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Auburn, NY (May 11, 2023) – Syracuse-area native Magda Gluszek has always been drawn to the narrative aspect of figurative artwork, expressing emotions through the faces and hands she creates out of clay. “I think that face and hands are the places that we automatically most often look when we're trying to understand someone's emotional state or the story that they are telling us,” she said. “We communicate so many things in our facial expressions and the ways in which we gesture or pose our hands.”

Conveying emotions in clay is the focus of a three-day workshop Gluszek, who grew up in Liverpool, is teaching June 23-25, 2023, at the Schweinfurth Art Center in Auburn, NY. In the workshop, “Sculpting Heads: Let’s Get Expressive!”, students will sculpt a head and accompanying hand that captures an expression.

Registration is now open for the George Eastman Bike Tour beginning on May 13

 Rochester, N.Y., May 8, 2023—The George Eastman Museum has announced that it will resume its series of four family-friendly George Eastman Bike Tours, beginning on Saturday, May 13 at 10 a.m. Each tour is $25 per person for members and $30 for non-members, and advance registration is required at eastman.org/biketours, as space is limited to 12 participants. Registration is also open for the June 17, July 15, and September 9 bike tours.

This year marks the 40^th anniversary of the annual industry celebration.

Cayuga County, NY (May 4, 2023) — National Travel and Tourism Week, (NTTW) the annual celebration of the contributions of the U.S. travel industry, will spotlight the essential role that travel will play in driving economic growth and innovation through the theme #TravelForward.

“The travel industry fuels every industry—our industry’s success is the nation’s success,” said U.S. Travel Association President and CEO Geoff Freeman. “This week is a prime opportunity to elevate the message that travel is essential to moving America’s economy forward.”…

Mumford, NY (May 5, 2023) – Visitors to GCV&M for Civil War Living History Weekend on Saturday, May 20, and Sunday, May 21, will learn from the Museum’s own historical experts as well as historians and guest speakers from around the country about life in the Genesee Valley Region of NY State during America’s greatest conflict. GCV&M does not host opposing force fire demonstrations or reenactments; instead the Museum’s costumed historic interpreters, tradespeople, and special guests experts and scholars present engaging experiences steeped in the details of history relevant to New York State in the 1860s – and the impacts that continue to reverberate in modern life.

Mumford, N.Y. – Genesee Country Village & Museum opens for the 2023 regular season on Saturday, May 6, welcoming visitors to step into the rich history and natural environment of NY State’s Genesee Valley Region. The largest living history museum in New York, and third largest in the US, GCV&M encompasses over 600 acres and includes 68 buildings in the Historic Village, an extensive collection of sporting art and historic clothing in the John L. Wehle Gallery, and over five miles of trails and natural habitats at the Nature Center.

Tickets on sale Wed., May 3

Waterloo, N.Y. – Matt Rife will make a stop at del Lago Resort & Casino’s Vine Showroom on Thurs., Aug. 3 as part of his Chipped Shoulder Tour. The show will take place at 7:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., and tickets go on sale this Wed., May 3 at 10:00 a.m. More information can be found at: dellagoresort.com/entertainment/#upcoming-events…

Rochester, N.Y. (May 1, 2023) — Tickets for the 2023 PGA Championship are officially sold out. An estimated 225,000 spectators are expected to be at the 2023 PGA Championship throughout the week of May 15-21 at the famed Oak Hill Country Club.

Commemorate this historical event in Harriet Tubman’s Chosen Hometown

Auburn, NY — The City of Auburn is rich in Black history, pride, and culture, and sites throughout History’s Hometown are planning special events during June to celebrate the legacy of freedom in the place Harriet Tubman called home.

Designated as an official New York State holiday on June 19, 2021, Juneteenth commemorates the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States. Its date originates back to June 19, 1865, when African Americans across Texas were made aware of their right to freedom.

Auburn, NY (April 12, 2023) – Join the Cayuga Museum of History and Art and the Schweinfurth Art Center May 5 and 6, 2023, for a weekend of activities surrounding Haudenosaunee history, including a demonstration of the Smoke Dance and a free workshop examining the Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center, a searchable database of the school’s documents, history, and resources.