Around Town

Around Town | Art Galleries | Dance Companies / Ballets | Downtown Events
Museums | Orchestras / Concert Halls | Sports | Theaters

Around Town

• BingPop.com
  
  

  BingPop is a locally written pop culture/news blog that focuses on events in Downtown Binghamton and beyond. Topics covered include the arts, restaurant openings, nightlife, new businesses and Broome County charities.

  
  
• Greater Binghamton Airport
  
  

  The Greater Binghamton Airport offers regional flights to and from the nation's largest hubs, including Washington/Dulles, Philadelphia and Detroit. Several airlines operate out of the airport, which is just a 25 minute drive from downtown Binghamton. Amenities include a business center, conference center, free WIFI-Internet and food and beverage services.

  
  
• Greater Binghamton Convention & Visitors Bureau
  
  

  The Greater Binghamton Convention and Visitors Bureau features a Calendar of Events in the local area. The Bureau also offers information about local fine dining,  casual dining, and nightlife.

  
  

• Anam Cara Art Gallery
  
  

  Art gallery featuring painting, sculpture photography, and pottery by local, national and international artists. First Friday Venue. Located at 204 State Street, Binghamton.

  
  
• Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts
  
  

  Widely renowned photorealist Anthony Brunelli exhibits his own work and that of others in his downtown gallery, which is also a First Friday destination.

  
  
• Art Mission and Theatre, LTD
  
  

  Mission: Non-profit Gallery Space Supporting Contemporary Artists. Duplex Theater presenting digital, electronic media, independent, foreign film & festival programming. Located at 61 Prospect Ave, Binghamton.

  
  
• Cooperative Gallery 213
  
  

  Contemporary painting, collage, photography, sculpture, mixed media & original prints by 29 emerging & established Artists.  First Friday Venue. Located at 213 State St, Binghamton.

  
  
• E.L. Downey Studio & Gallery
  
  

  Wearable Art Masks made of leather, feathers & other treasures. First Friday Venue. Located at 33 Court St (2nd Floor in JungleScience, above Subway), Binghamton.

  
  
• Jungle Science
  
  

  Fine Art, Entertainment & Omnifarious Events.  First Friday Venue. Located at 33 Court Street (2nd Floor), Binghamton.

  
  
• La Loba Creations Open Studio
  
  

  Open Studio at La Loba Creations, "Art Gym" where you can experience a "creative workout". Located at 4011 Saddlemire Rd, Binghamton.

  
  
• Orazio Salati Studio & Gallery
  
  

  Works by Orazio Salati and New & Emerging Artists. First Friday Venue. Located at 205 State St (2nd Floor - Artists Row), Binghamton.

  
  
• Riverfront Antiques
  
  

  Riverfront Antiques, with artist-in-residence Mary Robertson, is located at 128 Front Street, Binghamton, NY 13905. For more information, contact(607) 723-7416.

  
  
• Rude and Bold Women
  
  

  Mission: Identify, Encourage & Promote Women Artists; raise Social Consciousness about Women in the Arts. Located at 116 Gorgeous Washington St, Binghamton.

  
  
• Shard of Glass Studios
  
  

  Shard of Glass Studios is a professional mosaic studio and gallery space, as well as a First Friday venue. Karen Stanley offers a variety of hand-made pieces ranging from elegant mosaic jewelry to contemporary fine art mosaics to whimsical mosaic mirrors and other accents for the home. Shard of Glass Studios also provides a range of classes for virtually any age.

  
  
• The Connelly Gallery
  
  

  Featuring 19th, 20th, & 21st Century Art & Antiques.  First Friday Venue. Located at 205 State St, Binghamton.

  
  

• 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
  
  

  The Rafael Grigorian Ballet Theatre is a Binghamton/Elmira based non-profit organization dedicated to bringing quality classical ballet and magical entertainment to the Southern Tier of New York.

  
  

• 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. For information on Binghamton River Trails events or to get involved, call the Binghamton Economic Development Office 772-7161.

  
  
• Broome County Arts Council
  
  

  The Broome County Arts Council highlights all upcoming arts events, workshops, and celebrations. Please visit this website for the latest in our growing arts community

  
  
• 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.

  
  
• Greater Binghamton Convention and Visitors Bureau
  
  

  The Greater Binghamton Convention and Visitors Bureau features a Calendar of Events in the local area. The Bureau also offers information about local fine dining,  casual dining, and nightlife.

  
  
• Southern Tier Celebrates
  
  

  Southern Tier Celebrates! is a community based, multi-disciplinary arts organization with presenting, outreach and arts education programming. Signature events include First Night Binghamton, Latin Fest, and the Brown Bag Lunch Series. Please click this link for more.

  
  
• The Broome County Library
  
  

  Events are frequently held at the Broome County Library, located at 185 Court St. in 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 Bundy Art Museum
  
  

  The late-Victorian home of Harlow E. Bundy, founder of the Bundy Manufacturing Co. (which would eventually become IBM), offers tours of the house, three art galleries, special events and programs. 

  
  
• 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 Community Orchestra
  
  

  The Binghamton Community Orchestra is a local not-for-profit, non-professional symphony orchestra. The BCO performs at least three major concerts each season, and engages in "run out" concerts to areas around the Southern Tier so that communities without a local local orchestra have an opportunity to hear and see live orchestral music.

  
  
• 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
  
  

  Enjoy professional baseball at the NYSEG Stadium, home of our Eastern League AA affiliate of the New York Mets.

  
  
• Binghamton Senators
  
  

  The Senators are an American Hockey League affiliate of the Ottawa Senators.

  
  
• Southern Tier Spitfire
  
  

  The Southern Tier Spitfire plays in the semi-professional Women's Football Alliance, with their home games at Alumni Field.

  
  

• 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.