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Science Cabaret presents a theatrical tour through the 13.8 billion-year, scientific timeline of the Universe, Milky Way, and Earth. Audience members will playfully be tested for 'Cosmic Deficit Disorder,' and at various moments in the show, you may be invited to become a photosynthetic cell or a multi-cellular organism as we reveal hidden social technology from the ancient sea that may guide us into a viable future of life on Earth. 'Cosmogenesis: The Story Of Us' is a captivating one- woman show that joins the science of Cosmology with storytelling to illuminate the 13.8 billion year creative story of the Universe. The show is told in six acts and highlights epic non-repeating moments from the first Flaring Forth, to the creation of Hydrogen, and the anatomy of the Milky Way. The two-hour show moves from profound, to sexy, to hilarious. It is educational and yes, participatory! In the dynamic sixth act, willing audience members are invited to jump into the show and animate the story. In deep time, we move from single-celled organisms, to photosynthesis, to life emerging from the sea onto Land. We come up through the ages to arrive at the modern 21st Century Human. This performance aims at eliciting an experience of belonging in the big story of our cosmological origins so as to cast a revolutionary light onto how we creatively move into the future.
The Tompkins County Office of Human Rights (OHR) will be rolling out its 29th Annual K-12 Arts Competition in September 2015 with a few notable tweaks. Changes to the K-12 program will include a broader human rights theme and a launch that takes place at the beginning of each academic school year.
"Firing the Canon," a College of Arts and Sciences Sesquicentennial exhibit opening in November, explores how Cornell's prized collection of plaster casts was "embraced, defaced, and dethroned." Cornell used to have one of the largest collections of plaster casts in North America, attracting many tourists to Ithaca. But over time, casts fell out of favor, and the collection deteriorated.
To remember and honor its dear friend and colleague, actor Norma Fire, Kitchen Theatre Company will present an annual award, the Norma Fire Emerging Artist Award. This award will go to a young theater artist age 30 or younger whose work in the previous season was exemplary and demonstrated great professional potential. The young theater artist may be an actor, director, playwright or designer.
The Hangar's Acting Out on the Hangar Stage, Community Charades Challenge took place on Saturday, October 18. 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 reach its fundraising goal for the event, which supports the theatre's educational programming, raising a total of $26,000.
America's Navy is coming home to Auburn, N.Y., one of 18 cities in four states to host a performance by the United States Navy Band Commodores during its 2014 tour -- one of the Navy's signature outreach programs.
Aurora, New York—The Wells College Theatre & Dance Department is proud to present the Fall Faculty Production, Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Suicide Club, written by Jeffrey Hatcher and directed by Associate Professor of Theatre Siouxsie Easter. Sherlock Holmes will be performed in Phipps Auditorium of Macmillan Hall on the Wells College campus on Friday, October 24 and Saturday, October 25 at 7:30pm.
The Gallery@FOUND will present Loretta Louviere and Jane Pompilio in a new show titled 'Birds of a Feather'. The show will hang in the Gallery Wednesday, November 5th through Sunday, November 30th. An opening reception will be held on Thursday, November 6 from 4-6 PM.
'Microbirth' looks at childbirth in a whole new way; through the lens of a microscope. Featuring Ivy League scientists, among them Cornell University Immunotoxicology Professor, Rodney Dietert, the film investigates the latest research that is starting to indicate modern birth practices could be interfering with critical biological processes. This could be making our children more susceptible to disease later in life.
Aurora, New York— The Wells College String Room Gallery presents the exhibition 'Primer for Well Water,' a collaborative exhibition by artists Justin Randolph Thompson and Bradly Dever Treadaway. The exhibition will be open from October 23 to December 3, 2014. The public is cordially invited to join the artists for a free opening reception and performance on Thursday, October 23, from 7:30 to 9:30 pm.
Aurora, New York— Wells College's Visiting Assistant Professor Of English Dan Rosenberg Recently Won The 2014 Omnidawn Poetry Chapbook Contest For His Original Chapbook, "Thigh's Hollow." The Chapbook, Culled From A Larger Manuscript Written For His Doctoral Dissertation, Features A Collection Of Poems Written In An Identical Voice And In A Form That Rosenberg Invented—One Made Up Of The Exact Same Number Of Lines And Syllables. "Part Of The Idea Is That It Takes The Same Amount Of Time To Read Each Poem," Said Rosenberg. "This 'Straightjacket' Of Form Creates The Voice. It Rises Out Of Constriction."