Poetry in Song
May 3
4:00 PM
Hendricks Chapel
Syracuse University NY, 13244
Sponsor: Syracuse Children's Chorus
Ticket Price: $18/$14 Adults, $16/$12 Students 315.478.0582
Description: SCC welcomes composer Libby Larsen and The Cassatt String Quartet for a performance celebrating poetry in song. The young singers will share their own poems and perform texts by Alfred Lord Tennyson, Robert Frost, Robert Louis Stevenson and more!
Film: Three More by Cornell: Carrousel, Jack's Dream, Thimble Theatre
May 3
2:00 PM
401 Harrison St Syracuse NY, 13210
Sponsor: The Everson Museum of Art
Ticket Price: Free 315-474-6064
Description: These films are the first known fully collaged films by Joseph Cornell and were created in the 1940s. Made from found footage, Cornell combines unique and timeless images.
Jim Ridlon
May 3
1:00 PM
401 Harrison St Syracuse NY, 13210
Sponsor: The Everson Museum of Art
Ticket Price: Free 315-474-6064
Description: Local artist, Jim Ridlon, will display several of his original assemblage works comprised of a variety of found objects from around the world.
The National Touring Company, "The 25th Annual Putnam County SPELLING BEE"
May 5
7:30 pm
Crouse-Hinds Theater, Mulroy Civic Center, Syracuse
Presented byFamous Artists Broadway Theater Series
Tickets: $55 $45 and $30
Available at Famous Artists Box Office 424-8210 or Ticketmaster.com
Second Saturday Concert
May 9
8:00 PM
826 Euclid Ave Syracuse NY, 13210
Sponsor: Westcott Community Center & the FOLKUS Project
Ticket Price: $15/$12 WCC Members 315-478-8634
Description: Tony Trischka is perhaps the most influential banjo player in the roots music world. For more than 35 years, his style have inspired a whole generation of bluegrass and acoustic musicians. He was not only considered among the very best pickers, he was also one of the instrument's top teachers, and created numerous instructional books, teaching video tapes and cassettes.
The National Touring Company: "Ain't Misbehavin' " starring Ruben Studdard
May 12-14
7:30 pm
Crouse-Hinds Theater, Mulroy Civic Center, Syracuse
Presented by Famous Artists Broadway Theater Series
Tickets: $57.50 $47.50 and $32.50
Available at Famous Artists Box Office 424-8210 or Ticketmaster.com
Opening Night Lecture & Reception for PostSecret and Sitting Still for Art and Empathy
May 15
5:30 PM
401 Harrison St Syracuse NY, 13210
Sponsor: The Everson Museum of Art
Ticket Price: $10 non-members, Free for members 315-474-6064
Description: Enjoy the preview to the exhibits over light hors d'oeuvres and live entertainment. The exhibitions will open to the public on May 16
Exhibition: Sitting Still for Art and Empathy
May 16
12:00 PM
401 Harrison St Syracuse NY, 13210
Sponsor: The Everson Museum of Art
Ticket Price: Free with a suggested donation of $5 per person 315-474-6064
Description: Pam McLaughlin, Everson Curator of Education and Anne Beffel, Associate Prof. of Art at Syracuse University made Sitting Still for Art and Empathy is the result of a contemplative video project from Syracuse City high school students.
Exhibition: PostSecret
May 16
12:00 PM
401 Harrison St Syracuse NY, 13210
Sponsor: The Everson Museum of Art
Ticket Price: Free with a suggested donation of $5 per person 315-474-6064
Description: Frank Warren started PostSecret.com as a community project in 2004 and has since received more than 150,000 anonymous postcards. These postcards have turned into pieces of art.
Artist Open: Sympathetic Vibrations II, 2009
May 21
6:00 PM
401 Harrison St Syracuse NY, 13210
Sponsor: The Everson Museum of Art
Ticket Price: Free 315-474-6064
Description: A temporary site-based installation by Kim Waale and Leo Crandall, involving objects and projections, will activate the Everson’s Mather Court. It will be an event-art happening. Viewers will be able to interact with and alter the installation.
