Sunday, July 17, 2005

A City Rises from the Banks of the Canal
Erie Canal Museum

Price: Donations accepted
Erie Canal Museum
318 Erie Blvd. E., Syracuse

Vast stretches of wilderness areas sparsely populated and dotted with small settlements would aptly describe New Yorks interior in early 1800s. Then, in 1825, a man-made waterway stretching 363 miles from Albany to Buffalo was completed. Once ridiculed as "Clinton's Folly," the Erie Canal quickly became known as the "Mother of Cities" as it gave rise to hundreds of canal-side communities and reshaped Upstate New York's geography and economy forever. The history of the City of Syracuse, located on the banks of the Erie and Oswego Canals, is told through its unique canal-era architectural structures. The buildings represented in the exhibition were selected for their proximity to the Erie Canal, as well as, if the buildings use was canal related. Historic images, original paintings and prints feature a host of canal-era banks, warehouses, private residences and businesses, as well as canal structures such as locks and aqueducts. An Exhibition catalog is available.

Karl Baden: A Long Year. September 29, 2000  September 29, 2001
Light Work Gallery

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

Video, 16 minutes 47 seconds

Sol Lewitt: Complex Forms No. 7
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

This summer the Everson Museum will be exhibiting Complex Form No. 7, a large-scale sculpture by internationally known conceptual artist Sol Lewitt. Like most minimalist and conceptual artists, Lewitt emphasized idea over execution. Complex Form No. 7 consists of eight module structures, spanning almost seventeen feet, that have been constructed and assembled by assistants according to Lewitt's design specifications. The artistic process is intellectual rather than emotional, as demonstrated by the artist's decision to use everyday materials and no color to carry out a complicated design drawing.

Lewitt donated Complex Form No. 7 to the Everson Museum in 1993. A 1949 graduate of Syracuse University, he returned to campus in 2004 to construct Six Curved Walls (Syracuse) in honor of the inauguration of Chancellor Nancy Cantor. The installation, located on the hillside of Crouse College, consists of a series of six undulating walls made of cinderblocks, each twelve feet high and stretching 140 feet. A third sculpture by Sol Lewitt stands outside the James M. Hanley Federal Building in downtown Syracuse.

Water and Light: James McNeill Whistler's Etchings and Drypoints of Venice and Amsterdam
Syracuse University Art Museum

University Art Collection
Sims Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse

Georges Rouault -- Cirque de L'Etoile Filante
Syracuse University Art Museum

University Art Collection
Sims Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse

The circus was an important theme in Rouault's work, and when Parisian publisher Ambrose Vollard suggested a portfolio of prints on the subject, Rouault spent 12 years creating designs for Cirque de L'Etoile Filante (Circus of the Shooting Star), color aquatints, and wood engravings.

Vera Drake
Redhouse

Price: $8
Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

Vera Drake; wife, mother, criminal. In the repressed Britain of the 1950s, Vera Drake, an altruistic but naive cleaning lady is the picture of devotion and love, nursing her mother and neighbors, cooking, cleaning and taking in suppertime strays. However, unbeknownst to her family, Vera also spends her working day helping girls who "find themselves in trouble". When her activities are found out by the authorities, Vera's world and family life rapidly unravel. (English, 125 minutes, rated R)

Words Without Music: The World of Pat Lotito
Salt City Center for the Performing Arts

Price: $12
Jazz Central
441 E. Washington St., Syracuse

In an unusual twist, Pat Lotito, local musician and playwright who is well-known for her remarkable talent in musical direction and composing musicals, has written a play of poetry that is to be performed with no music. Words Without Music  the World of Pat Lotito is poetry shaped like a play that is directed by Gerard Moses and features the stellar cast of Joe Lotito, Bill Molesky, Aubry Ludington, and Tamaralee Shutt.

Monday, July 18, 2005

Visual Arts Showcase: Drawings
CNY Arts

WCNY
415 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

Special viewing arrangements can be made by calling the Cultural Resources Council at 315-435-2155.

Karl Baden: A Long Year. September 29, 2000  September 29, 2001
Light Work Gallery

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

Video, 16 minutes 47 seconds

Syracuse Symphony Orchestra
Syracuse Symphony Percussion Ensemble

Tully United Community Church
Meetinghouse Road, Tully

Tuesday, July 19, 2005

Visual Arts Showcase: Drawings
CNY Arts

WCNY
415 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

Special viewing arrangements can be made by calling the Cultural Resources Council at 315-435-2155.

A City Rises from the Banks of the Canal
Erie Canal Museum

Price: Donations accepted
Erie Canal Museum
318 Erie Blvd. E., Syracuse

Vast stretches of wilderness areas sparsely populated and dotted with small settlements would aptly describe New Yorks interior in early 1800s. Then, in 1825, a man-made waterway stretching 363 miles from Albany to Buffalo was completed. Once ridiculed as "Clinton's Folly," the Erie Canal quickly became known as the "Mother of Cities" as it gave rise to hundreds of canal-side communities and reshaped Upstate New York's geography and economy forever. The history of the City of Syracuse, located on the banks of the Erie and Oswego Canals, is told through its unique canal-era architectural structures. The buildings represented in the exhibition were selected for their proximity to the Erie Canal, as well as, if the buildings use was canal related. Historic images, original paintings and prints feature a host of canal-era banks, warehouses, private residences and businesses, as well as canal structures such as locks and aqueducts. An Exhibition catalog is available.

Karl Baden: A Long Year. September 29, 2000  September 29, 2001
Light Work Gallery

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

Video, 16 minutes 47 seconds

Sol Lewitt: Complex Forms No. 7
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

This summer the Everson Museum will be exhibiting Complex Form No. 7, a large-scale sculpture by internationally known conceptual artist Sol Lewitt. Like most minimalist and conceptual artists, Lewitt emphasized idea over execution. Complex Form No. 7 consists of eight module structures, spanning almost seventeen feet, that have been constructed and assembled by assistants according to Lewitt's design specifications. The artistic process is intellectual rather than emotional, as demonstrated by the artist's decision to use everyday materials and no color to carry out a complicated design drawing.

Lewitt donated Complex Form No. 7 to the Everson Museum in 1993. A 1949 graduate of Syracuse University, he returned to campus in 2004 to construct Six Curved Walls (Syracuse) in honor of the inauguration of Chancellor Nancy Cantor. The installation, located on the hillside of Crouse College, consists of a series of six undulating walls made of cinderblocks, each twelve feet high and stretching 140 feet. A third sculpture by Sol Lewitt stands outside the James M. Hanley Federal Building in downtown Syracuse.

Georges Rouault -- Cirque de L'Etoile Filante
Syracuse University Art Museum

University Art Collection
Sims Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse

The circus was an important theme in Rouault's work, and when Parisian publisher Ambrose Vollard suggested a portfolio of prints on the subject, Rouault spent 12 years creating designs for Cirque de L'Etoile Filante (Circus of the Shooting Star), color aquatints, and wood engravings.

Water and Light: James McNeill Whistler's Etchings and Drypoints of Venice and Amsterdam
Syracuse University Art Museum

University Art Collection
Sims Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse

Vera Drake
Redhouse

Price: $8
Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

Vera Drake; wife, mother, criminal. In the repressed Britain of the 1950s, Vera Drake, an altruistic but naive cleaning lady is the picture of devotion and love, nursing her mother and neighbors, cooking, cleaning and taking in suppertime strays. However, unbeknownst to her family, Vera also spends her working day helping girls who "find themselves in trouble". When her activities are found out by the authorities, Vera's world and family life rapidly unravel. (English, 125 minutes, rated R)

Wednesday, July 20, 2005

Visual Arts Showcase: Drawings
CNY Arts

WCNY
415 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

Special viewing arrangements can be made by calling the Cultural Resources Council at 315-435-2155.

A City Rises from the Banks of the Canal
Erie Canal Museum

Price: Donations accepted
Erie Canal Museum
318 Erie Blvd. E., Syracuse

Vast stretches of wilderness areas sparsely populated and dotted with small settlements would aptly describe New Yorks interior in early 1800s. Then, in 1825, a man-made waterway stretching 363 miles from Albany to Buffalo was completed. Once ridiculed as "Clinton's Folly," the Erie Canal quickly became known as the "Mother of Cities" as it gave rise to hundreds of canal-side communities and reshaped Upstate New York's geography and economy forever. The history of the City of Syracuse, located on the banks of the Erie and Oswego Canals, is told through its unique canal-era architectural structures. The buildings represented in the exhibition were selected for their proximity to the Erie Canal, as well as, if the buildings use was canal related. Historic images, original paintings and prints feature a host of canal-era banks, warehouses, private residences and businesses, as well as canal structures such as locks and aqueducts. An Exhibition catalog is available.

Karl Baden: A Long Year. September 29, 2000  September 29, 2001
Light Work Gallery

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

Video, 16 minutes 47 seconds

Sol Lewitt: Complex Forms No. 7
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

This summer the Everson Museum will be exhibiting Complex Form No. 7, a large-scale sculpture by internationally known conceptual artist Sol Lewitt. Like most minimalist and conceptual artists, Lewitt emphasized idea over execution. Complex Form No. 7 consists of eight module structures, spanning almost seventeen feet, that have been constructed and assembled by assistants according to Lewitt's design specifications. The artistic process is intellectual rather than emotional, as demonstrated by the artist's decision to use everyday materials and no color to carry out a complicated design drawing.

Lewitt donated Complex Form No. 7 to the Everson Museum in 1993. A 1949 graduate of Syracuse University, he returned to campus in 2004 to construct Six Curved Walls (Syracuse) in honor of the inauguration of Chancellor Nancy Cantor. The installation, located on the hillside of Crouse College, consists of a series of six undulating walls made of cinderblocks, each twelve feet high and stretching 140 feet. A third sculpture by Sol Lewitt stands outside the James M. Hanley Federal Building in downtown Syracuse.

Water and Light: James McNeill Whistler's Etchings and Drypoints of Venice and Amsterdam
Syracuse University Art Museum

University Art Collection
Sims Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse

Georges Rouault -- Cirque de L'Etoile Filante
Syracuse University Art Museum

University Art Collection
Sims Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse

The circus was an important theme in Rouault's work, and when Parisian publisher Ambrose Vollard suggested a portfolio of prints on the subject, Rouault spent 12 years creating designs for Cirque de L'Etoile Filante (Circus of the Shooting Star), color aquatints, and wood engravings.

Syracuse Symphony Orchestra
Syracuse Symphony Wind Quintet II

Beauchamp Public Library
Corner S. Salina & Colvin Sts., Syracuse

Syracuse Symphony Orchestra
Onondaga Quartet of the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra

Northern Onondaga Public Library (Cicero)
8686 Knowledge Ln., Cicero

Thursday, July 21, 2005

Visual Arts Showcase: Drawings
CNY Arts

WCNY
415 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

Special viewing arrangements can be made by calling the Cultural Resources Council at 315-435-2155.

A City Rises from the Banks of the Canal
Erie Canal Museum

Price: Donations accepted
Erie Canal Museum
318 Erie Blvd. E., Syracuse

Vast stretches of wilderness areas sparsely populated and dotted with small settlements would aptly describe New Yorks interior in early 1800s. Then, in 1825, a man-made waterway stretching 363 miles from Albany to Buffalo was completed. Once ridiculed as "Clinton's Folly," the Erie Canal quickly became known as the "Mother of Cities" as it gave rise to hundreds of canal-side communities and reshaped Upstate New York's geography and economy forever. The history of the City of Syracuse, located on the banks of the Erie and Oswego Canals, is told through its unique canal-era architectural structures. The buildings represented in the exhibition were selected for their proximity to the Erie Canal, as well as, if the buildings use was canal related. Historic images, original paintings and prints feature a host of canal-era banks, warehouses, private residences and businesses, as well as canal structures such as locks and aqueducts. An Exhibition catalog is available.

Karl Baden: A Long Year. September 29, 2000  September 29, 2001
Light Work Gallery

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

Video, 16 minutes 47 seconds

Sol Lewitt: Complex Forms No. 7
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

This summer the Everson Museum will be exhibiting Complex Form No. 7, a large-scale sculpture by internationally known conceptual artist Sol Lewitt. Like most minimalist and conceptual artists, Lewitt emphasized idea over execution. Complex Form No. 7 consists of eight module structures, spanning almost seventeen feet, that have been constructed and assembled by assistants according to Lewitt's design specifications. The artistic process is intellectual rather than emotional, as demonstrated by the artist's decision to use everyday materials and no color to carry out a complicated design drawing.

Lewitt donated Complex Form No. 7 to the Everson Museum in 1993. A 1949 graduate of Syracuse University, he returned to campus in 2004 to construct Six Curved Walls (Syracuse) in honor of the inauguration of Chancellor Nancy Cantor. The installation, located on the hillside of Crouse College, consists of a series of six undulating walls made of cinderblocks, each twelve feet high and stretching 140 feet. A third sculpture by Sol Lewitt stands outside the James M. Hanley Federal Building in downtown Syracuse.

Georges Rouault -- Cirque de L'Etoile Filante
Syracuse University Art Museum

University Art Collection
Sims Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse

The circus was an important theme in Rouault's work, and when Parisian publisher Ambrose Vollard suggested a portfolio of prints on the subject, Rouault spent 12 years creating designs for Cirque de L'Etoile Filante (Circus of the Shooting Star), color aquatints, and wood engravings.

Water and Light: James McNeill Whistler's Etchings and Drypoints of Venice and Amsterdam
Syracuse University Art Museum

University Art Collection
Sims Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse

Sarah Austin Retrospective
Redhouse

Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

Sarah Austin engaged in a visual dialogue with art history by creating meticulously crafted collage constructions featuring famous artists and paintings. She was especially noted for her experimental use of materials and her fine craftsmanship.

Personally Speaking
Delavan Art Gallery

Delavan Art Gallery
501 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

Sandra Abraham: "Memories of Italy" pastel paintings
Mary Lou Colgin: collage and water media
Dena DeFrees Beratta: "Personal Shutter" photography
Coreen Steinbach: paintings
James Walker: autos in pen and ink

July Jazz Concert

Beard Park
Fayetteville

Ronnie Leigh, Nancy Kelly, and Jacque Tara Washington will sing with Jeff Stockham and the Jazz Police as accompaniment.

Death Takes a Bow
Acme Mystery Company

Price: $23.95 plus tax and gratuities
Spaghetti Warehouse
689 N. Clinton St., Syracuse

Interactive mystery dinner theater.

Birds of Paradise
Redhouse

Price: $26 regular; $22 student/senior
Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

This relatively "unknown gem" of a musical features a hysterical script by Winnie Holzman (Wicked) and delightful music by David Evans. The story begins as the Harbour Island Players, an amateur theatre group, await the arrival of ex-Broadway star, Lawrence Wood, who deigns to give them some expert advice. Wood ends up directing and starring in their strange musical adaptation of The Seagull. As they all get to know one another, sparks fly onstage as well as behind the scenes. Perfect summer fare...

Read a Review!

Friday, July 22, 2005

Visual Arts Showcase: Drawings
CNY Arts

WCNY
415 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

Special viewing arrangements can be made by calling the Cultural Resources Council at 315-435-2155.

A City Rises from the Banks of the Canal
Erie Canal Museum

Price: Donations accepted
Erie Canal Museum
318 Erie Blvd. E., Syracuse

Vast stretches of wilderness areas sparsely populated and dotted with small settlements would aptly describe New Yorks interior in early 1800s. Then, in 1825, a man-made waterway stretching 363 miles from Albany to Buffalo was completed. Once ridiculed as "Clinton's Folly," the Erie Canal quickly became known as the "Mother of Cities" as it gave rise to hundreds of canal-side communities and reshaped Upstate New York's geography and economy forever. The history of the City of Syracuse, located on the banks of the Erie and Oswego Canals, is told through its unique canal-era architectural structures. The buildings represented in the exhibition were selected for their proximity to the Erie Canal, as well as, if the buildings use was canal related. Historic images, original paintings and prints feature a host of canal-era banks, warehouses, private residences and businesses, as well as canal structures such as locks and aqueducts. An Exhibition catalog is available.

Karl Baden: A Long Year. September 29, 2000  September 29, 2001
Light Work Gallery

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

Video, 16 minutes 47 seconds

Sol Lewitt: Complex Forms No. 7
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

This summer the Everson Museum will be exhibiting Complex Form No. 7, a large-scale sculpture by internationally known conceptual artist Sol Lewitt. Like most minimalist and conceptual artists, Lewitt emphasized idea over execution. Complex Form No. 7 consists of eight module structures, spanning almost seventeen feet, that have been constructed and assembled by assistants according to Lewitt's design specifications. The artistic process is intellectual rather than emotional, as demonstrated by the artist's decision to use everyday materials and no color to carry out a complicated design drawing.

Lewitt donated Complex Form No. 7 to the Everson Museum in 1993. A 1949 graduate of Syracuse University, he returned to campus in 2004 to construct Six Curved Walls (Syracuse) in honor of the inauguration of Chancellor Nancy Cantor. The installation, located on the hillside of Crouse College, consists of a series of six undulating walls made of cinderblocks, each twelve feet high and stretching 140 feet. A third sculpture by Sol Lewitt stands outside the James M. Hanley Federal Building in downtown Syracuse.

Water and Light: James McNeill Whistler's Etchings and Drypoints of Venice and Amsterdam
Syracuse University Art Museum

University Art Collection
Sims Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse

Georges Rouault -- Cirque de L'Etoile Filante
Syracuse University Art Museum

University Art Collection
Sims Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse

The circus was an important theme in Rouault's work, and when Parisian publisher Ambrose Vollard suggested a portfolio of prints on the subject, Rouault spent 12 years creating designs for Cirque de L'Etoile Filante (Circus of the Shooting Star), color aquatints, and wood engravings.

Sarah Austin Retrospective
Redhouse

Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

Sarah Austin engaged in a visual dialogue with art history by creating meticulously crafted collage constructions featuring famous artists and paintings. She was especially noted for her experimental use of materials and her fine craftsmanship.

Personally Speaking
Delavan Art Gallery

Delavan Art Gallery
501 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

Sandra Abraham: "Memories of Italy" pastel paintings
Mary Lou Colgin: collage and water media
Dena DeFrees Beratta: "Personal Shutter" photography
Coreen Steinbach: paintings
James Walker: autos in pen and ink

The Stan Colella Orchestra

Price: Free
Sunnycrest Rink
Sunnycrest Park, Syracuse

Bring seating. For more information, phone 315-473-4330.

Syracuse Symphony Orchestra
Grant Cooper, conductor

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

Rain location is the Mulroy Civic Center at Oncenter.

Meatballs

Price: Free
Dewitt Community Library
Shoppingtown Mall, Dewitt

An interactive musical for ages 4 and up. For more information, phone 315-446-3578.

Birds of Paradise
Redhouse

Price: $26 regular; $22 student/senior
Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

This relatively "unknown gem" of a musical features a hysterical script by Winnie Holzman (Wicked) and delightful music by David Evans. The story begins as the Harbour Island Players, an amateur theatre group, await the arrival of ex-Broadway star, Lawrence Wood, who deigns to give them some expert advice. Wood ends up directing and starring in their strange musical adaptation of The Seagull. As they all get to know one another, sparks fly onstage as well as behind the scenes. Perfect summer fare...

Read a Review!

Noises Off
The Talent Company

Price: $23 regular; $20 students/seniors; $14 children 12 and under
Empire Theater
New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes

Noises Off if a comedy about putting on a comedy, a play within a play. Act One opens with a touring company dress rehearsing "Nothing On", a conventional farce with a hilarious melee of stock characters and situations, the night before it opens.Act Two is a backstage explanation of how things got that way, as the audience now literally watches the backstage escapades of the same actors now in performance of "Nothing On", as they try their hardest to both keep the play going and kill each other. Act Three is a magnificent coda of how things just got worse as the show continues on its tour.

Read a Review!

The Last Five Years
Vineyard Theatre Arts

Price: $16 regular; $13 students/seniors
Syracuse Vineyard Church
312 Lakeside Rd., Syracuse

Back by popular demand, this off-Broadway hit musical by Jason Robert Brown uniquely chronicles the relationship of an up-and-coming writer and a struggling actress. Chronicled in "reverse time," Jamie's story ends as Cathy's begins.

Read a Review!

Net Worth
Featuring Bari Hochwald

Price: $15
Sutton Pavillion, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

When stripped naked, what are you really worth? Award-winning actress Bari Hochwald answers this question when she presents the U.S. debut of her first play, Net Worth. In this witty and poignant one-woman show, Hochwald (Star Trek, Desperate Housewives, Shadow of the Blair Witch) juggles a diverse career as a popular television, film and theater actress and personal finance coach. The fast-paced, 80-minute play strips her naked to the essence of herself as she conjures up the deep and often hilarious struggles that clash between a family with a challenging legacy and a career that has created financial challenges. Deeper still, the layers are peeled away as she questions the past, present and future of her life, her loves, her passions and her check book.

Hochwald's inspiration for Net Worth came from her experiences teaching artists and students about personal finance and writing the forthcoming book Your Money, Your Art, Your Life! She developed the play in workshops in Los Angeles, in preparation for its Syracuse premiere. In August, the production will move to Scotland's Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

A longtime Los Angeles resident, Hochwald recently returned to Syracuse to work as associate to the dean in Syracuse University's College of Visual and Performing Arts. An alumna of SU's Department of Drama, she last performed locally in the Syracuse Stage production of Androcles and the Lion.

For reservations, phone 315-952-9581 or e-mail networththeplay@yahoo.com. Tickets will also be sold at the door.

Saturday, July 23, 2005

Personally Speaking
Delavan Art Gallery

Delavan Art Gallery
501 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

Sandra Abraham: "Memories of Italy" pastel paintings
Mary Lou Colgin: collage and water media
Dena DeFrees Beratta: "Personal Shutter" photography
Coreen Steinbach: paintings
James Walker: autos in pen and ink

A City Rises from the Banks of the Canal
Erie Canal Museum

Price: Donations accepted
Erie Canal Museum
318 Erie Blvd. E., Syracuse

Vast stretches of wilderness areas sparsely populated and dotted with small settlements would aptly describe New Yorks interior in early 1800s. Then, in 1825, a man-made waterway stretching 363 miles from Albany to Buffalo was completed. Once ridiculed as "Clinton's Folly," the Erie Canal quickly became known as the "Mother of Cities" as it gave rise to hundreds of canal-side communities and reshaped Upstate New York's geography and economy forever. The history of the City of Syracuse, located on the banks of the Erie and Oswego Canals, is told through its unique canal-era architectural structures. The buildings represented in the exhibition were selected for their proximity to the Erie Canal, as well as, if the buildings use was canal related. Historic images, original paintings and prints feature a host of canal-era banks, warehouses, private residences and businesses, as well as canal structures such as locks and aqueducts. An Exhibition catalog is available.

Sol Lewitt: Complex Forms No. 7
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

This summer the Everson Museum will be exhibiting Complex Form No. 7, a large-scale sculpture by internationally known conceptual artist Sol Lewitt. Like most minimalist and conceptual artists, Lewitt emphasized idea over execution. Complex Form No. 7 consists of eight module structures, spanning almost seventeen feet, that have been constructed and assembled by assistants according to Lewitt's design specifications. The artistic process is intellectual rather than emotional, as demonstrated by the artist's decision to use everyday materials and no color to carry out a complicated design drawing.

Lewitt donated Complex Form No. 7 to the Everson Museum in 1993. A 1949 graduate of Syracuse University, he returned to campus in 2004 to construct Six Curved Walls (Syracuse) in honor of the inauguration of Chancellor Nancy Cantor. The installation, located on the hillside of Crouse College, consists of a series of six undulating walls made of cinderblocks, each twelve feet high and stretching 140 feet. A third sculpture by Sol Lewitt stands outside the James M. Hanley Federal Building in downtown Syracuse.

Georges Rouault -- Cirque de L'Etoile Filante
Syracuse University Art Museum

University Art Collection
Sims Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse

The circus was an important theme in Rouault's work, and when Parisian publisher Ambrose Vollard suggested a portfolio of prints on the subject, Rouault spent 12 years creating designs for Cirque de L'Etoile Filante (Circus of the Shooting Star), color aquatints, and wood engravings.

Water and Light: James McNeill Whistler's Etchings and Drypoints of Venice and Amsterdam
Syracuse University Art Museum

University Art Collection
Sims Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse

Sarah Austin Retrospective
Redhouse

Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

Sarah Austin engaged in a visual dialogue with art history by creating meticulously crafted collage constructions featuring famous artists and paintings. She was especially noted for her experimental use of materials and her fine craftsmanship.

Syracuse Symphony Orchestra
Grant Cooper, conductor

Price: Free
Beard Park
Fayetteville

Rain location is Fayetteville-Manlius High School, 8201 East Seneca Turnpike in Manlius.

Alice in Wonderland
Magic Circle Children's Theatre

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

Birds of Paradise
Redhouse

Price: $26 regular; $22 student/senior
Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

This relatively "unknown gem" of a musical features a hysterical script by Winnie Holzman (Wicked) and delightful music by David Evans. The story begins as the Harbour Island Players, an amateur theatre group, await the arrival of ex-Broadway star, Lawrence Wood, who deigns to give them some expert advice. Wood ends up directing and starring in their strange musical adaptation of The Seagull. As they all get to know one another, sparks fly onstage as well as behind the scenes. Perfect summer fare...

Read a Review!

Noises Off
The Talent Company

Price: $23 regular; $20 students/seniors; $14 children 12 and under
Empire Theater
New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes

Noises Off if a comedy about putting on a comedy, a play within a play. Act One opens with a touring company dress rehearsing "Nothing On", a conventional farce with a hilarious melee of stock characters and situations, the night before it opens.Act Two is a backstage explanation of how things got that way, as the audience now literally watches the backstage escapades of the same actors now in performance of "Nothing On", as they try their hardest to both keep the play going and kill each other. Act Three is a magnificent coda of how things just got worse as the show continues on its tour.

Read a Review!

The Last Five Years
Vineyard Theatre Arts

Price: $16 regular; $13 students/seniors
Syracuse Vineyard Church
312 Lakeside Rd., Syracuse

Back by popular demand, this off-Broadway hit musical by Jason Robert Brown uniquely chronicles the relationship of an up-and-coming writer and a struggling actress. Chronicled in "reverse time," Jamie's story ends as Cathy's begins.

Read a Review!

Net Worth
Featuring Bari Hochwald

Price: $15
Sutton Pavillion, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

When stripped naked, what are you really worth? Award-winning actress Bari Hochwald answers this question when she presents the U.S. debut of her first play, Net Worth. In this witty and poignant one-woman show, Hochwald (Star Trek, Desperate Housewives, Shadow of the Blair Witch) juggles a diverse career as a popular television, film and theater actress and personal finance coach. The fast-paced, 80-minute play strips her naked to the essence of herself as she conjures up the deep and often hilarious struggles that clash between a family with a challenging legacy and a career that has created financial challenges. Deeper still, the layers are peeled away as she questions the past, present and future of her life, her loves, her passions and her check book.

Hochwald's inspiration for Net Worth came from her experiences teaching artists and students about personal finance and writing the forthcoming book Your Money, Your Art, Your Life! She developed the play in workshops in Los Angeles, in preparation for its Syracuse premiere. In August, the production will move to Scotland's Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

A longtime Los Angeles resident, Hochwald recently returned to Syracuse to work as associate to the dean in Syracuse University's College of Visual and Performing Arts. An alumna of SU's Department of Drama, she last performed locally in the Syracuse Stage production of Androcles and the Lion.

For reservations, phone 315-952-9581 or e-mail networththeplay@yahoo.com. Tickets will also be sold at the door.

Sunday, July 24, 2005

A City Rises from the Banks of the Canal
Erie Canal Museum

Price: Donations accepted
Erie Canal Museum
318 Erie Blvd. E., Syracuse

Vast stretches of wilderness areas sparsely populated and dotted with small settlements would aptly describe New Yorks interior in early 1800s. Then, in 1825, a man-made waterway stretching 363 miles from Albany to Buffalo was completed. Once ridiculed as "Clinton's Folly," the Erie Canal quickly became known as the "Mother of Cities" as it gave rise to hundreds of canal-side communities and reshaped Upstate New York's geography and economy forever. The history of the City of Syracuse, located on the banks of the Erie and Oswego Canals, is told through its unique canal-era architectural structures. The buildings represented in the exhibition were selected for their proximity to the Erie Canal, as well as, if the buildings use was canal related. Historic images, original paintings and prints feature a host of canal-era banks, warehouses, private residences and businesses, as well as canal structures such as locks and aqueducts. An Exhibition catalog is available.

Karl Baden: A Long Year. September 29, 2000  September 29, 2001
Light Work Gallery

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

Video, 16 minutes 47 seconds

Sol Lewitt: Complex Forms No. 7
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

This summer the Everson Museum will be exhibiting Complex Form No. 7, a large-scale sculpture by internationally known conceptual artist Sol Lewitt. Like most minimalist and conceptual artists, Lewitt emphasized idea over execution. Complex Form No. 7 consists of eight module structures, spanning almost seventeen feet, that have been constructed and assembled by assistants according to Lewitt's design specifications. The artistic process is intellectual rather than emotional, as demonstrated by the artist's decision to use everyday materials and no color to carry out a complicated design drawing.

Lewitt donated Complex Form No. 7 to the Everson Museum in 1993. A 1949 graduate of Syracuse University, he returned to campus in 2004 to construct Six Curved Walls (Syracuse) in honor of the inauguration of Chancellor Nancy Cantor. The installation, located on the hillside of Crouse College, consists of a series of six undulating walls made of cinderblocks, each twelve feet high and stretching 140 feet. A third sculpture by Sol Lewitt stands outside the James M. Hanley Federal Building in downtown Syracuse.

Water and Light: James McNeill Whistler's Etchings and Drypoints of Venice and Amsterdam
Syracuse University Art Museum

University Art Collection
Sims Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse

Georges Rouault -- Cirque de L'Etoile Filante
Syracuse University Art Museum

University Art Collection
Sims Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse

The circus was an important theme in Rouault's work, and when Parisian publisher Ambrose Vollard suggested a portfolio of prints on the subject, Rouault spent 12 years creating designs for Cirque de L'Etoile Filante (Circus of the Shooting Star), color aquatints, and wood engravings.

Vera Drake
Redhouse

Price: $8
Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

Vera Drake; wife, mother, criminal. In the repressed Britain of the 1950s, Vera Drake, an altruistic but naive cleaning lady is the picture of devotion and love, nursing her mother and neighbors, cooking, cleaning and taking in suppertime strays. However, unbeknownst to her family, Vera also spends her working day helping girls who "find themselves in trouble". When her activities are found out by the authorities, Vera's world and family life rapidly unravel. (English, 125 minutes, rated R)

Vocal Recital
Schola Cantorum of Syracuse

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

Singers from the group's summer workshop will present a vocal recital of the works of Obrecht and other German composers. For information, phone 315-446- 1757.

Birds of Paradise
Redhouse

Price: $26 regular; $22 student/senior
Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

This relatively "unknown gem" of a musical features a hysterical script by Winnie Holzman (Wicked) and delightful music by David Evans. The story begins as the Harbour Island Players, an amateur theatre group, await the arrival of ex-Broadway star, Lawrence Wood, who deigns to give them some expert advice. Wood ends up directing and starring in their strange musical adaptation of The Seagull. As they all get to know one another, sparks fly onstage as well as behind the scenes. Perfect summer fare...

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Noises Off
The Talent Company

Price: $23 regular; $20 students/seniors; $14 children 12 and under
Empire Theater
New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes

Noises Off if a comedy about putting on a comedy, a play within a play. Act One opens with a touring company dress rehearsing "Nothing On", a conventional farce with a hilarious melee of stock characters and situations, the night before it opens.Act Two is a backstage explanation of how things got that way, as the audience now literally watches the backstage escapades of the same actors now in performance of "Nothing On", as they try their hardest to both keep the play going and kill each other. Act Three is a magnificent coda of how things just got worse as the show continues on its tour.

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Net Worth
Featuring Bari Hochwald

Price: $15
Sutton Pavillion, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

When stripped naked, what are you really worth? Award-winning actress Bari Hochwald answers this question when she presents the U.S. debut of her first play, Net Worth. In this witty and poignant one-woman show, Hochwald (Star Trek, Desperate Housewives, Shadow of the Blair Witch) juggles a diverse career as a popular television, film and theater actress and personal finance coach. The fast-paced, 80-minute play strips her naked to the essence of herself as she conjures up the deep and often hilarious struggles that clash between a family with a challenging legacy and a career that has created financial challenges. Deeper still, the layers are peeled away as she questions the past, present and future of her life, her loves, her passions and her check book.

Hochwald's inspiration for Net Worth came from her experiences teaching artists and students about personal finance and writing the forthcoming book Your Money, Your Art, Your Life! She developed the play in workshops in Los Angeles, in preparation for its Syracuse premiere. In August, the production will move to Scotland's Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

A longtime Los Angeles resident, Hochwald recently returned to Syracuse to work as associate to the dean in Syracuse University's College of Visual and Performing Arts. An alumna of SU's Department of Drama, she last performed locally in the Syracuse Stage production of Androcles and the Lion.

For reservations, phone 315-952-9581 or e-mail networththeplay@yahoo.com. Tickets will also be sold at the door.