Archive: Arts & Entertainment

In 2014, exhausted after four years of non-stop touring, the six members of the Head And The Heart pointed their individualcompasses to new cities, new relationships and new adventures. Pianist Kenny Hensley learned to fly planes and enrolled in kung-fu training in China, while bassist Chris Zasche packed up a camper and went off the grid in the Canadian Rockies. Drummer Tyler Williams put down stakes across the country and immersed himself in the burgeoningmusic scene in Richmond, Va., while vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Charity Rose Thielen honed her compositional skills by writing for such legends as Mavis Staples.

In dance composition, students learn the tools to give 'there-ness' to dance's inherently ephemeral nature. Composing the moving body in space and through time, the choreographer designs dance to express his or her ideas. These learned strategies of embodying the imagination become the individual's unique tools for navigating not only the space for dance but also the larger forum of society.

"Dance gives you the extraordinary ability to study a shared knowledge and, with your physical and mindful body, create dances that express differences in ideas, stories, feelings, and emotions," says Jumay Chu, instructor and senior lecturer in the Cornell University Department of Performing and Media Arts (PMA).

On November 19, 2016, the Ithaca Gay Men's Chorus (IGMC) will perform their Fall Concert, 'Between the Sheets' at 8:00 PM in the First Baptist Church, located in Ithaca's historic Dewitt Park at 309 North Cayuga Street.

This concert will include music by Joni Mitchell, Billy Joel, Stephen Stills, Kurt Knecht, David Dickau, Jerry Herman and others.  Included in the variety of lyrics are the poetry of e.e. cummings and Rudyard Kipling.

From a Galaxy Far, Far Away "One Man Star Wars Trilogy" Hyperdrives Its Way to The State Theatre of Ithaca on Friday, December 2nd

Canadian actor and uber-geek Charles Ross brings his solo madcap creation One Man Star Wars Trilogy to The State Theatre of Ithaca in this mind-bending whirlwind of a show. Ross retells the classic bad hair trilogy in 60 minutes—no costumes, no props, no sets—all the characters, the music, the ships, and the battles on Friday, December 2nd at 7pm.

Next up on Kitchen Theatre Company's 2016-2017 26th Season is Death Boogie by Darian Dauchan, a hip hop musical that combines physical theater, music, video, and poetry in a stunning projected environment! Violinist Mathew "MattViolinist" Silvera and double bassist Desmond Bratton provide live accompaniment for this one-of-a-kind theatrical musical event. Performances are November 15 to December 4.

"This is a performance like no other we have produced at Kitchen Theatre Company," says Artistic Director Rachel Lampert. "And it features the incredible talents of one of my favorite writer/performers. As artistic director, I am drawn to all the artists we work with, but there are several whom I have particularly championed over my tenure. Darian Dauchan is one, and I wanted his work to be a part of my final season as artistic director."

Civic Ensemble, Cultura Ithaca, and Teatrotaller, in association with Missing Bolts Productions Inc. (Blair Baker & Zac Kline artistic directors) and NoPassport Theatre Alliance and Press (Caridad Svich, founder), are pleased to present a staged reading of AFTER ORLANDO, an evening of short plays in response to the shooting at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida.

The readings will be Wednesday, November 9, at 7:30 p.m. at Sacred Root Kava Bar and Thursday, November 10, at 7:30 p.m. at Cornell University's Schwartz Center for Performing and Media Arts' Film Forum. Both performances are free and open to the public.

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Tompkins County Public Library, in partnership with the Paleontological Research Institution and its Museum of the Earth, will launch a three-month exploration of what it means to be human with the November 23 opening of 'Exploring Human Origins.'

Presented by the Smithsonian National Museum and the American Library Association, 'Exploring Human Origins: What Does It Mean To Be Human?' is a traveling exhibit designed to provide--through community conversations and science programs—insight into scientific discoveries concerning human evolution and how these findings relate to and support personal and societal perspectives about who we are as a species.

Ever wonder what it would be like to know what someone else was thinking? What if you knew exactly what someone else was going to do before they did it?  Mind Reader Eric Dittelman knows what that's like and has been reading minds at theaters, colleges, comedy clubs, and corporate events all across the country since graduating from Ithaca College in 2007.

Dittelman will bring his highly entertaining, audience–participation show to The State Theatre of Ithaca stage on Saturday, October 29th at 7:00 PM.  This performance is in conjunction with Ithaca's 2nd Annual Wizarding Weekend, taking place throughout downtown Ithaca that day.

Millions of viewers witnessed Olate Dogs' high-energy, fast-paced tricks in 2012 during the seventh season of NBC's "America's Got Talent." Now, The State Theatre of Ithaca, Tompkins Trust Company and CSP Management welcome the "AGT"-winning act on Saturday, November 5th at 7pm.

Based in Commerce, Texas, Olate Dogs features father and son Richard and Nicholas Olate, plus 11 pups: Willy, a mini-poodle mix; Cholo, a schnoodle (schnauzer/poodle mix) who famously 'drove' a car on stage in the 2012 'AGT finale; Benny and Bob, schnoodles; Maggie, Lili and Bella, labradoodles; Loca, a Yorkie/Poodle mix; Oso, a standard poodle; and Toby and Copo, poodle mixes.