Arts and Entertainment

ElectroZone presents the Execution of 2020

: By ElectroZone; Arts and Entertainment; | Dec 18, 2020 |

The year 2020 has committed grave crimes against the world, and now it must be held accountable for its actions.

For six days, beginning December 26th at 7pm EST, the ElectroZone will carry out justice with the aid of an impressive list of artists including: And the Maiden / Prayer Rope / Black, MA, Anna Oxygen, Bent Noise, Billy Jackass, BioMechanical ShapeShifters, Chaka Benson, Connected Sounds, Delivery System, Dr Hamburger, Free.Space.Energy, Fuzzy bunny slippers, High Anxiety Cabaret, Human Resources, iLLEST PREACHA, Jake and the Nowhere, JEC, Jenn Taiga, Jesse & The Spirit, Josh OXford, Karl Fury, Kompyootur Muhsheen: Teenage Algorithm, Live Modular Synth Act (Mo:Raze), Medusa, Mr. Spiral, MRDRFOG, Nick Fagnilli, otodojo, Overflow, Pallid Mask, Panther Smoothie, R41ÑB0W TR4$H, Sex No Babies, Skraeling, Sofy Yuditskaya, stepwriterun, Symmetry, The Gorgonne, Tungsten Lungs, uuskhy + SIFI, VISHWANATH_GI and more!

PRI/CNC Holiday Break Programming Goes Online

: By Museum of the Earth and Cayuga Nature Center; Arts and Entertainment; | Dec 18, 2020 |

Museum of the Earth and Cayuga Nature Center will be providing a week long series of virtual events during holiday break this year in an effort to provide fun, alternative programming for families who are staying home for the holidays.

This week long programming will be from December 26–31. Each day, a variety of live and pre-recorded events will be available to anyone through our social media and website platforms. Visitors can register online for the live events each day. Events take place between the hours of 9 am and 8 pm.

Hangar Presents Seasonal Story Jam & Hootenanny

: By Thena Lindhorst; Arts and Entertainment; | Dec 11, 2020 |

From Saturday, December 18 through Sunday, December 27, the Hangar Theatre Company will host a virtual experience, Seasonal Story Jam & Hootenanny. This family-friendly event features holiday music from The Burns Sisters streamed from the Hangar Theatre, and Hangar artists performing a variety of both classic and contemporary short stories and poems by writers from Ithaca and beyond, that represent the wide range of cultures, traditions, experiences, and beliefs observed during the holiday season.

Stories include: "What are you Waiting For?" by Rebecca Barry; "Christmas Eve Falls on a Friday" by Peggy Billings; "A Letter from Santa Claus" by Samuel Clemens (aka Mark Twain); "The Sermon in the Cradle" by W.E.B. DuBois; "T'was the Fight Before Christmas" by Firoozah Dumas; "Food Shopping in Quarantine" by Sarah Jefferis; "Mother Made Me an Actor" by Sankofa McLaurin; "How to Spell the Name of God" by Ellen Orleans; "El Coquí Siempre Canta" by Sally Ramirez; "On Track" by Suzanne Snedeker; and "A Christmas Story" by Carrie Jane Thomas. Poems include: "Black Branches, White Moon" by Katharyn Howd Machan; and "Night" and "Snowflake" by Jamie Wolff. The evening will also showcase a brand new version of "Snow Phobia," with lyrics by Rachel Lampert, music by Vivaldi, and video by Lesley Greene.

The Topography of Light at North Star

: By North Star Gallery; Arts and Entertainment; | Dec 11, 2020 |

A painting done plein air this October at the Mouth of the Salmon Creek- just north of Ithaca on Cayuga Lake.

The Topography of Light is the next show at the North Star. As the title suggests, it includes works thematically grouped by the expression of light with several landscapes of various regions included. Paintings of the Finger Lakes of course, and also The Susquehanna Region of PA, some from Maine, Ireland and Italy will be included. This show will be up through February of 2021. The work is already available to be previewed on the gallery's web site.

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