Events

June 2nd – August 29th | Art’s Cafe
This exhibit showcases artwork in a variety of mediums from our amazing community of arts supporters. Artists of all backgrounds and experience levels have the opportunity to exhibit their work at the cafe gallery. Get a peak into the kind of art our local Springville artists make!

If you are interested in having a solo or group show at Art’s Cafe, or our Olmsted Gallery, please email ScaAlisia@gmail.com with a description of your proposed show and images of the artwork. We typically book shows a year in advance so please keep this in mind when you send your proposal.

We are currently seeking work by Randall Grimm for a future exhibit. If you are in possession of a Randall Grimm piece and would be willing to display it in a gallery show, please reach out to scaalisia@gmail.com.

THERE AND BACK AGAIN: VISIONS OF THE PERILOUS REALM

June 6th – August 15th | Olmsted Gallery

Open Wednesdays, Thursdays, & Fridays 10am-5pm, & Saturdays 10am-2pm

Wednesdays | Free

Come join our local community of crocheters! Meet other fiber artists, work on your projects, find new patterns to begin, or learn to crochet for the first time. All skill levels are welcome.

Second Wednesdays | Free

Bring printed copies of your work, or a copy to read from. Receive feedback on your writing, or complete a provided writing prompt, or discuss a project in-progress, or give feedback on other’s writing, or simply listen! This hour is for local writers to write, share, and build community. There is no wrong way to show up to writing group!

Every second Thursday | 6/11, 7/9, 8/13

A weekly evening of jazz standards from the 40’s to the present, selections from the Great American Songbook, and a touch of Latin too. With a rotating group of musicians. Free admission with donation.

June 26th & July 31st | By donation

Come hear local talent or bring a song of your own! Performers may play covers or original songs. No back tracks permitted. Must bring your own accompaniment or you are welcome to sing acapella. Hosted by violinist Heather Pennington in June & our Theater Interns in July. No open mic in August.

6 Friday’s | July 3rd – August 14th | $90 / $80 members

This drop-off creativity program for ages 2 through 5 takes the Reggio Emilia approach of “process over product.” Kids explore open-ended arts activities at their own pace, with the guidance of instructors. Painting, sculpture, loose parts, clay, puppet shows, instruments and more. The program will also include guest artists and walking field trips. Meets at Art’s Underground.

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An immersive, fun, multi-arts camp for kids age 6-12! Runs July 6th – August 13th. Classes are 10am-3pm, Mondays through Thursdays. Art classes in the morning, theater classes in the afternoon. Send your child with a packed lunch if they stay all day. If your child would like to be in the Lil’ Slam musical, sign them up for weeks 4, 5, & 6, or for the whole summer. Sign up for $40/week, or $150 for all 6 weeks. Located at Springville Center for the Arts. The Lil’ Slam musical will be How to Train Your Dragon Jr. Email ScaAlisia@gmail.com with questions. Click here for details on schedule and classes.

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This community-based evening will encourage attendees to interact with other writers as well as the art and architecture at Art’s Café itself. Ekphrastic writing is a form that engages directly with a piece of visual art; It’s like our Writers Open Mic Nights, but in reverse. Let’s celebrate the wealth of artistry in our area by creating more!

Free

Learn all the techniques needed to create stained glass: cutting, copper foiling, soldering, and polishing. Participants will leave with their own finished stained glass piece. Lunch break midway through class. With Claire Zimmerman.

$90 / $80 members

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Join us in Heritage Park, Factory Street, Springville, as Shakespeare in Delaware Park presents Fools & Foes, a collection of scenes featuring Shakepeare’s most villainous, and comedic characters. Directed by Nathanial Higgins, a Springville grad and past star of the SCA stage, the show features Paige Cummings, Cody Gooley, Camille Keeves, Devin Klumpp, Sue McCormack, Julianna Tracey. The performance will run for approximately one hour. Please bring a donation and a chair or blanket. No registration required.

Who is America? The Fra/ctured String Quartet is presented by Buffalo Toronto Public Media.

A string quartet formed in the summer of 2022, Fra/ctured is inspired by the idea of different music communities existing within close proximity, the sometimes unwillingness to explore these communities, and the courage it takes to cross those boundaries and explore something new. This program will explore American classical music, and the composers that have used their voices, as well as the voices of others, to shape the American music landscape in ways that have pushed many boundaries. We’ll hear from composers including Samuel Coleridge Taylor, Jessie Montgomery, Rhiannan Ghiddens, and an arrangement of a piece by Charles Ives by Fra/ctured violinist Evan Courtin. In honor of the 250th anniversary of the birth of the nation, the group explores themes that offer a different perspective on who built this country, and who America is now. BTPM Classical Live On Stage is made possible by funding from the Cullen Foundation and by our BTPM members. RESERVE YOUR FREE SEAT HERE, or call 716-592-9038.

Join us for a relaxing and creative morning of flowers, fresh air, and rooftop views at our flower arranging workshop. Create your own beautiful floral arrangement while enjoying the cozy atmosphere of the rooftop. With Lisa Krotz.

$90 / $80 members

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This workshop will teach you the basics of the cyanotype process. Each participant will create three original cyanotype prints to take home. A selection of botanicals and transparency photos will be provided, or bring your own! With Mary Hermans.

$35 / $30 members

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Performances: August 5th, 6th, 7th & 8th | 7pm | August 8th & 9th | 2pm | Mongerson Theater | Tickets $20 / $17 student/senior

Auditions: June 8th 3-5 pm & June 10th 4-6 pm. Email ScaMegan@gmail.com to schedule (note: school emails block outside addresses, so please use a personal or alternative email). Prepare up tp 32 bars of a contemporary musical theater song. bring sheet music for piano accompaniment or a backing track. Also prepare a monologue or choose a side provided at auditions. Rehearsals begin end of June, Mondays through Thursdays 6-9 pm.

In a dilapidated warehouse at an abandoned amusement park, an aging mechanical fortune-teller called The Amazing Karnak comes to life, and brings with him a ghostly choir of five deceased high-schoolers – all members of the Saint Cassian Chambern Choir, who were tragically killed on the park’s Cyclone roller coaster. Now, Karnak has the power to return one of these youths to life – but they must all decide among themselves who is the most worthy of a second chance to “ride the cyclone” that is life.

Slow down, look around you, and reconnect with yourself. Led by Mitchell Alegre, attendees will explore the artwork of artist Franklin LaVoie in this guided meditative workshop. Enjoy a deeper look into the exhibit and discuss with other students. Coffee and light refreshments provided for your enjoyment.

REGISTER HERE (FREE!)

Trivia is back! In honor of our host, questions will all be about children’s literature and geography. Come in stripes (an homage to children’s book traveler Where’s Waldo) for a chance to win an extra prize. Miss Karyn is the children’s programming assistant at the Springville library for which she leads weekly story times, and a pre-k assistant teacher. She enjoys rock star status to those under 5, and fully accepts that a quick trip to Walmart might last three hours depending on how many current or former students and their families she runs into. She is honored that so many families treasure story time and being able to witness children begin their reading adventures is truly magical.

Free | No Registration Required

Final Performances: August 14th, 7pm | August 15th, 4pm

In this process-oriented camp, kids entering grades 3 through 8 will explore the building blocks of musical theater and participate in fun activities resulting in a full theater production on the newly renovated Mongerson Theater stage. This year’s musical will be How To Train Your Dragon Jr., based on the DreamWorks Animation hit.

To sign your child up for Lil’ Slam, register for weeks 4, 5, and 6 of Kids Art and Theater Summer Camp, or purchase the summer pass for all 6 weeks.