Community Calendar

But do you recall…the most favorite concert of all? Make your season right and complete with this merry & bright holiday treat. Just be sure to bring along your singalong crew: your friends & family from 1 to 92!

Multi-instrumentalists Bells & Motley (Sondra and John Bromka) return with another special holiday-themed concert. They are historical musical story tellers (as well as instrument makers, authors, and dance callers) who perform on hurdy gurdy, nyckelharpa, French bagpipes, harp, hammered dulcimer, squeezeboxes, assorted historic wind and percussion instruments (and voices). Their numerous topics include the Erie Canal, early music (they’re a founding ensemble at the Sterling Renaissance Festival near Oswego, NY), and world music (including the folk traditions of Netherlands, England, Celtic lands, Spain, Italy and perhaps more!). They have a wonderful gift for connecting to audiences of all ages with a musical mix of history, literature, fine arts, and artistry.

Joining them will be the Champeons of Folly, who will present a traditional mummer’s play.

In a fresh twist, area-renown poets take the stage to perform with interpretive musicians with “The Verb Takes a Walk: Poetry Meets Music,” on Sunday, July 23, at the Lansing Performance Hall from 3:00 to 5:00. Featuring Peaches Gillette, Brooke Lange, Daphne Sola, Adin Luca, and Mike Finn, it promises to deliver poetry and music interactions in a memorably unique way.

“During Beatnik times, poetry and music hooked up,” according to Mark Zuss, former poetry professor and organizer of this Savage Club sponsored event. “But since those Kerouac days, this whole genre has been largely lost.”

Each of the “mixed media” readings that afternoon involve readings of diverse original poetry that is matched with live musical or other artform accompaniments or interpretations of that poetry. One of the many highlights is a reading by the 95-year-old poet, Daphne Sola, who will be followed by a high school protégé.

Leland Ko, the OAK Trio's cellist, returns in a dynamic solo appearance.

Ludwig van Beethoven: Coriolan Overture
Igor Stravinksy: Pulcinella Suite
Samuel Barber: Violin Concerto with soloist Sophia Werner, violin

In a fresh twist, area-renown poets take the stage to perform with interpretive musicians with “The Verb Takes a Walk: Poetry Meets Music,” on Sunday, July 23, at the Lansing Performance Hall from 3:00 to 5:00. Featuring Peaches Gillette, Brooke Lange, Daphne Sola, Adin Luca, and Mike Finn, it promises to deliver poetry and music interactions in a memorably unique way.

“During Beatnik times, poetry and music hooked up,” according to Mark Zuss, former poetry professor and organizer of this Savage Club sponsored event. “But since those Kerouac days, this whole genre has been largely lost.”

Each of the “mixed media” readings that afternoon involve readings of diverse original poetry that is matched with live musical or other artform accompaniments or interpretations of that poetry. One of the many highlights is a reading by the 95-year-old poet, Daphne Sola, who will be followed by a high school protégé.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it: See this cinematic setlist of sweeping scores & thrilling themes that recapture the magic of movie matinees, all in under two action-packed hours. Best yet, this program will not self-destruct!

The Program:
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Polonaise from Eugene Onegin
Franz von Suppé: Light Calvary Overture
Bedřich Smetana: Polka from The Bartered Bride
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto #21, movement II (theme from Elvira Madigan)
Aaron Copland: Hoedown
Elmer Bernstein: The Magnificent Seven
Gioachino Rossini: William Tell Overture
Elmer Bernstein: To Kill a Mockingbird
John Williams: The Cowboys
John Williams: Jurassic Park
Henry Mancini: Medley
Lalo Shifrin: Mission Impossible

Binghamton Philharmonic violinist Robert Radliff and Dutch pianist Sharon Niessen in a duo recital.

Comedy IMPROV Show similar to Whose Line

An interactive, zany, improvised FUN show! The New Puzzled Players get suggestions from the audience & make up funny scenes on the spot!
COMEDY IMPROV SHOW-The NEW Puzzled Players of Greater Binghamton are a group of funny improvisers who share their love of the art of improvisation and their sense of humor with you! It's THE fun place to go on the Second Friday of every month. You might even volunteer to help them with one of the Improv Games or just laugh at the zany antics.
Similar to TV's Whose Line is it Anyway, NYC's Upright Citizen's Brigade, Chicago's Second City, & The Groundlings of Los Angeles.
Here's what some said about Greater Binghamton's Puzzled Players:
"YES, YES, YES!, And I know ZANY!"-Robin Williams
"I laughed so hard it killed me!"-Paul Reubens

The Puzzled Players Comedy Improv Theater, 19 Madison Ave, Endicott, NY
Shows on the Second Friday of every month.
Doors open at 7:30pm, Show starts at 8:pm, Only $10,
PG-13, No alcohol, No smoking, No refunds. Refreshments available.
Guaranteed seating via tickets on Eventbrite, or cash and Venmo accepted at the door.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/864192130927?aff=oddtdtcreator

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Executive Director and Creative Director-Russ the BIg Guy
More about Russ, the shows and Improv FUNshops for your organization through our training center.: www.RussTheBIGGuy.com/improv-workshops

Quinn Mason: Shine Time
Camille Saint-Saëns, Piano Concerto No. 2, with piano soloist Andrew Russo
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D Major