Saturday, December 3, 2022

2022 Drawing on Talent Members Art Exhibit
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

Price: Free
Baltimore Woods Nature Center
4007 Bishop Hill Rd., Marcellus

50th Anniversary Exhibition
Community Folk Art Center

Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

This retrospective exhibit features past and current artwork from the co-founders, early supporters of CFAC, as well as photos and archives.

Artists include Basheer Alim, Juan Cruz, Shirley Harrison, David MacDonald, Jack White, and Herb T. Williams.

Holiday Show and Sale
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Deborah Rogers: mixed media collage and jewelry
Jan Navales: sculptural vessels made from a variety of materials
Mary Raineri: multi-media textural wall art

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37th Annual Gingerbread Gallery
Erie Canal Museum

Price: $10 adults, $7 seniors, $4 children ages 3-18, free for children ages 2 and under
Erie Canal Museum
318 Erie Blvd. E., Syracuse

A display of confectionery creations that celebrates the holidays and the Erie Canal. Each year the Erie Canal Museum Weighlock Gallery transforms into a festive 1800s canal town street scene with gingerbread creations on display in storefront windows.

2022 Festival of Trees & Light
Everson Museum of Art

Price: $10 regular, $5 ages 12 and under
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The Everson is proud to present the 2022 Festival of Trees & Light, a beloved CNY holiday tradition. With a variety of performances, family-friendly activities, and stunning seasonal displays and items available for purchase, make the Everson's Festival of Trees & Light a part of your family's holiday tradition.

10:00 am-3:00 pm: Drop in Family Activity, Education Center
10:00-11:15 am: Lana Goldman Fine School of Music, Hosmer Auditorium
10:30 am: Company B from Baker High School in Balwinsville, Sculpture Court
11:00 am-3:00 pm: Santa in Residence, The Beadel Cases
12:00 pm: Guzmán's Dance Studio, Hosmer Auditorium
2:30-5:00 pm: CMC Dance Company, Hosmer Auditorium

Forever is Composed of Nows
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Whether artists respond to history or look to the future, creativity exists in the moment. Drawn from the Everson's permanent collection, Forever is Composed of Nows examines a multitude of snapshots of the present moment, grouped by theme, image, or idea across different time periods and media. By examining how artists spanning three centuries have approached their present — their now — using similar topics and motifs, this exhibition is a visual exploration of how values, societal customs, and art subjects have evolved over time.

Rebecca Hutchinson: Re-Generation
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Rebecca Hutchinson's sculptural installations are influenced by the behavioral dynamics found in nature. Her exhibition is focused on the themes of re-generation and observation of natural built systems. "Re-Generation" highlights Hutchinson's cultural and environmental research on the industrial legacy of Central New York. Along with its salt mines, Syracuse also possessed massive deposits of soda ash, a material used in the manufacture of ceramics. These materials, in tandem with an influx of European immigrants with craft and material expertise led to the development of Syracuse China, which quickly grew into one of the nation's largest dinnerware manufacturers.

Reflecting on the decline of the soda ash mining and the closure of Syracuse China, "Re-Generation" takes the form of large unfired paperclay vessels that will be installed in an inverted position, showcasing on the surface drawings of rare orchids that have evolved out of the polluted soil and are currently thriving in the Syracuse region.

Raymon Elozua: Structure/Dissonance
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"Structure/Dissonance" celebrates nearly five decades of work by New York-based artist Raymon Elozua, who first came to prominence in the 1970s with detailed trompe l'oeil ceramic sculptures of decaying industrial landscapes. Elozua's first major museum exhibition since his 2003 retrospective at the Mint Museum, "Structure/Dissonance" focuses on three conceptual bodies of work that explore the combined physical properties of three elemental materials: ceramic, glass, and steel. This exhibition contextualizes these vital sculptures within Elozua's intellectual landscape through the inclusion of a series of collections and research projects that are inextricably linked to his artistic output.

Elozua's insatiable appetite to uncover the hidden cultural meanings attached to his chosen materials has led him to obsessively collect esoteric objects like gas stove burners and rusted enamel cookware, as well as photographs and ephemera related to topics as varied as labor history and decaying "borscht belt" bungalow colonies. These collections and obsessions help to construct a more accurate picture of the complex intellect that gives depth and meaning to Elozua's singular expressive sculptures.

Common Ground
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

To celebrate the new millennium, in the year 2000 artist Neil Tetkowski undertook a Herculean project: gathering clay from all 188 member countries from the United Nations. With these clay samples, Tetkowski created a suitably monumental work that debuted at United Nations headquarters in New York City—the Common Ground World Mandala. Measuring seven feet in diameter and more than nine feet high, Tetkowski's sculpture is a testament to the artist's ability to think beyond boundaries—of scale, of geography, and of politics.

"Common Ground" uses Tetkowski's World Mandala as the centerpiece of an exhibition that showcases the Everson's vast collection of world ceramics. From ancient Mesopotamian and Greek pottery to contemporary Zulu beer brewing vessels and a life-size terracotta horse built by Indian priests, the Everson's collection traces the evolution of ceramics across cultures over thousands of years. Because of Syracuse's focus on welcoming immigrants and refugees to the community, there are over 70 languages spoken in city schools. "Common Ground" uses ceramics, one of humankind's oldest art forms, to remind us of our shared bonds with the earth.

Read a review!

Plowshares CraftsFair

Nottingham High School
3100 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

CNY's premiere multicultural crafts fair, featuring over 120 local craftspeople and community organizations.

For more information, visit https://www.peacecouncil.net/plowshares.

Off The Wall: Holiday Art Show and Sale
Associated Artists of CNY

Manlius Village Library
Manlius Village Center, 1 Arkie Albanese Dr., Manlius

Holiday Open Studios

Price: $5 at the door, $4 in advance
Delavan Studios
501 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

Painting, photography, glass, jewelry, printmaking, fabric, and more. Come see over 35 artists in their natural environment.

Snowmies Winter Holiday Market
The Black Artist Collective

Price: Free admission
Salt City Market
484 S. Salina St., Syracuse

The event features 20 crafters, creatives, and Black-owned businesses with great gifting options for family and friends this holiday season! The Snowmies Holiday Market is part of a change-making initiative focused on amplifying the talents of Black and Brown artists, makers, and entrepreneurs.

67th Annual Art Mart Syracuse
Syracuse Allied Arts

Price: Free admission
431-433 S. Warren St.
Syracuse

Pop-up fine art gallery featuring handmade and local art. Jewelry, watercolor painting, oil painting, ceramics, pottery, woodwork, glasswork, textiles, photography, and other unique products from more than 30 local artists will be available.

Rommy Torrico: Cabeza en las nubes
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

Cabeza en las nubes, directly translated as "head in the clouds," is a body of work that spans a decade of dreamscapes that have been born from liberatory struggle and creative release. Rommy, a queer trans migrant who navigated the world as undocumented until 2018, has been collaborating with communities at the forefront of liberation movements since 2012. As a trans storyteller who lives at the intersections of these identities, they have committed to constantly dreaming and reimagining a refuge of futures where migrant, queer trans communities can live in joy and safety — with access to affordable housing, stable income, and nourishing networks of care. From immigration, to incarceration, to education, the images in this collection explore a range of issues that are impacting trans communities.

Intentionally released in November, Cabeza en las nubes exists as a tribute to this year's Trans Day of Remembrance (November 20) — as a way to honor, uplift and center trans lives and their celestial futures. In the midst of the flurry of anti-trans policies and the many violent realities trans folks have been facing and continue to face, it is Rommy's hope that their work underscores that the time to celebrate the dreams and visions of tender and thriving futures where queer, trans migrants can show up in all their glory is now.

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Stephanie H. Shih: My Sweetie Has No Pockmarks
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

The second iteration of The Art Wall Project features the sculptures made by Stephanie H. Shih. Best known for her ceramic groceries, Shih's work explores ideas of home and nostalgia through the lens of food. Her installation at the museum will feature bags of rice to consider how Asian identity has been flattened through stereotypes and to reclaim this pantry staple as a touchpoint of Asian American identity.

Collections Highlights: 5,500 Years of Art
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

Explore the newly reinstalled permanent collection galleries, which include rarely seen artworks from the museum's collection and two major loans from the Art Bridges Foundation. This thematic installation touches on ideas of identity, place, gender, race, labor, and lineage.

Anni Albers: Work With Materials
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

"Anni Albers: Work with Materials," a new exhibition that traces the remarkable career of the artist, designer, writer, and teacher, features over 100 drawings, prints, textile samples, commercial fabrics, and rugs from the collection of the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation. With a focus primarily on the extraordinarily productive and varied second half of her long career, the exhibition illuminates her ability to move easily between her work as both an artist and as a designer of functional materials. One of Albers's looms and an interactive "triangle table" will also be featured.

In weaving, designing, and printmaking, Albers's faith in the power of abstraction and her reliance on material knowledge never wavered. Throughout her widely varied, yet consistent and focused output, we see an artist who understood material not only as a vehicle to carry ideas, but more importantly for its physical and structural potential.

Precious Metal: Gold Across Space and Time
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

On August 17, 2017, scientists around the world and at Syracuse University witnessed the collision of two neutron stars that resulted in the production of gold, platinum, and other heavy metals in space. Celebrating the fifth anniversary of this momentous discovery, this exhibition considers how people have exploited gold's unique physical properties to make art and to convey ideas about spirituality, power, and opulence.

This exhibition was organized in partnership with Stefan Ballmer (Physics, College of Arts and Sciences), Duncan Brown (Office of Research, Office of Academic Affairs; Physics, College of Arts and Sciences), Steven Penn (Physics, Hobart and William Smith Colleges), Romita Ray (Art and Music Histories, College of Arts and Sciences), Daniel Sarmiento (Special Collections Research Center), and Irina Savinetskaya (Special Collections Research Center).

Guanyu Xu: Suspended Status
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

Guanyu Xu's Suspended Status depicts an artist caught in a web of red tape. The work on view for this exhibition comprises images from his ongoing series, Resident Aliens, as well as a large grid of images that he calls Suspension. Both bodies of work use visa status in the United States as a means of framing images that depict people who are suspended between countries and cultures. Their futures hang on faceless state agencies in a churning political current.

Read a review!

2022 MFA Photography Survey
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

Light Work announces its inaugural exhibition in partnership with the Art Photography MFA program from the Film and Media Arts Department in SU's College of Visual and Performing Arts. In this survey of all enrolled candidates, we see a wide range of approaches that compliment and vary from one another. These images vividly present themes of cloaking and vulnerability, the subverting of histories, conceptual expressions of time, chance, theater, and formalism. Together, they showcase a wonderful confidence in experimental picture-making processes and they highlight the ever-expanding field of photography through distinct perception and follow-through.

Exhibition includes work by David De Lira, Olivia Dovorany, Lily LaGrange, Qianjin Men, Ryan Mitchell, Tripty Tamang Pakhrin, Wanda-Marie Rana, Anshul Roy, Greeshma Chenni Veettil, Jasmine Veronica, Yanqi Wang, Zifan Wang, and Kate Warren.

If I Were to Be Alive: Suneil Sanzgiri & Colectivo Los Ingrávidos
Urban Video Project

Everson Museum of Art Plaza
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

This two-artist program explores the ways that the slow violence of extractive capital and colonialism collude with the fast violence of state power.

Screening begins are dusk.

LeMoyne Student Dance Company Fall Recital
LeMoyne College

Coyne Center for the Performing Arts
LeMoyne College, Syracuse

LSDC presents their Fall 2022 recital of student & guest choreographed routines. More than a dozen dances with over 35 performers.

Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker
Syracuse City Ballet

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

A tradition in cities across the world and Syracuse is no exception. This classic seasonal story is a delight for children and adults.

Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker
Syracuse City Ballet

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

A tradition in cities across the world and Syracuse is no exception. This classic seasonal story is a delight for children and adults.

LeMoyne Student Dance Company Fall Recital
LeMoyne College

Coyne Center for the Performing Arts
LeMoyne College, Syracuse

LSDC presents their Fall 2022 recital of student & guest choreographed routines. More than a dozen dances with over 35 performers.

Student Recital Series: Benjamin O’Connell, voice
Syracuse University Setnor School of Music

Price: Free
Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College
Syracuse University, Syracuse

This performance will be streamed live here.

Music for Trumpet and Electronics
315 Ensemble
Featuring Andy Kozar, trumpet

Price: Free, but reservations required
WCNY
415 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

World premiere of Chris Cresswell's Convenient bits of unupholstered furniture, plus works by Eve Beglarian, Taylor Brook, Elizabeth Hoffman, Tyler Harrison, Paula Matthusen, and Heather Stebbins.

*SOLD OUT* Vanessa Collieer
The 443 Social Club

The 443 Social Club
443 Burnet Ave., Syracuse

As a 7-time Blues Music Award (BMA) nominee and a 2-time BMA Award Winner for Horn Player of the Year (2020 & 2019), Vanessa Collier is excited to kick off her 2021 tour in celebration of her highly anticipated and self-produced fourth album, Heart on the Line. In addition to her BMA awards, Vanessa is also a multi-award-winning songwriter, master musician, and multi-instrumentalist, known for seamlessly weaving together funk, soul, rock, and blues styles through soulful vocals, searing saxophone solos, and witty songwriting skills. With her career still in its infancy, Vanessa has already turned many heads, garnering tremendous accolades for her trademark high energy, powerful, fiery, and passionate live shows.

Messiah
Syracuse Orchestra (formerly Symphoria)
Syracuse University Oratorio Society
John Warren, conductor
Featuring Elena Perroni, soprano; Dawn Pierce, mezzo-soprano; Ethan Burck, tenor; Evan Gray, baritone

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Columbus Circle, Syracuse

Shakespeare's Christmas Carol
Syracuse Shakespeare-in-the-Park
Ronnie Bell, director

Price: $20 virtual show only; $50 includes take-out meal from Yeti's Cafe plus show
Online

SSITP's virtual version of Dickens, Shakespeare, and your family tradition.

All proceeds go to the SSITP Fund for a new theater.

Disney’s The Little Mermaid
Syracuse Stage
Syracuse University Drama Department
Melissa Rain Anderson, director

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

Dive into musical family fun with Ariel, Sebastian, and all the watery gang from this beloved tale. With spectacular aerial acrobatics provided by 2 Ring Circus (The Wizard of Oz, 2017), this production promises enough thrills and delights for landlubbers of all ages. Nothing fishy about this holiday treat.

Music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater, book by Doug Wright. Music direction by Brian Cimmet, choreography by Adam Cates.

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You Can't Take It With You
Central New York Playhouse
Natasia White, director

Atonement Lutheran Church
116 W. Glen Ave., Syracuse

At first the Sycamores seem mad, but it is not long before we realize that if they are mad, the rest of the world is madder. In contrast to these delightful people are the unhappy Kirbys. The plot shows how Tony, attractive young son of the Kirbys, falls in love with Alice Sycamore and brings his parents to dine at the Sycamore home on the wrong evening.

The shock sustained by the Kirbys, who are invited to eat cheap food, shows Alice that marriage with Tony is out of the question. The Sycamores, however, though sympathetic to Alice, find it hard to realize her point of view. Meantime, Tony, who knows the Sycamores are right and his own people wrong, will not give her up.

By Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman.

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Disney’s The Little Mermaid
Syracuse Stage
Syracuse University Drama Department
Melissa Rain Anderson, director

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

Dive into musical family fun with Ariel, Sebastian, and all the watery gang from this beloved tale. With spectacular aerial acrobatics provided by 2 Ring Circus (The Wizard of Oz, 2017), this production promises enough thrills and delights for landlubbers of all ages. Nothing fishy about this holiday treat.

Music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater, book by Doug Wright. Music direction by Brian Cimmet, choreography by Adam Cates.

Read a review!

Sunday, December 4, 2022

37th Annual Gingerbread Gallery
Erie Canal Museum

Price: $10 adults, $7 seniors, $4 children ages 3-18, free for children ages 2 and under
Erie Canal Museum
318 Erie Blvd. E., Syracuse

A display of confectionery creations that celebrates the holidays and the Erie Canal. Each year the Erie Canal Museum Weighlock Gallery transforms into a festive 1800s canal town street scene with gingerbread creations on display in storefront windows.

2022 Festival of Trees & Light
Everson Museum of Art

Price: $10 regular, $5 ages 12 and under
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The Everson is proud to present the 2022 Festival of Trees & Light, a beloved CNY holiday tradition. With a variety of performances, family-friendly activities, and stunning seasonal displays and items available for purchase, make the Everson's Festival of Trees & Light a part of your family's holiday tradition.

12:30-3:30 pm: Tawn Marie Dance Studio, Hosmer Auditorium
4:00 pm: Sudha Raj Dance School, Hosmer Auditorium

Rebecca Hutchinson: Re-Generation
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Rebecca Hutchinson's sculptural installations are influenced by the behavioral dynamics found in nature. Her exhibition is focused on the themes of re-generation and observation of natural built systems. "Re-Generation" highlights Hutchinson's cultural and environmental research on the industrial legacy of Central New York. Along with its salt mines, Syracuse also possessed massive deposits of soda ash, a material used in the manufacture of ceramics. These materials, in tandem with an influx of European immigrants with craft and material expertise led to the development of Syracuse China, which quickly grew into one of the nation's largest dinnerware manufacturers.

Reflecting on the decline of the soda ash mining and the closure of Syracuse China, "Re-Generation" takes the form of large unfired paperclay vessels that will be installed in an inverted position, showcasing on the surface drawings of rare orchids that have evolved out of the polluted soil and are currently thriving in the Syracuse region.

Forever is Composed of Nows
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Whether artists respond to history or look to the future, creativity exists in the moment. Drawn from the Everson's permanent collection, Forever is Composed of Nows examines a multitude of snapshots of the present moment, grouped by theme, image, or idea across different time periods and media. By examining how artists spanning three centuries have approached their present — their now — using similar topics and motifs, this exhibition is a visual exploration of how values, societal customs, and art subjects have evolved over time.

Common Ground
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

To celebrate the new millennium, in the year 2000 artist Neil Tetkowski undertook a Herculean project: gathering clay from all 188 member countries from the United Nations. With these clay samples, Tetkowski created a suitably monumental work that debuted at United Nations headquarters in New York City—the Common Ground World Mandala. Measuring seven feet in diameter and more than nine feet high, Tetkowski's sculpture is a testament to the artist's ability to think beyond boundaries—of scale, of geography, and of politics.

"Common Ground" uses Tetkowski's World Mandala as the centerpiece of an exhibition that showcases the Everson's vast collection of world ceramics. From ancient Mesopotamian and Greek pottery to contemporary Zulu beer brewing vessels and a life-size terracotta horse built by Indian priests, the Everson's collection traces the evolution of ceramics across cultures over thousands of years. Because of Syracuse's focus on welcoming immigrants and refugees to the community, there are over 70 languages spoken in city schools. "Common Ground" uses ceramics, one of humankind's oldest art forms, to remind us of our shared bonds with the earth.

Read a review!

Raymon Elozua: Structure/Dissonance
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"Structure/Dissonance" celebrates nearly five decades of work by New York-based artist Raymon Elozua, who first came to prominence in the 1970s with detailed trompe l'oeil ceramic sculptures of decaying industrial landscapes. Elozua's first major museum exhibition since his 2003 retrospective at the Mint Museum, "Structure/Dissonance" focuses on three conceptual bodies of work that explore the combined physical properties of three elemental materials: ceramic, glass, and steel. This exhibition contextualizes these vital sculptures within Elozua's intellectual landscape through the inclusion of a series of collections and research projects that are inextricably linked to his artistic output.

Elozua's insatiable appetite to uncover the hidden cultural meanings attached to his chosen materials has led him to obsessively collect esoteric objects like gas stove burners and rusted enamel cookware, as well as photographs and ephemera related to topics as varied as labor history and decaying "borscht belt" bungalow colonies. These collections and obsessions help to construct a more accurate picture of the complex intellect that gives depth and meaning to Elozua's singular expressive sculptures.

Collections Highlights: 5,500 Years of Art
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

Explore the newly reinstalled permanent collection galleries, which include rarely seen artworks from the museum's collection and two major loans from the Art Bridges Foundation. This thematic installation touches on ideas of identity, place, gender, race, labor, and lineage.

Stephanie H. Shih: My Sweetie Has No Pockmarks
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

The second iteration of The Art Wall Project features the sculptures made by Stephanie H. Shih. Best known for her ceramic groceries, Shih's work explores ideas of home and nostalgia through the lens of food. Her installation at the museum will feature bags of rice to consider how Asian identity has been flattened through stereotypes and to reclaim this pantry staple as a touchpoint of Asian American identity.

Precious Metal: Gold Across Space and Time
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

On August 17, 2017, scientists around the world and at Syracuse University witnessed the collision of two neutron stars that resulted in the production of gold, platinum, and other heavy metals in space. Celebrating the fifth anniversary of this momentous discovery, this exhibition considers how people have exploited gold's unique physical properties to make art and to convey ideas about spirituality, power, and opulence.

This exhibition was organized in partnership with Stefan Ballmer (Physics, College of Arts and Sciences), Duncan Brown (Office of Research, Office of Academic Affairs; Physics, College of Arts and Sciences), Steven Penn (Physics, Hobart and William Smith Colleges), Romita Ray (Art and Music Histories, College of Arts and Sciences), Daniel Sarmiento (Special Collections Research Center), and Irina Savinetskaya (Special Collections Research Center).

Anni Albers: Work With Materials
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

"Anni Albers: Work with Materials," a new exhibition that traces the remarkable career of the artist, designer, writer, and teacher, features over 100 drawings, prints, textile samples, commercial fabrics, and rugs from the collection of the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation. With a focus primarily on the extraordinarily productive and varied second half of her long career, the exhibition illuminates her ability to move easily between her work as both an artist and as a designer of functional materials. One of Albers's looms and an interactive "triangle table" will also be featured.

In weaving, designing, and printmaking, Albers's faith in the power of abstraction and her reliance on material knowledge never wavered. Throughout her widely varied, yet consistent and focused output, we see an artist who understood material not only as a vehicle to carry ideas, but more importantly for its physical and structural potential.

2022 MFA Photography Survey
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

Light Work announces its inaugural exhibition in partnership with the Art Photography MFA program from the Film and Media Arts Department in SU's College of Visual and Performing Arts. In this survey of all enrolled candidates, we see a wide range of approaches that compliment and vary from one another. These images vividly present themes of cloaking and vulnerability, the subverting of histories, conceptual expressions of time, chance, theater, and formalism. Together, they showcase a wonderful confidence in experimental picture-making processes and they highlight the ever-expanding field of photography through distinct perception and follow-through.

Exhibition includes work by David De Lira, Olivia Dovorany, Lily LaGrange, Qianjin Men, Ryan Mitchell, Tripty Tamang Pakhrin, Wanda-Marie Rana, Anshul Roy, Greeshma Chenni Veettil, Jasmine Veronica, Yanqi Wang, Zifan Wang, and Kate Warren.

Guanyu Xu: Suspended Status
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

Guanyu Xu's Suspended Status depicts an artist caught in a web of red tape. The work on view for this exhibition comprises images from his ongoing series, Resident Aliens, as well as a large grid of images that he calls Suspension. Both bodies of work use visa status in the United States as a means of framing images that depict people who are suspended between countries and cultures. Their futures hang on faceless state agencies in a churning political current.

Read a review!

Off The Wall: Holiday Art Show and Sale
Associated Artists of CNY

Manlius Village Library
Manlius Village Center, 1 Arkie Albanese Dr., Manlius

Plowshares CraftsFair

Nottingham High School
3100 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

CNY's premiere multicultural crafts fair, featuring over 120 local craftspeople and community organizations.

For more information, visit https://www.peacecouncil.net/plowshares.

Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker
Syracuse City Ballet

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

A tradition in cities across the world and Syracuse is no exception. This classic seasonal story is a delight for children and adults.

Holiday Open House and Book Talk
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

In anticipation of the holidays, OHA invites you to an evening of extended hours, complete with refreshments, musical entertainment, storewide sales, and a special free gift.

To kick off our Holiday Open House, we're welcoming author Glenn H. Ivers for the launch of his new book, Angels of Bastogne, A Remembrance of World War II at 4:00 pm.

Angels of Bastogne is based on the true story of the American doctor, Captain John T. "Jack" Prior of Manlius, and the Belgian nurses Renee Lemaire and Augusta Chiwy who volunteered in his aid station in Bastogne, Belgium, that was bombed on Christmas Eve, 1944. The book also tells the story of soldiers and civilians swept up in the struggle for control of the strategic town during the Battle of the Bulge, and of veterans who reunited in Bastogne in 1994 to reminisce and remember fallen comrades. Angels of Bastogne is a profound exploration of the human condition in the cauldron of mortal conflict: of suffering and compassion, fear and courage, trauma and healing, guilt and redemption, and love, loss and loyalty.

Listen to Glenn discuss his work, grab a copy of Angels of Bastogne, and enjoy refreshments at our downtown museum at 321 Montgomery Street. Please RSVP if you plan to attend!

RSVP appreciated

Holidays at Hendricks
Hendricks Chapel

Price: Free, but registration required
Hendricks Chapel
Syracuse University, Syracuse

An ongoing tradition hosted by Hendricks Chapel and the Setnor School of Music, Holidays at Hendricks celebrates the sounds of the season and is anchored by the Hendricks Chapel Choir and its director José "Peppie" Calvar.

The student-centered concert features performances from:
* Syracuse University Symphony Orchestra, directed by James Tapia
* The international award-winning Syracuse University Singers, under the direction of John Warren
* Crouse Chorale and Setnor Sonority, directed by Wendy Moy and Peppie Calvar, respectively
* Student organists and University organist Anne Laver on the Hendricks Chapel organ
* Syracuse University's big band, the Morton Schiff Jazz Ensemble, directed by John Coggiola

Included will be the world premiere of "Quem Vidistis Pastores" from Christmas Cantata, by Peppie Calvar.

Public parking is free and available on a first-come, first-served basis in Irving Garage and the Hillside lot. Those who require accessible parking or would like more information about the event may call Hendricks Chapel at 315-443-2901 or email chapel@syr.edu.

Registration is required for both the in-person and virtual concerts. Guests for the in-person concerts can select which section they will sit in for the performance.

*SOLD OUT* Vanessa Collieer
The 443 Social Club

The 443 Social Club
443 Burnet Ave., Syracuse

As a 7-time Blues Music Award (BMA) nominee and a 2-time BMA Award Winner for Horn Player of the Year (2020 & 2019), Vanessa Collier is excited to kick off her 2021 tour in celebration of her highly anticipated and self-produced fourth album, Heart on the Line. In addition to her BMA awards, Vanessa is also a multi-award-winning songwriter, master musician, and multi-instrumentalist, known for seamlessly weaving together funk, soul, rock, and blues styles through soulful vocals, searing saxophone solos, and witty songwriting skills. With her career still in its infancy, Vanessa has already turned many heads, garnering tremendous accolades for her trademark high energy, powerful, fiery, and passionate live shows.

Holidays at Hendricks
Hendricks Chapel

Price: Free, but registration required
Hendricks Chapel
Syracuse University, Syracuse

An ongoing tradition hosted by Hendricks Chapel and the Setnor School of Music, Holidays at Hendricks celebrates the sounds of the season and is anchored by the Hendricks Chapel Choir and its director José "Peppie" Calvar.

The student-centered concert features performances from:
* Syracuse University Symphony Orchestra, directed by James Tapia
* The international award-winning Syracuse University Singers, under the direction of John Warren
* Crouse Chorale and Setnor Sonority, directed by Wendy Moy and Peppie Calvar, respectively
* Student organists and University organist Anne Laver on the Hendricks Chapel organ
* Syracuse University's big band, the Morton Schiff Jazz Ensemble, directed by John Coggiola

Included will be the world premiere of "Quem Vidistis Pastores" from Christmas Cantata, by Peppie Calvar.

Public parking is free and available on a first-come, first-served basis in Irving Garage and the Hillside lot. Those who require accessible parking or would like more information about the event may call Hendricks Chapel at 315-443-2901 or email chapel@syr.edu.

Registration is required for both the in-person and virtual concerts. Guests for the in-person concerts can select which section they will sit in for the performance.

Shakespeare's Christmas Carol
Syracuse Shakespeare-in-the-Park
Ronnie Bell, director

Price: $20 virtual show only; $50 includes take-out meal from Yeti's Cafe plus show
Online

SSITP's virtual version of Dickens, Shakespeare, and your family tradition.

All proceeds go to the SSITP Fund for a new theater.

Disney’s The Little Mermaid
Syracuse Stage
Syracuse University Drama Department
Melissa Rain Anderson, director

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

Dive into musical family fun with Ariel, Sebastian, and all the watery gang from this beloved tale. With spectacular aerial acrobatics provided by 2 Ring Circus (The Wizard of Oz, 2017), this production promises enough thrills and delights for landlubbers of all ages. Nothing fishy about this holiday treat.

Music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater, book by Doug Wright. Music direction by Brian Cimmet, choreography by Adam Cates.

Read a review!

Monday, December 5, 2022

2022 Drawing on Talent Members Art Exhibit
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

Price: Free
Baltimore Woods Nature Center
4007 Bishop Hill Rd., Marcellus

50th Anniversary Exhibition
Community Folk Art Center

Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

This retrospective exhibit features past and current artwork from the co-founders, early supporters of CFAC, as well as photos and archives.

Artists include Basheer Alim, Juan Cruz, Shirley Harrison, David MacDonald, Jack White, and Herb T. Williams.

37th Annual Gingerbread Gallery
Erie Canal Museum

Price: $10 adults, $7 seniors, $4 children ages 3-18, free for children ages 2 and under
Erie Canal Museum
318 Erie Blvd. E., Syracuse

A display of confectionery creations that celebrates the holidays and the Erie Canal. Each year the Erie Canal Museum Weighlock Gallery transforms into a festive 1800s canal town street scene with gingerbread creations on display in storefront windows.

Guanyu Xu: Suspended Status
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

Guanyu Xu's Suspended Status depicts an artist caught in a web of red tape. The work on view for this exhibition comprises images from his ongoing series, Resident Aliens, as well as a large grid of images that he calls Suspension. Both bodies of work use visa status in the United States as a means of framing images that depict people who are suspended between countries and cultures. Their futures hang on faceless state agencies in a churning political current.

Read a review!

2022 MFA Photography Survey
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

Light Work announces its inaugural exhibition in partnership with the Art Photography MFA program from the Film and Media Arts Department in SU's College of Visual and Performing Arts. In this survey of all enrolled candidates, we see a wide range of approaches that compliment and vary from one another. These images vividly present themes of cloaking and vulnerability, the subverting of histories, conceptual expressions of time, chance, theater, and formalism. Together, they showcase a wonderful confidence in experimental picture-making processes and they highlight the ever-expanding field of photography through distinct perception and follow-through.

Exhibition includes work by David De Lira, Olivia Dovorany, Lily LaGrange, Qianjin Men, Ryan Mitchell, Tripty Tamang Pakhrin, Wanda-Marie Rana, Anshul Roy, Greeshma Chenni Veettil, Jasmine Veronica, Yanqi Wang, Zifan Wang, and Kate Warren.

Off The Wall: Holiday Art Show and Sale
Associated Artists of CNY

Manlius Village Library
Manlius Village Center, 1 Arkie Albanese Dr., Manlius

67th Annual Art Mart Syracuse
Syracuse Allied Arts

Price: Free admission
431-433 S. Warren St.
Syracuse

Pop-up fine art gallery featuring handmade and local art. Jewelry, watercolor painting, oil painting, ceramics, pottery, woodwork, glasswork, textiles, photography, and other unique products from more than 30 local artists will be available.

December Show
Onondaga Art Guild

Eye Studio Arts
712 W. Manlius St., East Syracuse

Come to the Stable (1949)
Syracuse Cinephile Society

Price: $4 non-members, $3.50 members
Spaghetti Warehouse
689 N. Clinton St., Syracuse

Cast: Loretta Young, Celeste Holm, Hugh Marlowe, Elsa Lanchester, Dooley Wilson, Regis Toomey, Thomas Gomez, Mike Mazurki
Director: Henry Koster

Our season finale is this warm comedy-drama about two nuns (Young and Holm) who settle in New England and seek funding from the local residents to build a children's hospital. A wonderful film that's both funny and moving, perfect for the holiday season.

LeMoyne Rock Ensemble
LeMoyne College

Coyne Center for the Performing Arts
LeMoyne College, Syracuse

An evening of jazz standards.

Shakespeare's Christmas Carol
Syracuse Shakespeare-in-the-Park
Ronnie Bell, director

Price: $20 virtual show only; $50 includes take-out meal from Yeti's Cafe plus show
Online

SSITP's virtual version of Dickens, Shakespeare, and your family tradition.

All proceeds go to the SSITP Fund for a new theater.

Tuesday, December 6, 2022

2022 Drawing on Talent Members Art Exhibit
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

Price: Free
Baltimore Woods Nature Center
4007 Bishop Hill Rd., Marcellus

Holiday Show and Sale
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Deborah Rogers: mixed media collage and jewelry
Jan Navales: sculptural vessels made from a variety of materials
Mary Raineri: multi-media textural wall art

Read a review!

50th Anniversary Exhibition
Community Folk Art Center

Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

This retrospective exhibit features past and current artwork from the co-founders, early supporters of CFAC, as well as photos and archives.

Artists include Basheer Alim, Juan Cruz, Shirley Harrison, David MacDonald, Jack White, and Herb T. Williams.

37th Annual Gingerbread Gallery
Erie Canal Museum

Price: $10 adults, $7 seniors, $4 children ages 3-18, free for children ages 2 and under
Erie Canal Museum
318 Erie Blvd. E., Syracuse

A display of confectionery creations that celebrates the holidays and the Erie Canal. Each year the Erie Canal Museum Weighlock Gallery transforms into a festive 1800s canal town street scene with gingerbread creations on display in storefront windows.

2022 MFA Photography Survey
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

Light Work announces its inaugural exhibition in partnership with the Art Photography MFA program from the Film and Media Arts Department in SU's College of Visual and Performing Arts. In this survey of all enrolled candidates, we see a wide range of approaches that compliment and vary from one another. These images vividly present themes of cloaking and vulnerability, the subverting of histories, conceptual expressions of time, chance, theater, and formalism. Together, they showcase a wonderful confidence in experimental picture-making processes and they highlight the ever-expanding field of photography through distinct perception and follow-through.

Exhibition includes work by David De Lira, Olivia Dovorany, Lily LaGrange, Qianjin Men, Ryan Mitchell, Tripty Tamang Pakhrin, Wanda-Marie Rana, Anshul Roy, Greeshma Chenni Veettil, Jasmine Veronica, Yanqi Wang, Zifan Wang, and Kate Warren.

Guanyu Xu: Suspended Status
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

Guanyu Xu's Suspended Status depicts an artist caught in a web of red tape. The work on view for this exhibition comprises images from his ongoing series, Resident Aliens, as well as a large grid of images that he calls Suspension. Both bodies of work use visa status in the United States as a means of framing images that depict people who are suspended between countries and cultures. Their futures hang on faceless state agencies in a churning political current.

Read a review!

Off The Wall: Holiday Art Show and Sale
Associated Artists of CNY

Manlius Village Library
Manlius Village Center, 1 Arkie Albanese Dr., Manlius

Stephanie H. Shih: My Sweetie Has No Pockmarks
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

The second iteration of The Art Wall Project features the sculptures made by Stephanie H. Shih. Best known for her ceramic groceries, Shih's work explores ideas of home and nostalgia through the lens of food. Her installation at the museum will feature bags of rice to consider how Asian identity has been flattened through stereotypes and to reclaim this pantry staple as a touchpoint of Asian American identity.

Collections Highlights: 5,500 Years of Art
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

Explore the newly reinstalled permanent collection galleries, which include rarely seen artworks from the museum's collection and two major loans from the Art Bridges Foundation. This thematic installation touches on ideas of identity, place, gender, race, labor, and lineage.

Anni Albers: Work With Materials
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

"Anni Albers: Work with Materials," a new exhibition that traces the remarkable career of the artist, designer, writer, and teacher, features over 100 drawings, prints, textile samples, commercial fabrics, and rugs from the collection of the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation. With a focus primarily on the extraordinarily productive and varied second half of her long career, the exhibition illuminates her ability to move easily between her work as both an artist and as a designer of functional materials. One of Albers's looms and an interactive "triangle table" will also be featured.

In weaving, designing, and printmaking, Albers's faith in the power of abstraction and her reliance on material knowledge never wavered. Throughout her widely varied, yet consistent and focused output, we see an artist who understood material not only as a vehicle to carry ideas, but more importantly for its physical and structural potential.

Precious Metal: Gold Across Space and Time
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

On August 17, 2017, scientists around the world and at Syracuse University witnessed the collision of two neutron stars that resulted in the production of gold, platinum, and other heavy metals in space. Celebrating the fifth anniversary of this momentous discovery, this exhibition considers how people have exploited gold's unique physical properties to make art and to convey ideas about spirituality, power, and opulence.

This exhibition was organized in partnership with Stefan Ballmer (Physics, College of Arts and Sciences), Duncan Brown (Office of Research, Office of Academic Affairs; Physics, College of Arts and Sciences), Steven Penn (Physics, Hobart and William Smith Colleges), Romita Ray (Art and Music Histories, College of Arts and Sciences), Daniel Sarmiento (Special Collections Research Center), and Irina Savinetskaya (Special Collections Research Center).

67th Annual Art Mart Syracuse
Syracuse Allied Arts

Price: Free admission
431-433 S. Warren St.
Syracuse

Pop-up fine art gallery featuring handmade and local art. Jewelry, watercolor painting, oil painting, ceramics, pottery, woodwork, glasswork, textiles, photography, and other unique products from more than 30 local artists will be available.

December Show
Onondaga Art Guild

Eye Studio Arts
712 W. Manlius St., East Syracuse

Winter Choral Concert
LeMoyne College
LeMoyne Singers and Chamber Singers

Price: $15 regular, $10 seniors, $5 students/faculty/staff
Coyne Center for the Performing Arts
LeMoyne College, Syracuse

A variety of choral music, from classical to contemporary.

Ensemble Series: SU Percussion Ensemble
Syracuse University Setnor School of Music

Price: Free
Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College
Syracuse University, Syracuse

The Percussion Ensemble performs under the direction of Michael W. Bull.

This performance will be streamed live here.

Shakespeare's Christmas Carol
Syracuse Shakespeare-in-the-Park
Ronnie Bell, director

Price: $20 virtual show only; $50 includes take-out meal from Yeti's Cafe plus show
Online

SSITP's virtual version of Dickens, Shakespeare, and your family tradition.

All proceeds go to the SSITP Fund for a new theater.

Wednesday, December 7, 2022

2022 Drawing on Talent Members Art Exhibit
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

Price: Free
Baltimore Woods Nature Center
4007 Bishop Hill Rd., Marcellus

Holiday Show and Sale
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Deborah Rogers: mixed media collage and jewelry
Jan Navales: sculptural vessels made from a variety of materials
Mary Raineri: multi-media textural wall art

Read a review!

50th Anniversary Exhibition
Community Folk Art Center

Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

This retrospective exhibit features past and current artwork from the co-founders, early supporters of CFAC, as well as photos and archives.

Artists include Basheer Alim, Juan Cruz, Shirley Harrison, David MacDonald, Jack White, and Herb T. Williams.

37th Annual Gingerbread Gallery
Erie Canal Museum

Price: $10 adults, $7 seniors, $4 children ages 3-18, free for children ages 2 and under
Erie Canal Museum
318 Erie Blvd. E., Syracuse

A display of confectionery creations that celebrates the holidays and the Erie Canal. Each year the Erie Canal Museum Weighlock Gallery transforms into a festive 1800s canal town street scene with gingerbread creations on display in storefront windows.

Guanyu Xu: Suspended Status
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

Guanyu Xu's Suspended Status depicts an artist caught in a web of red tape. The work on view for this exhibition comprises images from his ongoing series, Resident Aliens, as well as a large grid of images that he calls Suspension. Both bodies of work use visa status in the United States as a means of framing images that depict people who are suspended between countries and cultures. Their futures hang on faceless state agencies in a churning political current.

Read a review!

2022 MFA Photography Survey
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

Light Work announces its inaugural exhibition in partnership with the Art Photography MFA program from the Film and Media Arts Department in SU's College of Visual and Performing Arts. In this survey of all enrolled candidates, we see a wide range of approaches that compliment and vary from one another. These images vividly present themes of cloaking and vulnerability, the subverting of histories, conceptual expressions of time, chance, theater, and formalism. Together, they showcase a wonderful confidence in experimental picture-making processes and they highlight the ever-expanding field of photography through distinct perception and follow-through.

Exhibition includes work by David De Lira, Olivia Dovorany, Lily LaGrange, Qianjin Men, Ryan Mitchell, Tripty Tamang Pakhrin, Wanda-Marie Rana, Anshul Roy, Greeshma Chenni Veettil, Jasmine Veronica, Yanqi Wang, Zifan Wang, and Kate Warren.

Off The Wall: Holiday Art Show and Sale
Associated Artists of CNY

Manlius Village Library
Manlius Village Center, 1 Arkie Albanese Dr., Manlius

Collections Highlights: 5,500 Years of Art
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

Explore the newly reinstalled permanent collection galleries, which include rarely seen artworks from the museum's collection and two major loans from the Art Bridges Foundation. This thematic installation touches on ideas of identity, place, gender, race, labor, and lineage.

Stephanie H. Shih: My Sweetie Has No Pockmarks
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

The second iteration of The Art Wall Project features the sculptures made by Stephanie H. Shih. Best known for her ceramic groceries, Shih's work explores ideas of home and nostalgia through the lens of food. Her installation at the museum will feature bags of rice to consider how Asian identity has been flattened through stereotypes and to reclaim this pantry staple as a touchpoint of Asian American identity.

Precious Metal: Gold Across Space and Time
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

On August 17, 2017, scientists around the world and at Syracuse University witnessed the collision of two neutron stars that resulted in the production of gold, platinum, and other heavy metals in space. Celebrating the fifth anniversary of this momentous discovery, this exhibition considers how people have exploited gold's unique physical properties to make art and to convey ideas about spirituality, power, and opulence.

This exhibition was organized in partnership with Stefan Ballmer (Physics, College of Arts and Sciences), Duncan Brown (Office of Research, Office of Academic Affairs; Physics, College of Arts and Sciences), Steven Penn (Physics, Hobart and William Smith Colleges), Romita Ray (Art and Music Histories, College of Arts and Sciences), Daniel Sarmiento (Special Collections Research Center), and Irina Savinetskaya (Special Collections Research Center).

Anni Albers: Work With Materials
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

"Anni Albers: Work with Materials," a new exhibition that traces the remarkable career of the artist, designer, writer, and teacher, features over 100 drawings, prints, textile samples, commercial fabrics, and rugs from the collection of the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation. With a focus primarily on the extraordinarily productive and varied second half of her long career, the exhibition illuminates her ability to move easily between her work as both an artist and as a designer of functional materials. One of Albers's looms and an interactive "triangle table" will also be featured.

In weaving, designing, and printmaking, Albers's faith in the power of abstraction and her reliance on material knowledge never wavered. Throughout her widely varied, yet consistent and focused output, we see an artist who understood material not only as a vehicle to carry ideas, but more importantly for its physical and structural potential.

2022 Festival of Trees & Light
Everson Museum of Art

Price: $10 regular, $5 ages 12 and under
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The Everson is proud to present the 2022 Festival of Trees & Light, a beloved CNY holiday tradition. With a variety of performances, family-friendly activities, and stunning seasonal displays and items available for purchase, make the Everson's Festival of Trees & Light a part of your family's holiday tradition.

10:30 am: Lincoln Middle School Choir, Sculpture Court
3:00-5:00 pm: SU Opera Workshop Hansel and Gretel, Hosmer Auditorium

Forever is Composed of Nows
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Whether artists respond to history or look to the future, creativity exists in the moment. Drawn from the Everson's permanent collection, Forever is Composed of Nows examines a multitude of snapshots of the present moment, grouped by theme, image, or idea across different time periods and media. By examining how artists spanning three centuries have approached their present — their now — using similar topics and motifs, this exhibition is a visual exploration of how values, societal customs, and art subjects have evolved over time.

Rebecca Hutchinson: Re-Generation
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Rebecca Hutchinson's sculptural installations are influenced by the behavioral dynamics found in nature. Her exhibition is focused on the themes of re-generation and observation of natural built systems. "Re-Generation" highlights Hutchinson's cultural and environmental research on the industrial legacy of Central New York. Along with its salt mines, Syracuse also possessed massive deposits of soda ash, a material used in the manufacture of ceramics. These materials, in tandem with an influx of European immigrants with craft and material expertise led to the development of Syracuse China, which quickly grew into one of the nation's largest dinnerware manufacturers.

Reflecting on the decline of the soda ash mining and the closure of Syracuse China, "Re-Generation" takes the form of large unfired paperclay vessels that will be installed in an inverted position, showcasing on the surface drawings of rare orchids that have evolved out of the polluted soil and are currently thriving in the Syracuse region.

Raymon Elozua: Structure/Dissonance
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"Structure/Dissonance" celebrates nearly five decades of work by New York-based artist Raymon Elozua, who first came to prominence in the 1970s with detailed trompe l'oeil ceramic sculptures of decaying industrial landscapes. Elozua's first major museum exhibition since his 2003 retrospective at the Mint Museum, "Structure/Dissonance" focuses on three conceptual bodies of work that explore the combined physical properties of three elemental materials: ceramic, glass, and steel. This exhibition contextualizes these vital sculptures within Elozua's intellectual landscape through the inclusion of a series of collections and research projects that are inextricably linked to his artistic output.

Elozua's insatiable appetite to uncover the hidden cultural meanings attached to his chosen materials has led him to obsessively collect esoteric objects like gas stove burners and rusted enamel cookware, as well as photographs and ephemera related to topics as varied as labor history and decaying "borscht belt" bungalow colonies. These collections and obsessions help to construct a more accurate picture of the complex intellect that gives depth and meaning to Elozua's singular expressive sculptures.

Common Ground
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

To celebrate the new millennium, in the year 2000 artist Neil Tetkowski undertook a Herculean project: gathering clay from all 188 member countries from the United Nations. With these clay samples, Tetkowski created a suitably monumental work that debuted at United Nations headquarters in New York City—the Common Ground World Mandala. Measuring seven feet in diameter and more than nine feet high, Tetkowski's sculpture is a testament to the artist's ability to think beyond boundaries—of scale, of geography, and of politics.

"Common Ground" uses Tetkowski's World Mandala as the centerpiece of an exhibition that showcases the Everson's vast collection of world ceramics. From ancient Mesopotamian and Greek pottery to contemporary Zulu beer brewing vessels and a life-size terracotta horse built by Indian priests, the Everson's collection traces the evolution of ceramics across cultures over thousands of years. Because of Syracuse's focus on welcoming immigrants and refugees to the community, there are over 70 languages spoken in city schools. "Common Ground" uses ceramics, one of humankind's oldest art forms, to remind us of our shared bonds with the earth.

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67th Annual Art Mart Syracuse
Syracuse Allied Arts

Price: Free admission
431-433 S. Warren St.
Syracuse

Pop-up fine art gallery featuring handmade and local art. Jewelry, watercolor painting, oil painting, ceramics, pottery, woodwork, glasswork, textiles, photography, and other unique products from more than 30 local artists will be available.

December Show
Onondaga Art Guild

Eye Studio Arts
712 W. Manlius St., East Syracuse

Rommy Torrico: Cabeza en las nubes
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

Cabeza en las nubes, directly translated as "head in the clouds," is a body of work that spans a decade of dreamscapes that have been born from liberatory struggle and creative release. Rommy, a queer trans migrant who navigated the world as undocumented until 2018, has been collaborating with communities at the forefront of liberation movements since 2012. As a trans storyteller who lives at the intersections of these identities, they have committed to constantly dreaming and reimagining a refuge of futures where migrant, queer trans communities can live in joy and safety — with access to affordable housing, stable income, and nourishing networks of care. From immigration, to incarceration, to education, the images in this collection explore a range of issues that are impacting trans communities.

Intentionally released in November, Cabeza en las nubes exists as a tribute to this year's Trans Day of Remembrance (November 20) — as a way to honor, uplift and center trans lives and their celestial futures. In the midst of the flurry of anti-trans policies and the many violent realities trans folks have been facing and continue to face, it is Rommy's hope that their work underscores that the time to celebrate the dreams and visions of tender and thriving futures where queer, trans migrants can show up in all their glory is now.

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Jazz at Timber Banks: Scott Dennis and Friends
CNY Jazz Arts Foundation

Price: No cover charge
Persimmons
3536 Timber Banks Pkwy., Baldwinsville

Chris Duarte
The 443 Social Club

The 443 Social Club
443 Burnet Ave., Syracuse

To classify Chris Duarte simply as a Blues Man is an understatement. In his own words, "rockin' blues" or "punk blues" describes him best. "Ferocious blues" also fits. Legend has it that Chris will play so hard that his fingers bleed in a set. The legend is true. Photos attest.

Across the Pond
LeMoyne College
LeMoyne Symphony Orchestra

Price: $15 regular, $10 seniors, $5 students/faculty/staff
Coyne Center for the Performing Arts
LeMoyne College, Syracuse

Continuing the celebration of Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee, the concert will feature music written and inspired by our British friends across the pond! Highlights will include selections from The Planets, Harry Potter, Downton Abbey, and of course, The Beatles!

Vievee Francis
Raymond Carver Reading Series

Price: Free
Gifford Auditorium, Huntington Beard Crouse Hall
Syracuse University, Syracuse

Poet Vievee Francis is the author of The Shared World, which is forthcoming from Northwestern University Press; Forest Primeval (TriQuarterly Books, 2015), winner of the 2017 Kingsley Tufts Award; Horse in the Dark (Northwestern University Press, 2012), winner of the Cave Canem Northwestern University Press Poetry Prize; and Blue-Tail Fly (Wayne State University Press, 2006). Her work has appeared in numerous print and online journals, textbooks, and anthologies, including Poetry, Best American Poetry 2010, 2014, 2017, 2019, and Angles of Ascent: A Norton Anthology of Contemporary African American Poetry. She has been a participant in the Cave Canem Workshops, a Poet-in-Residence for the Alice Lloyd Scholars Program at the University of Michigan, and she teaches poetry writing in the Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop (USA, UK, and Barbados). In 2009 she received a Rona Jaffe Writer's Award, and in 2010, a Kresge Fellowship. She is the recipient of the 2021 Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry.

The reading will be preceded by a question-and-answer session at 4:00.

Shakespeare's Christmas Carol
Syracuse Shakespeare-in-the-Park
Ronnie Bell, director

Price: $20 virtual show only; $50 includes take-out meal from Yeti's Cafe plus show
Online

SSITP's virtual version of Dickens, Shakespeare, and your family tradition.

All proceeds go to the SSITP Fund for a new theater.

Disney’s The Little Mermaid
Syracuse Stage
Syracuse University Drama Department
Melissa Rain Anderson, director

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

Dive into musical family fun with Ariel, Sebastian, and all the watery gang from this beloved tale. With spectacular aerial acrobatics provided by 2 Ring Circus (The Wizard of Oz, 2017), this production promises enough thrills and delights for landlubbers of all ages. Nothing fishy about this holiday treat.

Music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater, book by Doug Wright. Music direction by Brian Cimmet, choreography by Adam Cates.

(Open Captioned)

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Disney’s The Little Mermaid
Syracuse Stage
Syracuse University Drama Department
Melissa Rain Anderson, director

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

Dive into musical family fun with Ariel, Sebastian, and all the watery gang from this beloved tale. With spectacular aerial acrobatics provided by 2 Ring Circus (The Wizard of Oz, 2017), this production promises enough thrills and delights for landlubbers of all ages. Nothing fishy about this holiday treat.

Music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater, book by Doug Wright. Music direction by Brian Cimmet, choreography by Adam Cates.

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'Tis The Season: The Beach Boys with John Stamos and The Holiday Vibrations Orchestra
The Oncenter

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

You can capsulize most pop music acts by reciting how many hits they've had and how many millions of albums they've sold. But these conventional measurements fall short when you're assessing the impact of The Beach Boys. This band has birthed a torrent of hit singles and sold albums by the tens of millions. But its greater significance lies in the fact that The Beach Boys' songs have forever changed the musical landscape, profoundly influencing countless performing artists to follow.

The Beach Boys are led by Mike Love, who, along with longtime member Bruce Johnston, musical director Scott Totten, Brian Eichenberger, Christian Love, Tim Bonhomme, John Cowsill, Keith Hubacher and Randy Leago continue the legacy of the iconic band. This concert will not feature Brian Wilson, Al Jardine, or David Marks.

Thursday, December 8, 2022

2022 Drawing on Talent Members Art Exhibit
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

Price: Free
Baltimore Woods Nature Center
4007 Bishop Hill Rd., Marcellus

Holiday Show and Sale
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Deborah Rogers: mixed media collage and jewelry
Jan Navales: sculptural vessels made from a variety of materials
Mary Raineri: multi-media textural wall art

Read a review!

50th Anniversary Exhibition
Community Folk Art Center

Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

This retrospective exhibit features past and current artwork from the co-founders, early supporters of CFAC, as well as photos and archives.

Artists include Basheer Alim, Juan Cruz, Shirley Harrison, David MacDonald, Jack White, and Herb T. Williams.

37th Annual Gingerbread Gallery
Erie Canal Museum

Price: $10 adults, $7 seniors, $4 children ages 3-18, free for children ages 2 and under
Erie Canal Museum
318 Erie Blvd. E., Syracuse

A display of confectionery creations that celebrates the holidays and the Erie Canal. Each year the Erie Canal Museum Weighlock Gallery transforms into a festive 1800s canal town street scene with gingerbread creations on display in storefront windows.

2022 MFA Photography Survey
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

Light Work announces its inaugural exhibition in partnership with the Art Photography MFA program from the Film and Media Arts Department in SU's College of Visual and Performing Arts. In this survey of all enrolled candidates, we see a wide range of approaches that compliment and vary from one another. These images vividly present themes of cloaking and vulnerability, the subverting of histories, conceptual expressions of time, chance, theater, and formalism. Together, they showcase a wonderful confidence in experimental picture-making processes and they highlight the ever-expanding field of photography through distinct perception and follow-through.

Exhibition includes work by David De Lira, Olivia Dovorany, Lily LaGrange, Qianjin Men, Ryan Mitchell, Tripty Tamang Pakhrin, Wanda-Marie Rana, Anshul Roy, Greeshma Chenni Veettil, Jasmine Veronica, Yanqi Wang, Zifan Wang, and Kate Warren.

Guanyu Xu: Suspended Status
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

Guanyu Xu's Suspended Status depicts an artist caught in a web of red tape. The work on view for this exhibition comprises images from his ongoing series, Resident Aliens, as well as a large grid of images that he calls Suspension. Both bodies of work use visa status in the United States as a means of framing images that depict people who are suspended between countries and cultures. Their futures hang on faceless state agencies in a churning political current.

Read a review!

Off The Wall: Holiday Art Show and Sale
Associated Artists of CNY

Manlius Village Library
Manlius Village Center, 1 Arkie Albanese Dr., Manlius

Stephanie H. Shih: My Sweetie Has No Pockmarks
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

The second iteration of The Art Wall Project features the sculptures made by Stephanie H. Shih. Best known for her ceramic groceries, Shih's work explores ideas of home and nostalgia through the lens of food. Her installation at the museum will feature bags of rice to consider how Asian identity has been flattened through stereotypes and to reclaim this pantry staple as a touchpoint of Asian American identity.

Collections Highlights: 5,500 Years of Art
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

Explore the newly reinstalled permanent collection galleries, which include rarely seen artworks from the museum's collection and two major loans from the Art Bridges Foundation. This thematic installation touches on ideas of identity, place, gender, race, labor, and lineage.

Anni Albers: Work With Materials
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

"Anni Albers: Work with Materials," a new exhibition that traces the remarkable career of the artist, designer, writer, and teacher, features over 100 drawings, prints, textile samples, commercial fabrics, and rugs from the collection of the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation. With a focus primarily on the extraordinarily productive and varied second half of her long career, the exhibition illuminates her ability to move easily between her work as both an artist and as a designer of functional materials. One of Albers's looms and an interactive "triangle table" will also be featured.

In weaving, designing, and printmaking, Albers's faith in the power of abstraction and her reliance on material knowledge never wavered. Throughout her widely varied, yet consistent and focused output, we see an artist who understood material not only as a vehicle to carry ideas, but more importantly for its physical and structural potential.

Precious Metal: Gold Across Space and Time
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

On August 17, 2017, scientists around the world and at Syracuse University witnessed the collision of two neutron stars that resulted in the production of gold, platinum, and other heavy metals in space. Celebrating the fifth anniversary of this momentous discovery, this exhibition considers how people have exploited gold's unique physical properties to make art and to convey ideas about spirituality, power, and opulence.

This exhibition was organized in partnership with Stefan Ballmer (Physics, College of Arts and Sciences), Duncan Brown (Office of Research, Office of Academic Affairs; Physics, College of Arts and Sciences), Steven Penn (Physics, Hobart and William Smith Colleges), Romita Ray (Art and Music Histories, College of Arts and Sciences), Daniel Sarmiento (Special Collections Research Center), and Irina Savinetskaya (Special Collections Research Center).

Rebecca Hutchinson: Re-Generation
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Rebecca Hutchinson's sculptural installations are influenced by the behavioral dynamics found in nature. Her exhibition is focused on the themes of re-generation and observation of natural built systems. "Re-Generation" highlights Hutchinson's cultural and environmental research on the industrial legacy of Central New York. Along with its salt mines, Syracuse also possessed massive deposits of soda ash, a material used in the manufacture of ceramics. These materials, in tandem with an influx of European immigrants with craft and material expertise led to the development of Syracuse China, which quickly grew into one of the nation's largest dinnerware manufacturers.

Reflecting on the decline of the soda ash mining and the closure of Syracuse China, "Re-Generation" takes the form of large unfired paperclay vessels that will be installed in an inverted position, showcasing on the surface drawings of rare orchids that have evolved out of the polluted soil and are currently thriving in the Syracuse region.

Forever is Composed of Nows
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Whether artists respond to history or look to the future, creativity exists in the moment. Drawn from the Everson's permanent collection, Forever is Composed of Nows examines a multitude of snapshots of the present moment, grouped by theme, image, or idea across different time periods and media. By examining how artists spanning three centuries have approached their present — their now — using similar topics and motifs, this exhibition is a visual exploration of how values, societal customs, and art subjects have evolved over time.

2022 Festival of Trees & Light
Everson Museum of Art

Price: $10 regular, $5 ages 12 and under
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The Everson is proud to present the 2022 Festival of Trees & Light, a beloved CNY holiday tradition. With a variety of performances, family-friendly activities, and stunning seasonal displays and items available for purchase, make the Everson's Festival of Trees & Light a part of your family's holiday tradition.

10:30 am: Elden Elementary School Choir, Hosmer Auditorium
5:30-8:00 pm: A Capella Jam, Hosmer Auditorium

Common Ground
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

To celebrate the new millennium, in the year 2000 artist Neil Tetkowski undertook a Herculean project: gathering clay from all 188 member countries from the United Nations. With these clay samples, Tetkowski created a suitably monumental work that debuted at United Nations headquarters in New York City—the Common Ground World Mandala. Measuring seven feet in diameter and more than nine feet high, Tetkowski's sculpture is a testament to the artist's ability to think beyond boundaries—of scale, of geography, and of politics.

"Common Ground" uses Tetkowski's World Mandala as the centerpiece of an exhibition that showcases the Everson's vast collection of world ceramics. From ancient Mesopotamian and Greek pottery to contemporary Zulu beer brewing vessels and a life-size terracotta horse built by Indian priests, the Everson's collection traces the evolution of ceramics across cultures over thousands of years. Because of Syracuse's focus on welcoming immigrants and refugees to the community, there are over 70 languages spoken in city schools. "Common Ground" uses ceramics, one of humankind's oldest art forms, to remind us of our shared bonds with the earth.

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Raymon Elozua: Structure/Dissonance
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"Structure/Dissonance" celebrates nearly five decades of work by New York-based artist Raymon Elozua, who first came to prominence in the 1970s with detailed trompe l'oeil ceramic sculptures of decaying industrial landscapes. Elozua's first major museum exhibition since his 2003 retrospective at the Mint Museum, "Structure/Dissonance" focuses on three conceptual bodies of work that explore the combined physical properties of three elemental materials: ceramic, glass, and steel. This exhibition contextualizes these vital sculptures within Elozua's intellectual landscape through the inclusion of a series of collections and research projects that are inextricably linked to his artistic output.

Elozua's insatiable appetite to uncover the hidden cultural meanings attached to his chosen materials has led him to obsessively collect esoteric objects like gas stove burners and rusted enamel cookware, as well as photographs and ephemera related to topics as varied as labor history and decaying "borscht belt" bungalow colonies. These collections and obsessions help to construct a more accurate picture of the complex intellect that gives depth and meaning to Elozua's singular expressive sculptures.

67th Annual Art Mart Syracuse
Syracuse Allied Arts

Price: Free admission
431-433 S. Warren St.
Syracuse

Pop-up fine art gallery featuring handmade and local art. Jewelry, watercolor painting, oil painting, ceramics, pottery, woodwork, glasswork, textiles, photography, and other unique products from more than 30 local artists will be available.

December Show
Onondaga Art Guild

Eye Studio Arts
712 W. Manlius St., East Syracuse

Rommy Torrico: Cabeza en las nubes
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

Cabeza en las nubes, directly translated as "head in the clouds," is a body of work that spans a decade of dreamscapes that have been born from liberatory struggle and creative release. Rommy, a queer trans migrant who navigated the world as undocumented until 2018, has been collaborating with communities at the forefront of liberation movements since 2012. As a trans storyteller who lives at the intersections of these identities, they have committed to constantly dreaming and reimagining a refuge of futures where migrant, queer trans communities can live in joy and safety — with access to affordable housing, stable income, and nourishing networks of care. From immigration, to incarceration, to education, the images in this collection explore a range of issues that are impacting trans communities.

Intentionally released in November, Cabeza en las nubes exists as a tribute to this year's Trans Day of Remembrance (November 20) — as a way to honor, uplift and center trans lives and their celestial futures. In the midst of the flurry of anti-trans policies and the many violent realities trans folks have been facing and continue to face, it is Rommy's hope that their work underscores that the time to celebrate the dreams and visions of tender and thriving futures where queer, trans migrants can show up in all their glory is now.

Read a review!

If I Were to Be Alive: Suneil Sanzgiri & Colectivo Los Ingrávidos
Urban Video Project

Everson Museum of Art Plaza
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

This two-artist program explores the ways that the slow violence of extractive capital and colonialism collude with the fast violence of state power.

Screening begins are dusk.

Mannheim Steamroller Christmas
Broadway in Syracuse

Landmark Theatre
362 S. Salina St., Syracuse

The Ultimate Holiday Tradition!

Mannheim Steamroller Christmas by Chip Davis has been America's favorite holiday tradition for over 35 years! Grammy Award winner Chip Davis has created a show that features Mannheim Steamroller Christmas classics in the distinctive Mannheim sound. The program celebrates the group's recent anniversary of 35 years since the first Christmas album and includes dazzling multimedia effects performed in an intimate setting. Experience the magic as the spirit of the season comes alive with the signature sound of Mannheim Steamroller.

Student Recital Series: David Phan, viola
Syracuse University Setnor School of Music

Price: Free
Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College
Syracuse University, Syracuse

This performance will be streamed live here.

Shakespeare's Christmas Carol
Syracuse Shakespeare-in-the-Park
Ronnie Bell, director

Price: $20 virtual show only; $50 includes take-out meal from Yeti's Cafe plus show
Online

SSITP's virtual version of Dickens, Shakespeare, and your family tradition.

All proceeds go to the SSITP Fund for a new theater.

Nick Saint, Private Elf
Acme Mystery Company

Spaghetti Warehouse
689 N. Clinton St., Syracuse

?When night falls on Toyland Town, some elves play rough. But it's nothing compared to what happens on The Island of Misfit Toys: the seamy underbelly of the North Pole; Santa's dirty little secret. It's no place for an elf, especially on Christmas Eve. Nick's partner, Smiles Thirdly, just found that out. Twice, at close range. Nick needs your help to investigate, but if you come to The Island, don't be a sap. Act like a misfit and blend in. Better yet, just be yourself.

Disney’s The Little Mermaid
Syracuse Stage
Syracuse University Drama Department
Melissa Rain Anderson, director

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

Dive into musical family fun with Ariel, Sebastian, and all the watery gang from this beloved tale. With spectacular aerial acrobatics provided by 2 Ring Circus (The Wizard of Oz, 2017), this production promises enough thrills and delights for landlubbers of all ages. Nothing fishy about this holiday treat.

Music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater, book by Doug Wright. Music direction by Brian Cimmet, choreography by Adam Cates.

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Friday, December 9, 2022

2022 Drawing on Talent Members Art Exhibit
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

Price: Free
Baltimore Woods Nature Center
4007 Bishop Hill Rd., Marcellus

Holiday Show and Sale
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Deborah Rogers: mixed media collage and jewelry
Jan Navales: sculptural vessels made from a variety of materials
Mary Raineri: multi-media textural wall art

Read a review!

50th Anniversary Exhibition
Community Folk Art Center

Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

This retrospective exhibit features past and current artwork from the co-founders, early supporters of CFAC, as well as photos and archives.

Artists include Basheer Alim, Juan Cruz, Shirley Harrison, David MacDonald, Jack White, and Herb T. Williams.

37th Annual Gingerbread Gallery
Erie Canal Museum

Price: $10 adults, $7 seniors, $4 children ages 3-18, free for children ages 2 and under
Erie Canal Museum
318 Erie Blvd. E., Syracuse

A display of confectionery creations that celebrates the holidays and the Erie Canal. Each year the Erie Canal Museum Weighlock Gallery transforms into a festive 1800s canal town street scene with gingerbread creations on display in storefront windows.

Guanyu Xu: Suspended Status
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

Guanyu Xu's Suspended Status depicts an artist caught in a web of red tape. The work on view for this exhibition comprises images from his ongoing series, Resident Aliens, as well as a large grid of images that he calls Suspension. Both bodies of work use visa status in the United States as a means of framing images that depict people who are suspended between countries and cultures. Their futures hang on faceless state agencies in a churning political current.

Read a review!

2022 MFA Photography Survey
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

Light Work announces its inaugural exhibition in partnership with the Art Photography MFA program from the Film and Media Arts Department in SU's College of Visual and Performing Arts. In this survey of all enrolled candidates, we see a wide range of approaches that compliment and vary from one another. These images vividly present themes of cloaking and vulnerability, the subverting of histories, conceptual expressions of time, chance, theater, and formalism. Together, they showcase a wonderful confidence in experimental picture-making processes and they highlight the ever-expanding field of photography through distinct perception and follow-through.

Exhibition includes work by David De Lira, Olivia Dovorany, Lily LaGrange, Qianjin Men, Ryan Mitchell, Tripty Tamang Pakhrin, Wanda-Marie Rana, Anshul Roy, Greeshma Chenni Veettil, Jasmine Veronica, Yanqi Wang, Zifan Wang, and Kate Warren.

Off The Wall: Holiday Art Show and Sale
Associated Artists of CNY

Manlius Village Library
Manlius Village Center, 1 Arkie Albanese Dr., Manlius

Collections Highlights: 5,500 Years of Art
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

Explore the newly reinstalled permanent collection galleries, which include rarely seen artworks from the museum's collection and two major loans from the Art Bridges Foundation. This thematic installation touches on ideas of identity, place, gender, race, labor, and lineage.

Stephanie H. Shih: My Sweetie Has No Pockmarks
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

The second iteration of The Art Wall Project features the sculptures made by Stephanie H. Shih. Best known for her ceramic groceries, Shih's work explores ideas of home and nostalgia through the lens of food. Her installation at the museum will feature bags of rice to consider how Asian identity has been flattened through stereotypes and to reclaim this pantry staple as a touchpoint of Asian American identity.

Precious Metal: Gold Across Space and Time
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

On August 17, 2017, scientists around the world and at Syracuse University witnessed the collision of two neutron stars that resulted in the production of gold, platinum, and other heavy metals in space. Celebrating the fifth anniversary of this momentous discovery, this exhibition considers how people have exploited gold's unique physical properties to make art and to convey ideas about spirituality, power, and opulence.

This exhibition was organized in partnership with Stefan Ballmer (Physics, College of Arts and Sciences), Duncan Brown (Office of Research, Office of Academic Affairs; Physics, College of Arts and Sciences), Steven Penn (Physics, Hobart and William Smith Colleges), Romita Ray (Art and Music Histories, College of Arts and Sciences), Daniel Sarmiento (Special Collections Research Center), and Irina Savinetskaya (Special Collections Research Center).

Anni Albers: Work With Materials
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

"Anni Albers: Work with Materials," a new exhibition that traces the remarkable career of the artist, designer, writer, and teacher, features over 100 drawings, prints, textile samples, commercial fabrics, and rugs from the collection of the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation. With a focus primarily on the extraordinarily productive and varied second half of her long career, the exhibition illuminates her ability to move easily between her work as both an artist and as a designer of functional materials. One of Albers's looms and an interactive "triangle table" will also be featured.

In weaving, designing, and printmaking, Albers's faith in the power of abstraction and her reliance on material knowledge never wavered. Throughout her widely varied, yet consistent and focused output, we see an artist who understood material not only as a vehicle to carry ideas, but more importantly for its physical and structural potential.

2022 Festival of Trees & Light
Everson Museum of Art

Price: $10 regular, $5 ages 12 and under
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The Everson is proud to present the 2022 Festival of Trees & Light, a beloved CNY holiday tradition. With a variety of performances, family-friendly activities, and stunning seasonal displays and items available for purchase, make the Everson's Festival of Trees & Light a part of your family's holiday tradition.

3:00-5:00 pm: Syracuse University Opera Workshop Hansel and Gretel, Hosmer Auditorium

Forever is Composed of Nows
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Whether artists respond to history or look to the future, creativity exists in the moment. Drawn from the Everson's permanent collection, Forever is Composed of Nows examines a multitude of snapshots of the present moment, grouped by theme, image, or idea across different time periods and media. By examining how artists spanning three centuries have approached their present — their now — using similar topics and motifs, this exhibition is a visual exploration of how values, societal customs, and art subjects have evolved over time.

Rebecca Hutchinson: Re-Generation
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Rebecca Hutchinson's sculptural installations are influenced by the behavioral dynamics found in nature. Her exhibition is focused on the themes of re-generation and observation of natural built systems. "Re-Generation" highlights Hutchinson's cultural and environmental research on the industrial legacy of Central New York. Along with its salt mines, Syracuse also possessed massive deposits of soda ash, a material used in the manufacture of ceramics. These materials, in tandem with an influx of European immigrants with craft and material expertise led to the development of Syracuse China, which quickly grew into one of the nation's largest dinnerware manufacturers.

Reflecting on the decline of the soda ash mining and the closure of Syracuse China, "Re-Generation" takes the form of large unfired paperclay vessels that will be installed in an inverted position, showcasing on the surface drawings of rare orchids that have evolved out of the polluted soil and are currently thriving in the Syracuse region.

Raymon Elozua: Structure/Dissonance
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"Structure/Dissonance" celebrates nearly five decades of work by New York-based artist Raymon Elozua, who first came to prominence in the 1970s with detailed trompe l'oeil ceramic sculptures of decaying industrial landscapes. Elozua's first major museum exhibition since his 2003 retrospective at the Mint Museum, "Structure/Dissonance" focuses on three conceptual bodies of work that explore the combined physical properties of three elemental materials: ceramic, glass, and steel. This exhibition contextualizes these vital sculptures within Elozua's intellectual landscape through the inclusion of a series of collections and research projects that are inextricably linked to his artistic output.

Elozua's insatiable appetite to uncover the hidden cultural meanings attached to his chosen materials has led him to obsessively collect esoteric objects like gas stove burners and rusted enamel cookware, as well as photographs and ephemera related to topics as varied as labor history and decaying "borscht belt" bungalow colonies. These collections and obsessions help to construct a more accurate picture of the complex intellect that gives depth and meaning to Elozua's singular expressive sculptures.

Common Ground
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

To celebrate the new millennium, in the year 2000 artist Neil Tetkowski undertook a Herculean project: gathering clay from all 188 member countries from the United Nations. With these clay samples, Tetkowski created a suitably monumental work that debuted at United Nations headquarters in New York City—the Common Ground World Mandala. Measuring seven feet in diameter and more than nine feet high, Tetkowski's sculpture is a testament to the artist's ability to think beyond boundaries—of scale, of geography, and of politics.

"Common Ground" uses Tetkowski's World Mandala as the centerpiece of an exhibition that showcases the Everson's vast collection of world ceramics. From ancient Mesopotamian and Greek pottery to contemporary Zulu beer brewing vessels and a life-size terracotta horse built by Indian priests, the Everson's collection traces the evolution of ceramics across cultures over thousands of years. Because of Syracuse's focus on welcoming immigrants and refugees to the community, there are over 70 languages spoken in city schools. "Common Ground" uses ceramics, one of humankind's oldest art forms, to remind us of our shared bonds with the earth.

Read a review!

67th Annual Art Mart Syracuse
Syracuse Allied Arts

Price: Free admission
431-433 S. Warren St.
Syracuse

Pop-up fine art gallery featuring handmade and local art. Jewelry, watercolor painting, oil painting, ceramics, pottery, woodwork, glasswork, textiles, photography, and other unique products from more than 30 local artists will be available.

Rommy Torrico: Cabeza en las nubes
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

Cabeza en las nubes, directly translated as "head in the clouds," is a body of work that spans a decade of dreamscapes that have been born from liberatory struggle and creative release. Rommy, a queer trans migrant who navigated the world as undocumented until 2018, has been collaborating with communities at the forefront of liberation movements since 2012. As a trans storyteller who lives at the intersections of these identities, they have committed to constantly dreaming and reimagining a refuge of futures where migrant, queer trans communities can live in joy and safety — with access to affordable housing, stable income, and nourishing networks of care. From immigration, to incarceration, to education, the images in this collection explore a range of issues that are impacting trans communities.

Intentionally released in November, Cabeza en las nubes exists as a tribute to this year's Trans Day of Remembrance (November 20) — as a way to honor, uplift and center trans lives and their celestial futures. In the midst of the flurry of anti-trans policies and the many violent realities trans folks have been facing and continue to face, it is Rommy's hope that their work underscores that the time to celebrate the dreams and visions of tender and thriving futures where queer, trans migrants can show up in all their glory is now.

Read a review!

Fair Trade Holiday Sale
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

Come to ArtRage Gallery for your holiday shopping and support craftspeople from around the world. Guatemalan goods from Mayan Hands; holiday gifts from India, Palestine, Bangladesh, Nepal, and more from SERRV International; handmade sandals and embroidered shoes from Mexico; and Fair Trade Organic Chocolate from Equal Exchange

If I Were to Be Alive: Suneil Sanzgiri & Colectivo Los Ingrávidos
Urban Video Project

Everson Museum of Art Plaza
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

This two-artist program explores the ways that the slow violence of extractive capital and colonialism collude with the fast violence of state power.

Screening begins are dusk.

Pre-Kwanzaa Celebration
Community Folk Art Center

Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Featuring performances from CFAC's Creative Arts Academy, with George Kilpatrick as emcee. A light reception will follow.

Ensemble Series: JCM STACK Ensemble
Syracuse University Setnor School of Music

Shemin Auditorium, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

5:00 pm: JCM Guitar Ensemble, Rick Balestra
6:00 pm: Rock Ensemble, Rick Balestra
8:00 pm: Orange Unified, Marianne Solivan

These performances will be livestreamed on either Instagram or Facebook.

O Nata Lux
Syracuse Gay and Lesbian Chorus
Stephen Gamba, conductor

Price: $18 regular, $15 students/seniors in person; $20 streaming
May Memorial Unitarian Society
3800 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Veronica Lewis
The 443 Social Club

The 443 Social Club
443 Burnet Ave., Syracuse

Veronica Lewis, winner of the Blues Artist of the Year 2020, Boston Music Awards, is an exciting, emerging talent in the Blues & Roots world. A mesmerizing live performer with serious piano chops, soaring vocals, and songs that boogie away your blues.

Jazz Concert
LeMoyne College
LeMoyne Jazz Emsemble and the Jazzuits

Price: $15 regular, $10 seniors, $5 students/faculty/staff
Coyne Center for the Performing Arts
LeMoyne College, Syracuse

An evening of jazz standards.

Christmas Comes to Town
Palace Theatre
Featuring Sal "The Voice" Valentinetti

Palace Theater
2384 James St., Syracuse

Sal "The Voice" Valentinetti, Heidi Klum's unforgettable 2016 Golden Buzzer recipient and finalist of America's Got Talent, is an Italian-American crooner known best for his flawless vocals, larger than life personality, and his heart of gold. From a very young age, Sal was influenced by his grandmother to love the musical genius of the classic crooner sounds of Dean Martin, Tony Bennett and Frank Sinatra.

In 2016, Sal made his debut on Season 11 of the NBC hit show "America's Got Talent." That night, the 20-year-old college student went from delivering pizzas to delivering what's considered one of the best performances in AGT history.

Before long, the world would come to know and admire him as "Sal the Voice". Since racking up over 350 million views worldwide with his captivating AGT audition, the celebrated charismatic crooner has been invited to appear in hundreds of sold-out solo performances on stages around the world.

From Madison Square Garden in NYC, to opening for Jay Leno in Las Vegas, to selling out the legendary NYCB Theater at Westbury like all of the greats before him, to 2 Grammy Award nominations; it's safe to say that Sal is only getting started.

Shakespeare's Christmas Carol
Syracuse Shakespeare-in-the-Park
Ronnie Bell, director

Price: $20 virtual show only; $50 includes take-out meal from Yeti's Cafe plus show
Online

SSITP's virtual version of Dickens, Shakespeare, and your family tradition.

All proceeds go to the SSITP Fund for a new theater.

You Can't Take It With You
Central New York Playhouse
Natasia White, director

Atonement Lutheran Church
116 W. Glen Ave., Syracuse

At first the Sycamores seem mad, but it is not long before we realize that if they are mad, the rest of the world is madder. In contrast to these delightful people are the unhappy Kirbys. The plot shows how Tony, attractive young son of the Kirbys, falls in love with Alice Sycamore and brings his parents to dine at the Sycamore home on the wrong evening.

The shock sustained by the Kirbys, who are invited to eat cheap food, shows Alice that marriage with Tony is out of the question. The Sycamores, however, though sympathetic to Alice, find it hard to realize her point of view. Meantime, Tony, who knows the Sycamores are right and his own people wrong, will not give her up.

By Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman.

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A Christmas Story, The Musical
Redhouse

Redhouse at City Center
400 S. Salina St., Syracuse

From the songwriting team behind the smash hit Tony Award-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen and the Academy Award-winning film La La Land, with book by Joseph Robinette, and music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, A Christmas Story, The Musical

Set in 1940s Indiana, a young and bespectacled Ralphie Parker schemes his way toward the holiday gift of his dreams, an official Red Ryder Carbine-Action 200-Shot Range Model Air Rifle. An infamous leg lamp, outrageous pink bunny pajamas, a maniacal department store Santa, and a triple-dog-dare to lick a freezing flagpole are just a few of the distractions that stand between Ralphie and his Christmas wish. Nominated for three 2013 Tony Awards including Best Musical, A Christmas Story, The Musical is a triple-dog-dare of a good time and it is sure to warm your heart this holiday season!

Disney’s The Little Mermaid
Syracuse Stage
Syracuse University Drama Department
Melissa Rain Anderson, director

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

Dive into musical family fun with Ariel, Sebastian, and all the watery gang from this beloved tale. With spectacular aerial acrobatics provided by 2 Ring Circus (The Wizard of Oz, 2017), this production promises enough thrills and delights for landlubbers of all ages. Nothing fishy about this holiday treat.

Music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater, book by Doug Wright. Music direction by Brian Cimmet, choreography by Adam Cates.

Read a review!

Saturday, December 10, 2022

2022 Drawing on Talent Members Art Exhibit
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

Price: Free
Baltimore Woods Nature Center
4007 Bishop Hill Rd., Marcellus

50th Anniversary Exhibition
Community Folk Art Center

Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

This retrospective exhibit features past and current artwork from the co-founders, early supporters of CFAC, as well as photos and archives.

Artists include Basheer Alim, Juan Cruz, Shirley Harrison, David MacDonald, Jack White, and Herb T. Williams.

Holiday Show and Sale
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Deborah Rogers: mixed media collage and jewelry
Jan Navales: sculptural vessels made from a variety of materials
Mary Raineri: multi-media textural wall art

Read a review!

37th Annual Gingerbread Gallery
Erie Canal Museum

Price: $10 adults, $7 seniors, $4 children ages 3-18, free for children ages 2 and under
Erie Canal Museum
318 Erie Blvd. E., Syracuse

A display of confectionery creations that celebrates the holidays and the Erie Canal. Each year the Erie Canal Museum Weighlock Gallery transforms into a festive 1800s canal town street scene with gingerbread creations on display in storefront windows.

2022 Festival of Trees & Light
Everson Museum of Art

Price: $10 regular, $5 ages 12 and under
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The Everson is proud to present the 2022 Festival of Trees & Light, a beloved CNY holiday tradition. With a variety of performances, family-friendly activities, and stunning seasonal displays and items available for purchase, make the Everson's Festival of Trees & Light a part of your family's holiday tradition.

10:00 am-12:00 pm: Cornhusk Doll Making Workshop, Danial Family Education Center
10:00-11:00 am: Carol Rothwell Piano Studio, Hosmer Auditorium
10:30 am: The Music School of CNY Guitar Ensemble, Sculpture Court
11:00 am-3:00 pm: Santa in Residence, The Beadel Gallery
12:00-1:00 pm: Misty Cove Brass Quintet, Hosmer Auditorium
1:00-2:00 pm: GEM Duo, Sculpture Court
1:30-3:30 pm:The Ballet and Dance Center, Hosmer Auditorium
2:30-3:30 pm: Quarantine Quartet, Sculpture Court
4:00-5:00 pm: Rashimi Dance Group, Hosmer Auditorium

Rebecca Hutchinson: Re-Generation
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Rebecca Hutchinson's sculptural installations are influenced by the behavioral dynamics found in nature. Her exhibition is focused on the themes of re-generation and observation of natural built systems. "Re-Generation" highlights Hutchinson's cultural and environmental research on the industrial legacy of Central New York. Along with its salt mines, Syracuse also possessed massive deposits of soda ash, a material used in the manufacture of ceramics. These materials, in tandem with an influx of European immigrants with craft and material expertise led to the development of Syracuse China, which quickly grew into one of the nation's largest dinnerware manufacturers.

Reflecting on the decline of the soda ash mining and the closure of Syracuse China, "Re-Generation" takes the form of large unfired paperclay vessels that will be installed in an inverted position, showcasing on the surface drawings of rare orchids that have evolved out of the polluted soil and are currently thriving in the Syracuse region.

Forever is Composed of Nows
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Whether artists respond to history or look to the future, creativity exists in the moment. Drawn from the Everson's permanent collection, Forever is Composed of Nows examines a multitude of snapshots of the present moment, grouped by theme, image, or idea across different time periods and media. By examining how artists spanning three centuries have approached their present — their now — using similar topics and motifs, this exhibition is a visual exploration of how values, societal customs, and art subjects have evolved over time.

Common Ground
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

To celebrate the new millennium, in the year 2000 artist Neil Tetkowski undertook a Herculean project: gathering clay from all 188 member countries from the United Nations. With these clay samples, Tetkowski created a suitably monumental work that debuted at United Nations headquarters in New York City—the Common Ground World Mandala. Measuring seven feet in diameter and more than nine feet high, Tetkowski's sculpture is a testament to the artist's ability to think beyond boundaries—of scale, of geography, and of politics.

"Common Ground" uses Tetkowski's World Mandala as the centerpiece of an exhibition that showcases the Everson's vast collection of world ceramics. From ancient Mesopotamian and Greek pottery to contemporary Zulu beer brewing vessels and a life-size terracotta horse built by Indian priests, the Everson's collection traces the evolution of ceramics across cultures over thousands of years. Because of Syracuse's focus on welcoming immigrants and refugees to the community, there are over 70 languages spoken in city schools. "Common Ground" uses ceramics, one of humankind's oldest art forms, to remind us of our shared bonds with the earth.

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Raymon Elozua: Structure/Dissonance
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"Structure/Dissonance" celebrates nearly five decades of work by New York-based artist Raymon Elozua, who first came to prominence in the 1970s with detailed trompe l'oeil ceramic sculptures of decaying industrial landscapes. Elozua's first major museum exhibition since his 2003 retrospective at the Mint Museum, "Structure/Dissonance" focuses on three conceptual bodies of work that explore the combined physical properties of three elemental materials: ceramic, glass, and steel. This exhibition contextualizes these vital sculptures within Elozua's intellectual landscape through the inclusion of a series of collections and research projects that are inextricably linked to his artistic output.

Elozua's insatiable appetite to uncover the hidden cultural meanings attached to his chosen materials has led him to obsessively collect esoteric objects like gas stove burners and rusted enamel cookware, as well as photographs and ephemera related to topics as varied as labor history and decaying "borscht belt" bungalow colonies. These collections and obsessions help to construct a more accurate picture of the complex intellect that gives depth and meaning to Elozua's singular expressive sculptures.

Off The Wall: Holiday Art Show and Sale
Associated Artists of CNY

Manlius Village Library
Manlius Village Center, 1 Arkie Albanese Dr., Manlius

Fair Trade Holiday Sale
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

Come to ArtRage Gallery for your holiday shopping and support craftspeople from around the world. Guatemalan goods from Mayan Hands; holiday gifts from India, Palestine, Bangladesh, Nepal, and more from SERRV International; handmade sandals and embroidered shoes from Mexico; and Fair Trade Organic Chocolate from Equal Exchange

67th Annual Art Mart Syracuse
Syracuse Allied Arts

Price: Free admission
431-433 S. Warren St.
Syracuse

Pop-up fine art gallery featuring handmade and local art. Jewelry, watercolor painting, oil painting, ceramics, pottery, woodwork, glasswork, textiles, photography, and other unique products from more than 30 local artists will be available.

Rommy Torrico: Cabeza en las nubes
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

Cabeza en las nubes, directly translated as "head in the clouds," is a body of work that spans a decade of dreamscapes that have been born from liberatory struggle and creative release. Rommy, a queer trans migrant who navigated the world as undocumented until 2018, has been collaborating with communities at the forefront of liberation movements since 2012. As a trans storyteller who lives at the intersections of these identities, they have committed to constantly dreaming and reimagining a refuge of futures where migrant, queer trans communities can live in joy and safety — with access to affordable housing, stable income, and nourishing networks of care. From immigration, to incarceration, to education, the images in this collection explore a range of issues that are impacting trans communities.

Intentionally released in November, Cabeza en las nubes exists as a tribute to this year's Trans Day of Remembrance (November 20) — as a way to honor, uplift and center trans lives and their celestial futures. In the midst of the flurry of anti-trans policies and the many violent realities trans folks have been facing and continue to face, it is Rommy's hope that their work underscores that the time to celebrate the dreams and visions of tender and thriving futures where queer, trans migrants can show up in all their glory is now.

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Stephanie H. Shih: My Sweetie Has No Pockmarks
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

The second iteration of The Art Wall Project features the sculptures made by Stephanie H. Shih. Best known for her ceramic groceries, Shih's work explores ideas of home and nostalgia through the lens of food. Her installation at the museum will feature bags of rice to consider how Asian identity has been flattened through stereotypes and to reclaim this pantry staple as a touchpoint of Asian American identity.

Collections Highlights: 5,500 Years of Art
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

Explore the newly reinstalled permanent collection galleries, which include rarely seen artworks from the museum's collection and two major loans from the Art Bridges Foundation. This thematic installation touches on ideas of identity, place, gender, race, labor, and lineage.

Anni Albers: Work With Materials
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

"Anni Albers: Work with Materials," a new exhibition that traces the remarkable career of the artist, designer, writer, and teacher, features over 100 drawings, prints, textile samples, commercial fabrics, and rugs from the collection of the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation. With a focus primarily on the extraordinarily productive and varied second half of her long career, the exhibition illuminates her ability to move easily between her work as both an artist and as a designer of functional materials. One of Albers's looms and an interactive "triangle table" will also be featured.

In weaving, designing, and printmaking, Albers's faith in the power of abstraction and her reliance on material knowledge never wavered. Throughout her widely varied, yet consistent and focused output, we see an artist who understood material not only as a vehicle to carry ideas, but more importantly for its physical and structural potential.

Precious Metal: Gold Across Space and Time
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

On August 17, 2017, scientists around the world and at Syracuse University witnessed the collision of two neutron stars that resulted in the production of gold, platinum, and other heavy metals in space. Celebrating the fifth anniversary of this momentous discovery, this exhibition considers how people have exploited gold's unique physical properties to make art and to convey ideas about spirituality, power, and opulence.

This exhibition was organized in partnership with Stefan Ballmer (Physics, College of Arts and Sciences), Duncan Brown (Office of Research, Office of Academic Affairs; Physics, College of Arts and Sciences), Steven Penn (Physics, Hobart and William Smith Colleges), Romita Ray (Art and Music Histories, College of Arts and Sciences), Daniel Sarmiento (Special Collections Research Center), and Irina Savinetskaya (Special Collections Research Center).

If I Were to Be Alive: Suneil Sanzgiri & Colectivo Los Ingrávidos
Urban Video Project

Everson Museum of Art Plaza
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

This two-artist program explores the ways that the slow violence of extractive capital and colonialism collude with the fast violence of state power.

Screening begins are dusk.

Dasher's Magical Gift

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

This one-hour, narrated ballet introduces young children to dance, live theater, and classical music through a heart-warming holiday story. Dasher's Magical Gift is a Central New York holiday tradition for the whole family!

Dasher's Magical Gift

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

This one-hour, narrated ballet introduces young children to dance, live theater, and classical music through a heart-warming holiday story. Dasher's Magical Gift is a Central New York holiday tradition for the whole family!

O Nata Lux
Syracuse Gay and Lesbian Chorus
Stephen Gamba, conductor

Price: $18 regular, $15 students/seniors in person; $20 streaming
May Memorial Unitarian Society
3800 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Nutcracker Twist: An Enchanted Journey
Syracuse Orchestra (formerly Symphoria)

Landmark Theatre
362 S. Salina St., Syracuse

Symphoria presents CirqOvation in Nutcracker Twist: An Enchanted Journey. Aerialists, jugglers, acrobats, comedians, and other amazing Cirq performers bring Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker to life in a way that you have never experienced before.

Holiday Concert with Syracuse Chorale
Onondaga Civic Symphony Orchestra
Syracuse Chorale
Sean Linfors and Erik Kibelsbeck, conductor

Plymouth Church
232 E. Onondaga St., Syracuse

arr. Grant Cooper The Spinning Top
John Rutter What Sweeter Music
Margaret Bonds Ballad of the Brown King
Reynard Burns Joyous Season

Visions of Christmas
Liverpool Community Chorus
Featuring Liverpool School of Dance

Price: $12 regular, $10 students/seniors, under 5 free
Liverpool High School Auditorium
4338 Wetzel Rd., Liverpool

Intangible Landscapes
315 Ensemble

Price: Free, but reservations required
WCNY
415 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

An exciting collection of acoustic and electro-acoustic music.

315 Ensemble will perform the world premiere of Ed Ruchalski's Song and Variant, a newly commissioned work. This new work by Ruchalski is the centerpiece of a program that features the U.S. premiere of founder/guitarist Chris Cresswell's I find I have less to say and the preview of a new work in progress.

Alongside these works are the U.S. premiere of Alex Groves' Curved Form (St. Endellion), Yaz Lancaster's intangible landscapes, Andrew M. Rodriguez's feeling less and less, and Kyong Mee Choi's Flowering Dandelion.

Shakespeare's Christmas Carol
Syracuse Shakespeare-in-the-Park
Ronnie Bell, director

Price: $20 virtual show only; $50 includes take-out meal from Yeti's Cafe plus show
Online

SSITP's virtual version of Dickens, Shakespeare, and your family tradition.

All proceeds go to the SSITP Fund for a new theater.

A Christmas Story, The Musical
Redhouse

Redhouse at City Center
400 S. Salina St., Syracuse

From the songwriting team behind the smash hit Tony Award-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen and the Academy Award-winning film La La Land, with book by Joseph Robinette, and music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, A Christmas Story, The Musical

Set in 1940s Indiana, a young and bespectacled Ralphie Parker schemes his way toward the holiday gift of his dreams, an official Red Ryder Carbine-Action 200-Shot Range Model Air Rifle. An infamous leg lamp, outrageous pink bunny pajamas, a maniacal department store Santa, and a triple-dog-dare to lick a freezing flagpole are just a few of the distractions that stand between Ralphie and his Christmas wish. Nominated for three 2013 Tony Awards including Best Musical, A Christmas Story, The Musical is a triple-dog-dare of a good time and it is sure to warm your heart this holiday season!