Friday, March 2
First Friday art walk
6 to 9 p.m., Downtown Binghamton
Highlights Include:
-The City Light Cafe (254 Washington St.) will showcase work by local artist Marian Simpson. Simpson’s paintings as well as a 30-foot mural, ‘Lighting Up the Susquehana Valley,’ will be featured.
-The Mad Moose Saloon (Henry Street) will host a First Friday Open House, featuring wine sampling, chocolate fountain and specialty drinks.
-The Cooperative Gallery (213 State St.) will feature ‘Photographs: The Old City’ (Jerusalem, Israel) by Bess Greenberg of Vestal.
-The Lost Dog Cafe (222 Water St.) will feature ‘Photos from A European Adventure’ by Karen Stanley at Shard of Glass Studios, and ‘Senescent Architecture ‘ Photo Documentation of a Bygone Era’ by Dan Micholychak.
Movie screening: ‘Our Daily Bread’ Director: Nikolaus Geyrhalter
7:30 p.m., Lecture Hall 6
$4 Admission.
‘Tongue of a Bird’ by Ellen McLaughlin
8 p.m., Fine Arts Building, Watters Theater
General admission $14; faculty/staff/seniors $12; students $8
A powerful story about the bonds between parents and children and the ties that bind human beings to each other.
Asian Outlook Slammin’ Poetry Slam
Midnight to 2 a.m.
Undergrounds Cafe
Saturday, March 3
‘Tongue of a Bird’
8 p.m., Fine Arts Building, Watters Theater
University Symphony Orchestra
8 p.m., Osterhout Concert Theater
$9 general public; $7 faculty/staff/seniors; free for students.
The Symphony Orchestra will present the world premiere of ‘Music for Strings’ by BU Faculty composer Paul Goldstaub, Prokofiev’s ‘Montagues and Capulets from Romeo and Juliet,’ Brahms’
‘Academic Festival-Overture,’ Op. 80 and conclude with Tchaikovsky’s ‘Capriccio Italien,’ Op. 45.
Movie Screening: ‘Our Daily Bread’ Director: Nikolaus Geyrhalter
7:30 p.m., Lecture Hall 6
$4 Admission
Sunday, March 4
‘Tongue of a Bird’
2 p.m., Fine Arts Building, Watters Theater
Absolut(e) Russian with special guests Elmar Oliveira, violin, and Sandra Robbins, viola
8 p.m., Anderson Center Chamber Hall
$25 general public; $20 faculty/staff/seniors; $10 students.
Mix equal parts Shostakovich’s ‘Piano Quinte’ and Tchaikovsky’s ‘Souvenir de Florence.’ Add Prokofiev to taste. Dark and soulful, and serves a full house of enthusiastic music-goers.
The Colgate University Concert Choir and BU’s Harpur Chorale
7:30 p.m., Trinity Memorial Church, 44 Main St., Binghamton.
A free-will offering will be received. Director: Peter Browne.
Call 777-2592 for more information
Monday, March 5
The Forum Theatre (236 Washington St.)
‘Hairspray’ 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $57.50, $47.50, $35.50
Call 778-2480 for more information.
Tuesday, March 6
‘Hairspray’ 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 7
‘Hairspray’ 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 10
Binghamton Philharmonic Orchestra: ‘From the Heart of Europe’
8 p.m., Anderson Center, Osterhout Concert Theater
$40 general admission, $37 seniors, and $10 students.
Central Europe’s beautiful landscapes inspired generations of classical composers. Join the orchestra for a musical tour of the land of the Danube, with captivating masterpieces by Haydn, Bartok and Dvorak. Featuring guest violinist Roberto Diaz.
www.binghamtonphilharmonic.org