Things to Do in Glens Falls in October

Crandall Public Library

Fall Film Series

Tuesday, Nov. 1, 6:30 p.m.
Cave of Forgotten Dreams (USA/France, 2010, 90 min., color, 35mm) Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man) was allowed unprecedented access to film within France’s Chauvet Cave, site of the world’s oldest known cave paintings. Discovered in the 1990s, the cave was sealed immediately to
prevent damage to the paintings, the oldest of which are some 32,000 years old. The cave remains almost exactly as it was when the paintings were new: its floors still bear the footprints of Paleolithic visitors. Herzog’s
team is limited to three other men who must take extreme precautions and work under tremendous constraints of lighting, equipment, time, and space to photograph flickering images of mammoths, horses, cave bears, and giant cats. The effect is magical. “Transcendent, provocative and deeply humbling, Cave of Forgotten Dreams is a wonderful film, in the most literal sense of that word. It inspires not just delight and awe, but profound gratitude.” – Ann Hornaday, The Washington Post, 5/6/2011

Tuesday, Nov. 8, 6:30 p.m.
Win Win (USA, 2010, 106 min., color, 35mm) Thomas McCarthy (The Station Agent and The Visitor) casts Paul Giamatti as a gloomy lawyer and off hours wrestling coach in an offbeat comedy/drama about a down and out man who thinks his luck might be about to change. Business is slow at Mike Flaherty’s NJ law firm. Plus the boiler in his office needs a major repair, a dead tree is menacing his house, and the high school wrestling team he coaches is on a losing streak. Things begin to look up, however, when he works up a scheme to become the legal guardian to an elderly client in order to collect a healthy monthly stipend from the man’s estate. He puts the client in a nursing home but it is not long before a relative—a runaway teenaged grandson—appears on the scene to change everything. “Mr. McCarthy—who is a first-rate character actor specializing in second-rate characters—has a deep and nuanced understanding of the rules of comedy, which is at once the most rigorous and the most elastic of narrative genres. He also possesses a sharp wit and a generous spirit, mocking his characters without meanness and lampooning their social circumstances without condescension.” – A.O. Scott, NY Times, 3/17/2011

Tuesday, Nov. 15, 6:30 p.m.
Meek's Cutoff (USA, 2010, 104 min., color, Kelly Reichardt (Old Joy, Wendy and Lucy) brings us the true story of a group of three pre-Civil War pioneer families as they move Westward. They begin to question their increasingly unreliable guide. As it becomes clear that Stephen Meek is as lost as they are, and that the entire party faces the grim prospect of starvation, they are surprised to stumble across a lone American Indian in the deserted territory. With the group often on the edge of survival in a hostile landscape, who they chose to rely on will determine their future. With Paul Dano, Shirley Henderson, and Zoe Kazan. “Meek’s Cutoff is as unsentimental and determined as Ms. Williams’s character, its absolutely believable heroine. It is also a bracingly original foray into territory that remains, in every sense, unsettled.” –
A.O. Scott, NY Times, 9/25/09

Tuesday, Nov. 22, 6:30 p.m.
In a Better World (Denmark, 2010, 119 min., color, 35mm) Suzanne Bier’s film won the 2011 Oscar® for Best Foreign Language Film. Two intersecting storylines, one in Africa and one in Denmark, examine the place violence holds in the lives of both the moral and immoral. Anton, a Swedish doctor who works in an unnamed African nation gripped by ethnic conflict, faces the dilemma of whether or not to provide treatment to an injured warlord. In Denmark, his son is taunted by bullies for being an outsider, but is protected by a new friend who thinks swiftly but acts
brutally. The poignant performances and powerful storylines create a film both beautiful and disturbing. “The performances are impeccable...” – A.O. Scott, NY Times, 3/31/2011

Tuesday, Nov. 29, 6:30 p.m.
The Tree of Life (USA, 2011, 138 min., color, 35mm)Terrence Malick (Days of Heaven) won the 2011 Palme d’Or at Cannes. Impressionistic and cinematically beautiful, it conveys the entire span of human existence. Sean Penn stars as the middle-aged Jack O’Brien. Much of the action takes place during his childhood in 1950s Texas, where his mother and father (Brad Pitt) are like light and dark personified. Tragedy befalls the family, but we find the adult Jack, alone in the modern world, still grappling with the same unresolved issues of his childhood. Malick has successfully created something we have never seen before. ”This movie stands stubbornly alone…it’s defiant peculiarity it shows a clear kinship
with other eccentric, permanent works of the American imagination…of homegrown romantics like Herman Melville, Walt Whitman, Hart Crane and James Agee.” – A.O. Scott, NY Times, 3/31/2011

February 7
February 14
February 21
February 28
African American Film Forum Tuesdays in February at 6:30 p.m. Co-sponsored by the Glens Falls Chapter of the NAACP. Films TBA.

Happenings


Charles R. Wood Events

November 4, 5, 6; 11,12,13: 8:00 pm and 2:00 on Sundays
Glens Falls Community Theatre Presents: “The Drowsy Chaperone”

Friday, November 18
Saturday, November 19
West Mountain Educational Foundation Presents: Annual Warren Miller Ski Movie

Saturday, November 26, 8:00 pm
Sunday, November 27, 2:00 pm
Tony DeSare in Concert

Thursday, December 1, 6:30 pm
World AIDS Day Celebration

Saturday, December 3
Adirondack Repertory Dance Theater Christmas Show

Saturday, December 10
Sunday, December 11
Adirondack Ballet present: The Nutcracker

Friday, December 16, 8:00 pm
Lake George Community Band Christmas Concert

Saturday, December 31
The Wood Theater Presents “From Broadway to Billboard” A Musical Review

Thursday, February 16, 8:00 pm
Chad and Jeremy British Invasion artists.

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.

Hyde Collection
The Hyde Collection is open Tuesdays through Fridays, 11 am to 4 pm and weekends from noon to 5 pm. Closed Mondays and national holidays. Suggested donation for non-member admission to the Museum complex is $8 for adults, free for children 13 years old and under. Tuesday afternoons – Tours for Tots – Guided tours and art-making sessions for children ages 3-6, accompanied by an adult. 3-4 pm. Free. Wednesday afternoons (during school weeks) – ARTfull Afternoons – Drop-in art program for children ages 6-12, accompanied by an adult. Free. 1:30-4:30 (participants must arrive no later than 3:45). Free. NOTE: ARTfull Afternoons will not be held on February 17, 2011.
The Hyde Collection announced the debut of its new website, aimed at broadening the Museum’s connection with cyber-visitors of all ages and interests. In addition to the new format, which features monthly event and activity highlights, as well as Hyde News on the homepage, www.hydecollection.org now presents excerpts from the Museum’s new orientation video, along with podcasts featuring personal views of works from The Hyde’s permanent collection.

Now through Saturday, December 4, 2011
Draw Me a Story: A Century of Children’s Book Illustrations A good children’s illustrated book still has the power to whisk young minds off to another time and place – even in today’s high-tech world of computer games. Draw Me a Story: A Century of Children’s Book Illustrations explores one-hundred years of bold adventures, classic fairy tales, amazing animals, and imaginative ABCs, all seen through the eyes of forty-one artists who have created works especially for children. Originating from the Cartoon Museum in San Francisco, California, Draw Me a Story presents forty original works of art and thirteen books in a thematic and nostalgic journey through the history of children’s book illustrators and illustration techniques. Among the artist/illustrators included in the exhibition are Ralph Caldecott, Jules Feiffer, Edward Gorey, Kate Greenaway, Sarah Noble Ives, William Steig, and Chris Van Allsburg.
Draw Me a Story is a Program of ExhibitsUSA, a national division of Mid-American Arts Alliance and The National Endowment for the Arts.

Chapman Museum
The Chapman Historical Museum, located at 348 Glen Street, Glens Falls, is open Tuesday to Saturday, 10 am to 4 pm, and Sunday, noon to 4 pm.
For info call (518) 793-2826.

November 18, 5:30 – 8 pm
Wine & Chocolate Tasting At the Queensbury Hotel. Featuring wines of all varieties from around the world with decadent chocolates and artisan cheeses. Cost: $30 in advance/$35 at the door. “A Finer Experience” – try great wines presented by a wine expert, starting at 5 pm. Cost: $75 per person (Includes the main event). For tickets call (518) 793-2826 or go to www.chapmanmuseum.org.

Saturday, November 19, 1 to 3 pm
Family Program -- Traditional Holiday Crafts Participants will make hand dipped candles and other items to take home as gifts for family members or friends. Cost: $3/ child.

Lower Adirondack Arts Council

Saturday, November 5
Sunday, November 6
LARAC’s 29th Annual Fall Arts and Craft Festival Taking place for the third year at the Adirondack Sports Complex on Upper Sherman Avenue, the juried festival is accepting applications from fine and handcrafted artists in all categories: pottery, metalwork, woodwork, oil and watercolor painting, fiber art, photography, soaps, stained glass, and much more.

Bay Street Beadworks Located at the foothills of the Adirondacks in the heart of Downtown Glens Falls (at 206 Glen Street), and minutes between Lake George and Saratoga Springs, Bay Street Bead Works is upstate New York's premier bead shop! We specialize in bringing our customers the highest quality beads, including semi-precious gemstone beads, focal beads, genuine freshwater pearl beads and Czech glass beads at the best possible prices.

Glens Falls Civic Center

World Awareness Children’s Museum go! the interactive exhibition space of the World Awareness Children’s Museum is offering three exciting summer programs for children 8 to 12 years old from 10am to noon, each Tuesday and Thursday during the month of July and August at 89 Warren St. Downtown Glens Falls. Using cultural objects and art from the Museum’s collection, children will learn about celebrations and practices, international crafts created around the world and global foods. All three programs are hands-on and will involve the process of making some- thing, from shadow puppets to amulets, guacamole to Asian dipping sauce. For further information about go!, contact the Museum at 518-793-2773 or visit the web site at www.worldchildrensmuseum.org. Follow our progress on Facebook at www.facebook.com/gochildrensmuseum.

The Shirt Factory The Shirt Factory is a community of Artisans, Craftspeople, Healers and Professionals located in the historic Shirt Factory Building on Lawrence and Cooper Streets in Glens Falls, NY.

World Awareness Children's Museum The World Awareness Children’s Museum is an educational institution which fosters knowledge and appreciation of world cultures through exhibitions, interactive programming, the International Youth Art Exchange and educator-led tours. We are committed to using art conceived through the eyes of children to promote peace and understanding among people of the world.

Art in the Public Eye APE cultivates a partnership between the area arts community and local businesses, to promote established and emerging artists and local commerce and to create greater access to the arts through cultural activities and public exhibitions. APE's administrative offices and new fine art gallery can now be found at 176 Glen Street.


Vantage Gallery
APE's gallery shop includes original artwork from a small group of artists including Jamie Perian (glass objects), Serena Kovalosky (ceramic sculptures), Laura Von Rosk (paintings), Helga Grobel (paper sculptures), Jeffrey Anderson (photography), and more.

Glens Falls Public Exhibitions

Around Town

Monday, October 31, 3:30 pm - 4:30pm, 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Tai Chi at Glens Falls Hospital This is a free Tai Chi group that meets Mondays in the community rooms at Glens Falls Hospital. Facillitator: Neil Carter.

Thursday, November 3, 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Haitian Art Show At Aimie's Dinner & a Movie. This art show features authentic Haitian art and benefits the relief work of Tim and Catherine Rogers as well as real Haitian people. Tim and Catherine work for the Mission Aviation Fellowship and the artwork, which includes paintings, drawings, jewelry, purses and other accessories, and wooden bowls and other kitchen items has been acquired with help from the Apparent Project. (http://apparentproject.org/) Light refreshments will be served and live cello music featuring concert cellist Esther Rogers of Rochester, NY. Event is free, all art is for sale and will be on display the entire month of November during Aimie's open hours.

Friday, November 4, 6:00pm - 10:00pm
Haiti Party Music Festival At Park Street Theater. This is a collaborative art event, featuring seven different bands and or DJ's for $7 at the door. Proceeds benefit the relief work of Tim and Catherine Rogers of M.A.F. Performances by BIRTHDAYS (of Boston), Matthew Carefully, Rawhead, DJ Midas, Colorful Tones, William Hale, and the Black Ships (Saratoga). This is an all ages show and there will be a dazzling visual arts stream celebrating Haitian culture on the theatre screen during the music performances, put together by John-Paul Sliva. Many more surprises in store day of.

Saturday, November 5, 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Haiti Benefit Dinner At Christ Church United Methodist on Bay Street. Free authentic Haitian food. Meet missionaries Tim and Catherine Rogers. Music by concert cellist Esther Rogers, Ray Agnew and Gisella Montanez-Case. Free and open to the public.