Haunted Houses, Sport Horses & Harvest Festivals
Syracuse, NY - It’s All Hallows’ Eve, are you ready for some ghoulish, gruesome frights? Muahahaha! That just doesn’t look as scary as it sounds when it’s typed out like that. But you get the idea.
For spine-chilling, hair-raising, just plain weird fun, check out some spooky Syracuse Halloween activities to put you in the monster mash mood. Don’t be afraid to click here. Read more »
Related Exhibit to Showcase Restored Watercolor Sketches for Tiffany Designs
Corning, NY - The innovations and artistry of Louis Comfort Tiffany will be explored in an exhibition of his blown glass works opening at The Corning Museum of Glass on November 1, 2009, and running through October 31, 2010. Tiffany Treasures: Favrile Glass from Special Collections will showcase nearly 60 hand-wrought pieces designed by Tiffany during one of his most fertile periods of artistic ingenuity, and made at his glasshouse in Corona, NY, between 1895 and 1920.
“Get Ready for The Nutcracker” Nov. 11
Eastman School Performances at Strong National Museum of Play® Nov. 13 & Dec. 4
Rochester, NY - Enjoy a preview of a magical family favorite with “Get Ready for The Nutcracker” at Strong National Museum of Play on Tuesday, November 11, from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The day of storytelling, dance, and live music features performers from the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and Rochester City Ballet and is presented in conjunction with six upcoming performances of The Nutcracker, Tchaikovsky’s beloved ballet, brought to life by the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and the Rochester City Ballet at the Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, Friday through Sunday, November 27 to 29. “Get Ready for The Nutcracker” at Strong is included with general museum admission fees. Read more »
Dryden Theatre celebrates American film criticism with the series “For the Love of Movies”
Rochester, N.Y. - The Dryden Theatre at George Eastman House shines a spotlight on American film criticism with a series of screenings in November and December. “For the Love of Movies: The History of American Film Criticism” celebrates those people of letters whose words are devoted to moving pictures, by presenting a number of movies that provoked particularly inspired and influential essays, including Meet Me in St. Louis, Saturday Night Fever, and Rashomon.
“As news media continue to shift away from the printed page to the electronic page, and as studios rely less and less on the considered writings and opinions of learned film critics to spread the word about their latest releases, there is no more appropriate time for this series,” said Jim Healy, Eastman House’s assistant curator of motion pictures. Read more »
Rochester, NY - Tributes to late film directors John Hughes and Vincente Minnelli; a Sunday music series featuring organist Joe Blackburn, pianist Gordon Porth, the Eastman School of Music Brass Quintet and others; and a spotlight on the relatively new American cinema movement known as “Mumblecore” are just some of the exciting and eclectic offerings from the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film in November!
Illustrated Lecture and Book Signing at National Toy Hall of Fame Weekend, Nov. 7 & 8
Rochester, NY — Get reacquainted with the greatest toys of all time in a new, lavishly illustrated book, Classic Toys of the National Toy Hall of Fame, by Scott G. Eberle, Vice President for Interpretation at Strong National Museum of Play®. Eberle will be at the museum during National Toy Hall of Fame® Weekend, November 7 & 8, for an illustrated talk and book signing at 1:00 p.m. each day. (The weekend of toy-filled games, crafts, and family activities follows on the heels of a press conference held in the hall Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 10:30 a.m., when this year’s toy inductees will be officially announced.) Read more »
Bring-your-own film event takes place 2 to 5 p.m.; event is free and open to the public
Rochester, N.Y. - You are invited to celebrate home movies in Rochester on Saturday, Oct. 17, as part of the seventh annual International Home Movie Day, which takes place simultaneously in cities across the world. The Rochester celebration takes place 2 to 5 p.m. at Visual Studies Workshop, in collaboration with George Eastman House. The event, which is free and open to the public, is a worldwide celebration of home movies and amateur films that provides the opportunity for communities to see and share home movies, and learn how best to care for them. In honor of Rochester’s 175th anniversary, films of the Rochester area are particularly encouraged (note: organizers have their eyes out for footage of Midtown Plaza in its heyday). Read more »
