Paul Szmal: Let's warm things up a bit here as we bring in Susie Monaghan from the Smith Center for the Arts to talk about some of the events they have coming up. Susie, good morning. How are you?
Susie Monahan: Good morning. I am great. How are you doing?
Paul Szmal: Doing wonderful. Doing wonderful. I'm excited for the show that you have tonight and I'm hoping that there are good tickets still available for this because if you want a night of great old school, and I do mean old school rock and roll entertainment, one night in Memphis definitely fits the bill.
Susie Monahan: Absolutely. So one night in Memphis is tonight at eight o'clock at the Smith and it's a tribute to Elvis and Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash. If that doesn't sound exciting to you, you are not a rock and roll fan. And I think it's going to be a blast, a lot of energy. It imagines evidently there was actually a night back in the day when those four guys were in the studio together in Memphis and nobody really knows what happened that night, but this concert imagines what might have happened. So songs from all four of those guys, tickets still available at thesmith.org. So if you don't have plans tonight yet, come on down to the Smith. It's going to really be a, as you say, warming up downtown Geneva.
Paul Szmal: Yeah, it'll be a cool evening tonight. So it'd be a good night for some hot rock and roll music.
Susie Monahan: Yeah. And then yeah, right into Sunday we have a really interesting group called Tuba Skinny. They're from New Orleans and they play traditional jazz, a lot of fun, but really like hot jazz, meaning it's great to dance to. And what we, very interestingly, early on in that day, on Sunday, we have a masterclass with them. So if you play, or if you know somebody who plays guitar, trombone, tuba, of course, cornet, clarinet, banjo, they're going to do a masterclass in the Smith lobby. It's completely free. That's at three o'clock on Sunday. And then the concert is at seven. And again, tickets still available at thesmith.org. So we really have a fun, diverse weekend of music this weekend.
Paul Szmal: And the fun continues with the showing of a classic movie on October the 15th. I know it's only from 1991, but I think we can now consider this a classic film of a genre, Thelma and Louise.
Susie Monahan: Yeah. And actually genre is the word because um, this is part of a series from Hobart William Smith is doing a road movie series at the Smith. And this is the first one. So there's three films that are about, you know, people hitting the road and having outrageous adventures as they do in Thelma and Louise. And, you know, star studded film and important one, uh, foundation, great feminist film. Um, so that is October 15th. That's next week at seven 30. Uh, so come on down and see a great classic film on the largest screen in the Finger Lakes.
Paul Szmal: And then on October 16th, we have a great American songwriter and composer coming in a Grammy award winner, Chris Teely. Chris Teely, uh, was a founding member of, um, the Prunch Brothers. One of those classic, um, new grass bands, you know, they play bluegrass, but really expand the genre. Uh, so he's one of the greatest mandolin players actually in the world. And it's going to be solo. He also took over Prairie Home Companion after Garrison Keillor. So he's a great storyteller. I think it's going to be a really intimate night at the Smith, um, to have such a, and, and the other band that he founded was Nickel Creek. Uh, so we're really proud to be presenting Chris Teely. I know he's going to love the room. He's going to love the Smith and the acoustics there. Um, so we're hopefully, um, you know, anyway, that's next Thursday at, uh, seven 30. So, uh, yeah, we just got one thing after another down at the Smith this month.
Susie Monahan: Yeah. Oh yeah. And, uh, and it continues with the Sceptor brass ensemble playing on October the 18th.
Paul Szmal: Yeah. So we've got Geneva concerts is in residence. Um, you know, it has always has put on concerts at the Smith for decades actually. And, uh, so they start out their season, their 25, 26 season with Sceptor brass. Um, so that'll be, uh, Sunday, the 18th at seven 30, sorry, Saturday, the 18th at seven 30. And, um, I did want to talk about the next event we have, which is our board speed dating. So this requires a little bit of a explanation. What are we talking about here?
Susie Monahan: Board speed dating. Um, a lot of not-for-profits, uh, organizations are looking for board members. And, um, so what we've done is invited all of the not-for-profits in the region. And if you want to be involved, get in touch with me, go, you know, call the box office, get in touch with us at the Smith. And, um, we're going to have all the not-for-profits tabling at the Smith. And then anybody who wants to join boards volunteer for organizations is invited to come down. We're going to have a little wine, a little popcorn. You can wander around and meet each other. And, uh, every five minutes we ring a bell and the idea is that you move on to the next organization so that we really keep the room moving. As we've had a lot of interest in this already, it's completely free. And, uh, we invite you to come down on October 22nd at five o'clock and make some connections and keep our not-for-profits thriving with great people with great ideas and willing to work hard and make our community the best it can be.
Paul Szmal: Okay. We've got about a minute. So we've got one more thing that we could talk about, which is a Halloween tradition for the Smith. And that is the annual showing of the Rocky Horror Picture Show this year on October 24th.
Susie Monahan: Yeah, we've already sold well over a hundred tickets to that, uh, film. So if you want them, you know, we won't sell out the Smith holds 1300 people. So, but really do come on down. It's a blast. It's at nine o'clock on the 24th, which is a Friday, uh, the week before Halloween. You dress up or just look at other people who are dressed up. The film is 50 years old this year. It's an absolute camp classic. Uh, you know, we get up in time warp together. It's really fun. Uh, so join in and usher in your Halloween, um, creepy, spooky season with us at the Smith. Again, it's at nine o'clock on October 24th. And you can find out about all of these events and more by going to the smith.org.
Paul Szmal: All right, Susie, thank you for joining us this morning.
Susie Monahan: Oh, thank you, Paul. Have a great day.
