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The Cherry Arts, Inc. has appointed Jennifer Herzog as its new Associate Artistic Director. Herzog will be leaving her role as Associate Artistic Director at Civic Ensemble, of which she is a founding member, and where she was instrumental in the production of numerous readings and playwright's labs, engaging local and student artists, and overseeing social media operations as well as performing in many of those readings and productions. Most recently, she produced Civic Ensemble's acclaimed staged reading of Arthur Miller's INCIDENT AT VICHY, about a group of men detained in France during World War II before being sent to concentration camps.Civic Ensemble was founded in 2012 by Herzog, Godfrey L. Simmons, Jr. and Sarah K. Chalmers. In those three years, Civic Ensemble has charted a course towards a full-service theatre that engages and develops artists in the community, both professional and neophyte, through the production of new plays, education programs, and community-based plays. Of Herzog's departure, Artistic Director Simmons says, "Jennifer is a dedicated and talented artist and a valuable asset to any theatre company. We are thrilled that she has found a new artistic home at The Cherry that will align so closely with her goals as a theatre artist."
Kitchen Theatre Company is celebrating its 25th season in 2015-2016, and the centerpiece is PETER AND THE STARCATCHER, a play that is a celebration of live theater and ensemble story telling: a great adventure with music told by a cast of twelve actors and a "let's put on a show" spirit. Funny and full of surprises, PETER AND THE STARCATCHER opens for previews on Sunday, January 31 and runs for eighteen performances, through February 21st.
The Sciencenter welcomes two exciting additions this month with the opening of the museum's new featured exhibition, Attack of the Bloodsuckers, and the brand new New York Natives live animal room.
Wilma (Willie) Gilmore was a long-time volunteer at Cornell Plantations, gardener, and artist. Her work, a series of delicate watercolors of blossoms and fruits, will be on display in the Nevin Welcome Center at Cornell Plantations until February 29, 2016. There will be an opening reception on Saturday, January 9th from 2pm – 4pm light refreshments will be served, and the event is free and open to the public.
The Bob and Tom Show hits the airwaves on Ithaca/Cortland's iconic rock stations- WIII-FM (99.9, 100.3 FM) starting on January 11, 2016. The popular morning radio show currently airs regionally in Syracuse, Elmira, Utica, and Geneva, and will be making listeners laugh in Ithaca starting next week. Current morning host Kat Walters moves to a bigger on air shift in Middays.
The Hangar Theatre announced that Michael Barakiva has accepted the position of Interim Artistic Director. He will lead Hangar artistic programming through the summer of 2016. Barakiva is joining the Hangar staff immediately, and has already begun working with outgoing Artistic Director, Jen Waldman, to ensure a smooth transition.
East Shore Arts Council continues their Concerts in the Courtroom series with award winning storyteller, Regi Carpenter in This Little Light of Mine…holiday stories from around the world, this Sunday, December 6 at 3pm at the Lansing Town Hall, 29 Auburn Road.
Civic Ensemble presents The Spirit of Christmas Present: A Poetic Carol in Three Movements which is influenced by the humanitarian vision of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. At the heart of Dickens' story are his concerns about poverty and social injustice, and while The Spirit of Christmas Present only deals with such themes indirectly, the staging of a nostalgic Christmas tale might help to restore a social harmony and well-being lost in the modern world.
The Hangar Theatre announces its 2016 Mainstage Season. Marking its 42nd season of producing outstanding professional theatre in the Finger Lakes, the Hangar offers a lineup featuring something for everyone. The four shows slated for next summer are I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti adapted by Jacques Lamarre from the memoir by Giulia Melucci, In the Heights with music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda and book by Quiara Alegría Hudes, Third by Wendy Wasserstein, and Constellations by Nick Payne. The Hangar's Mainstage season will run from June 16 - August 13, 2016.
From Ithaca to Beijing to New York City and now back to Ithaca! Rachel Lampert's THE SOUP COMES LAST opens for previews on Sunday, November 29 and runs for thirteen performances through December 13th. SOUP is a delightful and hilarious memoir of Lampert's 1997 trip to China to stage the first-ever production of WEST SIDE STORY in the Peoples' Republic. This international backstage story filled with miscommunications and cultural missteps has been a long-time favorite with Ithaca-area audiences. When SOUP played for a month Off-Broadway, the New York Times said:
The Hangar's Acting Out on the Hangar Stage, Community Charades Challenge took place on Sunday, October 25. With the support of the community - through donations to four teams of participants, the purchase of auction items, and ticket sales - the Hangar was able to raise $25,000 to help support the theatre's artistic and education programs.
Aurora, New York—The Wells College String Room Gallery presents the exhibition Make No Loud Noise, a solo exhibition by artist, educator and cultural worker Pato Hebert. The exhibition will be on display from November 6 to December 7. The public is cordially invited to join the artist for an opening reception on Friday, November 6, 6 – 8 p.m. Hebert will speak about his work at 6:15 p.m.