Songwriters & Stories
Songwriter & Stories with Brendan O’Connor & Joe Mettler gives us a glimpse into the artistry of songwriting, storytelling and how music builds connections. Dates:
January 25, 2024 - 7pm
February 29, 2024 - 7pm
April 4, 2024 - 7pm
May 9, 2024 - 7pm
Charlotte’s Web: Children’s Book Week
Kids Collective: A community wide celebration of literacy and the arts in Hamilton, NY.
Children’s Book Week: Charlotte’s Web
Free activities for all ages are available at a variety of locations around town!
Join us on Saturday, May 11, 2024 as we celebrate Children’s Book Week in Hamilton, NY! There will be a variety of activities for all ages at different times and locations throughout the village. Come to just one, or come to them all! Admission to the day’s programs and activities is free.
Schedule of Events: Saturday, May 11, 2024
10:00 a.m. — Hamilton Public Library [13 Broad Street]
We will kick off the celebrations with a special story time at the Hamilton Public Library. Open to children of all ages.
11:00 a.m. — Colgate Bookstore [3 Utica Street]
Stop in at the Colgate Bookstore to make farm animal magnets, puppets, and more. Take home a tiny Wilbur and Charlotte, too!
12:00 p.m. — Arts at the Palace [19 Utica Street]
Head over to the Palace Theater for a LIVE sing-a-long with Jenni Larchar of Jenni’s Music Studio! Kids of all ages are welcome to sing and dance along.
1:00 p.m. — Hamilton Movie Theater [7 Lebanon Street]
Next, it’s time for lunch and a movie! Enjoy FREE pizza from Oliveri’s Pizzeria while watching the FREE showing of "Charlotte's Web" (2006), sponsored by the Colgate Bookstore.
Life Long Learning
American Literature and the Environment
Presenter: Ben Child is a Professor of English at Colgate University. He teaches courses in Amercan Literature and Environmental Humanities. His current research addresses literary productions and interpretations of U.S. populism.
All classes are live and in-person. We will not be recording sessions.
Click here for a full description of Upcoming Life Long Learning Schedule
(https://www.colgate.edu/community/lifelong-learning/course-schedule)
Writers Accountability Group "WAG" with Joan McCarthy, Kit Boyer & Abby Palko
“WAG” is a once-per-month free 90-minute writers’ group meeting. These meetings include a round of accountability sharing/goal setting, writing exercise, and then casual sharing of written work.
This group is open to all ages and levels of experience.
DATE/TIME: Sep. 20th 6:30pm
COST: This is a free event.
Jazz Cafe
Jazz Cafe is a fun evening of sizzling jazz and more, performed by Hamilton Central School musicians. Tickets at the door. All proceeds from this annual event support the HCS music program. Co-sponsored by Arts at the Palace and the Friends of HCS Music.
Writers Accountability Group "WAG" with Joan McCarthy, Kit Boyer & Abby Palko
“WAG” is a once-per-month free 90-minute writers’ group meeting. These meetings include a round of accountability sharing/goal setting, writing exercise, and then casual sharing of written work.
This group is open to all ages and levels of experience.
DATE/TIME: Sep. 20th 6:30pm
COST: This is a free event.
LifeLong Learning Program
The Center: Forty Years of Refugee Resettlement
Presenter: Shelly Callahan is Executive Director of The Center in Utica, New York, which provides services related to immigration, adult learning, cultural competency and many other topics that serve to collaboratively build a community of many cultures.
All classes are live and in-person. We will not be recording sessions.
Click here for a full description of Upcoming Life Long Learning Schedule
(https://www.colgate.edu/community/lifelong-learning/course-schedule)
Flaminco Jazz Feat. Brian Stark David Chiriboga (guitar), Jose Moreno (percussion and voice), and Nélida Tirado (dance)
Flaminco Jazz Feat. Brian Stark David Chiriboga (guitar), Jose Moreno (percussion and voice), and Nélida Tirado (dance)
“COLORINA” Dept. of Romance Languages & Literatures
"Tejas Verdes, once a sea-side resort, was an infamous Chilean torture and detention centre during the early years following the Pinochet coup in 1973. Fermín Cabal's humane and powerful play traces the life of a young woman who vanished one night in Santiago. Beneath the tolling of the church bells, her voice and the voices of those who share her story ring out with poetic beauty and overwhelming love."
LifeLong Learning Program
LifeLong Learning Program
“American Art and Culture in the Gilded Age”
Presenter: Mary Ann Calo is Professor Emerita of American Art. At Colgate University she offered a specialized course on the Gilded Age and related topics.
All classes are live and in-person. We will not be recording sessions.
Click here for a full description of Upcoming Life Long Learning Schedule
(https://www.colgate.edu/community/lifelong-learning/course-schedule)
Saturday Jazz with Mark Shiner & The Houseband
Join Mark Shiner & The Houseband as they present various artist and repertoire each month at 12 noon. This month will feature Rick Montalbano, Jimmy Johns and John Rohde!
DATES:
January 27, 2024 - 12pm
February 24, 2024 - 12pm
March 30, 2024 - 12pm’
April 20, 2024 - 12pm
Community Listening & Networking Event
Community Listening & Networking Event
The Central New York Community Foundation’s new President & CEO, Melanie Littlejohn, wants to hear from you! Join us at one of our community listening and networking events for an opportunity to contribute to the conversation surrounding Central New York's shared future.
AT THIS EVENT:
Enjoy some light fare and networking with Melanie and fellow community members
Listening session & conversation: Participants will have the opportunity to share their insights on the region’s biggest strengths, opportunities and needs, as well as ask pertinent questions
Registration is FREE to attend, but space is limited. Please register for only one of the four event sessions. Maximum of two tickets available per registration.
https://cnycf.org/events/community-listening-networking-event-madison-county-arts-at-the-palace/
Cory Schad, Senior Events & Communications Manager
Central New York Community Foundation
431 East Fayette Street | Suite 100 | Syracuse, NY 13202
315.422.9538 | D: 315.883.5561 | cschad@cnycf.org | cnycf.org
Contra Dance with Fiddle Sax Fusion Band
ARTS AT THE PALACE PRESENTS
HAMILTON COUNTRY DANCERS
CONTRA DANCE
April, 13th 2024 at 7:00pm
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
ALL AGES AND EXPERIENCE LEVELS WELCOME
NO PARTNER NEEDED
LIVE MUSIC PROVIDED BY FIDDLE SAX FUSION BAND
Contra dance is a lively social dance that is easy to learn and doesn't require any previous experience to participate. All dances will be taught on the spot by the caller. We will employ non-gendered language while steps are called in order to encourage everyone to try both roles of leading and following. This event is a great way to connect with the community, make new friends, and get your body moving!
Third Annual Spring Acapella Fest 2024
Our Third Annual Spring “Acapella Fest” headlined by Hamilton’s own The Blue Parsley Boys. Also featuring The Colgate 13, The Swinging Gates, Colgate Discords, Colgate Mantiphondrakes and others.
Appalachia Community Square Dance and Concert
DARK SKIES IN APPALACHIAN
COMMUNITY SQUARE DANCE & CONCERT
We are proud to be hosting "Dark Skies in Appalachia Community Square Dance & Concert" -- a fun night to wrap up Colgate University's "Arts, Creativity, and Innovation Weekend" featuring The Sea The Sea, Wild Ponies, and Danny Schmidt.
The Dark Skies in Appalachia is a three day symposium, April 4-6, 2024, where writers, artists, musicians, filmmakers, scholars, and scientists will converge on the campus of Colgate University in the Village of Hamilton to share their work, ideas, and insights related to one of humanity’s first and most intimate connections to the natural world. We hope you can join us!
The Community Square Dance and Concert is a celebration featuring percussive dancer and seasoned caller Becky Hill with live music by The Sea The Sea, Wild Ponies, and Danny Schmidt. Absolutely no prior square dancing experience required.
Admission to the Dance is free and open to the public. Please come and join in on the fun!
To Learn more & Register for Arts, Creativity, and Innovation Weekend visit:
https://jbary.colgate.domains/symposium/
The organizers gratefully acknowledge financial support from the following campus partners:
Colgate Arts Council
Picker Interdisciplinary Science Institute
Sweet Family Endowed Chair
Live Music Collective
Faculty Development Council
Upstate Institute
Department of Physics & Astronomy
Environmental Studies Program
Core Communities
Beyond Colgate
Songwriters & Stories
Songwriter & Stories with Brendan O’Connor & Joe Mettler gives us a glimpse into the artistry of songwriting, storytelling and how music builds connections. Dates:
January 25, 2024 - 7pm
February 29, 2024 - 7pm
April 4, 2024 - 7pm
May 9, 2024 - 7pm
Writers Accountability Group "WAG" with Joan McCarthy, Kit Boyer & Abby Palko
“WAG” is a once-per-month free 90-minute writers’ group meeting. These meetings include a round of accountability sharing/goal setting, writing exercise, and then casual sharing of written work.
This group is open to all ages and levels of experience.
DATE/TIME: Sep. 20th 6:30pm
COST: This is a free event.
Community Inclusion Project with Heritage Farm & Colgate University
Community Inclusion Project
In the spring of 2024, the Studio be utilized in a collaboration with Heritage Farm (www.heritagefarminc.org) and Colgate University for a Community Inclusion Project centered around neurodiversity.
During the program the group will learn about the process of songwriting and music/video production.
Check out past Studio Projects with Heritage Farm members:
Arts at the Palace board member Regina Conti, in the department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Colgate University, is helping to create this meaningful program! Regina’s research investigates motivational processes in school, work, health, and family contexts. Much of this work has explored the link between intention and action. Most recently, she is exploring how the motivational dynamics of family life are influenced by a diagnosis of autism in a child or children. She is committed to supporting community efforts to enhance the lives of those with autism and related disorders.
Learn more about Heritage Farm at www.heritagefarminc.org
Saturday Jazz with Mark Shiner & The Houseband
Join Mark Shiner & The Houseband as they present various artists and repertoire each month at 12 noon. This month will feature Rick Montalbano, Brian Stark, Rich Mollin and a special guest Jeff Stockham.
Trumpeter Jeff Stockham is well-known to jazz fans in the upstate New York region. A graduate of Syracuse University and the Eastman School of Music (and a veteran of the renowned Eastman Jazz Ensemble), he is trumpeter and French hornist in Thelonius Monk Jr.'s "Monk on Monk" big band, with which he has toured Europe, Israel, and the United States several times, and with which he has performed at major international jazz festivals and concert venues with jazz luminaries such as Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, Bobby Watson, Don Braden, Howard Johnson, Danilo Perez, Gerri Allen, Diane Reeves, Nnenna Frelon, Kevin Mahogany, Marcus Roberts, John Fedchock, and Joe Henderson. He has toured Europe and Africa with Chicago blues guitarist Jimmy Johnson, and has also toured as a member of the orchestra for the national touring company of Les Miserables. His other performance credits read like a Who's Who of the New York State music scene, having performed with the Central New York Jazz Orchestra, the Salt City Jazz Collective, the MK Groove Orchestra, JazzBone, the Stan Colella Orchestra, the Mario DeSantis Orchestra, Little Georgie & the Shufflin' Hungarians, Larry Arlotta, the Bearcat Jass Band, Gap Mangione, Joe Salzano & the Blue Devils, Atlas, Gap Mangione, Danny D'Imperio's Big Band Bloviation, the Syracuse Symphony, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, and many others. He has backed up numerous national acts including Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra Jr., Rosemary Clooney, Aretha Franklin, Harry Connick Jr., Natalie Cole, Johnny Mathis, Al Martino, Jimmy Cavallo, Don Rickles, Jerry Vale, Leslie Gore, Shari Lewis, and many others. His current jazz sextet, The Jazz Police, is a Central New York all-star ensemble comprised of some of the top jazz musicians in the region. Jeff is also one of the few musicians worldwide to play jazz on French horn.
DATES:
January 27, 2024 - 12pm
February 24, 2024 - 12pm
March 30, 2024 - 12pm’
April 20, 2024 - 12pm
LifeLong Learning Program
Beyond “Facts vs. Opinions”
Presenter: Ben Lennertz is a Professor of Philosophy at Colgate University specializing in the Philosophy of Language, Epistemology, and Philosophy of Mind. He is widely published and has received a number of fellowships and prizes. Ben will be presenting "Beyond 'Facts vs. Opinions'" at the monthly LifeLong Learning Program this Friday, March 29th, at 2:30pm held here at Arts at the Palace.
Many grade schools teach the fact/opinion distinction. In this course, we’ll discuss whether this distinction cuts off space for public debate – by presenting ‘facts’ as settled and ‘opinions’ as outside the realm of evidence and argument. We’ll explore whether there is a better way to conceptualize the underlying phenomena.
All classes are live and in-person. We will not be recording sessions.
Click here for a full description of Upcoming LifeLong Learning Schedule
(https://www.colgate.edu/community/lifelong-learning/course-schedule)
SAK TZEVUL: Indigenous Maya Rock
Sak Tzevul was founded in the town of Zinacantan, Chiapas Mexico. From its inception and founding in 1996, the Tzotzil rock group was influenced by the popular music of the Marimba, a musical tradition often associated with African, Latin American, and indigenous musical traditions.
11th Annual Seuss Saturday
11th Annual Seuss Saturday
Saturday, March 23, 2023
Seuss Saturday Schedule of Events 2024
10:30 a.m. — Hamilton Public Library [13 Broad Street]
We will kick off the celebrations by making a public declaration establishing Seuss Saturday 2024! A special story time will follow the proclamation as well as crafts and games.
11:30 a.m. — Arts at the Palace [19 Utica Street]
Head over to the Palace Theater for a LIVE Seussi-cal sing-a-long with Jenni Larchar of Jenni’s Music Studio! Kids of all ages are welcome to sing and dance along.
12:30 p.m. — Hamilton Movie Theater [7 Lebanon Street]
Next, it’s time for lunch and a movie! Enjoy FREE pizza from Oliveri’s Pizzeria (sponsored by Community Memorial Hospital) while watching the FREE showing of "The Lorax" (sponsored by the Colgate Bookstore).
CREATIVE ENDEAVORS
Creative Endeavors
Tuesdays at 6:30pm January 30-March 19, 2024
WEEK SEVEN (3/19): Business Model Canvas Presentations - Hosted at Palace
Creative Endeavors is a collaborative course dedicated to supporting, developing, and launching creative individuals. This an eight-week-long interactive workshop series led by creative experts and business professionals. Take the first step in your creative career, learn business basics, and identify resources that will help you move forward. Sessions will take place on Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. at The Hub and the Palace Theater in Hamilton.
Audience:
Community members and students
May be interested in making a career out of their creative talent or of doing something on the side
May be offering a creative service or selling a physical product
Goal 8+ participants
Learning outcomes:
Develop a potentially viable business idea based on your creative talent
Develop a deeper understanding of your goals, interests, and desires for your creative talent
Analyze the specific characteristics of your target audience and ways to reach them
Understand basic business frameworks and support that are required to successfully establish and administer a business entity
Understand different funding approaches and sources and resources available for next steps.
This is a FREE workshop, register HERE!
Life Long Learning
Accessing New York’s Cultural Heritage through Digital Collections
Presenter: Ryan Perry is the Executive Director of the Central New York Library Resources Council and the Statewide Project Coordinator for New York Heritage.
All classes are live and in-person. We will not be recording sessions.
Click here for a full description of Upcoming Life Long Learning Schedule
(https://www.colgate.edu/community/lifelong-learning/course-schedule)
Writers Accountability Group "WAG" with Joan McCarthy, Kit Boyer & Abby Palko
“WAG” is a once-per-month free 90-minute writers’ group meeting. These meetings include a round of accountability sharing/goal setting, writing exercise, and then casual sharing of written work.
This group is open to all ages and levels of experience.
DATE/TIME: Sep. 20th 6:30pm
COST: This is a free event.
CREATIVE ENDEAVORS
Creative Endeavors
Tuesdays at 6:30pm January 30-March 19, 2024
WEEK SIX (3/5): Funding Development - Hosted at Palace
Creative Endeavors is a collaborative course dedicated to supporting, developing, and launching creative individuals. This an eight-week-long interactive workshop series led by creative experts and business professionals. Take the first step in your creative career, learn business basics, and identify resources that will help you move forward. Sessions will take place on Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. at The Hub and the Palace Theater in Hamilton.
Audience:
Community members and students
May be interested in making a career out of their creative talent or of doing something on the side
May be offering a creative service or selling a physical product
Goal 8+ participants
Learning outcomes:
Develop a potentially viable business idea based on your creative talent
Develop a deeper understanding of your goals, interests, and desires for your creative talent
Analyze the specific characteristics of your target audience and ways to reach them
Understand basic business frameworks and support that are required to successfully establish and administer a business entity
Understand different funding approaches and sources and resources available for next steps.
This is a FREE workshop, register HERE!
Songwriters & Stories
Songwriter & Stories with Brendan O’Connor & Joe Mettler gives us a glimpse into the artistry of songwriting, storytelling and how music builds connections. Dates:
January 25, 2024 - 7pm
February 29, 2024 - 7pm
April 4, 2024 - 7pm
May 9, 2024 - 7pm
Life Long Learning
Following the Trail of Two Adirondack Women to their “Wildwood” Home
Presenter: Ellen Percy Kraly is Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies Emerita at Colgate University. She began teaching at Colgate in 1984 and has served as director of the Upstate Institute, Director of the Environmental Studies Program, and Interim Provost.
All classes are live and in-person. We will not be recording sessions.
Click here for a full description of Upcoming Life Long Learning Schedule
(https://www.colgate.edu/community/lifelong-learning/course-schedule)
CREATIVE ENDEAVORS
Creative Endeavors
Tuesdays at 6:30pm January 30-March 19, 2024
WEEK FIVE (2/27): Canvas Work Session and Design Your Life discussion - Hosted at Hub
Creative Endeavors is a collaborative course dedicated to supporting, developing, and launching creative individuals. This an eight-week-long interactive workshop series led by creative experts and business professionals. Take the first step in your creative career, learn business basics, and identify resources that will help you move forward. Sessions will take place on Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. at The Hub and the Palace Theater in Hamilton.
Audience:
Community members and students
May be interested in making a career out of their creative talent or of doing something on the side
May be offering a creative service or selling a physical product
Goal 8+ participants
Learning outcomes:
Develop a potentially viable business idea based on your creative talent
Develop a deeper understanding of your goals, interests, and desires for your creative talent
Analyze the specific characteristics of your target audience and ways to reach them
Understand basic business frameworks and support that are required to successfully establish and administer a business entity
Understand different funding approaches and sources and resources available for next steps.
This is a FREE workshop, register HERE!
Saturday Jazz with Mark Shiner & The Houseband
Join Mark Shiner & The Houseband as they present various artist and repertoire each month at 12 noon. This month will feature Brian Stark and Rich Mollin.
DATES:
January 27, 2024 - 12pm
February 24, 2024 - 12pm
March 30, 2024 - 12pm’
April 20, 2024 - 12pm
CREATIVE ENDEAVORS
Creative Endeavors
Tuesdays at 6:30pm January 30-March 19, 2024
WEEK FOUR (2/20): Branding and Messaging: Reaching Your Target Audience - Hosted at Hub
Creative Endeavors is a collaborative course dedicated to supporting, developing, and launching creative individuals. This an eight-week-long interactive workshop series led by creative experts and business professionals. Take the first step in your creative career, learn business basics, and identify resources that will help you move forward. Sessions will take place on Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. at The Hub and the Palace Theater in Hamilton.
Audience:
Community members and students
May be interested in making a career out of their creative talent or of doing something on the side
May be offering a creative service or selling a physical product
Goal 8+ participants
Learning outcomes:
Develop a potentially viable business idea based on your creative talent
Develop a deeper understanding of your goals, interests, and desires for your creative talent
Analyze the specific characteristics of your target audience and ways to reach them
Understand basic business frameworks and support that are required to successfully establish and administer a business entity
Understand different funding approaches and sources and resources available for next steps.
This is a FREE workshop, register HERE!
Love Letters By A.R. Gurney - Hamilton Community Players Feat. Lauri Marshall & Ted Lenio
"Love Letters" at The Palace Theater in Hamilton
Arts at the Palace in Hamilton, NY has announced a special Valentine’s event featuring A.R. Gurney’s Pulitzer Prize for Drama finalist, “Love Letters.” The play unfolds a half-century of notes, letters and cards exchanged between two characters played by local actors Laurie Marshall and Ted Lenio.
Gurney’s play chronologically covers ‘Melissa’ and ‘Andrew’s’ correspondence from early school days to maturity, as they discuss their dreams and disappointments, hopes and ambitions, victories and defeats. For over 35 years it has been performed by hundreds of famous actors too numerous to mention, who bring eclectic interpretations of contrasting characters who share what it means to be in a relationship or friendship, have a confidant, and/or be “in love.”
Lenio is a NYS and regional award-winning playwright, director and actor whose theatrical arc spans 45 years, beginning in Aspen, Colorado, as ‘Charlie Chan.’ He has especially enjoyed exploring more troubled characters as they come to better understand themselves and others.
“Ever since stage managing ‘Love Letters’ for the U.S. Embassy cultural attache and his wife in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in the 1990s, I’ve wanted to reprise this play,” Lenio commented. “And ever since performing with Laurie in ‘Twelfth Night’ at the Rome Art and Community Center too many years ago, I’ve wanted to team up with her again,” he added.
Marshall’s theatrical background is similarly varied and also includes such distinctive characterizations as ‘Harpo Marx’ in “A Day in Hollywood, A Night in the Ukraine.” She has worked in props, costuming, stage managing, and made her directorial debut with “Hound of the Baskervilles.”
Complementing the play will be musical selections performed by pianist Jo Ann Geller and saxophonist Pete Ruben, both before the show and during intermission, which specifically relate to the characters’ lives.
The one-night-only performance is set for Friday, February 16, 7:30 pm (music at 7:00) at the Palace Theater, 19 Utica Street in Hamilton, NY.
Tickets are $10 and available at www.artsatthepalace.org. Beer, wine, and non-alcoholic beverages will be available for $4.
For questions or further information contact:
Ted Lenio / TeLeTalk50@aol.com / 315.335.0090
Life Long Learning
One Painter’s Journey: From the Age of AIDS through Climate Catastrophe
Presenter: Katherine Kuharic is Professor of Art at Hamilton College. Her work has been exhibited in the U.S. and abroad with a number of solo exhibitions. She has received many awards and honors, most recently, the Emily Harvey Foundation Fellowship in Venice, Italy.
All classes are live and in-person. We will not be recording sessions.
Click here for a full description of Upcoming Life Long Learning Schedule
(https://www.colgate.edu/community/lifelong-learning/course-schedule)
CREATIVE ENDEAVORS
Creative Endeavors
January 30-March 19, 2024
WEEK THREE (2/13) - Establishing Your Business - Hosted at Hub
Creative Endeavors is a collaborative course dedicated to supporting, developing, and launching creative individuals. This an eight-week-long interactive workshop series led by creative experts and business professionals. Take the first step in your creative career, learn business basics, and identify resources that will help you move forward. Sessions will take place on Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. at The Hub and the Palace Theater in Hamilton.
Audience:
Community members and students
May be interested in making a career out of their creative talent or of doing something on the side
May be offering a creative service or selling a physical product
Goal 8+ participants
Learning outcomes:
Develop a potentially viable business idea based on your creative talent
Develop a deeper understanding of your goals, interests, and desires for your creative talent
Analyze the specific characteristics of your target audience and ways to reach them
Understand basic business frameworks and support that are required to successfully establish and administer a business entity
Understand different funding approaches and sources and resources available for next steps.
This is a FREE workshop, register HERE!
Writers Accountability Group "WAG" with Joan McCarthy, Kit Boyer & Abby Palko
“WAG” is a once-per-month free 90-minute writers’ group meeting. These meetings include a round of accountability sharing/goal setting, writing exercise, and then casual sharing of written work.
This group is open to all ages and levels of experience.
DATE/TIME: Sep. 20th 6:30pm
COST: This is a free event.