One exhibition can’t offer a complete narrative on that period, and the ArtRage show certainly doesn’t pretend to be exhaustive. On one hand, it offers a brief overview of the party’s history, including armed conflicts with police and surveillance of the BPP by the FBI and other government agencies.

On Sunday, Jan. 30, friends and colleagues of Mark J. Wright will gather at the Mulroy Civic Center’s Carrier Theater, 421 Montgomery St., to celebrate his life and years of work on behalf of the arts in Central New York. The event, which runs from 1 to 5 p.

There was a slew of other solo exhibitions around town. The Everson Museum of Art.

Forty years later, the 2011 Peace Calendar is a very different publication featuring state-of-the-art graphics. Its publisher, the Syracuse Cultural Workers, sells copies not only in Central New York but also in food co-ops, independent bookstores and galleries around the United States and at a few venues in Canada.

The Edgewood exhibit liberally samples Abend’s sculptures, presenting works ranging from a piece which depicts a male-female duo and references Adam and Eve to “Spinoff,” whose elements—steel, wood and copper—play off each other.