Things to Do in Glens Falls for May

Crandall Public Library

Film Series

Tuesday, May 26, 6:30pm
Gran Torino (USA 2009, 116 min., color, 35mm) Clint Eastwood directed, wrote and starred in this story of loss, love and redemption. Set in Detroit, a city hit the hardest economically this past decade. Walt, a retired auto worker and Korean War vet has just lost his wife. He rejects and then comes to make friends with his immigrant neighbors who are Hmong people from Asia. The rich tapestry of both cultures, the hopes and dreams of the Hmong and the emotional changes of the characters adds up to a masterful piece of filmmaking. “A lifetime in movies runs through this prime vintage Eastwood performance. You can't take your eyes off him.”- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone, 12/25/08

Tuesday, June 2, 6:30p
28th Black Maria Film Festival The Black Maria Film Festival was named after the first motion picture studio built by Thomas Edison in Orange, NJ. Films will be screened from the winners of this years’ international competition including cutting-edge animation, documentary, narrative and experimental films. John Columbus, Director of the festival will provide commentary and lead the discussion after the films.

Tuesday, June 9, 6:30p
Milk USA, 2008, 128 min., color, 35mm) Gus Van Sant features Sean Penn, who won the 2009 Oscar for Best Actor for his portrayal of the charismatic Harvey Milk, a 1970s neighborhood activist who in 1977 was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, the first openly gay man to do so in the U.S. The 2009 Best Original Screenplay Oscar went to Dustin Lance Black. Josh Brolin plays Dan White, Milk’s fellow supervisor who murders him and then mayor George Moscone. “Sometimes, at a precise moment in history, all it takes is for one person to stand up.” Roger Ebert, Chicgo Sun-Times.

Tuesday, June 16, 6:30p
Nerakhoon (The Betrayal) (USA, 2007, 87 min., color, 35mm) Ellen Kuras & Thavisouk Phrasavath’s 2009 Oscar nominated documentary was a 20 year project about Phrasavath’s family in Laos during the Vietnam War when the father was part of the military. When the mother escapes the chaos of war torn Laos, two of her daughters are left behind. The family settles in Brooklyn where they come to the attention of Kuras. About 15 years after their escape, Thavisouk receives a call from his father. The truth of Laos and the family is revealed. “…the film succeeds in…weaving the history of the family…while juxtaposing the dislocation of life in a new country where dreams of peace and family unity are shattered.”-Christine McDonald, MultiCultural Review, Winter 2008

Tuesday, June 23, 6:30p
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (UK/USA, 2008, 94 min., color, 35mm) This film is sponsored by a generous donation from The Gloria Bittman Fund. Mark Herman adapts the 2006 young adult novel by Irish author John Boyne about the two children of a Nazi commandant, an eight year old boy and his older sister who with the family, leave their home in Berlin for a country home near what they think is a farmhouse. It’s a concentration camp. By talking through an electric fence, the boy, Bruno befriends an eight year old boy, Shmuel in the camp and comes to find out the truth of his existence there. Winner of the Audience Award at the 2008 Chicago International Film Festival. “…explores the mysteries of childhood in collision with the unthinkable.”- Sheri Linden, L.A. Times, 11/7/08

Tuesday, June 30, 6:30p
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (USA, 2008, 96 min., color, 35mm) Woody Allen crafts a comic/romantic tale set in Spain, where two young vacationing Americans meet a seductive artist (Javier Bardem) The supposedly reserved Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and the very adventurous Cristina (Scarlett Johansson) meet the totally unpredictable artist’s ex-wife and inspiration, Maria Elena (Penélope Cruz who won the 2009 Oscar for Best Supporting Actress). “Cruz is on fire – hysterically funny, abandoned, passionate, poignant with a performance full of shading and wide in range. – Michael LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle, 8/15/2008

Charles R. Wood Events

Saturday, May 30, Time TBD
Dance Recital Glens Falls Ballet and Dance

Wednesday, June 24 – Friday, July 3
Ordinary Days A new musical by Adam Gwon

Monday, July 6 – Saturday, July 11
The Goat Show: an odyssey behind barn doors Written and performed by Jennifer Fawcett

Tuesday, July 7 – Saturday, July 11 @ 9:45 pm
I Will Make You Orphans A one man hip-hopera, ghetto comedy and social drama. Written and performed by Sean C. Lewis

Thursday, July 16 – Saturday, July 25
Leaving Iowa A family vacation comedy. By Tim Clue and Spike Manton

Sunday, July 19 & Monday, July 20
Brush the Summer By by Hal Corley. A reading of a play in progress

Tuesday, August 4 @ 7:30 pm “Daring Damsels and Handsome Heroes” Presented by The Seagle Music Colony.

Thurday, August 6, 8:00pm
Friday, August 7, 8:00pm
Saturday, August 8, 8:00pm
Sunday, August 9, 2:00 pm
Thurday, August 13, 8:00pm
Friday, August 14, 8:00pm
Saturday, August 15, 8:00pm
Sunday, August 9, 2:00 pm
“Always, Patsy Cline” Presented by The Depot Theater @ Westport

Monday, August 10, 7:30 pm
Dr Steve Taubman, “Hypnosis and Beyond”

Monday, August 17, 7:30 pm
Roderick Russell, Sword Swallower

Tuesday, August 18
Wednesday, August 19
World Theater of Children

Thursday, August 20, 8:00 pm
Friday, August 21, 8:00 pm
Grammy Award Winning Singer Song Writer: Jimmy Webb “By the Time I Get To Phoenix”, “Galveston”, “Mac Arthur Park”, “Wichita Lineman”

Saturday, August 22
Sunday, August 23
World Theater of Children

Thursday, August 27, 8:00 pm
Friday, August 28, 8:00 pm
Satursday, August 29, 8:00 pm
Sunday, August 30, 2:00 pm
Wednesday, September 2, 8:00 pm
Thursday, September 3, 8:00 pm
Friday, September 4, 8:00 pm
Saturday, September 5, 8:00 pm
Sunday, September 6, 8:00 pm
Monday, September 7, 2:00 pm

Rest in Pieces Presented by Rest in Pieces LLC, The Charles Wood Theater in Association with the Lake George Theatre Lab. “Rest in Pieces” by Steve Bluestein featuring Marcia Wallace of “The Bob Newhart Show”

Red Fox Bookstore

Thursday, June 4, 7:00 PM
Management Seminar Join Roger Fulton, author of Common Sense Management for a seminar on management strategies. Reception and booksigning follow. Presented at LARAC Gallery on Lapham Place.

Rock Hill Bakehouse

Our Progressive Film Forum memberships are just $25/yr ($15 Seniors/Students). Members can borrow films without charge. There are plenty of thought-provoking DVD's to choose from as we use our membership dollars exclusively to buy and screen new films.

I.R.V. FRIDAY FILM FORUM (I.R.V. = Instant Runoff Voting) We will be showing a film tonight but its up to you which film it will be. To reflect our love of the democratic process, we use an Instant Runoff Voting system so that the audience chooses which film we view. We will provide at least 3 choices each week and the IRV setup means that you rank ALL the "candidates" in the "election" or, (s)election, as is the case here. We tabulate the results in a series of runoffs until one of the choices has a clear majority. So, none of us actually know what film will be screened until everyone has voiced their opinion! Ballots can be filled out anytime after 6:00 pm but must be turned in by 7:00 pm sharp. Happy Voting!

Thursday, May 28, 7:00 pm
OPEN MIC NIGHT hosted by our very own Cory Avon. Sing, play, read or just watch and listen. Free.

Friday, May 29, 7:00 pm
I.R.V. FILM FORUM (I.R.V. = Instant Runoff Voting)

Hyde Collection

Now through Sunday, June 21, 2009
Old Master Prints from the Sparling Family Collection Late last year, Tobin Sparling donated nearly thirty prints in memory of his parents, Leon H. and Marie Buttlar Sparling. The exhibition, titled Old Master Prints from the Sparling Family Collection, will be on display in the Hoopes Gallery at the Museum through May 24. Ten etchings, seventeen engravings, and two wood cuts from the donated works will be included in the exhibition in addition to two prints on loan from the donor. The collection surveys the major printmaking styles and techniques from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries in both Southern and Northern Europe. Included are prints by some of the most influential artists working in this period such as, Albrecht Altdorfer, François Boucher, Jacques Callot, Albrecht Durer, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Hendrik Goltzius, Francisco Goya, and Marcantonio Raimondi. The exhibition is organized by Erin B. Coe, The Hyde’s chief curator.
The collection of prints was assembled by Tobin Sparling, who currently resides in Houston, where he is Associate Professor of Law at South Texas College of Law. A graduate of South Glens Falls Senior High School, Dartmouth College, and Columbia University, Sparling worked for a number of years in the rare books and print departments of the Yale Center for British Art and the New York Public Library. His father, Leon Sparling, was a former English teacher at South Glens Falls Senior High School. Tobin’s mother, Marie, had served for many years as Director of Adult Education Programs for the Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex County BOCES.
David F. Setford, the Hyde’s executive director, noted the uniqueness of the exhibition. “The Hyde now has a significant collection to add to our existing Old Masters’ works. The fact that the donation was made in memory of a local family who regularly visited our Museum makes this exhibition very special to us and to the area,” said Setford.

Saturday, June 6, 5:30 pm - 11:30 pm
Hyde Collection Degas & Music Gala The Hyde Collection will hold its annual fundraising gala at the Museum on June 6, 2009. The Degas & Music Gala marks a return of the event to The Hyde’s grounds and serves as the formal kick-off event to the Season of Degas, more than 20 weeks of arts and community events… all with a Degas theme.
The “creative black-tie” event is an evening in three “acts” beginning at 5:30 pm. Act One includes cocktails and hors d’oeuvres with mini-performances by Season of Degas artists, as well as both a silent and live auction. An elegant dinner with a short opera performance is Act Two and cabaret performance begins Act Three, which also includes dancing to the music of New York Players until 11:30 pm.

Sunday, July 12, 2009 through Sunday, October 18, 2009
Degas & Music
Coming in 2009 to the Charles R. Wood Gallery. Edgar Degas, known throughout the world as "the painter of dancers," was equally inspired by the world of music. This exhibition will bring together works that reflect the French Impressionist's fascination with music, including portraits of musician friends, dramatic images of cabaret singers, and stunning scenes of the music-filled world of the ballet. Degas & Music presents an engaging subject that has never been explored in depth or chosen as the subject of an exhibition. Degas & Music is organized by The Hyde Collection and curated by guest curators Richard Kendall and Jill DeVonyar.

Chapman Museum Events

Now - Sunday, October 18, 2009
All Cordially Invited: Entertainment in the North Country, 1850 - 1920 What did people in Glens Falls and other communities in the North Country do for entertainment before TV? The Chapman Historical Museum’s summer 2009 exhibit, All Cordially Invited, will explore forms of entertainment from 1850, when most North Country communities were quite isolated, through 1920 when the automobile and the radio radically changed how people socialized.
In the 19th century the ball or dance was a popular form of entertainment that drew people together, often to support a local cause. Other social gatherings included lectures, picnics, revival meetings, clam roasts, excursions and ice cream socials. Later, railroads brought the circus and Wild West shows to town. Agricultural fairs, baseball games and horse tracks attracted crowds of spectators. People also experienced such new forms of entertainment as vaudeville acts and nickelodeons -- to be replaced by movie houses. Soon to follow in the 20th century was the radio, which with the automobile ended the region’s isolation, changing social customs as it did.
"All Cordially Invited" is planned in conjunction with the Hyde Collection’s Season of Degas. From July 12 to October 18, 2009, The Hyde Collection in Glens Falls, New York will present Degas & Music, an exclusive exhibition devoted to the music-inspired works of French Impressionist Edgar Degas (1834-1917). To enhance the experience of regional visitors and tourists alike, The Hyde Collection is collaborating with area arts and community organizations to present a full summer/fall calendar of Degas-related events. The Season schedule will include exhibits, musical performances, lectures, and family events complementing the Degas exhibition.

LARAC Events

Thursday, June 4, 7:00 PM
Management Seminar Join Roger Fulton, author of Common Sense Management for a seminar on management strategies. Reception and booksigning follow. AT LARAC Gallery, presented with Red Fox Books.

Now - Sunday, June 14
LARAC ANNUAL MEMBERS SHOW The opening of the Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council’s Annual Member Show at Lapham Gallery, with a reception from 5-7pm. The public is welcome to attend and enjoy musical entertainment by MiLayne Jackson, Jeff Kingsley & Friends, and light refreshments. The exhibit runs through Sunday, June 14th, the last day of LARAC’s June Festival. Over 130 works of fine art and craft in a wide variety of mediums will be displayed at Lapham Gallery, all created by LARAC’s talented members.

Saturday, June 13, 10 am - 5 pm
Sunday, June 14, 10 am - 5 pm
2009 LARAC June Arts Festival Glens Falls City Park, downtown Glens Falls. Local non-profit groups provide food as well as various children’s activities.

Friday, June 26 - Friday, July 31
MIDSUMMER MIX Opening Reception: Friday, June 26, 5-7 pm

Friday, August 14 - Sunday, October 4
IN THE SPIRIT OF DEGAS: ART INSPIRED BY MUSIC Juried exhibition: Work to be dropped off Aug. 1, 3, 4. Pick-up of work not juried into the exhibition: Aug. 6, 7, 8. Opening reception: Friday, August 14, 5-7 pm

Friday, October 9 - Saturday, October 31
THE WORK OF TOM MYOTT Opening Reception: Friday, October 9, 5-7 pm

Dog Ate My Homework Events

Friday, May 29, 3 pm - 5 pm
Teacher Appreciation Night Sponsored by the Iroquois Reading Council. WINE & HORS D'OEUVRES - PRIZES - RAFFLES - GIFTS

Saturday, May 30, 4 pm - 5:30 pm
Reading and Book Signing by Author Coleen Paratore Her new Book "Forget Me Not" from the life of Wila Havisham. Coleen Paratore is the author of the "Wedding Planner's Daughter" Series which is soon to be a motion picture.

Downtown Events

Friday June 5, 12:00 pm
Celebrity Lunch Benefit for World Awareness Children's Museum 15 local "celebrities" will become waiters for the second annual Celebrity Luncheon. Last year's event raised over $15,000 to support the educational programs of The World Awareness Children's Museum, based in Glens Falls.
This year's event will take place at the Queensbury Hotel, beginning at noon. Celebrity Luncheon guests will be served by: Glens Falls Mayor Jack Diamond, Gayle Alexander of Kidsville News and Denton Publications, Kate Sullivan of Froggy 107.1 radio, Dr. H. John Schutze of Schutze Family Dentistry, Paul Pontiff, Esq., Gina Rios of Ridge Terrace Restaurant, Pat Joyce of PCJ Consulting, Charlotte Whitney of Kismet, Gloria Ford, actress, Lanette Akerson, of the Plant Doctor, Dr. Marilyn Van Dyke of the Warren County Historical Society, Janet Davies, theatre director and actress, Lincoln Cathers of the Glens Falls Rotary Club, Susan Fisk of the Soroptomist Club, and Tony Taverni, chairman of the Museum's Board of Trustees. Mark Griffin, of Regional Radio Group, will be the master of ceremonies.