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New York, N.Y. - Works & Process at the Guggenheim presents the Underground Uptown Dance Festival, a festival of commissioned street and social dances taking place in the subterranean Frank Lloyd Wright-designed theater at the Guggenheim from January 10-16, 2024 and at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall on January 12. Rare in the field of dance, let alone in the creators' traditions, beyond presenting fee, all projects will have received longitudinal support.

January 5–10, 2024 with Payne in person with The Holdovers on Jan 10
Find schedule at movingimage.us/series/alexanderpayne/

Astoria, New York, November 29, 2023 — Museum of the Moving Image will present an Alexander Payne retrospective opening January 5, 2024, featuring all eight of the writer-director’s feature films, culminating with a screening of his moving, exquisitely made latest, The Holdovers, with Payne in person, on Wednesday, January 10.

One-day pop-up shop features Skidmore student-made jewelry, clothing, pottery and more for sale

Friday, December 8, 3:30–5:30 pm

Saratoga Springs, NY (November 30, 2023) — The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College invites the public to the Tang Bazaar, an annual one-day pop-up shop of student-made wares, including art, jewelry, clothing, and pottery, on Friday, December 8, from 3:30 to 5:30 pm.

At Museum of the Moving Image, Sunday, December 10 in Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of Her Birth

Best-selling Author Nicholas Gage to Give a Talk About the Life and Loves of the Legendary Opera Singer

New York, N.Y. – The Hellenic Film Society USA is proud to present Maria by Callas, the acclaimed documentary that tells the life story of the legendary Greek-American opera singer. Told through stunning performance footage, TV interviews, and never-before-seen home movies, family photographs, private letters, and unpublished memoirs, the film reveals the essence of the extraordinary woman who rose from humble beginnings in New York City to become a glamorous international superstar and one of the greatest artists of all time.

Supporting the surveying of the American Encampment on “Liberty Hill”

Ticonderoga, N.Y. - Fort Ticonderoga, a museum, major cultural destination, and National Historic Landmark, has been awarded a $147,151 Preservation Planning Grant from the American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP), National Park Service for the survey of the American encampment on Liberty Hill.

Featuring exclusive tastings by the chefs of Win Son, Brooklyn’s Taiwanese-American hot spot on the Michelin list

WAMC’s Joe Donahue will moderate a conversation with Josh Ku and Chef Trigg Brown, co-founders of  Win Son and authors of the restaurant’s new cookbook

Friday, January 26 from 6:00-9:00PM

Saratoga Springs, NY (November 30, 2023) – Saratoga Performing Arts Center announces that its CulinaryArts@SPAC series will return with the flavor-packed cuisine from Win Son, Brooklyn’s destination Taiwanese-American restaurant and bakery on the Michelin list. Called “one of NYC’s most thrilling meals” by Eater, the restaurant and its chefs will curate exclusive samplings from their menu and new cookbook for event attendees.

Buffalo Artist Nicole Cherry and Rigidized Metal’s Work BUF Installed as Permanent Waterfront Exhibit

See picture of the sculpture here.

The Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation (ECHDC) and Visit Buffalo Niagara (VBN) today announced the unveiling of a new permanent sculpture at Canalside. The piece, which is called BUF, has been installed on Marine Drive, near the Hanover intersection. The steel 3-D letters, 5 feet tall and weighing more than 1,000 pounds, represent the waterfront’s latest piece of public art located and is sure to create many Instragrammable moments. It was designed and fabricated by Rigidized Metals, then painted by Buffalo artist Nicole Cherry.

Hyde Park, NY -- To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site and Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site, along with the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, will host a Human Rights Day Expo on Dec. 10, 2023. Events will begin at 10:00 a.m. at the Henry A. Wallace Center in Hyde Park. …

Lake Placid, NY – The Adirondack region has been included in Condé Nast Traveler’s annual list of places to visit. Upstate New York was recognized as one of the “24 Places to Go in 2024,” with the Adirondack region, along with area attractions and hotel properties receiving specific mention.

Upstate New York is one of 24 destinations featured in the magazine’s annual roundup and one of three North American destinations included on the list, along with Santa Fe, New Mexico and Quebec, Canada.

Farmingdale, N.Y. - On Thursday, December 7, 2023, American Airpower Museum hosts the annual “Dropping of the Roses” Pearl Harbor Memorial Ceremony conducted by the Long Island Air Force Association (LIAFA).  The American Airpower Museum (AAM) has provided space for this event each year ever since the Museum opened its doors in 2000.  December 7, 2023 is the 82nd Anniversary of the Japanese attack on the U.S. Navy Fleet based at Pearl Harbor. …