Things to Do in Glens Falls, September 2010

The Shirt Factory

Saturday, October 2 through Saturday, October 23
Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region Exhibition At the Tom Myott Gallery. This is an annex to the Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region Juried Exhibition at the Hyde Collection.

Now through November 12
It Figures at Buttondown Gallery in The Shirt Factory. Featured are paintings, drawings, and sculptures by Shirt Factory artists and local area artists. The show runs through November 12. Regular hours for the gallery are Thursday- Saturday 11-5.

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

Crandall Public Library

Tuesday, Oct. 5, 6:30 p.m.
Women Without Men (Germany, Austria, France, 2009, 99 min., color, 35mm)Farsi with English Subtitles
Shirin Neshat, photographer and visual artist was born in Iran, left in 1979 and was banned from visiting after 1996 because of the political nature of her work about Iran. Based on Shahrnush Parsipur’s magic realist novel, she adapted her
own video installation transforming it into a feature about the coup in Iran in 1953. Following the stories of four women from different backgrounds, she explores the results of the British/US led coup which reinstated the Shah. “With a camera that floats effortlessly through the lives of these women and the beautiful countryside of Iran, Neshat explores the social, political and psychological dimensions of her characters as they meet in a metaphorical garden…”–
WomenWithout Men, OfficialWeb Site. “This visually transfixing film…has the feeling of an exhibition of Ms. Neshat’s work whose figures have stirred to life to play
out a tragic feminist allegory.” – Stephen Holden, NY Times, 05/14/10

Tuesday, Oct. 12, 6:30 p.m.
The Kids Are Alright (USA, 2009, 104 min., color, 35mm) Lisa Cholodenko co-wrote, with Stuart Blumberg and directed this funny and
engaging look at the relationship of two women and the family they have created
together. The ensemble cast includes Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, and
Mark Ruffalo. Set in California, Bening plays a physician and Moore a dilettante
landscape gardener. One day, without sharing with their parents, the kids
decide to try to find their biological father. When he actually appears on the
scene, the family starts to re-define itself. “What makes this story so effective is
not that it strives to be relevant in its depiction of a gay couple raising children
but that it captures real-life rhythms and sincere concerns…experienced by
families of all kinds” – Claudia Puig, USA Today, 7/10/10

Tuesday, Oct. 19, 6:30 p.m.
Ghost Writer (France, Germany, UK, 2010, 128 min.,
color, 35mm) Roman Polanski pulls together an all-star cast in a political thriller about a British ghost writer who takes on the task of finishing the memoirs of a former Prime Minister. What looks like an intriguing project takes on a new dimension when the current ghost finds out what’s happened to the previous one. Based on the best-selling novel by Robert Harris, it’s been compared with Hitchcock’s best work. With Ewan McGregor as the “ghost,” Pierce Brosnan as the Prime Minister, Kim Cattrall, Tom Wilkinson, Timothy Hutton and Eli Wallach.
“…handsome, smooth and persuasive…provides a reminder of directors of the past who were raised on crafts, not gimmicks, and depended on a deliberate rhythm of editing rather than mindless quick cutting.” – Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times, 4/21/10

Tuesday, Oct. 26, 6:30 p.m.
Please Give (USA, 2010, 92 min., color, 35mm) Nicole Holofcener CYRUS (Lovely and Amazing), wrote and directed Catherine Keener, Oliver Platt and Ann Guilbert in a New York (City) story about a couple and their daughter who are somewhat patiently/impatiently waiting for their next door neighbor, who’s in her 90s to die so they can take over her apartment. The couple are antique dealers specializing in 1950s kitsch. How their objective plays out in the film runs the gamut from cringe to ironic humor and everyone’s in on the waiting game. “Few American filmmakers create female characters as realistically funny, attractively
imperfect and flat-out annoying…They may remind you of your friends your sisters
or even yourself, which makes them attractive and sometimes off-putting, an
unusual, complicated mix.” – Manohla Dargis, NY Times, 04/30/10

Tuesday, Nov. 2, 6:30 p.m.
Cyrus (USA, 2010, 92 min., color, 35mm) Jay and Mark Duplass’ screwball comedy starring Marisa Tomei, John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill and Catherine Keener has heart, hope and a very funny sensibility. Recently divorced, John meets Molly, who’s been single a long time, at a party where they both hit it off immediately. And then, Molly’s son Cyrus enters the scene. He and his mom have a “special” relationship that creates tension for the new couple not to mention hilarious situations as John and Cyrus get to know each other. “Now here is a film that uses very good actors and gives them a lot of improvisational freedom to talk their way into, around and out of social discomfort.” – Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times, 6/23/10

Tuesday, Nov. 9, 6:30 p.m.
Mademoiselle Chambon (France, 2010, 101 min., color, 35mm) Stéphane Brizé, director, adapted the story from the Eric Holder novel about a possible love triangle. Jean, a contractor is married to Anne Marie, a book factory worker. They have a son whose teacher,Véronique is from Paris and represents all that the couple are not. After a brief flirtation, it’s not clear if Jean and Véronique have become intimate. The strength of the film comes in the questions
and the longing that is palpable and universal. “This small, nearly perfect film is a reminder that personal upheavals are as consequential in people’s lives as shattering world events.” – Stephen Holden, NY Times, 5/28/10

Tuesday, Nov. 16, 6:30 p.m.
The Father of My Children (France, 2009, 110 min., color, 35mm) Mia Hanson-Love’s second feature won the Special Jury Prize in Un Certain Regard section at Cannes, 2010. The father, Grégoire is a film director and head of a
film company that deals with cutting edge film productions. He’s also the head of a
household with his Italian wife Sylvia and they have three daughters, one a teenager. It’s a loving intact family. While things appear successful in Grégoire’s company, all is not what it seems as things start to unravel and the family is tested to its limits. “…what French writer-director Mia Hansen-Love has created is an extraordinary empathetic humanistic drama, a film of love, joy, sadness and hope that understands how complex our emotions are and does beautiful justice to them.” –
Kenneth Turan, LA Times, 05/21/10

Tuesday, Nov. 23, 6:30 p.m.
Coco Before Chanel (France, 2009, 105 min., color, 35mm) French with English Subtitles. Anne Fontaine wrote and directed this adaptation from the book by Edmonde Charles-Roux about Coco Chanel’s childhood growing up in poverty in rural France. Audrey Tatou (Amélie) plays Gabrielle Coco Chanel whose mother
died when she was 12 and whose father then disappeared. She had two sisters and two
brothers. She and her sisters ended up in an orphanage. She later became a singer and escaped poverty by becoming a mistress. Her success in business as a designer came naturally as she changed the course of women’s fashion in the 20th century. Winner of the French César for Best Costume design it was nominated for an Oscar® for the same. “The blossoming of her ambition, as much as her love life, drives the story forward, and turns Coco Before Chanel into a costume drama worthy of the name.” – A.O. Scott, NY Times, 9/25/09

Tuesday, Nov. 30, 6:30 p.m.
Get Low (USA, 2009, 102 min., color, 35mm) Aaron Schneider based his story on a real life situation about Felix “Bush” Breazeale, a self styled hermit, curmudgeon and backwoodsman who decided in 1938 to plan his own funeral party in Roane County, Tennessee. Cut off from society, the planning of his funeral brings him back to town where people are wary of him because of the reputation he’s built for himself. He seems to be pushing himself to connect with the world and some of the people he’s turned from as he makes plans to leave. Robert Duvall plays
Felix Bush, Bill Murray the willing undertaker and Sissy Spacek, an old friend.
“Mr. Duvall…has specialized in small, indelible character parts…proves that Mr. Duvall is still able to carry a movie easily and gracefully.” – A.O. Scott, NY Times, 07/29/10

Tuesday, Dec. 7, 6:30 p.m.
Winter's Bone (USA, 2010, 100 min., color, 35mm) Debra Granick won the Sundance Grand Jury Prize 2010 for a drama about a dysfunctional family living in the Ozarks, based on the novel by Daniel Woodrell. Seventeen year old teenager, Ree, played by Jennifer Lawrence, whose mom is incapable of being the mother of her
family, tries to save their home and tend to the daily needs of her brother and sister. She first has to find her drug-dealing father who used the family home for his bail. And, he’s jumped bail. Despite their poverty, the characters reveal pride, self-reliance and family loyalty in present-day rural America. “A story like this could be mired in despair, but Ree’s hope and courage lock us in.” – Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times, 6/16/10

Tuesday, February 1, 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, February 8, 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, February 15, 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, February 22, 6:30 p.m.
African-American Film Forum Co-sponsored by the
Glens Falls Chapter of the NAACP.

Charles R. Wood Events

Wednesday, September 29, 7p
Ed Asner As FDR The Theatre Guild is proud to present Ed Asner -- recipient of seven Emmy Awards (Mary Tyler Moore Show & Lou Grant), five Golden Globe Awards and member of the TV Academy Hall of Fame -- as one of our nation's most prolific Presidents, Franklin D. Roosevelt. Based on Dore Schary's Broadway hit Sunrise as Campobello, Ed Asner as FDR explores the life of our 32nd president as well as the events and decisions that shaped our nation. Follows FDR as he reflects on his years in office, from inauguration to the trials of World War II.

Saturday, October 2, 7:30p
Imaginary Invalid Moliere’s classic satire on the world of medicine, The Imaginary Invalid, produced by Pendragon Theatre, runs for one night only on tour at the Wood Theater on Saturday October 2, 2010 at 7:30 pm. Written in 1673, Pendragon’s version is Constance Congdon’s recent zany adaptation filled with romantic triangles, double entendres and mistaken identities.
Pulitzer Prize winner Tony Kushner has called Constance Congdon “one of the best playwrights this language has produced.” She currently teaches playwriting at Amherst College. Director Burdette Parks: “One reason for the play's continued success three hundred plus years after it was penned is the very timelessness of the material. Even with the considerable advances of medical practice, especially over the past century, many of the basic themes and scenes in the play remain painfully familiar to modern audiences. The play was written by an actor/playwright as a vehicle for himself in a clearly theatrical piece with its primary goals being satire, comedy and entertainment.”
The cast includes: Kim Andresen, Jason Amrhein, Harrison Ewing, Jordan Hornstein, Chris McGovern, Donna Moschek, Brandon Patterson, Clare Paulson, Fran Yardley. Tickets are $23.00 Adults; $21 Seniors and $11 Students.

Saturday, October 9, 8pm
Lorreta LaRoche Humorist, Acclaimed Stress Expert and Emmy nominated PBS star, Loretta LaRoche has been enlightening and entertaining millions with her unique vision of the absurdities of our evolved lifestyle. Her hilarious one-woman comedy shows have played in many theatres throughout the country. She shows that for most of us life has become such a pressure cooker of unrealistic expectations, information overload, relentless marketing and workaholism that we spend our days stressed out over being stressed out. With her contemporary wit and a hearty dose of old-world wisdom, Loretta brings a breath of fresh air for everyone who’s suffocating in our techno crazed, germ-phobic, “go-go-go” world.

Saturday, October 16, 6p
Your Help Carries Wait: Wait House Gala Fundraiser

Friday, October 22, 8p
Pops Concert with the Lake George Community Band

Saturday, October 23, 3p and 7:30 pm
The Return of The Rat Pack with WCKM Radio

Friday, October 29, 8:30p and Midnight
THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW Fasten your garter belt, come up to the lab and see whats on the slab. THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW is time-warping into Glens Falls, NY at the CR Wood Theatre, Friday, October 29 for 2 madcap performances at 8:30pm and midnight. Inn One Theatrics (regional credits include: CATS, PIPPIN, AIDA most recently HAIR) presents this hilarious, sinfully twisted salute to sci-fi, horror, gender bending rock musical for the first time at The CR Wood Theatre featuring a live orchestra and tomorrows stars of the Broadway stage.
Brad and Janet take refuge in the castle of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a transvestite mad-scientist from outer space who is about to unveil his latest creation - and have a little fun with his reluctant guests. You know the music - now come and have some zany fun!
With its risqué costumes and themes, this show is not recommended for children.
Tickets are available for this one night only engagement at The Wood Theatre Box Office for only $25.50 beginning September 23, 2010.

Thursday, November 4, 8p
Imagined: The John Lennon Song Project Birthday Celebration with Rex Fowler and Tom Dean. Fans of the late John Lennon will undoubtedly commemorate what would have been his 70th birthday on October 9, 2010 in a variety of ways. But one of the most unique tributes will come from fellow musicians, namely the folk/rock artists Rex Fowler of Aztec Two-Step and Tom Dean of Devonsquare. Together, they have produced “Imagined: The John Lennon Song Project,” a thoughtfully re-imagined tribute that celebrates the genius and artistry of Lennon.

Sunday, November 7, 8p
The Applause Factory presents Pianist George Winston

Friday, November 12, 8p
Saturday, November 13, 8p
“It Goes Without Saying” Presented by Adirondack Theatre Festival and Lynx Ensemble. Written and performed by Bill Bowers, directed by Martha Banta
The show that started at ATF in 2003 and has since toured the county comes home. Compared to the work of David Sedaris, It Goes Without Saying is a uniquely crafted autobiographical tour-de-force in which Bill shares funny, heartbreaking, and unbelievable true stories from his career as an actor and mime and his life-long exploration of the role silence plays in all our lives. It Goes Without Saying takes you on a scenic tour of Bill’s life thus far; from his childhood in the wilds of Montana, to outrageous jobs as a performer across the country, to the whirlwind of Broadway and studying with the legendary Marcel Marceau.
Bill created It Goes Without Saying at ATF in 2003 working with Founding Artistic Director Martha Banta and feedback from ATF’s audience. Since then, Bill has performed his show to enthusiastic audiences Off-Broadway in NYC and throughout the United States. Over the course of its 16 year history, many of ATF’s premieres have gone on to receive productions across the country, but this is the first time one of them has returned home.

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.

Friday November 19
Saturday, November 20
Warren Miller’s “Dynasty” Ski Film Presented by West Mountain Educational Association.

Red Fox Bookstore

Every Saturday, 11 am
StoryTime for Busy Families

Tuesday, September 28, 6 pm
Annual Banned Book Read-In at Rock Hill Bakehouse Cafe Bring your favorite banned book to read aloud or choose from our selection. Part of National Banned Books Week.

Friday, October 8, 7 pm
David Klein Author of the new novel, Stash.

Friday, October 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.

Monday, October 25
Laurie Halse Anderson Author of the new YA novel, Forge.

Saturday, November 13
Spelling Bee with Crandall Library and The Chronicle! Stay tuned for more information.

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.

Tuesday, September 28, 6 pm
Annual Banned Book Read-In at Rock Hill Bakehouse Cafe Bring your favorite banned book to read aloud or choose from our selection. Part of National Banned Books Week.

Matt's latest scribblings for the Times Union.

Hyde Collection

Saturday, October 2, 6-8 pm
Opening Reception and Awards Ceremony For Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region Juried Exhibition. Non-members are welcome at an admission cost of $15 per person.

Sunday, October 3 through January 2, 2011
Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region Juried Exhibition Founded in 1936, the exhibition is one of the longest running annual juried exhibitions in the country and highlights the finest works of contemporary artists working along the Mohawk-Hudson corridor. This is the first year that The Hyde Collection will host the exhibition, which rotates among three venues. The other two hosts are The Albany Institute of History and Art and the University Art Museum at the University at Albany. The exhibition opens to the public on Sunday, October 3 from noon to 5 pm with non-member admission throughout the duration of the exhibition to be by donation suggested at $5. Juror for the 2010 Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region exhibition is Charles Desmarais, Deputy Director for Art at the Brooklyn Museum. Desmarais leads a staff of eighteen curators and manages the collection, conservation, education, exhibition, and library departments at the museum. He previously served as director of the Contemporary Art Center in Cincinnati and was director of the Laguna Art Museum and the California Museum of Photography at the University of California. Approximately 340 artists who work within a 100-mile radius of Albany and Glens Falls submitted images of their pieces. After first-round judging, eighty-six artists were selected to bring their works to the Museum for final selection.

Chapman Museum

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

Friday, October 1, 5pm - 7pm
"Black & White" Exhibit Opening Reception Join us at the Opening Reception of Black & White, a juried exhibition, on Friday, October 1st from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. Artists have been challenged to create works of art that represent only the color properties of black and white, including grayscale. The results after jurying are interesting, thought-provoking and imaginative. First, Second and Third place awards, as well as Honorable Mentions, will be presented during the reception. While you experience their artwork, enjoy a wine tasting, light refreshments and live music by the popular Milayne Jackson Group. Continue the theme of the exhibit by wearing your own personal interpretation of Black & White, or choose to add a splash of color to a lively and fun reception!

Uncorked Glens Falls

Glens Falls Civic Center

Wednesday, December 8,
NCAA Basketball: Brigham Young University vs. University of Vermont Glens Falls native Jimmer Fredette leads the Brigham Young Cougars agaisnt the Catamounts of the University of Vermont.

Lake George Dinner Theatre

June 30 through October 14, see website for specific 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) Show is at Lake George Holiday Inn.

Special Events

Friday, October 1, 7:30pm
Killadelphia ONE NIGHT ONLY and FREE. Presented by the SUNY Adirondack Theatre Program and Adirondack Theatre Festival. Lauded as an “epic… must see theater” by NY Theatre.com, Killadelphia, the award winning solo piece based on Sean Lewis’ time working with inmates at Graterford Prison explores violence, penance and second chances in a no holds barred look at the Urban American Dream. The performance will in the College Theatre on the SUNY Adirondack Campus, 640 Bay Road in Queensbury (located at the end of the north entrance parking lot). Admission is free. For more information contact the SUNY Adirondack Theatre Box office at 518.732.2200, ext 2475.
In the Summer of 2008 Philadelphia found itself in the midst of a murder epidemic. Mural Arts Project and Interact Theatre of Philadelphia commissioned Sean Christopher Lewis to dramatize the situation by using hip hop and documentary theatre techniques to weave together the story of murdered teaching fellow Beau Zabel. Killadelphia was created through interviews of inmates at Graterford Prison – men employed to paint murals throughout Philadelphia while serving life sentences for murder. Their stories are bolstered by the lyrics, speeches and thoughts of local rap artists, city officials, emergency room technicians, everyday citizens and even Conservative radio personalities. Together these voices present a living snapshot of an urban center in a state of emergency.
Touring to colleges, theatres and prisons for the past two years, Killadephia has garnered critical and public praise including the 2010 National New Play Network Smith Prize for Drama, the Central Ohio Theatre Circle citation for Best Touring Production and a coveted Barrymore Nomination for Best Collaboration from the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia.
Lewis first performed in our area as a part of Adirondack Theatre Festival’s 2009 summer season. Lewis’ four night run of his other solo show, I Will Make You Orphans, was hailed as the artistic achievement of the summer.
This performance of Killadelphia is a joint offering by the SUNY Adirondack Theatre Program and Adirondack Theatre Festival. It is funded in part by the ACC Foundation and the Rivendell Foundation.

Tuesday, October 19, 7p
Notre Dame Glee Club at Glens Falls High School Auditorium The Notre Dame Glee Club will be performing in Glens Falls as part of their 2010 Fall Tour. The ND Glee Club tours each Fall and Spring all over the United States, but only performs in the Northeast US once every 2-3 years, and may never again perform this close. Don't miss this wonderful opportunity to see one of the Nation's premier all-male collegiate choral groups on Tuesday, October 19, 2010 at 7:00 PM at the newly renovated Glens Falls High School Auditorium. Tickets are $15 and available online at www.woodtickets.com.

Saturday, November 6, 2010, 6:30 pm
GFCT: The 75th Anniversary Diamond Jubilee Concert To be held at the Glens Falls High School Auditorium.

Sunday, November 7, 11a - 4p
15th annual Autumn Leaves: Glens Falls Chronicle Book Fair At the Queensbury Hotel in Glens Falls. Typically, more than 120 presenters - authors, book sellers, publishers and non-profit groups - participate, with children's books, local and regional history, travel guides, outdoors books, cookbooks, photography, novels, mysteries and detective stories, poetry, humor and much more. Children's activities, book signings, panel talks, slide-illustrated lectures, multi-media programs and much more are scheduled all day. The event is organized by The Chronicle weekly newspaper in Glens Falls. Admission is free. Call Cathy DeDe for info at 792-1126 or email to arts@loneoak.com. There's still room for presenters to sign up, too!