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Events for Friday, May 13, 2022

10:00 AM-5:00 PM Melissa Catanese: The Lottery Light Work Gallery

10:00 AM-5:00 PM 2022 Newhouse Photography Annual Light Work Gallery

10:00 AM-4:00 PM A Pocketful of Progress: A Retrospective Look at the Machines Found in our Smartphones Onondaga Historical Association

10:00 AM-4:00 PM 2022 Syracuse MFA Thesis Exhibition: Steady/Retcon Syracuse University Art Museum

11:00 AM-5:00 PM Forever is Composed of Nows Everson Museum of Art

11:00 AM-5:00 PM Kite & Devin Ronneberg: Fever Dream Everson Museum of Art

11:00 AM-5:00 PM Sharif Bey: Facets Everson Museum of Art

11:00 AM-5:00 PM Sekou Cooke: 15-81 Everson Museum of Art

11:00 AM-5:00 PM Curious Vessels: The Rosenfield Collection Everson Museum of Art

11:00 AM-5:00 PM In Her Shoes: A Celebration of Women's History Month Gandee Gallery

12:00 PM-5:00 PM 2022 Syracuse MFA Thesis Exhibition: Steady/Retcon Syracuse University School of Art and Design

1:00 PM-5:00 PM 2022 Syracuse MFA Thesis Exhibition: Steady/Retcon Point of Contact Gallery

2:00 PM-6:00 PM From Where We Stand: Photographs from The Stand’s Annual South Side Photo Walk ArtRage Gallery

7:00 PM The Mystery of Edwin Drood Central New York Playhouse

8:45 PM-11:00 PM Suzanne Kite: Makhócheowápi Akézapta? (Fifteen Maps) Urban Video Project

Events for Saturday, May 14, 2022

10:00 AM-2:00 PM Recent Journeys Edgewood Gallery

10:00 AM-5:00 PM Curious Vessels: The Rosenfield Collection Everson Museum of Art

10:00 AM-5:00 PM Sekou Cooke: 15-81 Everson Museum of Art

10:00 AM-5:00 PM Sharif Bey: Facets Everson Museum of Art

10:00 AM-5:00 PM Kite & Devin Ronneberg: Fever Dream Everson Museum of Art

10:00 AM-5:00 PM Forever is Composed of Nows Everson Museum of Art

10:00 AM-4:00 PM 2022 Syracuse MFA Thesis Exhibition: Steady/Retcon Syracuse University Art Museum

11:00 AM-5:00 PM In Her Shoes: A Celebration of Women's History Month Gandee Gallery

11:00 AM-4:00 PM A Pocketful of Progress: A Retrospective Look at the Machines Found in our Smartphones Onondaga Historical Association

12:00 PM-4:00 PM From Where We Stand: Photographs from The Stand’s Annual South Side Photo Walk ArtRage Gallery

7:00 PM The Mystery of Edwin Drood Central New York Playhouse

7:00 PM The Fab Cats Steeple Coffee House

7:30 PM-9:00 PM Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are Cabaret Breadcrumbs Productions

7:30 PM Pops Series: The Doo Wop Project Syracuse Orchestra (formerly Symphoria)

8:45 PM-11:00 PM Suzanne Kite: Makhócheowápi Akézapta? (Fifteen Maps) Urban Video Project

Events for Sunday, May 15, 2022

10:00 AM-4:00 PM Infrastructure of Empire Erie Canal Museum

10:00 AM-5:00 PM Forever is Composed of Nows Everson Museum of Art

10:00 AM-5:00 PM Kite & Devin Ronneberg: Fever Dream Everson Museum of Art

10:00 AM-5:00 PM Sharif Bey: Facets Everson Museum of Art

10:00 AM-5:00 PM Sekou Cooke: 15-81 Everson Museum of Art

10:00 AM-5:00 PM Curious Vessels: The Rosenfield Collection Everson Museum of Art

10:00 AM-4:00 PM 2022 Syracuse MFA Thesis Exhibition: Steady/Retcon Syracuse University Art Museum

11:00 AM-4:00 PM In Her Shoes: A Celebration of Women's History Month Gandee Gallery

11:00 AM-4:00 PM A Pocketful of Progress: A Retrospective Look at the Machines Found in our Smartphones Onondaga Historical Association

2:00 PM-5:00 PM Jazz on Tap: Jimmy Johns Vibes Trio CNY Jazz Arts Foundation

4:00 PM-5:30 PM Sundays Live Series: The Pianist Speaks Civic Morning Musicals

7:30 PM-9:00 PM Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are Cabaret Breadcrumbs Productions

Events for Monday, May 16, 2022

9:00 AM-5:00 PM 2022 Newhouse Photography Annual Light Work Gallery

9:00 AM-5:00 PM Melissa Catanese: The Lottery Light Work Gallery

10:00 AM-4:00 PM Infrastructure of Empire Erie Canal Museum

12:00 PM-5:00 PM Young Art 2022/Arte Joven 2022 La Casita Cultural Center

7:30 PM San Francisco (1936) Syracuse Cinephile Society

7:30 PM The World-Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra The Oncenter

Events for Tuesday, May 17, 2022

9:00 AM-5:00 PM Melissa Catanese: The Lottery Light Work Gallery

9:00 AM-5:00 PM 2022 Newhouse Photography Annual Light Work Gallery

9:30 AM-6:00 PM Recent Journeys Edgewood Gallery

10:00 AM-4:00 PM Infrastructure of Empire Erie Canal Museum

12:00 PM-5:00 PM Young Art 2022/Arte Joven 2022 La Casita Cultural Center

7:30 PM Ocean Vuong Rosamond Gifford Lecture Series

Events for Wednesday, May 18, 2022

9:00 AM-5:00 PM 2022 Newhouse Photography Annual Light Work Gallery

9:00 AM-5:00 PM Melissa Catanese: The Lottery Light Work Gallery

9:30 AM-6:00 PM Recent Journeys Edgewood Gallery

10:00 AM-4:00 PM Infrastructure of Empire Erie Canal Museum

10:00 AM-4:00 PM A Pocketful of Progress: A Retrospective Look at the Machines Found in our Smartphones Onondaga Historical Association

11:00 AM-5:00 PM Forever is Composed of Nows Everson Museum of Art

11:00 AM-5:00 PM Sharif Bey: Facets Everson Museum of Art

11:00 AM-5:00 PM Kite & Devin Ronneberg: Fever Dream Everson Museum of Art

11:00 AM-5:00 PM Curious Vessels: The Rosenfield Collection Everson Museum of Art

11:00 AM-5:00 PM Sekou Cooke: 15-81 Everson Museum of Art

12:00 PM-5:00 PM Young Art 2022/Arte Joven 2022 La Casita Cultural Center

12:15 PM Living Women: Music by Contemporary Women Civic Morning Musicals

5:00 PM-7:00 PM Jazz on the Patio: Ronnie Leigh The 443 Social Club

6:00 PM-9:00 PM Jazz at the Cavalier: Julie Falatico/Rick Montalbano Quartet CNY Jazz Arts Foundation

Events for Thursday, May 19, 2022

9:00 AM-5:00 PM 2022 Newhouse Photography Annual Light Work Gallery

9:00 AM-5:00 PM Melissa Catanese: The Lottery Light Work Gallery

9:30 AM-6:00 PM Recent Journeys Edgewood Gallery

10:00 AM-4:00 PM Infrastructure of Empire Erie Canal Museum

10:00 AM-4:00 PM A Pocketful of Progress: A Retrospective Look at the Machines Found in our Smartphones Onondaga Historical Association

11:00 AM-8:00 PM Forever is Composed of Nows Everson Museum of Art

11:00 AM-8:00 PM Kite & Devin Ronneberg: Fever Dream Everson Museum of Art

11:00 AM-8:00 PM Sharif Bey: Facets Everson Museum of Art

11:00 AM-8:00 PM Sekou Cooke: 15-81 Everson Museum of Art

11:00 AM-8:00 PM Curious Vessels: The Rosenfield Collection Everson Museum of Art

12:00 PM-5:00 PM Young Art 2022/Arte Joven 2022 La Casita Cultural Center

6:45 PM Dead Meat Acme Mystery Company

7:00 PM The War in Ukraine Strathmore Speakers Series, featuring Russia Expert Brian Taylor

7:00 PM Donna Colton & Sam Patterelli The 443 Social Club

9:00 PM-11:00 PM Suzanne Kite: Makhócheowápi Akézapta? (Fifteen Maps) Urban Video Project

Events for Friday, May 20, 2022

9:00 AM-5:00 PM 2022 Newhouse Photography Annual Light Work Gallery

9:00 AM-5:00 PM Melissa Catanese: The Lottery Light Work Gallery

9:30 AM-6:00 PM Recent Journeys Edgewood Gallery

10:00 AM-4:00 PM Infrastructure of Empire Erie Canal Museum

10:00 AM-4:00 PM A Pocketful of Progress: A Retrospective Look at the Machines Found in our Smartphones Onondaga Historical Association

11:00 AM-5:00 PM Forever is Composed of Nows Everson Museum of Art

11:00 AM-5:00 PM Kite & Devin Ronneberg: Fever Dream Everson Museum of Art

11:00 AM-5:00 PM Sharif Bey: Facets Everson Museum of Art

11:00 AM-5:00 PM Curious Vessels: The Rosenfield Collection Everson Museum of Art

11:00 AM-5:00 PM Sekou Cooke: 15-81 Everson Museum of Art

12:00 PM-5:00 PM Young Art 2022/Arte Joven 2022 La Casita Cultural Center

7:00 PM Poet Barbara Ras Downtown Writer's Center

7:00 PM The Action The 443 Social Club

8:00 PM Oshima Brothers Folkus Project

9:00 PM-11:00 PM Suzanne Kite: Makhócheowápi Akézapta? (Fifteen Maps) Urban Video Project

Next week  >>>

Friday, May 13, 2022


Art
 

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 13



Melissa Catanese: The Lottery
Light Work Gallery

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

In "The Lottery," Melissa Catanese turns her attention to the tense and confusing state of contemporary politics and culture. Her images bring together large groups of people, barren caverns, natural forces, physical exertion, and eruptions both crude and colorful. The accumulated manic puzzle shifts the viewer from crowded street to darkened cavern. Along the way, we see a geyser of oil, streaks of lightning, veins of molten rock, and cooling craters. Punctuating these natural phenomena are people in states of glee, pain, confusion, and anguish.

Catanese borrows the title from literature. In Shirley Jackson's famous short story, a village casually embarks on a yearly ritual of selecting an individual and then stoning them to death. Catanese's The Lottery teases out similar themes regarding ritual, culture, and the diffused accountability of a mob.


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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 13



2022 Newhouse Photography Annual
Light Work Gallery

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

The 2022 Newhouse Photography Annual features work by photography students in S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. The exhibition is a collection of 28 photographs by students enrolled in the Visual Communications Department. Thematically diverse and representing various approaches to photographic practice and technique, this collaboration showcases the breadth of images that today's students are producing.

The exhibiting artists are Ryan Brady, Madison Brown, Em Burris, Marc Cuenca, Caitlin Eddolls, Hunter Franklin, Nicole Funes, Jack Gnosca, Thanh Ha, Elizabeth Henson, Zisheng Huang, Brooke Kato, Kadaja Kirkland, Jason Lozada, Reece Nelson, Fiona Noever, Griffin Quinn, and James Year.


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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, May 13



2022 Syracuse MFA Thesis Exhibition: Steady/Retcon
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

"Steady/Retcon" is a part of a multi-venue exhibition divided among three Syracuse University exhibition spaces and featuring 27 artists. This location features the work of Studio Arts, Film and Media Arts, and Design Master of Fine Arts thesis candidates.

Traditionally a literary and cinematic technique, retcon is the abbreviation of retroactive continuity and means a new piece of information introduced to a story that alters the interpretation of a previously established narrative. Although it is a word infrequently used, it is omnipresent. Retcon is not just employed in a fictional context, read in a book, or viewed on a screen, but experienced in the world around us. In the current climate, we are absorbing new information constantly (like it or not!), and it is challenging the way we see everything — day to day, hour to hour. Our internal database is developing at record speed. What was recognized as commonplace merely a year ago is being reexamined, and at times, by the entire world in unison.

The artists in this exhibition are evaluating and reframing their personal histories, traditional standards of art-making, and history as a whole. While in everyday life, the constant introduction of so-called facts and opinions appear erratic, the investigations held within the artworks in the exhibition are much more intentional, slower-paced, steady. They are careful and curious assessments removed from the web of media and into meticulously-presented ideas.

Here we have two applications of retcon — one that refers to the daily and ever-changing knowledge that we receive, and one that reflects the new details put forth by these artists through their work that will alter our perceptions. However small, each bit of information sets into motion a new interpretation of our environment, past, present, and future.


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11:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 13



Forever is Composed of Nows
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Whether artists respond to history or look to the future, creativity exists in the moment. Drawn from the Everson's permanent collection, Forever is Composed of Nows examines a multitude of snapshots of the present moment, grouped by theme, image, or idea across different time periods and media. By examining how artists spanning three centuries have approached their present — their now — using similar topics and motifs, this exhibition is a visual exploration of how values, societal customs, and art subjects have evolved over time.


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11:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 13



Kite & Devin Ronneberg: Fever Dream
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"Fever Dream" is an interactive multimedia installation by Kite, an Oglala Lakota performance artist, visual artist, and composer, and Devin Ronneberg, a multidisciplinary artist of Kanaka Maoli/Okinawan descent working primarily in sculpture, sound, image-making, and computational media. The work brings together their mutual interests in the implications of emergent technologies and artificial intelligence, information control and collection, Indigenous ontologies, and bodily interfaces.

In response to the audience's proximity in the gallery, a large projection flips between channels algorithmically tuned in to scraped footage of conspiracy theories, paranormal and extraterrestrial sightings, and recent news broadcasts. The work plumbs the depths of the settler-colonial psyche and the ways in which settler conspiracies are often founded on a denial of Indigenous agency, such as the belief that "ancient aliens" are responsible for the building of Indigenous earthworks and monuments.


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11:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 13



Sharif Bey: Facets
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Over the past two decades, artist and educator Sharif Bey has created a body of work in ceramics and glass that explores the visual heritage of Africa and Oceania. Since accepting a teaching position at Syracuse University in 2009, he has become a vital part of Syracuse's social fabric. Coming on the heels of an exhibition at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, where he was born and raised, the Everson presents a survey of Bey's work, starting with the functional pottery that has served as a touchstone throughout his career, and continuing through his most recent body of large-scale figurative sculptures in clay.


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11:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 13



Sekou Cooke: 15-81
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"15-81" presents architect and urban designer Sekou Cooke's project "We Outchea: Hip-Hop Fabrications and Public Space" alongside documents relating to the 15th Ward in Syracuse. Commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art in 2021 as part of their exhibition "Reconstructions: Architecture and Blackness in America," "We Outchea" focuses on the legacy of placement and displacement of Black residents in Syracuse and considers various events in the city's history — the razing of the historic 15th Ward, the building of multiple public housing projects, and the construction of Interstate 81 — while simultaneously critiquing recent proposals to replace low-income communities with mixed-income housing. By contextualizing the We Outchea project with photographs and ephemera that tell the story of the once vibrant 15th Ward, Cooke points to a post I-81 Syracuse future of entrepreneurship and innovation.


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11:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 13



Curious Vessels: The Rosenfield Collection
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Louise Rosenfield is among the most avid pottery collectors in the United States. Over the past 30 years, she has amassed a collection of more than 4,000 pieces of functional pottery from artists across the globe. Her ambition for her collection has always been clear — instead of donating work to a museum, she would rather donate it to a restaurant, where patrons could enjoy the work as originally intended.

"Curious Vessels" is a celebration of both Rosenfield's eclectic taste and her unrivaled generosity. Museum visitors will be able to touch many of the pieces in this exhibition while watching videos of Rosenfield and notable potters from the collection pointing out details of the work. Coming this spring, the Everson's new cafe´, Louise, will be stocked with functional vessels from the Rosenfield Collection that you will be able to eat and drink out of.


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11:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 13



In Her Shoes: A Celebration of Women's History Month
Gandee Gallery

Price: Free
Gandee Gallery
7846 Main St., Fabius

"In Her Shoes," a group exhibition which celebrates Women's History Month, features the works of Marty Blake, Christina Limpert, Laura Reeder, and Stray Wanderings (a collaboration between Lucie Wellner and Jen Gandee). The artwork in the show honors the work of women past and present through different modes of female representation, and focusing on female perspective and experience.


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, May 13



2022 Syracuse MFA Thesis Exhibition: Steady/Retcon
Syracuse University School of Art and Design

Genet Design Gallery
The Warehouse, 350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

"Steady/Retcon" is a part of a multi-venue exhibition divided among three Syracuse University exhibition spaces and featuring 27 artists.

Traditionally a literary and cinematic technique, retcon is the abbreviation of retroactive continuity and means a new piece of information introduced to a story that alters the interpretation of a previously established narrative. Although it is a word infrequently used, it is omnipresent. Retcon is not just employed in a fictional context, read in a book, or viewed on a screen, but experienced in the world around us. In the current climate, we are absorbing new information constantly (like it or not!), and it is challenging the way we see everything — day to day, hour to hour. Our internal database is developing at record speed. What was recognized as commonplace merely a year ago is being reexamined, and at times, by the entire world in unison.

The artists in this exhibition are evaluating and reframing their personal histories, traditional standards of art-making, and history as a whole. While in everyday life, the constant introduction of so-called facts and opinions appear erratic, the investigations held within the artworks in the exhibition are much more intentional, slower-paced, steady. They are careful and curious assessments removed from the web of media and into meticulously-presented ideas.


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1:00 PM - 5:00 PM, May 13



2022 Syracuse MFA Thesis Exhibition: Steady/Retcon
Point of Contact Gallery

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

"Steady/Retcon" is a part of a multi-venue exhibition divided among three Syracuse University exhibition spaces and featuring 27 artists. This location features the work of Studio Arts, Illustration, Transmedia and Design thesis candidates.

Traditionally a literary and cinematic technique, retcon is the abbreviation of retroactive continuity and means a new piece of information introduced to a story that alters the interpretation of a previously established narrative. Although it is a word infrequently used, it is omnipresent. Retcon is not just employed in a fictional context, read in a book, or viewed on a screen, but experienced in the world around us. In the current climate, we are absorbing new information constantly (like it or not!), and it is challenging the way we see everything — day to day, hour to hour. Our internal database is developing at record speed. What was recognized as commonplace merely a year ago is being reexamined, and at times, by the entire world in unison.

The artists in this exhibition are evaluating and reframing their personal histories, traditional standards of art-making, and history as a whole. While in everyday life, the constant introduction of so-called facts and opinions appear erratic, the investigations held within the artworks in the exhibition are much more intentional, slower-paced, steady. They are careful and curious assessments removed from the web of media and into meticulously-presented ideas.


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2:00 PM - 6:00 PM, May 13



From Where We Stand: Photographs from The Stand’s Annual South Side Photo Walk
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

The South Side Newspaper Project, a collaboration of neighborhood residents and Syracuse University, has given voice to the South Side community of Syracuse since its founding in 2010. The annual summer Photo Walk is its largest annual community event, bringing together photographers of all skill levels and ages to explore the South Side, take photos and practice their skills. This exhibition features photographs taken during this event throughout its 12-year history and is a visual testament to the struggles and resiliency of the neighborhood.

The Stand is the community newspaper and online website produced by the project. A 10th anniversary exhibit (The Stand: 10 Years in Print) at Syracuse University was cut short in March 2020 due to the Covid-19 lockdown. The 2020 Photo Walk ran much differently and opened up citywide. Instead of gathering as a group, participants were asked to document independently in an effort to continue to capture Syracuse neighborhoods in photos, especially during this unique moment in time.


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8:45 PM - 11:00 PM, May 13



Suzanne Kite: Makhócheowápi Akézapta? (Fifteen Maps)
Urban Video Project

Everson Museum of Art Plaza
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

In this newly commissioned piece, Kite confronts histories of Indigenous displacement and "turns an Indigenous gaze" back on colonial knowledge systems, using AI as a means to explore alternative ways of nonhuman knowing based on the Lakota idea of The Good Way.

Makhócheowápi Akézapta? (Fifteen Maps) explores the Hudson River site known as Cruger Island, which John Cruger "purchased" in the 19th century and used as a backdrop for stolen Mayan ruins he transported as casts from Honduras. By the 1960s, Cruger Island had become a place for archeological excavations that displaced Indigenous artifacts and remains now held by the New York State Museum.

Screening begins at dusk.


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History
 

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, May 13



A Pocketful of Progress: A Retrospective Look at the Machines Found in our Smartphones
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

A fascinating display of machines from the past 150 years which performed functions that, today, can be done on a smartphone. The impressive array of machines, many which originated in Syracuse, offers a stark juxtaposition to the incredible technological tool you carry every day in your purse or in your pocket.


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Theater
 

7:00 PM, May 13



The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Central New York Playhouse
Abel Searor, director

Atonement Lutheran Church
116 W. Glen Ave., Syracuse

Based on Charles Dickens' final unfinished novel, this hilarious whodunit invites the audience to solve its mystery by choosing the identity of the murderer.

The tale is presented as a show-within-a-show, as the Music Hall Royale—a delightfully loony Victorian theatre company—presents Dickens' brooding mystery. Musical numbers include "Perfect Strangers," "Don't Quit While You're Ahead," "Off To The Races," and "Moonfall."

All audience members will be required to wear a mask at all times. Proof of vaccination or negative covid test will be required at entry.


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Saturday, May 14, 2022


Art
 

10:00 AM - 2:00 PM, May 14



Recent Journeys
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

John Thompson: landscape and cityscape paintings
Tom Slocum: wood sculpture and Adirondack "pools"
Esperanza Tielbaard: handmade jewelry with natural stone


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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 14



Curious Vessels: The Rosenfield Collection
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Louise Rosenfield is among the most avid pottery collectors in the United States. Over the past 30 years, she has amassed a collection of more than 4,000 pieces of functional pottery from artists across the globe. Her ambition for her collection has always been clear — instead of donating work to a museum, she would rather donate it to a restaurant, where patrons could enjoy the work as originally intended.

"Curious Vessels" is a celebration of both Rosenfield's eclectic taste and her unrivaled generosity. Museum visitors will be able to touch many of the pieces in this exhibition while watching videos of Rosenfield and notable potters from the collection pointing out details of the work. Coming this spring, the Everson's new cafe´, Louise, will be stocked with functional vessels from the Rosenfield Collection that you will be able to eat and drink out of.


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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 14



Sekou Cooke: 15-81
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"15-81" presents architect and urban designer Sekou Cooke's project "We Outchea: Hip-Hop Fabrications and Public Space" alongside documents relating to the 15th Ward in Syracuse. Commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art in 2021 as part of their exhibition "Reconstructions: Architecture and Blackness in America," "We Outchea" focuses on the legacy of placement and displacement of Black residents in Syracuse and considers various events in the city's history — the razing of the historic 15th Ward, the building of multiple public housing projects, and the construction of Interstate 81 — while simultaneously critiquing recent proposals to replace low-income communities with mixed-income housing. By contextualizing the We Outchea project with photographs and ephemera that tell the story of the once vibrant 15th Ward, Cooke points to a post I-81 Syracuse future of entrepreneurship and innovation.


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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 14



Sharif Bey: Facets
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Over the past two decades, artist and educator Sharif Bey has created a body of work in ceramics and glass that explores the visual heritage of Africa and Oceania. Since accepting a teaching position at Syracuse University in 2009, he has become a vital part of Syracuse's social fabric. Coming on the heels of an exhibition at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, where he was born and raised, the Everson presents a survey of Bey's work, starting with the functional pottery that has served as a touchstone throughout his career, and continuing through his most recent body of large-scale figurative sculptures in clay.


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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 14



Kite & Devin Ronneberg: Fever Dream
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"Fever Dream" is an interactive multimedia installation by Kite, an Oglala Lakota performance artist, visual artist, and composer, and Devin Ronneberg, a multidisciplinary artist of Kanaka Maoli/Okinawan descent working primarily in sculpture, sound, image-making, and computational media. The work brings together their mutual interests in the implications of emergent technologies and artificial intelligence, information control and collection, Indigenous ontologies, and bodily interfaces.

In response to the audience's proximity in the gallery, a large projection flips between channels algorithmically tuned in to scraped footage of conspiracy theories, paranormal and extraterrestrial sightings, and recent news broadcasts. The work plumbs the depths of the settler-colonial psyche and the ways in which settler conspiracies are often founded on a denial of Indigenous agency, such as the belief that "ancient aliens" are responsible for the building of Indigenous earthworks and monuments.


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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 14



Forever is Composed of Nows
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Whether artists respond to history or look to the future, creativity exists in the moment. Drawn from the Everson's permanent collection, Forever is Composed of Nows examines a multitude of snapshots of the present moment, grouped by theme, image, or idea across different time periods and media. By examining how artists spanning three centuries have approached their present — their now — using similar topics and motifs, this exhibition is a visual exploration of how values, societal customs, and art subjects have evolved over time.


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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, May 14



2022 Syracuse MFA Thesis Exhibition: Steady/Retcon
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

"Steady/Retcon" is a part of a multi-venue exhibition divided among three Syracuse University exhibition spaces and featuring 27 artists. This location features the work of Studio Arts, Film and Media Arts, and Design Master of Fine Arts thesis candidates.

Traditionally a literary and cinematic technique, retcon is the abbreviation of retroactive continuity and means a new piece of information introduced to a story that alters the interpretation of a previously established narrative. Although it is a word infrequently used, it is omnipresent. Retcon is not just employed in a fictional context, read in a book, or viewed on a screen, but experienced in the world around us. In the current climate, we are absorbing new information constantly (like it or not!), and it is challenging the way we see everything — day to day, hour to hour. Our internal database is developing at record speed. What was recognized as commonplace merely a year ago is being reexamined, and at times, by the entire world in unison.

The artists in this exhibition are evaluating and reframing their personal histories, traditional standards of art-making, and history as a whole. While in everyday life, the constant introduction of so-called facts and opinions appear erratic, the investigations held within the artworks in the exhibition are much more intentional, slower-paced, steady. They are careful and curious assessments removed from the web of media and into meticulously-presented ideas.

Here we have two applications of retcon — one that refers to the daily and ever-changing knowledge that we receive, and one that reflects the new details put forth by these artists through their work that will alter our perceptions. However small, each bit of information sets into motion a new interpretation of our environment, past, present, and future.


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11:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 14



In Her Shoes: A Celebration of Women's History Month
Gandee Gallery

Price: Free
Gandee Gallery
7846 Main St., Fabius

"In Her Shoes," a group exhibition which celebrates Women's History Month, features the works of Marty Blake, Christina Limpert, Laura Reeder, and Stray Wanderings (a collaboration between Lucie Wellner and Jen Gandee). The artwork in the show honors the work of women past and present through different modes of female representation, and focusing on female perspective and experience.


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12:00 PM - 4:00 PM, May 14



From Where We Stand: Photographs from The Stand’s Annual South Side Photo Walk
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

The South Side Newspaper Project, a collaboration of neighborhood residents and Syracuse University, has given voice to the South Side community of Syracuse since its founding in 2010. The annual summer Photo Walk is its largest annual community event, bringing together photographers of all skill levels and ages to explore the South Side, take photos and practice their skills. This exhibition features photographs taken during this event throughout its 12-year history and is a visual testament to the struggles and resiliency of the neighborhood.

The Stand is the community newspaper and online website produced by the project. A 10th anniversary exhibit (The Stand: 10 Years in Print) at Syracuse University was cut short in March 2020 due to the Covid-19 lockdown. The 2020 Photo Walk ran much differently and opened up citywide. Instead of gathering as a group, participants were asked to document independently in an effort to continue to capture Syracuse neighborhoods in photos, especially during this unique moment in time.


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8:45 PM - 11:00 PM, May 14



Suzanne Kite: Makhócheowápi Akézapta? (Fifteen Maps)
Urban Video Project

Everson Museum of Art Plaza
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

In this newly commissioned piece, Kite confronts histories of Indigenous displacement and "turns an Indigenous gaze" back on colonial knowledge systems, using AI as a means to explore alternative ways of nonhuman knowing based on the Lakota idea of The Good Way.

Makhócheowápi Akézapta? (Fifteen Maps) explores the Hudson River site known as Cruger Island, which John Cruger "purchased" in the 19th century and used as a backdrop for stolen Mayan ruins he transported as casts from Honduras. By the 1960s, Cruger Island had become a place for archeological excavations that displaced Indigenous artifacts and remains now held by the New York State Museum.

Screening begins at dusk.


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History
 

11:00 AM - 4:00 PM, May 14



A Pocketful of Progress: A Retrospective Look at the Machines Found in our Smartphones
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

A fascinating display of machines from the past 150 years which performed functions that, today, can be done on a smartphone. The impressive array of machines, many which originated in Syracuse, offers a stark juxtaposition to the incredible technological tool you carry every day in your purse or in your pocket.


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Music
 

7:00 PM, May 14



The Fab Cats
Steeple Coffee House

United Church of Fayetteville
310 E. Genesee St., Fayetteville


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7:30 PM, May 14



Pops Series: The Doo Wop Project
Syracuse Orchestra (formerly Symphoria)
Sean O'Loughlin, conductor

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

The fantastic singers of the Doo Wop Project meld Old School with the New Generation in this fresh take on the greatest songs in American rock and pop history.


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Theater
 

7:00 PM, May 14



The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Central New York Playhouse
Abel Searor, director

Atonement Lutheran Church
116 W. Glen Ave., Syracuse

Based on Charles Dickens' final unfinished novel, this hilarious whodunit invites the audience to solve its mystery by choosing the identity of the murderer.

The tale is presented as a show-within-a-show, as the Music Hall Royale—a delightfully loony Victorian theatre company—presents Dickens' brooding mystery. Musical numbers include "Perfect Strangers," "Don't Quit While You're Ahead," "Off To The Races," and "Moonfall."

All audience members will be required to wear a mask at all times. Proof of vaccination or negative covid test will be required at entry.


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7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, May 14



Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are Cabaret
Breadcrumbs Productions
Krystal Osborne, director

Price: $10
Wunderbar
201 S. West St., Syracuse

A cabaret inspired by the coming out stories of Central New York LGBTQ+ artists.


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Sunday, May 15, 2022


Art
 

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 15



Forever is Composed of Nows
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Whether artists respond to history or look to the future, creativity exists in the moment. Drawn from the Everson's permanent collection, Forever is Composed of Nows examines a multitude of snapshots of the present moment, grouped by theme, image, or idea across different time periods and media. By examining how artists spanning three centuries have approached their present — their now — using similar topics and motifs, this exhibition is a visual exploration of how values, societal customs, and art subjects have evolved over time.


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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 15



Kite & Devin Ronneberg: Fever Dream
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"Fever Dream" is an interactive multimedia installation by Kite, an Oglala Lakota performance artist, visual artist, and composer, and Devin Ronneberg, a multidisciplinary artist of Kanaka Maoli/Okinawan descent working primarily in sculpture, sound, image-making, and computational media. The work brings together their mutual interests in the implications of emergent technologies and artificial intelligence, information control and collection, Indigenous ontologies, and bodily interfaces.

In response to the audience's proximity in the gallery, a large projection flips between channels algorithmically tuned in to scraped footage of conspiracy theories, paranormal and extraterrestrial sightings, and recent news broadcasts. The work plumbs the depths of the settler-colonial psyche and the ways in which settler conspiracies are often founded on a denial of Indigenous agency, such as the belief that "ancient aliens" are responsible for the building of Indigenous earthworks and monuments.


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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 15



Sharif Bey: Facets
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Over the past two decades, artist and educator Sharif Bey has created a body of work in ceramics and glass that explores the visual heritage of Africa and Oceania. Since accepting a teaching position at Syracuse University in 2009, he has become a vital part of Syracuse's social fabric. Coming on the heels of an exhibition at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, where he was born and raised, the Everson presents a survey of Bey's work, starting with the functional pottery that has served as a touchstone throughout his career, and continuing through his most recent body of large-scale figurative sculptures in clay.


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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 15



Sekou Cooke: 15-81
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"15-81" presents architect and urban designer Sekou Cooke's project "We Outchea: Hip-Hop Fabrications and Public Space" alongside documents relating to the 15th Ward in Syracuse. Commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art in 2021 as part of their exhibition "Reconstructions: Architecture and Blackness in America," "We Outchea" focuses on the legacy of placement and displacement of Black residents in Syracuse and considers various events in the city's history — the razing of the historic 15th Ward, the building of multiple public housing projects, and the construction of Interstate 81 — while simultaneously critiquing recent proposals to replace low-income communities with mixed-income housing. By contextualizing the We Outchea project with photographs and ephemera that tell the story of the once vibrant 15th Ward, Cooke points to a post I-81 Syracuse future of entrepreneurship and innovation.


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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 15



Curious Vessels: The Rosenfield Collection
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Louise Rosenfield is among the most avid pottery collectors in the United States. Over the past 30 years, she has amassed a collection of more than 4,000 pieces of functional pottery from artists across the globe. Her ambition for her collection has always been clear — instead of donating work to a museum, she would rather donate it to a restaurant, where patrons could enjoy the work as originally intended.

"Curious Vessels" is a celebration of both Rosenfield's eclectic taste and her unrivaled generosity. Museum visitors will be able to touch many of the pieces in this exhibition while watching videos of Rosenfield and notable potters from the collection pointing out details of the work. Coming this spring, the Everson's new cafe´, Louise, will be stocked with functional vessels from the Rosenfield Collection that you will be able to eat and drink out of.


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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, May 15



2022 Syracuse MFA Thesis Exhibition: Steady/Retcon
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

"Steady/Retcon" is a part of a multi-venue exhibition divided among three Syracuse University exhibition spaces and featuring 27 artists. This location features the work of Studio Arts, Film and Media Arts, and Design Master of Fine Arts thesis candidates.

Traditionally a literary and cinematic technique, retcon is the abbreviation of retroactive continuity and means a new piece of information introduced to a story that alters the interpretation of a previously established narrative. Although it is a word infrequently used, it is omnipresent. Retcon is not just employed in a fictional context, read in a book, or viewed on a screen, but experienced in the world around us. In the current climate, we are absorbing new information constantly (like it or not!), and it is challenging the way we see everything — day to day, hour to hour. Our internal database is developing at record speed. What was recognized as commonplace merely a year ago is being reexamined, and at times, by the entire world in unison.

The artists in this exhibition are evaluating and reframing their personal histories, traditional standards of art-making, and history as a whole. While in everyday life, the constant introduction of so-called facts and opinions appear erratic, the investigations held within the artworks in the exhibition are much more intentional, slower-paced, steady. They are careful and curious assessments removed from the web of media and into meticulously-presented ideas.

Here we have two applications of retcon — one that refers to the daily and ever-changing knowledge that we receive, and one that reflects the new details put forth by these artists through their work that will alter our perceptions. However small, each bit of information sets into motion a new interpretation of our environment, past, present, and future.


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11:00 AM - 4:00 PM, May 15



In Her Shoes: A Celebration of Women's History Month
Gandee Gallery

Price: Free
Gandee Gallery
7846 Main St., Fabius

"In Her Shoes," a group exhibition which celebrates Women's History Month, features the works of Marty Blake, Christina Limpert, Laura Reeder, and Stray Wanderings (a collaboration between Lucie Wellner and Jen Gandee). The artwork in the show honors the work of women past and present through different modes of female representation, and focusing on female perspective and experience.


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History
 

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, May 15



Infrastructure of Empire
Erie Canal Museum

Price: Free
Erie Canal Museum
318 Erie Blvd. E., Syracuse

The Erie Canal was the engineering marvel of its day, but has had far reaching consequences that could never have been imagined. In this exhibit we explore how the canal was built, how it has changed the physical and social layout of the region, and how it continues to influence New York State.


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11:00 AM - 4:00 PM, May 15



A Pocketful of Progress: A Retrospective Look at the Machines Found in our Smartphones
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

A fascinating display of machines from the past 150 years which performed functions that, today, can be done on a smartphone. The impressive array of machines, many which originated in Syracuse, offers a stark juxtaposition to the incredible technological tool you carry every day in your purse or in your pocket.


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Music
 

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM, May 15



Jazz on Tap: Jimmy Johns Vibes Trio
CNY Jazz Arts Foundation

Price: Free
Finger Lakes On Tap
35 Fennell St., Skaneateles


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4:00 PM - 5:30 PM, May 15



Sundays Live Series: The Pianist Speaks
Civic Morning Musicals
Jacob Ertl, piano

Price: $25
Park Central Presbyterian Church
504 E. Fayette St., Syracuse

Exploring musical performance as a vehicle for social justice, change, and the spiritual journey within.


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Theater
 

7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, May 15



Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are Cabaret
Breadcrumbs Productions
Krystal Osborne, director

Price: $10
Wunderbar
201 S. West St., Syracuse

A cabaret inspired by the coming out stories of Central New York LGBTQ+ artists.


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Monday, May 16, 2022


Art
 

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 16



2022 Newhouse Photography Annual
Light Work Gallery

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

The 2022 Newhouse Photography Annual features work by photography students in S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. The exhibition is a collection of 28 photographs by students enrolled in the Visual Communications Department. Thematically diverse and representing various approaches to photographic practice and technique, this collaboration showcases the breadth of images that today's students are producing.

The exhibiting artists are Ryan Brady, Madison Brown, Em Burris, Marc Cuenca, Caitlin Eddolls, Hunter Franklin, Nicole Funes, Jack Gnosca, Thanh Ha, Elizabeth Henson, Zisheng Huang, Brooke Kato, Kadaja Kirkland, Jason Lozada, Reece Nelson, Fiona Noever, Griffin Quinn, and James Year.


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9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 16



Melissa Catanese: The Lottery
Light Work Gallery

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

In "The Lottery," Melissa Catanese turns her attention to the tense and confusing state of contemporary politics and culture. Her images bring together large groups of people, barren caverns, natural forces, physical exertion, and eruptions both crude and colorful. The accumulated manic puzzle shifts the viewer from crowded street to darkened cavern. Along the way, we see a geyser of oil, streaks of lightning, veins of molten rock, and cooling craters. Punctuating these natural phenomena are people in states of glee, pain, confusion, and anguish.

Catanese borrows the title from literature. In Shirley Jackson's famous short story, a village casually embarks on a yearly ritual of selecting an individual and then stoning them to death. Catanese's The Lottery teases out similar themes regarding ritual, culture, and the diffused accountability of a mob.


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, May 16



Young Art 2022/Arte Joven 2022
La Casita Cultural Center

La Casita Cultural Center
109 Otisco St., Syracuse

The Young Art exhibit recognizes the talent and achievements of local youth enrolled in arts education programs offered by guest artists and partner organizations, with the support of Syracuse University.


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Film
 

7:30 PM, May 16



San Francisco (1936)
Syracuse Cinephile Society

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

Cast: Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald, Spencer Tracy, Jack Holt, Jessie Ralph, Ted Healy, Shirley Ross, Al Shean
Director: W.S. Van Dyke II

A beautiful restoration of MGM's hit blockbuster, featuring great performances by a strong cast and a powerful re-creation of the famous San Francisco earthquake.


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History
 

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, May 16



Infrastructure of Empire
Erie Canal Museum

Price: Free
Erie Canal Museum
318 Erie Blvd. E., Syracuse

The Erie Canal was the engineering marvel of its day, but has had far reaching consequences that could never have been imagined. In this exhibit we explore how the canal was built, how it has changed the physical and social layout of the region, and how it continues to influence New York State.


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Music
 

7:30 PM, May 16



The World-Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra
The Oncenter

Price: $50
Carrier Theater, Mulroy Civic Center
411 Montgomery St., Syracuse

The World-Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra will perform their greatest hits, including "In the Mood," "A String of Pearls," "Pennsylvania 6-5000,' Tuxedo Junction," "Chattanooga Choo Choo," and of course their theme song "Moonlight Serenade."

The 18-member orchestra, their lead singers, and vocal group will perform their catalog of big band classics just the way they would have over 80 years ago when Glenn Miller stood in front of his band. It is a show that continues to transport audiences back in time and is as nostalgic as it is exciting.

Touring continuously since 1956, The Glenn Miller Orchestra is featured in over 200 performances per year that include the timeless classics that made them famous the world over in a show that has moved audiences for generations.


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Tuesday, May 17, 2022


Art
 

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 17



Melissa Catanese: The Lottery
Light Work Gallery

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

In "The Lottery," Melissa Catanese turns her attention to the tense and confusing state of contemporary politics and culture. Her images bring together large groups of people, barren caverns, natural forces, physical exertion, and eruptions both crude and colorful. The accumulated manic puzzle shifts the viewer from crowded street to darkened cavern. Along the way, we see a geyser of oil, streaks of lightning, veins of molten rock, and cooling craters. Punctuating these natural phenomena are people in states of glee, pain, confusion, and anguish.

Catanese borrows the title from literature. In Shirley Jackson's famous short story, a village casually embarks on a yearly ritual of selecting an individual and then stoning them to death. Catanese's The Lottery teases out similar themes regarding ritual, culture, and the diffused accountability of a mob.


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9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 17



2022 Newhouse Photography Annual
Light Work Gallery

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

The 2022 Newhouse Photography Annual features work by photography students in S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. The exhibition is a collection of 28 photographs by students enrolled in the Visual Communications Department. Thematically diverse and representing various approaches to photographic practice and technique, this collaboration showcases the breadth of images that today's students are producing.

The exhibiting artists are Ryan Brady, Madison Brown, Em Burris, Marc Cuenca, Caitlin Eddolls, Hunter Franklin, Nicole Funes, Jack Gnosca, Thanh Ha, Elizabeth Henson, Zisheng Huang, Brooke Kato, Kadaja Kirkland, Jason Lozada, Reece Nelson, Fiona Noever, Griffin Quinn, and James Year.


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9:30 AM - 6:00 PM, May 17



Recent Journeys
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

John Thompson: landscape and cityscape paintings
Tom Slocum: wood sculpture and Adirondack "pools"
Esperanza Tielbaard: handmade jewelry with natural stone


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, May 17



Young Art 2022/Arte Joven 2022
La Casita Cultural Center

La Casita Cultural Center
109 Otisco St., Syracuse

The Young Art exhibit recognizes the talent and achievements of local youth enrolled in arts education programs offered by guest artists and partner organizations, with the support of Syracuse University.


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History
 

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, May 17



Infrastructure of Empire
Erie Canal Museum

Price: Free
Erie Canal Museum
318 Erie Blvd. E., Syracuse

The Erie Canal was the engineering marvel of its day, but has had far reaching consequences that could never have been imagined. In this exhibit we explore how the canal was built, how it has changed the physical and social layout of the region, and how it continues to influence New York State.


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Lecture
 

7:30 PM, May 17



Ocean Vuong
Rosamond Gifford Lecture Series

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

Ocean Vuong is a Vietnamese-American poet, essayist, and novelist. His first collection of poetry, Night Sky with Exit Wounds, won the T.S. Eliot Prize, the first of many awards his poetry has received. He was also awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2019. Vuong's most recent work, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is a letter from a son to his mother which deals with the immigrant experience, the aftermath of war, and the importance of language.


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Wednesday, May 18, 2022


Art
 

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 18



2022 Newhouse Photography Annual
Light Work Gallery

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

The 2022 Newhouse Photography Annual features work by photography students in S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. The exhibition is a collection of 28 photographs by students enrolled in the Visual Communications Department. Thematically diverse and representing various approaches to photographic practice and technique, this collaboration showcases the breadth of images that today's students are producing.

The exhibiting artists are Ryan Brady, Madison Brown, Em Burris, Marc Cuenca, Caitlin Eddolls, Hunter Franklin, Nicole Funes, Jack Gnosca, Thanh Ha, Elizabeth Henson, Zisheng Huang, Brooke Kato, Kadaja Kirkland, Jason Lozada, Reece Nelson, Fiona Noever, Griffin Quinn, and James Year.


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9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 18



Melissa Catanese: The Lottery
Light Work Gallery

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

In "The Lottery," Melissa Catanese turns her attention to the tense and confusing state of contemporary politics and culture. Her images bring together large groups of people, barren caverns, natural forces, physical exertion, and eruptions both crude and colorful. The accumulated manic puzzle shifts the viewer from crowded street to darkened cavern. Along the way, we see a geyser of oil, streaks of lightning, veins of molten rock, and cooling craters. Punctuating these natural phenomena are people in states of glee, pain, confusion, and anguish.

Catanese borrows the title from literature. In Shirley Jackson's famous short story, a village casually embarks on a yearly ritual of selecting an individual and then stoning them to death. Catanese's The Lottery teases out similar themes regarding ritual, culture, and the diffused accountability of a mob.


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9:30 AM - 6:00 PM, May 18



Recent Journeys
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

John Thompson: landscape and cityscape paintings
Tom Slocum: wood sculpture and Adirondack "pools"
Esperanza Tielbaard: handmade jewelry with natural stone


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11:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 18



Forever is Composed of Nows
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Whether artists respond to history or look to the future, creativity exists in the moment. Drawn from the Everson's permanent collection, Forever is Composed of Nows examines a multitude of snapshots of the present moment, grouped by theme, image, or idea across different time periods and media. By examining how artists spanning three centuries have approached their present — their now — using similar topics and motifs, this exhibition is a visual exploration of how values, societal customs, and art subjects have evolved over time.


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11:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 18



Sharif Bey: Facets
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Over the past two decades, artist and educator Sharif Bey has created a body of work in ceramics and glass that explores the visual heritage of Africa and Oceania. Since accepting a teaching position at Syracuse University in 2009, he has become a vital part of Syracuse's social fabric. Coming on the heels of an exhibition at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, where he was born and raised, the Everson presents a survey of Bey's work, starting with the functional pottery that has served as a touchstone throughout his career, and continuing through his most recent body of large-scale figurative sculptures in clay.


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11:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 18



Kite & Devin Ronneberg: Fever Dream
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"Fever Dream" is an interactive multimedia installation by Kite, an Oglala Lakota performance artist, visual artist, and composer, and Devin Ronneberg, a multidisciplinary artist of Kanaka Maoli/Okinawan descent working primarily in sculpture, sound, image-making, and computational media. The work brings together their mutual interests in the implications of emergent technologies and artificial intelligence, information control and collection, Indigenous ontologies, and bodily interfaces.

In response to the audience's proximity in the gallery, a large projection flips between channels algorithmically tuned in to scraped footage of conspiracy theories, paranormal and extraterrestrial sightings, and recent news broadcasts. The work plumbs the depths of the settler-colonial psyche and the ways in which settler conspiracies are often founded on a denial of Indigenous agency, such as the belief that "ancient aliens" are responsible for the building of Indigenous earthworks and monuments.


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11:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 18



Curious Vessels: The Rosenfield Collection
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Louise Rosenfield is among the most avid pottery collectors in the United States. Over the past 30 years, she has amassed a collection of more than 4,000 pieces of functional pottery from artists across the globe. Her ambition for her collection has always been clear — instead of donating work to a museum, she would rather donate it to a restaurant, where patrons could enjoy the work as originally intended.

"Curious Vessels" is a celebration of both Rosenfield's eclectic taste and her unrivaled generosity. Museum visitors will be able to touch many of the pieces in this exhibition while watching videos of Rosenfield and notable potters from the collection pointing out details of the work. Coming this spring, the Everson's new cafe´, Louise, will be stocked with functional vessels from the Rosenfield Collection that you will be able to eat and drink out of.


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11:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 18



Sekou Cooke: 15-81
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"15-81" presents architect and urban designer Sekou Cooke's project "We Outchea: Hip-Hop Fabrications and Public Space" alongside documents relating to the 15th Ward in Syracuse. Commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art in 2021 as part of their exhibition "Reconstructions: Architecture and Blackness in America," "We Outchea" focuses on the legacy of placement and displacement of Black residents in Syracuse and considers various events in the city's history — the razing of the historic 15th Ward, the building of multiple public housing projects, and the construction of Interstate 81 — while simultaneously critiquing recent proposals to replace low-income communities with mixed-income housing. By contextualizing the We Outchea project with photographs and ephemera that tell the story of the once vibrant 15th Ward, Cooke points to a post I-81 Syracuse future of entrepreneurship and innovation.


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, May 18



Young Art 2022/Arte Joven 2022
La Casita Cultural Center

La Casita Cultural Center
109 Otisco St., Syracuse

The Young Art exhibit recognizes the talent and achievements of local youth enrolled in arts education programs offered by guest artists and partner organizations, with the support of Syracuse University.


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History
 

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, May 18



Infrastructure of Empire
Erie Canal Museum

Price: Free
Erie Canal Museum
318 Erie Blvd. E., Syracuse

The Erie Canal was the engineering marvel of its day, but has had far reaching consequences that could never have been imagined. In this exhibit we explore how the canal was built, how it has changed the physical and social layout of the region, and how it continues to influence New York State.


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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, May 18



A Pocketful of Progress: A Retrospective Look at the Machines Found in our Smartphones
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

A fascinating display of machines from the past 150 years which performed functions that, today, can be done on a smartphone. The impressive array of machines, many which originated in Syracuse, offers a stark juxtaposition to the incredible technological tool you carry every day in your purse or in your pocket.


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Music
 

12:15 PM, May 18



Living Women: Music by Contemporary Women
Civic Morning Musicals
Alison Wahl, soprano; Laura Amoriello, piano; Jake Walsh, oboe

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


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5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, May 18



Jazz on the Patio: Ronnie Leigh
The 443 Social Club

Price: No cover charge, but $15 minimum purchase required
The 443 Social Club
443 Burnet Ave., Syracuse


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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM, May 18



Jazz at the Cavalier: Julie Falatico/Rick Montalbano Quartet
CNY Jazz Arts Foundation

Price: Free
Marriott Hotel Syracuse Cavalier Room
500 S. Warren St., Syracuse


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Thursday, May 19, 2022


Art
 

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 19



2022 Newhouse Photography Annual
Light Work Gallery

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

The 2022 Newhouse Photography Annual features work by photography students in S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. The exhibition is a collection of 28 photographs by students enrolled in the Visual Communications Department. Thematically diverse and representing various approaches to photographic practice and technique, this collaboration showcases the breadth of images that today's students are producing.

The exhibiting artists are Ryan Brady, Madison Brown, Em Burris, Marc Cuenca, Caitlin Eddolls, Hunter Franklin, Nicole Funes, Jack Gnosca, Thanh Ha, Elizabeth Henson, Zisheng Huang, Brooke Kato, Kadaja Kirkland, Jason Lozada, Reece Nelson, Fiona Noever, Griffin Quinn, and James Year.


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9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 19



Melissa Catanese: The Lottery
Light Work Gallery

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

In "The Lottery," Melissa Catanese turns her attention to the tense and confusing state of contemporary politics and culture. Her images bring together large groups of people, barren caverns, natural forces, physical exertion, and eruptions both crude and colorful. The accumulated manic puzzle shifts the viewer from crowded street to darkened cavern. Along the way, we see a geyser of oil, streaks of lightning, veins of molten rock, and cooling craters. Punctuating these natural phenomena are people in states of glee, pain, confusion, and anguish.

Catanese borrows the title from literature. In Shirley Jackson's famous short story, a village casually embarks on a yearly ritual of selecting an individual and then stoning them to death. Catanese's The Lottery teases out similar themes regarding ritual, culture, and the diffused accountability of a mob.


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9:30 AM - 6:00 PM, May 19



Recent Journeys
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

John Thompson: landscape and cityscape paintings
Tom Slocum: wood sculpture and Adirondack "pools"
Esperanza Tielbaard: handmade jewelry with natural stone


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11:00 AM - 8:00 PM, May 19



Forever is Composed of Nows
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Whether artists respond to history or look to the future, creativity exists in the moment. Drawn from the Everson's permanent collection, Forever is Composed of Nows examines a multitude of snapshots of the present moment, grouped by theme, image, or idea across different time periods and media. By examining how artists spanning three centuries have approached their present — their now — using similar topics and motifs, this exhibition is a visual exploration of how values, societal customs, and art subjects have evolved over time.


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11:00 AM - 8:00 PM, May 19



Kite & Devin Ronneberg: Fever Dream
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"Fever Dream" is an interactive multimedia installation by Kite, an Oglala Lakota performance artist, visual artist, and composer, and Devin Ronneberg, a multidisciplinary artist of Kanaka Maoli/Okinawan descent working primarily in sculpture, sound, image-making, and computational media. The work brings together their mutual interests in the implications of emergent technologies and artificial intelligence, information control and collection, Indigenous ontologies, and bodily interfaces.

In response to the audience's proximity in the gallery, a large projection flips between channels algorithmically tuned in to scraped footage of conspiracy theories, paranormal and extraterrestrial sightings, and recent news broadcasts. The work plumbs the depths of the settler-colonial psyche and the ways in which settler conspiracies are often founded on a denial of Indigenous agency, such as the belief that "ancient aliens" are responsible for the building of Indigenous earthworks and monuments.


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11:00 AM - 8:00 PM, May 19



Sharif Bey: Facets
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Over the past two decades, artist and educator Sharif Bey has created a body of work in ceramics and glass that explores the visual heritage of Africa and Oceania. Since accepting a teaching position at Syracuse University in 2009, he has become a vital part of Syracuse's social fabric. Coming on the heels of an exhibition at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, where he was born and raised, the Everson presents a survey of Bey's work, starting with the functional pottery that has served as a touchstone throughout his career, and continuing through his most recent body of large-scale figurative sculptures in clay.


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11:00 AM - 8:00 PM, May 19



Sekou Cooke: 15-81
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"15-81" presents architect and urban designer Sekou Cooke's project "We Outchea: Hip-Hop Fabrications and Public Space" alongside documents relating to the 15th Ward in Syracuse. Commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art in 2021 as part of their exhibition "Reconstructions: Architecture and Blackness in America," "We Outchea" focuses on the legacy of placement and displacement of Black residents in Syracuse and considers various events in the city's history — the razing of the historic 15th Ward, the building of multiple public housing projects, and the construction of Interstate 81 — while simultaneously critiquing recent proposals to replace low-income communities with mixed-income housing. By contextualizing the We Outchea project with photographs and ephemera that tell the story of the once vibrant 15th Ward, Cooke points to a post I-81 Syracuse future of entrepreneurship and innovation.


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11:00 AM - 8:00 PM, May 19



Curious Vessels: The Rosenfield Collection
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Louise Rosenfield is among the most avid pottery collectors in the United States. Over the past 30 years, she has amassed a collection of more than 4,000 pieces of functional pottery from artists across the globe. Her ambition for her collection has always been clear — instead of donating work to a museum, she would rather donate it to a restaurant, where patrons could enjoy the work as originally intended.

"Curious Vessels" is a celebration of both Rosenfield's eclectic taste and her unrivaled generosity. Museum visitors will be able to touch many of the pieces in this exhibition while watching videos of Rosenfield and notable potters from the collection pointing out details of the work. Coming this spring, the Everson's new cafe´, Louise, will be stocked with functional vessels from the Rosenfield Collection that you will be able to eat and drink out of.


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, May 19



Young Art 2022/Arte Joven 2022
La Casita Cultural Center

La Casita Cultural Center
109 Otisco St., Syracuse

The Young Art exhibit recognizes the talent and achievements of local youth enrolled in arts education programs offered by guest artists and partner organizations, with the support of Syracuse University.


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9:00 PM - 11:00 PM, May 19



Suzanne Kite: Makhócheowápi Akézapta? (Fifteen Maps)
Urban Video Project

Everson Museum of Art Plaza
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

In this newly commissioned piece, Kite confronts histories of Indigenous displacement and "turns an Indigenous gaze" back on colonial knowledge systems, using AI as a means to explore alternative ways of nonhuman knowing based on the Lakota idea of The Good Way.

Makhócheowápi Akézapta? (Fifteen Maps) explores the Hudson River site known as Cruger Island, which John Cruger "purchased" in the 19th century and used as a backdrop for stolen Mayan ruins he transported as casts from Honduras. By the 1960s, Cruger Island had become a place for archeological excavations that displaced Indigenous artifacts and remains now held by the New York State Museum.

Screening begins at dusk.


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History
 

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, May 19



Infrastructure of Empire
Erie Canal Museum

Price: Free
Erie Canal Museum
318 Erie Blvd. E., Syracuse

The Erie Canal was the engineering marvel of its day, but has had far reaching consequences that could never have been imagined. In this exhibit we explore how the canal was built, how it has changed the physical and social layout of the region, and how it continues to influence New York State.


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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, May 19



A Pocketful of Progress: A Retrospective Look at the Machines Found in our Smartphones
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

A fascinating display of machines from the past 150 years which performed functions that, today, can be done on a smartphone. The impressive array of machines, many which originated in Syracuse, offers a stark juxtaposition to the incredible technological tool you carry every day in your purse or in your pocket.


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Lecture
 

7:00 PM, May 19



The War in Ukraine
Strathmore Speakers Series
Featuring Russia Expert Brian Taylor

Price: Free
Online


A timely discussion of the ongoing war in the Ukraine, featuring Syracuse University Political Science Professor and Russia expert, Dr. Brian Taylor. Russia's invasion of the Ukraine in February sent shock waves through the international community and threatens to irrevocably upset the existing geopolitical order. What does the ongoing war mean for Europe? For NATO? And for the United States? Is this the start of a new Cold War? And if so, how will Putin respond? What impact will Russia's actions have on the norms of international behavior? Can we ever go back? And, perhaps most importantly, how will this conflict end? Is there a peaceful solution to be found? Or must force be met with force? You won't want to miss this incredibly important lecture. A brief Q&A will follow Dr. Taylor's talk.


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Music
 

7:00 PM, May 19



Donna Colton & Sam Patterelli
The 443 Social Club

Price: $10 cover
The 443 Social Club
443 Burnet Ave., Syracuse

Gritty, buttery, and soul-piercing have all been used to describe the vocals of Donna Colton. A seasoned veteran of the local music scene, her songwriting and CDs have garnered national and international attention. Solo showcases at the legendary Bitter End and Spiral Club in New York City and at the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville led to live performances for national TV and radio shows. In 2009 she became one of the few women to be inducted into the Syracuse Area Music Awards Hall of Fame.

Colton will be joined on stage by her husband and bandmate, Sam Patterelli, AKA Sam Troublemaker, making music they call an acoustic tangle of Broken Folk and Twang Rock.


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Theater
 

6:45 PM, May 19



Dead Meat
Acme Mystery Company

Spaghetti Warehouse
689 N. Clinton St., Syracuse

The Tortellini Corner Market is small but proud with a distinctive fragrance, just like its owner, Papa Tortellini. Lately, life is "notta so good" for Papa. Supermarket giant Price Slasher has him in its cross-hairs as does Harry Graft, the health inspector; Mama Celeste, his wife; as well as some other shady characters. Mama mia! Papa's counting on you and the other loyal employees of the market to come through. Don't be late for the meeting. Papa will put the "evil eye" on you!


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Friday, May 20, 2022


Art
 

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 20



2022 Newhouse Photography Annual
Light Work Gallery

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

The 2022 Newhouse Photography Annual features work by photography students in S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. The exhibition is a collection of 28 photographs by students enrolled in the Visual Communications Department. Thematically diverse and representing various approaches to photographic practice and technique, this collaboration showcases the breadth of images that today's students are producing.

The exhibiting artists are Ryan Brady, Madison Brown, Em Burris, Marc Cuenca, Caitlin Eddolls, Hunter Franklin, Nicole Funes, Jack Gnosca, Thanh Ha, Elizabeth Henson, Zisheng Huang, Brooke Kato, Kadaja Kirkland, Jason Lozada, Reece Nelson, Fiona Noever, Griffin Quinn, and James Year.


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9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 20



Melissa Catanese: The Lottery
Light Work Gallery

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

In "The Lottery," Melissa Catanese turns her attention to the tense and confusing state of contemporary politics and culture. Her images bring together large groups of people, barren caverns, natural forces, physical exertion, and eruptions both crude and colorful. The accumulated manic puzzle shifts the viewer from crowded street to darkened cavern. Along the way, we see a geyser of oil, streaks of lightning, veins of molten rock, and cooling craters. Punctuating these natural phenomena are people in states of glee, pain, confusion, and anguish.

Catanese borrows the title from literature. In Shirley Jackson's famous short story, a village casually embarks on a yearly ritual of selecting an individual and then stoning them to death. Catanese's The Lottery teases out similar themes regarding ritual, culture, and the diffused accountability of a mob.


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9:30 AM - 6:00 PM, May 20



Recent Journeys
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

John Thompson: landscape and cityscape paintings
Tom Slocum: wood sculpture and Adirondack "pools"
Esperanza Tielbaard: handmade jewelry with natural stone


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11:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 20



Forever is Composed of Nows
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Whether artists respond to history or look to the future, creativity exists in the moment. Drawn from the Everson's permanent collection, Forever is Composed of Nows examines a multitude of snapshots of the present moment, grouped by theme, image, or idea across different time periods and media. By examining how artists spanning three centuries have approached their present — their now — using similar topics and motifs, this exhibition is a visual exploration of how values, societal customs, and art subjects have evolved over time.


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11:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 20



Kite & Devin Ronneberg: Fever Dream
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"Fever Dream" is an interactive multimedia installation by Kite, an Oglala Lakota performance artist, visual artist, and composer, and Devin Ronneberg, a multidisciplinary artist of Kanaka Maoli/Okinawan descent working primarily in sculpture, sound, image-making, and computational media. The work brings together their mutual interests in the implications of emergent technologies and artificial intelligence, information control and collection, Indigenous ontologies, and bodily interfaces.

In response to the audience's proximity in the gallery, a large projection flips between channels algorithmically tuned in to scraped footage of conspiracy theories, paranormal and extraterrestrial sightings, and recent news broadcasts. The work plumbs the depths of the settler-colonial psyche and the ways in which settler conspiracies are often founded on a denial of Indigenous agency, such as the belief that "ancient aliens" are responsible for the building of Indigenous earthworks and monuments.


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11:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 20



Sharif Bey: Facets
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Over the past two decades, artist and educator Sharif Bey has created a body of work in ceramics and glass that explores the visual heritage of Africa and Oceania. Since accepting a teaching position at Syracuse University in 2009, he has become a vital part of Syracuse's social fabric. Coming on the heels of an exhibition at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, where he was born and raised, the Everson presents a survey of Bey's work, starting with the functional pottery that has served as a touchstone throughout his career, and continuing through his most recent body of large-scale figurative sculptures in clay.


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11:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 20



Curious Vessels: The Rosenfield Collection
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Louise Rosenfield is among the most avid pottery collectors in the United States. Over the past 30 years, she has amassed a collection of more than 4,000 pieces of functional pottery from artists across the globe. Her ambition for her collection has always been clear — instead of donating work to a museum, she would rather donate it to a restaurant, where patrons could enjoy the work as originally intended.

"Curious Vessels" is a celebration of both Rosenfield's eclectic taste and her unrivaled generosity. Museum visitors will be able to touch many of the pieces in this exhibition while watching videos of Rosenfield and notable potters from the collection pointing out details of the work. Coming this spring, the Everson's new cafe´, Louise, will be stocked with functional vessels from the Rosenfield Collection that you will be able to eat and drink out of.


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11:00 AM - 5:00 PM, May 20



Sekou Cooke: 15-81
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"15-81" presents architect and urban designer Sekou Cooke's project "We Outchea: Hip-Hop Fabrications and Public Space" alongside documents relating to the 15th Ward in Syracuse. Commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art in 2021 as part of their exhibition "Reconstructions: Architecture and Blackness in America," "We Outchea" focuses on the legacy of placement and displacement of Black residents in Syracuse and considers various events in the city's history — the razing of the historic 15th Ward, the building of multiple public housing projects, and the construction of Interstate 81 — while simultaneously critiquing recent proposals to replace low-income communities with mixed-income housing. By contextualizing the We Outchea project with photographs and ephemera that tell the story of the once vibrant 15th Ward, Cooke points to a post I-81 Syracuse future of entrepreneurship and innovation.


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, May 20



Young Art 2022/Arte Joven 2022
La Casita Cultural Center

La Casita Cultural Center
109 Otisco St., Syracuse

The Young Art exhibit recognizes the talent and achievements of local youth enrolled in arts education programs offered by guest artists and partner organizations, with the support of Syracuse University.


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9:00 PM - 11:00 PM, May 20



Suzanne Kite: Makhócheowápi Akézapta? (Fifteen Maps)
Urban Video Project

Everson Museum of Art Plaza
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

In this newly commissioned piece, Kite confronts histories of Indigenous displacement and "turns an Indigenous gaze" back on colonial knowledge systems, using AI as a means to explore alternative ways of nonhuman knowing based on the Lakota idea of The Good Way.

Makhócheowápi Akézapta? (Fifteen Maps) explores the Hudson River site known as Cruger Island, which John Cruger "purchased" in the 19th century and used as a backdrop for stolen Mayan ruins he transported as casts from Honduras. By the 1960s, Cruger Island had become a place for archeological excavations that displaced Indigenous artifacts and remains now held by the New York State Museum.

Screening begins at dusk.


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History
 

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, May 20



Infrastructure of Empire
Erie Canal Museum

Price: Free
Erie Canal Museum
318 Erie Blvd. E., Syracuse

The Erie Canal was the engineering marvel of its day, but has had far reaching consequences that could never have been imagined. In this exhibit we explore how the canal was built, how it has changed the physical and social layout of the region, and how it continues to influence New York State.


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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, May 20



A Pocketful of Progress: A Retrospective Look at the Machines Found in our Smartphones
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

A fascinating display of machines from the past 150 years which performed functions that, today, can be done on a smartphone. The impressive array of machines, many which originated in Syracuse, offers a stark juxtaposition to the incredible technological tool you carry every day in your purse or in your pocket.


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Music
 

7:00 PM, May 20



The Action
The 443 Social Club

Price: $10 cover
The 443 Social Club
443 Burnet Ave., Syracuse

The Action! is an innovative rock & roll band from Syracuse, NY who have been entertaining audiences for over 23 years with their genre-bending, energetic, rock and roll.

Live audiences are usually so focused on DANCING that they have no idea the band has released 5 studio albums, won 4 SAMMY awards, and written more than 80 original songs! In this special one-time event, The Action! Will unplug from their amplifiers and rock a little more gently to provide a unique and intimate live experience. Dancing is still encouraged...

This show will be held outside on the patio, weather permitting.


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8:00 PM, May 20



Oshima Brothers
Folkus Project

Price: $20 regular, $17 members
May Memorial Unitarian Society
3800 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

The Oshima Brothers' magnetic sibling sound and contagious joy result from a lifetime of making music together. Sean and Jamie blend songs from the heart with blood harmonies to produce a "roots-based pop sound that is infectious." (NPR)

On stage, Sean and Jamie offer lush vocals, live looping, foot percussion, electric and acoustic guitars, vintage keyboard and bass — often all at once. They want every show to feel like a deep breath, a dance party, and a sonic embrace.

Raised in a musical family in rural Maine, the brothers have honed a harmony-rich blend of contemporary folk and acoustic pop. They still live in Maine but are often on the road performing, producing music videos, and dancing.

Older brother Sean is the band's songwriter, publicist, business manager, stylist, and chef. He sings and plays rhythm guitar, harmonica, and cajón. At a show, you're sure to hear his warm vocals and soaring falsetto.

Consumed by music, Jamie is the band's producer, recording/audio engineer, filmmaker, and part-time songwriter. In addition to singing, he plays electric guitar, bass, drums, keyboard, mandolin, banjo, and fiddle. He has been recording songs and making videos in his home studio since he was 12.

The Oshima Brothers currently have two albums to their credit, producing their self-titled debut in 2016, followed by the five-track EP "Under The Same Stars" in 2019. The brothers write, record and produce all of their music and videos mostly in their home studio in Maine. Within a month of its release, "Under The Same Stars" garnered hundreds of thousands of streams from Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon.


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Poetry/Reading
 

7:00 PM, May 20



Poet Barbara Ras
Downtown Writer's Center

Price: Free
Online


Barbara Ras is the author of four poetry collections: The Blues of Heaven (Pitt Poetry Series, 2021), The Last Skin (Penguin, 2010), which won the Texas Institute of Letters Best Book of 2010, One Hidden Stuff (Penguin, 2006), and Bite Every Sorrow, which won the Walt Whitman Award (selected by C. K. Williams), and also received the Kate Tufts Discovery Award. In 2004, Ras published an anthology of short fiction in translation, Costa Rica: A Traveler's Literary Companion. She has received fellowships from the Guggenheim and Rockefeller foundations, among others. Her work has appeared in more than 100 magazines and anthologies. Ras has taught at the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson, as well as at workshops nationally and internationally. She worked for 40 years in book publishing and is the founding director emerita of Trinity University Press in San Antonio. She now lives in Denver.


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