Things to Do in Glens Falls, July 2010

Crandall Public Library

Film Program
Schedule to be announced.

Charles R. Wood Events

Friday, July 23, 8:00 pm
Saturday, July 24, 8:00 pm
Wednesday, July 28, 2:00 pm
Wednesday, July 28, 8:00 pm
Thursday, July 29, 8:00 pm
Friday, July 30, 8:00 pm
Saturday, July 31, 8:00 pm
Murder for Two: a Killer Musical Learn how one plus one equals 13 in this hilarious two-man murder mystery musical. Created by Joe Kinosian (music and book) and Kellen Blair (lyrics and book), the fast-paced comedy features two actors – one playing a detective and the other portraying 12 suspects in the murder of a well-known novelist – and one piano. Along the way, you’ll meet a distraught but ditzy widow, a comely ballerina, the town psychiatrist, a grad student aspiring to become a detective, a 12-member boys’ choir that’s nine members short, a squabbling middle-aged couple, and more. And what about the missing ice cream?

Sunday, July 25, 8:00 pm
Monday, July 26, 8:00 pm
Loving Leo By Sara Cooper & Zachary Redler. It’s common wisdom that the addition of a third person into a household can complicate the formerly serene life of a married couple. But what if that addition is not a child but the 73-year-old stepfather of the wife? A one-bedroom apartment in the Bronx is the setting for this humorous and poignant examination of the way we adapt to major changes in our lives. Loving Leo is another in ATF’s ongoing Play in Progress series, part of our commitment to the presentation of new works. It’s your chance to be a part of the creative process that produces the hit shows of tomorrow. Following the reading, get a glimpse of the art of playwriting as you discuss the show with the writers.

Wednesday, July 28 through Saturday, July 31, 9:45 pm
A Late Evening with Gilles Chiasson ATF founder and Broadway veteran returns for four nights of music & song. Playwright. Composer. Lyricist. Arranger. Producer. Singer. Musician. Television and film performer. Member of the Original Broadway Casts of blockbusters such as Baz Luhrmann’s La Boheme, The Civil War, The Scarlet Pimpernel and RENT. And frequent performer in national touring companies and regional theater productions. If there’s something Gilles doesn’t do, we don’t know what it is. Join us for four special nights of cabaret presented by ATF founder and board member Gilles Chiasson.

Friday, August 6, 8:00 pm
Saturday, August 7, 8:00 pm
Sunday, August 8, 2:00 pm
Thursday, August 12, 8:00 pm
Friday, August 13, 8:00 pm
Saturday, August 14, 8:00 pm
Sunday, August 15, 2:00 pm
The 39 Steps This comic thriller is a theatrical riff on the 1935 Alfred Hitchcock film. "The 39 Steps" premiered in London in 2006 and won two Tony Awards for its Broadway run in 2008. It features four actors performing 150 different roles. The stage script was adapted by Patrick Barlow from the Hitchcock movie of the same name – which in turn was based on a spy-thriller by novelist John Buchan. The plot follows Richard Hannay as he sets out for a night of music hall entertainment only to be ensnared in a dangerous attempt to smuggle top-secret information out of the country.
Two actors play the leads – Patrick Toon as the dashing Hannay, and Margaret Loesser Robinson as the ingénue, Pamela. Two other veteran actors – Wynn Harmon and Michael DiLiberto – play the other 148 roles. “The 39 Steps” is a live action comedy perfect for the whole family.

Sunday, August 8, 8:00 pm
Monday, August 9, 8:00 pm
Jonathan Reid Gealt Jonathan Reid Gealt, a native of Queensbury is on the road to break-through success in New York City. A graduate of the Boston Conservatory of Music, Reid Gealt has a formal education in dance and composition. Jonathan is a performer as well as a composer. Performing credits include [NEW YORK]: Unsung 2007 (BCEFA Benefit), The Secret Garden (World AIDS Day Concert), Rags (World AIDS Day Concert) and Miracle on 13th St. [NAT'L TOUR]: Junie B. Jones [REGIONAL]: Les Miserables (Atlanta Theater of the Stars, Kansas City Starlight, The Wolf Trap), Mame, Annie Get Your Gun, The Sound of Music (Saint Louis MUNY), Thrill Me (Stoneham Theatre), Cats, Jesus Christ Superstar (Barn Theatre). [FILM/TV]: Kidnapped (NBC), Across the Universe. Jonathan has appeared as a soloist with the Boston Pops under the baton of Keith Lockhart and is a graduate of The Boston Conservatory. For more information; http://www.jonathan-reid-gealt.com
On August 8 and 9 Mr. Reid Gealt along with his stable of bright young Broadway and Off-Broadway performers will perform at the Wood Theater. Accompanist for the evening will be local composer, educator and accompanist, Catherine Reid (also Jonathan’s Aunt)

Thursday, November 18, 8pm
John Waite in Concert Adirondack Broadcasting proudly announces a solo acoustic performance by John Waite featuring hits Change, When I See You Smile, Missing You and many more. Tickets for the first performance in the Adirondack Broadcasting Acoustic Music Series for Richard Marx sold out in nine days! Tickets can be purchased on line at www.woodtheater.org or by visiting the box office at 207 Glen Street in Glens Falls, NY.

Red Fox Bookstore

Every Saturday, 11 am
StoryTime for Busy Families

Thursday, Aug 5, 7 pm
Danielle Milano, Skinny is Overrated Join us for a talk and booksigning with Danielle Milano, MD, author of Skinny is Overrated: The Real Woman's Guide to Health and Happiness at Any Size.

Saturday, Aug 14, 2 pm
Douglas Gladstone, A Bitter Cup of Coffee Booksigning with Douglas Gladstone, author of A Bitter Cup of Coffee: How MLB and The Players Association Threw 874 Retirees a Curve.

Monday, Aug 23, 10 pm
Midnight Party for Mockingjay Join us for a midnight release party for the third book in the fabulous Hunger Games trilogy, Mockingjay. Details will be announced as we get closer to the event. Preorder and take 20% off. Our price: $14.39. Discount will apply when you pick up the book.

Thursday, Aug 26, 7 pm
Steve Stern, The Frozen Rabbi Steve Stern will read and sign copies of his new comic novel, The Frozen Rabbi. Sponsored by The Lake George Arts Project.

Saturday, Aug 28, 2 pm
Elizabeth Cockey, Drawn to the Land Elizabeth Cockey will sign copies of her new illustrated book, Drawn to the Land: The Romance of Farming.

Thursday, Sept 16, 5 pm
Amy Guglielmo, Touch the Art Series/Third Thurs Art Walk Meet the authors of the popular Touch the Art series. And join in a touch-the-art project coordinated by The Hyde Collection. At Red Fox Books, in conjunction with the Third Thursday Art Walk. For more information on the series, please visit www.touchtheart.com

Saturday, Sept 25, 2 pm
David Pitkin, Ghosts of New England Booksigning with author David Pitkin. His newest book is Ghosts of New England.

Fri, Oct 15, 7 pm
Jon Katz, Rose in a Storm Jon Katz will discuss his new novel, Rose in a Storm. Event will take place in the Community Room of Crandall Public Library. Preorder Rose in a Storm and take 20% off list price.

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.

Matt's latest scribblings for the Times Union.

Hyde Collection

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, September 5
Special Places: An Exhibit Featuring YOUR History For all of us there are special places that evoke strong memories of experiences from the past. Everyone has favorite stores where they shopped, restaurants where they socialized with friends, or secluded spots where they found quiet. A home, or a camp on the lake, has associations with family gatherings. Beaches, backyards and ball fields prompt memories of summer fun.
Special Places will be shaped by what members of the community choose to share with each other. People are invited to get out their personal photo collections and to see which photos evoke memories, and to bring favorite photos into the museum. There they will be reproduced and displayed so those memories can be shared with others. Items are welcome as well. Throughout the run of the exhibit people are encouraged to return to discover what memories others have contributed.
One doesn't have to contribute a photo to participate. To start the flow of memories the exhibit is seeded with more than 50 photos of places from the area's past. Included are images of street scenes, schools, churches, major factories and well-known stores. A large Memory Map allows people to share their memories of special places in the greater Glens Falls region, from northern Saratoga County to Lake George. For families there also will be activity in which kids can make maps of their own neighborhoods.
During the spring and summer the museum will host a series of evening Community Sharing Sessions open to the general public. Participants will have conversations about such topics as great restaurants, shopping in Glens Falls, fun in Crandall Park and favorite spots in the area. More serious discussions will address urban renewal, suburban sprawl and what's important to keep. The discussion topics also will be posted on the Chapman's Facebook so that people who cannot attend may participate.

Ongoing
S.R. 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.

Lower Adirondack Arts Council

Now through Friday, July 30
American Discourse Show at Lapham Gallery. Normal gallery hours are Tuesday – Saturday, 10 am – 3 pm. The exhibit features the works of five artists: Pam Barker, Pat Dowling Bull, Paul Chapman, Emily Thomson, and Anna Dibble. The artists’ work reflects various interpretations of life, ‘as they see it’. The range of Barker’s expressive sculpture, Dowling Bull’s visual ethnography, Chapman’s technical and personal realism, Thomson’s autobiographical studies and Dibble’s glance at human angst, together speak in a dialogue that leaves an imprint on the viewer.
Lapham Gallery is located on City Park in Downtown Glens Falls. For more information on the exhibit, or for directions to Lapham Gallery, call 798-1144, x-2 or visit the website at www.larac.org. This exhibition is made possible in part with public funds from the NY State Council on the Arts, a state agency.
World Awareness Children's Museum

Now through 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

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

Sunday, August 1, 7:00 pm
Honda Civic Tour featuring Paramore, Tegan & Sara, New Found Glory, and Kadawatha
The legacy of the Honda Civic Tour burns bright, and Paramore is the latest band representing the roots of the music that started it all. Since the tour's inception in 2001, powerful acts like blink-182, Incubus, New Found Glory, Good Charlotte, Black Eyed Peas and Fallout Boy have rocked audiences across the U.S. Some of the greatest bands of the last decade have passed the torch year to year, and history is still in the making.

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.

Saturday, August 21, 7:00 PM
Jo Dee Messina and John Michael Montgomery with Jack Ingram and Bucky Covington Global Spectrum will add to their summer concert series with the Racin’ and Rockin’ Country Music Concert Series presented by infieldparking.com at the Glens Falls Civic Center on Saturday, August 21, at 7 p.m.

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, August 7, 2010
Art Show at Bliss Yoga & Massage Studio Oil, acrylic, and water color paintings. Unless a piece is already spoken for, most of it will be for sale. Also taking orders for prints and custom work. Light refreshments will be available. Bring a friend or two! :o)

Thursday, August 19, 5:00pm - 8:00 pm
Third Thursday Art Walk Come experience the wealth of talent our area offers - visual artists, writers, musicians and filmmakers. Enjoy lectures, artist demonstrations and theatrical performances, as well as our annual Chalk Fest in August. The Third Thursday Glens Falls Art Walk is a great way to get out and about in Downtown, check out some artwork and meet the artists who create it! Maps of exhibiting venues are available at The Lapham Gallery at LARAC, Scoville Jewelers, 6 Pine Street Gallery and UnCorked

Thursday, August 19, 8:00pm - 10:00 pm
Art in the Public Eye: THE WIZARD OF OZ OUTDOOR CINEMA is a FREE monthly event that takes place in the park at the corner of Bay & Glen Streets at 8PM, directly following the Third Thursday Glens Falls Art Walk receptions. Donations welcome!

Thursday, September 16, 5:00pm - 10:00 pm
Art in the Public Eye

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