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Art Galleries

• ANAM CARA ART GALLERY
  
  

  Address:  204 State Street, Binghamton 

  Art gallery featuring painting, sculpture photography, and pottery by local, national and international artists. First Friday Venue.

  
  
• ANTHONY BRUNELLLI FINE ARTS
  
  
  
• ART MISSION & THEATER, LTD
  
  

  Address: 61 Prospect Ave, Binghamton 

  Mission: Non-profit Gallery Space Supporting Contemporary Artists

  Duplex Theater presenting digital, electronic media, independent, foreign film & festival programming.

  
  
• COOPERATIVE GALLERY 213
  
  

  Address:  213 State S, Binghamton

  Contemporary painting, collage, photography, sculpture, mixed media & original prints by 29 emerging & established Artists.  First Friday Venue.

  
  
• DIANNE HODACK STUDIO at The Perry Gallery
  
  

  Address: 89 Court St (3rd Floor, corner of Chenango St), Binghamton

  Original paintings by Dianne Hodack & other regional fine artists.  First Friday Venue.

  
  
• E.L. DOWNEY STUDIO & GALLERY
  
  

  Address:  33 Court St (2nd Floor in JungleScience, above Subway), Binghamton

  Wearable Art Masks made of leather, feathers & other treasures.  First Friday Venue.

  
  
• JUNGLE SCIENCE
  
  

  Address: 33 Court Street (2nd Floor), Binghamton

  Fine Art, Entertainment & Omnifarious Events.  First Friday Venue.

  
  
• LA LOBA CREATONS OPEN STUDIO
  
  

  Address: 4011 Saddlemire Rd, Binghamton

  Open Studio at La Loba Creations - "Art Gym" where you can experience a "creative workout".

  
  
• MARTINA DiROSE GALLERY
  
  

  Address:  81 State Street (2nd Floor, Stephens Square), Binghamton

  Oil Paintings & Pop Art.  Monthly Exhibits of new & Emerging Products. First Friday Venue.

  
  
• NANCY MODLIN KATZ STUDIO at The Perry Gallery
  
  

  Address: 89 Court St (3rd floor, corner of Chenango St), Binghamton

  Artist Studio located in the historic Perry Building.

  
  
• ORAZIO SALATI STUDIO & GALLERY
  
  

  Address:  205 State St (2nd Floor - Artists Row), Binghamton

  Works by Orazio Salati and New & Emerging Artists. First Friday Venue.

  
  
• PERRI HART STUDIO
  
  

  Address: 81 State St (2nd Floor, Stephens Square), Binghamton

  Art Studio & Gallery featuring works by Perri & other artists.  First Friday Venue.

  
  
• RUDE AND BOLD WOMEN
  
  

  Address: 116 Gorgeous Washington St, Binghamton

  Mission: Identify, Encourage & Promote Women Artists: Raise Social Consciousness about Women in the Arts.

  
  
• SHARD OF GLASS STUDIO, LLC
  
  

  Address: 81 State St (2nd Floor, Stephens Square Building), Binghamton

  Professional Mosaic Studio & Gallery.  First Friday Venue.

  
  
• STUDIO SIX & COMMUNITY OPTIONS, INC
  
  

  Address: 184 State St, Binghamton

  First Friday Gallery Show.

  
  
• THE CONNELLY GALLERY
  
  

  Address: 205 State St, Binghamton

  Featuring 19th, 20th, & 21st Century Art & Antiques.  First Friday Venue.

  
  

• Galumpha
  
  

  The show is a cutting-edge theatrical presentation replete with dance, comedy, audience participation, and food.  At its core, the work is three bodies intertwining and melding together like sculpture in motion.  The three artists use their bodies and an odd assortment of props and costumes - cutting boards, popcorn poppers, vegetables, flashlights, etc. - to create a sinewy blend of dance, wit, and muscle.

  
  
• Rafael Grigorian Ballet Theatre
  
  
  

• Binghamton River Trails Events
  
  

  What started as a simple resident-led initiative last year as the River Crawl has now expanded to a diverse and full-blown River Trails Summer Program. Come down and enjoy the scenic beauty, be healthful, meet a few new friends, and learn about our wonderful natural assets and waterfront activity. The following summer crawls are planned: Friday, June 15, 6:00 PM, SAFE FUN ON THE WATERWAYS. Bring your bikes, trikes & kayaks to the trails and rivers to learn about safe pedaling and paddling. Guides: Scott Reigle, BMTS and JC Collings. Start: Future Martin Luther King, Jr. promenade behind Boscov's. End: Just go with the flow! Sunday, July 8, 9:00 AM, BINGHAMTON HISTORIC BRIDGE PEDAL. Join the 5.5 mile ride along the City's rivers, landmark bridges and historic sites. Sponsors: BMTS, Past, Susquehanna Heritage Area, City of Binghamton and Broome County. Start: South Washington Street Bridge. Friday, July 20, 6:00 PM, BLAZE A TRAIL. Walk along the newly developed segment of the River Trail from Water and Clinton Streets to Sheri Lindsey Park and then blaze a trail for the next leg! Guide: Mark Bowers. Start: Binghamton Regency. End: Bevier Street. Friday, August 31th, 6:00 PM, TRAILS TO TRELLISES. Stroll the tree lined trails from Otsiningo Park followed by a guided tour of nearby Cutler Botanical Garden with horticulturalist Renee Schoulpt. Sponsors: Cornell Cooperative Extension & Cutler Botanic garden. Start: TBD. End: Cutler Botanic Garden, Front Street. For information on Binghamton River Trails events or to get involved, call the Binghamton Economic Development Office 772-7161.

  
  
• Downtown Binghamton Farmers' Market
  
  

  The Binghamton Farmers Market returns this year with more vendors, more products, music and events, at midday every Tuesday and Friday.  So steal away to the market on Collier Street, next to the Court House green.

  
  
• First Fridays
  
  

  First Fridays, 6:00 to 9:00pm. First Friday Art Walk, presented by Gorgeous Washington Street Association, features a myriad of 35-45 art venues which vary each month. This is the Gorgeous place to be where you can enjoy art openings, gallery hopping, music, dance, theater, fine dining, entertainment and more. Most venues and activities are located downtown Binghamton.

  
  

• Hanford Mills Museum
  
  

  Explore America's industrial past.  Situated in the northern Catskills, Hanford Mills Museum is a working saw and grist mill powered by a Fitz overshot waterwheel.  The Museum also features tours of the John Hanford Farmstead and a gasoline powered engine and dynamo.  Explore the mill at your leisure or take a guided tour.  Walk the nature trail, and view changing exhibits of local and regional history in the exhibit gallery.  Overlooking the mill pond is a beautiful picnic area.  For your convenience the Museum operates a snack shop and museum store.  The Museum is open daily from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm,  May 1 - October 31.  An admission fee is charged.

  
  
• Kopernik Space Education Center
  
  

  The Kopernik Observatory, perched atop a 1750 foot hill in Vestal, 10 miles Southwest of Binghamton, NY, has been the best-sited and best equipped public observatory in the Northeast United States for over 20 years.  The new Kopernik Space Education Center is New York State's first science laboratory facility designed for K-12 teachers, students and their families.

  
  
• North East Classic Car Museum
  
  

  Rare and Fabulous - Duesenbergs, Packards, Cords, Auburns, Franklins, Pierce-Arrow and More! The largest collection of Franklin luxury cars in the world... plus many other extremely rare and unique models and manufacturers. Fascinating examples of early technological advances and much more!

  
  
• Phelps Mansion Museum
  
  

  Address: 191 Court St, Binghamton, NY 13901   Phone:    607-722-4873 Docent Tours: Sunday & Tuesday, Noon to 3:00 PM,     or by appointment for groups Ballroom Rentals for weddings or other events

  
  
• Roberson Museum and Science Center
  
  

  Features the traditional arts and culture of the various ethnic groups that are a part of our community.  Includes video and participatory activities.  Exhibitions, explorations and many more.

  
  
• The Discovery Center
  
  

  The Discovery Center of the Southern Tier is a hands on, interactive museum for children and their families.  Shop in the Littlest Giant Market, become a pilot and fly a plane or just control the traffic from our very own air traffic control tower.  The lifesize fire truck is available to explore along with the full dress uniform of a busy and dedicated fire fighting professional.

  
  

• Anderson Center for the Arts
  
  

  Presents performances, conferences, and meetings for the University and the Southern Tier of New York State.  Both the university students and professional artists can be watched on stage.

  
  
• Binghamton Philharmonic
  
  

  A kaleidoscope season of perfectly blended music.  Performing both classical and pop concerts during the year with many local and foreign guest artists.

  
  
• Binghamton University Orchestra
  
  

  With its 80 members, activities include not only its annual concert for Chorus and Orchestra but also original Children's concerts, Multicultural Holiday programs, a concert of Student Concerto Competition winners and Student Conductors' concerts.  Selected members form the University Chamber Orchestra and appear on the Department of Music's Chamber Hall Series with distinguished music faculty and guest artists. In recent years the Orchestra has become a featured performer at each of Binghamton University's innovative International Cultural Festivals, in which they have appeared in celebrations of the music of Northern Ireland (1992), Scotland (1996) and Greece (1999) with leading composers and performers from those countries.

  
  
• Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena
  
  

  The Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena opened in 1973, provides diversified entertainment for over half a million people each year.  Located in downtown Binghamton off State Street, the arena is the home ice for the Binghamton Senators, and hosts the Disney on Ice, concerts, trade shows, and many other professional, scholastic and amateur sporting events.  Seating capacity is 7,200.

  
  
• The Forum
  
  

  Home to the Binghamton Philharmonic, the Tri-Cities Opera, the Broadway Theater League, and various dance groups.  A restored vaudeville house, the Forum enables our community performing arts groups to present various programs in an elegant theatrical setting.  The theatre organ at the Forum is one of the few of its kind in existence.  Seating capacity: 1,519.

  
  
• Tri-Cities Opera
  
  

  Enjoy world class singing, sets and staging right here in Binghamton as nationally renowned artists perform opera favorites at the Forum Theater.

  
  

• Binghamton Mets
  
  

  Eastern League AA affiliate of the New York Mets.

  
  
• Binghamton Senators
  
  
  

• Binghamton University Theater
  
  

  Binghamton University students from all grades and all departments are performing during the year in Chamber Hall of the Binghamton University.

  
  
• Cider Mill Playhouse
  
  

  The Cider Mill Playhouse, located in Endicott, New York, is a year-round professional non-profit theatre serving the Southern Tier region of New York state. In addition to presenting six fully mounted productions a year, including comedies, classics, and musicals, The Cider Mill Playhouse also offers a “second stage” season consisting of more unconventional works and original premieres, as well as summer theatre workshops and classes.

  
  
• KNOW Theatre
  
  

  Founded by actors whose common goal is to provide theatrical performances of quality and substance.  Through our dedication to this goal we produce plays that range from drama to comedy, from farce to fantasy, classic to contemporary and everything in-between.  Using known and unknown playwrights we attempt to shed light on less common works, which would not be seen if not for our existence.  Our hope is to present our audience with provocative, moving and above all, entertaining theatre.