Community Calendar

Material Shift showcases work by 13 Haudenosaunee artists who employ found objects and other unconventional materials to create or illustrate traditional cultural objects or concepts and those who, conversely, explore traditional materials in unexpected ways. Works range from playful to provocative. These events are made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Institute of Museum & Library Services, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, and friends and members of the Iroquois Museum. For more information contact: info@iroquoismuseum.org

The Blind Boys Christmas Show mixes holiday standards with selections from their Grammy-winning holiday classic album, Go Tell It On The Mountain and the spirited Talkin’ Christmas album. Blind Boys will have everyone in the audience singing and clapping along to spread the joy of the season!
“The beloved gospel ensemble the Blind Boys of Alabama…remains perennially fresh, whether it’s interjecting godliness into unexpected songs or, as in this case, saluting Christmas.” – The New Yorker
Ticket prices: $51.15 to $85.25

Back by popular demand! Join King Wenceslas and his loyal page as they embark on snowy new adventures with Vermont Suitcase Company. Vermont Suitcase Company will be joined by Heedless of the Gale singing songs of the season. Bring your friends and family and celebrate with laughter and song!

Albany Civic Theater is excited to present Fuddy Meers, written by David Lindsey-Abaire and directed by Teresa Storti. The play opens Friday, December 5 (preview, pay what you will night 12/4), and runs for 3 weekends. Fri-Sat@7:30 and Sun@3:00 through December 21, 2025.

Fuddy Meers is a dark comedy in which the central character, Claire, has a rare form of psychogenic amnesia that erases her memory whenever she goes to sleep. Every morning, she wakes up with a blank slate. Every morning her chipper husband shows her a book containing essential information to start her day. This morning, after he leaves the room, a limping, lisping, half blind, half deaf man in a ski mask pops out from under her bed. He claims to be her brother and here to save her, and she’s hustled off to the country home of her mother, a recent stroke victim whose speech has been reduced to gibberish. The journey becomes more complicated when even more quirky friends, family, and complete strangers enter the scene, including a foul-mouthed puppet.

Friday and Saturday evenings, 12/5, 6, 12, 13, 19, and 20 at 7:30.
Sunday afternoons, 12/7, 14, and 21 at 3:00.

The Other Side presents A Joyful Jazz-ful Holiday Concert
Friday, December 19, 7:30 p.m. at The Other Side, 2011 Genesee St., Utica NY
This year’s Holiday Jazz Special will feature Alexandra Dubaniewicz-vocals; Dan Pugh- piano,
Darryl Pugh – bass, Jimmy Johns – drums, and Musical Director Mike Dubaniewicz-sax.
Tickets are $20 for students or $10 for students with student ID. To reserve call 315-735-4825 or email kodomenico@verizon.net

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS:
FlavoredLayers – sponsor for 2025-2026 headliners – https://www.flavoredlayers.com/, Bank of Utica. Green Onion Pub, and Three Anonymous Donors

Join us every Saturday 9:30AM to 1:30PM from now through April 25th in the Wilton Mall food court!

Shop from 50+ local vendors while you listen to live music.

Make the Saratoga Farmers’ Market part of your weekly shopping plan. Come visit the market — We are the Saturday Place to Be!

The Norman Rockwell Museum is honored to present a rare series of early twentieth century lighting advertisements by Norman Rockwell and fellow Golden Age illustrators Maxfield Parrish, N.C. Wyeth, Dean Cornwell, Stanley Arthurs, Worth Brehm, and Charles Chambers created for Edison Mazda Lamps, a division of the General Electric Company. These luminous, richly painted works were widely circulated in published advertisements through the 1920s and are on loan to the Museum for the first time through the generosity of GE Aerospace.

Step back into the vibrant world of the 1920s and 1930s with Jazz Age Illustration, a major exhibition exploring the art of popular illustration during this transformative era. Featuring over 100 works by renowned artists such as Aaron Douglas, John Held Jr., and Frank E. Schoonover, the exhibition delves into the cultural impact of illustration during a time of dramatic social change.

Organized by the Delaware Art Museum, Jazz Age Illustration is the first major exhibition to survey the art of popular illustration in the United States between 1919 and 1942—a vibrant and transformative era of innovation, evolving styles, social change, and expanding popular media.

Featuring locally grown and produced foods, including fruits and vegetables, cheeses, meats, breads, and more. Free admission. Indoor market. Live local music. Offering SNAP/HIP benefits with a 1:1 Market Match provided by the Berkshire Agricultural Ventures Market Match Fund and available for up to $30/ shopper at each market. Note our new market hours are from 10AM-1PM. The Housy Dome is included on the Berkshire Regional Transit Authority BRTA route #21. More info at buylocal@berkshiregrown.org.

This heartwarming collection of holiday themed works by Norman Rockwell—from Thanksgiving and Christmas to New Year’s—are showcased in this lively installation of enduring seasonal favorites. Renowned for his ability to capture the spirit of American life, Rockwell’s paintings reflect the joy and nostalgia of the season as inspired by classic tales, holiday festivities and greetings, and the artist’s unique brand of gentle humor. His masterful artistry and keen observations of human nature are also revealed in this important collection of original artworks—aspirational images that continue to inspire.
For more information, please visit https://www.nrm.org/2024/09/134735/