Archive: Arts & Entertainment

Brooklyn-Based Artist At Wells College

: By David Foote; Entertainment; | Mar 13, 2015 |

Aurora, New York— The Wells College String Room Gallery is excited to announce the opening of 'To The Waters and the Wild,' a solo exhibition by Brooklyn-based artist Rita Leduc. The show will be on display from March 19 to April 24, 2015, and the public is cordially invited to join the artist for a free opening reception on Thursday, March 19 from 6 to 8 p.m.

Much of the work comprising 'To The Waters and the Wild' was created during Leduc's frequent visits to the Wells College campus during the fall of 2014. She will finalize this work during a culminating residency on campus, made possible in part by funding from the College's Scholar-in-Residence program. In a process she describes as 'integrated painting,' Leduc works on-site to create gestural brushstrokes on translucent substrates, producing a visual collaboration between paint, landscape and vantage point. She then records this encounter through photography and video. The resulting hybrid images cite the tradition of plein air landscape painting, while underscoring the contingent confluence of space and perception in the moment of encountering the natural world. While an audience familiar with the Wells College landscape will inevitably seek to identify familiar sites in this work, Leduc's photographic depiction of painted gestures and slick reflections invites viewers to identify both with her process and her exploration of new environments.

NanoDays™ 2015 at the Sciencenter

: By Amy Gaulke; Entertainment; | Mar 13, 2015 |

The Sciencenter is making a big deal about the smallest science at NanoDays! An annual science festival held in conjunction with over 300 science museums in the U.S., NanoDays demonstrates the special and unexpected properties found at the super tiny nanoscale. This nation-wide event is organized by the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Net), of which the Sciencenter is a lead partner.

NanoDays at the Sciencenter takes place on Saturday, March 21 from 12 – 4pm. Guests will explore nanoscale science and technology through hands-on activities, family-friendly presentations, and the Sciencenter's Nano exhibition. Admission is free all day, 10am. Over 20 interactive activities will be offered throughout the museum, delivered by Sciencenter staff and volunteers, along with researchers and students from Cornell University and Ithaca College.

Lansing HS Presents 'Anything Goes'

: By -Staff; Entertainment; | Feb 27, 2015 |

Anything Goes at the Lansing Middle School Auditorium. At least it all goes on stage, as Lansing High School presents the classic Cole Porter musical, 'Anything Goes'. The production is directed by Cindy Howell, with Musical Director Lorrene Adams and Choreographer Ashley Burt.

Photo by Karen Veaner

"The ocean liner, the SS American has been in 'dry dock' for 14 years in a barn in North Lansing," says Janice Streb. "It was stored there in 2001 after the previous Lansing High School performance of 'Anything Goes'. Much work has been done by dedicated parents and adults to pull it out of "dry dock", reassemble the pieces and give it a fresh coat of paint. The SS American is now ready to sail."

'Anything Goes' incorporates many tap dancing numbers. Most of the student performers did not know how to tap dance when they started rehearsals in the beginning of January. Now they are old pros thanks to Lansing senior, Ashley Burt, who choreographed the production.

The plot is thick with celebrities and intrigue, but who cares? The music is by Cole Porter and the tap dancing is amazing! 'Anything Goes' will be presented March 11 and 12 at 6:30pm and March 13 and 14 at 7:30 pm.

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I-100's Kat Walters bans "cold" from "Classic Mornings"

: By Connie Fairfax-Osmund; Entertainment; | Feb 20, 2015 |

Cayuga Radio Group Classic Rock I-100 (WIII) is announcing a ban on "cold" on the weekday "Classic Mornings" show until further notice. Morning personality Kat Walters has decided to bar some popular songs as a result.

Some songs that will be omitted from the morning show include such classics as "She's So Cold" by The Rolling Stones, "Cold As Ice" by Foreigner, and "Cold Shot" by Stevie Ray Vaughan. "I am even considering removing Led Zeppelin's 'Immigrant Song' from the morning rotation because it opens with the line 'come from the land of the ice and snow' – that is how serious I am about this", Walters declared.

R2P Presents the Funniest Play You've Never Heard Of

: By Linda Glaser; Entertainment; | Feb 20, 2015 |

"Daisy Pulls It Off" is the funniest play you've never heard of, presented in the prettiest theater you didn't know existed, by Running to Places (R2P) in the Beverly J. Martin Elementary School (BJM) in Ithaca. The show runs Feb. 27-March 1.

"Daisy is a hilarious parody of the series of books from the 1920s that J.K. Rowling ripped off to write the Harry Potter series," says Joey Steinhagen, R2P artistic director. "Imagine if Hogwarts weren't magic and Hermione was the main character. That's Daisy."

Meet Me at the Kitchen and Make Memories!

: By Lesley Greene; Entertainment; | Feb 20, 2015 |

Kitchen Theatre Company and The Memory Maker Project are cohosting Meet Me at the Kitchen February 25, 2015 from 11:00am to 12:00pm. It is a free and inclusive event, but designed especially for those living with Alzheimer's and other forms of memory loss. During the program, the audience will enjoy scenes from reputable plays followed by lively, and often humorous, interactive discussions about each scene.

This partnership arose because the themes of the Kitchen's current production, A Body of Water by Lee Blessing (running February 18-March 8), are deeply rooted in memory, caregiving, and family. The play is a mystery about a middle-aged couple who awakens every morning in a beautiful house surrounded by water, not knowing who or where they are. Both organizations are excited to partner in an ongoing dialogue about the intersection of science and art.

Meet Me at the Kitchen is an opportunity to lessen the barriers of memory loss through theater, and share this discussion with the greater community.

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Smith Building Artists Take the Show on the Road

: By Katrina Binkewicz; Entertainment; | Feb 13, 2015 |

During the fall, TST BOCES Smith Building art students studied the life and art work of Georgia O'Keefe and explored the mediums of chalk pastel and oil pastel while drawing flowers, shells, and bones. Turning Point High School and Middle School students studied surrealists Dali and Magritte and created surreal interpretations of their own using photos donated by local photographer Matthew Binkewicz.

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Smart Talk - Each One Was Worse Than The Next

: By Jim Evans; Entertainment; | Feb 13, 2015 |

SMART TALK SMART TALK

by Dr. Will S. Sert

EACH ONE WAS WORSE THAN THE NEXT: At the Center for English as a First Language, we usually encounter Temporal Disorder in the form of redundancies, such as advance reservations, three AM in the morning, or plan ahead. But occasionally, we have a patient such as the member of a tasting panel, who complained about the samples from amateur cooks, “Each one was worse than the next.”

To which, I replied, “Well, thank goodness.” Her look of confusion told me she was suffering from temporal disorder. This form, however, is a bit more subtle than simple redundancy.

The patient meant, of course, to say, “Each one was worse than the one before,” which would tell the world that the samples kept getting worse. Worse than the next tells us that the next sample is a bit better.

The converse is just as true. “Each was better than the next” says the quality is deteriorating. “Each was better than the one before” says the quality is improving.

Simply changing “next” to “the one after,” which is what “next” means, seems to bring a dawning to many patients. They see immediately how silly it sounds to say “Each one was worse than the one after it.” They would never say that. Never.

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Cornell Features Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

: By Jennifer Bassman; Entertainment; | Feb 13, 2015 |

The Geneva-based Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR), one of Switzerland's leading orchestras, kicks off the East Coast leg of its seven-city tour at Cornell University (note start time of 8:30pm) to perform its signature interpretations of early 20th-century French and Russian repertoire.

Conductor Charles Dutoit, born in Lausanne in the Suisse romande, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, leads the OSR in Debussy's Ibéria, Ravel's La valse and Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2 in separate programs, and Stravinsky's The Song of the Nightingale. Russian pianist Nikolaï Lugansky joins the OSR in performances of Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. With these programs, Mr. Dutoit pays tribute to the flagship repertoire and spirit of his mentor Ernest Ansermet, the founder and longstanding music director of the OSR.

Home: A Living Newspaper, by Civic Ensemble

: By -Staff; Entertainment; | Feb 13, 2015 |

Civic Ensemble presents Home: A Living Newspaper, an updated treatment of the federally funded Living Newspapers of the Federal Theatre Project (FTP) in the late 1930's. Set in an unnamed Ithaca cafe, Home, addresses the issue of housing in Ithaca through the experience of a newcomer from South America as she and her family look for a place to call home. Her story is interspersed with an investigation of related news stories and questions about where we stand as citizens in our city, our country and our world.

Franklin Roosevelt created the FTP in order to put theatre artists to work during the depression and to present socially and politically relevant theatre with local as well as national themes and to do so at affordable prices. Led by Hallie Flannigan, the FTP generated many original works, and had many "units" including a classical unit, Negro unit, and units performing vaudeville, children's plays, puppet shows, caravan productions, and the new plays unit.

Cashore Marionettes At Wells

: By David Foote; Entertainment; | Feb 13, 2015 |

Aurora, New York—The Wells College Arts and Lecture Series presents a performance of the Cashore Marionettes by craftsman and puppeteer Joseph Cashore. The program, "Life in Motion," depicts characters of depth, integrity and humanity in a full evening unlike anything else in theater today. This event will take place at 7:30 p.m. Friday, February 20, in Phipps Auditorium of Macmillan Hall on the Wells campus. Admission is free, and all are welcome to attend.

In the performance "Life in Motion," Joseph Cashore presents his collection of marionette masterworks. The production portrays a series of comic and poignant scenes taken from everyday life and set to music by composers such as Beethoven, Vivaldi, Strauss and Copland. Through a combination of virtuoso manipulation, humor, pathos and poetic insight, the Cashore Marionettes take the audience on a journey that celebrates the richness of life.

A Body Of Water at the Kitchen

: By Lesley Greene; Entertainment; | Feb 6, 2015 |

Coming next to Ithaca's Kitchen Theatre Company is A Body Of Water, a mystery about family and memory by Lee Blessing. A middle-aged man (Moss) and woman (Avis) find themselves in a beautiful summer home with a view of water on all sides. They are dressed in luxurious robes and nothing else. Sound idyllic? It would be, if only they could recall a few simple things: their names, why are they in this place and who they are to each other.

Lee Blessing further complicates the story by introducing a third character (Wren) who may hold clues to the truth-but with an agenda that heightens the tension. Blessing has said that the play is about "learning to live inside of a mystery." A Body Of Water opens for previews on February 18 and runs at Kitchen Theatre Company through March 8 before transferring to the Geva Theatre Center in Rochester.

Smart Talk - No Doubt In My Mind

: By Jim Evans; Entertainment; | Jan 30, 2015 |

SMART TALK SMART TALK

by Dr. Les Terse

NO DOUBT IN MY MIND: At the Center for English as a First Language, we treat basic redundancy disorder more than anything else. Redundancies surround us on all sides, and even appear in place names, such as Glendale, and our own Underbelly, Texas.

One of our patients was returning to campus last Sunday, having visited and enjoyed the service at The Complete and Total Church of the Whole Entire World and got stopped for speeding as she passed in front of Our Lady of Loving Disapproval. Father Peter Holdoff has been complaining about the danger to his parishioners. She was sure she wasn’t speeding and insisted on a trial.

In court, Constable Johnson (Clayton, Luke the mayor’s brother) testified that there was no doubt in his mind that our patient was speeding. She had the temerity to sass the constable, “Why would you explain that you had no doubt in your mind? Where else do you have doubts? In that dessert plate you call a belt buckle?”

She was promptly fined $100. But we’re proud that our treatment sank in.

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