Enjoy ice cream, stroll Albany Street, spend time with family, see friends and discover Cazenovia...

Cazenovia is fast becoming known as a great art community.  So come browse the galleries, get to know local artists & enjoy really good art in your 'backyard'. As always children welcome and encouraged to attend the shops and events.

The Gallery of CNY:  Along with its collection of period paintings, will be featuring "The Barns of Madison County" through October 23rd which includes paintings by Barbara Nuss, George Van Hook, Richard Henry, Deborah Dougherty Wester & Diane Menzies. All over Upstate we are losing our agricultural heritage, and the structures that are part of it - especially barns.  There is a remarkable array of barns in our Central New York region.  We have everything from English barns with their amazing joinery to long hops barns to a coble stone barn a little west of our area.  Although this show is about fine paintings, it is also a way of documenting a type of vernacular architecture that is disappearing before our eyes. 

Open House:  5-7pm, show through October 22nd, Show will also be on-line at the gallery's website.

The Chameleon Gallery:  "Likeable",  "Funny", "Whimsical" world of ceramic sculptures by Bill Stewart will be at Chameleon Gallery, Cazenovia, NY.

Opening reception  Friday,September 24 , 5-8 PM  goes through November 14.

Cazenovia Artisians:  Welcomes two of its newest member-artists, Shawn McQuire, and Deborah Dougherty Wester.  Shawn creates wood-fired functional pottery, as well as decorative raku pieces, concentrating on minimal forms with simple lines.  Deborah is a well-know local oil painter whose subjects include rural landscapes and scenes, including Cazenovia Lake, chickens and cows.

Reception:  5-8 pm

Catherine Cummings Theatre / Jazz 'n Caz will be in full swing:  7:30 p.m: The Brubeck Brothers Quartet;  9:15 p.m: Recognizing and thanking Laurance Luttinger - this year's recipient of the Jazz `N Caz award;  9:30 p.m: Grammy-nominated Jane Monheit Quartet, and 11:00 p.m: Lincklaen House/Seven Stone Steps, Jazz After Hours

All Other Galleries & Shops in the Village:  Open until 8pm, including Isabella's who will be hosting a 'ShaKinross Cashmere Trunk Show'

MORE ART in CAZENOVIA

The Cazenovia Public Library is also hosting a reception for Cazenovia watercolor artist, Tom McCobb.  The Cazenovia College Gallery is showing "Cazenovia Artists:  A Retrospective of Four Fabulous Women"  Stop by The Cazenovia Artisians, The Chameleon Gallery & Marsella Galleries all right here in the village!

SHOPPING

Visit one of my favorite people, Amanda Bury at Amanda Bury Antiques...  Amanda has been in business for 27 years!

Be sure to check out some of Central New York’s finest shops right here in Cazenovia including Tizzy’s, Lavender Blue, Lillie Bean & Isabella’s.  Are you a horse person, now you can check out The Show Trunk, right across the street from the gallery.

ENTERTAINMENT

Not sure what’s going on this Friday.  Do you know?  Let me know and I’ll post it!

FOOD

Finally, top off the night with dinner at Circa, supporting our local farm raised foods.  Try their homemade potato chips, my favorite.

STAY THE NIGHT

Heya, and why not spend the night at a B&B on the lake, Notleymere Cottage.  Owner Diane Slodowitz is a fellow artist and great supporter of the community.

See you Friday!