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Local artist Syau-Cheng Lai will be showing her paintings at the Upstairs Gallery alongside the work of Long Island sculptor-ceramicist Ann Johnston Miller. There will be an opening on Tuesday, May 1 from 5 to 7 in the evening and a "brown bag lunch" the following day at noon. In addition, the Upstairs will be participating in Ithaca's next Gallery Night, which is on Friday, May 4.

Lai's panoramic drawing installation Visualizing for Bunita Marcus was on display at Cornell Olive Tjaden Gallery back in early Feburary. It was quite possibly the best show I've seen by a local artist this year. A video by Miller was likewise a highlight of the recently closed spring show at the Main Street Gallery.

Upcoming at the Main Street is a show of anti-war paintings and mixed-media sculptures by local character Vicky Romanoff. The show opens tomorrow with a reception the day after, from 5 to 8 p.m..

Lai, Shattering Sky, 2005