The O-town Scene - Oneonta, NY
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Talking Machine at hotel ANDES — Talking Machine — composed of Dianne Mucci and Chris Holub — brings its modern take on acoustic rock to the Andes Hotel this weekend. The duo will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday at the hotel, 110 Main St. in Andes with no cover charge. The band says it “rejects the preconcep- tions and tropes associated with html. Reading fee is $25 ($22 Bright Hill members). For more information on either deadline, e-mail- wordthur@stny.rr.com or call 829-5055. Thursday of the month, is free and open to performers of all types and ages. The best of the bunch have a chance to perform at 6 On The Square’s Local Talent Nights. Doors open at 6:30 at 6 LaFayette Park in Oxford. Call 843-OTS6 or visit www.6 onthesquare.org for more informa- tion. Dance group to Contributed Painting by Caomin Xie. an acoustic duo, instead approaching instruments as if part of fully loaded, fully manned rock group.” For more information, call (845) 676-3980 or go to www.andeshotel.com. Deadlines near to submit work TREADWELL — Nov. 30 is the postmark deadline for exhibition proposals at the Word & Image Gallery at Bright Hill Literary Center for 2011 and 2012. Complete guidelines are available at http://brighthi- llpress.org/thewordimage- gallery.html (scroll down to the end of the page). Entry is free. Artists featured in 2010 exhibits include Barbara On- asch, Edmund Rinnooy Kan, Franklin, Abigail Rorer, Yeon Jin Kim and Dan Welden. Nov. 30 also is the post- mark deadline for Bright Hill’s 17th annual Poetry Book Competition; the winner receives $1,000 and publica- tion. Complete guidelines are available at http://brighthi- llpress.org/brighthillbooks/ brighthillpoetrybookchap- booksubmissionguidelines. Show casts ‘Shadow’ at SUCO ONEONTA — “Shadow,” a multimedia exhibition by six artists of Asian Pacific heritages is on display in the Martin-Mullen Art Gallery in the SUNY Oneonta Fine Arts Building. A reception is set from 5 to 7 p.m. today for the artists, and the show runs through Dec. 17. The exhibit is free and open to the public. The installation includes works by Jian Cui, Makato Fujimura, Misako Oba, Joo Yeon Woo, Caomin Xie, and Phillia Changhi Yi. The exhibition title suggests the influences cast on the artists’ work by their own diverse cultural and personal experiences. For more information, call 436-2445 or go to www. oneonta.edu/academics/art/ gallery.html. Open mic in Oxford OXFORD —Try out a new song, recite poetry or tell a story starting 7:30 p.m. today at open mic night at 6 On The Square in Oxford. The event, held every third perform ONEONTA — The Bayanihan Philippine National Dance Company returns to Oneonta — last visiting the area in 2001 — at 8 p.m. Monday at the Oneonta High School auditorium. It is the second performance in the Oneonta Concert Association’s 2010- 11 concert season. The company is composed of 40 dancers and musicians who have adapted the music, dances and costumes of Fili- pino folklore to the stage. Newsweek described the group as “enchanting, en- gaging and graceful.” The company was founded in 1957 and has since done 15 international tours to 55 countries on five continents, as well as more than 100 brief tours to international festivals. The group’s performances are so powerful, an OCA media release said, that it has promoted other countries to establish their own na- tional folkloric companies. OCA offers subscriptions for its current season for all remaining performances: $75 for adults, $25 for stu- dents and $150 per family. Single tickets for the dance company are $25 for adults and $6 for students. Subscriptions may be purchased from OCA board members, at the door or by calling 433-7252. For more information, call 432-8571 or visit www. oneonta.edu/oca. Nov. 18, 2010 O-Town Scene 29 Coming Events Karaoke information, go to www. foothillspac.org. at theater ONEONTA — The One- onta Theatre is now host- ing karaoke night starting at 9 p.m. every Tuesday. The “karaoke slam” will be hosted by Northern Star and Jeff Wood. Top performers each week have a chance to sing on the theater’s big stage in the spring for a $500 prize. For more information, go to http://oneontatheatre.com. Cabaret set for Sat. ONEONTA — Foothills Performing Arts and Civic Center will host a cabaret and dance from 8 to 11 p.m. Saturday. Performers include a five- piece dance band featuring Rachel Fox on vocals, Alan Thomson on piano, Tom Wetmore on bass, drummer Keven Corkery and Stan Fox on vocals and harmonica. The group will play jazz stan- dards, as well as ’50s and ’60s rhythm and blues. Tickets are $5, which benefit the facility. For more Americana trio to play EARLVILLE — The Jeremy Wallace Trio comes to the Earlville Opera House Arts Cafe at 8 p.m. Friday. “Discovering his ‘old school’ whiskey-and-cigarette voice, vintage guitar and unforget- table lyrics is pure heaven for anyone serious about Ameri- can roots music,” Caffe Lena of Saratoga Springs said. Tickets are $15 for non-EOH members, $13 for members and $10 for students. Reservations are recommended at (315) 691-3550 or online at www. earlvilleoperahouse.com.