Sunday, July 31, 2005

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

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

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

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

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

Video, 16 minutes 47 seconds

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

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

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

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

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

University Art Collection
Sims Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse

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

University Art Collection
Sims Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse

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

Birds of Paradise
Redhouse

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

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

Read a Review!

Noises Off
The Talent Company

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

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

Read a Review!

Monday, August 1, 2005

Visual Arts Showcase: Drawings
CNY Arts

WCNY
415 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

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

Comic Drawings: Little Squares
Westcott Community Center

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

The exhibit features the unique visual imagery and storytelling of four Syracuse alternative cartoonists, Mike Stevens, Phil McAndrew, Tyler McAndrew, and Stuv. The exhibit is a collection of original inked comic strips, doodles, and sketches, many of which have been published in anthology books, alternative newspapers, on the internet, or as printed mini comics and cartoons, and some more polished, illustrative work.

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

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

Video, 16 minutes 47 seconds

2005 Illustration Independent Study Degree Program Thesis Exhibition
Lowe Art Gallery

Price: Free
Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

The exhibition features over 200 pieces by eighteen graduating Master of Arts students from the Syracuse University Independent Study Degree Program (ISDP) in the College of Visual and Performing Arts. The artists have been working with Professor John Thompson for the past two years to complete their final projects. This show is the culmination of that effort, and the works presented comprise the students' theses.

Tuesday, August 2, 2005

Visual Arts Showcase: Drawings
CNY Arts

WCNY
415 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

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

Comic Drawings: Little Squares
Westcott Community Center

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

The exhibit features the unique visual imagery and storytelling of four Syracuse alternative cartoonists, Mike Stevens, Phil McAndrew, Tyler McAndrew, and Stuv. The exhibit is a collection of original inked comic strips, doodles, and sketches, many of which have been published in anthology books, alternative newspapers, on the internet, or as printed mini comics and cartoons, and some more polished, illustrative work.

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

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

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

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

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

Video, 16 minutes 47 seconds

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

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

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

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

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

University Art Collection
Sims Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse

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

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

University Art Collection
Sims Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse

2005 Illustration Independent Study Degree Program Thesis Exhibition
Lowe Art Gallery

Price: Free
Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

The exhibition features over 200 pieces by eighteen graduating Master of Arts students from the Syracuse University Independent Study Degree Program (ISDP) in the College of Visual and Performing Arts. The artists have been working with Professor John Thompson for the past two years to complete their final projects. This show is the culmination of that effort, and the works presented comprise the students' theses.

Wednesday, August 3, 2005

Visual Arts Showcase: Drawings
CNY Arts

WCNY
415 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

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

Comic Drawings: Little Squares
Westcott Community Center

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

The exhibit features the unique visual imagery and storytelling of four Syracuse alternative cartoonists, Mike Stevens, Phil McAndrew, Tyler McAndrew, and Stuv. The exhibit is a collection of original inked comic strips, doodles, and sketches, many of which have been published in anthology books, alternative newspapers, on the internet, or as printed mini comics and cartoons, and some more polished, illustrative work.

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

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

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

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

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

Video, 16 minutes 47 seconds

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

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

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

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

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

University Art Collection
Sims Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse

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

University Art Collection
Sims Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse

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

2005 Illustration Independent Study Degree Program Thesis Exhibition
Lowe Art Gallery

Price: Free
Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

The exhibition features over 200 pieces by eighteen graduating Master of Arts students from the Syracuse University Independent Study Degree Program (ISDP) in the College of Visual and Performing Arts. The artists have been working with Professor John Thompson for the past two years to complete their final projects. This show is the culmination of that effort, and the works presented comprise the students' theses.

Thursday, August 4, 2005

Visual Arts Showcase: Drawings
CNY Arts

WCNY
415 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

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

Comic Drawings: Little Squares
Westcott Community Center

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

The exhibit features the unique visual imagery and storytelling of four Syracuse alternative cartoonists, Mike Stevens, Phil McAndrew, Tyler McAndrew, and Stuv. The exhibit is a collection of original inked comic strips, doodles, and sketches, many of which have been published in anthology books, alternative newspapers, on the internet, or as printed mini comics and cartoons, and some more polished, illustrative work.

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

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

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

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

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

Video, 16 minutes 47 seconds

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

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

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

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

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

University Art Collection
Sims Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse

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

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

University Art Collection
Sims Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse

2005 Illustration Independent Study Degree Program Thesis Exhibition
Lowe Art Gallery

Price: Free
Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

The exhibition features over 200 pieces by eighteen graduating Master of Arts students from the Syracuse University Independent Study Degree Program (ISDP) in the College of Visual and Performing Arts. The artists have been working with Professor John Thompson for the past two years to complete their final projects. This show is the culmination of that effort, and the works presented comprise the students' theses.

Sarah Austin Retrospective
Redhouse

Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

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

Film Under the Stars: War of the Worlds
Everson Museum of Art

Price: Free
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Bring the whole family to enjoy this science fiction classic at a special screening in the Everson Museum of Art's outdoor sculpture garden. After the success of 1950's Destination Moon and 1951's When Worlds Collide, visionary producer George Pal brought H.G. Wells' story of a Martian invasion to the big screen, and it instantly became a popular hit and winner of the 1953 Academy Award for Best Special Effects. As memorable for its sound effects as for its spectacular visions of destruction, this is a movie for the ages--the kind of extravaganza that inspired little kids such as Steven Spielberg and still delivers chills even today. Bring your own lawn chair or blanket.

Jazz in the City
CNY Jazz Arts Foundation
Featuring world famous Latin Jazz flutist Dave Valentin with Emedin Rivera, plus Grupo Pagan

Price: Free
Little Italy
600 Block of North Salina St., Syracuse

Death Takes a Bow
Acme Mystery Company

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

Interactive mystery dinner theater.

The Jerry Herman Songbook
Monday Morning Productions
Jason Cicci, director
Featuring Gina Lamparella

Price: $20 adults - $15 for students/seniors
Wellwood Middle School
700 S. Manlius St., Fayetteville

The show stars Producing Artistic Director and Fayetteville native Jason Cicci and Syracuse University alumnus and Baldwinsville native Gina Lamparella, currently performing in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels on Broadway.

For tickets: 315-435-2121; Groups, call: 315-479-5495.

Into the Woods

Price: $12 regular, $10 students and seniors
Skaneateles High School
49 E. Elizabeth St., Skaneateles

Information: 315-685-8657.

Birds of Paradise
Redhouse

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

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

Read a Review!

Noises Off
The Talent Company

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

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

Read a Review!

Friday, August 5, 2005

Visual Arts Showcase: Drawings
CNY Arts

WCNY
415 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

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

Comic Drawings: Little Squares
Westcott Community Center

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

The exhibit features the unique visual imagery and storytelling of four Syracuse alternative cartoonists, Mike Stevens, Phil McAndrew, Tyler McAndrew, and Stuv. The exhibit is a collection of original inked comic strips, doodles, and sketches, many of which have been published in anthology books, alternative newspapers, on the internet, or as printed mini comics and cartoons, and some more polished, illustrative work.

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

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

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

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

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

Video, 16 minutes 47 seconds

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

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

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

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

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

University Art Collection
Sims Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse

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

University Art Collection
Sims Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse

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

Roaming the Regional Market
ThINC

Company Gallery
110 W. Fayette St. (corner of Clinton), Syracuse

Works by Syracuse University College of Visual and Performing Arts Independent Study Degree Program - Master of Arts/Illustration Class of 2006

2005 Illustration Independent Study Degree Program Thesis Exhibition
Lowe Art Gallery

Price: Free
Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

The exhibition features over 200 pieces by eighteen graduating Master of Arts students from the Syracuse University Independent Study Degree Program (ISDP) in the College of Visual and Performing Arts. The artists have been working with Professor John Thompson for the past two years to complete their final projects. This show is the culmination of that effort, and the works presented comprise the students' theses.

Sarah Austin Retrospective
Redhouse

Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

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

Cabaret
Baldwinsville Theatre Guild

First Presbyterian Church of Baldwinsville
64 Oswego St., Baldwinsville

The Jerry Herman Songbook
Monday Morning Productions
Jason Cicci, director
Featuring Gina Lamparella

Price: $20 adults - $15 for students/seniors
Wellwood Middle School
700 S. Manlius St., Fayetteville

The show stars Producing Artistic Director and Fayetteville native Jason Cicci and Syracuse University alumnus and Baldwinsville native Gina Lamparella, currently performing in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels on Broadway.

For tickets: 315-435-2121; Groups, call: 315-479-5495.

Into the Woods

Price: $12 regular, $10 students and seniors
Skaneateles High School
49 E. Elizabeth St., Skaneateles

Information: 315-685-8657.

Birds of Paradise
Redhouse

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

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

Read a Review!

Noises Off
The Talent Company

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

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

Read a Review!

The Last Five Years
Vineyard Theatre Arts

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

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

Read a Review!

Saturday, August 6, 2005

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

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

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

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

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

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

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

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

University Art Collection
Sims Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse

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

Roaming the Regional Market
ThINC

Company Gallery
110 W. Fayette St. (corner of Clinton), Syracuse

Works by Syracuse University College of Visual and Performing Arts Independent Study Degree Program - Master of Arts/Illustration Class of 2006

2005 Illustration Independent Study Degree Program Thesis Exhibition
Lowe Art Gallery

Price: Free
Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

The exhibition features over 200 pieces by eighteen graduating Master of Arts students from the Syracuse University Independent Study Degree Program (ISDP) in the College of Visual and Performing Arts. The artists have been working with Professor John Thompson for the past two years to complete their final projects. This show is the culmination of that effort, and the works presented comprise the students' theses.

Sarah Austin Retrospective
Redhouse

Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

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

Arias at the Armory
Syracuse Opera

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

Alice in Wonderland
Magic Circle Children's Theatre

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

Into the Woods

Price: $9 adults, $7 children
Skaneateles High School
49 E. Elizabeth St., Skaneateles

Special children's performance, with opportunities for children to meet the actors and have photos with them.

Information: 315-685-8657.

The Jerry Herman Songbook
Monday Morning Productions
Jason Cicci, director
Featuring Gina Lamparella

Price: $15 adults - $10 for students/seniors
Wellwood Middle School
700 S. Manlius St., Fayetteville

The show stars Producing Artistic Director and Fayetteville native Jason Cicci and Syracuse University alumnus and Baldwinsville native Gina Lamparella, currently performing in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels on Broadway.

For tickets: 315-435-2121; Groups, call: 315-479-5495.

Cabaret
Baldwinsville Theatre Guild

First Presbyterian Church of Baldwinsville
64 Oswego St., Baldwinsville

The Jerry Herman Songbook
Monday Morning Productions
Jason Cicci, director
Featuring Gina Lamparella

Price: $20 adults - $15 for students/seniors
Wellwood Middle School
700 S. Manlius St., Fayetteville

The show stars Producing Artistic Director and Fayetteville native Jason Cicci and Syracuse University alumnus and Baldwinsville native Gina Lamparella, currently performing in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels on Broadway.

For tickets: 315-435-2121; Groups, call: 315-479-5495.

Into the Woods

Price: $12 regular, $10 students and seniors
Skaneateles High School
49 E. Elizabeth St., Skaneateles

Information: 315-685-8657.

Birds of Paradise
Redhouse

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

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

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Angels with Broken Wings
The Media Unit

Price: $6.50
108 Slocum Hall
Syracuse University, Syracuse

Show combines dance, drama, comedy and music in a tale of about gangs and the last turf crew to organize in the city.

Noises Off
The Talent Company

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

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

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The Last Five Years
Vineyard Theatre Arts

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

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

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Sunday, August 7, 2005

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

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

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

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

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

Video, 16 minutes 47 seconds

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

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

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

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

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

University Art Collection
Sims Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse

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

Roaming the Regional Market
ThINC

Company Gallery
110 W. Fayette St. (corner of Clinton), Syracuse

Works by Syracuse University College of Visual and Performing Arts Independent Study Degree Program - Master of Arts/Illustration Class of 2006

2005 Illustration Independent Study Degree Program Thesis Exhibition
Lowe Art Gallery

Price: Free
Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

The exhibition features over 200 pieces by eighteen graduating Master of Arts students from the Syracuse University Independent Study Degree Program (ISDP) in the College of Visual and Performing Arts. The artists have been working with Professor John Thompson for the past two years to complete their final projects. This show is the culmination of that effort, and the works presented comprise the students' theses.

Sunday in the Park With Sondheim
Syracuse Opera
Syracuse Opera

Price: Free
Thornden Park Amphitheater
Ostrom Ave., Syracuse

Features selections from Into the Woods, Sweeney Todd, West Side Story and other shows.

Cabaret
Baldwinsville Theatre Guild

First Presbyterian Church of Baldwinsville
64 Oswego St., Baldwinsville

The Jerry Herman Songbook
Monday Morning Productions
Jason Cicci, director
Featuring Gina Lamparella

Price: $15 adults - $10 for students/seniors
Wellwood Middle School
700 S. Manlius St., Fayetteville

The show stars Producing Artistic Director and Fayetteville native Jason Cicci and Syracuse University alumnus and Baldwinsville native Gina Lamparella, currently performing in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels on Broadway.

For tickets: 315-435-2121; Groups, call: 315-479-5495.

Into the Woods

Price: $12 regular, $10 students and seniors
Skaneateles High School
49 E. Elizabeth St., Skaneateles

Information: 315-685-8657.

Noises Off
The Talent Company

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

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

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