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Beetlejuice
He earned his stripes on Broadway… now the ghost-with-the-most is coming to Syracuse. It’s showtime! Based on Tim Burton’s dearly beloved film, this hilarious musical tells the story of Lydia Deetz, a strange and unusual teenager whose whole life changes when she meets a recently deceased couple and a demon with a thing for stripes.
With an irreverent book, an astonishing set, and a score that’s out of this Netherworld, BEETLEJUICE is “SCREAMINGLY GOOD FUN!” (Variety). And under its uproarious surface (six feet under, to be exact), it’s a remarkably touching show about family, love, and making the most of every Day-O!
Date | 5/14/2025 |
Multiple Times | 5/14 - 7:30PM |
Runs | 5/14/2025 - 5/18/2025 |
Contact Phone | 315-475-7979 |
Contact Email | info@landmarktheatre.org |
Venue | Landmark Theatre 362 S. Salina St. Syracuse, NY 13202 |


Lee DuSell: Benediction
Lee DuSell (1927-2024) is perhaps best known to Everson audiences as the creator of the bronze sculpture Spiritual Freedom (1969) that graces the Museum’s Plaza, but he was also a prolific designer and woodworker. DuSell’s furniture has been exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum, the Corcoran Gallery, and Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts. Over a three-decade span, DuSell frequently collaborated with noted Japanese architect Minoru Yamasaki on a series of commissions that included the Ford Motor Company, Harvard University, and Reynolds Aluminum. DuSell particularly relished his contributions to religious shrines, chapels, and temples around the world.
DuSell served as the founding chairman of the Experimental Studios at the Syracuse University School of Art from 1965 until his retirement in 1992. Benediction honors DuSell’s work in wood during a particularly fertile period in the 1970s when his works became kinetic and interactive. This exhibition features large-scale works, including three rocking chairs containing musical elements powered by their rocking motion that were originally exhibited at the Everson in a 1980 solo exhibition. DuSell passed away in September of 2024, and is remembered not only for his innovative designs, but also for the formidable impact that he made on his students and community.
Date/Time | 5/14/2025 (All day) |
Runs | 5/10/2025 - 8/31/2025 |
Cost | $14 – Adults $10 – Seniors (65+), Students $5 – Children 6-12 $2 – with EBT card FREE – Everson Members, Children 5 and under, Military (w/ ID) P |
Contact Phone | (315) 474-6064 |
Contact Email | everson@everson.org |
Venue | Everson Museum of Art 401 Harrison St. Syracuse, NY 13202 315-474-6064 |


Catherine Spencer: Alchemy of a Seed
A seed begins in darkness—buried, fragmented, waiting. In its stillness, it holds the potential for transformation, a quiet alchemy that unfolds when the time is right. Alchemy of a Seed explores this process of change, resilience, and emergence through biomorphic sculptures that blur the boundaries between organic and synthetic, natural and surreal.
Created from discarded memory foam, found materials, and textiles, Catherine Spencer’s sculptures take shape as she cuts, stitches, airbrushes, embroiders, and applies beadwork, to breathe life into her anthropomorphic creations. The sculptures embody both rupture and repair, echoing the physical and emotional labor of growth. Vibrant, plant-like organisms populate the exhibition, their textures and colors evoking the tension between attraction and defense, fragility and power.
Like seeds rising from the soil, these forms emerge from obscurity into color, embracing the light only when they are ready. Alchemy of a Seed is a meditation on transformation—not just as a cycle of life and death, but as an act of agency, play, and rebirth. The viewer is invited to consider what is planted in the unseen spaces of our lives and what it means to step fully into becoming.
Date/Time | 5/14/2025 (All day) |
Runs | 4/05/2025 - 6/08/2025 |
Cost | $14 – Adults $10 – Seniors (65+), Students $5 – Children 6-12 $2 – with EBT card FREE – Everson Members, Children 5 and under, Military (w/ ID) P |
Contact Phone | (315) 474-6064 |
Contact Email | everson@everson.org |
Venue | Everson Museum of Art 401 Harrison St. Syracuse, NY 13202 315-474-6064 |


Nancy Friedeman-Sánchez: Dream Map and Cornucopia
Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez is a Colombian American artist who explores her heritage through works that combine Colombia’s material culture, history, and natural world. For the works featured in Dream Map and Cornucopia, Friedemann-Sánchez begins with an image of a ceramic vessel that speaks to the complex history of Latin America and its diaspora. she then transforms these vessels into bountiful cornucopia, bursting with flora and fauna that evoke Colombia’s rich ecosystems. Together with the Everson’s Paul Phillips and Sharon Sullivan Curator of Ceramics, Garth Johnson, Friedemann-Sánchez has also selected an array of ceramic works from the Museum’s permanent collection that reflect her interest in Latin America’s tapestry of Indigenous and colonial cultures.
Date/Time | 5/14/2025 (All day) |
Runs | 4/19/2025 - 10/18/2025 |
Cost | Adults $14, Seniors (65+) $10, Students $5, Children 6-12 |
Contact Phone | 315-474-6064 |
Contact Email | everson@everson.org |
Venue | Everson Museum of Art 401 Harrison St. Syracuse, NY 13202 315-474-6064 |


Nucor Steel Innovation Station
Visit the newest installation in the MOST's Nucor Innovation Station! Open through June
Nucor Steel Auburn presents “Pioneering the Circular Economy,” an exhibit showcasing the endless possibilities of steel. Explore interactive stations that bring Nucor’s steel production process to life, and learn the vital role of recycling and how steel shapes our daily lives. Discover the remarkable journey of steel from start to finish and see how each of us contributes to building a more sustainable future.
Date/Time | 5/14/2025 (All day) |
Runs | 1/17/2025 - 6/29/2025 |
Cost | Free with admission |
Venue | Museum of Science & Technology (MOST) 500 South Franklin Street Syracuse, NY 13202 315-425-9068 |


Jazz at the Cavalier
Enjoy the finest vocalists in the region every Wednesday from 6 to 8:30 p.m, free valet parking, special 11 Waters menu, and jazz cocktails. The Cavalier Room provides the lovely surroundings. No cover, no minimum, maximum enjoyment!
Date/Time | 5/14/2025 6:00 PM |
Runs | 10/02/2024 - 5/21/2025 |
Cost | FREE |
Contact Phone | 315-479-5299 |
Contact Email | info@cnyjazz.org |
Venue | Cavalier Room at the Marriott Syracuse Downtown 100. E. Onondaga St. Syracuse, NY 13202 (315) 554-3541 |
