Tuesday, April 27, 2021

Bill McKibben
Rosamond Gifford Lecture Series

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

Author of the first book about global warming, 1989's The End of Nature, McKibben also founded 350.org, the biggest grassroots climate campaign in the world. His latest book, Falter, a New York Times bestseller, offers a "call-to-arms" 30 years after his first book set the stage. The author of fifteen books, The Boston Globe called McKibben "probably America's most important environmentalist."

Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Morgan Manifacier, tenor
Civic Morning Musicals

Price: Free
Online

Facebook event

Thursday, April 29, 2021

The Floating Bridge: Postmodern and Contemporary Japanese Ceramics
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The Everson began collecting contemporary Japanese ceramics in earnest in the mid 1970s, an experimental period when artists were applying geometric forms and conceptual strategies to traditional materials and forms. The exhibition highlights this under-recognized generation of artists who are now credited with laying the groundwork for today's contemporary ceramic movement in Japan.

From Domestic to Divine: Andean Ceramics from the Permanent Collection
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The ancient Andean civilizations of South America were strikingly diverse in their religious beliefs and material cultures, but each developed complex ceramics for both domestic and ritual use. This exhibition features key pieces from the Museum's collection, including several recent acquisitions from the Nazca, Paracas, Moche, Chimu´, and Chavin cultures.

Who What When Where
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Based upon the iconic Carrie Mae Weems' 1998 work of the same name, Who What When Where explores questions of identity, place, and time while investigating the four words fundamental to the construction of narratives.

Jaleel Campbell: Homecoming
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"Jaleel Campbell: Homecoming," the artist's first solo museum exhibition in his hometown of Syracuse, features digital illustrations alongside newly created video works, and a series of his "Jalethal" dolls.

Steffani Jemison: Figure 8
Urban Video Project

Everson Museum of Art Plaza
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

For nearly a decade, Brooklyn-based artist Steffani Jemison has been deeply invested in examining the ways knowledge is constructed and legitimized. This interest stems from a fascination with frameworks of interpretation and narration, as well as critical theory and Black vernacular traditions. She explores these concepts through a practice that encompasses sculpture, video, installation, sound, and fiction writing.

Light Work commissioned Steffani Jemison to create new work for Urban Video Project as part of an annual moving image commission program. The new work, Figure 8, comes out of Jemison's collaboration with athlete Alexis Page.

The video will be projected onto the north facade of the Everson Museum beginning at dusk.

Everson Close-Up Artist Series: Ehren Tool: A Different Kind of Mission with Special Guest Omar Columbus
Everson Museum of Art

Price: Free
Online

Who: Artist Ehren Tool is the ceramics studio manager in the Department of Art Practice at UC Berkeley and US Marine Corp Veteran. Omar Columbus is a poet, writer, photographer, and US Air Force Veteran.

What: Ehren will share about his featured work and how serving in the military informed his pursuit of the arts, and how it continues to influence his work as an artist and a teacher. He'll be joined for a spoken word performance by poet and fellow Veteran Omar Columbus.

Zoom registration closes 10 minutes before start time.

Cruel April: Graciela Cros
Point of Contact Gallery

Price: Free
Online

Graciela Cros (1945) was born in the Carlos Casares providence of Buenos Aires. She has lived in Bariloche for 50 years. Poet, narrator, and organizer of poetry workshops, she also conducts seminars and offers advice to writers.

She has published: Poemas con bicho raro y cornisas (1968); Pares Partes (1985); Flor Azteca (1991); Decimos (1992); La escena imperfecta (1996); Urca (1999); Cordelia en Guatemala (2001; 2013, 2nd ed. revised and corrected); Libro de Boock (2004); La cuna de Newton (2007); Hacer la de Elvis (2009); Mansilla (2010); Cantos de la gaviota cocinera- Antología personal (Amargord Ediciones, Madrid, 2013), Pampa de Huenuleo (2017) and Una posición propia (2019). Her novel Muere más tarde (2004) received the First Prize of the National Cultural Secretary. In 1995, she edited Antología de Poetas Jóvenes de Bariloche - Marcas en el tránsito, for which she selected the poems and wrote the prologue, and in 2019 she edited Transversal. Poesía contemporánea de Río Negro. Antología, published by FER, Fondo Editorial Rionegrino, where she brings together 36 women poets from the province Río Negro. Her poetic body of work, distinguished and translated on many occasions, appears in numerous national and international anthologies including La frontera móvil, Antología de poesía contemporánea de la Patagonia argentina (Barcelona, 2015); 200 años de poesía argentina, selection and prologue by Jorge Monteleone (2010); Patagonia literaria VI, Antología de poesía del sur argentino, compiled and with a prologue by Luciana A. Mellado, and edited with Claudia Hammerschmidt (2019).

Zoom registration here. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Friday, April 30, 2021

Jaleel Campbell: Homecoming
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"Jaleel Campbell: Homecoming," the artist's first solo museum exhibition in his hometown of Syracuse, features digital illustrations alongside newly created video works, and a series of his "Jalethal" dolls.

Who What When Where
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Based upon the iconic Carrie Mae Weems' 1998 work of the same name, Who What When Where explores questions of identity, place, and time while investigating the four words fundamental to the construction of narratives.

From Domestic to Divine: Andean Ceramics from the Permanent Collection
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The ancient Andean civilizations of South America were strikingly diverse in their religious beliefs and material cultures, but each developed complex ceramics for both domestic and ritual use. This exhibition features key pieces from the Museum's collection, including several recent acquisitions from the Nazca, Paracas, Moche, Chimu´, and Chavin cultures.

The Floating Bridge: Postmodern and Contemporary Japanese Ceramics
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The Everson began collecting contemporary Japanese ceramics in earnest in the mid 1970s, an experimental period when artists were applying geometric forms and conceptual strategies to traditional materials and forms. The exhibition highlights this under-recognized generation of artists who are now credited with laying the groundwork for today's contemporary ceramic movement in Japan.

Steffani Jemison: Figure 8
Urban Video Project

Everson Museum of Art Plaza
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

For nearly a decade, Brooklyn-based artist Steffani Jemison has been deeply invested in examining the ways knowledge is constructed and legitimized. This interest stems from a fascination with frameworks of interpretation and narration, as well as critical theory and Black vernacular traditions. She explores these concepts through a practice that encompasses sculpture, video, installation, sound, and fiction writing.

Light Work commissioned Steffani Jemison to create new work for Urban Video Project as part of an annual moving image commission program. The new work, Figure 8, comes out of Jemison's collaboration with athlete Alexis Page.

The video will be projected onto the north facade of the Everson Museum beginning at dusk.

Poet Benjamin Garcia
Downtown Writer's Center

Price: Free
Online

Benjamin Garcia's first collection of poems, Thrown in the Throat (Milkweed Editions, August 2020), was selected by Kazim Ali for the 2019 National Poetry Series. He works as a sexual health and harm reduction educator throughout the Finger Lakes region of New York and serves as faculty for Alma College's low-residency MFA program. His poems have recently appeared or are forthcoming in: AGNI, American Poetry Review, Kenyon Review, and New England Review.

Register to receive Zoom link.

Saturday, May 1, 2021

Opening: Window Exhibit: The Power of the Ordinary: Masked Portraits by Katie Mulligan
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

There will be an outdoor opening reception on May 1, 12:00-2:00 pm. (Rain date: May 2). Face masks required. Light refreshments will be served. RSVP on Facebook.

Katie Mulligan is a Syracuse based, freelance illustrator and animator. This series of masked portraits drawn in ink celebrates the efforts of ordinary people in fighting COVID-19 and captures the moment we are currently living in. The choice to wear a mask for the collective health of the public is a refreshing show of unity many have made toward fighting the pandemic. These portraits are of many people from many backgrounds; essential workers, educators, neighbors, family, and more are featured.

The portraits are on display in the front windows of the gallery.

The Floating Bridge: Postmodern and Contemporary Japanese Ceramics
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The Everson began collecting contemporary Japanese ceramics in earnest in the mid 1970s, an experimental period when artists were applying geometric forms and conceptual strategies to traditional materials and forms. The exhibition highlights this under-recognized generation of artists who are now credited with laying the groundwork for today's contemporary ceramic movement in Japan.

From Domestic to Divine: Andean Ceramics from the Permanent Collection
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The ancient Andean civilizations of South America were strikingly diverse in their religious beliefs and material cultures, but each developed complex ceramics for both domestic and ritual use. This exhibition features key pieces from the Museum's collection, including several recent acquisitions from the Nazca, Paracas, Moche, Chimu´, and Chavin cultures.

Who What When Where
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Based upon the iconic Carrie Mae Weems' 1998 work of the same name, Who What When Where explores questions of identity, place, and time while investigating the four words fundamental to the construction of narratives.

Jaleel Campbell: Homecoming
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"Jaleel Campbell: Homecoming," the artist's first solo museum exhibition in his hometown of Syracuse, features digital illustrations alongside newly created video works, and a series of his "Jalethal" dolls.

Steffani Jemison: Figure 8
Urban Video Project

Everson Museum of Art Plaza
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

For nearly a decade, Brooklyn-based artist Steffani Jemison has been deeply invested in examining the ways knowledge is constructed and legitimized. This interest stems from a fascination with frameworks of interpretation and narration, as well as critical theory and Black vernacular traditions. She explores these concepts through a practice that encompasses sculpture, video, installation, sound, and fiction writing.

Light Work commissioned Steffani Jemison to create new work for Urban Video Project as part of an annual moving image commission program. The new work, Figure 8, comes out of Jemison's collaboration with athlete Alexis Page.

The video will be projected onto the north facade of the Everson Museum beginning at dusk.

Kids Series: Peter and the Wolf
Symphoria
Travis Newton, conductor
Featuring Chris Cresswell, narrator

Price: Live stream: $15 adults, $10 seniors, $5 college
Online

Walk through the woods with Peter and friends during this musical favorite for the young and the young-at-heart. Our final Kids Concert of the 20-21 season will feature our principal musicians as the characters of this classic musical story.

Dover Quartet
Syracuse Friends of Chamber Music

Price: $25 regular, $20 seniors, $15 ages 35 and under, free for full-time students with ID and holders of EBT/SNAP cards
Online

Mendelssohn Quartet in E-flat Major, op. 12
Ligeti Quartet no. 1, "Metamorphoses Nocturnes"
Dvorak Quartet in G Major, op. 106

Performance will be available online for ticket holders through Monday evening, May 3.

My Life as a Soprano: Musicals, Opera, and Growing Up Queer

Price: $20
Wunderbar
201 S. West St., Syracuse

A staged reading of a new one-act play written by Garrett August Heater and starring Tanner Efinger and Garrett August Heater.

This is an 18+ venue.

Note: This is a live, not streamed, performance. Upon arrival at the venue, temperature checks will be taken and you'll be asked to check in using your smartphone and complete a mandatory health screening. All COVID guidelines set by the Department of Health and CDC are strictly followed for all events at Wunderbar. Masks must be worn unless seated, and then may temporarily be removed for eating and drinking.

Sunday, May 2, 2021

Window Exhibit: The Power of the Ordinary: Masked Portraits by Katie Mulligan
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

Katie Mulligan is a Syracuse based, freelance illustrator and animator. This series of masked portraits drawn in ink celebrates the efforts of ordinary people in fighting COVID-19 and captures the moment we are currently living in. The choice to wear a mask for the collective health of the public is a refreshing show of unity many have made toward fighting the pandemic. These portraits are of many people from many backgrounds; essential workers, educators, neighbors, family, and more are featured.

The portraits are on display in the front windows of the gallery.

Jaleel Campbell: Homecoming
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"Jaleel Campbell: Homecoming," the artist's first solo museum exhibition in his hometown of Syracuse, features digital illustrations alongside newly created video works, and a series of his "Jalethal" dolls.

Who What When Where
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Based upon the iconic Carrie Mae Weems' 1998 work of the same name, Who What When Where explores questions of identity, place, and time while investigating the four words fundamental to the construction of narratives.

From Domestic to Divine: Andean Ceramics from the Permanent Collection
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The ancient Andean civilizations of South America were strikingly diverse in their religious beliefs and material cultures, but each developed complex ceramics for both domestic and ritual use. This exhibition features key pieces from the Museum's collection, including several recent acquisitions from the Nazca, Paracas, Moche, Chimu´, and Chavin cultures.

The Floating Bridge: Postmodern and Contemporary Japanese Ceramics
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The Everson began collecting contemporary Japanese ceramics in earnest in the mid 1970s, an experimental period when artists were applying geometric forms and conceptual strategies to traditional materials and forms. The exhibition highlights this under-recognized generation of artists who are now credited with laying the groundwork for today's contemporary ceramic movement in Japan.

Everson Close-Up Artist Series: David MacDonald: Vessels for the Human Spirit
Everson Museum of Art

Price: Free
Online

Who: Artist David MacDonald is known for his richly patterned utilitarian clay works. He uses patterns and decoration found in textiles, objects, body ornament, and architecture from diverse ethnic groups of sub-Saharan Africa.

What: David has described his work as a "personal journey in search of order, reason, reality, and beauty." He will discuss these grounding elements of his work, his process, and his pieces featured in Who What When Where.

Zoom registration closes 10 minutes before start time.

Monday, May 3, 2021

Window Exhibit: The Power of the Ordinary: Masked Portraits by Katie Mulligan
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

Katie Mulligan is a Syracuse based, freelance illustrator and animator. This series of masked portraits drawn in ink celebrates the efforts of ordinary people in fighting COVID-19 and captures the moment we are currently living in. The choice to wear a mask for the collective health of the public is a refreshing show of unity many have made toward fighting the pandemic. These portraits are of many people from many backgrounds; essential workers, educators, neighbors, family, and more are featured.

The portraits are on display in the front windows of the gallery.

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Window Exhibit: The Power of the Ordinary: Masked Portraits by Katie Mulligan
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

Katie Mulligan is a Syracuse based, freelance illustrator and animator. This series of masked portraits drawn in ink celebrates the efforts of ordinary people in fighting COVID-19 and captures the moment we are currently living in. The choice to wear a mask for the collective health of the public is a refreshing show of unity many have made toward fighting the pandemic. These portraits are of many people from many backgrounds; essential workers, educators, neighbors, family, and more are featured.

The portraits are on display in the front windows of the gallery.