Ithaca Sciencenter Free Sunday

Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009 12-5 p.m.
Visit the Sciencenter for FREE on the first Sunday of every month, through March! Jan. 4 is also the last day to check out our “Spin: The Science of Rotation” exhibition before it travels to other science museums. Mark your calendar for more Free Sundays on February 1 and March 1.

The January Free Sunday is made possible with the generous support of Elmira Savings Bank.

Sciencenter, 601 First Street, Ithaca, NY 14850

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info@sciencenter.org

Dollhouse Exhibit
11/14/2008-2/22/2009

The exhibit this year will focus on the collection of the late Marie Rockwell. New dollhouses will be on display along with many returning favorites. With everything from miniature machinery and military figures to Barbie houses and wooden Victorian homes and greenhouses – this exhibit has something for everyone!

Glenn H. Curtiss Museum
8419 State Route 54
Hammondsport, NY 14840

phone 607-569-2160
fax 607-569-2040

Open Daily
Summer Hours – May 1 – October 31
Monday  -  Saturday  •  9 am to 5 pm
Sundays  •  10 am to 5 pm

Winter Hours – November 1 – April 30, 2009
Monday  -  Saturday  •  10 am to 4 pm
Sundays  •  10 am to 4 pm

Closed:
Easter Sunday, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day

Aviation Museum • Early Aviation & Aircraft History • Antique Aircraft • Vintage & Antique Motorcycles • and more. (more…)

Finger Lakes Artists’ Work on Display in the White House

Taken from Life in the Finger Lakes

Several area artists were selected to decorate ornaments for the White House Christmas Tree by Central New York Representatives to the U.S. House. As Bob Price reported in the December 14 Steuben Courier-Advocate, John R. “Randy” Kuhl Jr. asked Hammondsport artist Bob MaGee to create an ornament for the 29th Congressional District. Congressman James T. Walsh similarly honored Marcellus artist Holly Knott, asking her to represent the State’s 25th District.
A few weeks after accepting the requests, each artist received a spherical plastic ornament in the mail, about six inches in diameter, with instructions from the White House, including deadlines for returning the completed work, the stipulation that the ornament be visible from above and below (since it is displayed on an 18-foot high tree), and requests that the final piece include “the name of the state, district or territory” in letters no taller than .75-inches and that it be representative of the “spirit of the artist’s state, district or territory, and should complement a red, white and blue color scheme.”
MaGee elected to depict a Keuka Lake scene with a Glenn Curtiss biplane soaring above, a gaffer in the act of blowing glass and grape vines to represent aspects of the Finger Lakes Region. In Price’s article, MaGee recounts difficulties in getting paint to adhere to the shiny surface and countering the distorting effects of the curved ornament.
Similarly, Knott chose to honor the Finger Lakes’ apple orchards, wineries and the lakes themselves by painting the ornament with images of red apples, grapes and grape vines on fields, deep blue sky, a Finger Lake with deep blue water and white puffy clouds.
Both Knott and MaGee were invited to attend a December 2 reception honoring the ornament artists at the White House. Knott had a prior engagement and could not attend, but MaGee and his wife Dorrie enjoyed the party at the beautifully decorated White House along with hundreds of other ornament artists.
To learn more about the 2008 “Red, White and Blue Christmas” program at the White House, visit www.whitehouse.gov/holiday/2008/index.html. (Scroll down and click on “Ornaments” to see pictures of these and other artists’ work.) To read Bob Price’s article on Bob MaGee, visit
www.steubencourier.com/news/2008/1214/Front_page/001.html, and to learn more about Holly Knott, go to www.hollyknott.com.

Happy New Year From APT
Auburn Public Theater THIS WEDNESDAY, Dec 31st at 10pm

NEW YEAR’S EVE MUSIC CONCERT & DANCE

featuring Jeff & Adam Connor and a host of special musical guests

$5 at the door

Cash WINE/BEER bar with proper ID

10pm to 1am (doors open at 9:30pm)

COMING TO OUR MOVIE THEATER!

All movies only $5

Friday, January 2nd at 8pm
Saturday, January 3rd at 8pm
YOUNG AT HEART
(one more time…back by popular demand!)

The questions start as soon as you know that Young@Heart is about a group of singing senior citizens as they prepare for and then perform a concert with a repertoire consisting of songs by the likes of Coldplay, Sonic Youth, and James Brown. Can this premise, basically a novelty, sustain itself for nearly two hours? Will the director give in to the temptation to make it schmaltzy and sentimental? Will we be laughing at these oldsters, or with them? The answers: yes, no, and a little of both. Directed by British filmmaker Stephen Walker, the 2007 film takes place primarily in Northampton, MA, home to the Young@Heart chorus, whose average age is 80. Of course, folks this age are bound to have health issues; indeed, the specter of death hangs over the scene like a banshee, occasionally making itself right at home. But the chorus members’ insistence on carrying on in the wake of tragedy makes for a climactic concert that’s moving and powerful.

 
PROFESSIONAL ACTING CLASSES FOR TEENS & ADULTS

FORMING FOR JANUARY NOW!

Contact: Janie@auburnpublictheater.com for info
Auburn Public Theater is available for rental for corporate and private functions.

For information about our Movie Theater, Cafe Stage or Theater Stage:

info@auburnpublictheater.com

 
Auburn Public Theater – 108 Genesee Street, Auburn, NY, 13021, (315) 253-6669
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Auburn Public Theater uses Vendini as their box office system.
 

Disney On Ice – 100 Years of Magic

January 7th, 8th & 9th – 7:00 p.m.    January 10th – 11:00 a.m., 3:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.

January 11th – 1:00 p.m. & 5:00 p.m.
Date(s):
01/07/2009, 01/08/2009, 01/09/2009, 01/10/2009, 01/11/2009

Location:
War Memorial
Syracuse, New York

Time:
7:00 p.m.