Area Entertainment Guide: May 25, 2012

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May 25, 2012

Area Entertainment Guide: May 25, 2012

Jake Palmateer Daily Star The Daily Star Fri May 25, 2012, 11:18 AM EDT

Arts calendar events can also be found online at www.thedailystar.com under the ‘Calendar’ link. Events must be submitted by 5 p.m. Tuesday for inclusion in the calendar.

May 25

Theater: ‘Walking Toward America,’ 7:30 p.m., The Open Eye Theater, 960 Main St., Margaretville.

Music: Hinman Hollow Grange Music program, , 6:30 p.m., Hinman Hollow Grange Hall, County Highway 45, Hartwick. For info: 293-8399.

May 26

Theater: ‘Walking Toward America,’ 7:30 p.m., The Open Eye Theater, 960 Main St., Margaretville.

Music: Joanne Shenandoah, 7 p.m., Farmers’ Museum, 5775 State Highway 80, Lake Road, Cooperstown.

Music: RUNA, Claire Mann and Aaron Jones, 8 p.m., Earlville Opera House, 18 E. Main St., Earlville. Featuring Celtic music from the Old World and the New World.

Theater: Jim Caruso’s Cast Party with Billy Stritch, 7:30 p.m., Roxbury Arts Center, 5025 Vega Mountain Road, Roxbury.

Music: Orange Television @ Black Oak Tavern, 8 p.m., The Black Oak Tavern, 14 Water St., Oneonta.

Music: Tommy Z, 6 to 9:30 p.m., Stella Luna Ristorante, 58-60 Market St., Oneonta. Piano and vocals.

Music: Esquela, 9:30 p.m., O’Neill’s Shire Pub, 123 Main St., Delhi. For info: www.theshiredelhi.com, 746-8758.

May 27

Workshop: Smithy Writers Circle, 4 to 6 p.m., Smithy Pioneer Gallery, 55 Pioneer St., Cooperstown. For info: 547-8671.

Theater: ‘Walking Toward America,’ 3 p.m., The Open Eye Theater, 960 Main St., Margaretville.

Music: Professor Louie and the Crowmatix, 8 p.m., West Kortright Centre, 49 W. Kortright Church Road, East Meredith.

Music: Regatta Music Festival, 1:30 p.m., General Clinton Park, state Route 7, Bainbridge. Woodshed Prophets, Honeystruck, Scattered Flurries, Farley and Giant Steps. For info: www.canoeregatta.org.

May 28

Open Mic: 9 p.m., Black Oak Tavern, 17 Water St., Oneonta. Signs up begin at 8:30 p.m.

May 29

Music: Drumming Circle, 7 to 9 p.m., 6 On The Square, 6 LaFayette Park, Oxford. For info: 843-6876, www.6onthesquare.org.

May 30

Dance: Tri-Town Singles Club dance, 6 to 10 p.m., Sidney VFW Post 7914, 133 W. Main St., Sidney.

May 31

Film: ‘Dirt! the Movie,’ 7 p.m., 76 MAIN!, 76 Main St.,

Karaoke: Lyp Service Karaoke, 9 p.m., The Park Inn, Main Street (Route 20), Richfield Springs. For info: www.myspace.com/lypserviceentertainment.

Music: Mountain Jam Festival, 6 p.m., Kaatskill Mountain Club, 64 Klein Ave., Hunter. Featuring Going Dark, Turkuaz and Planet of the Abts. For info: mountainjam.com/

Open Mic: Organik Soul’s Open Mic, 8 p.m., Villa Isidoro, 3941 U.S. Highway 20 S., Richfield Springs. For info: (315) 858-3500, www.villaisidoro.com, villaisidoro@verizon.net.

Music: Aotearoa, 9:30 p.m., Autumn Cafe, 244 Main St., Oneonta. For info: 432-6845, autumncafe.com.

June 1

Theater: Auditions for male youths for Glimmerglass Festival’s ‘Lost in the Stars,’ 6 to 8 p.m., Grace Church, 32 Montgomery St., Cherry Valley. For info: 547-0700.

Music: Mountain Jam Festival, noon, Kaatskill Mountain Club, 64 Klein Ave., Hunter. Featuring The Roots, Gov’t Mule and the Sheepdogs. For info: mountainjam.com/

Music: Soco Mojo, 10 p.m. to 2 a.m., Black Oak Tavern, Water Street, Oneonta.

Music: Cooperstown Blues Express: The Parlor Cats, 7 to 10 p.m., Milford Train Depot, State Route 166, Milford. For info: www.cooperstownbluesexpress.com.

June 2

Music: Anne Hills, 7:30 p.m., 6 On The Square, 6 LaFayette Park, Oxford.

Music: Mountain Jam Festival, noon, Kaatskill Mountain Club, 64 Klein Ave., Hunter. Featuring Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds, Ben Folds Five and Mariachi El Bronx. For info: mountainjam.com/

Music: Tommy Z, 6 to 9:30 p.m., Stella Luna Ristorante, 58-60 Market St., Oneonta. Piano and vocals.

Music: The Cane Gang, 8 p.m., The Gallery, 128 Main St., Stamford. For info: 652-4030.

Music: Jeffery Broussard & the Creole Cowboys, 8 p.m, Earlville Opera House, 18 E. Main St., Earlville. For info: (315) 691-3550.

June 3

Music: ‘From Beatles to Brahms!,’ 4 p.m., Major’s Inn, 12 Marion Ave., Gilbertsville. For info: 433-0999.

Music: Mountain Jam Festival, noon, Kaatskill Mountain Club, 64 Klein Ave., Hunter. Featuring Steve Winwood, Carolina Chocolate Drops and Jimkata.

Workshop: Smithy Writers Circle, 4 to 6 p.m., Smithy Pioneer Gallery, 55 Pioneer St., Cooperstown. For info: 547-8671.

Dance: Tri-County Dance and Social Club, 6 to 10 p.m., Oneonta Elks Club, 84 Chestnut St., Oneonta. DJ music, open to all ages 18 and older.

Music: Erin Harkes and Palatypus, Parrot House, 294 Main St., Schoharie.

Music: Oneonta Community Concert Band, 3 p.m., Foothills Performing Arts and Civic Center, Market Street, Oneonta. For info: 432-7977.

Music: Cherie and the Hot Pots, 12:30 p.m., The Old Bunn Mill, High Street, Richmondville. For info: (518) 294-3265.

Theater: Auditions for ‘Patience,’ 4:30 p.m., Earlville Opera House, 18 E. Main St., Earlville. For info: (315) 859-4351 or gkolb@hamilton.edu.

June 4

Music: City of the Hills Women’s Sweet Adelines Chorus rehearsal, 7 to 9:30 p.m., First United Presbyterian Church, 381 Main St., Oneonta. Roosevelt Avenue entrance. New singers welcome. For info: 267-4718.

Open Mic: 9 p.m., Black Oak Tavern, 17 Water St., Oneonta. Signs up begin at 8:30 p.m.

June 6

Dance: Tri-Town Singles Club dance, 6 to 10 p.m., Sidney VFW Post 7914, 133 W. Main St., Sidney.

Music: Soco Mojo, 10 p.m. Black Oak Tavern, Water Street, Oneonta.

opening EXHIBITs

May 25 - July 6

‘Paintings and Sculpture: Symphonies in Wood,’ work by Michael Milton, West Kortright Centre, 49 W. Kortright Church Road, East Meredith. Opening reception 5 to 7 p.m. May 25.

May 26 - July 7

‘Cradle of Life: Image Early,’ sculptures by Marion Behr, Roxbury Arts Center, 5025 Vega Mountain Road, Roxbury. Opening reception 2 to 4 p.m. May 26.

May 26 - Sept. 16

‘American Impressionism: Paintings of Light and Life,’ Fenimore Art Museum, 5798 State Route 80, Cooperstown. For info: 547-1420.

May 26 - Dec. 31

‘Artist and Visionary: William Matthew Prior Revealed,’ Fenimore Art Museum, 5798 State Route 80, Cooperstown. For info: 547-1420, www.fenimoreartmuseum.org.

May 26 - July 31

‘Trees & Leaves: Works on Paper,’ a multi-artist exhibition, Old Bank Building, 53484 State Route 30, Roxbury. For info: 326-7908, www.roxburyartsgroup.org.

June 1 - June 30

East Branch Delaware River Plein Air Painters, Corneel Verlaan and guest artists, Catskill Watershed Corporation, 905 Main St., Margaretville. Opening reception 5 to 7:30 p.m. June 1. For info: 363-2752.

June 1 - Aug. 24

‘Roots & Wings,’ featuring artist Wendy Stanton, Main View Gallery, 73 Main St., Oneonta. For info: 432-1890, www.mainviewgallery.org.

EXHIBITs

Through May 25

‘Tied by Eternal Bond: Haiku-Inspired Poems & Artworks,’ by Samir Sobhy, Bright Hill Word & Image Gallery, 94 Church St., Treadwell. For info: 829-5055, wordthur@stny.rr.com.

Through May 27

Collages by Elaine Grandy, Commons Building, Main Street, Margaretville.

Through May 30

Cooperstown Central School Exhibit, Gallery C, Cooperstown Art Association, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. For info: 547-9777, cooperstownart.com.

Through May 31

Sidney High School Seniors’ Exhibition, Sidney Memorial Public Library, 8 River St., Sidney.

‘Natural Worlds in Painting and Photography,’ Cherry Branch Gallery, 25 Main St., Cherry Valley. For info: 264-9530.

Through June 1

‘Essential Art Regional Juried Art Show,’ Gallery A, Cooperstown Art Association, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. For info: 547-9777, cooperstownart.com.

Through June 17

‘Fractal Landscape: Re-constructions from Tuscany, the Hudson Valley and South America,’ mixed media by Rimer Cardillo, Chase-Randall Gallery, 49 Main St., Andes.

Through June 22

‘AgriCulture: Nourishing the Soul,’ woodcuts by Flavia Bacarella, photographer by Dan Nelken, paintings by Temma Bell and photographs by Ulla Kjarval, Erpf Gallery, Route 28, Arkville.

Through June 24

‘Where We Live & Work,’ Deborah Geurtze, Susan Weil and Lavern Kelley on first floor; Smithy Pioneer Member Gallery on second floor; Mary Padgett in second floor solo gallery; and Otsego Land Trust Community photography exhibit on third floor, Smithy Center for the Arts, 55 Pioneer St., Cooperstown. For info: www.smithyarts.org, 547-8671.

Through June 30

‘Lex Marat,’ paintings by Hamid Irbouh, West Gallery; ‘Branded: A Collection from Canal Street,’ sculpture-jewelry by Kim Carr Valdez, East Gallery; quilts by Nancy Bales, Arts Café Gallery, Earlville Opera House, 18 E. Main St., Earlville.

Through June 30

Kathleen Moore, Sandy Mattic, Barbara Mean, Ann Law and Jeanette Koji at Fox Care, Route 7 in Oneonta; Susan Priest at O’Connor Hospital in Delhi; Robert Blanton at Fox Hospital in Oneonta; Suzanne Arndt at the National Bank of Delaware County in Hamden; and Susan Priest at Delhi Village Hall. Presented by the Delhi Arts Group.

Through Aug. 5

‘Reclaiming Gettysburg: Kevin Gray’s Modern Tintypes,’ tintypes montages and perspective of the Battle of Gettysburg, Fenimore Art Museum, 5798 State Route 80, Cooperstown. For info: 547-1420, www.fenimoreartmuseum.org.

Through Aug. 26

‘Heavenly Aida: Highlights from the Metropolitan Opera’ and ‘Spellbound: the Metropolitan Opera’s Armide,’ featuring jewelry, costumes, photographs and drawings, Fenimore Art Museum, 5798 State Route 80, Cooperstown. For info: 547-1420, www.fenimoreartmuseum.org.

Through Nov. 30

‘Birds and Beasts in Beads: 150 Years of Iroquois Beadwork,’ Iroquois Indian Museum, 324 Caverns Road, Howes Cave. Opening reception 3 to 5 p.m. May 5. For info: (518) 296-8949.

Through Dec. 31

‘To Great Acclaim: Homecoming of the Thaw Collection of American Indian Art’ and ‘A Lineage of Iroquois Artistry,’ art produced by Native American cultures, Fenimore Art Museum, 5798 State Route 80, Cooperstown. For info: 547-1420, www.fenimoreartmuseum.org.