Arts
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148.7KWeekend festival gets crafty during downtown’s annual Arts Week
With the historic Landmark Theatre on South Salina Street and the Everson Museum of Art on Harrison Street as its borders, downtown...
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9.0KChristian rocker Rick Cua reconnects with his funk roots
Over the past several decades, Syracuse-born songwriter and electric bassist Rick Cua has emerged as a shining star of the Christian rock...
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2.8KFrom Sizzling Schwarz To Austen’s Power
Pippin A massive hit in 1972 and the 34th longest-running Broadway musical of all time, Stephen Schwartz’s Tony Award-winning Pippin has been...
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4.5KStandout cast lends powerful voices to CNY Playhouse’s ‘Rock of Ages’
Jukebox musicals allow fans to revisit the past without mawkish nostalgia or sneering camp. Chris D’Arienzo’s cleverly put-together Rock of Ages, which runs through July 28...
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2.9KCortland Repertory’s ‘Newsies’ brings showmanship to gritty history
Getting the flop Walt Disney film Newsies (1992) on the musical stage was a two-decade-long struggle for prolific composer Alan Menken. Although often placed in the...
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3.8KClassic work ‘Chicago’ takes Ithaca’s Hangar Theatre stage
Turning from a new tuner with the world premiere of Anne of Green Gables this week at Merry-Go-Round Playhouse to an old-school classic, director Michael Barakiva’s rowdy...
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5.4K‘Anne of Green Gables’ makes world premiere at Auburn theater
Matte O’Brien and Matt Vinson are two young Americans who think the most famous of all Canadian novels, Anne of Green Gables (1908), is really...
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3.4KVibrant hues highlight ‘Another Perspective’ Edgewood Gallery show
The new exhibit at the Edgewood Gallery, 216 Tecumseh Road, spreads an array of colors throughout the venue. Another Perspective encompasses purple, orange and...
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13.5KNYS Blues Festival 2018 (photos)
The 2018 New York State Blues Festival kicked-off in downtown Syracuse on Thursday, June 28. More than 20 blues bands took to the...
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6.0KDon’t miss out: Lineup for the 2018 NYS Blues Festival
The New York State Blues Festival will descend on Syracuse once again, promising three days of a good time. The free event began...
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3.9K2 SU grads return to play at 2018 Blues Festival with band Roustabouts
Pete Daniels and Andrew Wiley were Syracuse University students between 1994 and 1998 when they started jamming together throughout the Salt City music scene....
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3.8KHappy feet ignite Cortland Repertory’s funky flashback ‘Saturday Night Fever’
Disco died, but Saturday Night Fever still lives. It’s a paradox: Although a fashion moment, with bell-bottom pants and bright colors, fades away, one of...
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4.0KStage shows swirl with twisted fairy tales and twisty romantic fare
Into the Woods After six years of turning its bustling Shoppingtown mall venue into an audience destination, artistic director Dustin Czarny’s Central New York Playhouse continues...
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3.1KArtRage Gallery show ‘Discord & Dissent’ satirizes contemporary politics
The 2016 presidential campaign has inspired a wave of media coverage including books, panel discussions on television and radio, and essays analyzing the viability of our...
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3.0K‘Rough Crossing’ sails onto summer stage at Cortland Repertory
At Cortland Repertory, Tom Stoppard’s uproarious comedy Rough Crossing might fairly be described as little-known, yet its setting and premise are immediately familiar. We are on...
