Calendar of Events
Events in May 2019
- First Friday | Artist Talk by Ed Catto
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First Friday | Artist Talk by Ed Catto
Join us for a First Friday event, featuring the artwork of Ed Catto.
Mr. Catto will share an artist talk at 6 PM.
This event is free and open to the public, light refreshments served.
- Classics @ the Carriage House: North By Northwest
Classics @ the Carriage House: North By Northwest
Screening North By Northwest (1955) (Directed by Alfred Hitchcock)
Classics @ the Carriage House is a collaboration between the Cayuga Museum and Cayuga Community College. The cost for a season pass to the course is $45. Guests who are not enrolled in the class are always welcome at $5 admission. Anyone can sign-up online at Cayuga-cc.edu/communityed or by mail. Students of the course will receive emailed written notes and analysis prior to each viewing, along with curated reviews and insights from some of the best minds in film criticism.
The class meets once a month, on the first Monday of each month, from September through May. The class is held at 7:30 pm, with an introductory lecture by Michael Reiff. Michael Reiff is a teacher of Film and Media at Ithaca High School and CollegeNow Instructor at Tompkins Cortland Community College.
- Yoga in the Galleries
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Yoga in the Galleries
Need a midweek refresh? Join artist and yoga instructor Victoria Fitzgerald on the mat for a vinyasa flow in an artful atmosphere.
No experience needed, just bring a mat and channel your inner creative yogi!
Yoga in the Galleries will be held on the second Wednesday of each month, with the artwork of a different emerging artist, inciting a new artful experience each session.
$10 drop in fee, $45 for 9 session package.
- word, revisited with Michael Fedorchuk
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word, revisited with Michael Fedorchuk
Spoken word enthusiasts, join us for an evening of celebrating writing in all of its forms.
Our program will begin with featured speaker Michael Fedorchuk.
---After the featured speaker’s program, there is an open mic portion of the evening in which audience members can share some of their own written work.
Word, revisited is held on the second and fourth Thursday of every month, through June 13. Doors open at 5:30, program begins at 6:00. Admission is $3.
Word, revisited is a collaborative program of the Cayuga Museum, Olive Trees, a local literary magazine, and aaduna, an online adventure with words and images.
- FLFT screening: Within Our Gates
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FLFT screening: Within Our Gates
Historian and author Dr. Barbara Tepa Lupack will guide an exploration of early American race film. The program will include clips of "Birth of A Nation," a screening of Oscar Micheaux's "Within Our Gates," followed by a guided discussion. A brief reception will follow.D.W. Griffith’s venomous "The Birth of a Nation" (1915) exposed the racial division and racial hatred in the country and established many of the racist stereotypes that would be imitated by other filmmakers for years to come. In his "Within Our Gates," Oscar Micheaux-—the best and most prolific of the early race filmmakers—-challenged such racial depictions and offered a stirring portrait of rape, lynching, murder, miscegenation, white bigotry, and black migration.
Admission $5 Museum Members, $7 General Public._ _ _Supported in part by a grant from Humanities New York, the Finger Lakes Film Trail is a new and evolving project that offers a fresh and exciting opportunity to interpret the singular history and culture of central New York by highlighting some of the greatest motion picture innovations at three sites: the George Eastman Museum in Rochester, the Wharton Studio Museum in Ithaca, and the Case Research Laboratory in Auburn. Film events, lectures, and screenings are planned and will be hosted at each of the partner sites. - Shawnte 'Blyss' Barr at word, revisited
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Shawnte 'Blyss' Barr at word, revisited
Spoken word enthusiasts, join us for an evening of celebrating writing in all of its forms. We are excited to welcome poet and activist Shawnte 'Blyss' Barr as the featured speaker at our next program.
Barr is a writer, poet, and activist working on her first novel. She has one poem, “A Piano’s Love” published in The Student Connection. Ms. Barr holds a B.A. in Cultural Studies with a concentration in Communications from Empire State College, State University of New York, as well as an A.A.S. in Radio & Television Broadcasting from Cayuga Community College where she resides. Blyss seeks to make a change in the hearts and minds of everyone who reads her work, and to give a voice to the voiceless through her writing.
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After the featured speaker’s program, there is an open mic portion of the evening in which audience members can share some of their own written work.Word, revisited is held on the second and fourth Thursday of every month, through June 13. Doors open at 5:30, program begins at 6:00. Admission is $3.
Word, revisited is a collaborative program of the Cayuga Museum, Olive Trees, a local literary magazine, and aaduna, an online adventure with words and images.
- Summer Hours Begin
- Bound West meeting
Ongoing Programs:
History Book Club meets on the second Wednesday of the month at 7 pm. Members discuss non-fiction works of history on local, national and global themes. Participation is free and members can choose to attend any or all of the meetings.
Classics @ the Carriage House showcases classic cinema on the big screen. September – May. $5 Admission. More details here.
word, revisited is a collaborative initiative between the Museum, aaduna, and Olive Trees, celebrating the spoken word. Held on the second and fourth Thursday (minus July and August), each program has a featured speaker and open mic session for the public to share their work. $3 admission. More details here.