Upcoming Events

This is an opportunity to share your words with other supporters of poetry. Bring up to three poems or 5 minutes worth of material and it may just wind up on WBDY-FM 99.5 as part of our "Poetry Live From the Bundy Museum."

Harpur Jazz Ensemble, directed by Mike Carbone, will perform a Big Band Jazz concert with a featured guest artist from the professional Jazz World.

Join us Saturday morning April 20th, for our Easter basket workshop starting at 10am. Immediately following our workshop we will have an Easter Egg Hunt on the Front Lawn of the Mansion starting at 11am . Baskets made during the workshop will be used for the egg hunt. **please note the egg hunt will be weather permitting** Cost to participate in workshop and egg hunt: $5.00 per child/ payable at the door. Reservations are necessary and will close on Wednesday…

Saturday – April 20, 2019 11:00 AM KALURAH SHRINE’S NEW LOCATION 549 Chenango Street, Binghamton, 13901 Join Us For Another Fun-Filled Easter Party! PLAN Plan to attend. You’ll have fun! RESERVE Call or e-mail the Recorder and make your reservations by FRIDAY, APRIL 5 2019. Due to the space limitations of our new location, we are capping the party at 150 kids! There will be an admission ticket for each child with a reservation at the door. D.J. Johnny Only…

Join us for a special evening of fun, food, and fashion with boutiques, vendor displays, silent auctions, cash bar, hors d’oeuvres and more! All proceeds to benefit the Mothers and Babies Perinatal Network. 5:30 PM - 7 PM: Exhibitor Display; 7 PM - 8:30 PM: Fashion Show, Featuring Howie Meller

GARDEN BROS CIRCUS --ALL NEW---2019---3 rings bursting with excitement, laughs and memories. 100 minutes of real quality family entertainment. Over 60 performers from 22 countries featuring the Chinese Acrobats, Aerial Daredevils, Racing Camels, the smallest horse on Earth, 6 Motorcycles in the Sphere of Fear, Comedy Dogs, Wheel of Death and the funniest Clowns. Live animal rides, food and face painting in the Kids Fun Zone! Coupons for free children's tickets MUST be redeemed at same time as purchase of…

Double-A baseball game

A 2016 Pushcart nominee, poetry and musical criticism have appeared in over 500 magazines and periodicals. Full length collections, Blue Fan Whirring, (Nirala Press, 2018); smitten by harpies & shiny banjo catfish (Lion Autumn Press, 2016) Chapbooks, Eve’s Venom (Post Traumatic Press, 2014) Purgatory Road (Pudding House, 2010) Anthologies: 11/9 Fall of American Democracy Anthology, 2017 (Independent) Reflecting Pool: Poets & the Creative Process, WaterWrites: A Hudson River Anthology, and Riverine: Anthology of Hudson Valley Writers (Codhill Press, 2018, 2009,…

Binghamton Live presents Colleen Kattau & Dos XX in an early Cinco de Mayo celebration concert. They will play both English and Spanish language songs. Mexican and Venezuelan far will be offered up by Happy Pappi beginning at 6:30 when doors open. The latin food can be chased down with choices from the full bar. Colleen will be joined by Mike Brandt on bass, Connie Walters on vocals and Jane Zell on guitar as they play gringa music, grooves from…

Sophocles’ Antigone has been a beacon of poetic drama since the fifth century B.C. In his gripping adaptation, Nobel Prize winning playwright and poet Seamus Heaney exposes the humanity and darkness of Sophocles’ compelling masterpiece. In war-torn Thebes, Antigone learns that her brothers have killed each other in battle. Creon, king of Thebes (and Antigone’s uncle), grants burial for one brother, but forbids it for the other who is considered an enemy of the state. Creon threatens death to anyone who disobeys…

on’t miss this year’s popular event! Last year, over a hundred vendors participated and thousands of people attended. You never know what treasure you might find! Stop and see us at the Kids Zone in Center Court. Admission is free. ATTN VENDORS: to register, click here: http://ow.ly/JAaI50nx00M

Run through the world of music at the Musical 5K! This unique 5K experience takes place on Saturday, April 27, at the Vestal Coal House. Proceeds benefit the Tri-M Music Honor Society of Union Endicott High School. Musicians from the Tri-M Society (Modern Musical Masterminds) will line the 5k course with a variety of music during the race. You will hear saxaphones, trumpets clarinets, harps, trombones, french horns, and more – you will get the whole musical experience! There will…

This program is based on repertoire performed 100 years ago by “John Philip Sousa and His Band” during their 1919-1920 tour of the US and Canada. In fact, most of the pieces were actually performed by when Sousa’s band appeared in nearby communities on June 17, 1919 – at both the Tioga Theatre in Owego and the Lyceum Theatre in Ithaca. Sousa was a master of concert programming and you’ll hear that Sousa was about much more than his famous…

A collective of curiosities from flames to fashions to tickle the tastebuds of your desires, and revive your child-like wonderment! Enjoy sideshow style performances and an encore runway fashion show of the Adrina Dietra Fall 2019 Collection. There will be live performances, a wine bar, a raffle basket containing over $50 worth of apothecary goods from thE.Apothecary--a skin and health sub collection from Adrina Dietra, and an encore showing of Adrina's collection entitled, "Bruja!," which premiered at the Harold Pratt House…

The Vestal Coal House and Jewish Community Center have partnered up for the Around the World 5K and Festival. This fun event takes place on Sunday, April 28th at the JCC! The festival starts off with a 3 on 3 basketball tournament at 10:00am, followed by a music festival at noon, and a 5K run/walk at 12:30pm. This all takes place at the Jewish Community Center! There will be awards and prizes for the 5K and basketball tournament. Register for…

The Kilmer Mansion will host WSKG filmmaker Brian Frey for a screening of his latest documentary film Old Bones: The Story of Exterminator. This program is free and open to the public. Old Bones tells the story of Exterminator's rise to national stardom in the years following his stunning victory at the 1918 Kentucky Derby. Exterminator was owned by Binghamton’s Swamp Root King Willis Sharp Kilmer. Frey’s film also explores Kilmer’s efforts to become one of horse racing premier owners…

Double-A baseball game

Artist Scott Yurko and BCAC present A Painter’s Snapshots, a series of “confrontational portraits”: instead of just examining paintings, visitors to this exhibition will find the paintings looking directly at them. For Yurko, this is a way to create an emotional dialog between the art and the viewer. Hopefully, as one confronts each individual piece the viewer will get a sense of who the subject is as well as the specific emotional state they may emote. About the Artist: Scott…

The American Civic in collaboration with Gorgeous Washington Street Association presents the India—Pakistan Collaboration Night. Come Experience A Night Of Elegance, Non-Stop Entertainment With Food & Soft Drinks, Lets Make A Night to Remember! Grab your friends, family, and neighbors and join us then!

5K fundraiser for PTA Club and Oscar Mike. Saturday, May 4th, 10 am. There will be prizes, contests and live music. You can register online at: www.runsignup.com/Race/NY/Binghamton/SweatForVets5K For Mail-in registration form email: [email protected] There is a $25 entry fee. Register soon to get a T-Shirt.

The Run Wild 5K returns to the Vestal Coal House on Saturday, May 4th at 11:00am! This event benefits the Binghamton Zoo at Ross Park. There will be two zoomobiles on-site. The 5K is officially timed with results and awards. Post-race refreshments. Register online at RunWild5K.itsyourrace.com or by paper at VestalCoalHouse.com. Please call 607-221-3727 with any questions.

University Symphony Orchestra, Harpur Chorale and University Chorus Concert presents Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem Sun. May 5, 2019 Four choirs from throughout the region join forces with the Binghamton University Symphony Orchestra for a presentation of Ralph Vaughan Williams's deeply moving cantata Dona Nobis Pacem, written between World Wars I and II. The Binghamton University Choirs with guest artists the SUNY Oneonta Chamber Singers and the Southern Tier Singers’ Collective will be led by Professor Timothy Perry in…

The Percussion Ensemble, conducted by Joel Smales, will present its annual spring concert featuring traditional percussion works, along with various drumming and melodic percussion from around the globe.