Celebrate Corning LPGA Week at Free May 2300° Event

Celebrate Corning LPGA Week at Free May 2300° Event

At The Corning Museum of Glass

Corning, NY – The Corning Museum of Glass offers a supersized 2300° event in celebration of Corning’s LPGA week. On Thursday, May 22, from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., 2300°: Tee Off for Summer will feature glassmaking demonstrations, live music, wine tastings, and plenty of summery fare.

Admission is free to the entire event, and guests will be able to enjoy:

· Live, outdoor hot glassblowing demonstrations by Afro Celotto. This Venetian maestro creates elegant works that combine traditional forms with bold colors.

• Music by Detroit-based headliner Misty Love and the Motown Sound. Additional music throughout the Museum by local musician Virgil Cain and local jazz group, SuperNatural.
• Free wine tastings from more than 25 Finger Lakes wineries.
• Last chance to explore the special exhibition, “Reflecting Antiquity,” organized jointly by The J. Paul Getty Museum and The Corning Museum of Glass.

Participating wineries include:

Anthony Road Winery

Atwater Vineyards

Billsboro Winery

Bully Hill Vineyards, Inc.

Buttonwood Grove Winery

Cascata Winery at the Professor’s Place

Champagne House

Chateau Lafayette Reneau

Damiani Wine Cellars

Dr. Konstantin Frank

Eagle Crest Vineyards

Fox Run Winery

Fulkerson Winery

Glenora Winery

Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards

Hermann Weimer Winery

Hickory Hollow/Highland Cellars

King Ferry Winery – Treleaven Wines

Lakewood Vineyards

Lamoreaux Landing Wine Cellars

McGregor Vineyard

Miles Wine Cellars

Montezuma Winery

Penguin Bay Winery

Ravines Wine Cellars

Red Newt Cellars

Rooster Hill

Sheldrake Point Vineyard

Ventosa Vineyards

Free shuttle bus service from the Museum’s I-86 parking lot is available.

At 2300^o, hot glass gets interesting—and so do things at The Corning Museum of Glass. 2300^o is a series of free, art-themed events at the Museum and each 2300^o evening event features a combination of live music and unique demonstrations using hot glass, plus food and drink.

Join us again!

2300° events resume in the fall: November 20 and December 18.

The Corning Museum of Glass (file:///C:/Temp/Temporary%20Internet%20Files/OLK199/www.cmog.org) is home to the world’s most comprehensive and celebrated collection of glass, with more than 45,000 objects reflecting 3,500 years of glassmaking history. An independent, non-profit, educational institution, the Museum is dedicated to the art, history, science, research and exhibition of glass. The Museum is open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. every day and from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the summer. Children 17 and under receive free admission.