_ Over the past three decades, thousands of patrons have enjoyed the sights, sounds and wonders of the holidays at Lorenzo. And as in years past, hundreds of hours of preparation and decorating have been invested in the 2011 celebration of “Christmas at Lorenzo.” In celebration, The Friends of Lorenzo will kick off the holiday season with their annual “Mansion Preview Party” on Thursday, December 1 from 6-8 pm.

“The Friends are very excited about this year’s party. We’ll be offering sleigh rides to the Mansion, fabulous live music, and great hors d’oeuvres and wine. And we will also sponsor a special raffle for a complete holiday table setting for eight. Attendees will be encouraged, too, to place a silent auction bid on one of the giclees we have reproduced from the incredible Lorenzo fine art collection. The “Preview Party” will be a great way to ring in the season,” offered chairwoman, Dianna  Slodowitz.

For more information about attending the “Preview Party,” please call Diane Voss at 655-3200; admission is $20 for Friends of Lorenzo members and $25 for non-members.  Public hours for “Christmas at Lorenzo” will be from 7-9 pm on Friday, December 9, and from 1-4 pm on Saturday and Sunday, December 10 & 11.



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_ The Cazenovia College Chorale will present Amahl and the Night Visitors,  and sing other seasonal selections, at the Cazenovia United Methodist Church, corner of Lincklaen and Seminary streets, in Cazenovia, on Wednesday, Dec. 7 at 7:30 p.m. The concert is free and open to the public. 

The Chorale, under the direction of Bruce Campbell, is a 65-plus-voice vocal ensemble. The semi-staged concert version of Menotti's opera will make up the majority of the concert, with the Chorale and a student group, the Cazenovia College Singers, offering other seasonal selections. Call Campbell at 391-8047 for information about the production.

This will be the fourth area production of this wonderful opera under Campbell’s direction.  The title role of Amahl will be sung by Zach Simms, a sixth grader from Cazenovia Middle School. The role of Amahl’s mother will be sung by Amanda Benoit, a graduate of Cazenovia High School and St. Rose College. The three kings, a trio of male voices, are sung by Eric Feola, Glenn Hirt and John Melvin.  The role of the Page will be sung by Jake Ammann.  Bill Verity is the accompanist. 
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_ Cazenovia College’s Second Annual Craft Fair is scheduled for Friday, Dec. 2 from 5 - 8 p.m. in the Cazenovia College Art Gallery in Reisman Hall on the corner of Sullivan and Seminary streets. The event is planned in conjunction with the 34th Annual Village of Cazenovia Tree Lighting Ceremony and Holiday Walk.

Students, faculty and staff will share their unique handcrafted goods with campus and community visitors. The fair features handcrafted aesthetic for the body and home including:

Handcrafted glass items
Jewelry
Hand painted boxes and gift cards
Holiday ornaments
Quilts
Wearable fibers and stitched textiles and much, much more!!

Come in, warm up with hot chocolate, chat with artists who are selling their art, listen to holiday carolers, and fill up on loads of shared joy!!! For information, please contact Jen Pepper by email at jpepper@cazenovia.edu.
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The  New York Prints of Mind Exhibition at the Stone Quarry Hill Art Park will close on Sunday, November 13th  at 5:00 PM.  Gallery hours will be Noon to 4 PM during the week, by appointment, and from Noon - 5:00 PM on Saturday and Sunday, November 12th and 13th .  Non-members pay $5 to park their car.
For more information, contact Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, 3883 Stone Quarry Road, Cazenovia, NY 13035, +1.315.655.3196, office@stonequarryhillartpark.org, http://www.stonequarryhillartpark.org.

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The Gallery of CNY at 58 Albany St. announces its biggest show of the year "Introducing Brett Scheifflee". Scheifflee, 25 years old, is the youngest artist and newest addition to the group of artists represented by the gallery. Scheifflee will present 23 new oil paintings on exhibit and for sale at The Gallery of CNY in Cazenovia starting Friday, November 4, 2011 through Wednesday, November 30, 2011.

Scheifflee grew up in East Aurora, NY and graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology in 2009 with a BFA in Illustration & Design. At RIT, he also studied under one of his professors and began his career as a fine artist. During the last few years, Brett has become an important part of The Gallery of CNY as he has continued to hone his skills as an oil painter and show dedication to his full-time career as a fine artist. Brett currently resides and has an art studio in Aurora NY.

Scheifflee expresses a quiet yet powerful voice in his art. He paints using techniques dating back to the Flemish painters. But the images he chooses from his daily life keep the paintings current and reflective of our modern time. "Quiet by my own nature, I intend to let my images speak for themselves and paint so that what is already beautiful may remain so," explains Brett Scheifflee. In the exhibit will be paintings including landscapes, interiors and a self-portrait. The full exhibit will be available to view on-line at www.gallerycny.com at 11:00am in Saturday, November 5, 2011.
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The Cazenovia College Art Gallery in Reisman Hall will present HiFiD2 , an exhibition of artists and designers who work in various media, including furniture, metal, textile, and surface and industrial design. The artists are Carr+Lamb; Christopher Clemans; Lori Hawke-Ramin; ram industrial design, inc.; and Sarah Saulson. 
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The show opens with a reception and artist lecture on Thursday, Oct. 6 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in the gallery. The exhibition will run through Oct. 31.

The Cazenovia College Art Gallery in Reisman Hall, 6 Sullivan St., is on the corner of Sullivan and Seminary streets in Cazenovia. Hours during the academic year are: Monday through Thursday, 1-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m.; Friday, 1-4 p.m.; and Saturday and Sunday, 2-6 p.m. Summer hours vary.

For information contact Jen Pepper, gallery director, by e-mail to jpepper@cazenovia.edu. Information is also on the Web at http://www.cazenovia.edu/art-gallery.

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Jazz in Caz begins tonight in Cazenovia with performances at the Brae Loch Inn.  Colleen Pratt and Friends will take the stage at 8pm.  Here is the full schedule of music over the next three days:

Thursday September 22nd  

8:00 p.m.         Colleen Pratt & Friends – outside on the Brae Loch lawn  (Brubeck Brothers & Henry Butler will be in attendance)

Friday September 23rd

7:30 p.m.         Brubeck Brothers Quartet – Chris Brubeck bass, Dan Brubeck drums, Mike DeMicco guitar, Chuck Lamb piano

9:15 p.m.         Henry Butler  

11:00 p.m.       JAZZ AFTER HOURS Seven Stone Steps/Lincklaen House with house band (New this year!) Evan Knight sax, Karl Sterling drums and Tom Witkowski piano.    Finger foods and cash bar and all musicians are welcome to jump in.                                     

Saturday September 24th

7:30 p.m.         Gap Mangione and the New Big Band

8:30 p.m.         Jimmy Van Heusen tribute with musical selections of Van Heusen’s performed by the Cazenovia College Singers ‘Swinging on A Star’, David Lowenstein ‘Tender Trap’& ‘Love and Marriage’ and Colleen Prossner ‘Imagination’, audience singing ‘High Hopes’

9:15 p.m.         Gap Mangione and the New Big Band second set

11:00 p.m.       JAZZ AFTER HOURS Seven Stone Steps/Lincklaen House with Jazz ‘N Caz house band (New this year!) Evan Knight sax, Ricki       Montalbano drums, Andy Carroll piano.  Finger foods and cash bar and all musicians welcome to jump in!             
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The grapes are growing in preparation for the fall harvest at Owera Vineyards and the anticipation is building for an evening of celebration at the annual Taste of Cazenovia which will take place under the big tent at Owera Vineyards in Cazenovia on Wednesday, September 21st from 6-9 pm.  For 40 years, the community has supported and embraced the mission and work of the Cazenovia Children’s House.  Cazenovia Children’s House, a not-for-profit charitable organization, proudly provides quality early care and education to the children of Cazenovia and surrounding areas. The Taste of Cazenovia is the largest fundraiser for the Children’s House and all proceeds support programming and tuition assistance for qualifying families with financial need.

 

This year’s Taste is generously hosted by our Valued Partner, Owera Vineyards and Presented by Willowbank Company, L.LC.  Event sponsors: Bryant & Stratton, Dannible & McKee, L.L.P., East Lake Designs - Maggie Borio, Ecologic LLC, Marquardt Switches, Inc., Key Bank, Pelco Component Technologies and GHD; Entertainment Sponsor: The Noisy Boys; Media Sponsors: Eagle Newspapers, Oneida Daily Dispatch, Southern Madison County Living and Table-Hopping Newspapers; Graphic Design Sponsor: bzdesign; Printing Sponsor: Avalon Printing Services.
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Stone Quarry Hill Art Park is proud to offer to the Central New York community an exhibition of exquisite original limited edition prints by some of the world’s most important and renowned late 20th and 21st century artists. Each print is represented in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art (New York, NY), as well as other major museums in the world.

The Opening Reception of New York Prints of Mind welcomes guests on Sunday, October 2, 3:00pm – 5:00pm, in the John and Virginia Winner Memorial Art Gallery of Stone Quarry Hill Art Park. The exhibition continues through November 27. Gallery hours are Tuesday – Sunday from Noon to 5:00pm. Members and children under 12 are free. Non-members pay a $5 entrance fee at the exhibition and $5 to park their car.

New York Prints of Mind creates a visual dialogue of artists’ prints, including work by Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Helen Frankenthaler, Susan Rothenberg and others, from Universal Limited Art Editions (ULAE), a fine art print publisher established in 1957, which sparked a revival of printmaking in America. Today, ULAE continues to collaborate with artists to publish small edition prints and artists' books.

“It is with great enthusiasm that we present this work created by many of the important artists of our time. They illuminate themes and images spanning six decades, held in print through the initiative of Tatyana Grosman, founder of Universal Limited Art Editions, ” commented exhibition curator and Executive Director Joseph A. Scala.

 For more information, contact Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, 3883 Stone Quarry Road, Cazenovia, NY 13035, +1.315.655.3196, office@stonequarryhillartpark.org, http://www.stonequarryhillartpark.org

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Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, a unique, outdoor sculpture park, features the 2011 Artist in Residence Walking Tour and Lecture by the artists at the sites of their new installations. The tour will be held Sunday, September 25, from 1:00pm - 4:30 pm, followed by a Meet the Artists Reception from 5:00pm - 7:00pm in the Art Park's - Art Barn. A golf cart will be available for handicapped persons.

The artists include: Diane Banks (Harrisonburg, VA), Sheila Crider (Washington, DC), Peter Forbes (Syracuse, NY), Alice Momm (New York, NY), Bill Schuck (Brooklyn, NY), Laura Smith (Pine Island, NY), Jenny Hillenbrand (Rochester,NY), and Howie Sneider (Providence, RI).

"The talented artists accepted into our program live at the Art Park during the summer months, while crafting their works which become a permanent contribution to our beautiful landscape of art in nature." explained Executive Director Joseph A. Scala.

Artist in residence Howie Sneider, a Public Project Director at the Steel Yard, Providence, RI, commented, "The physical landscape of Stone Quarry Hill with its sculptures, presents a unique combination of stewardship and philanthropy.  It encourages public discourse on both the artistic and natural worlds. I'm honored to, complement this innovative collection with my work, Outcropping."

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