ILNY Travel Guide - Summer 2014 - (Page 46)

LUCY-DESI MUSEUM, JAMESTOWN CURTIS R. PRIEM EXPERIMENTAL MEDIA & PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (EMPAC), TROY (continued from previous page) EMPAC Center (Experimental Media & Performing Arts Center) rates as one of the world's most innovative performance venues. See some of opera's brightest stars at the Glimmerglass Festival in Cooperstown. The exciting 2014 season includes Puccini's Madame Butterfly and the great American musical, Carousel. Syracuse highlights local talent in the pubs and clubs of Armory Square. In July, a smokin' Blues Festival features legendary blues masters and young lions. Buffalo's famous Theater District reflects the city's rich architectural heritage and showcases topnotch productions, from innovative drama ©COURTESY EMPAC ALBRIGHT-KNOX ART GALLERY, BUFFALO GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, NEW YORK CITY to classic comedies. Shea's Performing Art Center, set in an opulent 1926 opera house, presents Broadway hits. Jamestown welcomes visitors from around the world to the Lucille BallDesi Arnaz Center, a museum and playhouse that highlights America's First Couple of Comedy. For a nostalgic treat, catch a show at the Lucille Ball Little Theater, where Lucy played her first stage role in 1930. Nearby Chautauqua Institution features world-class performances- from classical music and opera to pop and comedy-in a lakeside Victorian village. Over the nine-week season, June 23 to August 22, more than 170,000 visitors discover its charms. Celebrate with a stay at the grand and historic Athenaeum Hotel. SUMMER * 46 * 800/CALL-NYS Great Estates, Art & Architecture With New York City as its epicenter, a vibrant art scene stretches across the state, from the Pollock-Krasner House on Long Island to the Chautauqua Institution out west. New York City's amazing variety of museums and galleries dazzle throughout the five boroughs. From ancient Egyptian pottery to the beloved Impressionist paintings, the Metropolitan Museum of Art features one of the world's largest and most comprehensive collections. The Met stands along the upper stretch of Fifth Avenue known as Museum Mile. Ten iconic museums range from the Neue Galerie, celebrating German/Austrian art and design, to the Guggenheim Museum, a Frank Lloyd Wright landmark called one of the greatest buildings of the 20th Century. 

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