The Other Side

Gallery Hours -- Phantasies-Dreams-Nightmares (click for all upcoming dates)
2024-04-06 12:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | The Other Side, 2011 Genesee St, Utica, New York, 13501
Collages by Steven Specht
Opening Reception: Friday, April 5th from 5-7pm
Artist Talk: Saturday, April 27th from 1-2pm
Gallery Hours are 12-2pm on:
Saturday, 4/6
Thursday, 4/11
Saturday, 4/13
Thursday, 4/18
Saturday, 4/20
Thursday, 4/25
Saturday, 4/27

Levern Williams -- Jazz at The Other Side
2024-04-13 19:30 - 21:30 | The Other Side, 2011 Genesee St, Utica, New York, 13501
Levern “The Entertainer” Williams
with special guest Roger Lent on piano
featuring:
Peter Chwazik – bass
Mike Melito – drums
Mike Dubaniewicz – sax
Tickets are $20 or $10 for students:
To reserve tickets call 315-735-4825 or email: kodomenico@verizon.net

The Invention of the Bible
2024-04-17 19:30 - 21:00 | The Other Side, 2011 Genesee St, Utica, New York, 13501
Hamilton at The Other Side
with Professor of Classics and Religion Ian Mills
“The Bible is an anthology of books. Each book — written centuries apart by diverse persons in various languages – has its own origin story. But the bible too had to be invented.
Wherefrom the idea of a closed corpus of uniquely authoritative texts? Professor Mills tells a story of evolving information technologies, heresy, apocrypha, and the invention of the Bible by Jews and Christians in the second century CE.”
Free and open to the public!

Artist Talk -- Phantasies-Dreams-Nightmares
2024-04-27 13:00 - 14:00 | The Other Side, 2011 Genesee St, Utica, New York, 13501

Benefit Concert featuring Elevator
2024-04-28 16:00 - 18:00 | The Other Side, 2011 Genesee St, Utica, New York, 13501
Hits and obscurities for your transistor radio! Songs from the 60s and more with Elevator. This blast from the past will be not only nostalgic, but educational!
Don’t miss out on this performance that will include 60’s music trivia,
valuable prizes and an appearance by a Utica jazz legend.
Come support The Other Side with this fun benefit concert featuring music by Elevator!
Jim and Ray Barnes have been performing as Elevator for many years, originally with local legend Alan Cooke on guitar and vocals. The Barnes brothers have performed with many local bands and were also original members of No Reply, a Beatles tribute band, with their cousin Mark Barnes.
The current configuration of Elevator includes singer Ed Townsend, known in Pittsburgh as lead singer of the infamous Eddie and The Otters, as well as guitarist Matt Giedraitis, known as Matt Gridley, because no one can spell his name. Matt is a current and founding member of local favorites, Gridley Page.
Ed is the only member old enough to have actually heard these songs when they were first released! The band’s repertoire includes a range of offerings from the Beatles, The Kinks, The Zombies, The Hollies, The Beau Brummell’s, The Who, The Lovin’ Spoonful, the Classics IV and many more.

Frank Bianco and Friends
2024-05-03 19:00 - 21:00 | The Other Side, 2011 Genesee St, Utica, New York, 13501
Join Frank Bianco and friends to celebrate the release of his new album “Couchfly”! The show will begin with featuring performances by Earl Klein, Ryan Oliver and “Lady Cat” Rachel Livermore. Then Frank will be performing his entire album in sequence with added instrumentation from special guest Anthony Bianco.

The Cheese Man
2024-05-04 08:00 - 17:00 | The Other Side, 2011 Genesee St, Utica, New York, 13501
Cheese man Mike Haritos returns with his vast array of imported cheeses, Kneady Baker Joe Silberlicht will be on hand with his artisanal breads.

The Rules of Esthetics – Gallery Opening
2024-05-10 17:00 - 19:00 | The Other Side, 2011 Genesee St, Utica, New York, 13501
Paintings by Everett Mayo
Opening Reception: Friday May 10th – 5 to 7pm
Artist Talk: Saturday June 1st – 1pm
Gallery Hours – 12 to 2pm:
Saturday 5/11
Thursday 5/16
Saturday 5/18
Thursday 5/23
Saturday 5/25
Thursday 5/30
Saturday 6/1

The Rules of Esthetics – Gallery Hours (click for all upcoming dates)
2024-05-11 12:00 - 14:00 | The Other Side, 2011 Genesee St, Utica, New York, 13501

Temenos Talk
2024-05-19 09:00 - 11:00 | The Other Side, 2011 Genesee St, Utica, New York, 13501

Vinnie Sperazza & Ember -- Jazz at The Other Side
2024-05-25 19:30 - 21:30 | The Other Side, 2011 Genesee St, Utica, New York, 13501
Direct from Brooklyn, NY, Ember has “…a sound that defies a convention or category”. – Downbeat
Featuring:
Vinnie Sperrazza – drums
Caleb Curtis – alto sax
Noah Garabedian – Bass

Tickets are $20 or $10 for students
To reserve call 315-735-4825 or email kodomenico@verizon.net

The Rules of Esthetics – Artist Talk
2024-06-01 13:00 - 14:00 | The Other Side, 2011 Genesee St, Utica, New York, 13501

Big and Glassy Book Club
2024-06-04 18:30 - 21:00 | The Other Side, 2011 Genesee St, Utica, New York, 13501
Open to the public!
Contact Sherman at thesteins3@outlook.com for information on the current book and all other questions.

Blues at The Other Side presents: Tom Townsley Band
2024-06-06 19:30 - 21:30 | The Other Side, 2011 Genesee St, Utica, New York, 13501
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SIX YEARS, Tom Townsley is bringing blues back to THE OTHER SIDE OF UTICA!
Tom and his buddies Todd Fitzsimmons & Morris Tarbell have shared the stage with Muddy Waters’ alumni Jimmy Rogers & Pinetop Perkins, and they’ve opened for many of the major blues acts to come through CNY. For twenty-six years, Tom hosted WAER’s Sunday Night Blues.
Come help us welcome Tom back to The Other Side!
Tom Townsley (harmonica/vocals)
Todd Fitzsimmons (guitar/vocals)
Morris Tarbell (guitar/vocals)
Sean Peters (bass)
Lenny Milano (drums)
Tickets are $20 or $10 for students
Seating is limited * First come, first serve

Intimate Moments - Opening Reception
2024-06-07 17:30 - 19:30 | The Other Side, 2011 Genesee St, Utica, New York, 13501
Photographs by Lawrence Pacilio
June 7 – 29, 2024
Opening Reception: Friday, June 7, 2024 from 5-7pm
Artist Talk: Saturday, June 29 at 1pm
Gallery Hours:
Saturday, June 8
Thursday, June 13
Saturday, June 15
Thursday, June 20
Saturday, June 22
Thursday, June 27
Saturday, June 29

Intimate Moments - Gallery Hours (click for all upcoming dates)
2024-06-08 12:00 - 14:00 | The Other Side, 2011 Genesee St, Utica, New York, 13501

aRT -- Jazz at The Other Side
2024-06-21 19:30 - 21:30 | The Other Side, 2011 Genesee St, Utica, New York, 13501
“…an innate spirituality…” – All About Jazz
Scott Robinson – saxophone/winds
Julian Thayer – bass
Pheeron akLaff – drums

Tickets are $25/$10 for sutdents
to reserve tickets call: 315-735-4825 or email kodomenico@verizon.net

About aRT
The trio known as aRT – akLaff, Robinson, Thayer – is a highly adventurous group of creative minds that has been performing new and startling music since 1988. aRT has appeared at jazz festivals, art galleries, and scientific conferences here and abroad, and has produced collaborative projects with sculptor Rob Fisher and choreographer LaRue Allen. aRT’s 1991 “Flying Carpet” multimedia performance at the Knitting Factory premiered a new, improvisational method of interactively intermixing art/performance video streams. This idea was expanded upon in 1996 for the Studio for Creative Inquiry in Pittsburgh, where their planetarium performance “Night of the Living Cell” combined imagery of cell life with real-time video feed of the performers – in 3D! “The result,” The Wall Street Journal reported at the time, “could become a new form of artistic experience.” In 1997, aRT was selected to be the closing act for the Sun Ra Festival in New York. In 2020, aRT performed in Philadelphia for the Institute of Contemporary Art’s exhibition on Milford Graves, with whom aRT had been working toward a collaborative music/science project. As Mr. Graves was not well enough to perform, he graciously provided a set of his TonoRhythmology/Sonification recordings – which he created by translating his own physiological data into musical sound — along with his blessing to incorporate them into the performance. This provided a means by which he could, in a way, be present and part of the music… an idea that aRT hopes to expand on in future performances. Most recently, aRT mounted a major multimedia concert event at Roulette, “Higher Powers,” in honor of painter Richard M. Powers’ 2021 centennial.
aRT:
Pheeroan akLaff is one of the most important drummer/percussionists in creative music. Since a very young age he has been a major contributor to the artform, working alongside giants such as Anthony Braxton, Cecil Taylor, Andrew Hill, Oliver Lake, Sam Rivers, Henry Threadgill and many more. Pheeroan’s music is steeped in powerful ritual and imagination, and through his organization Seed Artists he is finding new ways to present this music to the public.
Scott Robinson is an award-winning composer and multi-instrumentalist who has presented his music in nearly every corner of the globe, appearing on more than 275 recordings. He has worked with Joe Lovano, Ron Carter, Maria Schneider, Chet Baker, Henry Grimes, Ella Fitzgerald, Anthony Braxton and many more. Scott’s ScienSonic Laboratories imprint has released more than a dozen adventurous and far-reaching albums, including Flow States with Milford Graves, Roscoe Mitchell and Marshall Allen. His quartet album Tenormore was named “Best New Release” in a 2019 JazzTimes poll.
Dr. Julian Thayer is currently Distinguished Professor of Psychological Science at UC Irvine. A Fulbright Fellow and winner of the Distinguished Scientist Award, he has produced more than 650 publications, and is ranked among the top .1% of most-cited researchers worldwide. His research on music and psycho-acoustics has been featured in the Wall Street Journal and Psychology Today. An accomplished bassist, Jules has recorded with Geri Allen, Charlie Mariano, George Garzone and others.

Intimate Moments - Artist Talk
2024-06-29 13:00 - 14:00 | The Other Side, 2011 Genesee St, Utica, New York, 13501

Trash To Treasure - Opening Reception
2024-07-12 18:00 - 20:00 | The Other Side, 2011 Genesee St, Utica, New York, 13501
A group exhibition of found object art by local artists that challenges us to consider the capacity for reuse of items that are commonly discarded, and how we can create more sustainable art.

Trash To Treasure - Gallery Hours (click for all dates)
2024-07-13 12:00 - 16:00 | The Other Side, 2011 Genesee St, Utica, New York, 13501
A group exhibition of found object art by local artists that challenges us to consider the capacity for reuse of items that are commonly discarded, and how we can create more sustainable art.
Saturday, July 13, 12-4pm
Wednesday July 17, 12-6pm with free workshop, 6-8PM
Thursday, July 18, 12-6pm
Friday July 19, 12-6pm
Saturday, July 20, 12-4pm
Wednesday, July 24, 12-6pm with free workshop, 6-8PM
Thursday, July 25, 12-6pm
Friday, July 26, 12-6pm
Saturday July 27, 12-4pm
Wed, July 31, 12-6pm with free workshop, 6-8PM
Thursday, August 1, 12-6pm
Friday August 2, 12-6pm with free workshop, 6-8PM
Saturday August 3, 12-2pm

Much Ado About Nothing (click for dates and times)
2024-08-01 | The Theater at Woodshill, 9755 Sessions Road, Sauquoit, 13456
Support our friends at The Theater at Woodshill!

Where to reserve:
Reserve your seats here.
Performance Dates/Times*:
Thurs, Aug 1 (7pm)
Fri, Aug 2 (7:30pm)
Sat, Aug 3 (2:00pm matinee)
Sat, Aug 3 (7:30pm)
Tues, Aug 6 (7:00pm)
Weds, Aug 7 (7:00pm)
Thurs, Aug 8 (7:00pm)
Fri, Aug 9 (7:30pm)
Sat, Aug 10 (2:00pm matinee)
Sat, Aug 10 (7:30pm closing)
*doors open 30 minutes prior to start

Close To Home -- Opening Reception
2024-08-08 17:30 - 19:30 | The Other Side, 2011 Genesee St, Utica, New York, 13501
“Close to Home” explores the theme of home and belonging through the lens of artists living within reach of Utica, examining the notions of roots, identity, and belonging within the context of the local landscape. This curated mixed media exhibition features artist residing within 100 miles of Utica, N.Y.
Upstate Art Collective is a passionate group of artists committed to curating engaging exhibitions.

This project is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by CNY Arts.

The Cheese Man
2024-08-10 08:00 - 17:00 | The Other Side, 2011 Genesee St, Utica, New York, 13501

Close To Home -- Gallery Hours (click for all hours)
2024-08-15 16:30 - 19:00 | The Other Side, 2011 Genesee St, Utica, New York, 13501
“Close to Home” explores the theme of home and belonging through the lens of artists living within reach of Utica, examining the notions of roots, identity, and belonging within the context of the local landscape. This curated mixed media exhibition features artist residing within 100 miles of Utica, N.Y.
Upstate Art Collective is a passionate group of artists committed to curating engaging exhibitions.
This project is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by CNY Arts.
Thursday, August 15
Open Hours – 4:30-7 p.m.

Thursday, August 22

Open Hours – 4:30-7 p.m.

Tony Mandour - Musical Revue and Charity Concert
2024-08-24 19:30 - 21:30 | The Other Side, 2011 Genesee St, Utica, New York, 13501
Presented by Tony Mandour on vocals and piano

All proceeds to benefit St Jude children’s Hospital. Minimal suggested donation $10.
For Reservations: Call 315-794-9014
Seating is Limited!

Close To Home -- Closing Reception
2024-08-29 17:30 - 19:30 | The Other Side, 2011 Genesee St, Utica, New York, 13501

Seeing Through Yesterday – Gallery Opening
2024-09-06 05:00 - 19:00 | The Other Side, 2011 Genesee St, Utica, New York, 13501
JENPEPPER
Mixed Media
September 6 – 28, 2024
OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, September 6, 2024; 5:00 – 7:00 PM
ARTIST TALK: Saturday, September 28 at 1:00 PM
GALLERY HOURS: Thursdays and Saturdays 12 – 2 PM
Gallery Hour Dates:
Saturday, September 7
Thursday, September 12
Saturday, September 14
Thursday, September 19
Saturday, September 21
Thursday, September 26
Saturday, September 28

Jazz at The Other Side -- Eddie Allen
2024-09-07 07:30 - 21:30 | The Other Side, 2011 Genesee St, Utica, New York, 13501
“What would you get if you melded a bit of Art Blakey to the imagination of Lester Bowie? You’d get trumpeter Eddie Allen…” Nancy Ann Lee, JazzTimes
We are proud to kick off our fall jazz series w/ Brooklyn based trumpeter/flugel-hornist Eddie Allen.
Check out his website and you’ll see that Allen has serious chops that bring to mind the late, great Lee Morgan as well as Roy Hargrove and other recent masters. We start this season @ a pinnacle that will be hard maintain. Allen has worked w/ a veritable who’s who of contemporary jazz luminaries.
Book your seats early and spread the word to any friends who love straight-ahead hard-bop jazz.
Also featuring Mike Dubaniewicz, saxophone, Mike Melito, drums; Dave Solazzo, piano, and Lou Smaldone.
Seats are $25 for adults and $15 for students. Scholarship funds are available for those who need them. Call 315 735 4825 or email kodomenico@verizon.net to reserve seats. Do it NOW! Be there or be ■!

Seeing Through Yesterday – Gallery Hours (click for all upcoming dates)
2024-09-07 12:00 - 14:00 | The Other Side, 2011 Genesee St, Utica, New York, 13501
JENPEPPER
Mixed Media
September 6 – 28, 2024
OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, September 6, 2024; 5:00 – 7:00 PM
ARTIST TALK: Saturday, September 28 at 1:00 PM
GALLERY HOURS: Thursdays and Saturdays 12 – 2 PM
Gallery Hour Dates:
Saturday, September 7
Thursday, September 12
Thursday, September 19
Saturday, September 21
Thursday, September 26
Saturday, September 28

The Cheese Man (click to see all hours)
2024-09-14 08:00 - 17:00 | The Other Side, 2011 Genesee St, Utica, New York, 13501
Hours:
Saturday, September 14 from 8am to 5pm
Sunday, September 15 from 8am to 2pm
