:00 PM, June 6



Improv Comedy Night
Don't Feed the Actors

Price: $25 dinner and show, $12 show only
CNY Playhouse
Shoppingtown Mall, Entrance No. 4 (adjacent to parking garage), Dewitt

DFtA specializes in audience interactive improv and is one of the longest-running improv troupes in Central New York. Having toured all over the area, their large stable of theatrically trained actors rotate in and out of each show, ensuring a unique experience each time. Come enjoy an evening of improv in the style of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" and Drew Carey's "Improvaganza."

The performance will be preceded by dinner at 6:30 pm.


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Festival
 

11:00 AM - 11:00 PM, June 6



Taste of Syracuse

Price: Free admission; charge for food and drinks
Clinton Square
Downtown, Syracuse

Main Stage
BLUES, BREWS, and BBQ afternoon:
1:00-2:00 pm: Carolyn Kelly Blues Band
2:15-3:30 pm: Fabulous Ripcords
3:45-5:45 pm: The Nighthawks and Steady Rollin Bob Margolin
Classic Rock evening:
6:00-7:00 pm: Runnin' with the Pack (Bad Company music)
7:20-8:50 pm: Hard Promises
9:20-11:00 pm: Bret Michaels

Erie Stage
12:00-1:30 pm: Colin Aberdeen
1:45-2:45 pm: Last Daze
2:00-3:00 pm: Castle Creek
3:05-4:30 pm: The Barndogs Plus (music of the Allman Brothers)
4:45-5:45 pm: Castle Creek
6:00-7:15 pm: Pale Green Stars
7:30-9:00 pm: Annie in the Water
9:20-11:00 pm: Joe Driscoll

Clinton Square Stage
12:00-1:30 pm: Lori Anne's tribute to the Oldies
1:45-2:45 pm: Shotgun Trio
3:00-4:00 pm: Grit & Grace
4:15-5:15 pm: Dirt Road Ruckus
5:30-6:30 pm: Joe Whiting
6:45-7:45 pm: Teagan and the Tweeds
8:00-9:15 pm: Driftwater
9:30-11 pm: TJ Sacco and the Urban Cowboys


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Music
 

7:00 PM, June 6



Concert: An Evening of Worship with Shane & Shane
CNY Crossroads

Price: $15
Inspiration Hall (formerly St. Peter's Church)
709 James St., Syracuse

Worship artists Shane & Shane will be leading a Night of Worship concert, following Friday evening and Saturday afternoon's workshop sessions for musicians, worship leaders and worship teams, based around Shane & Shane's latest Worship Initiative project and specifically geared to help serve, grow and equip those in music ministry to better lead in their craft and their calling.


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Theater
 

11:00 AM, June 6



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

Coyne Center for the Performing Arts
LeMoyne College, Syracuse

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

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

Read a review!


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12:30 PM, June 6



Beauty and the Beast
Magic Circle Children's Theatre

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

Interactive retelling of the classic children's story.


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1:00 PM, June 6



November's Song
Saint Marianne Cope Shrine & Museum

Price: $25
Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

Saint Marianne Cope comes to life in this one-woman play which takes place on the Hawaiian peninsula of Kalaupapa where then-Mother Marianne Cope and several other sisters of St. Francis from Syracuse came to care for patients with Hansen's disease (leprosy). Marianne tells the audience the story of her life, starting with the November day in 1862 when she entered the Franciscan community in Syracuse through her years as administrator at St. Joseph's Hospital and her move to Hawaii in 1883 to care for individuals isolated from society because of their illness.

Proceeds from the play benefit the Saint Marianne Cope Shrine & Museum, 601 N. Townsend St., Syracuse

Tickets are available at TheRedhouse.org or by calling the box office at 315-362-2785.


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2:00 PM, June 6



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

Coyne Center for the Performing Arts
LeMoyne College, Syracuse

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

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

Read a review!


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2:00 PM, June 6



Scars 2, The Secret is Out!
Syracuse Area Drama Ensemble

Price: $15
Jazz Central
441 E. Washington St., Syracuse

For more information and tickets, phone 315-491-2896.


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7:30 PM, June 6



Always a Bridesmaid
Baldwinsville Theatre Guild
Jon Barden, director

First Presbyterian Church of Baldwinsville
64 Oswego St., Baldwinsville

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

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

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

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8:00 PM, June 6



Carousel
Redhouse

Price: $30 non-members, $20 members
Carrier Theater, Mulroy Civic Center
411 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Celebrated as one of the greatest musicals of the 20th century, this classic depicts the extraordinary journey of traveling carnival man Billy Bigelow and millworker Julie Jordan and their unlikely romance. Music by Richard Rodgers and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein.

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Sunday, June 7, 2015


Art
 

9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, June 7



Letha Wilson: Sight Specific
Light Work Gallery

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

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

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9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, June 7



Perspective: Selections from the Light Work Collection
Light Work Gallery

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

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


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10:00 AM - 6:00 PM, June 7



Gary Metz: Quaking Aspen
Light Work Gallery

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

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

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

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


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11:00 AM - 5:00 PM, June 7



Tim See: Wood Fired Pottery
Gallery 54

Gallery 54
54 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

Tim See creates industrial-inspired tableware, including complex pouring vessels composed of both wheel-thrown and hand-built parts. Many of the porcelain pots are decorated with hand-painted illustrations, some of which depict scenes from his Buckethead Story, an original parable of an apocalyptic future. Tim's work has been shown at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, DC, the Everson Museum in Syracuse, and the Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester, as well as in many other galleries and shows.


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11:00 AM - 4:00 PM, June 7



New Growth
Gandee Gallery

Gandee Gallery
7846 Main St., Fabius

Artwork that celebrates the innate beauty of nature, created by Central New York artists, including Jen Gandee, Bob Gates, Momoko Takeshita Keane, Colleen McCall, Maria Rizzo, Lucie Wellner, and Pualani Wiley.

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11:00 AM - 4:00 PM, June 7



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

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

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


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11:00 AM - 4:00 PM, June 7



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

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

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

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

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

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


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11:00 AM - 4:00 PM, June 7



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

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

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


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, June 7



Handmade: The Art of Susan Roth
Everson Museum of Art

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

This major exhibition surveys more than 40 years of work produced by the Canastota-based artist, ranging from her early stain paintings influenced by the Color Field painters to recent works in powder-coated steel. Roth's abstract, shaped canvases are composed of layers of color which often take on three-dimensional, sculptural forms. These innovative works are made possible through the use of acrylic products that Roth has had a hand in developing over the years in collaboration with Golden Artist Colors, a Central New York-based company that specializes in acrylic colors and mediums. Roth's restless experimentation has resulted in a body of work that pushes painting to the limits and has repeatedly opened new areas for exploration. Featuring more than 30 works from private and public collections, "Handmade" connects works across various periods in order to highlight the material and conceptual concerns that have remained constant throughout Roth's long career but which also continues to evolve.


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, June 7



Bricks and Blocks
Everson Museum of Art

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

"Bricks and Blocks" combines two seemingly dissimilar mediums, LEGOs and quilts, to celebrate color, pattern and construction and to take play and ingenuity to new heights. The exhibition features original small-scale LEGO designs alongside works by some of the finest quilters in the region.

The LEGO Design Challenge: Build Your Syracuse called upon the community to reimagine Syracuse and its structures. Working in small scale, contributors of all ages gave a fresh look to Syracuse through the magic of LEGOs, considering new and improved buildings and modes of transportation they wish to see in their city. A panel of professional architects and local government officials carefully evaluated and selected submissions based on the creative application of LEGO bricks, imaginative design and concept, as well as difficulty of execution and vision.

Concurrently, Central New York quilters were invited to submit original, contemporary quilts whose vibrant fabric narratives treat the eye to the themes of color, play and geometry and whose work demonstrates original feats of fiber engineering.

Creativity comes in many forms. Together, the beauty and artistry of quilts and the innovation and imagination of the LEGO constructions entwine to create a vivid and playful presentation.


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, June 7



Hillerbrand+Magsamen: Higher Ground
Everson Museum of Art

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

This husband-and-wife artistic team explores the domestic side of life using their Houston home and its contents (including the kids and family dog) as both inspiration and material. Part performance and part installation, the artists record their process through videos and photographs that comment on family dynamics, life in the suburbs, and American consumerism. Their recent project, "Higher Ground," documents the family's efforts to build a spaceship in their backyard and then pilot it to the moon. Through video, sculpture, and photographs, visitors will follow their humorous yet poignant journey into outer space.


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, June 7



Let's Play!
Everson Museum of Art

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

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


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, June 7



Westcott Art Trail

Westcott Community Center
Corner of Euclid Ave. and Westcott St., Syracuse

The Westcott Art Trail, one of the finest arts and craft offerings in Syracuse, brings together over 60 artists to fill the neighborhood with ceramics, glass, jewelry, fibers, painting, and sculpture for sale. Many artists will be demonstrating their craft in mediums including silk, painting, henna, watercolor, ceramic wheel throwing and firing, oil painting, origami, and jewelry making techniques.

The East Side Farmer's Market will be open at the Westcott Community Center, where Onondaga Earth Core will be offering free rain barrels. Enjoy music by harpists Mary O'Reilly and Ruth Thompson and a variety of bands throughout the weekend.

Artist locations on the Westcott Art Trail, including gardens on Buckingham Road and Clarke Street, stretch from Meadowbrook Drive to Berkeley Drive, from Broad Street to Avondale Road, in the Petit Library on Victoria Place, and include unique bird houses placed along Meadowbrook Drive.

This year's Westcott Art Trail honors co-founder Lauren Ritchie, a potter known for her ceramic lanterns and community service who died in January.

For a trail map and more information, visit www.westcottarttrail.org.


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1:00 PM - 4:00 PM, June 7



The Homeless: Paintings by Stephen Perrone
Studio 24

Price: Free
Studio 24
433 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

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

Gallery open other times by appointment.


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Music
 

2:00 PM, June 7



Annual Spring Concert
Central New York Flute Choir

Price: Free
Jamesville Community Church
6300 East Seneca Tpke (Route 173), Jamesville

Join us for music both familiar and new. Works like "All Through the Night," a "Children's March," some "Porch Music," and even a bit of "Tropical Flute Punch" will brighten up your afternoon!


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2:00 PM, June 7



Live! At the Everson: Central New York Young Artists
Civic Morning Musicals

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

A concert featuring outstanding young performers who have won competitions or otherwise distinguished themselves in extraordinary performances in the past year.

OnCenter garage parking is $2.50 with CMM stamped ticket.


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3:00 PM, June 7



Three Trios: Piano Trios of Ravel,Turina and Brahms
Geneva Music Festival

Price: $20
First Presbyterian Church of Skaneateles
97 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

Cellist Clive Greensmith of the former Tokyo string quartet joins violinist Geoffrey Herd and pianist Christopher Janwong McKiggin to perform this lovely trio of trios.

For tickets and more information, visit the website at www.genevamusicfestival.com.


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Theater
 

2:00 PM, June 7



Carousel
Redhouse

Price: $30 non-members, $20 members
Carrier Theater, Mulroy Civic Center
411 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Celebrated as one of the greatest musicals of the 20th century, this classic depicts the extraordinary journey of traveling carnival man Billy Bigelow and millworker Julie Jordan and their unlikely romance. Music by Richard Rodgers and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein.

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3:00 PM, June 7



Always a Bridesmaid
Baldwinsville Theatre Guild
Jon Barden, director

First Presbyterian Church of Baldwinsville
64 Oswego St., Baldwinsville

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

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

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

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