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Ongoing
Smith Opera House Gallery & Gift Shop
Wednesday-Friday:
12-4pm
Saturday: 10am-1pm
During
many live events
An
eclectic boutique featuring an extensive and unique blend of fine arts
and crafts from nearly a hundred Finger Lakes region artists. From
puppets to paintings, soaps to scarves, and baskets to bracelets, there
is something for everyone at The Smith.
Your
patronage supports local artists, and a portion of every gift shop
purchase benefits the historic Smith Opera House.
Friday
February 5
Live: Claire Lynch
8pm
$15 general admission
Click here to buy tickets now.
Claire Lynch’s sweetly pure voice has always been in high demand. Dolly
Parton, Linda Ronstadt,
Ralph Stanley and Emmylou Harris (among others) have called on her to
sing on their records,
while Lynch’s original songs have been covered by A-list folks in the
acoustic world. But it’s Claire
Lynch leading her own band that garners the most accolades – including
2 Grammy nominations,
countless specialized awards and other nominations - along with
reverent standing ovations for her
shows at prestigious music festivals and theaters.
Opening for Claire Lynch, will be Bristol
Mountain Bluegrass
The Bristol Brothers have worked together for thirty years as
entertainers in traditional music.
They've been featured on the Nashville Network, on PBS, on local and
national radio.
They've played colleges and festivals all over the country.
Tuesday,
February 9, 2010
Live:
The Smith
Opera House
Presents: "JIGSAW JONES - THE CASE OF THE CLASS CLOWN"
10am
& 7 pm
All seats - $4.50
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Athena Lorenzo has been slimed and she doesn’t think it’s very funny.
Someone in Ms. Gleason’s class is playing practical jokes. Theodore
“Jigsaw” Jones claims to be the very first detective in the whole
school. It’s up to Jigsaw and his friend Mila to investigate the
sliming and track down the class clown. This could be their stickiest
case yet!
Curriculum
Connections:
Family
Relationships, Theatre, Visual
Arts, Language/
Communications Skills, Literature-based Musical Grades: 1-4
February
12, 13, 14, 15, 16
Film: Fantastic Mr. Fox
Friday, Saturday - 7pm
Sunday -
2pm
Monday -
2pm & 7pm
Tuesday
- 2pm
Wednesday
- See DOUBLE FEATURE below!
$3 All seats
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It is the story of one Mr. Fox and his wild-ways of hen heckling,
turkey taking and cider sipping, nocturnal, instinctive adventures. He
has to put his wild days behind him and do what fathers do best: be
responsible. He is too rebellious. He is too wild. He is going to try
"just one more raid" on the three nastiest, meanest farmers that are
Boggis, Bunce and Bean. It is a tale of crossing the line of family
responsibilities and midnight adventure and the friendships and
awakenings of this country life that is inhabited by Fantastic Mr. Fox
and his friends.
87 min.
(Rated PG for action, smoking and slang humor.)
Tuesday, February 16
Live: Zydeco Vacation
Time 8 pm
All seats - $15
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ZYDECO
VACATION
" A New Orleans Road Show Experience!"
Members
of "Zydeco Vacation" have been recognized by and performed at events
alongside some of Louisiana's most legendary entertainers, including
"Buckwheat Zydeco" "Nathan and the Zydeco Cha-Chas", "Beau Soleil" and
"Terence Simien". "Zydeco Vacation" is slowly but surely
becoming
one of the country's most sought after "Zyde-Cajun"
experiences.Combining virtuosic blues accordion with the age old scrub
board, once this dance party gets cookin', it becomes a good
old-fashioned Louisiana donkey-straw party.
In true New Orleans
fashion, Mardi-Gras beads are tossed out while the band takes its
listeners with them on the "Zydeco-Tequila dance train"!
Don't miss the high-energy and New Orleans-flavored "Zydeco Vacation".
Wednesday
February
17
Film:
DOUBLE
FEATURE: Fantastic
Mr. Fox AND Planet 51
Wednesday
- 12:00 Noon
$5 All seats
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February
17, 18, 19, 20, 21
Film: Planet 51
Wednesday
- See DOUBLE FEATURE above!
Thursday
- 2pm
Friday - 2pm & 7pm
Saturday
- 7pm
Sunday -
2pm
$3 All seats
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Lem is just an average teenager working on getting the girl and
furthering his career at the local planetarium - except that he's an
alien. At least to U.S. astronaut Captain Charles T. Baker who lands on
Lem's planet hoping for a quick flag plant and a hasty return to earth
and his millions of screaming fans. But on this alien planet the media
has tagged spacemen as brain-eating, zombie-creating monsters, causing
Baker to run for his life and into Lem's house. Now it's up to the
green native to get the clumsy astronaut back to his spaceship before
military dictator General Grawl and mad scientist Professor Kipple
manage to exterminate the Earthly visitor.
91 min.
(Rated PG for mild sci-fi action and some suggestive humor.)
Friday,
February 26, 2010
Live:
The Smith
Opera House
Presents: "THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD"
10am
& 7 pm
All seats - $4.50
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Watty Piper’s The Little Engine That Could is one of the greatest tales
of motivation ever told! Powered by his well-known refrain “I think I
can, I think I can” and YOUR HELP, the Little Engine overcomes
seemingly impossible odds to carry a train full of toys over an
imposing mountain. Colorful trains and life-sized toys come alive on
stage to teach children about the power of optimism in this
interactive, inspirational and all-around entertaining production.
Curriculum
Connections:
Literary,
Visual Art, Music, Theatre.
Grades pre-K–1
Saturday, February 27
Live: Baye Kouyate
Time 8 pm
All seats - $15
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"I am
griot," the man says in French-accented English. It is no small thing.
He's part of an honored tradition, a caste of people in West Africa who
throughout the ages have acted as the society's musicians,
storytellers, historians and messengers.
He has a centuries-old griot (gree-oh) name to prove it: Baye Kouyaté
(Bye Koo-ya-tay). He is a bandleader and world-class percussionist who
specializes in the talking drum. And he is most certainly a storyteller.
March
5, 6 & 7
Film: Precious
Friday, Saturday - 7pm
Sunday -
2pm
$5 All seats
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Lee Daniels’s PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL “PUSH” BY SAPPHIRE is a
vibrant, honest and resoundingly hopeful film about the human capacity
to grow and overcome. Set in Harlem in 1987, it is the story of
Claireece “Precious” Jones (Gabourey Sidibe), a sixteen-year-old
African-American girl born into a life no one would want. She’s
pregnant for the second time by her absent father; at home, she must
wait hand and foot on her mother (Mo’Nique), a poisonously angry woman
who abuses her emotionally and physically. School is a place of chaos,
and Precious has reached the ninth grade with good marks and an awful
secret: she can neither read nor write.Precious may sometimes be down,
but she is never out. Beneath her impassive expression is a watchful,
curious young woman with an inchoate but unshakeable sense that other
possibilities exist for her. Threatened with expulsion, Precious is
offered the chance to transfer to an alternative school, Each One/Teach
One. Precious doesn’t know the meaning of “alternative,” but her
instincts tell her this is the chance she has been waiting for. In the
literacy workshop taught by the patient yet firm Ms. Rain (Paula
Patton), Precious begins a journey that will lead her from darkness,
pain and powerlessness to light, love and self-determination.
110 min.
(Rated R for child abuse including sexual assault, and
pervasive language.)
Saturday,
March 13
Live: Glengarry Bhoys
8 pm
All seats - $15
Tickets go on sale 1/4/2010
Described
as bold, unorthodox, vibrant, and evocative, the “GLENGARRY BHOYS”
hybrid of Canadian Highland Scots and French Canadian musical
idioms has evolved
into a sound that is weighty, authoritative, and extremely entertaining.
Their energy and good humor, as much a part of the show as their
musicianship, crosses all
cultures and ages. Many things have been written and reported about
this world renown
Canadian alt-celt group over that last decade, all depicting their
musical and entertaining
prowess with varied audiences the world over, but their ability to
marshal large enthusiastic
audiences show after show is legion and recognized.
Saturday,
March 20
Live: CANADIAN MIST presents: the Bob
& Tom Comedy All-Stars Tour
7:30
$30 + $2 Facility Fee
Tickets go on sale 10am Friday February 5th
Mature
Content
Click here to buy tickets now.
Starring:
Bob Zany, Greg Hahn, and Donnie Baker
Emcee: Chick McGee of The Bob & Tom Show
Many of
the best comedians in North America appear daily on The Bob &
Tom Radio Show. A number of these
comedians are headliners and often have TV credentials ranging from
Comedy Central to Late Night with David
Letterman. The Canadian Mist Bob & Tom Comedy All-Stars Tour
was created to bring a rotating ensemble of these great
headline comedians to single stages across America.
Tom Griswold, host of The Bob & Tom Show says: “There is an
energy you only get when you are in front of a live
audience. The laughter inside a radio studio can’t compare to the
collective laughter of thousands of people in the venues
we’re playing. The talent showcased on this tour is unparalleled. You
are in for a great show in a smoke-free theater
environment.”
“The Bob & Tom Show” is one of the longest running and
highest-rated programs in American radio. "The Bob & Tom
Show" is a lively, humorous show drawing from the day’s news, sports
and lifestyle occurrences. Thousands of guests
appear on the show from the world of music, movies, TV, books and
sports. In addition, the show is the premiere radio
showcase for America’s best comedians. As one of the most award-winning
morning radio shows, "The Bob & Tom
Show" has been honored with seven Billboard Magazine Awards, 11 awards
from Radio & Records, and five Marconi
Awards from the National Association of Broadcasters. They have
released more than 50 comedy albums, CDs and
DVDs. Bob & Tom have expanded their brand into television with
a weekday program on WGN America. Bob & Tom
Specials air on Comedy Central and they also present live comedy shows
across America via The Canadian Mist Bob &
Tom Comedy All-Stars. Program schedules and additional information is
available at www.BobandTom.com.
*Comics subject to change
This is
a reserve seated show. Please click here for
a seating chart.
The
seating chart is in .pdf format. To view
the form,
you will need Acrobat Reader.
If you
don't already have it, you can download
Acrobat Reader for free here.
 
March
21
Live
- Geneva Concerts present: the
Syracuse Symphony Orchestra
3:00 pm
Prices TBA
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Gerard Schwarz, Conductor
Colin Currie, Percussion
• Diamond:
Rounds for String Orchestra
• Higdon:
Percussion Concerto
•
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6
Saturday, April
10
Live: Boiled In Lead
Time 8 pm
All seats - $15
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For over
26 years, BiL have been innovators in bringing “folk music” kicking and
screaming to rock audiences (and rock music to screaming folk
audiences!) BiL's many instrumental dance tunes incorporate global
influences, rhythms, and melodies that are guaranteed to keep the feet
moving. Original songs stick in the mind long after the music is over.
The players improvise freely yet stay in sync, playing a vital mix of
original and traditional material. The group and the individual
musicians have won over 20 Minnesota Music Awards, and toured
throughout the US and in Europe. With the return of original lead
singer Todd Menton and the addition of world-travelling eclectic
instrumentalists Dean Magraw and Marc Anderson, the highly-identifiable
BiL sound surges foward. Enthusiastic, powerful, technically brilliant,
playing a wealth of instruments, electric and acoustic, Boiled In Lead
routinely blows away labels and enchants audiences.
Friday,
April 16, 2010
Live:
The Smith
Opera House
Presents: "THE INCREDIBLE SPEEDINESS OF JAMIE CAVANAUGH"
10am
& 7 pm
All seats - $4.50
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Jamie Cavanaugh has a problem. She’s different. Everyone says she’s
going too fast. “Slow down!” say her parents. “Pay attention!” say her
teachers; but Jamie just can’t calm down. She’s spends so much time in
the principal’s office, she
practically lives there. Fortunately help arrives when a school
nurse sends Jamie to a doctor and she is diagnosed as having
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Curriculum
Connections:
Empathy
& Understanding of
Others, Literary, Language/Communications Skills, Visual Arts, Learning
Disabilities and Special Abilities. Grades 4-8
Monday, May 3
Live: Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
Time 7 pm
Prices TBA
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Under
the direction of Buddy Morrow, The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra continues the
tradition that started in 1935 with such hits as "On Treasure Island",
"The Music Goes 'Round and Around", "You", "Marie", "Satan Takes a
Holiday", "The Big Apple", "Once in a While", "The Dipsy Doodle", "Our
Love", "All the Things You Are", "Indian Summer", and "Dolores".
Saturday, May 22
Live: Toeprints annual Showcase
Time 7 pm
Prices TBA
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Friday,
June 4
Live: Says You!
7:30pm
All seats - $20
Click here to buy tickets now.
The popular public radio game show, "Says You" comes to the Smith Opera
House. Host Richard Sher brings panelists Barry Nolan, Francine Achbar,
Tony Kahn, Carolyn Faye Fox, Arnie Reisman, Paula Lyons and Phil
Salkind to record an episofe of their "Game of Words,
Whimsey, Bluff & Bluster".
Friday, June 25
Live: GHS Commencement
Time
7:30 pm
Call 315-781-LIVE (5483) or toll-free
1-866-355-LIVE (5483) to purchase most tickets or reserve schooltime
seats. Box office hours are 9am - 4pm, Monday - Friday. The Smith
accepts MasterCard, Visa and Discover.
 The Smith Opera House is owned and operated by
the Finger Lakes Regional Arts Council, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit
organization supported, in part, with public funds from the New York
State Council on the Arts, the City of Geneva, the Town of Geneva and
by contributions from individual supporters.
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