Things to Do in Glens Falls in July

Crandall Public Library Film Series

Fall Series To Be Announced.

Crandall Public Library Events

Saturday, September 15
2012 Henry Crandall Award: Senator Betty Little Gala Reception Crandall Library is currently inviting businesses and individuals to become sponsors and join the honorary committee. Both are great ways to publicly demonstrate your support for Senator Little and Children's Early Reading Programs at Crandall Public Library. We are also accepting donations of auction items. Click the links for more information or contact Lynn at 518-792-6508, ext. 284 or lshanks@sals.edu.

Charles R. Wood Events

Thursday, August 9 - Sunday, August 12, 8:00pm (Saturday matinee 2:00pm)
Dixie's Tupperware Party The Applause Factory and the Charles Wood Theater Present: Dixie Longate, the fast-talking Tupperware Lady, packed up her catalogues, left her children in an Alabama trailer park and took Off-Broadway by storm! Now, join Dixie as she travels the country throwing good ol'fashioned Tupperware Parties filled with outrageously funny tales, heartfelt accounts, FREE giveaways, audience participation and the most fabulous assortment of Tupperware ever sold on a theater stage. Loaded with the most up-to-date products available for purchase, see for yourself how Ms. Longate became the #1 Tupperware seller.

Thursday, August 16, 7:30pm
Glenn Miller Orchestra in Concert The world-famous Glenn Miller Orchestra is the most popular and sought-after big band in the world today. With its unique jazz sound, the Glenn Miller Orchestra is considered by many to be one of the greatest big bands of all time. The present Glenn Miller Orchestra was formed in 1956 and has been touring consistently since--playing an average of 300 live dates a year around the world.

Sunday, August 19, 8:00pm
Monday, August 20, 8:00pm
Will and Anthony Nunziata in Concert Dubbed by The Wall Street Journal as “blessed with strong voices and leading man looks” and by The New York Times as “displaying an engagingly brassy professionalism,” Will & Anthony are enchanting audiences around the country and world with their acclaimed concert act singing fresh arrangements of Broadway, Classic Standards & Italian music along with their fun and improvised comedic interplay with each other and their audiences. From New York City to Singapore, the brothers headline their concert at theaters, performing arts centers, symphony orchestras, and private events around the world. They have yearly week-long engagements at New York City’s Feinstein’s at Loews Regency and recently performed in Avery Fisher Hall as part of "Sondheim: The Birthday Concert" celebrating the 80th Birthday of Stephen Sondheim. On television they have been featured on Good Morning America, NBC-TV's Columbus Day Parade, and The Rachael Ray Show.

Tuesday, August 21, 8:00pm
The Fantasticks The Fantasticks, the longest-running production of any kind in the world, is a timeless fable of young love. But this is The Fantasticks like you’ve never seen it before! Set in an old 50’s drive in movie theater, the production will use both live video and B movies to put our own unique twist on this nostalgic morality tale.

Saturday, August 25, 8:00pm
Journey of E The Journey of E is both an anthology of the history of Jazz and an homage to Edith Piaf. The music spans the period from 1928 through 1945 and straddles the music scene in both New York and Paris. Written and performed by Marcel and Beyond the Sun, with superb jazz vocalist Carolyn Raming.

Friday, September 7 - Sunday, September 9, 8:00pm
A Century of Song "A Century of Song" will feature Seagle Music Colony young artists singing music from the theatre scene of the past 100 years. The revue will feature favorite opera, operetta and musical theatre selections.

Friday, September 14, 7:30pm
Saturday, September 15, 7:30pm
Unsinkable Women: Stories & Songs from the Titanic The Marcella Sembrich Opera Museum and the Charles Wood Theater present "Unsinkable Women: Stories and Songs from the Titanic" created and performed by Deborah Jean Templin. "Unsinkable Women" is an extraordinary play about the women who survived the Titanic 100 years ago. Their stories-of that night and their lives afterwards are startling, unique and deeply moving.

Friday, September 21, 8:00pm
Saturday, September 22, 8:00pm
Shipwrecked Pendragon Theatre Presents: Shipwrecked! a play that tells the tale of the real life Louis de Rougemont and his incredible 30 year adventure in the Australian outback after being lost at sea – a family friendly entertainment that the NY Times labeled “ a theatrical pop-up book”.

Sunday September 23, 2012, 2:00pm, 4:30pm
The Gaslight Follies Live Stage Revue Uncle Floyd Vivino is back with a new vaudeville style variety show featuring an all-alumni cast of performers from Lake George's Gaslight Village in the 1960s-70s-80s. Hosted by Uncle Floyd himself, this is bound to be a reunion full of laughs and cheers.

Glens Falls Farmer's Market
Saturdays 7a-Noon at South Street Pavilion. Wednesdays 3p-6pm Maple Street-side of City Park.
Wednesday, July 18, 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Marcusumpa (Skip Luppy and Mark Rabin)

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.

Saturday Nights Are Rock the Hill! Rock Hill Bakehouse Saturday Concert Series. Saturdays at 7 p.m. Admission is free.

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.

Saturday, October 6 - Sunday, January 6, 2013
From Process to Print: Graphic Works by Romare Bearden The exhibition presents over seventy-five lithographs, etchings, collograph plates, screen prints, drypoints, monoprints, and engravings; all created over a span of thirty years. They demonstrate how Romare Bearden experimented, innovated, and collaborated on his journey toward mastery of the print medium.

Sunday, June 17 - Sunday, September 16
Tiffany Glass: Painting with Color and Light Organized by The Neustadt Collection of Tiffany Glass in New York City, the exhibition is comprised of iconic windows and lamps along with examples of opalescent flat glass and pressed-glass "jewels" that illustrate the rich colors available to the artists at the Tiffany Studios. The selections exemplify the masterful rendering of nature and subtle use of light and shading that was characteristic of Tiffany's leaded-glass objects.

Sunday, June 17 - Sunday, September 16
Stephen Knapp: New Light Stephen Knapp creates innovative and engaging works that interact with, and are transformed by light. Using a special glass treated with metallic coatings that act as selective prisms, light is separated into different wavelengths of the color spectrum that refracts and reflects light onto surfaces and their surrounding spaces.

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.

Opening soon...
Stoddard Exhibit: Lake George Views
The Chapman recently purchased a small collection of Stoddard images of Lake George that previously had not been part of the museum’s collection. Particularly fascinating are photographs that depict what it was like to travel by steamboat on the lake. Funds for the purchase came from the museum’s restricted Acquisition Fund.
Lower Adirondack Arts Council Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council is a non-profit arts organization founded in 1972 to promote the arts and culture of the lower Adirondack region. LARAC houses a gallery, gift shop, and administrative offices. It is open Tuesday through Saturday 10-3 pm year-round and is located at 7 Lapham Place on City Park in Downtown Glens Falls. For more information about LARAC services call 518-798-1144 or visit www.larac.org.

Friday, July 13 - Friday, August 10
State of Flux Exhibit at Lapham Gallery This exhibit explores the works of two artists: David Mazure and Elizabeth Snipes. The exhibit is sponsored by Glens Falls National Bank, and runs through August 10th. Lapham Gallery is located on City Park in Downtown Glens Falls. Gallery hours are Tuesday – Saturday 10 am – 3 pm. 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.

Bay Street Beadworks 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. Check out the new store located in Mount Royal Plaza in Queensbury!

Glens Falls Civic Center

Wednesday, August 8, 5:00 PM
Trespass America Festival with Five Finger Death Punch Headlining the power-packed Trespass America Festival is FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, the new heavyweight champs of the metal scene, with nine consecutive top ten radio hits, four Golden God awards, two certified Gold records (and a third in the making). Monstrous light shows and sold-out arenas have marked the path of 5FDP’s meteoric rise. In a few short years, the band knocked down the tightly shut gates of mainstream media and turned the non-believers into believers as they marched to bring a message from the underground.

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.

Saturday, September 8, 10 am - 5 pm
LocalFest TheShirt Factory arts and healing center announces the inaugural LocalFest: Stuff Made Here. The event is a showcase of both the history and continued tradition of manufacturing in Glens Falls and thes urrounding region. The current national trend of shopping locally is embodied by a number of manufacturers who create value right here in the City, just as the McMullen-Leavens Company did at the ShirtFactory building from 1902 to 1976, and as the building's more than 70 tenants continue to do today.

In addition to an open house showcasing the rich offerings of the ShirtFactory's shops, galleries, services and artist studios, LocalFestwill feature: A presentation on the history of manufacturing in Glens Falls by the Chapman Historical Museum; A full day of homegrown live music on the lawn; Glens Falls manufacturers exhibiting their wares and explaining their manufacturing process; Local writers offering readings and book signings of copies of their works for sale; Guest artists and artisans; Food vendors and restauranteurs from the local area; Local arts organizations offering children's activities; Non-profit organizations with educational information.
“Mining,farming and manufacturing have always been vital to our economy,”says Eric Unkauf, owner of The Shirt Factory. “These businesses take something of lesser value and physically transform it into something of greater value. One of the greatest challenges for these business is the attraction and retention of the necessary talent to run and grow. Part of the issue is a public perception that jobs in these industries are not a viable career path. LocalFest is a celebration of these businesses that form the backbone of the economy, and provides these businesses a venue to show the public what they do, how they do it, and the real career opportunities that exist.”
The Shirt Factory invites businesses, organizations and individuals creating anything from paper to fine art, baked goods to theatre productions, catheters to TV listings, graphic design to produce – the sky's the limit! Exhibitor booths cost just $25 and the event's goal is to fill the courtyard at the Shirt Factory with exhibitors of Stuff Made Here with wares for sale, live demonstrations, information about their process, refreshments, hands-on activities, promotional giveaways and even job recruitment by area employers in the manufacturing fields.

The Acupuncture Studio 5 Warren St., Glens Falls, NY (518) 615-0505

Tuesday, August 14, 9:30 am
Tuesday, August 21, 9:30 am
Tuesday, August 28, 9:30 am
Tuesday Morning Mindful Meditation Join us for mindfulness meditation Tuesday mornings at 9:30 am at the Acupuncture Studio.

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's mission is to cultivate a partnership between the area arts community and local businesses, promote established and emerging artists and local commerce, and create greater access to the arts through cultural activities and public exhibitions. Art in the Public Eye (APE) is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization based in Glens Falls, NY. Outdoor Cinema is displayed at City Park outside Crandall Library in downtown Glens Falls.

Friday, August 10, Dusk

Outdoor Cinema Showing: Iron Giant A boy's best friend is his robot in this animated adventure from Brad Bird, best known for his TV work on such series as The Simpsons, King of the Hill, and The Critic. Set in 1957, The Iron Giant focuses on Hogarth (voice of Eli Marienthal), an imaginative nine-year-old boy who daydreams of alien invasions and doing battle with Communist agents. One day, Hogarth hears a local fisherman talk about something that surpasses anything he could dream up: a fifty-foot robot that fell from the sky into a nearby lake. Needless to say, Hogarth's mom, Annie (voice of Jennifer Aniston) finds this a little hard to swallow, but when Hogarth finds the robot (voice of Vin Diesel) and fishes him out of the water, his pal Dean (voice of Harry Connick Jr.), a beatnik sculptor who also runs a junkyard, offers to help by hiding the robot with his salvage. A government agent named Kent Mansley (voice of Christopher McDonald) soon gets wind that there's a mechanical invader of unknown origins in the neighborhood and wants to wipe out the potential threat. However, the robot (which loves to eat metal and is learning to talk) turns out to be friendly, and the boy in turn tries to teach his new pal the ways of humans. The Iron Giant is loosely based on the book The Iron Man by late British poet Ted Hughes, previously adapted for the stage by rock musician Pete Townshend, who executive produced the film. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Thursday, August 16, 2012 (5-8PM)
Third Thursday Art Walk & Outdoor Cinema Showing: Peter and The Wolf.

Friday, August 17, Dusk
Outdoor Cinema Showing: Local Hero Bill Forsyth's whimsical tale of sweet-natured corporate rapacity features standout performances by Burt Lancaster and Peter Riegert. Lancaster plays Texas billionaire Felix Happer, who would rather gaze at the stars than worry about his multi-national oil company. Happer dispatches Mac MacIntyre (Peter Riegert) and Danny Oldsen (Peter Capaldi) to the small Scottish fishing village of Ferness to negotiate buying the entire town so Happer can drill for oil in the North Sea. Much to Mac's surprise, the entire town is happy to sell itself for big money, and the local innkeeper, Gordon Urquhart (Denis Lawson) -- who is also the town's accountant and mayor -- works with Mac on the negotiations. But a wrinkle appears in the deal when Ben Knox (Fulton Mackay), an old man who lives in a shack on the beach which has been owned by his family for centuries, refuses to sell. His reasons? "Who'd look after the beach then? It would go to pieces in a short manner of time." The deal stalls so seriously that Happer travels to Ferness to oversee negotiations as Mac and Danny are seduced by the charm of the Scottish town. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi

Friday, August 24, Dusk
Outdoor Cinema Showing Title to be announced.

Friday, August 31, Dusk
Outdoor Cinema Showing: Buena Vista Social Club Wim Wenders' documentary Buena Vista Social Club is about the adventures of Ry Cooder in Cuba. Cooder, best remembered by film fans for the wailing slide guitar theme of Wenders' Paris, Texas, went to Cuba in 1996 to meet with some legendary 'soneros' musicians of the '30s, '40s and '50s. The result was the album Buena Vista Social Club, recorded with such colorful characters as the 90-year-old singer/guitarist Compay Segundo, guitarist Eliades Ochoa, baritone Ibrahim Ferrer and Omara Portuondo, "the Cuban Edith Piaf." The album won a Grammy, and in this refreshing documentary, Wim Wenders shows these exceptional musicians in their hometown, following them into their usual hang-outs -- the cafes, clubs and even living rooms -- as well as to concerts in Amsterdam and New York's Carnegie Hall, capturing their incredible vitality. "In Cuba, music flows like a river," according to Ry Cooder, who adds "Music is like a treasure hunt; you dig and dig and sometimes find something." Pursuing this metaphor, Wenders wanted to make a film that would "just float on this river ... not interfering with it, just drifting along." The result is a film full of vitality and positive energy, which is also an absolute delight to musical ears. ~ Gönül Dönmez-Colin, Rovi

Thursday, September 20, 2012 (5-8PM)
Third Thursday Art Walk

Around Town

Monday, August 13, 3:30 pm - 4:30pm, 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Monday, August 20, 3:30 pm - 4:30pm, 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Monday, August 27, 3:30 pm - 4:30pm, 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Tai Chi at Glens Falls Hospital/Crandall Park This is a free Tai Chi group that meets Mondays in the community room at Glens Falls Hospital and in the nice weather at Crandall Park. Facillitator: Neil Carter.

Sunday, August 12, 4 pm
Sunday, August 19, 4 pm
Sunday, August 26, 4 pm
Hula Hoops & Tunes at Crandall Park This is a free hula hooping group that meets Sundays in Crandall Park. Facillitator: Carrie Java.

First Presbyterian Church of Glens Falls

Friday, October 19, 7:30pm
Frederick Teardo, Associate Organist and Choirmaster of Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue He will play a varied program including works of Bach and Dudley Buck, among others.

Sunday, December 16 at 3 pm
Messiah Sing-Along You can be part of the chorus so come and sing along or listen! More information will be forthcoming this autumn. Please refer to our website: www.fpcgf.org for occasional updates.

Second Floor Gallery at Glens Falls City Hall 42 Ridge Street, Glens Falls, NY

Cinematheque Theatre 67 Main Street South Glens Falls, NY 12801. Theatre phone 338-7027 Independent Movie Theater. Coming soon: midnight showings of Rocky Horror Picture Show on Friday and Saturday nights.

Friday, August 10-Thursday, August 26, 7pm and matinee Saturday, Sunday & rainy days at 2:00
"ROCK OF AGES" rated PG13 Starring Tom Cruise and Catherine Zeta Jones. A small town girl and a city boy meet on the Sunset Strip, while pursuing their Hollywood dreams.

Friday, August 10-Thursday, August 26, 9:30pm.
"MAGIC MIKE" Mike is an entrepreneur. A man of many talents and loads of charm, he spends his days pursuing the American Dream from as many angles as he can handle: from roofing houses and detailing cars to designing furniture from his Tampa beach condo. But at night he is just magic. The hot headliner in an all-male revue. Magic Mike has been rocking the stage at Club Xquisite for years with style and over-the-top dance moves. Matinees on Saturday & Sunday & rainy days at 2pm.