Thursday, May 25, 2006

unseenamerica: photos and stories by workers

Price: Free
Panasci Lounge, Schine Student Center
Syracuse University, Syracuse

Photos by local workers who participated in unseenamerica NYS will be on display. "unseenamerica: photos and stories by workers" (ReganBooks; May 1, 2006) offers an intimate, honest and eye-opening look at the everyday lives of working-class men and women across the United States. Edited by Esther Cohen, the book grew from a unique photography program she created at Bread and Roses, the nonprofit cultural arm of Local ll99 of the Service Employees International Union. Over a two-year span, 350 groups -- from janitors in Washington, D.C., to formerly homeless women in Gainesville, Fla. -- were given point-and-shoot cameras and free lessons by professional photographers. Then they were asked to take pictures of what they saw -- favorite places, typical and special activities, neighbors and loved ones. The result is a striking collection of black-and-white images that each has a story to tell.

Unseenamerica NYS is a collaboration of the Bread & Roses Cultural Project of 1199SEIU, the New York State AFL-CIO and the Workforce Development Institute.

Visual Arts Committee Showcase Exhibit
CNY Arts

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

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

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

Something Old, Something New: Pigment Prints by Donal and Shel Little
Liverpool Public Library

Price: Free
Liverpool Public Library
310 Tulip St., Liverpool

The Littles collaborate to produce unique re-imaginings of their original photography.

Works by Ken Brzozowski
Syracuse University School of Art and Design

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

The sculpture displayed is part of a new series using minimal changes to the material to evoke a sense of being, to animate the inanimate and to give personality to the materials without making them too human. Brzozowski has been an artist for "as long as he can remember." His first "large work" was painting the landlord's backyard with roof tar when he was three years old. He studied sculpture at VPA under Lawson Smith and the late Rodger Mack. He currently divides his time between an Adirondack studio on the Hudson River and Manhattan. His work has traveled to the corners of the world, including Europe and Japan.

For more information, contact the VPA Dean's Office at 443-5889.

Paid parking is available in Irving Garage.

Open Figure Drawing Group Show
Westcott Community Center

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

The purpose for which Open Figure Drawing Inc. was formed is to promote and engage in regular sessions of figure drawing with live models. These activities include artistic motivation mainly focused on sketching and drawing the human form, utilizing materials including but not limited to ink, charcoal, graphite, watercolors, acrylic paints, canvas and paper. The organization provides regular weekly Wednesday sessions at the Westcott Community Center, which are open to the public, to allow any interested party to engage in, practice and display figure drawing.

After nine years of group exhibits at Happy Endings and three years of shows at Syracuse University's Coyne Gallery, OFD Inc is pleased to present a show of portraits drawn at our Wednesday sessions. This family friendly display will concentrate on various renditions of the face.

Suzanne Opton: Soldier
Light Work Gallery

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

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

Newhouse Photography Annual
Light Work Gallery

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ARC of Onondaga
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

This exhibition will display artwork created by the consumers served at the ARC of Onondaga, the largest provider of services to people with developmental disabilities and their families in Onondaga County. The artwork -- made from paint and such non-traditional materials as coffee grounds and orange soda mixed with glue -- is completed as a part of the program's daily activities to stimulate sensory and range of motion needs, as well as creativity.

Eye on Cinema
Point of Contact Gallery

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

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

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

For more information, phone 315-443-2169.

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

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

Curated by Domenic J. Iacono, Syracuse University Art Collection

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

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

Terra Firma: Two Perspectives
Redhouse
Featuring works by David MacDonald & Daphne Verley Pietrafesa

Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

An exhibition of fine craft featuring renowned Syracuse ceramicist, David MacDonald and emerging ceramic artist Daphne Verley Pietrafesa. MacDonald's meticulous, elaborately carved vessels echo his African-American heritage in the use of organic, earth-toned clay and glazes and provide a wonderful juxtaposition alongside Pietrafesa's bold, bright, colorfully glazed works reminiscent of French, Italian and Spanish Majolica. The dialogue created between these two very different, yet complimentary perspectives, will give the viewer new insight and appreciation into the world of contemporary ceramic design, and the diverse history from which they both are drawn.

Syracuse ceramist David MacDonald transforms mounds of clay into works of art that have been displayed in museums and galleries all over the country. The beauty and richness of Africa's pottery resonates throughout his ceramic vessels. He discovered his passion for ceramics as an art student in college, and nearly 40 years later, he is still amazed at what he can create from a simple lump of clay. He gleans his ideas from ancient African designs: "I was inspired by it because they made pottery that had a lot of surface decorations, a lot of linear patterns and carvings on it."

Pietrafesas pottery is mainly hand formed, slab construction incorporating colorful slips and under glazes (some utilizing majolica glaze techniques) with patterns ranging from simple to ornate. Her meticulously glazed patterns are a vibrant edition to the rich history of majolica pottery decoration. Included in this exhibition are also pieces from a new series influenced by "Block Island Beach Rocks," where the emphasis is less on pattern and symmetry and more on organic forms, and surfaces.

The Gallery is also open prior to and after all scheduled events.

Read a review!

As the Artist Sees It
Delavan Art Gallery

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

Patrice Downes Centore: watercolors
Diane Lansing: photographs
Brian Lister: oil Paintings
Ron McGregor: ceramics
Nikolay Mikushkin: oil Paintings

Memorial Day Concert
Stan Colella Orchestra

Price: Free
Clinton Square
Downtown, Syracuse

Information: 315-473-4330.

No Time For Death
Acme Mystery Company

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

Interactive murder mystery.

Menopause The Musical
Syracuse Stage
Kathryn Conte, director

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

Menopause The Musical is set in a New York City Bloomingdale's department store and tells the story of four women - a Power Woman, Soap Star, Earth Mother and Iowa Housewife - who meet during a lingerie sale and learn that, despite being very different types of women, they share a common bond: menopause.

Menopause The Musical, written and produced by Jeanie Linders, features parodies of 25 baby-boomer hit songs from the '60s and '70s, with lyrics re-penned by Linders that spoof, laugh at and celebrate menopause and its many common symptoms, including hot flashes, night memory loss. Among the recognizable tunes in the show are chart-toppers such as The Beach Boys' "Help Me, Rhonda," which becomes "Help me Doctor," Aretha Franklin's "Chain of Fools" recast as "Change of Life"; and '60s folk classic "Puff the Magic Dragon" as an ode to exhaustion: "Puff, My God, I'm Draggin'."

Read a Review!

Rounding Third
Redhouse

Price: $33 regular; $26 senior (65 or older); $22 student
Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

This hilarious comedy by Richard Dresser combines two mismatched coaches as they struggle through a season together and ultimately discover the true meaning of success. Don the veteran and Michael the new recruit have markedly different personal circumstances and philosophies about the game of baseball and the game of life. Their clashes drive this funny, touching play through the bumpy terrain of fatherhood and baseball.

Friday, May 26, 2006

unseenamerica: photos and stories by workers

Price: Free
Panasci Lounge, Schine Student Center
Syracuse University, Syracuse

Photos by local workers who participated in unseenamerica NYS will be on display. "unseenamerica: photos and stories by workers" (ReganBooks; May 1, 2006) offers an intimate, honest and eye-opening look at the everyday lives of working-class men and women across the United States. Edited by Esther Cohen, the book grew from a unique photography program she created at Bread and Roses, the nonprofit cultural arm of Local ll99 of the Service Employees International Union. Over a two-year span, 350 groups -- from janitors in Washington, D.C., to formerly homeless women in Gainesville, Fla. -- were given point-and-shoot cameras and free lessons by professional photographers. Then they were asked to take pictures of what they saw -- favorite places, typical and special activities, neighbors and loved ones. The result is a striking collection of black-and-white images that each has a story to tell.

Unseenamerica NYS is a collaboration of the Bread & Roses Cultural Project of 1199SEIU, the New York State AFL-CIO and the Workforce Development Institute.

Visual Arts Committee Showcase Exhibit
CNY Arts

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

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

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

Something Old, Something New: Pigment Prints by Donal and Shel Little
Liverpool Public Library

Price: Free
Liverpool Public Library
310 Tulip St., Liverpool

The Littles collaborate to produce unique re-imaginings of their original photography.

Works by Ken Brzozowski
Syracuse University School of Art and Design

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

The sculpture displayed is part of a new series using minimal changes to the material to evoke a sense of being, to animate the inanimate and to give personality to the materials without making them too human. Brzozowski has been an artist for "as long as he can remember." His first "large work" was painting the landlord's backyard with roof tar when he was three years old. He studied sculpture at VPA under Lawson Smith and the late Rodger Mack. He currently divides his time between an Adirondack studio on the Hudson River and Manhattan. His work has traveled to the corners of the world, including Europe and Japan.

For more information, contact the VPA Dean's Office at 443-5889.

Paid parking is available in Irving Garage.

Open Figure Drawing Group Show
Westcott Community Center

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

The purpose for which Open Figure Drawing Inc. was formed is to promote and engage in regular sessions of figure drawing with live models. These activities include artistic motivation mainly focused on sketching and drawing the human form, utilizing materials including but not limited to ink, charcoal, graphite, watercolors, acrylic paints, canvas and paper. The organization provides regular weekly Wednesday sessions at the Westcott Community Center, which are open to the public, to allow any interested party to engage in, practice and display figure drawing.

After nine years of group exhibits at Happy Endings and three years of shows at Syracuse University's Coyne Gallery, OFD Inc is pleased to present a show of portraits drawn at our Wednesday sessions. This family friendly display will concentrate on various renditions of the face.

Suzanne Opton: Soldier
Light Work Gallery

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

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

Newhouse Photography Annual
Light Work Gallery

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ARC of Onondaga
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

This exhibition will display artwork created by the consumers served at the ARC of Onondaga, the largest provider of services to people with developmental disabilities and their families in Onondaga County. The artwork -- made from paint and such non-traditional materials as coffee grounds and orange soda mixed with glue -- is completed as a part of the program's daily activities to stimulate sensory and range of motion needs, as well as creativity.

Eye on Cinema
Point of Contact Gallery

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

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

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

For more information, phone 315-443-2169.

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

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

Curated by Domenic J. Iacono, Syracuse University Art Collection

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

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

Terra Firma: Two Perspectives
Redhouse
Featuring works by David MacDonald & Daphne Verley Pietrafesa

Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

An exhibition of fine craft featuring renowned Syracuse ceramicist, David MacDonald and emerging ceramic artist Daphne Verley Pietrafesa. MacDonald's meticulous, elaborately carved vessels echo his African-American heritage in the use of organic, earth-toned clay and glazes and provide a wonderful juxtaposition alongside Pietrafesa's bold, bright, colorfully glazed works reminiscent of French, Italian and Spanish Majolica. The dialogue created between these two very different, yet complimentary perspectives, will give the viewer new insight and appreciation into the world of contemporary ceramic design, and the diverse history from which they both are drawn.

Syracuse ceramist David MacDonald transforms mounds of clay into works of art that have been displayed in museums and galleries all over the country. The beauty and richness of Africa's pottery resonates throughout his ceramic vessels. He discovered his passion for ceramics as an art student in college, and nearly 40 years later, he is still amazed at what he can create from a simple lump of clay. He gleans his ideas from ancient African designs: "I was inspired by it because they made pottery that had a lot of surface decorations, a lot of linear patterns and carvings on it."

Pietrafesas pottery is mainly hand formed, slab construction incorporating colorful slips and under glazes (some utilizing majolica glaze techniques) with patterns ranging from simple to ornate. Her meticulously glazed patterns are a vibrant edition to the rich history of majolica pottery decoration. Included in this exhibition are also pieces from a new series influenced by "Block Island Beach Rocks," where the emphasis is less on pattern and symmetry and more on organic forms, and surfaces.

The Gallery is also open prior to and after all scheduled events.

Read a review!

As the Artist Sees It
Delavan Art Gallery

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

Patrice Downes Centore: watercolors
Diane Lansing: photographs
Brian Lister: oil Paintings
Ron McGregor: ceramics
Nikolay Mikushkin: oil Paintings

Alexander Who's Not Not Not Not NOT Going to Move
Gifford Family Theatre

Price: $10 adults, $8 students
Coyne Center for the Performing Arts
LeMoyne College, Syracuse

And he thought he'd had a terrible, horrible, no good very bad day before! Alexander has just gotten some really bad news from his parents. Dad has a new job a thousand miles away, which means that his mom and dad and his bossy older brothers are going to have to move to a whole new city. And even though his mom says, "Wait, you'll like it," Alexander already knows he'll hate it. He'll hate it because he'll never have a best friend like Paul again. And h'll never have a great sitter like Rachel again. And he'll never again have his soccer team or his car pool or kids who know him or...

Most appreciated by family audiences and young people ages 4 and older.

Read a Review!

One Moe Time
Featuring Moe Harrington

Price: $20
Empire Theater
New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes

An evening of song, with special guests Gennaro Parlato and Dana Sovocool. For more information, phone 315-479-7469.

Read a review!

Rounding Third
Redhouse

Price: $33 regular; $26 senior (65 or older); $22 student
Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

This hilarious comedy by Richard Dresser combines two mismatched coaches as they struggle through a season together and ultimately discover the true meaning of success. Don the veteran and Michael the new recruit have markedly different personal circumstances and philosophies about the game of baseball and the game of life. Their clashes drive this funny, touching play through the bumpy terrain of fatherhood and baseball.

Menopause The Musical
Syracuse Stage
Kathryn Conte, director

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

Menopause The Musical is set in a New York City Bloomingdale's department store and tells the story of four women - a Power Woman, Soap Star, Earth Mother and Iowa Housewife - who meet during a lingerie sale and learn that, despite being very different types of women, they share a common bond: menopause.

Menopause The Musical, written and produced by Jeanie Linders, features parodies of 25 baby-boomer hit songs from the '60s and '70s, with lyrics re-penned by Linders that spoof, laugh at and celebrate menopause and its many common symptoms, including hot flashes, night memory loss. Among the recognizable tunes in the show are chart-toppers such as The Beach Boys' "Help Me, Rhonda," which becomes "Help me Doctor," Aretha Franklin's "Chain of Fools" recast as "Change of Life"; and '60s folk classic "Puff the Magic Dragon" as an ode to exhaustion: "Puff, My God, I'm Draggin'."

Read a Review!

Saturday, May 27, 2006

As the Artist Sees It
Delavan Art Gallery

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

Patrice Downes Centore: watercolors
Diane Lansing: photographs
Brian Lister: oil Paintings
Ron McGregor: ceramics
Nikolay Mikushkin: oil Paintings

ARC of Onondaga
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

This exhibition will display artwork created by the consumers served at the ARC of Onondaga, the largest provider of services to people with developmental disabilities and their families in Onondaga County. The artwork -- made from paint and such non-traditional materials as coffee grounds and orange soda mixed with glue -- is completed as a part of the program's daily activities to stimulate sensory and range of motion needs, as well as creativity.

Something Old, Something New: Pigment Prints by Donal and Shel Little
Liverpool Public Library

Price: Free
Liverpool Public Library
310 Tulip St., Liverpool

The Littles collaborate to produce unique re-imaginings of their original photography.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Curated by Domenic J. Iacono, Syracuse University Art Collection

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

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

Terra Firma: Two Perspectives
Redhouse
Featuring works by David MacDonald & Daphne Verley Pietrafesa

Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

An exhibition of fine craft featuring renowned Syracuse ceramicist, David MacDonald and emerging ceramic artist Daphne Verley Pietrafesa. MacDonald's meticulous, elaborately carved vessels echo his African-American heritage in the use of organic, earth-toned clay and glazes and provide a wonderful juxtaposition alongside Pietrafesa's bold, bright, colorfully glazed works reminiscent of French, Italian and Spanish Majolica. The dialogue created between these two very different, yet complimentary perspectives, will give the viewer new insight and appreciation into the world of contemporary ceramic design, and the diverse history from which they both are drawn.

Syracuse ceramist David MacDonald transforms mounds of clay into works of art that have been displayed in museums and galleries all over the country. The beauty and richness of Africa's pottery resonates throughout his ceramic vessels. He discovered his passion for ceramics as an art student in college, and nearly 40 years later, he is still amazed at what he can create from a simple lump of clay. He gleans his ideas from ancient African designs: "I was inspired by it because they made pottery that had a lot of surface decorations, a lot of linear patterns and carvings on it."

Pietrafesas pottery is mainly hand formed, slab construction incorporating colorful slips and under glazes (some utilizing majolica glaze techniques) with patterns ranging from simple to ornate. Her meticulously glazed patterns are a vibrant edition to the rich history of majolica pottery decoration. Included in this exhibition are also pieces from a new series influenced by "Block Island Beach Rocks," where the emphasis is less on pattern and symmetry and more on organic forms, and surfaces.

The Gallery is also open prior to and after all scheduled events.

Read a review!

Artist in Attendance: Spiritual Transformation through Body Art
Delavan Art Gallery
Featuring Richard Karuzas and Alec Franklor

Delavan Art Gallery
501 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

A presentation of a video that includes the spiritual journey of Alec Franklor through her body art and paintings of Alec by Richard Karuzas. A Q&A session will follow.

Beauty and the Beast
Magic Circle Children's Theatre

Price: $6
Spaghetti Warehouse
689 N. Clinton St., Syracuse

Interactive version of the classic children's tale. Reservations recommended -- phone 315-449-3823.

Alexander Who's Not Not Not Not NOT Going to Move
Gifford Family Theatre

Price: $10 adults, $8 students
Coyne Center for the Performing Arts
LeMoyne College, Syracuse

And he thought he'd had a terrible, horrible, no good very bad day before! Alexander has just gotten some really bad news from his parents. Dad has a new job a thousand miles away, which means that his mom and dad and his bossy older brothers are going to have to move to a whole new city. And even though his mom says, "Wait, you'll like it," Alexander already knows he'll hate it. He'll hate it because he'll never have a best friend like Paul again. And h'll never have a great sitter like Rachel again. And he'll never again have his soccer team or his car pool or kids who know him or...

Most appreciated by family audiences and young people ages 4 and older.

Read a Review!

Menopause The Musical
Syracuse Stage
Kathryn Conte, director

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

Menopause The Musical is set in a New York City Bloomingdale's department store and tells the story of four women - a Power Woman, Soap Star, Earth Mother and Iowa Housewife - who meet during a lingerie sale and learn that, despite being very different types of women, they share a common bond: menopause.

Menopause The Musical, written and produced by Jeanie Linders, features parodies of 25 baby-boomer hit songs from the '60s and '70s, with lyrics re-penned by Linders that spoof, laugh at and celebrate menopause and its many common symptoms, including hot flashes, night memory loss. Among the recognizable tunes in the show are chart-toppers such as The Beach Boys' "Help Me, Rhonda," which becomes "Help me Doctor," Aretha Franklin's "Chain of Fools" recast as "Change of Life"; and '60s folk classic "Puff the Magic Dragon" as an ode to exhaustion: "Puff, My God, I'm Draggin'."

Read a Review!

Alexander Who's Not Not Not Not NOT Going to Move
Gifford Family Theatre

Price: $10 adults, $8 students
Coyne Center for the Performing Arts
LeMoyne College, Syracuse

And he thought he'd had a terrible, horrible, no good very bad day before! Alexander has just gotten some really bad news from his parents. Dad has a new job a thousand miles away, which means that his mom and dad and his bossy older brothers are going to have to move to a whole new city. And even though his mom says, "Wait, you'll like it," Alexander already knows he'll hate it. He'll hate it because he'll never have a best friend like Paul again. And h'll never have a great sitter like Rachel again. And he'll never again have his soccer team or his car pool or kids who know him or...

Most appreciated by family audiences and young people ages 4 and older.

Read a Review!

One Moe Time
Featuring Moe Harrington

Price: $20
Empire Theater
New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes

An evening of song, with special guests Gennaro Parlato and Dana Sovocool. For more information, phone 315-479-7469.

Read a review!

Rounding Third
Redhouse

Price: $33 regular; $26 senior (65 or older); $22 student
Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

This hilarious comedy by Richard Dresser combines two mismatched coaches as they struggle through a season together and ultimately discover the true meaning of success. Don the veteran and Michael the new recruit have markedly different personal circumstances and philosophies about the game of baseball and the game of life. Their clashes drive this funny, touching play through the bumpy terrain of fatherhood and baseball.

Menopause The Musical
Syracuse Stage
Kathryn Conte, director

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

Menopause The Musical is set in a New York City Bloomingdale's department store and tells the story of four women - a Power Woman, Soap Star, Earth Mother and Iowa Housewife - who meet during a lingerie sale and learn that, despite being very different types of women, they share a common bond: menopause.

Menopause The Musical, written and produced by Jeanie Linders, features parodies of 25 baby-boomer hit songs from the '60s and '70s, with lyrics re-penned by Linders that spoof, laugh at and celebrate menopause and its many common symptoms, including hot flashes, night memory loss. Among the recognizable tunes in the show are chart-toppers such as The Beach Boys' "Help Me, Rhonda," which becomes "Help me Doctor," Aretha Franklin's "Chain of Fools" recast as "Change of Life"; and '60s folk classic "Puff the Magic Dragon" as an ode to exhaustion: "Puff, My God, I'm Draggin'."

Read a Review!

Sunday, May 28, 2006

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

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

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

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

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

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

ARC of Onondaga
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

This exhibition will display artwork created by the consumers served at the ARC of Onondaga, the largest provider of services to people with developmental disabilities and their families in Onondaga County. The artwork -- made from paint and such non-traditional materials as coffee grounds and orange soda mixed with glue -- is completed as a part of the program's daily activities to stimulate sensory and range of motion needs, as well as creativity.

Something Old, Something New: Pigment Prints by Donal and Shel Little
Liverpool Public Library

Price: Free
Liverpool Public Library
310 Tulip St., Liverpool

The Littles collaborate to produce unique re-imaginings of their original photography.

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

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

Curated by Domenic J. Iacono, Syracuse University Art Collection

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

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

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring
Redhouse

Price: $5 - $7
Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

An aging monk lives in a shrine on a lake with a child apprentice. Each season is a chapter in the younger monk's life.

The film is as spare and unvarnished as a wooden temple floating on a lake, but its reflections run deep, and it can ripple your thoughts for months." - The Boston Globe

Rated R for strong sexuality; South Korea/Germany; English sub-titles; 103 minutes; 2004

Bob Milne, piano
Syracuse Wurlitzer

Price: $15 at the door, $12 in advance, $5 students and children
First English Lutheran Church
Corner of James and Townsend Streets, Syracuse

Ragtime and boogie-woogie pianist plays a benefit the NY Theater Pipe Organ Society.

Script-in-Hand; The Confessions of the Dark Lady; and The Bloodletting
Armory Square Playwrights

Price: $5 regular, $4 students/seniors
Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

Script-in-hand readings of three new short plays.

In Peter Moller's Script-In-Hand there's more happening onstage and off than the reading of a new play. Avarice, jealousy, death, a botched burial, an obsessive narrator and double-casting all combine to bring this theatrical enterprise to its hilarious climax, denouement and irresolution.

The Confessions of the Dark Lady is Richard Harris' take on the travails of Shakespeare's mysterious dark lady of the sonnets at the South Hamptons' court. In this version, Shakespeare rescues a mysterious temptress while composing entertainments for Queen Elizabeth.

A dramatic encounter between a priest and violent parishioner who feels betrayed by his confessor and exacts a terrible retribution forms the central action of Donna Stuccio's The Bloodletting.

Each reading will be followed by a talkback discussion with the playwright.

Menopause The Musical
Syracuse Stage
Kathryn Conte, director

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

Menopause The Musical is set in a New York City Bloomingdale's department store and tells the story of four women - a Power Woman, Soap Star, Earth Mother and Iowa Housewife - who meet during a lingerie sale and learn that, despite being very different types of women, they share a common bond: menopause.

Menopause The Musical, written and produced by Jeanie Linders, features parodies of 25 baby-boomer hit songs from the '60s and '70s, with lyrics re-penned by Linders that spoof, laugh at and celebrate menopause and its many common symptoms, including hot flashes, night memory loss. Among the recognizable tunes in the show are chart-toppers such as The Beach Boys' "Help Me, Rhonda," which becomes "Help me Doctor," Aretha Franklin's "Chain of Fools" recast as "Change of Life"; and '60s folk classic "Puff the Magic Dragon" as an ode to exhaustion: "Puff, My God, I'm Draggin'."

Read a Review!

Monday, May 29, 2006

unseenamerica: photos and stories by workers

Price: Free
Panasci Lounge, Schine Student Center
Syracuse University, Syracuse

Photos by local workers who participated in unseenamerica NYS will be on display. "unseenamerica: photos and stories by workers" (ReganBooks; May 1, 2006) offers an intimate, honest and eye-opening look at the everyday lives of working-class men and women across the United States. Edited by Esther Cohen, the book grew from a unique photography program she created at Bread and Roses, the nonprofit cultural arm of Local ll99 of the Service Employees International Union. Over a two-year span, 350 groups -- from janitors in Washington, D.C., to formerly homeless women in Gainesville, Fla. -- were given point-and-shoot cameras and free lessons by professional photographers. Then they were asked to take pictures of what they saw -- favorite places, typical and special activities, neighbors and loved ones. The result is a striking collection of black-and-white images that each has a story to tell.

Unseenamerica NYS is a collaboration of the Bread & Roses Cultural Project of 1199SEIU, the New York State AFL-CIO and the Workforce Development Institute.

Visual Arts Committee Showcase Exhibit
CNY Arts

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

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

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

Open Figure Drawing Group Show
Westcott Community Center

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

The purpose for which Open Figure Drawing Inc. was formed is to promote and engage in regular sessions of figure drawing with live models. These activities include artistic motivation mainly focused on sketching and drawing the human form, utilizing materials including but not limited to ink, charcoal, graphite, watercolors, acrylic paints, canvas and paper. The organization provides regular weekly Wednesday sessions at the Westcott Community Center, which are open to the public, to allow any interested party to engage in, practice and display figure drawing.

After nine years of group exhibits at Happy Endings and three years of shows at Syracuse University's Coyne Gallery, OFD Inc is pleased to present a show of portraits drawn at our Wednesday sessions. This family friendly display will concentrate on various renditions of the face.

Eye on Cinema
Point of Contact Gallery

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

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

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

For more information, phone 315-443-2169.

Tuesday, May 30, 2006

unseenamerica: photos and stories by workers

Price: Free
Panasci Lounge, Schine Student Center
Syracuse University, Syracuse

Photos by local workers who participated in unseenamerica NYS will be on display. "unseenamerica: photos and stories by workers" (ReganBooks; May 1, 2006) offers an intimate, honest and eye-opening look at the everyday lives of working-class men and women across the United States. Edited by Esther Cohen, the book grew from a unique photography program she created at Bread and Roses, the nonprofit cultural arm of Local ll99 of the Service Employees International Union. Over a two-year span, 350 groups -- from janitors in Washington, D.C., to formerly homeless women in Gainesville, Fla. -- were given point-and-shoot cameras and free lessons by professional photographers. Then they were asked to take pictures of what they saw -- favorite places, typical and special activities, neighbors and loved ones. The result is a striking collection of black-and-white images that each has a story to tell.

Unseenamerica NYS is a collaboration of the Bread & Roses Cultural Project of 1199SEIU, the New York State AFL-CIO and the Workforce Development Institute.

Visual Arts Committee Showcase Exhibit
CNY Arts

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

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

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

Something Old, Something New: Pigment Prints by Donal and Shel Little
Liverpool Public Library

Price: Free
Liverpool Public Library
310 Tulip St., Liverpool

The Littles collaborate to produce unique re-imaginings of their original photography.

Open Figure Drawing Group Show
Westcott Community Center

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

The purpose for which Open Figure Drawing Inc. was formed is to promote and engage in regular sessions of figure drawing with live models. These activities include artistic motivation mainly focused on sketching and drawing the human form, utilizing materials including but not limited to ink, charcoal, graphite, watercolors, acrylic paints, canvas and paper. The organization provides regular weekly Wednesday sessions at the Westcott Community Center, which are open to the public, to allow any interested party to engage in, practice and display figure drawing.

After nine years of group exhibits at Happy Endings and three years of shows at Syracuse University's Coyne Gallery, OFD Inc is pleased to present a show of portraits drawn at our Wednesday sessions. This family friendly display will concentrate on various renditions of the face.

Suzanne Opton: Soldier
Light Work Gallery

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ARC of Onondaga
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

This exhibition will display artwork created by the consumers served at the ARC of Onondaga, the largest provider of services to people with developmental disabilities and their families in Onondaga County. The artwork -- made from paint and such non-traditional materials as coffee grounds and orange soda mixed with glue -- is completed as a part of the program's daily activities to stimulate sensory and range of motion needs, as well as creativity.

Eye on Cinema
Point of Contact Gallery

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

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

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

For more information, phone 315-443-2169.

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

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

Curated by Domenic J. Iacono, Syracuse University Art Collection

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

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

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring
Redhouse

Price: $5 - $7
Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

An aging monk lives in a shrine on a lake with a child apprentice. Each season is a chapter in the younger monk's life.

The film is as spare and unvarnished as a wooden temple floating on a lake, but its reflections run deep, and it can ripple your thoughts for months." - The Boston Globe

Rated R for strong sexuality; South Korea/Germany; English sub-titles; 103 minutes; 2004

Thoroughly Modern Millie
Broadway in Syracuse

Price: $25.50-$49.50
Crouse Hinds Concert Theater, Mulroy Civic Center
411 Montgomery St., Syracuse

This new Broadway musical won six Tony Awards in 2002 including Best Musical and is based on the 1967 Oscar winning film. Thoroughly Modern Millie takes audiences back to the year 1922, the height of the Jazz Age in New York City. It's the story of a Mid-western girl who arrives in New York determined to take the town by storm. Millie is a delightful valentine to the long-standing spirit of New York City and the people who seek to discover themselves there.

Read a review!

Menopause The Musical
Syracuse Stage
Kathryn Conte, director

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

Menopause The Musical is set in a New York City Bloomingdale's department store and tells the story of four women - a Power Woman, Soap Star, Earth Mother and Iowa Housewife - who meet during a lingerie sale and learn that, despite being very different types of women, they share a common bond: menopause.

Menopause The Musical, written and produced by Jeanie Linders, features parodies of 25 baby-boomer hit songs from the '60s and '70s, with lyrics re-penned by Linders that spoof, laugh at and celebrate menopause and its many common symptoms, including hot flashes, night memory loss. Among the recognizable tunes in the show are chart-toppers such as The Beach Boys' "Help Me, Rhonda," which becomes "Help me Doctor," Aretha Franklin's "Chain of Fools" recast as "Change of Life"; and '60s folk classic "Puff the Magic Dragon" as an ode to exhaustion: "Puff, My God, I'm Draggin'."

Read a Review!

Wednesday, May 31, 2006

unseenamerica: photos and stories by workers

Price: Free
Panasci Lounge, Schine Student Center
Syracuse University, Syracuse

Photos by local workers who participated in unseenamerica NYS will be on display. "unseenamerica: photos and stories by workers" (ReganBooks; May 1, 2006) offers an intimate, honest and eye-opening look at the everyday lives of working-class men and women across the United States. Edited by Esther Cohen, the book grew from a unique photography program she created at Bread and Roses, the nonprofit cultural arm of Local ll99 of the Service Employees International Union. Over a two-year span, 350 groups -- from janitors in Washington, D.C., to formerly homeless women in Gainesville, Fla. -- were given point-and-shoot cameras and free lessons by professional photographers. Then they were asked to take pictures of what they saw -- favorite places, typical and special activities, neighbors and loved ones. The result is a striking collection of black-and-white images that each has a story to tell.

Unseenamerica NYS is a collaboration of the Bread & Roses Cultural Project of 1199SEIU, the New York State AFL-CIO and the Workforce Development Institute.

Visual Arts Committee Showcase Exhibit
CNY Arts

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

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

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

Open Figure Drawing Group Show
Westcott Community Center

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

The purpose for which Open Figure Drawing Inc. was formed is to promote and engage in regular sessions of figure drawing with live models. These activities include artistic motivation mainly focused on sketching and drawing the human form, utilizing materials including but not limited to ink, charcoal, graphite, watercolors, acrylic paints, canvas and paper. The organization provides regular weekly Wednesday sessions at the Westcott Community Center, which are open to the public, to allow any interested party to engage in, practice and display figure drawing.

After nine years of group exhibits at Happy Endings and three years of shows at Syracuse University's Coyne Gallery, OFD Inc is pleased to present a show of portraits drawn at our Wednesday sessions. This family friendly display will concentrate on various renditions of the face.

Suzanne Opton: Soldier
Light Work Gallery

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ARC of Onondaga
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

This exhibition will display artwork created by the consumers served at the ARC of Onondaga, the largest provider of services to people with developmental disabilities and their families in Onondaga County. The artwork -- made from paint and such non-traditional materials as coffee grounds and orange soda mixed with glue -- is completed as a part of the program's daily activities to stimulate sensory and range of motion needs, as well as creativity.

Eye on Cinema
Point of Contact Gallery

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

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

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

For more information, phone 315-443-2169.

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

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

Curated by Domenic J. Iacono, Syracuse University Art Collection

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

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

Menopause The Musical
Syracuse Stage
Kathryn Conte, director

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

Menopause The Musical is set in a New York City Bloomingdale's department store and tells the story of four women - a Power Woman, Soap Star, Earth Mother and Iowa Housewife - who meet during a lingerie sale and learn that, despite being very different types of women, they share a common bond: menopause.

Menopause The Musical, written and produced by Jeanie Linders, features parodies of 25 baby-boomer hit songs from the '60s and '70s, with lyrics re-penned by Linders that spoof, laugh at and celebrate menopause and its many common symptoms, including hot flashes, night memory loss. Among the recognizable tunes in the show are chart-toppers such as The Beach Boys' "Help Me, Rhonda," which becomes "Help me Doctor," Aretha Franklin's "Chain of Fools" recast as "Change of Life"; and '60s folk classic "Puff the Magic Dragon" as an ode to exhaustion: "Puff, My God, I'm Draggin'."

Read a Review!

Thoroughly Modern Millie
Broadway in Syracuse

Price: $25.50-$49.50
Crouse Hinds Concert Theater, Mulroy Civic Center
411 Montgomery St., Syracuse

This new Broadway musical won six Tony Awards in 2002 including Best Musical and is based on the 1967 Oscar winning film. Thoroughly Modern Millie takes audiences back to the year 1922, the height of the Jazz Age in New York City. It's the story of a Mid-western girl who arrives in New York determined to take the town by storm. Millie is a delightful valentine to the long-standing spirit of New York City and the people who seek to discover themselves there.

Read a review!

Menopause The Musical
Syracuse Stage
Kathryn Conte, director

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

Menopause The Musical is set in a New York City Bloomingdale's department store and tells the story of four women - a Power Woman, Soap Star, Earth Mother and Iowa Housewife - who meet during a lingerie sale and learn that, despite being very different types of women, they share a common bond: menopause.

Menopause The Musical, written and produced by Jeanie Linders, features parodies of 25 baby-boomer hit songs from the '60s and '70s, with lyrics re-penned by Linders that spoof, laugh at and celebrate menopause and its many common symptoms, including hot flashes, night memory loss. Among the recognizable tunes in the show are chart-toppers such as The Beach Boys' "Help Me, Rhonda," which becomes "Help me Doctor," Aretha Franklin's "Chain of Fools" recast as "Change of Life"; and '60s folk classic "Puff the Magic Dragon" as an ode to exhaustion: "Puff, My God, I'm Draggin'."

Read a Review!

Thursday, June 1, 2006

unseenamerica: photos and stories by workers

Price: Free
Panasci Lounge, Schine Student Center
Syracuse University, Syracuse

Photos by local workers who participated in unseenamerica NYS will be on display. "unseenamerica: photos and stories by workers" (ReganBooks; May 1, 2006) offers an intimate, honest and eye-opening look at the everyday lives of working-class men and women across the United States. Edited by Esther Cohen, the book grew from a unique photography program she created at Bread and Roses, the nonprofit cultural arm of Local ll99 of the Service Employees International Union. Over a two-year span, 350 groups -- from janitors in Washington, D.C., to formerly homeless women in Gainesville, Fla. -- were given point-and-shoot cameras and free lessons by professional photographers. Then they were asked to take pictures of what they saw -- favorite places, typical and special activities, neighbors and loved ones. The result is a striking collection of black-and-white images that each has a story to tell.

Unseenamerica NYS is a collaboration of the Bread & Roses Cultural Project of 1199SEIU, the New York State AFL-CIO and the Workforce Development Institute.

Visual Arts Committee Showcase Exhibit
CNY Arts

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

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

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

Open Figure Drawing Group Show
Westcott Community Center

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

The purpose for which Open Figure Drawing Inc. was formed is to promote and engage in regular sessions of figure drawing with live models. These activities include artistic motivation mainly focused on sketching and drawing the human form, utilizing materials including but not limited to ink, charcoal, graphite, watercolors, acrylic paints, canvas and paper. The organization provides regular weekly Wednesday sessions at the Westcott Community Center, which are open to the public, to allow any interested party to engage in, practice and display figure drawing.

After nine years of group exhibits at Happy Endings and three years of shows at Syracuse University's Coyne Gallery, OFD Inc is pleased to present a show of portraits drawn at our Wednesday sessions. This family friendly display will concentrate on various renditions of the face.

Suzanne Opton: Soldier
Light Work Gallery

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

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

Gluckman Show
The Warehouse Gallery

The Warehouse Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

The Bridge Gallery was designed by the award-winning Gluckman Mayner architecture firm whose previous projects have included the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh and the Dia Foundation in New York City.
From the inception of the practice in 1977, Gluckman Mayner Architects (GMA) has engaged in an exploration of the transformative effect of intervention on existing buildings and their environments. As the firm has expanded its investigations to include new structures, it has redefined its understanding of architecture by recognizing the many agents that can inform an interactive relationship with architecture: art, viewer, structure, form, and precinct, among others.
GMA has often employed the term "frame" to describe not how architecture is defined or bounded, but how it is viewed. Following from this, the projects on display in this exhibition suggest an architecture that is neither defined nor bounded by physical enclosure. Indeed, the word "frame" suggests not a boundary, but rather an aperture.

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

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

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

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

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

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

ARC of Onondaga
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

This exhibition will display artwork created by the consumers served at the ARC of Onondaga, the largest provider of services to people with developmental disabilities and their families in Onondaga County. The artwork -- made from paint and such non-traditional materials as coffee grounds and orange soda mixed with glue -- is completed as a part of the program's daily activities to stimulate sensory and range of motion needs, as well as creativity.

Eye on Cinema
Point of Contact Gallery

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

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

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

For more information, phone 315-443-2169.

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

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

Curated by Domenic J. Iacono, Syracuse University Art Collection

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

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

Terra Firma: Two Perspectives
Redhouse
Featuring works by David MacDonald & Daphne Verley Pietrafesa

Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

An exhibition of fine craft featuring renowned Syracuse ceramicist, David MacDonald and emerging ceramic artist Daphne Verley Pietrafesa. MacDonald's meticulous, elaborately carved vessels echo his African-American heritage in the use of organic, earth-toned clay and glazes and provide a wonderful juxtaposition alongside Pietrafesa's bold, bright, colorfully glazed works reminiscent of French, Italian and Spanish Majolica. The dialogue created between these two very different, yet complimentary perspectives, will give the viewer new insight and appreciation into the world of contemporary ceramic design, and the diverse history from which they both are drawn.

Syracuse ceramist David MacDonald transforms mounds of clay into works of art that have been displayed in museums and galleries all over the country. The beauty and richness of Africa's pottery resonates throughout his ceramic vessels. He discovered his passion for ceramics as an art student in college, and nearly 40 years later, he is still amazed at what he can create from a simple lump of clay. He gleans his ideas from ancient African designs: "I was inspired by it because they made pottery that had a lot of surface decorations, a lot of linear patterns and carvings on it."

Pietrafesas pottery is mainly hand formed, slab construction incorporating colorful slips and under glazes (some utilizing majolica glaze techniques) with patterns ranging from simple to ornate. Her meticulously glazed patterns are a vibrant edition to the rich history of majolica pottery decoration. Included in this exhibition are also pieces from a new series influenced by "Block Island Beach Rocks," where the emphasis is less on pattern and symmetry and more on organic forms, and surfaces.

The Gallery is also open prior to and after all scheduled events.

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As the Artist Sees It
Delavan Art Gallery

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

Patrice Downes Centore: watercolors
Diane Lansing: photographs
Brian Lister: oil Paintings
Ron McGregor: ceramics
Nikolay Mikushkin: oil Paintings

Contemporary Film Series: Nottingham High School Presents
Everson Museum of Art

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

This special screening of video art by Nottingham High School Film and Drama students is the culmination of a five-month project in partnership with the Everson. Reception will follow.

Redhouse
Chris Trapper of The Push Stars

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

Chris Trapper's songs have been winning awards as well as the hearts of devoted listeners ever since his arrival in Boston from Buffalo in 1991. He is most widely known as the front man for the nationally acclaimed pop/rock band The Push Stars, whose "honest, heartfelt songs with timeless melodies" were described as "the kind of music that songwriters love" by Rob Thomas of Matchbox Twenty.

Syracuse "jam pop" band Simplelife's infectious and original grooves will open the concert. This band has boy band good look minus the puffed up pop gimmicks.

Menopause The Musical
Syracuse Stage
Kathryn Conte, director

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

Menopause The Musical is set in a New York City Bloomingdale's department store and tells the story of four women - a Power Woman, Soap Star, Earth Mother and Iowa Housewife - who meet during a lingerie sale and learn that, despite being very different types of women, they share a common bond: menopause.

Menopause The Musical, written and produced by Jeanie Linders, features parodies of 25 baby-boomer hit songs from the '60s and '70s, with lyrics re-penned by Linders that spoof, laugh at and celebrate menopause and its many common symptoms, including hot flashes, night memory loss. Among the recognizable tunes in the show are chart-toppers such as The Beach Boys' "Help Me, Rhonda," which becomes "Help me Doctor," Aretha Franklin's "Chain of Fools" recast as "Change of Life"; and '60s folk classic "Puff the Magic Dragon" as an ode to exhaustion: "Puff, My God, I'm Draggin'."

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No Time For Death
Acme Mystery Company

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

Interactive murder mystery.

Alexander Who's Not Not Not Not NOT Going to Move
Gifford Family Theatre

Price: $10 adults, $8 students
Coyne Center for the Performing Arts
LeMoyne College, Syracuse

And he thought he'd had a terrible, horrible, no good very bad day before! Alexander has just gotten some really bad news from his parents. Dad has a new job a thousand miles away, which means that his mom and dad and his bossy older brothers are going to have to move to a whole new city. And even though his mom says, "Wait, you'll like it," Alexander already knows he'll hate it. He'll hate it because he'll never have a best friend like Paul again. And h'll never have a great sitter like Rachel again. And he'll never again have his soccer team or his car pool or kids who know him or...

Most appreciated by family audiences and young people ages 4 and older.

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Thoroughly Modern Millie
Broadway in Syracuse

Price: $25.50-$49.50
Crouse Hinds Concert Theater, Mulroy Civic Center
411 Montgomery St., Syracuse

This new Broadway musical won six Tony Awards in 2002 including Best Musical and is based on the 1967 Oscar winning film. Thoroughly Modern Millie takes audiences back to the year 1922, the height of the Jazz Age in New York City. It's the story of a Mid-western girl who arrives in New York determined to take the town by storm. Millie is a delightful valentine to the long-standing spirit of New York City and the people who seek to discover themselves there.

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Menopause The Musical
Syracuse Stage
Kathryn Conte, director

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

Menopause The Musical is set in a New York City Bloomingdale's department store and tells the story of four women - a Power Woman, Soap Star, Earth Mother and Iowa Housewife - who meet during a lingerie sale and learn that, despite being very different types of women, they share a common bond: menopause.

Menopause The Musical, written and produced by Jeanie Linders, features parodies of 25 baby-boomer hit songs from the '60s and '70s, with lyrics re-penned by Linders that spoof, laugh at and celebrate menopause and its many common symptoms, including hot flashes, night memory loss. Among the recognizable tunes in the show are chart-toppers such as The Beach Boys' "Help Me, Rhonda," which becomes "Help me Doctor," Aretha Franklin's "Chain of Fools" recast as "Change of Life"; and '60s folk classic "Puff the Magic Dragon" as an ode to exhaustion: "Puff, My God, I'm Draggin'."

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