Wednesday, April 5, 2006

OCC Student Art Exhibit
Onondaga Community College

Whitney Applied Technology Center
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

Haudenosaunee Art Exhibit: Three Brothers
Onondaga Community College

Ann Felton Multicultural Center and Gallery
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

View the powerful works of noted Native American artists Oren Lyons, Tracy Thomas and Rich Hill. A series of artist's talks will accompany the exhibits.

Premium Blend: Works by Graduate Painters
Syracuse University School of Art and Design

Price: Free
VPA Dean's Gallery
Room 200, Crouse College, Syracuse University, Syracuse

The graduate painters whose works will be on display in the exhibition are Monica Alfonso, Tapati Chowdhury, Seunghee Chung, Allison Fox, Frank McCauley, Elena Peteva, Pepa Santamaria, David Serotkin, Andy Sullivan and Elijah Van Benschoten.

Paid parking is available in Irving Garage. For more information, contact the VPA Dean's Office at 315-443-5889.

Painterly Perspectives: The Art of Denise Allen
Community Folk Art Center

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

Painterly Perspectives: The Art of Denise Allen will feature paintings, prints, quilts and dolls by Allen, a renowned American contemporary folk artist and craftswoman. A self-taught artist, Allen has been nationally and internationally recognized as "The High Priestess of Needlework." Her work has been exhibited worldwide, and has also been featured in numerous publications. Many of her works address her African American heritage and are rendered in a unique 19th century folk art style. Allen currently resides in Palatine Bridge, New York, where she operates a general store and folk art gallery on her twenty-three acre farm.

Notion of Family: Family Work 2002-2006 - LaToya Ruby Frazier
Community Folk Art Center

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

LaToya Ruby Frazier of Pittsburgh, PA attended Edinboro University of Pennsylvania where she received a B.F.A. degree in Photography and Graphic Design. She was the recipient of the Outstanding Achievement in Photography Award from Edinboro University. Her work has received the Patron's Purchase Award from the Erie Art Museum in Erie, PA. Her work has also been exhibited at the Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center in Auburn and Light Work Community Darkrooms in Syracuse. Currently, she is pursuing her M.F.A. degree in Art Photography at Syracuse University, where she has been a recipient of the African American Fellowship. In addition to teaching photography at Syracuse University, Frazier has taught at Light Work Community Darkrooms and the Community Folk Art Center.

"The Notion of Family is a collaborative development between my grandmother, mother and I. It reveals the complexity of our relationships and the different roles we play," says Frazier. Frazier's 26 black and white photographs will be accompanied by her award-winning documentary film, A Mother To Hold, which intensely reveals the complex relationship she has with her drug-addicted mother. "My position and role as daughter and filmmaker transcends the stereotypical objective practice in classic documentary, which has continuously undermined the black family experience by avoiding our emotional realm," Frazier says. The film has been screened at the 2006 Black Maria Film Festival in Jersey City, NJ, the Brooklyn Underground Film Festival in New York City, the Black International Film Festival in New York City, and the Women of Color Film Festival in New York City, where she received the Producer's Choice Award.

Suzanne Opton: Soldier
Light Work Gallery

Robert B. Menschel Media Center
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

This exhibition takes an unusual and intimate look at soldiers who recently returned from a tour of duty in Iraq or Afghanistan. The series includes a mixture of black-and-white and color photographs that range in style from timeless studio portraits to intimate close-up views of the heads of the soldiers lying on a flat surface. The exhibition features large-format color photographs of the faces of soldiers, evoking a sense of dreaming but also hinting at the transformative experiences of war. Opton has taken the otherwise loaded idea of soldiers and warfare out of a political context and placed it into a silent dialogue from one human being to the next. She says of the images, "We all experience strategic moments when we feel most alive. These are the moments we will always remember, be they transcendent or horrific. Afterall, what are we if not our collection of memories? In making these portraits of soldiers, I simply wanted to look in the face of someone whod seen something unforgettable.

Newhouse Photography Annual
Light Work Gallery

Robert B. Menschel Media Center
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

The Ways of a Brush: Paintings by Marion Simpson
Associated Artists

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

Ms. Simpson, who lives in Vestal, is known as a painter, teacher, and muralist.

W. Eugene Smith: From Light into Darkness
Syracuse University Art Museum

Price: Free
University Art Collection
Sims Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse

This exhibition of photojournalist Eugene Smith includes his service as a World War II photographer in the Pacific theater, a group from a 1950s Life magazine photo essay on the rise of America's chemical industry, and a selection of images from his Pittsburgh project.

Modern Prints from the International Graphic Arts Society
Syracuse University Art Museum

Price: Free
University Art Collection
Sims Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse

Included are prints by Garo Antresian, Gabor Peterdi, and Donald Saff, three printmakers who taught a generation of artists and had a profound impact on the art of printmaking in the latter half of the 20th century.

Works of Daniel Atyim
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

For the Everson's 2004 Biennial exhibition, juror Pavel Zoubok selected Daniel Atyim's mixed-media works for the Best of Show Award. For this prize, the Everson will showcase Atyim's work in a solo exhibition and gallery brochure.

Only an Artist: Adelaide Alsop Robineau, American Studio Potter
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Only an Artist features approximately 80 porcelains by Adelaide Alsop Robineau (1865-1929). These exquisite works are drawn largely from the unparalleled collection of her ceramics held by the Everson Museum of Art, with additional key works from other public and private collections. Beginning with Robineau's early experiments dating from 1904 to 1910, Only an Artist offers a selection of both the matte and crystalline glazes Robineau developed during this crucial period. A unique focus of Only an Artist is the representation of almost thirty works from the last three years of Robineau's life.

Only an Artist: Adelaide Alsop Robineau, American Studio Potter is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue containing three essays: by the exhibition's guest curator, Thomas Piché Jr.; noted Art Pottery scholar Ellen Paul Denker; and Syracuse University Professor Elizabeth Fowler.

Sara Sax's Rookwood Repertoire
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

During its 80-year history, Rookwood Pottery's artists formed and painted ceramics in such diverse styles as Victorian, Art Nouveau, Arts and Crafts and Art Deco. Sara Sax (1870-1949) was one of Rookwood's premier artists, painting vases, tiles and jars for this celebrated company from 1896 through 1931. This exhibition of Sax's work is generously on loan to the Everson from a private Massachusetts collection.

Scholastic Art Exhibition
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

For over three decades, the Everson has partnered with the Central New York Regional Scholastic Art Awards, sponsored by Time Warner. This juried exhibition of junior high and high school artists is displayed at Onondaga Community College. The Silver Key finalists have their work displayed at the Everson, while the Gold Key winners advance to the national competition.

Master of Fine Arts Exhibition
Lowe Art Gallery

Price: Free
Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

Organized by the staff of the Lowe Art Gallery and students from the Graduate Program in Museum Studies, this exhibition presents works by graduate students in the School of Art and Design and Department of Transmedia who are completing a master of fine arts degree.

Yves Saint Front in the Louis and Annette Kaufman Collection
Syracuse University Art Museum

Price: Free
University Art Collection
Sims Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse

Curated by Domenic J. Iacono, Syracuse University Art Collection

The Artist Revealed: Artist Portraits and Self-Portraits
Syracuse University Art Museum

Price: Free
University Art Collection
Sims Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse

Downtown Writer's Center
Featuring Miriam Grace Monfredo

Price: Free, reservations required.
YMCA Downtown
340 Montgomery St., Syracuse

The author, from Western New York, talks about getting published. Manfredo is the author of Northstar Conspiracy, the historical novel about the Underground Railroad being featured this year by CNY Reads, a community reading initiative.

Reservations: 315-474-6851, ext. 314.

Visiting Artist: Lonnie Graham
Light Work Gallery

Watson Theater, Menschel Media Center
316 Waverly Ave. (Syracuse University), Syracuse

Renowned photographer Lonnie Graham will talk about his work and experience working on community-based photographic series and projects. Graham produces a variety of work, including stunning portraits, large room-sized installation pieces, and public art projects that integrate the community. His work focuses on three elements -- the individual, family, and community. It is his public art projects and community focus that will be the subject of his lecture at Syracuse University.

Graham is the founder of the African/American Garden Project, a physical and cultural exchange program. This project created a cultural exchange between urban single mothers, an elderly African-American community, and farmers from a small village in Kenya. He has exhibited his work internationally, and was awarded a Pew Fellowship in the Arts, one of the largest grants for an individual artist, which supported this project. He has also received three fellowships from the Pennsylvania Council for the Arts and a National Endowment for the Arts/Pew Charitable Trust Travel Grant.

Jhumpa Lahiri
Friends of the Central Library Author Series

Price: $25
Crouse Hinds Concert Theater, Mulroy Civic Center
411 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Author of a Pulitzer Prize-winning story collection, Interpreter of Maladies. Born in London to Bengali parents and raised in Rhode Island, Lahiri writes with confidence about cultural conflicts. She followed up that 1999 collection with a novel, The Namesake, in 2003.

Civic Morning Musicals
Dana Gorzelany-Mostak, soprano; Dominick Corbacio, tenor; Matthew Ryan Hoch, baritone; Pat Doherty, piano; Jennifer Gorzelany, flute

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

Bach Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht from The Coffee Cantata
Lawes To the Dews
Yeston I Don't Wanna Rock and Roll

Bad Dates
Syracuse Stage
Mark Rucker, director

Hutchings Auditorium
810 E. Genesee St., adjacent to Syracuse Stage, Syracuse

Meet Haley Walker, funny, smart, sexy, single mom, restaurant owner and connoisseur of fine shoes. She's ready for Mr. Right. Only problem is most of the men she meets are perfect losers. She wants Sex in the City but the guys are strictly Apprentice. Good thing she knows how laugh. Join accomplished actress Nance Williamson in the "before" and "after" of a series of not so successful dates. It's a one-woman comedic journey that goes from practical shoes all the way to lingerie.

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Bad Dates
Syracuse Stage
Mark Rucker, director

Hutchings Auditorium
810 E. Genesee St., adjacent to Syracuse Stage, Syracuse

Meet Haley Walker, funny, smart, sexy, single mom, restaurant owner and connoisseur of fine shoes. She's ready for Mr. Right. Only problem is most of the men she meets are perfect losers. She wants Sex in the City but the guys are strictly Apprentice. Good thing she knows how laugh. Join accomplished actress Nance Williamson in the "before" and "after" of a series of not so successful dates. It's a one-woman comedic journey that goes from practical shoes all the way to lingerie.

Read a Review!

King Lear
Syracuse Stage
Michael Donald Edwards, director

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

An old man's foolishness and a daughter's momentary recalcitrance upend the order of the universe and induce an avalanche of human suffering. In this towering tragedy, Shakespeare dares us to examine the bounds of everything we think we cherish: the embrace of family, the value of forgiveness and the obligations of one generation to the next. How do we transfer power in a family or in a country? Does absolute certainty enable action or cripple the best of our humanity? Few poets can soar to such dramatic heights while exposing the complex web of human concerns Shakespeare illumines in King Lear. Few poets can make us listen so well to the cries of our own suffering.

Read a Review!

Thursday, April 6, 2006

Visual Arts Committee Showcase Exhibit
CNY Arts

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

This show features the work of Ellen Agnew, Joan Applebaum, Marna Bell, Mary Lou Colgin, Marilyn Forth, Patricia Gancarz, Shel & Donal Little, Mick Mather, Anna Soltyk, Joan Stier, and Yolanda Tooley
in varied media.

For more information about any of the VAC shows, please contact Mick Mather at 315-435-2154, or Joan Applebaum at 315-656-9527.

Haudenosaunee Art Exhibit: Three Brothers
Onondaga Community College

Ann Felton Multicultural Center and Gallery
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

View the powerful works of noted Native American artists Oren Lyons, Tracy Thomas and Rich Hill. A series of artist's talks will accompany the exhibits.

OCC Student Art Exhibit
Onondaga Community College

Whitney Applied Technology Center
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

Premium Blend: Works by Graduate Painters
Syracuse University School of Art and Design

Price: Free
VPA Dean's Gallery
Room 200, Crouse College, Syracuse University, Syracuse

The graduate painters whose works will be on display in the exhibition are Monica Alfonso, Tapati Chowdhury, Seunghee Chung, Allison Fox, Frank McCauley, Elena Peteva, Pepa Santamaria, David Serotkin, Andy Sullivan and Elijah Van Benschoten.

Paid parking is available in Irving Garage. For more information, contact the VPA Dean's Office at 315-443-5889.

Notion of Family: Family Work 2002-2006 - LaToya Ruby Frazier
Community Folk Art Center

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

LaToya Ruby Frazier of Pittsburgh, PA attended Edinboro University of Pennsylvania where she received a B.F.A. degree in Photography and Graphic Design. She was the recipient of the Outstanding Achievement in Photography Award from Edinboro University. Her work has received the Patron's Purchase Award from the Erie Art Museum in Erie, PA. Her work has also been exhibited at the Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center in Auburn and Light Work Community Darkrooms in Syracuse. Currently, she is pursuing her M.F.A. degree in Art Photography at Syracuse University, where she has been a recipient of the African American Fellowship. In addition to teaching photography at Syracuse University, Frazier has taught at Light Work Community Darkrooms and the Community Folk Art Center.

"The Notion of Family is a collaborative development between my grandmother, mother and I. It reveals the complexity of our relationships and the different roles we play," says Frazier. Frazier's 26 black and white photographs will be accompanied by her award-winning documentary film, A Mother To Hold, which intensely reveals the complex relationship she has with her drug-addicted mother. "My position and role as daughter and filmmaker transcends the stereotypical objective practice in classic documentary, which has continuously undermined the black family experience by avoiding our emotional realm," Frazier says. The film has been screened at the 2006 Black Maria Film Festival in Jersey City, NJ, the Brooklyn Underground Film Festival in New York City, the Black International Film Festival in New York City, and the Women of Color Film Festival in New York City, where she received the Producer's Choice Award.

Painterly Perspectives: The Art of Denise Allen
Community Folk Art Center

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

Painterly Perspectives: The Art of Denise Allen will feature paintings, prints, quilts and dolls by Allen, a renowned American contemporary folk artist and craftswoman. A self-taught artist, Allen has been nationally and internationally recognized as "The High Priestess of Needlework." Her work has been exhibited worldwide, and has also been featured in numerous publications. Many of her works address her African American heritage and are rendered in a unique 19th century folk art style. Allen currently resides in Palatine Bridge, New York, where she operates a general store and folk art gallery on her twenty-three acre farm.

Newhouse Photography Annual
Light Work Gallery

Robert B. Menschel Media Center
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

Suzanne Opton: Soldier
Light Work Gallery

Robert B. Menschel Media Center
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

This exhibition takes an unusual and intimate look at soldiers who recently returned from a tour of duty in Iraq or Afghanistan. The series includes a mixture of black-and-white and color photographs that range in style from timeless studio portraits to intimate close-up views of the heads of the soldiers lying on a flat surface. The exhibition features large-format color photographs of the faces of soldiers, evoking a sense of dreaming but also hinting at the transformative experiences of war. Opton has taken the otherwise loaded idea of soldiers and warfare out of a political context and placed it into a silent dialogue from one human being to the next. She says of the images, "We all experience strategic moments when we feel most alive. These are the moments we will always remember, be they transcendent or horrific. Afterall, what are we if not our collection of memories? In making these portraits of soldiers, I simply wanted to look in the face of someone whod seen something unforgettable.

The Ways of a Brush: Paintings by Marion Simpson
Associated Artists

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

Ms. Simpson, who lives in Vestal, is known as a painter, teacher, and muralist.

Modern Prints from the International Graphic Arts Society
Syracuse University Art Museum

Price: Free
University Art Collection
Sims Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse

Included are prints by Garo Antresian, Gabor Peterdi, and Donald Saff, three printmakers who taught a generation of artists and had a profound impact on the art of printmaking in the latter half of the 20th century.

W. Eugene Smith: From Light into Darkness
Syracuse University Art Museum

Price: Free
University Art Collection
Sims Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse

This exhibition of photojournalist Eugene Smith includes his service as a World War II photographer in the Pacific theater, a group from a 1950s Life magazine photo essay on the rise of America's chemical industry, and a selection of images from his Pittsburgh project.

Only an Artist: Adelaide Alsop Robineau, American Studio Potter
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Only an Artist features approximately 80 porcelains by Adelaide Alsop Robineau (1865-1929). These exquisite works are drawn largely from the unparalleled collection of her ceramics held by the Everson Museum of Art, with additional key works from other public and private collections. Beginning with Robineau's early experiments dating from 1904 to 1910, Only an Artist offers a selection of both the matte and crystalline glazes Robineau developed during this crucial period. A unique focus of Only an Artist is the representation of almost thirty works from the last three years of Robineau's life.

Only an Artist: Adelaide Alsop Robineau, American Studio Potter is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue containing three essays: by the exhibition's guest curator, Thomas Piché Jr.; noted Art Pottery scholar Ellen Paul Denker; and Syracuse University Professor Elizabeth Fowler.

Works of Daniel Atyim
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

For the Everson's 2004 Biennial exhibition, juror Pavel Zoubok selected Daniel Atyim's mixed-media works for the Best of Show Award. For this prize, the Everson will showcase Atyim's work in a solo exhibition and gallery brochure.

Scholastic Art Exhibition
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

For over three decades, the Everson has partnered with the Central New York Regional Scholastic Art Awards, sponsored by Time Warner. This juried exhibition of junior high and high school artists is displayed at Onondaga Community College. The Silver Key finalists have their work displayed at the Everson, while the Gold Key winners advance to the national competition.

Sara Sax's Rookwood Repertoire
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

During its 80-year history, Rookwood Pottery's artists formed and painted ceramics in such diverse styles as Victorian, Art Nouveau, Arts and Crafts and Art Deco. Sara Sax (1870-1949) was one of Rookwood's premier artists, painting vases, tiles and jars for this celebrated company from 1896 through 1931. This exhibition of Sax's work is generously on loan to the Everson from a private Massachusetts collection.

Master of Fine Arts Exhibition
Lowe Art Gallery

Price: Free
Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

Organized by the staff of the Lowe Art Gallery and students from the Graduate Program in Museum Studies, this exhibition presents works by graduate students in the School of Art and Design and Department of Transmedia who are completing a master of fine arts degree.

Yves Saint Front in the Louis and Annette Kaufman Collection
Syracuse University Art Museum

Price: Free
University Art Collection
Sims Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse

Curated by Domenic J. Iacono, Syracuse University Art Collection

The Artist Revealed: Artist Portraits and Self-Portraits
Syracuse University Art Museum

Price: Free
University Art Collection
Sims Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse

Claire Harootunian Retrospective: Sculpture and Collage Art
Redhouse

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

Come join in the magic of the art works of Claire Harootunian, alumnus and former Syracuse University adjunct professor A consummate hunter, gatherer and collector, Ms. Harootunian is constantly reinventing and reinvigorating new life into "found" objects and materials. Claire Harootunian begins with the possibilities of the material, whether she is layering fine, delicate papers and fabrics or welding heavy steel and bronze she delights in the creative process. Her joy in creating, no matter the medium, is apparent in all she touches.

In Studio, Class and Camera
Delavan Art Gallery

Price: Free
Delavan Art Gallery
501 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

The exhibit features sculpture by Evamaria Hardin, pastels by Wendy Harris, works by the Congressional winners of the Scholastic Art Awards, photography by the Syracuse Camera Club and the work of students from Blodgett, Seymour Magnet and Solace Elementary Schools in the Syracuse City School District.

Opening reception 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm.

Le Mozart Noir
Community Folk Art Center

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

Film directed by Raymond Saint-Jean.

Opening Event: A Fish With a Smile and Janem Janem
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $25
Landmark Theatre
362 S. Salina St., Syracuse

A Fish With a Smile by C. Jay Shig, Alan Tuan, Poliang Lin (Taiwan, animation, 10 min.)
I once had a fish that was as loyal as a dog, as amicable as a cat and as attentive as a lover, remembers a man who is deeply aggrieved in spite of his calm exterior. For when the man gave the fish its freedom, he was obliged to stand by and watch as his glittering little friend swam off happily into the cold ocean.

Janem Janem by Haim Bouzaglo (Israel, fiction, 100 min.)
Aldi, a 40 year old high-school teacher is in a midlife crisis. He has just returned from a long military reserve duty and he informs the schoolýs principal that he is not coming back to teach. On top of this crisis he has been traumatized by the loss of his friend, who was killed in front of him by a sniper. His wife, a psychologist, suggests he take a vacation. Aldi goes for a journey in his own country, incognito. Aldi joins the Turks and Romanians; migrant workers living in a shabby hostel which accommodates illegal immigrants. The unknown world of foreign workers is revealed to him in the middle of Tel Aviv. The film is a journey of construction sites, impoverished dwellings, warm new friendships, love and passion in a world which is unfamiliar yet close at hand.

Two Hands and Alma Mater
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Palace Theater
2384 James St., Syracuse

Two Hands by Fabio Wuytack (Italy, documentary, 6 min.)
Palestine has got but 4 heart surgeons. One of them is Mohammed Tamim. Mohammed came to Belgium in 2003 to specialize in pediatric surgery. The second "Intifada" made him a war surgeon.

Alma Mater by Alvaro Buela (Uruguay, fiction, 100 min.)
34-year-old Pamela is a small and shy woman. She works at the cash register of a supermarket. She attends a religious temple led by a Brazilian minister. She periodically visits her autistic mother. She is an anonymous character, leading a meaningless life. Suddenly, a miracle occurs. Messages of a marvelous destiny start to reach Pamela in unusual ways: a client, a gentle and charismatic transvestite, her own mother, dreams, bar codes, real and imaginary signals. The Savior of the Next Millennium is apparently on his way and everything indicates that she, being a virgin, is carrying him on her entrails. Impelled to face herself, Pamela undertakes an inner voyage. A paradoxical voyage: the more mystic she grows to be, the more human she becomes.

Season of the Horse
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Marriott Hotel Syracuse
500 S. Warren St., Syracuse

Season of the Horse by Ning Cai (China, fiction, 100 min.)
The Mongolian herdsman-once the proud symbol of the ancient nomadic culture of the grasslands and master of a great empire ruled on horseback, finds himself these days locked in a bitter struggle to preserve his traditional way of life. Wurgen, the protagonist is a man who finds himself in such a dilemma. As desert sands and modern civilization encroach upon his pasture, and the government passes new regulations to ban herding and fence off his ancestral lands, it is all he can do to maintain a modest flock of sheep, support his family and hold on to his aging and beloved horse. Unwilling to leave the grasslands for an new and uncertain life in the city, Wurgen finds himself in conflict with his friends and neighbors, local authorities and even his own family. Under pressure from his wife to earn some money to send their son to school, Wurgen vows that he would rather die than sell his loyal horse, or humiliate himself selling yogurt by the side of the newly constructed expressway that bisects the grasslands. The JI FENG ZHONG DE MA (Season of the Horse) is more than the story of one man's battle for survival. It is a requiem for a rapidly disappearing dream, a way of life, a cultural identity and a proud nomadic tradition now threatened with extinction...

The Time of the Heart
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Westcott Theater
524 Westcott St., Syracuse

The Time of the Heart by Ala Ozgenturk (Turkey, fiction, 112 min.)
Istanbul in the 1950s. Belkis, a middleclass girl, and Demir, the wealthy heir of a Turkish family living in Australia, have just agreed to get married over lunch at the fashionable Pera Palas Hotel. Demir has to return to Australia, however, and promises Belkis that he will be back for her soon. When he doesnýt return, Belkis falls prey to the advances of Akfar, the hotel's young playboy owner, who also happens to be an amateur arms dealer. Despite his initially shady intentions, Akfar himself finds himself falling seriously for Belkis. When he is imprisoned for his illegal activities, she finds consolation in Cemil, the hotel's shy elevator attendant. Two decades later, Akfar is released from prison and returns to the hotel, only to learn that Cemil, who also still works at the hotel, has married Belkis. But Akfar's passion for Belkis knows no rest. The resolution of these tangled love affairs will be sudden and brutal.

A Cigar At the Beach and Skritek
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Landmark Theatre
362 S. Salina St., Syracuse

A Cigar At the Beach by Stephen Keep Mills (USA, fiction, 15 min.)
A man withdraws to an empty beach to smoke a cigar and fantasize. An approaching storm out across the water mirrors the storm inside him as his fantasies propel him to the very edge of himself and to a surprise yearning greater than flesh or adventure.

Skritek by Tomas Vorel (Czech Republic, experimental/fiction, 87 min.)
A country family moves to the city, seeking a better life. The Father works as a butcher in a meatmarket. The Mother is a cashier in a hypermarket. Their daughter has problems in school. The son studies at a training institution for food professions since his father expects him to be a butcher as well. The son, however, is a vegetarian, an anarchist and has endless conflicts with authority. All this is too much for the father, who is burning with lust for an attractive young female butcher. The mother tries everything to win her husband back: a new hairstyle, expensive lingerie, psychotherapy, but the husband completely loses interest in her and moves in with the young butcheress. With her whole world collapsing, the mother seeks revenge. Tangling all this up further is a Skritek with a magic stick that makes everything absurd. Only the daughter understands the Skritekýs magical, irrational world. Like a silent film, the whole story unfolds without words. The mystical music of MIG 21, sound effects, and exclamations replace language.

Artist Lecture
Light Work Gallery
Featuring Vicki Goldberg

Robert B. Menschel Media Center
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

Lecture in conjunction with the exhibit Suzanne Opton: Soldier. A gallery reception will follow the lecture.

My Dead Lady
Acme Mystery Company

Price: $25.95 plus tax and gratuities (includes meal and show)
Spaghetti Warehouse
689 N. Clinton St., Syracuse

Comedy murder mystery dinner theater.

King Lear
Syracuse Stage
Michael Donald Edwards, director

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

An old man's foolishness and a daughter's momentary recalcitrance upend the order of the universe and induce an avalanche of human suffering. In this towering tragedy, Shakespeare dares us to examine the bounds of everything we think we cherish: the embrace of family, the value of forgiveness and the obligations of one generation to the next. How do we transfer power in a family or in a country? Does absolute certainty enable action or cripple the best of our humanity? Few poets can soar to such dramatic heights while exposing the complex web of human concerns Shakespeare illumines in King Lear. Few poets can make us listen so well to the cries of our own suffering.

Read a Review!

Bad Dates
Syracuse Stage
Mark Rucker, director

Hutchings Auditorium
810 E. Genesee St., adjacent to Syracuse Stage, Syracuse

Meet Haley Walker, funny, smart, sexy, single mom, restaurant owner and connoisseur of fine shoes. She's ready for Mr. Right. Only problem is most of the men she meets are perfect losers. She wants Sex in the City but the guys are strictly Apprentice. Good thing she knows how laugh. Join accomplished actress Nance Williamson in the "before" and "after" of a series of not so successful dates. It's a one-woman comedic journey that goes from practical shoes all the way to lingerie.

Read a Review!

Fool for Love
Black Box Players
Black Box Players

Price: Free
Loft Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Hailed by The New Yorker as "the most brilliant dramatist working today," playwright Sam Shepard catapults the audience into the passionate and complicated world of May and Eddie, a country girl and her cowboy. They are lovers tormented by a bond that is violent, restless and, as they realize, unbreakable. Eddie travels to the hotel room in Mississippi where May resides to rekindle their relationship and discovers that though they are inextricably linked, their stars may never align again. The play reaches a heightened sense of reality through the character of the Old Man, existing only in May and Eddie's minds. The production is directed by senior Brina Guild.

Seating is limited, so audience members should arrive at least a half hour prior to the performance to assure seating. To make reservations, leave a message on the Black Box Players' voice mailbox at 315-443-2102. (All requests will receive a follow-up phone call from the box office.)

Anything Goes
First Year Players

Price: $7 general public; $4 with SU ID
Goldstein Auditorium, Schine Student Center
Syracuse University, Syracuse

Anything Goes, by Cole Porter, is a lively musical full of song and dance that will entertain viewers young and old. Anything Goes tells the story of Billy Crocker, a stowaway on the S.S. American. Billy is trying to win the heart of Hope who is already promised to her fiance Evelyn. Hilarity ensues as Billy tries to break Hope and Evelyn up before they arrive in England where they are supposed to be married. The musical has quite a few eccentric characters that are sure to be crowd pleasers.

Parking is available at the Marion and Waverly lots all 3 nights for normal price on Thursday night and free on Friday and Saturday.

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Friday, April 7, 2006

Visual Arts Committee Showcase Exhibit
CNY Arts

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

This show features the work of Ellen Agnew, Joan Applebaum, Marna Bell, Mary Lou Colgin, Marilyn Forth, Patricia Gancarz, Shel & Donal Little, Mick Mather, Anna Soltyk, Joan Stier, and Yolanda Tooley
in varied media.

For more information about any of the VAC shows, please contact Mick Mather at 315-435-2154, or Joan Applebaum at 315-656-9527.

OCC Student Art Exhibit
Onondaga Community College

Whitney Applied Technology Center
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

Haudenosaunee Art Exhibit: Three Brothers
Onondaga Community College

Ann Felton Multicultural Center and Gallery
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

View the powerful works of noted Native American artists Oren Lyons, Tracy Thomas and Rich Hill. A series of artist's talks will accompany the exhibits.

Premium Blend: Works by Graduate Painters
Syracuse University School of Art and Design

Price: Free
VPA Dean's Gallery
Room 200, Crouse College, Syracuse University, Syracuse

The graduate painters whose works will be on display in the exhibition are Monica Alfonso, Tapati Chowdhury, Seunghee Chung, Allison Fox, Frank McCauley, Elena Peteva, Pepa Santamaria, David Serotkin, Andy Sullivan and Elijah Van Benschoten.

Paid parking is available in Irving Garage. For more information, contact the VPA Dean's Office at 315-443-5889.

Painterly Perspectives: The Art of Denise Allen
Community Folk Art Center

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

Painterly Perspectives: The Art of Denise Allen will feature paintings, prints, quilts and dolls by Allen, a renowned American contemporary folk artist and craftswoman. A self-taught artist, Allen has been nationally and internationally recognized as "The High Priestess of Needlework." Her work has been exhibited worldwide, and has also been featured in numerous publications. Many of her works address her African American heritage and are rendered in a unique 19th century folk art style. Allen currently resides in Palatine Bridge, New York, where she operates a general store and folk art gallery on her twenty-three acre farm.

Notion of Family: Family Work 2002-2006 - LaToya Ruby Frazier
Community Folk Art Center

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

LaToya Ruby Frazier of Pittsburgh, PA attended Edinboro University of Pennsylvania where she received a B.F.A. degree in Photography and Graphic Design. She was the recipient of the Outstanding Achievement in Photography Award from Edinboro University. Her work has received the Patron's Purchase Award from the Erie Art Museum in Erie, PA. Her work has also been exhibited at the Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center in Auburn and Light Work Community Darkrooms in Syracuse. Currently, she is pursuing her M.F.A. degree in Art Photography at Syracuse University, where she has been a recipient of the African American Fellowship. In addition to teaching photography at Syracuse University, Frazier has taught at Light Work Community Darkrooms and the Community Folk Art Center.

"The Notion of Family is a collaborative development between my grandmother, mother and I. It reveals the complexity of our relationships and the different roles we play," says Frazier. Frazier's 26 black and white photographs will be accompanied by her award-winning documentary film, A Mother To Hold, which intensely reveals the complex relationship she has with her drug-addicted mother. "My position and role as daughter and filmmaker transcends the stereotypical objective practice in classic documentary, which has continuously undermined the black family experience by avoiding our emotional realm," Frazier says. The film has been screened at the 2006 Black Maria Film Festival in Jersey City, NJ, the Brooklyn Underground Film Festival in New York City, the Black International Film Festival in New York City, and the Women of Color Film Festival in New York City, where she received the Producer's Choice Award.

Suzanne Opton: Soldier
Light Work Gallery

Robert B. Menschel Media Center
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

This exhibition takes an unusual and intimate look at soldiers who recently returned from a tour of duty in Iraq or Afghanistan. The series includes a mixture of black-and-white and color photographs that range in style from timeless studio portraits to intimate close-up views of the heads of the soldiers lying on a flat surface. The exhibition features large-format color photographs of the faces of soldiers, evoking a sense of dreaming but also hinting at the transformative experiences of war. Opton has taken the otherwise loaded idea of soldiers and warfare out of a political context and placed it into a silent dialogue from one human being to the next. She says of the images, "We all experience strategic moments when we feel most alive. These are the moments we will always remember, be they transcendent or horrific. Afterall, what are we if not our collection of memories? In making these portraits of soldiers, I simply wanted to look in the face of someone whod seen something unforgettable.

Newhouse Photography Annual
Light Work Gallery

Robert B. Menschel Media Center
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

The Ways of a Brush: Paintings by Marion Simpson
Associated Artists

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

Ms. Simpson, who lives in Vestal, is known as a painter, teacher, and muralist.

W. Eugene Smith: From Light into Darkness
Syracuse University Art Museum

Price: Free
University Art Collection
Sims Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse

This exhibition of photojournalist Eugene Smith includes his service as a World War II photographer in the Pacific theater, a group from a 1950s Life magazine photo essay on the rise of America's chemical industry, and a selection of images from his Pittsburgh project.

Modern Prints from the International Graphic Arts Society
Syracuse University Art Museum

Price: Free
University Art Collection
Sims Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse

Included are prints by Garo Antresian, Gabor Peterdi, and Donald Saff, three printmakers who taught a generation of artists and had a profound impact on the art of printmaking in the latter half of the 20th century.

Works of Daniel Atyim
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

For the Everson's 2004 Biennial exhibition, juror Pavel Zoubok selected Daniel Atyim's mixed-media works for the Best of Show Award. For this prize, the Everson will showcase Atyim's work in a solo exhibition and gallery brochure.

Only an Artist: Adelaide Alsop Robineau, American Studio Potter
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Only an Artist features approximately 80 porcelains by Adelaide Alsop Robineau (1865-1929). These exquisite works are drawn largely from the unparalleled collection of her ceramics held by the Everson Museum of Art, with additional key works from other public and private collections. Beginning with Robineau's early experiments dating from 1904 to 1910, Only an Artist offers a selection of both the matte and crystalline glazes Robineau developed during this crucial period. A unique focus of Only an Artist is the representation of almost thirty works from the last three years of Robineau's life.

Only an Artist: Adelaide Alsop Robineau, American Studio Potter is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue containing three essays: by the exhibition's guest curator, Thomas Piché Jr.; noted Art Pottery scholar Ellen Paul Denker; and Syracuse University Professor Elizabeth Fowler.

Sara Sax's Rookwood Repertoire
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

During its 80-year history, Rookwood Pottery's artists formed and painted ceramics in such diverse styles as Victorian, Art Nouveau, Arts and Crafts and Art Deco. Sara Sax (1870-1949) was one of Rookwood's premier artists, painting vases, tiles and jars for this celebrated company from 1896 through 1931. This exhibition of Sax's work is generously on loan to the Everson from a private Massachusetts collection.

Scholastic Art Exhibition
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

For over three decades, the Everson has partnered with the Central New York Regional Scholastic Art Awards, sponsored by Time Warner. This juried exhibition of junior high and high school artists is displayed at Onondaga Community College. The Silver Key finalists have their work displayed at the Everson, while the Gold Key winners advance to the national competition.

Master of Fine Arts Exhibition
Lowe Art Gallery

Price: Free
Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

Organized by the staff of the Lowe Art Gallery and students from the Graduate Program in Museum Studies, this exhibition presents works by graduate students in the School of Art and Design and Department of Transmedia who are completing a master of fine arts degree.

Eye on Cinema
Point of Contact Gallery

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

An exhibition of 21 original photographic art works by American artists Papo Colo, Gregory Crewdson, Judy Pfaff, Sandy Skoglund and Rob Van Erve.

"Eye on Cinema" is part of the 2006 Syracuse International Film and Video Festival (SIFVF) programming and was also the theme of a 1997 issue of the "Point of Contact" verbal and visual arts journal. Dedicated to the art of film and edited by Pedro Cuperman, gallery curator, and Syracuse University film professor and SIFVF director Owen Shapiro, the issue integrated a series of critical discussions by distinguished filmmakers and film theorists with the set of art works by Colo, Crewdson, Pfaff, Skoglund and Van Erve.

For more information, phone 315-443-2169.

The Artist Revealed: Artist Portraits and Self-Portraits
Syracuse University Art Museum

Price: Free
University Art Collection
Sims Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse

Yves Saint Front in the Louis and Annette Kaufman Collection
Syracuse University Art Museum

Price: Free
University Art Collection
Sims Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse

Curated by Domenic J. Iacono, Syracuse University Art Collection

Claire Harootunian Retrospective: Sculpture and Collage Art
Redhouse

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

Come join in the magic of the art works of Claire Harootunian, alumnus and former Syracuse University adjunct professor A consummate hunter, gatherer and collector, Ms. Harootunian is constantly reinventing and reinvigorating new life into "found" objects and materials. Claire Harootunian begins with the possibilities of the material, whether she is layering fine, delicate papers and fabrics or welding heavy steel and bronze she delights in the creative process. Her joy in creating, no matter the medium, is apparent in all she touches.

In Studio, Class and Camera
Delavan Art Gallery

Price: Free
Delavan Art Gallery
501 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

The exhibit features sculpture by Evamaria Hardin, pastels by Wendy Harris, works by the Congressional winners of the Scholastic Art Awards, photography by the Syracuse Camera Club and the work of students from Blodgett, Seymour Magnet and Solace Elementary Schools in the Syracuse City School District.

There will be a reception for students from 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm, featuring a performance by Seymour Guitar Ensemble at 5:30 p.m. The ensemble consists of ten student guitar players in the 4th and 5th grades and is spearheaded by Seymour's music teacher, Kevin Dorsey. The public is encouraged to attend this reception.

Eye on Cinema
Point of Contact Gallery

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

Opening reception for the "Eye on Cinema" exhibition.

An exhibition of 21 original photographic art works by American artists Papo Colo, Gregory Crewdson, Judy Pfaff, Sandy Skoglund and Rob Van Erve.

For more information, phone 315-443-2169.

Sea Change and Amsterdam via Amsterdam
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Bristol IMAX Omnitheater at the MOST
Armory Square, Syracuse

Sea Change by Joe King, Rosie Pedlow (England, experimental, 6 min.)
Filmed at a caravan park at the end of the season, Sea Change reveals a landscape dramatically transformed by light and time, and resonating with the transience of human presence.

Amsterdam via Amsterdam by Rob Rombout (Netherlands, documentary, 111 min.)
A film described as a 'mid-life road-movie' in which the film-makers visit three places called Amsterdam. Following in the footsteps of the sailors Cornelis Houtman and Willem Barentz, their expedition takes them from the Dutch capital to two islands of the same name. One is somewhere in the South Pacific, the other is part of Spitsbergen, surrounded by ice in the Arctic Ocean.

The Legend of the Scarecrow and The Shoe Fairy
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Palace Theater
2384 James St., Syracuse

The Legend of the Scarecrow by Carlos Lascano (Spain, animation, 11 min.)
The life of a Scarecrow changes radically when he decides to become friends with birds.

The Shoe Fairy by Robin Lee (Taiwan, fiction, 95 min.)
The Shoe Fairy is a modern-day fairy tale of Duo Duo, a girl who was born crippled. After a miraculous operation gives her the ability to walk, she finds herself addicted to shoes. In the process, she also finds her Prince Charming in the form of a loving dentist. But in a tragic turn of fate, she once again becomes bound to the wheelchair. It is then that a matchstick girl teaches her a simple lesson about happiness. Duo Duo decides it's time to stop grieving and gives her shoes to charity. Her fairy tale stories seeping into her own life will also be inspire her daughter, who loves to dance...

Celebration of a Lonely Palm, Rich Man's World, and The Harvest Time
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Storch Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Celebration of a Lonely Palm by Juraj Johanides (Slovakia, documentary, 39 min.)
A portrait of a forgotten Slovak film director Elo Havetta. He studied film directing at FAMU in Prague in the sixties, but managed to complete only two full-length feature films for cinema: Celebration in the Botanical Garden (1969) and Field lilies (1972). In those days, the film studios were run by the Communists who didn't allow Havetta to shoot another film.

Rich Man's World by Thomas George (India, fiction, 12 min.)
Rich Man's World is a silent film that speaks volumes about the irony of human society and its values set principally on socio-economic conditions. A romantic relationship that could possibly have blossomed into a once in a lifetime event, is abandoned mid-way only because of the barriers created by social standards.

The Harvest Time by Marina Razbezhkina (Russia, fiction, 67 min.)

Herstory, Starry Night, Little Spirits, and Home
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Watson Theater, Menschel Media Center
316 Waverly Ave. (Syracuse University), Syracuse

Herstory by Young-jin Kim (Korea, animation, 6 min.)
A dark room with a blue dark curtain. A woman molds herself in clay. Suddenly, she throws out the graver and drops into a chair.

Starry Night by Ben Miller (England, fiction, 13 min.)
It is the birthday of Vincent Van Gogh and art lover Annie has hired a 'Gogh-a-gram' to help her celebrate. Little does she realise that a double booking at the agency threatens to ruin her perfect evening....

Little Spirits by Cecelia Condit (USA, experimental, 9 min.)
As the two girls in Little Spirits explore beyond Grandmother's limits, they come face to face with suppressed aspects of their own emerging natures. How many steps till we have gone too far?

Home by Matt Zoller (USA, fiction, 91 min.)
Men and women flirt, fight and make out in HOME, a party movie packed into two floors of a Brooklyn brownstone. Sarcastic lone wolf Bobby Grant goes to meet his sexpot exgirlfriend Harper at a party thrown by people Bobby doesn't know. But when he arrives, Harper ignores him to chase a wiseass, globetrotting salesman named Tommy, a move that ticks off her best friend, Rose, who's had a crush on Tommy for years. The rejected Bobby sticks around to watch the human carnival and finds himself falling for one of the hostesses, the elegant film editor Susan, who just broke up with a sensual Croatian novelist named Tomasz but remains under his spell.

Binta and the Great Idea, Wentworth and 20 Fingers
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Westcott Theater
524 Westcott St., Syracuse

Binta and the Great Idea by Javier Fesser (Senegal/Spain, fiction, 30 min.)
Binta is a seven-year old girl who lives in a small village on the Casamance river in southern Senegal. She goes to school. Her cousin Soda, does not have the same good fortune and is not allowed to learn about the things of the world. Meanwhile, Binta's father (a humble fisherman) is concerned about the development of mankind and he is determined to carry out his great idea.

Wentworth by Stephen Suettinger (USA, fiction, 17 min.)
A neurotic misfit must choose between the fantasy girl of his dreams and her real-life, flesh and blood counterpart. Will he continue to live inside the relative bliss of his own delusions or will he take a chance on finding real love?

20 Fingers by Mania Akbari (Iran, fiction, 73 min.)
A film in several episodes with Bijan Daneshmand and Mania Akbari, exposing some of the issues of men and women within the confines of the tradition and family life in Iran. Each episode is devoted to various life situations and displays a different form of male/female interaction. The placing of the actors in a moving vehicle or against a moving backdrop signifies the movement of life despite all the obstacles in its way. The film deals with the roots of dependencies, limitations, power struggles and conflicts that are the familiar stuff of the life of couples in the Middle East.

A Fish With a Smile and Janem Janem
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Marriott Hotel Syracuse
500 S. Warren St., Syracuse

A Fish With a Smile by C. Jay Shig, Alan Tuan, Poliang Lin (Taiwan, animation, 10 min.)
I once had a fish that was as loyal as a dog, as amicable as a cat and as attentive as a lover, remembers a man who is deeply aggrieved in spite of his calm exterior. For when the man gave the fish its freedom, he was obliged to stand by and watch as his glittering little friend swam off happily into the cold ocean.

Janem Janem by Haim Bouzaglo (Israel, fiction, 100 min.)
Aldi, a 40 year old high-school teacher is in a midlife crisis. He has just returned from a long military reserve duty and he informs the schoolýs principal that he is not coming back to teach. On top of this crisis he has been traumatized by the loss of his friend, who was killed in front of him by a sniper. His wife, a psychologist, suggests he take a vacation. Aldi goes for a journey in his own country, incognito. Aldi joins the Turks and Romanians; migrant workers living in a shabby hostel which accommodates illegal immigrants. The unknown world of foreign workers is revealed to him in the middle of Tel Aviv. The film is a journey of construction sites, impoverished dwellings, warm new friendships, love and passion in a world which is unfamiliar yet close at hand.

The Fever
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Marriott Hotel Syracuse
500 S. Warren St., Syracuse

The Fever by Alessandro D'Alatri (Italy, fiction, 108 min.)
Mario Bettini, a provincial accountant, is a young man full of ideas, with a love of life and a burning desire to live it to the full. He has a dream in his heart: to open a nightclub with his friends. Who has not dreamed of opening a similar establishment at least once? To achieve his dream, he is willing to place his life on a shaky footing for awhile, accepting a role that is not his own. All his enthusiasm, his ideas and his projects shall suddenly be viewed by the world that surrounds him as a contagious disease to be cured as soon as possible. He runs up against the comic existence of the bureaucracy, filled with sandbagging, dirty tricks, sly ruses, mediocrity and humiliation. Only love, the true kind, and the poetry of life, will be able to transform his dream of a nightclub into that of a free country, where people are judged on the basis of their skills, without having to struggle to, obtain their god-.given rights, and where sewing oneýs seed means nothing more than working hard to obtain a hood harvest. The dream is a country finally capable of recognising and refusing the talent of mediocrity. It would appear to be an impossible dream, but it is not ... An entertaining declaration of love and anger towards Italy: love, because it is impossible not to love such a country; anger, because obstacles are continuously being placed in the way of that love.

Gen(i)us Diabolis and Ellektra
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Westcott Theater
524 Westcott St., Syracuse

Gen(i)us Diabolis by Robert Lakatos (Hungary, fiction, 18 min.)
A religious fanatic living in rural Hungary cons a passerby into allowing him to sleep with his wife. The film ends as it begins, with the rants of the main character to the camera and nude women who surround him. A humorous, magical fantasy.

Ellektra by Rudolf Mestdagh (Belgium, fiction, 103 min.)
Ellektra is a fast paced, darkly disturbing surrealistic modern fable. It takes place in the aftermath of a series of tragic accidents. Ellektra comes into play when those who've suffered irreparable harm receive mysterious text messages offering help. The promise is simple; if you respond, you will find comfort and relief.

Under the Harlem Moon and Flying
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Watson Theater, Menschel Media Center
316 Waverly Ave. (Syracuse University), Syracuse

Under the Harlem Moon by Liesl Davis (USA, fiction, 19 min.)
Under the Harlem Moon, set in Harlem in the twenties and thirties, explores the artistic contributions of the Harlem Renaissance while following two sisters in their search for a balance between their commitment to their dreams and to each other.

Flying by Chiao Liang (China, fiction, 100 min.)
Liu Baigang had been thought to be mentally ill in since childhood. Everyone, including his mother was quite disappointed at him except Li Xiaocai, his neighbor. He had a crazy idea. He wanted to build an airplane, but this is not something a peasant should think to do. He became the laughingstock of the village. His mother was subjected to humiliation, and his lover Li Xiaocai left him to get married to another man. All these things made him depressed, but he still tried his best to realize his dream.

The Bypass and Playing in the Dark
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Storch Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

The Bypass by Amit Kumar (India, fiction, 17 min.)
On an isolated desert road in Rajasthan, the characters in this violent short resoundingly communicate the expendability of humanity when they are drawn into a perilous and deadly game.

Playing in the Dark by Antonio Venturi Neto (Brazil, fiction, 102 min.)
Playing in the Dark is a political thriller centered on three young idealists, Thiago, Rosa and Pedro, who live out their dream (and nightmare) of fighting for a revolution. The Brazilian military dictatorship, and a society under oppression, is the backdrop.

Single Bed and Joy
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Palace Theater
2384 James St., Syracuse

Single Bed by George Kouvaras (Greece, fiction, 12 min.)
A girl. Two cameras. A puppet. A single bed. A few cups of coffee. A nightmare. Another nightmare within another. A time loop with unexpected outcome. A strange visitor. A story that can be read in various ways. Is the puppet alive? Or does it project in reality? How many cups of coffee did she make? Watch it and find out for yourselves...

Joy by Julie Schles (Israel, fiction, 90 min.)
Joy is a heartbreakingly unforgettable character with a dysfunctional family. Her mom nags her to lose weight and find a husband. Her uptight brother loses his job, but pretends to go to work each day and her dad's bladder is getting weaker. Joy is in a dead end job with a boss that exploits her. When she auditions for a reality show about forgiveness, she's surprised to find them interested in her. A masterful work from a director who has the uncanny ability to encompass the endearing and the bleak.

Wishing Well and Taxi Blues
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Bristol IMAX Omnitheater at the MOST
Armory Square, Syracuse

Wishing Well by Rod Maxwell (USA, animation, 13 min.)
The Wishing Well is an experimental one-man production, created and staring one person as 26 characters.

Taxi Blues by Dong-ha Choiha (Korea, documentary, 105 min.)
In Seoul, there are 70,000 taxies including 20,000 corporate taxies and 40,000 private taxies threading across the city. In most cases, a taxi driver works 12-hour shifts and must make 20 to 30 trips a day in order to make a profit after paying the 80 to 100 dollars due to the cab company. The taxi drivers go into every nook and corner of the city with a variety of passengers in their side or back seat. In the summer, the filmmaker became a taxi driver.

Drive-In Movie Theater
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: Free
Armory Square
Clinton and Jefferson St., Syracuse

The festival will recreate a trip down memory lane by setting up a Drive-In Movie Theater right in the heart of Armory Square in downtown Syracuse. We will be projecting films on a 24' x 32' canvas that will be hung on the side of the Atrium Garage on Franklin Street. Vehicles will be able to park in the parking lot across the street at the corner of the west side of Franklin Street and Fayette Street. It will be free to park and watch the films.

Clear Channel Radio will be providing a special frequency that will be heard on your radio that you'll be able to tune in to hear the audio of the films.

The films will include family friendly fare and will run in total of about 60 minutes. We will keep repeating the program up until Midnight.

We'll also provide a sound system so people on the street can also hear the films' audio.

Come and enjoy a little nostalgia!

Three Days of Anarchy
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Marriott Hotel Syracuse
500 S. Warren St., Syracuse

Three Days of Anarchy by Vito Zagarrio (Italy, fiction, 100 min.)
Sicily, July 1943: the allied troops have just disembarked on the island and Fascism has collapsed. A little Sicilian village lives, at last, in complete freedom: men and women, old and young, rich and poor alike, celebrate their liberty singing and banqueting all together in the streets; Giuseppe, a young student, has just come back home soon after his graduation. His best friend, Salvatore, would like him to assume political responsibilities since the village is in complete chaos. Giuseppe is greatly confused, as he's attracted by two girls: the good girl formally engaged to him and a young, passionate farmer. The only quiet place for him is his home where his father, a great antifascist, reminds him of the long held struggles of his people.

Adan
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Westcott Theater
524 Westcott St., Syracuse

Adan by Sho Igarashi (Japan, fiction, 139 min.)
The film begins with the death of Isson Tanaka, a solitary and heretic painter. He was 69. The film tracks his career. After becoming detached from the art world, he pursued his craft, on his own terms -- in poverty. At 50, he moved to the Amami Island to work on his final painting. That's where he met the title character, a girl.

Posun, Genetic Admiration, The Rhythm of a Larger Whole, and The Last Godfather: the Ghost of Corleone
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Bristol IMAX Omnitheater at the MOST
Armory Square, Syracuse

Posun by Simon Spidla (Czech Republic, experimental/documentary, 15 min.)
The inside, the outside of a train... a graphic score conducted along a snow-covered railroad track.

Genetic Admiration by Francis Leeming (Canada, animation, 22 min.)
This 16mm film brings together the genetic imaginary, popular culture and the relay of the female body between science and entertainment. In a series of tableaux our cultures performance of consumption and production are scrutinized in that most intimate arena of human endeavour, biological reproduction. Through collage animation, excerpts from magazines, books, archives and catalogues are transformed into a critique of reproductive technologies and spectacles of contemporary science.

The Rhythm of a Larger Whole by Stuart Valberg (USA, experimental, 3 min.)
Interior and architectural spaces are explored in extreme closeups to create a visual/musical experiment in image and sound.

The Last Godfather: the Ghost of Corleone by Marco Amenta (Italy, documentary, 78 min.)
Can a man live hidden on an island for 40 years, hunted down by over 400 men from the police and secret service and still continue to be the head of Cosa Nostra?

Before Dawn and Paths of Light
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Palace Theater
2384 James St., Syracuse

Before Dawn by Balint Kenyeres (Hungary, fiction, 13 min.)
Before dawn, the wheat is quietly ondulating on the hillside. Before dawn, people will rise and other people will take away their hope.

Paths of Light by Attila Mispal (Hungary, fiction, 102 min.)
What happens if you lose all you have? How can you continue living if the only thing missing is what was the most important thing of all? This film has two parallel stories: one about a successful model, while the other follows a goldsmith. Paths of Light shows two characters' common descent into hell. The stories develop along similar lines and come together in a special way. It takes a long time for both protagonists to accept their fate. Once they have found peace the two storylines converge: the goldsmith and the model meet at the end of the film.

Dead Run
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Storch Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Dead Run by Sabu (Japan, fiction, 125 min.)
Shuji was born in a small town named Hama in Western Japan. A lonely but pure-hearted child, Shuji loved watching his over-achieving older brother and his parents doting on the brother, Shuichi. One day, Shuji's bicycle breaks down and he is without a way to get around. In this time of need, a yakuza who calls himself Demonkin and his girlfriend Akane help Shuji out. They are from a neighboring town named Oki, but the people of Hama tend to keep their distance from them. Demonken's kindness touches Shuji in a way that he will never forget. Several days later, Shuji learns of Demonken's mysterious death. There is unfathomable isolation in modern life where people desire to connect with one another. This is a portrayal of the boy's lament and proof of life, the film which confronts the aspects of boyhood which neither is sweet nor beautiful. It shows the heartache and way of life that grown-ups, without realizing it, have forgotten about.

Il Nostro Segreto, La Vie D'un Chien, and Dope Sick Love
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Watson Theater, Menschel Media Center
316 Waverly Ave. (Syracuse University), Syracuse

Il Nostro Segreto by Mauro Mancini (Italy, fiction, 12 min.)
A young boy (around 10) goes through complicated machinations in order to have a date with his little girlfriend.

La Vie D'un Chien (The Life of a Dog) by John Harden (USA, fiction, 14 min.)
A French scientist invents a serum that will change a human into a dog for one night. He tests it on himslef. It works. The serum becomes wildly popular in Paris.

Dope Sick Love by Felice Conti, Brent Renaud, Craig Renaud (USA, documentary, 89 min.)
They say love conquers all, but can love survive on the streets of New York City? For drug-addicted couples like Matt and Tracy, and Sebastian and Michelle, the dream of romance must endure the reality of a desperate unending cycle of fixes, withdrawals, brawls and hustles. The America Undercover documentary Dope Sick Love tells the stories of these two couples.

Crickets and Spying Cam
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Hosmer Auditorium, Everson Museum
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Crickets by Matan Guggenheim (Israel, fiction, 16 min.)
After losing his parents in a terrorist attack, Ido starts to hear crickets in his head. To put an end to the incessant noise, he finds an outrageous solution.

Spying Cam by Hwang Cheol-min (Korea, fiction, 100 min.)
The summer is swelteringly hot, but two youngish men stay locked up together in a cheap hotel room, rarely going out. Are they gay, as the cleaning women assume? Or is something more sinister going on? What about the good-time girl who seems to have a permanent lease on the room next door? And what does Dostoevski's Crime and Punishment have to do with it? Spying Cam's implications are finally as much political as psychological, and it has clear elements of mystery-thriller about it, but most of it plays -- very effectively -- as a study in character conflict. The two protagonists are in most ways opposites: one is intellectual, quasi-feminine and submissive, the other aggressively macho, poorly educated and prone to violence. But when they get into Dostoevskian role-playing to pass the time, it's the meathead who feels right at home with the woman's part...

Irish Harp
Featuring Maire Ni Cheathasaigh

Price: $10
Grewen Auditorium
LeMoyne College, Syracuse

Sound Design
Society for New Music
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $15 regular, $12 students and seniors
Hosmer Auditorium, Everson Museum
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Chamber concert in conjunction with the third Syracuse International FilmFest, with film clips. Film music by Emmy award-winning composer Laura Karpman (music for Steven Spielberg's Taken), Uruguayan composer Sylvia Meyer (music for alma mater, a religious drama from Uruguay/Canada), Mohican composer Brent Michael Davids (music for the silent film Last of the Mohicans and Shawn Kakuk's soon-to-be-released Bright Circles), and Japanese composer Kazuhiko Koyama (music for Adan).

Performers for this stunning, one-of-a-kind program include Sylvia Meyer on electric keyboard, Brent Michael Davids on quartz flute, Michihiro Sato on Shamisen with an ensemble of CNY's finest, comprised of Steven Heyman, Laura Klugherz, Selma Moore, David Abrams, John Raschella, Jim Krehbiel, Ann McIntyre, Cynthia Hessey, Florent Renard-Payen, Gaelen McCormick, Rob Bridge, Jennifer Vacanti, Rich Ziemba, and conductor Heather Buchman.

Folkus Project
Dana and Susan Robinson

Price: $10
May Memorial Unitarian Society
3800 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Dana and Susan Robinson are Folkus Project favorites, back by popular demand. The Robinsons make music that is a perfect blend of old and new, bringing roots and tradition to contemporary songwriting. Their music incorporates rich, intimate voices, intricate and powerful guitar and banjo playing, with a bit of fiddle and mandolin thrown in for good measure. They bring to their performances an understanding of America's musical heritage and convey its significance to our culture. And they perform with a joy, gentleness, and passion that always connects with the audience.

A multi-instrumentalist (guitar, fiddle, mandolin, banjo), Dana brings traditional music values into his contemporary songwriting. He integrates guitar styles from influences as diverse as America's Norman Blake and Tim O'Brien to England's Nick Jones and John Martyn. Dana's songwriting has been likened to that of Steve Goodman and Dougie MacLean, and he sings with a warm and reedy tenor.

Susan brings her rich harmonies and the clawhammer-style banjo into Dana's music. In 2002, Susan had been working as an environmental grantwriter in California and studying Scottish fiddle. Susan attended a house concert Dana was giving in California on Saint Patrick's Day. A natural musician, having played piano and oboe in addition to the fiddle, Susan took instantly to the guitar and banjo when she and Dana met. Together they complete a circle that allows them to more fully explore their passion for merging traditional and contemporary music.

Classics Series: A Mozart Celebration
Syracuse Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Hege, conductor
Featuring Deborah Coble, flute

Price: $16-$50
Crouse Hinds Concert Theater, Mulroy Civic Center
411 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Mozart Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Mozart Concerto No. 1 for Flute in G Major
Mozart Symphony No. 40

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Fool for Love
Black Box Players
Black Box Players

Price: Free
Loft Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Hailed by The New Yorker as "the most brilliant dramatist working today," playwright Sam Shepard catapults the audience into the passionate and complicated world of May and Eddie, a country girl and her cowboy. They are lovers tormented by a bond that is violent, restless and, as they realize, unbreakable. Eddie travels to the hotel room in Mississippi where May resides to rekindle their relationship and discovers that though they are inextricably linked, their stars may never align again. The play reaches a heightened sense of reality through the character of the Old Man, existing only in May and Eddie's minds. The production is directed by senior Brina Guild.

Seating is limited, so audience members should arrive at least a half hour prior to the performance to assure seating. To make reservations, leave a message on the Black Box Players' voice mailbox at 315-443-2102. (All requests will receive a follow-up phone call from the box office.)

Anything Goes
First Year Players

Price: $7 general public; $4 with SU ID
Goldstein Auditorium, Schine Student Center
Syracuse University, Syracuse

Anything Goes, by Cole Porter, is a lively musical full of song and dance that will entertain viewers young and old. Anything Goes tells the story of Billy Crocker, a stowaway on the S.S. American. Billy is trying to win the heart of Hope who is already promised to her fiance Evelyn. Hilarity ensues as Billy tries to break Hope and Evelyn up before they arrive in England where they are supposed to be married. The musical has quite a few eccentric characters that are sure to be crowd pleasers.

Parking is available at the Marion and Waverly lots all 3 nights for normal price on Thursday night and free on Friday and Saturday.

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A Comedy in Two Acts
Open Hand Theater

Price: $16 at door; $14 in advance
International Mask and Puppet Museum
518 Prospect Ave., Syracuse

Much is Blue About Nothing -- a masked farce performed in the style of Commedia Dell'Arte, the world's most influential comic tradition dating back to early 16th century Italian street theater

The Mysterious Messenger -- a slapstick melodrama in the tradition of the sappiest of silent film traditions and vaudeville

Baylin's Monster
Rarely Done Productions
Ty Marshal, director

Price: $20
Jazz Central
441 E. Washington St., Syracuse

Baylin's Monster is an original musical comedy by Michael Grady about the travails of small town commerce and the appearance of a monster in the marsh! This cast brings us the citizens of Baylin, a fictional Mississippi swamp town that fills its coffers with tourism dollars. Lately, the good people of Baylin have been lunch for a carnivorous monster that lives in its swamp. The media has descended, including network reporter Larry Farrell, a former Baylinite, looking to break the Baylin story, and the townsfolk are scrambling to hide their 60-foot monster. Or are they? Baylin's Monster is a musical without a score, a distinction planned by Grady to encourage singers and non-singers alike to perform his play. It is up to the cast to make up the melodies to Grady's lyrics in each production which will provide for an evening of some tuneful laughs! "This ambitious, intelligent script is full of wonderfully sarcastic humor, and hilarious hillbilly stereotypes". Robert Pela (Phoenix New Times).

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King Lear
Syracuse Stage
Michael Donald Edwards, director

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

An old man's foolishness and a daughter's momentary recalcitrance upend the order of the universe and induce an avalanche of human suffering. In this towering tragedy, Shakespeare dares us to examine the bounds of everything we think we cherish: the embrace of family, the value of forgiveness and the obligations of one generation to the next. How do we transfer power in a family or in a country? Does absolute certainty enable action or cripple the best of our humanity? Few poets can soar to such dramatic heights while exposing the complex web of human concerns Shakespeare illumines in King Lear. Few poets can make us listen so well to the cries of our own suffering.

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Bad Dates
Syracuse Stage
Mark Rucker, director

Hutchings Auditorium
810 E. Genesee St., adjacent to Syracuse Stage, Syracuse

Meet Haley Walker, funny, smart, sexy, single mom, restaurant owner and connoisseur of fine shoes. She's ready for Mr. Right. Only problem is most of the men she meets are perfect losers. She wants Sex in the City but the guys are strictly Apprentice. Good thing she knows how laugh. Join accomplished actress Nance Williamson in the "before" and "after" of a series of not so successful dates. It's a one-woman comedic journey that goes from practical shoes all the way to lingerie.

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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
The Talent Company
Bob Durkin, director
Featuring Joey Panek

Price: $25 regular; $22 seniors/full-time students; $14 children 12 and under
Empire Theater
New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes

Power, sex, ambition, greed... It's just another day at the office when The Talent Company presents this satire of big business and all it holds. The story follows the rise of J. Pierrepont Finch, who uses a little handbook called "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" to climb the corporate ladder from lowly window washer to high-powered executive.

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Godspell
Vineyard Theatre Arts

Price: $20 regular; $16 students/seniors
Syracuse Vineyard Church
312 Lakeside Rd., Syracuse

Time to hang out with the most well known guy in history in Steven Schwartz's hit musical. Experience the stories. Witness the strong community. See the sacrifice.

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Jesus Christ Superstar
Salt City Center for the Performing Arts

Price: $20 regular; $15 students/seniors
Most Holy Rosary Church
111 Roberts Ave., Syracuse

Bring the whole family to experience the pageantry and spectacle of Central New York's most revered theatrical production of the moving and passionate re-telling of the last days of Jesus Christ through music and song, reverently performed by a talented cast of performers of all ages.

For tickets, phone the box office at 315-475-9749.

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Saturday, April 8, 2006

In Studio, Class and Camera
Delavan Art Gallery

Price: Free
Delavan Art Gallery
501 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

The exhibit features sculpture by Evamaria Hardin, pastels by Wendy Harris, works by the Congressional winners of the Scholastic Art Awards, photography by the Syracuse Camera Club and the work of students from Blodgett, Seymour Magnet and Solace Elementary Schools in the Syracuse City School District.

Shaped Clay 2006
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Shaped Clay 2006 showcases ceramic art created by high school artists from around the country. This exhibition is organized by Syracuse University Ceramics and the Everson Museum of Art.

Scholastic Art Exhibition
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

For over three decades, the Everson has partnered with the Central New York Regional Scholastic Art Awards, sponsored by Time Warner. This juried exhibition of junior high and high school artists is displayed at Onondaga Community College. The Silver Key finalists have their work displayed at the Everson, while the Gold Key winners advance to the national competition.

Sara Sax's Rookwood Repertoire
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

During its 80-year history, Rookwood Pottery's artists formed and painted ceramics in such diverse styles as Victorian, Art Nouveau, Arts and Crafts and Art Deco. Sara Sax (1870-1949) was one of Rookwood's premier artists, painting vases, tiles and jars for this celebrated company from 1896 through 1931. This exhibition of Sax's work is generously on loan to the Everson from a private Massachusetts collection.

Only an Artist: Adelaide Alsop Robineau, American Studio Potter
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Only an Artist features approximately 80 porcelains by Adelaide Alsop Robineau (1865-1929). These exquisite works are drawn largely from the unparalleled collection of her ceramics held by the Everson Museum of Art, with additional key works from other public and private collections. Beginning with Robineau's early experiments dating from 1904 to 1910, Only an Artist offers a selection of both the matte and crystalline glazes Robineau developed during this crucial period. A unique focus of Only an Artist is the representation of almost thirty works from the last three years of Robineau's life.

Only an Artist: Adelaide Alsop Robineau, American Studio Potter is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue containing three essays: by the exhibition's guest curator, Thomas Piché Jr.; noted Art Pottery scholar Ellen Paul Denker; and Syracuse University Professor Elizabeth Fowler.

Works of Daniel Atyim
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

For the Everson's 2004 Biennial exhibition, juror Pavel Zoubok selected Daniel Atyim's mixed-media works for the Best of Show Award. For this prize, the Everson will showcase Atyim's work in a solo exhibition and gallery brochure.

Camillus Art Association Annual Art Show and Sale

Price: Free
Robinson Memorial Church
126 Terry Rd. (corner of Granger), Syracuse

Featuring members' original artwork for show and for sale. There will be door prizes, raffle prizes, and free refreshments. For more information, phone 315-672-9644.

The Ways of a Brush: Paintings by Marion Simpson
Associated Artists

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

Ms. Simpson, who lives in Vestal, is known as a painter, teacher, and muralist.

Notion of Family: Family Work 2002-2006 - LaToya Ruby Frazier
Community Folk Art Center

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

LaToya Ruby Frazier of Pittsburgh, PA attended Edinboro University of Pennsylvania where she received a B.F.A. degree in Photography and Graphic Design. She was the recipient of the Outstanding Achievement in Photography Award from Edinboro University. Her work has received the Patron's Purchase Award from the Erie Art Museum in Erie, PA. Her work has also been exhibited at the Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center in Auburn and Light Work Community Darkrooms in Syracuse. Currently, she is pursuing her M.F.A. degree in Art Photography at Syracuse University, where she has been a recipient of the African American Fellowship. In addition to teaching photography at Syracuse University, Frazier has taught at Light Work Community Darkrooms and the Community Folk Art Center.

"The Notion of Family is a collaborative development between my grandmother, mother and I. It reveals the complexity of our relationships and the different roles we play," says Frazier. Frazier's 26 black and white photographs will be accompanied by her award-winning documentary film, A Mother To Hold, which intensely reveals the complex relationship she has with her drug-addicted mother. "My position and role as daughter and filmmaker transcends the stereotypical objective practice in classic documentary, which has continuously undermined the black family experience by avoiding our emotional realm," Frazier says. The film has been screened at the 2006 Black Maria Film Festival in Jersey City, NJ, the Brooklyn Underground Film Festival in New York City, the Black International Film Festival in New York City, and the Women of Color Film Festival in New York City, where she received the Producer's Choice Award.

Painterly Perspectives: The Art of Denise Allen
Community Folk Art Center

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

Painterly Perspectives: The Art of Denise Allen will feature paintings, prints, quilts and dolls by Allen, a renowned American contemporary folk artist and craftswoman. A self-taught artist, Allen has been nationally and internationally recognized as "The High Priestess of Needlework." Her work has been exhibited worldwide, and has also been featured in numerous publications. Many of her works address her African American heritage and are rendered in a unique 19th century folk art style. Allen currently resides in Palatine Bridge, New York, where she operates a general store and folk art gallery on her twenty-three acre farm.

Modern Prints from the International Graphic Arts Society
Syracuse University Art Museum

Price: Free
University Art Collection
Sims Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse

Included are prints by Garo Antresian, Gabor Peterdi, and Donald Saff, three printmakers who taught a generation of artists and had a profound impact on the art of printmaking in the latter half of the 20th century.

W. Eugene Smith: From Light into Darkness
Syracuse University Art Museum

Price: Free
University Art Collection
Sims Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse

This exhibition of photojournalist Eugene Smith includes his service as a World War II photographer in the Pacific theater, a group from a 1950s Life magazine photo essay on the rise of America's chemical industry, and a selection of images from his Pittsburgh project.

Master of Fine Arts Exhibition
Lowe Art Gallery

Price: Free
Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

Organized by the staff of the Lowe Art Gallery and students from the Graduate Program in Museum Studies, this exhibition presents works by graduate students in the School of Art and Design and Department of Transmedia who are completing a master of fine arts degree.

Yves Saint Front in the Louis and Annette Kaufman Collection
Syracuse University Art Museum

Price: Free
University Art Collection
Sims Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse

Curated by Domenic J. Iacono, Syracuse University Art Collection

The Artist Revealed: Artist Portraits and Self-Portraits
Syracuse University Art Museum

Price: Free
University Art Collection
Sims Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse

Claire Harootunian Retrospective: Sculpture and Collage Art
Redhouse

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

Come join in the magic of the art works of Claire Harootunian, alumnus and former Syracuse University adjunct professor A consummate hunter, gatherer and collector, Ms. Harootunian is constantly reinventing and reinvigorating new life into "found" objects and materials. Claire Harootunian begins with the possibilities of the material, whether she is layering fine, delicate papers and fabrics or welding heavy steel and bronze she delights in the creative process. Her joy in creating, no matter the medium, is apparent in all she touches.

Binta and the Great Idea and 20 Fingers
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Marriott Hotel Syracuse
500 S. Warren St., Syracuse

Binta and the Great Idea by Javier Fesser (Senegal/Spain, fiction, 30 min.)
Binta is a seven-year old girl who lives in a small village on the Casamance river in southern Senegal. She goes to school. Her cousin Soda, does not have the same good fortune and is not allowed to learn about the things of the world. Meanwhile, Binta's father (a humble fisherman) is concerned about the development of mankind and he is determined to carry out his great idea.

20 Fingers by Mania Akbari (Iran, fiction, 73 min.)
A film in several episodes with Bijan Daneshmand and Mania Akbari, exposing some of the issues of men and women within the confines of the tradition and family life in Iran. Each episode is devoted to various life situations and displays a different form of male/female interaction. The placing of the actors in a moving vehicle or against a moving backdrop signifies the movement of life despite all the obstacles in its way. The film deals with the roots of dependencies, limitations, power struggles and conflicts that are the familiar stuff of the life of couples in the Middle East.

Photograbber and Season of the Horse
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Westcott Theater
524 Westcott St., Syracuse

Photograbber by Pascal Tosi (France, fiction, 19 min.)
Set in 1952, this is a tale about a unique camera that captures reality. When the photos rebel against the photographer (a charming, henpecked toymaker) a battle begins. Who will win? The photos or the photographer?

Season of the Horse by Ning Cai (China, fiction, 100 min.)
The Mongolian herdsman-once the proud symbol of the ancient nomadic culture of the grasslands and master of a great empire ruled on horseback, finds himself these days locked in a bitter struggle to preserve his traditional way of life. Wurgen, the protagonist is a man who finds himself in such a dilemma. As desert sands and modern civilization encroach upon his pasture, and the government passes new regulations to ban herding and fence off his ancestral lands, it is all he can do to maintain a modest flock of sheep, support his family and hold on to his aging and beloved horse. Unwilling to leave the grasslands for an new and uncertain life in the city, Wurgen finds himself in conflict with his friends and neighbors, local authorities and even his own family. Under pressure from his wife to earn some money to send their son to school, Wurgen vows that he would rather die than sell his loyal horse, or humiliate himself selling yogurt by the side of the newly constructed expressway that bisects the grasslands. The JI FENG ZHONG DE MA (Season of the Horse) is more than the story of one man's battle for survival. It is a requiem for a rapidly disappearing dream, a way of life, a cultural identity and a proud nomadic tradition now threatened with extinction...

Mikey Powell: A Lacrosse Movie and Skritek
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Palace Theater
2384 James St., Syracuse

Mikey Powell: A Lacrosse Movie by Susan Hilvert (USA, documentary, 30 min.)
An artistic portrayal of Mikey Powell, four-time All-American lacrosse player at Syracuse University. The film follows his life and shows his role in helping to make lacrosse a fast-growing sport.

Skritek by Tomas Vorel (Czech Republic, experimental/fiction, 87 min.)
A country family moves to the city, seeking a better life. The Father works as a butcher in a meatmarket. The Mother is a cashier in a hypermarket. Their daughter has problems in school. The son studies at a training institution for food professions since his father expects him to be a butcher as well. The son, however, is a vegetarian, an anarchist and has endless conflicts with authority. All this is too much for the father, who is burning with lust for an attractive young female butcher. The mother tries everything to win her husband back: a new hairstyle, expensive lingerie, psychotherapy, but the husband completely loses interest in her and moves in with the young butcheress. With her whole world collapsing, the mother seeks revenge. Tangling all this up further is a Skritek with a magic stick that makes everything absurd. Only the daughter understands the Skritek's magical, irrational world. Like a silent film, the whole story unfolds without words. The mystical music of MIG 21, sound effects, and exclamations replace language.

No Place: Looking Forward, Chinon, and Here We Are
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Bristol IMAX Omnitheater at the MOST
Armory Square, Syracuse

No Place: Looking Forward by Sarah Miles (England, experimental, 11 min.)
King's Lynn and King's Cross stand at either end of the railway line into and out of London and provide archetypal representations of the "country" and the "city." In No Place, set in a cinema in King's Lynn, the surrounding fenlands are reminiscent of the hillbilly flatlands of Kansas conjuring The Wizard of Oz -- a young girl's hymn to elsewhere.

Chinon by Phil Davis (USA, experimental, 4 min.)
One in a series of ongoing video experiments dealing with the obsolescence of analog video technology in the digital age. Through the death of the camera, witnessed through the point of view of the camera, an exciting last breath is captured. The killing of old technology frees it from a slow, unacknowledged death on a dusty shelf.

Here We Are by Jaro Vojtek (Slovakia, documentary, 76 min.)
After World War II, the Krnac family moved from Central Slovakia to Sub-Carpathian Ukraine. After a rather controversial accession of this region to the Soviet Union, they fell in a trap with no way out. In line with Khrushchev's decree, they were forced to settle down in Balgarka, a village in the Kazakhstan steppe, where they spent over forty years. After the breakup of the USSR, they decided to move back to Europe. Sisters Tanya and Anna, Anna's husband Dimitrij and their children, set out for their journey to Slovakia, a country they knew only from their parents' stories.

Young Filmmakers Program 1 (ages 10-18)
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Hosmer Auditorium, Everson Museum
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Changes by DCTV (USA, documentary, 12 min.)
When Winston and his family emigrated from China a few years ago, his life changed. In this video, he shows some of the new things in his New York city life like his name, his responsibilities at home, and public school lunch.

Shoes by Jake Sawyer (USA, fiction, 12 min.)
School fashion, school mockery, school irony.

Beyond Borders Listen Up! by Youth Media Network (many countries, documentaries, 66 min.)
What do youth fear most in their lives? How do they overcome those fears? Beyond Borders: Personal Stories from a Small Planet is a creative burst of defiance and hope by teenagers who are overcoming the huge obstacles and ignorance that have defined their lives. It's an inspiring compilation of 11 short films written, shot and edited by teenagers who weave documentary filmmaking, animation and archival footage to tell personal stories on fear and security. With mentorship from professional filmmakers, these young-people produced films that are powerful, startling and awe-inspiring. With stories from Afghanistan, Argentina, Colombia, England Jordan, Korea, Guatemala, Sierra Leone, Ukraine and the United States, these youth-produced films will challenge audiences to redefine fear and the priorities we make in a post 9/11 world.

An Artistic Representation of a Metaphysical Butterfly Effect, In-Security, and All About Darfur
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Watson Theater, Menschel Media Center
316 Waverly Ave. (Syracuse University), Syracuse

An Artistic Representation of a Metaphysical Butterfly Effect by Ki-wan Park (Korea, animation, 25 min.)
There is a boy who worries over his reason for being. He considers himself a totally unnecessary person because nobody treats him kindly. One day he is taken in by his jobless uncle, who takes him to a place called 'An artistic presentation of metaphysical butterfly effect'.

In-Security by Neil Shaw (South Africa, fiction, 12 min.)
In-Security, a film without dialogue, follows a couple, who, faced with increasing crime decide to pack up and move into a safer environment. But although they may have escaped criminality, they may not have escaped their deeper fears.

All About Darfur by Taghreed Elsanhouri (Sudan/England, documentary, 82 min.)
A Sudanese immigrant to the UK returns to her homeland to understand why the seemingly racially harmonious country of her memories has become the scene of one of the worst instances of ethnic cleansing in recent history. What she discovers is that race may be too crude a concept to understand the crisis of Darfur.

My 747, The Little Thief, and Tales From the Inside
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Storch Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

My 747 by Chi-Jan Hou (Taiwan, experimental/documentary, 11 min.)
747 is an 8-year-old scooter. YAMAHA, 50cc, full name DNU747 and he is all mine. It's a story about 747 and me and time.

The Little Thief by Adam Sharp (England, animation, 5 min.)
After stealing a toy plane from a shop, a thief runs off to play with his prize in the woods. Then the sun sets. Darkness settles in.

Tales From the Inside by Guadalupe Miranda (Mexico, documentary, 78 min.)
A documentary about a group of women incarcerated in the Puente Grande Feminine Readjustment Center in Jalisco, Mexico.

A Shabbos Mom, Wonder Women: Louise, and Private Century
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Hosmer Auditorium, Everson Museum
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

A Shabbos Mom by Inbar Nahdar (Israel, fiction, 27 min.)
Three sisters from a religious family gather at their widowed mother's house for the Jewish Sabbath. The third daughter, the film's heroine, is strongly attached to the religious world and is struggling to conceive a child. Over an intense Sabbath together, old wounds are opened that force each woman to face her womanhood and motherhood.

Wonder Women: Louise by Anita Lebeau (Canada, animation, 10 min.)
In Wonder Women, the ordinary becomes extraordinary. At 96, Louise's plans sometimes miscarry, but her sense of humour is foolproof.

Private Century by Jan Sikl (Czech Republic, documentary, 59 min.)
The life of each of us is unique and unrepeatable. Private Century tells authentic stories based on private family film archives. Private Century shows history as a set of intimate human stories.

Young Filmmakers Program 2 (ages 10-18)
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Bristol IMAX Omnitheater at the MOST
Armory Square, Syracuse

O.U.R.N.Y.C. by DCTV (USA, documentary, 12 min.)
A video letter to the rural communities of Southern Mexico. People from these communities contacted the filmmakers to find out what life is really like in New York City. They wondered how New Yorkers get the food they eat so the filmmakers decided to make a video about how food connects people.

1(a by J. Munoz (USA, experimental, 6 min.)
A brief, free-association video exploration of e.e. cummings poem "l(a"

Annoying Dog by Mark Sanders, Thomas Schuster (USA, animation, 5 min.)
Follow a large dog's futile attempts to silence a smaller canine.

The Ten Commandments by Tel Aviv International Children's Film Project (Israel, various genres, 60 min.)

Tribute to SYNAPSE, the home of Video Art in the 1960s and 1970s
Syracuse International Film Festival

The Warehouse, Main Auditorium
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

Synapse was a student and community organization operating on Syracuse University's campus from 1972-1981. Synapse developed from University Community Union Video (UUTV), a campus-wide cable television network and video access center run for and by students at Syracuse University. Numbers of highly regarded professional video artists traveled to Syracuse to make use of the expertise and state-of-the-art video production equipment at the Newhouse School of Communications. Synapse focused on decentralizing communications media, providing access to video technology and distributing video art and independent video to a broader public through television. The following tapes were selected from the Synapse archive and permit us to experience first hand what was happening in the American video art scene during this remarkable era:

Nam June Paik: Suite 212 The Selling of New York, 10 minutes, 1974
Suite 212 was Paiks "personal New York sketchbook," a regular series broadcast on WNET-TV, PBSs flagship TV affiliate in New York City. Paik critiques the selling of NYC by multinational corporations and highlights the citys role as the master of the media and information industries. This TV art collage includes experimental film by Ed Emshwiller, video synthesis using the Paik/Abe synthesizer, and appropriated Japanese commercials.

Ira Schneider: ECHO, 15 minutes, 1976
An experimental session examining early cyberspace, an electronic field defined by video feedback (with satellite delay). The Syracuse media arts community (including Bill Viola) investigates this early version of augmented reality. Dancers, Mei Guobis and Karen Rositzke, explore the artistic potential of cyberspace.

Survival Arts Media: Astral Projections A Polyfusion of Media, 26 minutes, 1973
An elaborate multimedia, live music/image spectacle is created by Survival Arts Media (Howie Gutstadt, Molly Huges and company) at the Strasenburgh Planetarium in Rochester, New York, for an audience of 1500. This document includes behind the scenes tech explanations (mix of computer-controlled slide projection, early color video projection, and video synthesis using the Rutt/Etra synthesizer) as well as post-show audience responses.

Gary Hill: Frequency Response, 8 minutes, 1976
Analog video synthesis, literally driven by tones from an audio signal generator, wraps a dancer, Sara Cook, in a trance-like, synesthetic space. Cooks dance is driven by the color and emotional tone of the machine-authored audio.

Les Levine: Stamp of Approval, 11 minutes, 1977
A performance art work recorded in real-time in Newhouse IIs television studio. This performance is a cynical, humorous critique of synthesized, colorized video by conceptualist Les Levine, targeting the likes of Nam June Paik and Gary Hill and all those who support the retinal aesthetics of early to mid-1970s synthetic video.

Bill Viola: The Space Between the Teeth, 9 min. 10 sec., 1976
Viola's Space Between the Teeth deconstructs a man's scream (Viola himself), dividing image and sound, in this classic structural work. Shot in the basement corridors of Newhouse II, it is an example of video arts evolution at the advent of computer-controlled editing.

Juan Downey: The Abandoned Shabano, 28 min. 43 sec, 1979
This video essay explores the ecology and nature of indigenous architecture in the Amazon rain forest with the Yanomani Indians. Using portable video en situ and as a mirroring device, the artist draws parallels between the symbolic belief system of the tribe and video tape technology.

Connie Coleman and Alan Powell: Skateboards, 3 min. 50 sec., 1980
Inner city African American skateboarders do their thing in this video snapshot, highlighted by Coleman's and Powell's restrained repetitive editing. Great skating from over a quarter of a century ago...

Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Watson Theater, Menschel Media Center
316 Waverly Ave. (Syracuse University), Syracuse

Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi by Sudhir Mishra (India, fiction, 120 min.)
The rush of youth defies description. It has to be experienced. But the outcome of its impulse and conviction of its ideology is what defines every individual's coming of age. Sudhir Mishra's Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi reflects the intensity and fate of three young characters, who start out on the same platform but board different trains and reach a destination of their own making. It could be the story of three ordinary, or not so ordinary, people, depending on the given circumstances, if the setting of this drama wasn't such a crucial time in history. The late 1960s and early 1970s were turbulent times -- angst filled and strife scarred. It was the time of Vietnam, of flower power, of the Emergency and the rise of the Naxal movement in India. And a booming population of restless youth was eager to wage war against anything that curbed idealism. Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi digs into a section of this crazy chapter of history through its three protagonists -- Siddharth, Geeta and Vikram. The three study in a prestigious Delhi college and come from different stratas of society. In the beginning, the three friends are carefree and desultory. But as they get out in the real world, they learn the ropes of survival.

Il Naso, Mannequin, Bucuresti/Berlin, Heaven Hotel, and Keep Not Silent
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Storch Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Il Naso by Ilaria Stagni (Italy, fiction, 20 min.)
A humorous short about a man who finds that his testicles have been mysteriously detatched., and have taken on their own identity.

Mannequin by Sun-sook Hwang (Korea, animation, 7 min.)
A piece of fabric flown from an imaginary world is turned into a closet in a room.

Bucuresti/Berlin by Anca Miruna Lazarescu (Romania/Germany, fiction, 23 min.)
Ioana is fed up with post-communist poverty in Bucuresti and decides to find work in Germany. 37.5 hours later she gets out of the bus in Berlin, with two heavy bags and a bit of money. But her plans don't work out.

Heaven Hotel by Katleen Peeters & Isabelle Tollenaere (Belgium, fiction, 6 min.)
A man roams from one hotel room to the next until a biblically inspired goldfish brings about a change.

Keep Not Silent by Ilil Alexander (Israel, documentary 52 min.)
This film documents the clandestine struggle of three women fighting for their right to love within their Orthodox communities in Jerusalem. All three are pious, religious women. All three are lesbians, and members of a secret support group called the "Ortho-Dykes."

Punk Eek, War Next Door, and Geminis
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Palace Theater
2384 James St., Syracuse

Punk Eek by Kwang-ju Son (Korea, fiction, 22 min.)
On his way to a blind date, Mr. No Jae-Won, a young, rich and elitist man, desperately searches for an own answer to his date's most likely question: Who is your favorite classical music composer? A humorous, sexploration on musical tastes.

War Next Door by Politzer Peter (Hungary, fiction, 10 min.)

Geminis by Albertina Carri (Argentina, fiction, 80 min.)
Lucia and Daniel have three children: Ezequiel, who lives in Spain, Jeremias, and their youngest daughter Meme. Lucia, a very pretentious mother, believes she controls everything in accordance with the requirements of the typical middle-class Argentinean way of life; she doesn't see that under her own roof Jeremias and Meme have a secret relationship. Ezequiel, the eldest brother, arrives from Spain to get married under his parents' pride-filled gaze. His presence, and that of Montse his fiancee, is going to reveal the fragility of the seemingly perfect order of things. Love develops into sin, but its power resists set moral standards.

Wood Diary and The Hero
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Westcott Theater
524 Westcott St., Syracuse

Wood Diary by David Edwin Meyers (USA, fiction, 15 min.)
Walker Woods leads a lonely and monotonous life. His world is filled with dependence, disgust, disarray, and shows no hope for change. Yet through it all, he continues a routine and maintains a set of sanctified virtues. All the while expressing his inner beauty as an outsider artist through masterful wood and metal creations. The inspiration behind Walker's fortitude and sanity reveal themselves when we are exposed to his secret wooden diary.

The Hero by Zeze Gamboa (Angola/Portugal/France, fiction, 100 min.)
The Hero is the story of Angola, a nation torn apart by 40 years of uninterrupted war, and now trying imperfectly but courageously to piece itself back together. It is also the story of a city, Luanda, like so many in the Third World, trying to absorb the millions of people displaced by civil strife and global economic change. After a 13-year national liberation struggle against the Portuguese colonialists ended with independence in 1975, Angola plunged immediately into a brutal civil war. The national MPLA government, backed initially by Cuba and the Soviet Union, and the UNITA rebels, supported by the U.S. and the South African apartheid regime, remained locked in conflict until 2003, long after the end of the Cold War itself.

Single Bed and Joy
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Marriott Hotel Syracuse
500 S. Warren St., Syracuse

Single Bed by George Kouvaras (Greece, fiction, 12 min.)
A girl. Two cameras. A puppet. A single bed. A few cups of coffee. A nightmare. Another nightmare within another. A time loop with unexpected outcome. A strange visitor. A story that can be read in various ways. Is the puppet alive? Or does it project in reality? How many cups of coffee did she make? Watch it and find out for yourselves...

Joy by Julie Schles (Israel, fiction, 90 min.)
Joy is a heartbreakingly unforgettable character with a dysfunctional family. Her mom nags her to lose weight and find a husband. Her uptight brother loses his job, but pretends to go to work each day and her dad's bladder is getting weaker. Joy is in a dead end job with a boss that exploits her. When she auditions for a reality show about forgiveness, she's surprised to find them interested in her. A masterful work from a director who has the uncanny ability to encompass the endearing and the bleak.

The Santa Claus Happy Time Show, Continuum, I Oversee the Maintenance of a Toolshed, and Trulichka
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Hosmer Auditorium, Everson Museum
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The Santa Claus Happy Time Show by Alex George (USA, animation, 30 min.)
Murder...Betrayal! It's the holiday classic for bad children! String puppetry fuses with digital effects in this subversive and frenetic comedy/adventure of elves on strike at Santa's Little Sweatshop.

Continuum by Anand Gandhi (India, fiction, 30 min.)
This film narrates simple stories that explore the continuum of life and death, of love and paranoia, of hunger and enlightenment. The five moments of its childlike innocence branch out, culminating where the stories no longer exist as singular threads in their own vacuum but come across and play with each other to form the cosmic fabric itself.

I Oversee the Maintenance of a Toolshed by George Cox (USA, fiction, 12 min.)
The inside of a tool shed is directly related to the inside of its caretaker's brain. If you have a tool shed that houses mysterious vermin, and fictional blond-haired adversaries from Japan, then you have the deluded and insecure custodian who narrates this story.

Trulichka by Jean Counet (Netherlands/Finland, documentary, 42 min.)
Time seems to have stopped in the village of Pededze in northeast Latvia, but on the contrary, time is passing and Latvia has gone through some drastic changes. Trulichka is a portrayal of the life in Pededze village. There the old and new generations live side by side. Old folks reminisce over the good old Soviet times, lamenting the new life and unemployment following the fall of socialism. As to the youth of EU times, they don't feel any need to visit their former motherland. Trulichka is a warm and humane depiction of the old making way for the new.

Films for Youth (ages 10-18)
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Bristol IMAX Omnitheater at the MOST
Armory Square, Syracuse

Marianne's Theater by Co Hoedeman (Canada, animation, 16 min.)
Lucky by Avie Luthra (England, fiction, 20 min.)
Moongirl by Henry Selick (USA, animation, 9 min.)
After a Rainy Day by Shiu Cheng Tsai (Taiwan, animation, 6 min.)
Kha-Chee-Pae by Miroslay Janek (Czech Republic, documentary, 58 min.)

Tribute to SYNAPSE, the home of Video Art in the 1960s and 1970s
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
The Warehouse, Main Auditorium
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

Synapse was a student and community organization operating on Syracuse University's campus from 1972-1981. Synapse developed from University Community Union Video (UUTV), a campus-wide cable television network and video access center run for and by students at Syracuse University. Numbers of highly regarded professional video artists traveled to Syracuse to make use of the expertise and state-of-the-art video production equipment at the Newhouse School of Communications. Synapse focused on decentralizing communications media, providing access to video technology and distributing video art and independent video to a broader public through television. The following tapes were selected from the Synapse archive and permit us to experience first hand what was happening in the American video art scene during this remarkable era:

Nam June Paik: Suite 212 The Selling of New York, 10 minutes, 1974
Suite 212 was Paiks "personal New York sketchbook," a regular series broadcast on WNET-TV, PBSs flagship TV affiliate in New York City. Paik critiques the selling of NYC by multinational corporations and highlights the citys role as the master of the media and information industries. This TV art collage includes experimental film by Ed Emshwiller, video synthesis using the Paik/Abe synthesizer, and appropriated Japanese commercials.

Ira Schneider: ECHO, 15 minutes, 1976
An experimental session examining early cyberspace, an electronic field defined by video feedback (with satellite delay). The Syracuse media arts community (including Bill Viola) investigates this early version of augmented reality. Dancers, Mei Guobis and Karen Rositzke, explore the artistic potential of cyberspace.

Survival Arts Media: Astral Projections A Polyfusion of Media, 26 minutes, 1973
An elaborate multimedia, live music/image spectacle is created by Survival Arts Media (Howie Gutstadt, Molly Huges and company) at the Strasenburgh Planetarium in Rochester, New York, for an audience of 1500. This document includes behind the scenes tech explanations (mix of computer-controlled slide projection, early color video projection, and video synthesis using the Rutt/Etra synthesizer) as well as post-show audience responses.

Gary Hill: Frequency Response, 8 minutes, 1976
Analog video synthesis, literally driven by tones from an audio signal generator, wraps a dancer, Sara Cook, in a trance-like, synesthetic space. Cooks dance is driven by the color and emotional tone of the machine-authored audio.

Les Levine: Stamp of Approval, 11 minutes, 1977
A performance art work recorded in real-time in Newhouse IIs television studio. This performance is a cynical, humorous critique of synthesized, colorized video by conceptualist Les Levine, targeting the likes of Nam June Paik and Gary Hill and all those who support the retinal aesthetics of early to mid-1970s synthetic video.

Bill Viola: The Space Between the Teeth, 9 min. 10 sec., 1976
Viola's Space Between the Teeth deconstructs a man's scream (Viola himself), dividing image and sound, in this classic structural work. Shot in the basement corridors of Newhouse II, it is an example of video arts evolution at the advent of computer-controlled editing.

Juan Downey: The Abandoned Shabano, 28 min. 43 sec, 1979
This video essay explores the ecology and nature of indigenous architecture in the Amazon rain forest with the Yanomani Indians. Using portable video en situ and as a mirroring device, the artist draws parallels between the symbolic belief system of the tribe and video tape technology.

Connie Coleman and Alan Powell: Skateboards, 3 min. 50 sec., 1980
Inner city African American skateboarders do their thing in this video snapshot, highlighted by Coleman's and Powell's restrained repetitive editing. Great skating from over a quarter of a century ago...

C'Note, Havar, Svedomi, and Across the Niger
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Watson Theater, Menschel Media Center
316 Waverly Ave. (Syracuse University), Syracuse

C'Note by Chris Hinton (Canada, animation, 7 min.)
An exuberant creative synthesis of picture and sound, animation and music, where the dynamic movement of his visual art dances in syncopation with the bold musical strokes of an original modern classical composition.

Havar by Rahim Zabihi (Iran, fiction, 15 min.)
In Kurdistan, a woman is abused by her husband who is skeptical about everything. She goes to her brother for protection. His brother is wounded in war and has so many difficulties for surviving his family. He sees his sister as an extra person to feed.

Svedomi by Jan Bohuslav (Czech Republic, animation, 4 min.)
"Svedomi" means "Conscience," the subject of this Czech animated short.

Across the Niger by Izu Ojukwu, Kingsley Ogoro (Nigeria, fiction, 90 min.)
Major Dubem is commandant of Suleja Cantonment in the Nigerian Army, The last survivor from a group of returnees fleeing the north in the wake of the civil war. But there is a problem -- Dubem's wife is a northerner. Dubem is in a web of conflict. How does he cope with his Hausa bride in an Igbo community where in the past the community had been completely razed down by the northerners? This is an epic tale of love and courage. A movie that addresses the fundamental issue of ethnic strife in Africa.

Wishing Well and Taxi Blues
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Storch Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Wishing Well by Rod Maxwell (USA, animation, 13 min.)
The Wishing Well is an experimental one-man production, created and staring one person as 26 characters.

Taxi Blues by Dong-ha Choiha (Korea, documentary, 105 min.)
In Seoul, there are 70,000 taxies including 20,000 corporate taxies and 40,000 private taxies threading across the city. In most cases, a taxi driver works 12-hour shifts and must make 20 to 30 trips a day in order to make a profit after paying the 80 to 100 dollars due to the cab company. The taxi drivers go into every nook and corner of the city with a variety of passengers in their side or back seat. In the summer, the filmmaker became a taxi driver.

Whan (Illusion) and Out of Sight
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Marriott Hotel Syracuse
500 S. Warren St., Syracuse

Whan (Illusion) by Jae-hyung Ju (Korea, animation, 14 min.)
A contented tiger lovingly reared in captivity escapes from the zoo, discovering an outside world that somehow seems familiar, but in fact isn't.

Out of Sight by Daniel Syrkin (Israel, fiction, 86 min.)
Ya'ara (24) is attractive, independent, confident, intelligent - she has just begun her PhD in mathematics at Princeton University - and she is blind. She rushes back to Israel when she hears of Talia's suicide, her cousin, kindred spirit and best friend. Ya'ara embarks upon a private investigation trying to discover the reason that led Talia to commit suicide.

The Time of the Heart
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Westcott Theater
524 Westcott St., Syracuse

The Time of the Heart by Ali Ozgenturk (Turkey, fiction, 112 min.)
Istanbul in the 1950s. Belkis, a middleclass girl, and Demir, the wealthy heir of a Turkish family living in Australia, have just agreed to get married over lunch at the fashionable Pera Palas Hotel. Demir has to return to Australia, however, and promises Belkis that he will be back for her soon. When he doesn't return, Belkis falls prey to the advances of Akfar, the hotel's young playboy owner, who also happens to be an amateur arms dealer. Despite his initially shady intentions, Akfar himself finds himself falling seriously for Belkis. When he is imprisoned for his illegal activities, she finds consolation in Cemil, the hotel's shy elevator attendant. Two decades later, Akfar is released from prison and returns to the hotel, only to learn that Cemil, who also still works at the hotel, has married Belkis. But Akfar's passion for Belkis knows no rest. The resolution of these tangled love affairs will be sudden and brutal.

Listen, The House of Ma-Chi: Right of Passage, and War and Peace
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Hosmer Auditorium, Everson Museum
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Listen by Aldo Tambellini (USA, experimental, 17 min.)
Listen confronts today's world situation through spoken word, written text and manipulated mass media imagery.

The House of Ma-Chi: Right of Passage by Jan Cilliers de Wet (South Africa, animation, 8 min.)
Trapped and alone in the basement of the mysterious crumbling House of Ma-Chi, Jasper meets the Computoaster, a well-meaning but rather quirky mechanical info-centre on legs that calculates answers by shuffling beads and popping up iconic replies on cards - ka-chinnng! They get off to a shaky start when Jasper asks a question that blows the system, but they get past that, and it warns Jasper of his impending encounter with the Snapper, an industrial strength set of dentures on a flexible stalk, guarding the passage out. Jasper finds that its grin is not about friendship, and he narrowly avoids getting chomped. In a nutty dialogue of words and pop-up cards the Computoaster helps Jasper outwit the Snapper with some cunningly applied Supaglue, and it becomes comically apparent that the 'toaster had a score to settle.

War and Peace by Anand Patwardhan (India, documentary, 90 min.)
Filmed over three tumultuous years in India, Pakistan, Japan and the USA, War & Peace/Jang aur Aman is an epic documentary journey of peace activism in the face of global militarism and war. Triggered by macabre scenes of jubilation that greeted nuclear testing in the Indian sub-continent, War & Peace/Jang aur Aman is dramatically framed by the murder of Mahatma Gandhi. Fifty years after his death memories of Gandhi seem like a mirage that never was, created by our thirst for peace and our very distance from it.

No Place: Looking Back, Adoption, Credo and A Lineman's Cabin
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Bristol IMAX Omnitheater at the MOST
Armory Square, Syracuse

No Place: Looking Back by Sarah Miles (England, experimental, 20 min.)
King's Lynn and King's Cross stand at either end of the railway line into and out of London and provide archetypal representations of the country and the city. In No Place set in a cinema in King's Lynn the surrounding fenlands are reminiscent of the hillbilly flatlands of Kansas conjuring The Wizard of OZ -- a young girl's hymn to elsewhere.

Adoption by Marie-Helene Cousineau (Canada, documentary, 47 min.)
In Inuit culture, adopting a child from a relative, friend or acquaintance is extremely common. This documentary explores Inuit family relations through the personal histories of women who have experienced adoption in one way or another.

Credo by Keith Synder (USA, experimental, 10 min.)
Credo is a 9-minute original screen musical in which God, realizing 'Thou shalt not kill' has never worked, takes responsibility for setting a bad example and withdraws all endorsement of murder. Credo blends opera, cinema, humor, and verse in a response to those who use religion to justify violence.

A Lineman's Cabin by Constantin Popescu (Romania, fiction, 30 min.)
Two railroad men are living in a lineman's cabin. Nothing to do, the days are the same, one after another. Alone in the middle of nowhere. One night, though, a stranger has an accident on the beach, nearby. An incident that would for ever change everything...

Perils In Nude Modeling and Cayo
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Watson Theater, Menschel Media Center
316 Waverly Ave. (Syracuse University), Syracuse

Perils In Nude Modeling by Scott Rice (USA, fiction, 10 min.)
For lonely souls like Ted Minor, to kiss the nude model he has been drawing is a once in a lifetime opportunity he cannot pass up, regardless of the unintended consequences.

Cayo by Pedro Muniz, Vincente Juarbe (Puerto Rico, fiction, 112 min.)
Ivan and Julia are a couple but Kike is in love with Julia. They are separated when Ivan is drafted and sent to Vietnam. When Ivan is reported MIA for several years, Julia becomes closer with Kike. Ivan returns, takes Julia to New York and marries her, leaving Kike behind. Much later, Ivan is diagnosed with terminal cancer and this time it is he who decides to return to Culebra with Julia. With her help he begins to participate in Culebra's social needs. He even ventures in a small boat and that is when he stumbles on the Cayo, a small island close to Culebra. Here he finds peace of mind, and the island has a healing effect on him. When federal authorities try to keep Ivan away from the Cayo they find themselves face to face with a community that will defend Ivan's need to visit the island.

Machina and Playing In the Dark
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Storch Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Machina by J V. Sacher (Czech Republic, experimental, 10 min.)
A documentary film -- to be exact a portrait -- of a subway engine driver in Prague. His unfulfilled dreams and his hobby (building railway models and playing with choo-choos) versus an experience that could have changed his life, but didn't.

Playing In the Dark by Antonio Venturi Neto (Brazil, fiction, 102 min.)
Playing in the Dark is a political thriller centered on three young idealists, Thiago, Rosa and Pedro, who live out their dream (and nightmare) of fighting for a revolution. The Brazilian military dictatorship, and a society under oppression, is the backdrop.

Adan
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Westcott Theater
524 Westcott St., Syracuse

Adan by Sho Igarashi (Japan, fiction, 139 min.)
The film begins with the death of Isson Tanaka, a solitary and heretic painter. He was 69. The film tracks his career. After becoming detached from the art world, he pursued his craft, on his own terms -- in poverty. At 50, he moved to the Amami Island to work on his final painting. That's where he met the title character, a girl.

Wentworth and Ryna
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Marriott Hotel Syracuse
500 S. Warren St., Syracuse

Wentworth by Stephen Suettinger (USA, fiction, 17 min.)
A neurotic misfit must choose between the fantasy girl of his dreams and her real-life, flesh and blood counterpart. Will he continue to live inside the relative bliss of his own delusions or will he take a chance on finding real love?

Ryna by Ruxandra Zenide (Romania/Switzerland, fiction, 90 min.)
16-year-old Ryna is the daughter of a poor Rumanian who runs a gas station in a small community of the Danube delta. Ryna has been brought up as a boy because her father had longed for a son. The film is about strong family ties, about a daughter's search for her mother, and about a despotic father slowly losing his grip, but also about poverty, social suppression and the abuse of power by those who rule under the guise of a false freedom. Ryna shows the awakening of a young girl's soul and the pain that goes with it. Caught between traditional values and materialistic dreams, Ryna finally pays a heavy price in order to preserve her identity.

Jazz Event: Vintage Film/Now Music: His People
Syracuse International Film Festival
CNY Jazz Arts Foundation
Featuring James Carney Group

Price: $15
Palace Theater
2384 James St., Syracuse

The James Carney Group composed and will be performing live an original jazz score for the 1925 silent classic, His People by Edward Sloman (USA, fiction, 91 min.)

Crickets and Spying Cam
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Hosmer Auditorium, Everson Museum
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Crickets by Matan Guggenheim (Israel, fiction, 16 min.)
After losing his parents in a terrorist attack, Ido starts to hear crickets in his head. To put an end to the incessant noise, he finds an outrageous solution.

Spying Cam by Hwang Cheol-min (Korea, fiction, 100 min.)
The summer is swelteringly hot, but two youngish men stay locked up together in a cheap hotel room, rarely going out. Are they gay, as the cleaning women assume? Or is something more sinister going on? What about the good-time girl who seems to have a permanent lease on the room next door? And what does Dostoevski's Crime and Punishment have to do with it? Spying Cam's implications are finally as much political as psychological, and it has clear elements of mystery-thriller about it, but most of it plays -- very effectively -- as a study in character conflict. The two protagonists are in most ways opposites: one is intellectual, quasi-feminine and submissive, the other aggressively macho, poorly educated and prone to violence. But when they get into Dostoevskian role-playing to pass the time, it's the meathead who feels right at home with the woman's part..

The Place, Chimaera, Attack of the Bride Monster, and Sentenced to Marriage
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Bristol IMAX Omnitheater at the MOST
Armory Square, Syracuse

The Place by Emanuele Di Bacco (Italy, fiction, 21 min.)
One ordinary morning, a guy notices he is the only person in the whole world. He starts to fulfill all of his material wishes but after few days he realises how his existence and richness are senseless without life and its values around him.

Chimaera by Diego Lama (Peru, experimental, 10 min.)
This video is based upon two characters from Greek mythology, Pan and Psyque, the satyr and the nymph icons of sexuality. The video describes the conflict between genders, creating an EroticThanatic relation.

Attack of the Bride Monster by Vicky Boone (USA, fiction, 17 min.)
A Bride Monster is loose in the gay community; can Betty and Stella's relationship survive? When Betty falls under the Bride Monster's bedazzling spell, Stella watches in horror as her longtime companion is transformed.

Sentenced to Marriage by Anat Zuria (Israel, documentary, 65 min.)
This shocking documentary exposes the Kafkaesque process of divorce for women in Israel where secular law does not exist, and divorce is dealt with according to archaic and fundamentalist orthodox Jewish law. In some cases, these very modern, independent and well-educated women are forced to buy a divorce from their husbands for huge sums.

Drive-In Movie Theater
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: Free
Armory Square
Clinton and Jefferson St., Syracuse

The festival will recreate a trip down memory lane by setting up a Drive-In Movie Theater right in the heart of Armory Square in downtown Syracuse. We will be projecting films on a 24' x 32' canvas that will be hung on the side of the Atrium Garage on Franklin Street. Vehicles will be able to park in the parking lot across the street at the corner of the west side of Franklin Street and Fayette Street. It will be free to park and watch the films.

Clear Channel Radio will be providing a special frequency that will be heard on your radio that you'll be able to tune in to hear the audio of the films.

The films will include family friendly fare and will run in total of about 60 minutes. We will keep repeating the program up until Midnight.

We'll also provide a sound system so people on the street can also hear the films' audio.

Come and enjoy a little nostalgia!

Silent Companion and Heaven and Earth
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Westcott Theater
524 Westcott St., Syracuse

Silent Companion by Elham Hosseinzade (Iran, fiction, 15 min.)
In the period of the American invasion of Iraq (American-Iraqi war; Desert Storm), an Iraqi man crosses the reed-bed on the border of Iran and Iraq to join his Iranian friends and get a bridal dress. But he has to face many dangers in the water (Saddam's soldiers) and in sky (American planes) to bring it safely to his bride.

Heaven and Earth by Luca Mazzieri (Italy, fiction, 90 min.)
This film is a condemnation of the racism and violence that exist in all wars, with the insidious effect that they have on everyone who takes part in them. But, above all, it is a tale of love and friendship, experienced with all the intensity of such feelings in times of war. In its adaptation of the neo-realist style, the film attempts to update the teachings of Rossellini, De Santis and De Sica by making the setting, against which the characters act out their story, the foundation for the film. By abandoning all artifice in filming and the actor's performance, the film aims to involve the audience in the story as completely as possible.

Before Dawn and Paths of Light
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Marriott Hotel Syracuse
500 S. Warren St., Syracuse

Before Dawn by Balint Kenyeres (Hungary, fiction, 13 min.)
Before dawn, the wheat is quietly ondulating on the hillside. Before dawn, people will rise and other people will take away their hope.

Paths of Light by Attila Mispal (Hungary, fiction, 102 min.)
What happens if you lose all you have? How can you continue living if the only thing missing is what was the most important thing of all? This film has two parallel stories: one about a successful model, while the other follows a goldsmith. Paths of Light shows two characters' common descent into hell. The stories develop along similar lines and come together in a special way. It takes a long time for both protagonists to accept their fate. Once they have found peace the two storylines converge: the goldsmith and the model meet at the end of the film.

Incontrotempo, John & Michael, and Dope Sick Love
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Watson Theater, Menschel Media Center
316 Waverly Ave. (Syracuse University), Syracuse

Incontrotempo by Giovanni Mischitelli (Italy, fiction, 21 min.)
A woman is packing to move out of her apartment. As she is packing, we see a simultanuous narrative which explains the reason for her departure. This beautifully shot Italian short is inventive in its representation of time.

John & Michael by Shira Avni (Canada, animation, 11 min.)
A gentle tale of love told in halting words. John and Michael pays homage to two men with Down's syndrome who shared an intimate and profoundly loving relationship that deeply affected the filmmaker. Animated with clay backlit on glass, the film shimmers like stained glass in motion

Dope Sick Love by Felice Conte, Brent Renaud, Craig Renaud (USA, documentary, 89 min.)
They say love conquers all, but can love survive on the streets of New York City? For drug-addicted couples like Matt and Tracy, and Sebastian and Michelle, the dream of romance must endure the reality of a desperate unending cycle of fixes, withdrawals, brawls and hustles. The America Undercover documentary Dope Sick Love tells the stories of these two couples.

Julieta & Ramon, The Chamber, and Rahil's Secret
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Storch Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Julieta & Ramon by Hugo Perez (Spain, fiction, 17 min.)
Julieta's erotic fascination for Ronald Reagan keeps her from finding Mr. Right until she meets Ramon, a shoestore manager with a fascination for feet. Can this odd couple find a way to satisfy each other's needs?

The Chamber by Seock-hyun Yu (Korea, animation, 5 min.)
An old guy comes into an empty room. When he sees a miniature house in the room, he puts his hand into the house with curiosity. Then, he realizes that there is another path in it.

Rahil's Secret by Cinzia Bomoil (Italy, fiction, 85 min.)
Rahil is a beautiful young Arab woman, who, with her mother and her mother's Morrocan boyfriend, try to survive in Italy, amongst a clearly anti-Arab community. Jamil (the boyfriend) blames Rahil for everything that has gone wrong in their life. He becomes involved with the mob, smuggling weapons. Rahil searches for friends among the children in the neighborhood, but always has her Arab homeland in mind.

The Golden Bird and Monobloc
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Palace Theater
2384 James St., Syracuse

The Golden Bird by Istvan "Taikyo" Szaladph (Hungary, fiction, 29 min.)

Monobloc by Juis Ortega ((Argentina, fiction, 83 min.)
This is the story of three women who love each other, stay at each other's side and deny death: the Monobloc. Perla constantly delays the arrival of her death. She shares a one-room apartment with her crippled daughter, Nena. In the apartment next door lives their permanent company, Madrina, who dedicates her time to invading the place next door with outbursts of happiness and alcohol, and for fleeting moments, making all three of them forget their tragic fate.

A Red Recipe to Cook Crustaceans, Joyride, and Self Medicated
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Hosmer Auditorium, Everson Museum
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

A Red Recipe to Cook Crustaceans by Eun-hee Ihm (Korea/Mexico, fiction, 10 min.)
A cruel father is reincarnated as a crab, and is punished by his family. The film explores the dark and violent side of life in a universe in which all living things are related.

Joyride by Lori Cernak (USA, animation, 6 min.)
Hundreds of channels, all-day news, special alerts, on-screen ticker tapes, 24/7 of 2-at a time filtered information overload.

Self Medicated by Monty Lupica (USA, fiction, 104 min.)
Having recently suffered the unexpected death of his father, 17-year-old Andrew Eriksen's inability to cope with the loss catapults him down a path of denial and self-loathing. Once a promising young scholar, Andrew finds himself on a drug-addled path to self-destruction. Resentful of his mother for her own drug addiction, Andrew withdraws even further. His mother's last resort is to place him in a psychiatric hospital. After being subjected to the physical and emotional abuses of the program, Andrew discovers the only way he will come to terms with the death of his father is to first face his own demons.

Not Brain Surgery, Reflections, VR, The Clap, and Shooting Days
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 student/senior; $25 4-pack; $75 full festival pass
Bristol IMAX Omnitheater at the MOST
Armory Square, Syracuse

Not Brain Surgery by Dominic Cappello (USA, animation, 28 min.)
In a future run by an evil pharmaceutical corporation, the best hope for humanity lies with Sonya, a supermodel in a body cast.

Reflections by Bejoy Kumar (India, fiction, 17 min.)

VR by Martin Duda (Czech Republic, animation, 10 min.)
Short technothriller about a man and dog's adventures in virtual reality.

The Clap by Aaron Young (England, fiction, 13 min.)
Overwhelmed by pianist Kryzstof Veneer's skill, The Clapper devotes himself to becoming Veneer's number-one fan.

Shooting Days by Michal Kafra, Deva Meman (Israel, documentary, 56 min.)
In a world without logic, all that is left is the ability to document the fleeting moments and people. Over a period of two years, the directors headed to the streets to watch the routine of life during war. In its coarse and watchful manner, the film introduces an impressionistic collection of small moments of existence.

Folkus Project
Sara Milonovich and Greg Anderson

Price: $10
Westcott Community Center
Corner of Euclid Ave. and Westcott St., Syracuse

Two members of the Cathie Ryan Band have joined together to create an exciting new duo. Sara Milonovich and Greg Anderson are two of contemporary folk music's most gifted Celtic musicians. Milonovich, is an award-winning fiddler and singer formerly of the McKrells. Masterful multi-instrumentalist Anderson was the founder of the acclaimed Celtic-fusion group Whirligig.

Performing a vibrant mix of traditional and contemporary tunes and songs from all across the musical spectrum, Milonovich and Anderson create fiery and poignant music founded largely in the Celtic and American traditions, but also incorporating eclectic tunes from other cultures. They also perform soulful compositions of their own and original pieces by many of their well-known friends and contemporaries.

For reservations, call the Westcott Community Center at 315-478-8634.

Chris Orbach
Redhouse

Price: $15 at the door, $10 in advance
Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

He's back on the scene, with a self-produced CD, and a great group of players. These include guitarist Stew Cutler, who's worked with many diverse artists from Wilson Pickett to Bill Frisell; drummer and producer Graham Hawthorne, who's worked with Paul Simon, David Byrne, James Brown, and many others; bassist John Montagna, who works with many artists, including, most recently, The Alan Parsons Project; keyboardist Tim Regusis, who's worked with Ruben Blades, Clifford Jordan, Patti Austin and others; and, a horn section led by his brother -- tenor and soprano sax player Tony Orbach -- and rounded out by Paul Vercesi on alto sax and Kevin Batchelor on trumpet. Known as "The Urban Horns", they played for years with local funk, ska, and reggae legends Urban Blight as well as with other artists ranging from Bob Dylan to The Beastie Boys.

Classics Series: A Mozart Celebration
Syracuse Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Hege, conductor
Featuring Deborah Coble, flute

Price: $16-$50
Crouse Hinds Concert Theater, Mulroy Civic Center
411 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Mozart Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Mozart Concerto No. 1 for Flute in G Major
Mozart Symphony No. 40

Read a review!

L8R Music Series
Rarely Done Productions
Joshua Collins

Price: $4 - $8
Jazz Central
441 E. Washington St., Syracuse

Folk and country rock.

Burt the Raccoon Puppet Show
Open Hand Theater
Featuring John Tierney

Price: $9 adults; $6 children (members get $1 off)
International Mask and Puppet Museum
518 Prospect Ave., Syracuse

"Probably one of the world's funniest, one-man, raccoon puppet shows that you are likely to see in the greater Syracuse area this year!" says puppeteer John Tierney.