Saturday, March 15, 2025

It Came from the '70s
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The 1970s were a time of radical change in the field of ceramics. Artists began to grasp clay's potential when it came to Conceptual Art, Minimalism, Land Art, Performance Art, and other movements of the era.

In the wake of the 1960s, artists felt free to use humor for self-expression, shock value, or to serve as a "spoonful of sugar" to deliver a message. While the 1970s are usually seen as a time of wild individual expression, the decade also saw the development of a network of galleries and collectors that would ultimately professionalize the field and develop grudging respect from the fine art world. "It Came From the '70s" features groovy works from the Everson collection that tell these stories.

   

Kenneth Meyer
Skaneateles Library Guitar Series

Price: Free
Skaneateles Library
49 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

Kenneth Meyer, the national first-prize winner at the Music Teacher's National Association Collegiate Artist Competition, is regarded by The Washington Post as, "A thinking man's guitarist – he focuses on the inner structure of a piece...and plays with impressive gravity and power." The Buffalo News has called him, "Impeccably articulate with superb technique."?

Mr. Meyer's commitment to the cultivation and performance of new music has led to awards from the Barlow Endowment, the Argosy Foundation, and the Eastman School's Hanson Institute for American Music; interpretive instruction from Milton Babbitt, and premiere performances of compositions by among others, Natalie Draper, Leslie Basset, Edward Green, Andrew Waggoner, Gregory Mertl, Edie Hill, Kevin Ernste, Nicolas Scherzinger, Jesse Benjamin Jones, Donald J. Sparr, James Piorkowski and Robert Baker. His diversity as a musician has led to performances on mandolin, banjo and electric guitar with among others, the Syracuse Opera, the Syracuse Society for New Music and the Broadway touring production of the Who's rock opera, Tommy. ?

Previous concert tours include trips to Venezuela, Rome, Canada, Romania, Hungary, Malaysia, Thailand, and Singapore. He has appeared in concerto performances with Symphoria, the Long Island Philharmonic, the Erie Chamber Orchestra, the Niagara Symphony Orchestra, and the Seattle Modern Orchestra. He has recorded for Innova, Frameworks, Albany, Summit, and Bridge.

His latest commercial recording, A Seeker's Song was released on the Frameworks record label and his book titled Diatonic Arpeggios for Classical Guitar is published through Mel Bay. Both are now available online.?

He holds degrees in Music Composition and Classical Guitar Performance from the State University of New York at Fredonia and Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from the Eastman School of Music. He has served on the faculties of East Carolina University and SUNY at Fredonia and most recently held visiting professorships at the Eastman School of Music and SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music.

Currently, Dr. Kenneth Meyer serves as a lecturer/affiliate artist at Hamilton College and Syracuse University. He serves on the board of directors for the Great Lakes Guitar Society, the Classical Guitar Society of Upstate New York, and the Twisted Spruce Music Foundation. He also founded and directs the Mohawk Valley Childbloom classical guitar program in New Hartford.

   

The Naughton Piano Duo
Syracuse Friends of Chamber Music

Price: $30 regular, $25 seniors
Grant Middle School
2400 Grant Blvd., Syracuse

Mozart Sonata K. 358 in B-flat Major
Debussy Petite Suite
Jennifer Higdon "Jumble Dance" from Dance Card no. 3
Tania Leon Satine
Beethoven Sonata for Piano Four Hands in D Major, op. 6
Saint-Saëns Variations on a Theme by Beethoven
Ravel La Valse

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Sunday, March 16, 2025

It Came from the '70s
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The 1970s were a time of radical change in the field of ceramics. Artists began to grasp clay's potential when it came to Conceptual Art, Minimalism, Land Art, Performance Art, and other movements of the era.

In the wake of the 1960s, artists felt free to use humor for self-expression, shock value, or to serve as a "spoonful of sugar" to deliver a message. While the 1970s are usually seen as a time of wild individual expression, the decade also saw the development of a network of galleries and collectors that would ultimately professionalize the field and develop grudging respect from the fine art world. "It Came From the '70s" features groovy works from the Everson collection that tell these stories.

   

Locally Sourced
Onondaga Civic Symphony Orchestra
Erik Kibelsbeck, conductor

Price: $15 regular, $10 seniors, $5 students, under 18 free
St. Cecilia's Church
1001 Woods Rd., Syracuse

Dan Lawitts Mystery of History, world premiere
Victor Mallia Counterpoint, world premiere
Neva Derewetsky We Race in Circles, with Kodylynn Perkins, soprano
Diane Jones Soul Dance, with Heidi Hoffman, cello
Chris Cresswell at the foot of the mountain
Ryan Chase TBA, world premiere
arr. Sean O'Loughlin How to Train Your Dragon
arr. Calvin Custer A Salute to The Big Apple

   

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

S.A. Cosby
Friends of the Central Library Author Series

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

S.A. Cosby is a "Southern noir" crime fiction writer. He is the author of the instant New York Times bestseller All the Sinners Bleed, which was on Barack Obama's Summer Reading List. Razorblade Tears, published in 2021, is described by the Washington Post as "provocative, violent-beautiful and moving, too." Blacktop Wasteland was named one of the best novels of the year in 2020 by NPR and The New York Times, along with winning the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. When not writing, he is an avid hiker and chess player.

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Wednesday, March 19, 2025

It Came from the '70s
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The 1970s were a time of radical change in the field of ceramics. Artists began to grasp clay's potential when it came to Conceptual Art, Minimalism, Land Art, Performance Art, and other movements of the era.

In the wake of the 1960s, artists felt free to use humor for self-expression, shock value, or to serve as a "spoonful of sugar" to deliver a message. While the 1970s are usually seen as a time of wild individual expression, the decade also saw the development of a network of galleries and collectors that would ultimately professionalize the field and develop grudging respect from the fine art world. "It Came From the '70s" features groovy works from the Everson collection that tell these stories.

   

Thursday, March 20, 2025

It Came from the '70s
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The 1970s were a time of radical change in the field of ceramics. Artists began to grasp clay's potential when it came to Conceptual Art, Minimalism, Land Art, Performance Art, and other movements of the era.

In the wake of the 1960s, artists felt free to use humor for self-expression, shock value, or to serve as a "spoonful of sugar" to deliver a message. While the 1970s are usually seen as a time of wild individual expression, the decade also saw the development of a network of galleries and collectors that would ultimately professionalize the field and develop grudging respect from the fine art world. "It Came From the '70s" features groovy works from the Everson collection that tell these stories.

   

Friday, March 21, 2025

It Came from the '70s
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The 1970s were a time of radical change in the field of ceramics. Artists began to grasp clay's potential when it came to Conceptual Art, Minimalism, Land Art, Performance Art, and other movements of the era.

In the wake of the 1960s, artists felt free to use humor for self-expression, shock value, or to serve as a "spoonful of sugar" to deliver a message. While the 1970s are usually seen as a time of wild individual expression, the decade also saw the development of a network of galleries and collectors that would ultimately professionalize the field and develop grudging respect from the fine art world. "It Came From the '70s" features groovy works from the Everson collection that tell these stories.

   

The Clements Brothers
Folkus Project

Price: $20 regular, $17 Folkus members
May Memorial Unitarian Society
3800 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

George and Charles Clements are identical twins from New England, who have been playing and writing music together for as long as they can remember. The Clements Brothers marks their first project together since playing in the internationally touring grass-roots band, The Lonely Heartstring Band, with whom they released two albums on Rounder Records. With roots, rock, bluegrass, jazz, and classical influences, George (on guitar) and Charles (on bass) aim to capture their singer-songwriter sensibilities in a unique blended voice, at once enthralling and intimate, groovy and serene. The duo is a fusion of each brother's unique musical journey, and the result is a music all its own, filled with vocal harmonies, instrumental virtuosity, and a genuine love of song.

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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Covey Theatre Company

Hosmer Auditorium, Everson Museum
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Big business means big laughs in this delightfully clever lampoon of life on the corporate ladder. A tune-filled comic gem that took Broadway by storm, winning both the Tony Award for Best Musical and a Pulitzer Prize, How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying boasts an exhilarating score by Frank Loesser, including "I Believe in You," "Brotherhood of Man," and "The Company Way."

A satire of big business and all it holds sacred, How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying follows the rise of J. Pierrepont Finch, who uses a little handbook called How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying to climb the corporate ladder from lowly window washer to high-powered executive, tackling such familiar but potent dangers as the aggressively compliant "company man," the office party, backstabbing coworkers, caffeine addiction, and, of course, true love.

   

Saturday, March 22, 2025

It Came from the '70s
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The 1970s were a time of radical change in the field of ceramics. Artists began to grasp clay's potential when it came to Conceptual Art, Minimalism, Land Art, Performance Art, and other movements of the era.

In the wake of the 1960s, artists felt free to use humor for self-expression, shock value, or to serve as a "spoonful of sugar" to deliver a message. While the 1970s are usually seen as a time of wild individual expression, the decade also saw the development of a network of galleries and collectors that would ultimately professionalize the field and develop grudging respect from the fine art world. "It Came From the '70s" features groovy works from the Everson collection that tell these stories.

   

Atta Boys
Steeple Coffee House

Price: $15-$20 suggested donation covers entertainment, dessert, coffee/tea
United Church of Fayetteville
310 E. Genesee St., Fayetteville

Bluegrass band The Atta Boys are a pickup collection of some of the area's best bluegrass musicians. Join Tom Hosmer (fiddle), John Burton (banjo), Perry Cleaveland (mandolin), Judson Powell (guitar), Cathy Cadley (guitar), and Dave Rybinski (bass), for a sensational evening of traditional bluegrass music.

   

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Covey Theatre Company

Hosmer Auditorium, Everson Museum
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Big business means big laughs in this delightfully clever lampoon of life on the corporate ladder. A tune-filled comic gem that took Broadway by storm, winning both the Tony Award for Best Musical and a Pulitzer Prize, How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying boasts an exhilarating score by Frank Loesser, including "I Believe in You," "Brotherhood of Man," and "The Company Way."

A satire of big business and all it holds sacred, How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying follows the rise of J. Pierrepont Finch, who uses a little handbook called How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying to climb the corporate ladder from lowly window washer to high-powered executive, tackling such familiar but potent dangers as the aggressively compliant "company man," the office party, backstabbing coworkers, caffeine addiction, and, of course, true love.