Archive: Arts & Entertainment

The Ithaca City School District art teachers, students and the City of Ithaca will unveil Watershed Wall , a public art collaboration in a ceremony on June 4, 2010 at 4:30 p.m. in the Green Street Garage Alley.  This clay mural will be permanently on display on the back wall of the Green Street Garage along the pedestrian walkway that leads to The Commons.  A Gallery Night reception follows the unveiling.

Watershed Wall was created by Ithaca City School District students based on a collaborative design by their art teachers.  The project was coordinated by the Fine Arts Booster Group, an affiliate of IPEI (Ithaca Public Education Initiative), and assembled with assistance by artist Annemarie Zwack. 

The Kitchen Theatre Company’s 19th Main Stage season finishes with a comedy, CHESAPEAKE by Lee Blessing, a hilarious tale of art, politics, Chesapeake Bay retriever dogs, and the meaning of life.

When performance artist Kerr, known for his outrageous productions that include everything from Dada nihilism to Italian futurism to extravagant disrobing, is awarded an NEA grant to further his artistic ambitions, he finds himself in the cross hairs of Therm Pooley. Pooley is a southern Senator who has focused his re-election campaign on the elimination of federal funding for the arts. Kerr’s efforts to exact revenge on Senator Pooley form the crux of the play, a wild ride that includes kidnapping, canines and the possibility of past and future lives.

There is always room for cello…in the band: 16th Annual New Directions Cello Festival to be held at Ithaca College, June 11th-13th

From June 11th to June 13th, up to 100 cellists from around the world will gather at Ithaca College for the 16th Annual New Directions Cello Festival.  The festival will host guest artists who encompass a wide range of style. They will perform “unclassifiable” music, Celtic music, samba, avant and original jazz, and nuevo folk.  A free concert will be held on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. featuring many of the festival’s cellists in the Cello Big Band.

The Lansing High School Show Choir and Varsity Chorale performs a week from tonight (Friday June 11th) in the Courtyard of Lansing High School,  at 7pm.  The concert will help fund the Show Choir for the upcoming 2010/2011 school year. 

The evening will include music, sweet and savory hors d'oeuvres and light beverages.  Singing selections include 'Don't Stop Believing' as heard on 'Glee', 'Bohemian Rhapsody' by Queen, selections from the movie hit 'Mama Mia', Elton John's 'Crocodile Rock' and many more.

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SMART TALK
by Dr. Parley Speake

COCONSPIRATOR:  Dr. Saber S. Poder has already published a column on this problem, but as it continually pops up in the news, I have Saber's permission and encouragement to take another shot at it.

I tell my patients at the Institute for the Linguistically Impaired simply to look at the word.  What does the "co" prefix mean?  You learned this in grade school, didn't you?  Didn't you?

Just as "cooperate" means to operate together, coconspire means to conspire together.  But wait.  The "con" prefix in conspire means together, too.  It makes conjoined a redundancy, as well as coconspirator.  So what does "spire together" mean?  Literally, breathe together, but we use it to mean plot together.  You can't be a lone conspirator.  Well, maybe if you have multiple personalities that get along with each other.

So a coconspirator is one who plots together together.  With someone else.  In concert.  Cooperatively.

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Cinemapolis Movie Theater has announced “Local Favorites”, a new monthly series that allows members of the Ithaca community to select their favorite film. Each month, special guests will introduce their film and lead a brief discussion following the screening.

On Thursday May 27 at 7:00 PM, Amy Dickinson (“Ask Amy" nationally syndicated advice columnist, a regular  on NPR's “Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!”, and author of “The Mighty Queens of Freeville”) will present one of her favorite films: Emeric Pressburger's 1945 drama 'I Know Where I'm Going'.

Gasland,  the winner of this year's Sundance Special Jury Prize, will premiere on HBO on June 21st, but Ithacans can enjoy a sneak preview on Saturday, June 12th at Cinemapolis.

Gaslandis the personal account of Pennsylvanian film producer Josh Fox who was asked to lease his land for gas drilling.  He started to ask questions and soon realized the enormity of the hydraulic fracturing issue.  He then embarks on a cross-country odyssey, camera in hand, uncovering a trail of secrets, lies and resultant environmental devastation. 

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SMART TALK
by Dr. Molto Breve

THE END:  Mrs. Shirley Markham Lowe teaches senior English at Underbelly, Texas's D.B.Wesson High School.  After the last exams, she sent to us here at the Institute for the Linguistically Impaired some of her favorite redundancies from student papers.

Kids announce, "In this paper I will write..." - really!? - and discuss the motives of the chief protagonist in Hamlet.

They introduce statements that are obviously from their own minds with "I think that..."

And on the last page, in case we can't see that no more writing appears, they write "The End."

As we say in the South, bless their hearts.

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The first annual East Shore Festival Of The Arts (ESFOTA) opening drew an appreciative crowd to a three hour gala opening last Friday.  The show turned the courtroom at Lansing Town Hall into a gallery, which spilled into the hallway.  The Lansing Community Library had works on display as well.  The opening featured music, food, and a wine tasting, door prizes, videos, and 'do-it-yourself' art exhibits, including art puzzles.

Over 25 artists are represented in this year's ESFOTA.  Most of the work is paintings and photography, all by local artists.  Organizer Robin Schuttenberg says she hopes people will visit the exhibit, which will run through June 18th.

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