Community Calendar

Thursday, May 28 at 5:30 PM, held online

Newly released research shows important differences in Atrial Fibrillation (Afib) between men and women, including that women have a higher risk of Afib from post-menopausal hormonal changes. Learn the latest updates on what specialists know about these differences, and how it relates to health, treatment and stroke prevention for women.

Speaker: Michelle Vallelunga, MS, RN, CNRN, SCRN, Data Coordinator, Upstate Comprehensive Stroke Center, Upstate Medical University

In this six-session series, students will learn about the versatile drawing medium of charcoal. From its wide range of expressive possibilities to its intricate shading and texture potential, charcoal has a little bit for everyone. The class will focus on a wipe out technique working in a step-by-step process using layers to capture a full range of dynamic lighting in students’ artwork.

Just Silkscreens is just that – Silkscreens! We will exhaust every way to use silkscreen in printing cloth in the time we have. Working in fiber reactive dyes, our prints will leave your work with the same original hand, so that you can use the fabric for apparel or art quilts. We’ll use stencils, paper barriers, Tyvek shapes, dirty screens, clear screens, and screening to monoprint and everything in combination. All levels; some experience with dyes helpful but not required.

Come ride the restored river boat, Rose Lummis, on Sodus Bay! Save our Sodus offers 90-minute and two-hour cruises between May 8 and September 26, leaving from Oak Park Marina in North Rose, NY. Whether you're taking the kids on an eco-tour, or getting a guided history and wildlife cruise, or simply soaking up the sunset with local music, food and wine -- we invite you to experience Sodus Bay on board the Rose Lummis. Booking information at http://www.saveoursodus.com/roselummis.

How do we reconcile our engineered past with an ecological future?

2025 Erie Canal Artists-in-Residence Sarah Cameron Sunde and Kari Varner explore the Canal from an environmental lens.

Kari Varner, a distinguished photographer and educator, explored key ecological sites along the canal, integrating harvested plants into her photographic artworks. Sarah Cameron Sunde, an innovative interdisciplinary artist, engaged with canal communities to create pieces that physically and ecologically connect with the canal. She also developed work in collaboration with Jeremy Dennis, a contemporary fine art photographer and an enrolled Tribal Member of the Shinnecock Indian Nation in Southampton, NY.

Join us on Wednesdays at 10:00 a.m. for a free history tour led by our historian, Dr. Chris Woodworth. These tours continue all summer long each Wednesday morning. No RSVP required – just meet in front of the theater at 82 Seneca St.

The tours will last approximately one hour and are free of charge, though we welcome donations of any size as a token of appreciation for Geneva’s favorite opera house!

dance in the dirt-house: A reading by author Patrick Lawler

Friday, May 29, 7:00 p.m. at The Other Side, 2011 Genesee St., Utica, NY

Patrick Lawler is the author of Conversations with Extinct Animals (Univ. Alabama Press, 2005), The Exhalation Therapist/Breathe a Wor(l)d (Tiger Bark Press, 2022), as well as six other books of poetry and fiction. He has been one of CNY’s most acclaimed poets for 4 decades. His poetry blends autobiography and social commentary with philosophical and theoretical concepts in innovative ways, yet his work remains accessible and often downright funny. The presentation is free and open to the public. Donations will be gratefully accepted.

Just Silkscreens is just that – Silkscreens! We will exhaust every way to use silkscreen in printing cloth in the time we have. Working in fiber reactive dyes, our prints will leave your work with the same original hand, so that you can use the fabric for apparel or art quilts. We’ll use stencils, paper barriers, Tyvek shapes, dirty screens, clear screens, and screening to monoprint and everything in combination. All levels; some experience with dyes helpful but not required.

Join us every Saturday morning for the Homer Regional Farmers Market! Live music, local farm vendors, fresh baked goods, hot coffee and more!