Just a few days ago, American families observed Memorial Day, many of them remembering beloved relatives lost to war. A new documentary film produced by a local man and premiering Saturday, June 4, at the Redhouse features eight such families sharing their very personal and powerful stories of loss, grieving and recovery.

With the warmer weather and more daylight hours comes increased construction activity at the Landmark Theatre renovation project. When we last checked in March 24, we saw a large pile of foam waiting to be installed as sub-flooring for the dressing rooms.

CNY Arts Covenant, an initiative designed to encourage people to support the arts and arts organizations in the area, is awarding four grants of $1,000 each to artists who can best answer that question and convey what a covenant to support the arts might mean.

In addition to driving fans and his coach crazy, Scoop Jardine possesses a talent dear to our hearts: He’s been good for photographer Michael Davis’ career.

When millions of American horseracing fans tuned in to watch the NBC Sports broadcast of the 137th Kentucky Derby on May 7, they probably didn’t think too far beyond the two minutes it took for Animal Kingdom to outrun his competitors to the finish line. Most of the horses that started that day will go on to other races with varying degrees of success before their racing days come to an end.

A few quick stories from What's Shakin'

Syracuse’s relationship with Interstate 81 is dysfunctional at best. Motorists have been enabled for decades now by the aging, raised portion of the highway’s ability to get us from Point A to Point B in a matter of minutes.

The night before the Syracuse University football team played its season opener last September, the Orange received an emotional pep talk from SU football legend Floyd Little. Little, a running back who played for Syracuse from 1964 to 1966, delivered a simple message: Believe in yourselves.

Opponents of hydrofracking have made any number of arguments against the practice of injecting large quantities of water, sand and chemicals underground to release natural gas trapped in the Marcellus shale. It will mess with the landscape, they say. It will mess with the water.

With Easter behind us, spring showers falling and several grandstand concert acts at the New York State Fair having been announced, local Fair fanatics are getting started thinking about what’s coming up for their favorite annual event. Changes are under way on the fairgrounds including some that will be easy to spot.