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First Friday GALLERY NIGHT
5-8 p.m.
Downtown Ithaca, NY
15 Shows/Art Events! First Fridays Gallery Night of Ithaca would like to invite you to the July Gallery Night, with exhibits and receptions in fifteen downtown locations, all within easy walking distance of each other. Come and enjoy fine original art by local, national, and international artists. Information is available at participating galleries and at www.gallerynightithaca.com.

Lodi Historical Society presents its
16th Annual Art and Photography Show and Summer Festival
Opening show and reception, Friday, July 2, 6-8 p.m.
Festival Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Lodi Historical Society Building on Route 414, Lodi, NY
Free admission
The Festival this year will feature a Craft Show and Sale on the lawn, as well as a Bake Sale, Book Sale, and Chicken BBQ to go, with proceeds from these going to the Historical Society. For more information, call 607 582 6384.

Keuka Lake Group of Six Artists Show to Benefit Yates County Arts Center
Saturday and Sunday 10:00 a.m.-4 p.m.
Art Barn, East side of Keuka Lake, 2 miles south of Penn Yan, NY on Route 54, off Blue Spruce Lane
This year’s Art Barn Show will be a celebration of eleven years of exhibiting. The Keuka Lake Group of Six artists are busy in their studios and outside painting the wonderful views of the Finger Lakes area, so loved by visitors to their shows. This year the six artists will donate a portion of their sales to benefit the new home for the Yates County Arts Center, as YCAC excitedly moves to its new location on Main Street, Penn Yan. Donated money will be used to help renovate the new exhibit space. Each Barn Show artist is a longtime member of the YCAC and has exhibited and supported YCAC as a centerpiece of art and culture in Yates County. The six artists are Hannelore Wolcott-Bailey, Bonnie Barney, Gwen McCausland, Fran Bliek, Barbara Doyle and our youngest artist, Tonya Kennedy. This fall, Tonya, granddaughter of Hannelore, will be a college freshman in art, at the Pratt Institute in New York City. The Art Barn Show will include the sale of paintings in oil, watercolor, acrylic and pastel, many of which are scenes of Keuka and Seneca Lakes and other Finger Lakes scenes. There will also be prints and greeting cards available by these well-known artists.The show will be held rain or shine and there is plenty of parking at the barn. Refreshments will be served throughout the show.

Art for Change/Hacia Afuera announces a CALL FOR ARTISTS Proposal Deadline: July 9, 2010 Art for Change (AfC) is seeking proposals for artworks for its upcoming Hacia Afuera public arts festival in East Harlem (El Barrio), New York, Saturday, August 28 - Sunday, August 29, 2010. AfC is an organization that creates innovative art and media programs that inspire people to take an active role in social justice. By merging art and community, AfC provides a space to explore social issues and celebrate the richness of cultural diversity. The exhibition will explore various themes related to immigration such as: the effects on children of immigrants who are the next generation of our country; the growing structural inequality of the world economy and its relation to migration both into and out of countries; the correlations between historical immigration patterns and racism towards ethnic minorities; the existence of “cultures of exile” among worldwide immigrant communities; the varying objectives and strategies of advocacy for immigration reform; and notions of the “other” fueled by immigration debates including the mixed positive and negative roles played by politicians, activist groups, and privatized media. The exhibition also seeks to explore the dichotomy of how immigration has the power to simultaneously enrich and divide a country by examining the positive impact of migrating populations upon a recipient’s national culture as well as the negative by-products of inequality, segregation, and racism. To Submit a Proposal: Interested artists (collectives and teams are welcome) should submit proposals for artworks which fit into the political and social context of the neighborhood, with a special emphasis on topics on immigration suggested, but not limited to, the description above. Sustainable materials, such as found objects, rescued wood, and recycled or re-used objects are encouraged whenever possible. Artworks may include, but are not limited to, painting, drawing, photography, video, sculpture, performance art, interactive art, design, architecture, and site-specific installation. Please note, we have limited electrical outlets available as well as a restricted budget, but AfC will provide basic materials and tools for installation. Proposals must be one page in length, including a detailed description of the artwork and its relevance to the exhibition theme, as well as set-up detail and the ideal location where the piece will be situated. Although the exact demarcation of where the festival will take place is still to be decided, gardens, streets, sidewalks, parks, private walls are possible. Artists are encouraged to visit East Harlem in person or online prior to submitting their proposals as well as further research immigration issues to inspire poignant ideas. PLEASE INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING IN YOUR PROPOSAL: Artist's Full Name(s) and/or Alias Artist's Bio Statement of Intent (1-2 paragraphs) Dimensions of Piece 2-5 images of past work examples If performance, indicate duration and number of participants Time Needed for Set-up Time Needed for Breakdown Materials Needed (Please indicate which materials you are able to supply.) EMAIL YOUR PROPOSAL, WORK SAMPLES, & STATEMENT OF INTENT with "ART FOR CHANGE: HACIA AFUERA PROPOSAL" in the subject heading TO: haciaafuera.art@gmail.com. Proposals will not be returned. If you have any questions email haciaafuera.art@gmail.com or contact Christine Licata at: 212.831.4333 Proposals must be received via email by Friday, July 9, 2010, to be eligible for consideration. Artists will be notified by Friday, July 16, 2010 if their proposal is accepted, and a $100 honorarium will be awarded to each artist or collective selected for the exhibition. We are looking forward to reviewing your proposals!

El Taller Boricua presents SALSA WEDNESDAYS Doors open 5:30 p.m. 1680 Lexington Avenue, 105 St. & 106 St., The 6 Train to 103rd St., New York, 212/831-4333 July 7 Grupo Latin Vibe July 14 Chico Alvarez & La Banda July 21 Orchestra Broadway $10 All Night July 28 Victor Santos & La Nueva Banda

Caffè Lena presents
Kevin Welch
8:00 p.m.
Caffè Lena, 47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs, NY, 518-583-0022
Cost: $16 advance/$18 at the door (How to get tickets)
Nashville singer-songwriter Kevin Welch started putting out alt-country albums back in 1990, before alt-country was cool. The native Oklahoman explores the human condition in a low-key manner that recalls Guy Clark, and his songs have been covered by Waylon Jennings, Roger Miller, Trisha Yearwood, Ricky Skaggs, and the Highwaymen. He has just released his first solo album in eight years, A Patch of Blue Sky.

Caffè Lena presents
“Voices Remembered”
A Tribute to Steve Goodman, Dave Carter, Kate Wolf and Stan Rogers. Featuring Susan Trump, Stuart Markus, Joan Kosby and Terry Kitchen
8:00 p.m.
Caffè Lena, 47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs, NY, 518-583-0022
Cost: $15 advance/$17 at the door (How to get tickets)
Join us as we celebrate the music of four brilliant songwriters. All of them left us too soon, yet each left behind an incredible number of wonderful songs. Steve Goodman's “City of New Orleans” was a big hit for Arlo Guthrie in 1972. Although Goodman never achieved much commercial success during his life, he was awarded two Grammies posthumously. Dave Carter was known for mystical, spiritual songs such as “When I Go,” but was equally at home with train and road songs. Kate Wolf wrote over two hundred songs in just fifteen years, including “Give Yourself to Love” and “Across the Great Divide.” Stan Rogers, one of Canada’s best-loved songwriters, created strikingly vivid portraits of working people, particularly those who labored at sea. He wrote such gems as “Barrett’s Privateers” and “The Mary Ellen Carter.” Performers at this tribute are multi-instrumentalist and regional favorite Susan Trump, Falcon Ridge Festival regular Terry Kitchen, Stuart Markus from the up-and-coming trio Gathering Time, and Joan Kosby from the duo Alien Folklife. Whether you are already a fan of one or more of the songwriters we are honoring, or just want to hear an evening of great songs performed with skill and sensitivity, this show is for you.

APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN DULCIMER WORKSHOP
Taught by Mitzie Collins at the Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY
Monday-Thursday, 6-10 p.m., Friday 7:30 p.m. final presentation
Eastman School of Music, 26 Gibbs St, Rochester, NY 14604
Tuition: $1,100 /credit; $370/noncredit
For more information, call 800-246-4706 or email summer@esm.rochester.edu
The Appalachian mountain dulcimer is a deceptively simple American folk instrument that is gaining in popularity. Mitzie Collins, instructor for this class, has been playing the Appalachian mountain dulcimer since 1970; for over 30 years she has performed in schools, concerts and festivals and has taught the mountain dulcimer in classrooms, conferences and camps. She has also earned a Master of Arts in Music Education from Eastman and is in a unique position to bridge the gap between playing and teaching the mountain dulcimer in school settings and learning and playing the instrument in the wider world of non-academic folk festivals and mountain dulcimer gatherings. An ideal class for music teachers, music education and ethnomusicology majors. Class size is restricted to 20. Students are encouraged to bring their own instruments, but a limited number of instruments will be available on loan for the week. For a complete summer catalog see the Summer at Eastman.

ArtistrYE Puppets' Magic Lantern Pictures presents
What is Love? A Family Story (Marionette Show)
7:30 p.m.
Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Boulevard Flushing, NY 11354
For more information, call 646 715 4027
Cost: Preview 7/13: Box Seats $35, Orchestra $20, Balcony $5 Regular: Box Seats $80, Orchestra $40, Balcony $15
Dancer, director, and puppeteer Yvette Edery, debuts her full length marionette fantasyland, “What is Love?” In this new solo piece, Edery transitions from the real to the imaginary and back again. A fusion of circus inspired art and world music, “What is Love?” will permanently alter your perspective on puppetry.

Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival
Walsh Farm, Oak Hill, NY
Call 888.946.8495 for more information
Buy tickets online
Featuring Sam Bush, Kathy Mattea, Tim O’Brien, Doyle Lawson, David Grisman, Del McCoury, The Gibson Brothers, Donna the Buffalo, Crooked Still, The Greencards and many more. Grey Fox features four performances stages and three learning tents including the Main Stage, with its natural amphitheatre, the Masters Stage, where you’ll hear unique combinations of top artists in an intimate setting, the Family Stage with loads of activities for kids of all ages, and the Dance Stage, which features dance classes and demonstrations by day and the best dance bands in the business by night. Learning venues include: the Bluegrass Academy for Kids, the Grass Roots Sessions, with hands-on workshops by Bill Keith, Ron Thomason and others, and the Slow Jam Tent for beginning pickers at a speed that everyone can follow. Tent and RV camping available onsite.
Urban Sherpa Travel is offering a bus trip from NYC to the Grey Fox Festival. Make your reservations online.

Caffè Lena presents
Red Lion
8:00 p.m.
Caffè Lena, 47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs, NY, 518-583-0022
Cost: $15 advance/$17 at the door (How to get tickets)
Featuring the original songwriting and vocals of Ithaca artist Eric Margan, the Red Lions offer exquisite, sophisticated orchestral pop music. Accompanied by guitar, keyboards, reeds, bass, drums and the world-class violin and cello of sisters Madalyn and Cicely Parnas, Margan’s arrangements are way above average. His songs are “brilliantly informed by Impressionism, classic rock, and chamber and adagio musics with a dash of smoky nightclub jazz. Expect Stravinsky to spice the slow sonics, Gershwin to walk side by side with rapture, Ravel to pull in fog and rain, and Weill to spike the decadence factor throughout a conceptually based song cycle revolving around love, loss, anomie, and desperation.“—Mark S. Tucker, Folk and Acoustic Music Exchange

The Bowery presents
Kassav
Doors: 8:00 PM / Show: 9:00 PM
Terminal 5, 610 W 56th St, New York, NY 10019BR> Cost: $35 advance / $40 day of show / $75 VIP tickets (advance only) include dedicated VIP entrance and special seating area, Ages 18+
Kassav, the zouk group par excellence, which invented zouk, has become a living legend. All the Caribbean musical influences intermingle with funk and rock to produce an unusual, rhythmic cocktail. Enough to make the entire planet dance.

Polish Community Center of Albany, NY presents
Polish Summer Festival 2010
2:30-8:30 p.m.
225 Washington Ave. Ext., Albany, NY 12205, 518-456-3995
Cost: $15 admission
Music by Maestro’s Men and Stephanie’ Honky Band. Polish-American Kitchen - take out available. Polish Cultural Exhibit. Basket Raffle. Bake Sale. Beer tasting of Polish imported beer.

African Festival with Konono No. 1
2:00-9:00 p.m. Gates open at 1:00 p.m.
CELEBRATE BROOKLYN! at Prospect Park Bandshell, 9th Street & Prospect Park West, Brooklyn, NY 11215
Cost: FREE / $3 Suggested
Our annual celebration of African music, food and culture builds to an ecstatic crescendo with the distortion-fueled trance music of Congolese thumb-piano wizards Konono No. 1. Dakar heavyweights Omar Pene and Super Diamono, seminal figures in the birth of the modern Senegalese sound, add a jolt of energy to the proceedings, while the distinctive voice of Zimbabwean Afro-soul diva Chiwoniso, the pan-African reggae of Meta & The Cornerstones, and the festival horns and drums from Haiti’s Djarara bring other unique flavors to the day. The African Festival is presented with support from The South African Consulate General.

Valley Folk Music of Corning, NY presents
Bill Staines
Pre-concert Jam from 6 p.m.,concert at 7:30 p.m.
155 Cedar St., Corning, NY 14850
For information, contact (607) 962-4461 info@valleyfolk.org
Cost: $12 cash or check on the door only. Half price full-time students, wheel chair occupants, free kids 14 and under with adult.
Staines’ music is a traditional-sounding slice of Americana, singing about the prairie people of the Midwest or the adventurers of the Yukon, on-the-road truckers or the everyday workers that make up this land. A prolific songwriter with at least 26 recordings to date, some of his songs have been mistakenly attributed to “traditional” — a high honor as well as a curse for a songwriter. Along with his sense of humor, a Staines concert is happy glance at the future of “new” traditional folk songs for the next hundred years.

Claire Lynch Band
8:00 p.m.
Earlville Opera House, 8 East Main Street, Earlville, NY 13332 (near the intersection with NYS Route 12B), 315-691-3550
Tickets: $18, $16, $13; order online
By any measure, The Claire Lynch Band is high on the bluegrass world’s A-List, with musicians whose accolades include International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Female Vocalist of the Year and two Grammy nominations for Best Bluegrass Album (Claire); Canadian Open Mandolin Championship and Florida State Championship on both fiddle and mandolin (Jason Thomas); the MerleFest Doc Watson Guitar Champion (Matt Wingate); and two IBMA Bass Player of the Year awards (Mark Schatz).

Caffè Lena presents
Jack Williams
8:00 p.m.
Caffè Lena, 47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs, NY, 518-583-0022
Cost: $18 advance/$20 at the door (How to get tickets)
A veteran of club and festival stages coast to coast, Jack Williams is known for his excellent guitar playing and classically Southern songwriting and persona. His original material bears hints of Stephen Foster, Jimmie Rodgers, and Hoagy Carmichael, all filtered through the mist of Appalachian mountain music.

Polish Community Center of Albany, NY presents
Family Day
2-7 p.m.
225 Washington Ave. Ext., Albany, NY 12205, 518-456-3995
Cost: $12 admission
Kid’s activities and games. Demonstration and participation in pierogi making. Music by Polka Family Band with special appearance by Hexplay. St. Adalbert’s Dancers performance. Polish-American Kitchen (take-out available). Polish Cultural Exhibit. Raffle. Bake Sale.

Dave Ruch: Lecture/Concert
6-8 p.m.
Erie Canal Harbor, Buffalo, NY
Dave Ruch is a performer, interpreter and collector of traditional American and New York State folk songs. Dave tells the stories behind the songs of real people from days gone by — farmers, lumbermen, children, immigrants, Native Americans, canallers, hops pickers, lake sailors and more — songs from the people who settled and built our region, and our country. His Erie Canal program features a treasure trove of songs, stories and instrumental dance tunes from the workers, captains, passengers and crews of, along with related material from the Great Lakes and the Hudson River. This interactive program will entertain and enlighten, and features a variety of stringed and other musical instruments from canal days.

Caffè Lena presents
Greencard
7:00 p.m.
Caffè Lena, 47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs, NY, 518-583-0022
Cost: $22 advance/$24 at the door (How to get tickets)
For the past five years, this fast-rising Sugar Hills Records recording trio has toured the globe with their country-tinged music that ranges from uplifting love songs to poignant ballads, all of it fresh and inventive. In the process they have accumulated numerous awards and acclamations, from the Americana Music Award in 2006 for Emerging Artist of the Year, through tours with Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson, to Grammy nominations in 2008 and 2010. Australia native Carol Young plays bass and sings most of the songs; fellow Aussie Kym Warner picks the mandolin and bouzouki, while Eamon McLoughlin of England plays fiddle and viola.

The Boght Arts Center presents SUMMER STORYTELLING VESPERS Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. 583 Boght Road, Cohoes, NY 12047, 518-785-ARTS July 7 — Mohawk Valley Portraits: Stories and Music of the Valley We Call Home — Joe Doolittle (storyteller), Ed Munger (guitar), Nancy Munger (piano) July 21 — Portraits from High Places: Stories of Saratoga and the Adirondacks Betty Cassidy and Margaret French July 28 — Stories Of Portraits In Our Family Album Dee Lee and Claire Nolan August 4 — Portraits of Women: Stories of People Who Made a Difference Mary Murphy and Nancy Marie Payne The Boght Arts Center seeks to explore the connection between faith and the arts. It is a ministry of the Albany Classis of the Reformed Church in America. It is just off Route 9, halfway between Latham Circle and the Mohawk. The Storytelling Vesper series, a partnership with Story Circle at Proctors, builds upon the current Galley exhibit of “Vision and Visage: Portraits from Life and Imagination.” Storytelling is probably the oldest expression of imagination with storytellers sharing tales of family, history, and familiar places. Admission: $10/adult, $5/child, $20/family. Reservations suggested.

Love and Courtship: Walking Tour
7 p.m.
The Museum at Eldridge Street, 12 Eldridge Street, New York, NY 10002
Cost: $20; space is limited and reservations are required
RSVP ncohen@eldridgestreet.org
or call 212.219.0302 x7
Love is in the air. Before eHarmony and JDate, there were love letters and elaborate courtship rituals. Discover romance turn-of-the-century style as we visit the sites of former dance halls, cafés, synagogues and other places where sparks once flew.

Finger Lakes 20th Annual GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance
Trumansburg Fairgrounds, Trumansburg, NY
Call 607-387-5098 to order tickets or order online
GrassRoots has grown from humble beginnings to become a nationally recognized event, unique in its focus on traditional and contemporary roots music, and one of the few self-sustaining non-profit arts organizations in the state. The festival is presented over a four-day period (Thursday-Sunday) on four stages which run ridiculously long hours to accommodate the 60 some bands that play the festival. The band selection reflects the eclectic tastes of our “amorphous committee,” a difficult to nail down group of musicians and artists who lean toward roots related and world music. The schedule will be posted in May.

38th Annual Fiddlers’ Picnic Festival
Featuring Ivan Hicks
Offering Daylong Fiddle Workshops
North American Fiddlers’ Hall of Fame and Museum, Osceola, New York
The New York State Old Tyme Fiddlers’ Association’s annual picnic festival features Ivan and Vivian Hicks, well known for their contribution to the preservation and promotion of old-time fiddling throughout North America. Sign up for workshops online. View the schedule of workshops and performances online.

Caffè Lena presents
Dyer Switch
8:00 p.m.
Caffè Lena, 47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs, NY, 518-583-0022
Cost: $15 advance/$17 at the door (How to get tickets)
The versatile and engaging Dyer Switch Band brings together hard-driving renditions of traditional tunes from first-generation bluegrass giants such as Bill Monroe and Ralph Stanley with their own fresh and innovative originals inspired by diverse genres. Performing since 1992, the line-up features the distinctive vocal and instrumental versatility of Tom Benson (mandolin, vocals, guitar), JoAnn Sifo (guitar and vocals), Bob Altschuler (banjo and Dobro), Nick Viscio (fiddle and vocals), and Randy Jennings (bass and vocals). The band was inducted into the New York State Country Music Hall of Fame, and was nominated for five consecutive years as Bluegrass Band of the Year by the Northeast Country Music Association.

The Hamilton Hill Arts Center presents
Free Gospelfest Concert
7-9 p.m.
Jerry Burrell Park, Hamilton and Schenectady Streets, Schenectady, NY
Rain site: Hamilton Hill Arts Center, 409 Schenectady Street, Schenectady, NY
The Hamilton Hill Arts Center will host its annual free summer Gospelfest concert that celebrates local gospel talent from Albany and Schenectady and offers upcoming performers a chance to appear before an audience. This year’s performers include: Liturgical Dance by Heart and Soul and Jehova Gyra; Solo vocals by Hayes Coleman and Constance Graves; Gospel Rap by Marsell Shuman and Gospel Rap and song by Jammel “Hidden” Halsey. Ms. Betty Harper will be the emcee. Giffy’s Barbecue fundraiser dinners will be sold from 5-7 p.m. at the park. Dinners cost $9.50 in advance and $10 at the park. Advance tickets can be purchased at the Hamilton Hill Arts Center, 409 Schenectady Street. Funds raised from dinner sales will help support the many programs at the Hamilton Hill Arts Center.

Cranberry Dulcimer & Autoharp Gathering 2010
Rensselaerville Meeting Center, Pond Hill Road in Rensselaerville, NY, near the intersection of CR 85 and CR 353 (approximately 30 minutes southwest of Albany)
For more information, contact CarolLynn and Gene Langley, 518-596-2288
The CRANBERRY is a three-day gathering of musicians who come together to share the joy of making music. In its 34th year, moving this year to Rensselaerville from its original home in Binghamton, the festival offers a full weekend of workshops for all levels from beginner to advanced; featured performer, workshop leader, and open stage concerts; and lots of jamming. Featuring Mike Fenton on autoharp, Tull Glazener on mountain dulcimer, and Dan Landrum on hammered dulcimer.

Falcon Ridge Folk Festival
Dodds Farm, just off Route 22 north of Hillsdale, New York
For more information, contact info@falconridgefolk.com
FRFF Ticket Hotline 866-325-2744
Falcon Ridge Folk Festival is a three-day community of folk music and dance at the foot of the Berkshires in east-central New York State. Artists booked so far for 2010 include Gandalf Murphy & the Slambovian Circus of Dreams, Vance Gilbert, Dala, Giant Robot Dance, Nerissa & Katrina Nields, and the three top voted by audience Showcase Artists from 2009: The Brilliant Inventions, Swing Caravan and chuck e. costa. The list of performers will be updated as performers are added. On-site camping is available. Campground activities such as song swaps and round robins hosted by many camping patrons abound.

Pyramid Lake STORY CAMP
Pyramid Life Center, in Paradox, NY off of Route 74 on Pyramid Road
Questions? Email marnigillard@earthlink.net or call Marni 518-381-9474
Cost: $130
A gathering where experienced and beginning storytellers explore ancient tales and the stories within. This weekend will include workshops, coaching, a concert and story swaps. Presenters: Kevin Brooks, Laura Packer, Marni Gillard. Teachers, Librarians, Parents, Seniors and Teens are all welcome. From Friday dinner to Sunday lunch, includes beds, food, stories, workshops, kayaks, loons, and more learning than you can imagine!

Caffè Lena presents
Woods Tea Company
8:00 p.m.
Caffè Lena, 47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs, NY, 518-583-0022
Cost: $18 advance/$20 at the door (How to get tickets)
This Vermont stringband performs a winning combination of Celtic tunes, bluegrass, sea shanties and folk songs, interspersed with plenty of down-home wit and camaraderie. Labeled “Vermont’s hardest working folk group” by National Public Radio, the line-up features Howard Wooden on bass, guitar, and bodhran; Tom MacKenzie on hammered dulcimer, banjo, guitar, ukulele, and keyboard; and Patti Casey on guitar, flute, penny-whistle, and clogboard. The trio is renowned for its rich vocal harmonies and delightful, warm humor.

Ganondagan Historic Site presents a
Native American Dance & Music Festival
Saturday, July 24, 2010 - 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Sunday, July 25, 2010 - 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Ganondagan State Historic Site, 1488 State Route 444, Victor, NY, 585-742-1690
The Native American Dance & Music Festival is Ganondagan’s annual summer event that features a wide range of Native American traditional dancers, musicians, storytellers, and artists sharing their cultural heritage, crafts and arts with festival goers. This event also features the ever popular children and adult workshops such as cornhusk doll making, native foods such as fry-bread, interpreted programs in the Visitor’s Center and Bark Longhouse, guided trail walks, and the family drum jam. Ganondagan’s Native American Dance & Music Festival is the only event of its kind in Western New York and over 4,000 people attend each year from 37 countries and 20 states. See http://www.ganondagan.org/NADMF.html for details

The Hudson Valley Storytelling Alliance presents the 18th Annual Not Just for Kids Storytelling Six evenings of summer stories for audiences of all ages Sundays at 6:00 p.m. Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site, 129 Schoharie Street, Fort Hunter, NY Information: Janice Fontanella (518) 829-7516 July 25 — Stories of a River Rat’s Daughter — Regi Carpenter August 1 — Stories for Family Fun from Africa — Eshu Bumpus August 8 — Ancestors Ancient Irish Tales — Niall de Burca August 15 — Precious Memories — Onawumi Jean Moss August 22 — That Fading Scent: A Seditious Comedy About Women and Aging — Judith Black August 29 — And It Happened Right Here! — Nancy Marie Payne Bring lawn chairs. Rain or shine. Refreshments provided by Friends of Schoharie Crossing. No cost, although donations are encouraged. The Visitor Center exhibit traces the history of the Erie Canal and its impact on the growth of New York State and the nation.

Summerstage presents
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba, Burkina Electric, Fool's Gold, and DJ Frank of Voodoo Funk
With opener The Rodeo Barons
3:00 p.m.
Central Park Mainstage, Rumsey Playfield, New York, NY
Cost: Free
An inside look into the past, present and future of West African music. As a master of the West African flute known as the ngoni, Bassekou Kouyate first gained popularity in his home country of Mali working extensively with such esteemed artists as the late Ali Farka Touré, Taj Mahal, and Toumani Diabate. Since 2005, Kouyate has led Ngoni Ba, the first-ever band built around four ngonis, all played by members of his family. The show is a high energy blend of traditional artistry, blues, and rock roll.

Stoop, Synagogue, Soapbox: Walking Tour
2 p.m.
The Museum at Eldridge Street, 12 Eldridge Street, New York, NY 10002
Cost: $15
RSVP hgriff@eldridgestreet.org
Get ready to rumble. Enter the ring of the early 20th-century Lower East Side politics, when pious Jews, secular firebrands, capitalist businessmen and impoverished peddlers faced of in the crowded work spaces, residences and cafés of this densely populated area.

Caffè Lena presents
Railbird
With opener The Rodeo Barons
7:00 p.m.
Caffè Lena, 47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs, NY, 518-583-0022
Cost: $15 advance/$17 at the door (How to get tickets)
Saratoga Springs’ own Railbird is the latest band poised to break out of the Northeast music scene onto a national stage. Their ever-evolving sound has been compared to Kate Bush, Beck, and Syd Barret. They are frequently described as a combination of 1960s psychedelia and contemporary, minimal art-rock. Bandleader/songwriter/vocalist Sarah Pedinotti is a natural storyteller who finds inspiration in the fiction and poetry of writers such as William Gibson, Philip K. Dick, Walt Whitman, Allen Ginsberg, and W.B. Yeats. Railbird’s debut disc was listed as #8 in Billboard’s editors’ picks and hailed as “a great indie band set to break out.” They have an indescribable, ethereal charm that is truly captivating. Opener The Rodeo Barons features members of Railbird playing the original music of Chris Carey (drummer for Railbird). They offer an honest, organic slice of Americana that shows its roots and branches with a sound that could only be described as classic—conjuring the spirit of the great folk/country albums of the 1960s and ‘70s.

Teaching the Hudson Valley presents
2010—READING, WRITING & THINKING THE HUDSON VALLEY
FDR Home and Presidential Library, Hyde Park, NY
Registration is $90 for 3 days, or $35 per day. Alternatively, you can pay by check.
Learn and practice new ways to use the Valley’s special places to teach reading, writing, and thinking across all disciplines and grade levels. Work with teachers, staff from historic sites and museums, environmental educators, writers, naturalists, artists, scientists, historians, and others on topics such as: regional history and art, places as inspiration., collaborations between teachers and regional artists or authors, and nature as a tool for teaching analytical/scientific thinking, descriptive writing, etc. Opening speaker will be David Sobel. David co-directs the Center for Place-based Education and is director of Teacher Certification Programs at the Antioch New England Graduate School. A pioneer of place-based education, David has written several books including Place-Based Education: Connecting Classrooms & Communities and Mapmaking with Children: Sense of Place Education for the Elementary Years. Participants choose from a variety of sessions including hands-on workshops, panel discussions, field trips, and more formal talks. THV institutes are open to the public with special emphases for K-12 educators and site staff working with children and teens.
Detailed descriptions of the workshops are available as a PDF.

Gangster, Writer, Rabbi: Walking Tour
7 p.m.
The Museum at Eldridge Street, 12 Eldridge Street, New York, NY 10002
Cost: $15
RSVP hgriff@eldridgestreet.org
Gangster Big Jack Zelig, writer Sholem Aleichem and Rabbi Jacob Joseph all lived and died on the Lower East Side, and all three attracted thousands to their funeral processions. Follow the path of these solemn marches, and learn about the political, cultural and religious legacies of these larger-than-life figures.

Ansanm (In Love We Stand) — Haitian Musicians
Emeline Michel, Beethova Obas, BélO, Zili Misik, and Peniel Guerrier in collaboration with the Mikerline Dance Company
7:30 p.m.
Damrosch Park Bandshell, Lincoln Center (Lincoln Center is on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, between West 62nd and 65th Streets and Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues), New York, NY
Cost: Free
The music of Haiti has served multiple life-affirming tasks for its people: revelry, resilience, and resistance. Emeline Michel, known on the island as the First Lady of Haitian Song, gathers several star performers for a celebration that’s as much about artistic solidarity as it is about spiritual healing. In the hands of troubadours BélO and Beethova Obas, heated rhythms become smoothly mellifluous, while the all-woman troupe Zili Misik forges a Creolized connection between Haiti’s ancestral mizik rasin and other New World styles like jazz, reggae, Afro-Cuban son, and samba. Peniel Guerrier and the Mikerline Dance Company serve as ambassadors of Haitian culture through masterful traditional dance.

Museum of the City of New York presents
The Bungalows of Rockaway
6:30 p.m. Film Screening
Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Avenue at 103rd St., New York, NY 10029
RESERVATIONS REQUIRED: Limited space is still available. For more information or to reserve tickets, please call 917.492.3395.
Program Ticket Prices: $12 Non-Members; $8 Seniors and Students; $6 Museum Members. A two dollar surcharge applies for unreserved, walk-in participants.
The New York City premiere of The Bungalows of Rockaway, a documentary that takes a modest subject—the small, affordable bungalows that once covered the Rockaway peninsula—and reveals larger themes of this singular story: working class leisure, public access to the ocean, community, and architectural preservation. A popular summer resort once existed along the Rockaway shore, the traces now found in the remaining bungalows and long boardwalk. Bungalow residents past and present are featured, along with narrator Estelle Parsons, historians, and city officials. Tracking the bungalow lifeline from 1905 to the present, the film incorporates gorgeous archival imagery with recent footage and interviews, to produce an enlightening and entertaining look at unsung chapter of New York history.

Arts Council for Wyoming County presents
Exhibit Opening: A Good Ride: Arts and Traditions of the Attica Rodeo
6:00-8:30 p.m.
31 South Main St., Perry, NY 14530
For more information, contact Karen Canning, 585-237-3517, klpcanning@rochester.rr.com
Cost: Free
Opening of an exhibit featuring the Attica Rodeo, a 53-year community and family tradition. Exhibit runs from July 30-September 24, 2010 (see more below in Exhibitions listing). Opening will feature arts and skills demonstrations and cowboy fashion show—dress appropriately!

Caffè Lena presents
Boréal Tordu
8:00 p.m.
Caffè Lena, 47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs, NY, 518-583-0022
Cost: $15 advance/$17 at the door (How to get tickets)
Representing today’s generation of Acadian-Maniacs and inspiring the populace to forget toil and care, comes Boréal Tordu. More than a revival, this is the reinvention of a culture almost lost to a new generation. The result is a rhythmically unstoppable, lyrically fantastic blend of French-Canadian traditions with original Americana sensibilities. The band features fiddler/accordionist Steve Muise, and Acadian singer-songwriter and dobro player Rob Sylvain, known for his work in the band Douce with Matthew Doucet of Lafayette, Louisiana. Rounding out the rhythm section is Pip Walter on guitar and backing vocals, and Andy Buckland on upright bass.

Village Productions presents
Metro Banjo
Friday 8 a.m. - 11 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. - 11 p.m., Sunday 8 a.m. - high noon
Concordia College, 171 White Plains Road, Bronxville, NY 10708
For more information, call 828-682-2402
See website for details on cost, registration, class schedule, and instructors
This July 30 - August 1, 2010, the world’s first, “green” bluegrass and old time music event will happen just north of the city in Bronxville. Metro Banjo, a 3-day, 5-string bluegrass and old time banjo teaching event is scheduled at Concordia College, in Westchester County. Instructors include Tony Trischka, Bill Keith, Eric Weissberg, Marc Horowitz, Ben Freed, Julie Elkins, and Hank Sapoznik. Plus, Bill Keith’s band will perform Saturday evening with a few guest banjo instructors joining in. Attendees can drive to Concordia or take the Metro North Harlem Branch train from Grand Central Station (a 23-minute ride) to the Bronxville station where they will be picked up and drop off at no charge. Students can also take Amtrak, from anywhere in North America, to reach the event. Reasonably-priced lodging and food will be available at the college.

The 18TH annual MILLRACE FESTIVAL OF TRADITIONAL FOLK MUSIC
Friday from 7-11 p.m.; Saturday from 1-11 p.m., and Sunday from 1-11 p.m.
Downtown Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
The Mill Race Folk Society, a not for profit organization, has promoted traditional folk music through concerts, dances, sing-arounds, tune playing sessions, and the Mill Race Festival of Traditional Music, since 1993.

This free festival is patterned after European festivals with numerous outdoor stages in the town core. Traditional forms of folk music and dance are the festival’s theme, with emphasis placed upon the various cultures present in Cambridge and surrounding area. Arts, crafts, and an excellent choice of food and refreshments are also available at the festival site and from the many fine eating establishments in downtown Cambridge. Local and internationally renowned performers, are selected each year to reflect a most diverse and entertaining mixture of musical cultures.

For those with specific musical interests there are informative work-shops utilizing a variety of performers and instruments peculiar to traditional music, ie., harps, flutes, bagpipes, accordions, and many lesser known unique instruments. Informal sessions at local pubs and restaurants provide the opportunity for you to play along with the performers. Sessions at Cafe 13 are also featured, so bring your voice or your instrument.

Staten Island OUTLOUD presents their annual celebration of
MOBY DICK
6:30 p.m.
Ft. Wadsworth Harbor’s Overlook, Staten Island, NY
Cost: Free! BRING A LAWNCHAIR!! Rain or shine - If it rains, we have a comfortable indoor location ready
Staten Island OutLOUD presents its annual celebration of Moby Dick, Herman Melville’s haunting tale. We’ll gather in a place that Melville loved: historic Fort Wadsworth’s Harbor Overlook. Enter through the Guard Station at the end of Bay Street and School Road (near the Verrazano Bridge). Maritime music by the Staten Island Philharmonic Orchestra. Special guest: Melville scholar Professor Rolando Jorif, a Port Richmond resident. Prof Jorif will share some ideas about Melville, and he’ll invite your comments about Moby Dick.

NYFS to Sponsor Gatherings for Latino Artists The New York Folklore Society will be sponsoring three gatherings for Latino artists in New York State. Supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, the gatherings will take place on three locations on three separate dates: October 24, 2010 at Long Island Traditions, Port Washington March 19, 2011 at Go Art!, Batavia May 14, 2011 at Centro Civico, Amsterdam Designed for musicians, dancers, craftspersons, and others who are practicing a traditional artform with its origin in any of the Spanish-speaking communities of North and South America, the gatherings will assist artists in sharing resources and experiences. They will provide an opportunity for future collaborations and technical assistance. For additional information, or to find out how to become a delegate for the gatherings, please contact Lisa Overholser at the New York Folklore Society.

The Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art presents:
Tibetan Portrait: The Power of Compassion
Winter Hours: Thursday-Sunday, 1-5 p.m.
Museum of Tibetan Art, 338 Lighthouse Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10306, 718/987-3500
Admission: $5 adults; seniors/students $3; children under 6 - free
Please email info@tibetanmuseum.org for additional information
Tibetan Portrait highlights photographic portraits of Tibetan people by renowned contemporary artist Phil Borges. Borges’ portraits introduce viewers to individuals from a deeply spiritual culture who have been marginalized and displaced by the occupation of their homeland. The portraits range from images of everyday people, including nomads and children, to important historic figures such as the Dalai Lama. Tibetan Portrait also features interactive displays focusing on aspects of traditional Tibetan culture such as a map of Tibet’s changing borders, a moveable display of Himalayan mountains, audio recordings of mantra chanting, and a hands-on display of Tibetan prayer wheels.

March 29, 2010 – December 31, 2010

History: Wayne County and the Burnt-Over District
Museum of Wayne County History, 21 Butternut St., Lyons, NY
For more information ,call 315-946-4943 or visit www.waynehistory.org
The new exhibit, “Wayne County and the Burnt-Over District” is on display in the Changing Exhibition Room of the Museum of Wayne County History. Wayne County is unique in that many religions and religious movements had major connections to the area and three can even call Wayne County their birthplace: Mormonism, Modern Spiritualism, and the Neversweats. This exhibit examines this part of the “Burnt-over District,” a term coined by Charles Grandison Finney who in his 1876 book Autobiography of Charles G. Finney referred to a “burnt district” to denote an area in central and western New York State during the Second Great Awakening. The name was inspired by the notion that the area had been so heavily evangelized during antebellum revivalism as to have no “fuel” (unconverted population) left over to “burn” (convert).

March 10, 2010 – August 7, 2010

Project Mah Jongg
Sun, Mon, Tue, Thur 10 a.m. to 5:45 p.m.
Wed 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Fri 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (DST) and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. (EST)
Museum of Jewish History, Edmond J. Safra Plaza, 36 Battery Place, Battery Park City, New York, NY
Cost: $12 adults; $10 seniors, $7 students; members and 12 and younger are admitted free. Free admission on Wednesdays, 4-8 p.m.
Since the 1920s, the game of mah jongg has ignited the Jewish-American imagination in living rooms and gathering spots around the country. Introduced to American audiences by Joseph P. Babcock who began importing sets en masse around 1922, the game delighted players with its beautifully adorned tiles, associations with other lands, and mysterious rules. Introduced to America during a peak in immigration restrictions, the game’s foreign associations stirred both consumer intrigue and stereotypes in the press. Yet mah jongg was—more than anything—a community builder. Mah jongg became a leading device in Jewish women’s philanthropy. Today, hundreds of thousands of people play mah jongg, and it continues to be a vital part of communal, personal, and cultural life. The exhibition, designed by Abbott Miller of Pentagram, features artwork by Christoph Niemann, Isaac Mizrahi, Maira Kalman, and Bruce McCall and was curated by Melissa Martens. Additional research support was provided by the Museum of Chinese in America.

Games Visitors are welcome to play at the game table at any time when the exhibition is open to the public. Mah jongg pick-up games with a Museum representative will be held every Wednesday from May 26th through August 26th at 1 p.m. Free with Museum admission.
Lessons Lessons will be offered at 12 noon on the following days: May 26th, June 23rd, July 28th, and August 25th. A fall schedule for pick-up games and lessons will be posted toward the end of the summer.

May 4, 2010 – January 2, 2011

Taller Boricua presents the 3rd in their series:
4 SOLO EXHIBITIONS BY:
Michael Paul Britto: THE COST OF FORGETTING
J. Carpenter: LIVE WIRES
Jessica Lagunas: TRACING MEMORIES
Christina Massey: MEAT MARKET
Curated by Marcos Dimas and Christine Licata
Opening Friday, May 28, 2010, 6-9 p.m.
Gallery Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 12-6 p.m.
Thursday 1-7 p.m., Closed Sunday and Monday
Taller Boricua Galleries at the Julia De Burgos Latino Cultural Center, 1680 Lexington Avenue, NYC, N.Y. 10029, 212.831.4333
For more information, contact the Taller Boricua: contact@tallerboricua.org

As part of their 40th anniversary celebration, the Taller Boricua presents the third and last in their series of multiple, solo exhibitions by artists who share facets of our mission: art and aesthetics, community, art activism as well as music and performance.

Michael Paul Britto’s exhibition “The Cost of Forgetting” confronts the issues of racism and identity politics through both a historical and contemporary lens. His work examines the current manifestations and consequences of the ongoing inequality in America and the price society pays for its denial. His video “And They Sold Us Like Beasts” is created from a looped scene of a slave ship crossing the ocean from the film Roots. Seen from the inside of the hull looking out toward the waves, the piece encourages a visceral and immediate sense of empathy and humanity to the logically incomprehensible atrocities of the past, allowing for honest, open discourse in the present. Although slave ships no longer exist, the sense of powerlessness and injustice driven by discrimination is still prevalent today. “Who Has the Power?” consists of a life size Ku Klux Klan robe made from African style textiles accompanied by a video depicting the transformation. By switching the semantics of the historical language of dominance and oppression, Britto empowers viewers to see the possibility of change and the transient nature of power and control at its core. “Bottle Blonde #1“ and “Don’t drink and...” appropriate recognizable consumable goods to reveal the underlying, self-negating stereotypes promoted within the racially biased mass media. These deeply ingrained social discourses offer African Americans distorted white-centric views of idealized beauty and promote detrimental aspirations of negative notoriety versus positive achievement. Britto engages the viewer in provocative, accessible and insightful dialogues about racial prejudices as well as the potential to redefine them.

J Carpenter employs traditional lace making techniques combined with unconventional materials to challenge the preconceived notions and expectations of familiar objects and structures. For her installation “Live Wires” she weaves a 10' x 8' house within the gallery using 1/2" thick nylon construction-work rope as thread. The framework is formed through bobbin lace techniques that utilize hand held spools to braid and twist the cord. Juxtaposing the delicate nature of lace and the presumed stability of foundational enclosures, Carpenter reveals the fragility of the seemingly impenetrable walls we build to both protect and isolate ourselves from one another. The strength of the architecture is derived from the open, intertwined patterns that bring together contrasting associations of the harmonious warmth of a home and the confining entrapment of a cage. At once beautiful and alluring, though incapable in terms of offering shelter, the piece functions as a false promise of protection and sanctuary, instead prompting the viewer to reexamine the concepts of security, belonging, relationships and community.

Combining multiple, individual bodies of her work, Jessica Lagunas’ exhibition “Tracing Memories” explores the politics of war, gender, acculturation and memory. For the video-performance “120 Minutes of Silence” Lagunas cuts out the solid shapes in camouflage fabric for two hours, honoring the 40,000 disappeared victims during the 36-year civil war in Guatemala. “In Memoriam” consists of a Guatemalan wooden jewelry box containing 572 bullet shells, one for each of the women murdered there in 2006. Based in the conflicts within her native country, these two works also extend beyond boundaries, addressing the critical problems of femicide and political violence worldwide. The separate print series, “Ai Spik Inglish” is inspired by the phonetics and popular phrases in language books. The prints are made from rubber stamps customized with the Spanish pronunciation for English phrases that are then juxtaposed to create fictional, short dialogues, visually documenting the process of acculturation for Latino immigrants. Also exhibited are the original stamps for viewers to create their own discourse. Within the latest incarnation of her site-specific “Drawing of Man/Drawing of Woman,” Lagunas collaborated with the Taller in conducting an informal perfume survey in El Barrio and then she used the most prevalent fragrances for each sex to create large-scale drawings. Barely visible to the eye, the work must be experienced through the viewer’s sense of smell, investigating alternate perceptions of femininity and masculinity.

In her installation “Meat Market,” Christina Massey deconstructs and repurposes previous series of her own paintings, literally “butchering” them by cutting and tearing them apart and then rebuilding the pieces into three-dimensional flesh-like forms. Resembling animal carcasses and hung from chains and meat hooks, her pieces reflect the objectification and commoditization of art by both the viewer and the art market wherein commercial value competes with aesthetic experience. Her work also references these effects on artists' work and their own desire and potential to be “marketable,” where the gallery world can at times project the superficial value judgments of singles bars, also referred to as “meat markets” in popular culture. Massey further explores the concepts of both ownership and authorship as her past works are the medium for future ones, rejecting a linear progression and classification of the traditional definition of a body of work as well as the finality of the finished object of art. “Meat Market” is in constant flux, suspended between painting and sculpture, abstraction and representation as well as the literal and conceptual.

May 28, 2010 –July 31, 2010

TRUE LIFE: I’m a Staten Island Girl
Artists: Denise Murphy, Ryan McGivern, Jenna Lucente, Amanda Curtis, Shawn Bishop-Leo and Mikhael Antone
Curator Mikhael Antone
SHOW Gallery, 156 Stuyvesant Place, Staten Island, NY 10301 (up the stairs from the Staten Island Ferry, across from Borough Hall), 718/524-0855
Hours: Wed.-Sat. Noon-7 p.m.
Foucault suggests two primary roles of heterotopia: To create a space of illusion that is for and of the Other, and to create a space of illusion that exposes every real space. It is often compared to a mirror, reflecting society upon itself and making the real seem unreal, as it re-presents, contests, and inverts real social spaces. This exhibition seeks to invert the stereotyped portrayals of Staten Island as seen in the media. This show represents a different cross-section of Staten Island rarely seen on television. A group of artists investigating the idea of “heterotopias” or “other spaces” through an individual female perspective.

July 10, 2010 – August 30, 2010

Strong National Museum of Play presents the:
Whimsical Art Trail
Museum Hours: Monday–Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.
Meet Dianne Dengel, Nancy Wiley, and Craig Wilson on Friday, July 23 from 1–4 p.m., and view art demonstrations, special video clips, and the raw materials of their craft.
Strong National Museum of Play, One Manhattan Square, Rochester, NY 14607, 585-410-6359
The Whimsical Art Trail is included with general museum admission fees: Adults $11; Seniors $10; Children (2–15) $9; Children younger than two free; Strong members free.

Take a walk on the Whimsical Art Trail at Strong National Museum of Play. Receive a trail guide when you arrive at the museum Admissions desk and discover the locations of imaginative pieces by local artists Dianne Dengel, Nancy Wiley, Craig Wilson, Brian Wilson, and Albert Wilson, which are displayed throughout the museum. Dianne Dengel, well-known for her cloth dolls, paintings, and sculptures, lives and works today in Rochester from the same tiny home her father built with found lumber scraps in 1949. Doll artist Nancy Wiley has been plying her craft for 20 years. She describes her work as heavily painted doll sculptures. Craig Wilson, from an amazingly accomplished family of sculptors and is a full-time artist on Strong’s Exhibits team, has developed his own, unique technique of steel sculpture. Brian Wilson, the late brother of Craig Wilson, was a photographer who later turned to custom-scale model work and created Fantastic Flying Machines using copper spheres, brass-brazed steel riggings, sails, flags, and figures. Albert Wilson, the late father of Craig Wilson, was a self-taught sculptor who created metamorphosed Steel I-Beams—a transformation of crude, rudimentary I-beams into figures, personalities, and unusual things.

July 23, 2010 – October 24, 2010

Arts Council for Wyoming County presents the:
A Good Ride: Arts and Traditions of the Attica Rodeo
Gallery Hours: Wednesday: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Thursday & Friday: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Opening: July 30, 6:00 p.m.
31 South Main St., Perry, New York 14530, (585) 237 3517
Come experience the “west” in western New York this summer with our featured exhibit, A Good Ride: Arts and Traditions of the Attica Rodeo. Begun in 1957 by some enterprising teenagers from Attica and Chaffee, the Attica Rodeo has become an important community tradition, as well as one of the best rodeos in the northeast. Now celebrating its 53rd year, the rodeo brings together cowboys and cowgirls, broncs and barrel racers, families and fans from near and far during the first weekend of August. We have been honored to meet many of these people over the last few years and hear their stories, see their skills and artistry, and learn about rodeo’s place in our local and national culture. We are happy to now share this “ride” with you in the ongoing tradition of American rodeo. We invite you to step into the arena and help kick off the exhibit at our opening on July 30 at 6:00 p.m. You’ll have a chance to meet our local rodeo families, try your hand at some rodeo skills, and enter our cowboy/cowgirl fashion show—dress appropriately!

July 30, 2010 — September 24, 2010

John Michael Kohler Arts Center presents:
Lynda Barry and Roz Chast
Open daily at 10:00 a.m.
John Michael Kohler Arts Center, 608 New York Ave, Sheboygan, WI 53081
Free admission
For more information, contact: 920-458-6144, info@jmkac.org
Often working outside of the mainstream with work appearing in alternative weeklies, Lynda Barry has found great success producing comics that are humorous yet carry serious undercurrents. Known primarily for Ernie Pook’s Comeek, Barry relates stories of childhood angst and examines personal and social topics through a large cast of characters. Since the 1970s, Roz Chast has drawn humor from everyday emotions and experiences for The New Yorker, poking fun at such subjects as guilt, anxiety, aging, families, friends, money, and real estate. Her brand of humor takes routine incidents and events and flips them inside out, exposing them as flawed but funny moments.

May 30, 2010 – September 19, 2010

Also, check out the Norman Pettingill Exhibition: These humorous works by well known Wisconsin illustrator Normal Pettingill are a part of the Arts Center's permanent collection and are available for public viewing for the first time since 1995.

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