Things to Do in Glens Falls, March 2010

Crandall Public Library

Film Program

Tuesday, April 13, 6:30 pm
Julie and Julia (USA, 2009, 123 min., color, 35 mm) Nora Ephron adapts Julie Powell’s best-selling novel as Julie from the book takes on Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking by making 500 recipes.

Tuesday, April 20, 6:30 pm
Reporter (USA, 2009, 90 min., color) Eric Daniel Metzgar and Exec. Producer Ben Affleck follow Pulitzer Prize winning NY Times reporter, Nicholas Kristof on his travels in the Congo in 2007.

Tuesday, April 27, 6:30 pm
Before Tomorrow (Canada, 2008, 93 min., color, 35mm) Meet the Filmmaker: Marie-Hélène Couisineau. Marie-Hélène Couisineau and Inuit elder Madeline Piujuq Ivalu (who stars in the film as the grandmother, Ningiuq) co-directed this Igloolik Isuma Productions that also produced Fast Runner. Based on a novel by Danish writer Jørn Riel, it was shot in Nunavik, northern Quebec, near the village of Purvirnituq, the setting is the 1840s, at a time when many tribes have not yet experienced first contact with Whites. This is a hunting gathering society, with summer fishing and winter seal hunting as their means of survival. Ningiuq, her grandson Maniq and her friend and elder, Kutugok spend a summer fishing on an island away from the main tribe. When the tribe fails to return to pick them up, they return on their own to discover disaster has befallen all they know. In an instant, their lives change as darkness and cold take over during the Arctic winter. Survival in the most hostile of environments for grandmother and grandson becomes a metaphor for survival of indigenous peoples.- adapted from review by Christine McDonald, MultiCultural Review, Winter 2009

Tuesday, May 4, 6:30 pm
The Maid (Chile/Mexico, 2009, 95 min., color, Spanish, 35 mm) Sebastián Silva’s humane story of a live-in maid was shot in his childhood home and based on his life growing up in Chile.

Tuesday, May 11, 6:30 pm
The White Ribbon (Austria/Germany/France/Italy, 2009, 144 min., B&W, 35 mm) Michael Haneke’s mysterious parable hints at the origins of the most horrific events of the 20th century.

Tuesday, May 18, 6:30 pm
The September Issue (USA, 2009, 90 min., color, 35 mm) R.J. Cutler takes an intimate behind-the-scenes look at the production of Vogue Magazine’s highest circulating, largest in size and most influential issue.

Tuesday, May 25, 6:30 pm
Mary & Max (Australia, 2009, 80 min., color, 35 mm) Director Adam Elliot’s animation from Australia was the opening film of the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Utilizing the voices of Toni Collette, Eric Bana and Philip Seymour Hoffman, this darkly humorous claymation is a deeply moving tale of friendship, between two very unlikely pen pals who are misfits in their own right: Mary, an Australian 8-year-old, and Max, an obese man living in New York City who suffers from Asperger’s Syndrome. Barry Humphreys (aka Dame Edna Etheridge) provides the narration. Mary & Max“…wears its bleak but uplifting contradiction on its sleeve, and one of the film’s most endearing qualities is its refusal to pretty things up.-Matt Ravier, Film Australia, 2/2/09

Tuesday, June 1, 6:30 pm
The Cove (USA, 2009, 92 min. color, 35mm) Louie Psihoyos, National Geographic photographer with Richard O’Barry, former trainer for the TV show Flipper, created a team of daring activists and underwater photographers to secretly film the clandestine herding and slaughter of dolphins in the tiny Japanese village of Taiji. Enlisting George Lucas’ Industrial Light and Magic to design “rocks” with hidden cameras, the crew documented how dolphins were killed and sold as whale meat- much desired and more profitable. Winner 2010 Oscar for Best Documentary Feature.

Tuesday, June 8, 6:30 pm
Black Maria Film Festival John Columbus, Director of the festival will provide commentary and lead the discussion after the films. Films will be screened from the winners of this years’ international competition including cutting-edge animation, documentary, narrative and experimental films. Titles and descriptions of the films to be screened will be available on the library’s web site and at the screening. The Black Maria Film Festival was named after the first motion picture studio built by Thomas Edison in Orange, NJ. Two screenings, with different films for each screening will be shown:

Tuesday, June 15, 6:30 pm
Andrew Wyeth As part of The Hyde Collection’s Andrew Wyeth: An American Legend exhibition (June 12-September 5, 2010), two films will be screened: Andrew Wyeth: Self Portrait Snow Hill, 1995 was produced by Wyeth’s wife Betsy. This “authorized” film biography covers over 60 years of the artist and his greatest works, family photographs, home movies, letters and the first interview with Wyeth’s model, Helga Testorf. Although Christina’s World won’t be on view during the exhibition, it is Wyeth’s most beloved and famous painting and the title of the second film which won four Emmys and is narrated by Julie Harris. Erin Budis Coe, Chief Curator and Deputy Director of The Hyde Collection will lead a discussion after the films.

Tuesday, June 22, 6:30 pm
A Serious Man (USA, 2009, 106 min., color, 35 mm) Ethan and Joel Coen got an Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay for their recreation of the 1960’s Minnesota of their youth centered on the spiritual crisis of a middle-aged Jewish man, Larry Gopnik who, as a modern day Job wrestles with life’s questions as his marriage falls apart. He endures his best friend becoming his wife’s boyfriend, his children’s disdain, a university student who demands a better grade where he teaches physics, his slightly crazy brother, who camps out on his sofa and a gun toting neighbor. It’s a comedy with typical Coen brothers angst and humanity. “…bears every mark of a labor of love.” Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times, 10/7/09

Tuesday, June 29, 6:30 pm
Bright Star (Canada, 2009, 119 min., color, 35 mm) Jane Campion uses John Keats’ poetry to underscore the fervent passion, and surprising decorum, that run deep in this story of his unconsummated romance with Fanny Brawne. The daughter of his landlady, Fanny was a fashion maven at 17, and a flirt; Keats was anemic and solitary. He loved her, and she, him. Their days play out, before what we know will be his untimely death, in the golden glow of young love and ardent verse. “Keats’s genius — underestimated by many of the critics of his time, championed by a loyal coterie of literary friends — is the fixed point around which ‘Bright Star’ orbits.”- A.O.Scott, NYTimes 9/16/09

Charles R. Wood Events

Friday, April 30, 8:00 pm
Saturday, May 1, 8:00 pm
Sunday, May 2
Glens Falls Community Theatre Presents “Blithe Spirit” by Noel Coward Directed by Bill Woodward

Saturday May 8, 6:30 pm
Auditions: Rising Stars at the Wood
The Rising Stars at the Wood program is an auditioned entertainment that utilizes the finest talent in area high schools to perform at the Charles Wood Theaters annual Mother’s Day weekend fundraiser. The third annual group of participants were chosen recently by a panel of professional producers and directors of local amateur and professional experience. The panel included Tony Kostecki, Executive Director of the Seagle Music Colony; Douglas Ford, Professional Music Producer; Neil Akins, Director of Wrightstage Productions; Catherine Gericke, 50 year member of the Glens Falls Community Theater and Susan Ford, local arts commentator and President of the Wood Theater Board.
Thirty students from eight different schools auditioned for the one dozen spots on the program. The students were judged on talent, poise and star power. The judges spent over eight hours in the auditioning process.
The Rising Stars at the Wood Gala, the largest specific fundraiser to benefit the operating costs of the Wood Theater, will be held Saturday May 8, 2010 starting at 6:30 pm with a silent auction, lite fare with a complimentary wine and beer bar catered by Davidson’s Brewery. It continues with a live auction and theRising Stars show at 8:00 pm.
The Rising Stars chosen for 2010 include:
Aaron Butler: Guitar, Composer and Vocalist Salem Cental School
Charles Cornell: Jazz Pianist Hartford Central School
Molly Feigenbaum: Vocalist and Performer Glens Falls High School
Christopher Hajeck: Vocalist and Performer Queensbury High School
Mary Kate Hayward: Vocalist and Performer Glens Falls High School
Madison Malone Kirscher: Vocalist and Performer Queensbury High School
Tim Mac Duff: Singer, Violist and Performer Hudson Falls Central School
Michael Nichols: Singer Vocalist and Performer Glens Falls High School
Felicia Morrison: Vocalist and Performer, Glens Falls High School
Jennifer Pratt: Singer and Performer Glens Falls High School
Dan Slavin: Singer and Performer Glens Falls High School
Barbara Zanoni: Singer and Performer Glens Falls High School

Thursday May 13, 1:00 pm
Friday May 14, 7:00 pm
The Glens Falls Community Theatre’s Senior Seminar Presents: “BOATHOUSE FOLLIES MYSTERY”

Saturday May 15, 8:00
The Lake George Community Band Presents Annual Armed Forces Day Concert

Saturday, May 29, 8:00 pm
Richard Marx Singer and songwriter of some of the most successful modern rock ballads, Marx will bring his solo-acoustic act to The Wood Theater in Glens Falls, New York on Saturday, May 29, 2010 at 8pm. Marx was an immediate sensation following the release of his debut album in 1987. He had a series of chart-busting singles in the late 1980s and early 1990s including “Endless Summer Nights,” “Right Here Waiting,” “Now and Forever,” “Hold Onto the Nights” and “Should’ve Known Better.” Marx was the first recording artist to have his first seven singles reach the top five of the Billboard Top 100, a record that has never been equaled.
Tickets are $45.50 and are available by phoning The Wood Theater Box Office beginning April 5 at (518) 874-0800. Tickets may also be purchased online (beginning April 5) at www.woodtickets.com

Red Fox Bookstore

Every Saturday, 11 am
StoryTime for Busy Families

Sunday, April 11, 1:30 pm
Magic Tree House Activity Day Book: Polar Bears Past Bedtime.

Saturday, April 17, 11 am
Third Saturday Storytime Theme: Mo Willems.

Thursday, April 22, 7 pm
Annual Poetry Reading and Open Mic

Rock Hill Bakehouse

Every Saturday & Sunday Noon to 2 pm Live Acoustic Renaissance

Progressive Film Forum Our entire DVD collection is free to borrow with the purchase of a Film Forum membership ($25 a year - $15 Seniors/Students). Membership entitles you to borrow any film without charge. Upon its return, you may borrow another. 100% of your annual dues are used to purchase more films for our collection.

Lending Library We have amassed a collection of interesting books and are excited to share them with you. So, please feel free to borrow books from our collection. We just ask that you make an honest effort to return them so that others can enjoy them, as well.

Our Current "Artist in Residence" is ... Spinelli Art (Emelina Spinelli) ... Graffite driven, urban-inspired, indie-flavored artwork. www.spinelliart.com

Thrusday, April 8, 7:00 pm
OPEN MIC NIGHT hosted by our very own Cory Avon. Sing, play, read or just watch and listen. Free

Monday, April 12, 5:30 pm
MEMORIAL GATHERING for CHARLEY SARNACKI At Amigos Cantina in Schuylerville. I am very saddened to announce that Charley Sarnacki, our good friend, fellow baker (and, of course, Lake Trout Extraordinaire), passed away last Sunday. All who knew him are welcome to gather with us and remember him this Monday at 5:30 pm in Schuylerville at Amigos Cantina. Charley was not only a friend to all, he was one of those truly special people so full of life and so unique that the effect he had was always lasting. Every hour spent with him was life-affirming. I can't think about Charley without immediately feeling happy, remembering the countless laughs and smiles he caused, either directly or indirectly. He was truly a magical person and I will miss him a lot.

Thursday, April 15, 5:00 - 7:00 pm
THIRD THURSDAY ART WALK On the Third Thursday of each month, our current "Artist in Residence" holds a reception, so you can wander downtown's other participating locations, then end up at "the Rock" to grab a bite, meet our artist & then check out our super-cool Open Mic. For more info on the Art Walk, contact glensfallsartwalk@yahoo.com

Thursday, April 15, 5:30 pm & 6:30 pm
RANDY GIRARD - PHOTOSYNTHESIS Spoken Word

Thursday, April 15, 7:00 pm
OPEN MIC NIGHT hosted by our very own Cory Avon. Sing, play, read or just watch and listen. Free

Thursday, April 22, 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
*** SPECIAL EVENT *** EARTH DAY OPEN MIC NIGHT hosted by our wonderful Earth Mother, Pamela Lunz! Sing, play, read or just watch and listen. Free

Friday, April 23, 7:00 pm
Special Film Screening: SHARKWATER Rob Stewart (2007) 89 min. The anti-JAWS, this documentary from Rob Stewart demonstrates importance of sharks to the world's ecosystems. SHARKWATER shows the truth about the sea creatures, including the horrific practice of shark finning that threatens the animal's existence. Donations will be accepted for Sharkwater Productions, Inc. to help support their work educating the public and saving sharks. Thanks to Jessica Ryle for putting this event together.

Monday, April 26, 7:00 pm
WARREN COUNTY RADIO CLUB MEETING http://www.warrencountyradioclub.com/ The Warren County Radio Club meets the last Monday of every month. The meetings are open to all, whether you currently hold an amateur radio (ham) license, would like to obtain a license, or are just interested in the hobby. There are many aspects to amateur radio, including emergency communications, assisting with communications in local events such as the Ironman in Lake Placid, MS Bike, or Adirondack Marathon locally, conversing with other amateurs world wide, and designing and building antennas and other gear. We "meet" weekly via radio on the linked Gore Mountain and Prospect Mountain repeaters, and in person the last Monday of each month at Rock Hill. Monthly meetings typically have a main topic / presentation followed by an open discussion. For more information on the club, meetings, as well as contact information please see our website.

Thursday, April 29, 7:00 pm
OPEN MIC NIGHT hosted by our very own Cory Avon. Sing, play, read or just watch and listen. Free

Matt's latest scribblings for the Times Union.

Hyde Collection

Exhibitions

Sunday, April 11 through Sunday, May 23
Nineteenth Annual Regional Juried High School Art Exhibition

Saturday, June 12, 2010 through Sunday, September 5, 2010
Andrew Wyeth: An American Legend The exhibition, organized by The Hyde Collection, will introduce the broad span of work by this most beloved American artist. Curated by Hyde Executive Director David F. Setford and Deputy Director and Chief Curator Erin B. Coe, the exhibition will seek to unravel the myth surrounding Wyeth and understand the man behind the paintbrush. According to Setford, “This will be the first opportunity since the artist’s death earlier this year to begin to critically reevaluate his contribution to and position in American art of the twentieth century.”
The exhibition will feature sections devoted to early coastal watercolors and landscape paintings, as well as a look at Wyeth’s models, his interest in vernacular architecture, and his connection to both the Regionalist tradition and Magic Realism.
The exhibition will comprise approximately fifty works, with the core coming from the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine. Featured in the exhibition will be examples of the artist’s works created in dry brush, watercolor, pencil, and tempera - including The Hyde’s own Wyeth watercolor – The Ledge and the Island, 1937- as well as works on loan from museums and private collections. “By showing the spectrum of the artist’s subject matter and his masterful skill in a variety of media, we expect the exhibition to appeal to a very broad audience,” said Coe.

Chapman Museum

Now through Sunday, April 11
Seneca Ray Stoddard Exhibit - Animal Studies Stoddard is best known for his landscape views of the Adirondack region. However, he also photographed other subjects that caught his creative fancy. This lighhearted sampling of the museum's 3000 Stoddard photographs features animals -- kittens, dogs, cows and even a frog.

Now through Sunday, April 4
A Personal Past Objects and archival materials do not necessarily have to be associated with a famous person, place or event to have value and be of interest. “A Personal Past” focuses on artifacts and manuscripts from the Chapman Museum’s collection and the more personal stories those items tell. When put into perspective, sometimes ordinary activities and familiar faces can touch and inspire just as well as the unusual and extraordinary. From the immigrant seamstress and local boys gone off to war, to three generations of women and a larger-than-life entrepreneur, their tales have helped to shape our history.

World Awareness Children's Museum

Tuesday, June 1 – Saturday, July 31
Exhibit of International Youth Art: International Folktales and Legends Made possible by a grant from the NY Council for the Humanities
Aimie’s Dinner & Movie Gallery Free www.worldchildrensmuseum.org

Friday, June 4, 2010, noon – 1:30 pm
3rd Annual Celebrity Luncheon Fundraiser -- Queensbury Hotel Area celebrities serve lunch and create outrageous and original fun for friends and colleagues, earning tips to benefit the annual operating fund of the Museum.
Queensbury Hotel $25 per person. – reservations required

Sunday, October 24, 2010, 5 – 8 pm
20th Annual International Cuisine Dinner and Auction Fort William Henry Resort Conference Center. Entrees, Desserts and Appetizers from 30 of the area’s finest restaurants. $60 per person – reservations required

Glens Falls Civic Center

Friday, April 16, 7:00pm
Saturday, April 17, 11:00am
Saturday, April 17, 3:00pm
Saturday, April 17, 7:00pm
Sunday, April 18, 1:00pm
Sunday, April 18, 5:00pm
Disney On Ice Presents: PRINCESS CLASSICS Disney On Ice presents Princess Classics is an amazing journey to the magical lands of Disney’s classic fairy tales. Travel to a kingdom under the sea, an enchanted French castle, an Arabian palace and more! With special guest Tinker Bell, enter the worlds of your favorite Disney princesses – Cinderella, Jasmine, Ariel, Sleeping Beauty, Belle, Mulan and Snow White – and see their dreams come true as this royal skating extravaganza brings magic to your hometown!

Friday, May 14, 7:30pm
Saturday, May 15, 7:30pm
AMP Tours Presents: "THUNDER SLAM" Monster Trucks

Wednesday, May 19, 7:00 pm
Alice in Chains Alice in Chains rose to international fame as part of the grunge movement of the early 1990s. Although they have been labeled grunge, alternative rock, and hard rock, guitarist Jerry Cantrell identifies the band as primarily heavy metal. He told Guitar World in 1996; "We're a lot of different things... I don't quite know what the mixture is, but there's definitely metal, blues, rock and roll, maybe a touch of punk. The metal part will never leave, and I never want it to".
Alice in Chains has sold more than 14 million albums in the United States, released two number-one albums and 21 top 40 singles, and has received seven Grammy nominations. The band was ranked number 34 on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock.
Individual tickets will go on sale on Saturday, February 20 at 10 a.m. at www.ticketmaster.com, all Ticketmaster outlets and charge by phone at 1-800-745-3000. Tickets will also be available at the Civic Center Box Office.

Friday, July 9, 7:30 pm
World TeamTennis featuring Serena Williams and Martina Hingis Two of the world’s top professional tennis players – Serena Williams and Martina Hingis – will compete against each other in World TeamTennis action as Hingis’ New York Buzz host Williams’ Washington Kastles. Williams is the No. 1 ranked player in the world. She captured her fifth Australian Open singles championship earlier this year, the first player in the Open era to win that many Australian Open titles. She holds at least one singles championship from each Grand Slam event, and has 36 career singles titles. Hingis has won five Grand Slam singles championships, including three in 1997 (Australian, Wimbledon and US Open). She was the youngest Grand Slam winner in the 20th century and the youngest No. 1 ranked player in history. She won the 1997 Advanta Championships, capturing this title on center court at the Villanova Pavilion.

Wednesday, August 11, 7:00 pm
“AMERICAN CARNAGE” TOUR: SLAYER & MEGADETH With Special Guests TESTAMENT Slayer. Megadeth. The two names synonymous with fierce, crunching power. Two bands whose histories are inevitably intertwined in defining the thrash/metal genre. Individually, their respective prowess and accomplishments are impressive; but together, they're brutal and unstoppable. Megadeth and Slayer will join forces to co-headline "American Carnage," the most blistering, the most explosive, and the most eagerly anticipated mega-tour making its way to Glens Falls on August 11. In addition, Testament - who was also on the "Clash of the Titans" bill in 1991, will be Special Guests on the entire tour, marking the first time that all three bands have shared a stage together in more than 18 years, making this a "must see" metal event.

Lake George Dinner Theatre

June 30 - October 14, see website for times
Our Son's Wedding Sparks fly as an Italian-American plumber and his strong-willed wife check into Boston's Ritz-Carlton Hotel on the occasion of their son's nuptials--to another man! In the hilarious antics preparing to attend the wedding, Mom & Dad discover as much about their own marriage as they do about the relationship with their son, while coming to terms with a love that transcends tradition. OUR SON’S WEDDING is a timely, 'laugh-out-loud', poignant new play. (For Mature Audiences)

Downtown Events

Saturday, April 10, 4:00pm - 8:00pm
Glens Falls Brewfest at the Queensbury Hotel An Adirondack Theater Festival fundraiser. Tickets are $30 in advance and include not only the beer, but a souvenir tasting glass. Tickets are available at both Davidson Brothers and Cooper's Cave in Glens Falls. Buy your tickets now and save $5 over buying them at the door.

Memorial Day - Labor Day
Have a Seat in Glens Falls A downtown outdoor art project. Made by regional fine artists, each Adirondack chair is a unique design reflecting why Glens Falls is such a special place. Stroll through our charming historic downtown as you enjoy the art, boutiques, restaurants, and attractions. At the end of the season these chairs will go up for auction at a charitable event with proceeds going to the City Park Restoration Project, Crandall Public Library, Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council, and our wonderful artists.

The Shirt Factory

Saturday, May 1, 10 am - 5 pm
Sunday, May 2, 10 am - 5 pm
Open House at the Shirt Factory

Saturday, June 12, 10 am - 5 pm
Sunday, June 13, 10 am - 5 pm
Open House at the Shirt Factory

Saturday, November 27, 10 am - 5 pm
Sunday, November 28, 10 am - 5 pm
Open House at the Shirt Factory