The Other Side

Darryl Rahn's 13th Annual Hometown Thanksgiving Show!
2024-11-29 19:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | The Other Side, 2011 Genesee St, Utica, New York, 13501
Darryl Rahn, originally from New Hartford, started his “Hometown Thanksgiving Show” tradition here 13 years ago, and is so excited to be back!
Darryl will play original songs from his catalog, new songs, and some familiar covers.
Tickets are $15 at the door. Seating is limited * arrive early!

Occultation – Artist Talk
2024-11-30 13:00 - 14:00
David Rufo – Paintings
Opening Reception: Friday, November 1st from 5-7pm
Artist Talk: Saturday, November 30th at 1pm
Gallery Hours from 12-2pm:
Saturday, 11/2
Thursday, 11/7
Saturday, 11/9
Thursday, 11/14
Saturday, 11/16
Thursday, 11/21
Saturday, 11/23
Saturday, 11/30

Legacy -- Edward Christiana - Opening Reception
2024-12-06 17:00 - 19:00
Paintings
December 6-28, 2024
Opening Reception: Friday, 12/6 from 5-7pm
Finissage: Saturday, 12/28 at 1pm
Gallery Hours from 12-2pm
Saturday 12/7
Thursday 12/12
Saturday 12/14
Thursday 12/19
Saturday 12/21
Thursday 12/26
Saturday 12/28

Legacy -- Edward Christiana - Gallery Hours (click for all dates)
2024-12-07 12:00 - 14:00

Tom Townsley's Blues at The Other Side - A Tribute to Chess Records
2024-12-12 19:30 - 21:30
Chess Records in Chicago was one of the most important labels in American music.
It introduced the world to the first electric band in Muddy Waters’ ensemble. It gave us some of the greatest blues vocalists (Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Etta James, Koko Taylor, et.al), the greatest blues harmonica players (Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson), some of the greatest guitarists (Buddy Guy, Hubert Sumlin, Elmore James), and as if that wasn’t enough, Chess Records gave us prototype rock n roll with Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley.
Join us when Tom Townsley and his intrepid House Band featuring Morris Tarbell, Sean Peters, Jake Lozo, and Lenny Milano celebrate the legacy of this great American label with special guests Dave Liddy, George Deveny, and Jes Sheldon. It will be a one of a kind blues extravaganza!
Show is at 7:30pm – tickets are $20 at the door, seating is limited so arrive early!

Elfin' Funny Comedy Show!
2024-12-14 19:00 - 22:00
Join JWatch Productions for this hilarious holiday theme show featuring:
Comedians Mr. Jaxn, Bigg Jay, Countryboi Efudge
Featuring Brenda Brown and Canary-Lee
Doors open at 6 show is at 7, food included! Best outfit wins a prize!

Legacy -- Edward Christiana - Finissage
2024-12-28 13:00 - 14:00

Big and Glassy Book Club
2025-01-07 18:30 - 20:30
We will be discussing Tennessee William’s first full length play, the one act Candles to the Sun. Set in the Red Hills coal mining section of Alabama, the play follows the lives and struggles of the coal miners as they attempt to unionize. Received with rave reviews in 1937, the play foreshadowed the rise of one of America’s greatest playwrights and distinctive voices for social change.
The meeting is open to the public. Email Sherman at thesteins3@outlook.com for more information.

Herbal Study Group
2025-01-08 18:00 - 19:30
This month’s discussion will focus on the plant Fishwort. The smell of
the torn fresh leaf is reminiscent of cilantro and fish. The plant is
also known by the Latin name Houttuynia. In Japanese the plant’s name
translates to “brings poison under control.” Many use the plant to
remedy the symptoms of what are said to be Lyme co-infections. The
plant also has an effect on the blood, skin, and urinary tract.
$5 suggested donation.

Material Thought – Opening Reception
2025-01-10 17:00 - 19:00
Objects – Anne Reichlin
Opening Reception: Friday, January 10th from 5-7pm
Artist Talk: Saturday, February 1st at 1pm
Gallery Hours from 12-2pm:
Saturday, 1/11
Thursday, 1/16
Saturday, 1/18
Thursday, 1/23
Saturday, 1/25
Thursday, 1/30
Saturday, 2/1

Material Thought – Gallery Hours (click for all upcoming dates)
2025-01-11 12:00 - 14:00

Utica Open Mic
2025-01-17 19:00 - 21:00
You are welcome to UNLEASH your CREATIVITY.
All forms of ARTISTRY are welcomed and appreciated. This is a LISTENING ROOM experience, so we must RESPECT each other’s Time and Contribution.
If you’d like to backline any equipment before your set, please arrive at 6:30pm or email tosuticabooking@gmail.com to discuss the details.
*Doors open at 6:30pm, Show 7-9:30pm*
DONATION: $5, but not limited to…
CASHAPP: $ComedianJwatch | VENMO: @JaysKitchunCS
ALL PROCEEDS goes towards Production and The Other Side Gallery
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The Cheese Man - Isle de Formaggio
2025-01-25 08:00 - 17:00
The Kneady Baker & Isle de Formaggio ask that all preorders be in no later than 9AM Friday morning. (To pre-order, call or text 914-774-9617)

Big and Glassy Book Club
2025-01-28 18:30 - 20:00
The Big and Glassy Book Club will be meeting to discuss Octavia Butler’s 1993 speculative novel: Parable of a Sower. The story is set in 2025 and follows the life of Lauren Olamina, an eighteen-year-old Black woman living in a climate change ravaged California and suffering from hyperempathy, a condition that causes her to feel the pain of others as well as her own. The author, a Black woman herself, was the recipient of the Hugo award, among numerous other accolades, and was a MacArthur Fellow. The meeting is open to the public and interested parties are encouraged to attend, having read the book or not.
More information can be requested from Sherman at thesteins3@outlook.com.

The Big Conversation
2025-01-29 19:30 - 21:30
On July 22, 2002, “two old hippies,” possessing a dream and not much more than a dime, started a coffeeshop business in Uptown Utica.
It was to offer a feast for tongue, eyes, ears and imaginations, an inclusive, urban place where strangers could become friends face-to-face, a space for the artist and the dreamer in everyone. They created a community and left a legend.
Come and hear them talk about the origins of the Cafe, its major influences, the passion that inspired two teachers to start a business at mid-life!

Material Thought – Artist Talk
2025-02-01 13:00 - 14:00

Men On Pause - Comedy Show with JWatch Productions
2025-02-01 19:00 - 22:00
Follow JWatch Productions on social media!
https://www.facebook.com/jwp2023
@comedianjwatch

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (click for all upcoming dates)
2025-02-05 19:30 - 21:30
THIS EVENT WILL BE HAPPENING AT UNITY HALL CHECK OUT THEIR WEBSITE FOR TICKETS AND MORE https://www.unityhall.com/events
“We are thrilled and deeply grateful to return to Unity Hall to present this landmark of the American stage,” says Woodshill’s Artistic Director, Allen Guy Wilcox. “Showcasing the work of 20th Century American playwrights in partnership with Unity Hall provides a wonderful counterpoint to our work during the summer, which centers on Shakespeare. Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf is an absolutely electrifying and iconic work that has stunned American stages since it debuted in the early 1960s. We are so glad to help welcome in a new spirit of theater-going culture in our area, especially for this kind of gripping, and thought-provoking work.”
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf opened on Broadway in 1962 with a production that received rave reviews for its raw power and provocative content winning the Tony Award for Best Play. The play’s controversial exploration of a volatile co-dependent marriage and the effects that can come with psychological and emotional warfare sparked a new era in the American theater vernacular. The production ran for nearly two years and was adapted for the screen in 1966 in Mike Nichols’ directorial film debut starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Sandy Dennis and George Segal. The film received 13 Academy Award nominations and won five.
7:30PM
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8

Retrospective - Opening Reception
2025-02-07 17:00 - 19:00
Heather Abrams
Paintings – Watercolors – Monoprints
Opening Reception: Friday, February 7 from 5-7pm
Artist Talk: Saturday, March 1 at 1pm
Gallery Hours from 12-2pm:
Saturday 2/8
Thursday 2/13
Saturday 2/15
Thursday 2/20
Saturday 2/22
Thursday 2/27
Saturday 3/1

Retrospective - Gallery Hours (click for all upcoming dates)
2025-02-08 12:00 - 14:00

Anncoustic - An Open Rehearsal
2025-02-09 14:00 - 16:00
Ann Carey has been vocalizing in Central New York bands for gas money ever since the late seventies, morphing herself into the “music flavor of the month” in bands from Steppin’ Out, Blue Steel, Ted Radley and Co., Puttin’ on the Ritz, to her latest adventure in the duo Nook n’ Crannie.
The doors are open for Ann’s open rehearsal at The Other Side. “I’d like to do a low-key prep for a future solo recording, so I figured an open rehearsal on Sunday afternoons would be fun. I’m more productive when I have a gig in the books. It gives folks a space to pop into while they’re in town, perhaps to frequent the Emerson Cafe or The Onion.”
Expect to hear an eclectic mix of singer-songwriter tunes by Townes Vans Zant, Joni Mitchell, Bonnie Raitt, and Nora Jones, along with a few surprises, in a bare bones style with her baritone ukulele.

Hamilton at The Other Side
2025-02-20 19:30 - 21:30
Scott MacDonald, Professor of Cinema and Media Studies at Hamilton College, has been teaching film history for over 50 years. He is the author of many books on film, two of which are just out: Comprehending Cinema (from Oxford University Press) and Publication as Autobiography (Sticking Place Books).
After all that time and all his books, MacDonad’s answer to the question he’s most often asked and not only by students–“What’s your favorite film?”–is finally becoming clear to him.
How would you answer that question? Join us on February 20th at 7:30pm to find out how Scott answers it.

Ruth Dandrea -- "Casting" Book Release and Reading
2025-02-22 13:00 - 14:00
Throughout Casting Ruth Ann Dandrea expresses thanks and angst; gratitude for life’s gifts of grandchildren, the bits and bounty of the natural world; distress over wars and waste, violence and greed.
This collection is one of self discovery through love, loss and lessons learned. The images in Casting allow us a glimpse into the rhythms of Dandrea’s life, and just possibly encourage us to reexamine our own perspectives. Dandrea is exceptional, and Casting a thoroughly enjoyable read.
~Kathy DeLong, co-author Wow: Women on Water
Join us to celebrate the release of Ruth’s new book! She will be on hand to read selections from her book and more. Copies will be available thanks to Doubly Mad Books.

Retrospective - Artist Talk
2025-03-01 13:00 - 14:00

Temenos Talk
2025-03-02 09:00 - 23:00

Herbal Study Group
2025-03-05 18:00 - 19:30
This month we will offer a discussion of real life experiences using
herbal medicine to heal ailments. Please come and share your stories of
success, failure or indeterminate outcome when using a plant based
remedy. I have some experiences working with others, friends, family and
myself. I hope this is an opportunity for us to see what has worked in
the real world, not just in the pages of some book or website, and in
this way give us the confidence to attempt to heal ourselves and those
around us. Or perhaps to get some ideas of why what we used did not
work.
$5 suggested donation.

The Cheese Man - Isle de Formaggio
2025-03-08 08:00 - 17:00

West Coast Blues Revue - Blues at The Other Side
2025-03-13 19:30 - 21:30
Tom Townsley, Morris Tarbell, Sean Peters, Jake Lozo, Lenny Milano
with special guests Todd Fitzsimmons, Ron Spencer, and Frank Talarico
$20 / $15 for students
sponsored by The Green Onion Pub

Jazz at The Other Side presents: Annette St. John
2025-03-15 19:30 - 21:30
“Subtle shades of Sarah, a hint of Ella, but with a style and sparkle that’s uniquely her own…” PJS Jazz Society
Born and raised in Harlem, Annette St John stands out in a neighborhood of many show business notables. She grew up watching her mother and aunt perform as top dancers, and her uncle play the drums, which would inform her musical style–equal parts jazz, blues, standards, and gospel. She has appeared all over Manhattan, including at the Apollo, the Blue Note, The Cotton Club, the Village Vanguard, Sugar Bar, and Tavern on the Green, and has sung back-ups for Lou Donaldson, George Benson, Al B Sure, and Beverly Crosby. In recent years she has led her own groups at Smoke, the Red Rooster, and on many performances for the Jazz Foundation of America. Annette always says, “It’s Not Work If You Love What You Do!”
featuring:
Bill Dobbins – piano
Peter Chwazik – bass
Tom Killian – drums
Mike Dubaniewicz – sax

Tickets are $20, $10 for students
Seating is limited * call 315-735-4825 or email kodomenico@verizon.net to reserve seats

THANK YOU to our sponsors:
Bank of Utica
The Green Onion Pub

Big and Glassy Book Club
2025-03-18 18:30 - 20:00
The Big and Glassy Book Club is back and ready for more. This time we will be reading the American masterpiece: Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Originally published in 1885, it is the novel, Ernest Hemmingway claims, from which “All modern American literature comes… There was nothing before. There has been nothing as good since.” I doubt I need to explain anymore, as the book is practically imprinted on the collective American psyche.

We will be meeting to discuss it on Tuesday, March 18th at 6:30pm at The Other Side of Utica (2011 Genesee St).
Due to popular demand, the potluck format of the meeting will be returning, so if you would like to bring a dish to pass, and are by no means obligated to do so, please do; we will set up tables and have a grand ol’ time.

As always, the meeting is open to the public, whether you have read the book or not.

Following Huck Finn, we will be reading Percival Everett’s James, a retelling of the classic tale from Jim’s perspective.
More information can be requested from Sherman at thesteins3@outlook.com.
