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Syracuse Stage Announces 2013 Production of ‘A Christmas Carol’
The beloved holiday classic “A Christmas Carol” returns to Central New York after a seven-year absence in an all-new adaptation and production from director Peter Amster (“Moby Dick,” “The 39 Steps,” “This Wonderful Life,” “The Fantasticks”). “He was a tightfisted…
Stage Set for Promising Careers
It’s 20 minutes before show time, a time when one would expect nerves to be at their peak. Rachel Slotky ’15 and Ethan Butler ’16 deal with it like a couple of seasoned professionals. “Oh, there are butterflies,” says Slotky. “I like them because it keeps me on my toes.” It’s all part of the learning experience for the pair at Syracuse Stage.
Two Fashion Design Students Honored by YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund
Avery Gray and Kiera Henderson, both sophomore fashion design majors in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, were each awarded a $5,000 scholarship from the YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund (FSF). The students were honored in January at the YMA…
Magical Mishaps, True Love Collide in ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’
In Shakespeare’s hands, magic and romance and the very midsummer madness make for intoxication, enchantment and rollicking, frolicking comedy. Get on your mud boots and your donkey ears, ’cause it’s off to the woods with four eager, young lovers, a…
Razor-Sharp Wit in ‘Top Girls’ Examines Costs of Success
A skeptical and comic look at the role of women in contemporary society, “Top Girls” flashes with Caryl Churchill’s razor-sharp wit and ingenious theatricality. Set in the early days of Margaret Thatcher’s England, the play follows two sisters: hard-nosed, successful…
Local High School Students to Participate in Syracuse Stage Arts Emerging Education Program
High school students from Fayetteville-Manlius High School, Fowler High School, Nottingham High School and the Institute of Technology will participate this winter and spring in the Arts Emerging education program at Syracuse Stage, an annual in-depth art project that relates…
VPA to Host Screening of Fashion Documentary ‘Versailles ’73’
Conversation with director Deborah Riley Draper also planned The fashion design program in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) Department of Design will host a screening of the fashion documentary “Versailles ’73: American Runway Revolution” and a conversation…
Three-day Inclusive Design Challenge to Address Needs of Aging Population
Syracuse University’s Collaborative Design Laboratory (COLAB) in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) and Aging Studies Institute are teaming up to offer SU students a three-day, one-credit “Inclusive Design Challenge” at The Warehouse that addresses the challenges facing…
Bandier Program to Present Talk by Cornerstone Co-CEO Jon Cohen ’90 on Feb. 5
Jon Cohen ’90, co-CEO of Cornerstone and co-founder of The FADER, Inc., and FADER Label, will present a lecture on Tuesday, Feb. 5, at 6:30 p.m. in the Lender Auditorium, located on the concourse level of the Martin J. Whitman…
VPA International Graduate Students Show Work at XL Projects
International graduate students in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) are presenting the exhibition “Synchronized Mélange” Jan. 30-March 3 at XL Projects, 307–313 S. Clinton St., Syracuse. The show is free and open to the public. A reception…