All posts tagged "featured"
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31.8KArtsCapitolfest 17 programs an August weekend of buried cinema treasures
Longtime Hollywood married couple Joel McCrea and Frances Dee take the center spotlight during the upcoming 17th annual Capitolfest at Rome’s Capitol Theatre, 220...
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35.0KFoodSyracuse Salt Company drills for the tasty crystals near Inner Harbor
In the mid-1800s, Syracuse was the capital of salt production in the United States, supplying much of the nation’s table salt and salt for other...
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31.3KArtExpansive Everson exhibit details Juan Cruz’s artistic evolution
The large exhibition Juan Cruz: A Retrospective occupies two galleries in the Everson Museum of Art, fully exploring an artistic career that’s roughly 50...
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7.0KArtPortraits of people in the LGBTQ community provide timely ArtRage exhibit
Large-scale portraits more than 5 feet tall currently fill the walls of the ArtRage Gallery. Most of them depict people over age 60: writers and...
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8.6KNewsOnondaga County Democratic Committee Chair’s mission? Getting people involved
Pamela Hunter, the new chair of the Onondaga County Democratic Committee, is real Syracuse. Growing up as the daughter of a traveling preacher,...
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6.7KFoodCan You Dig It? Finger Lakes vineyards adding canned wines to production lines
Mike Countryman has been growing grapes and making wine in the Finger Lakes for more than two decades. But until recently, he never thought about putting...
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6.4KNewsThe Land Down Under: Howe Caverns turns 90 with return of nudist stroll
Some people just seem to like walking around in their birthday suits. Howe Caverns found that out last July when the Schoharie County tourist attraction launched...
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5.0KArtsCortland Repertory, Auburn’s Merry-Go-Round Playhouse kick off busy season for summer stages
It’s now regarded as the granddaddy of 1950s rock musicals, even though it first started as a wild parody of the Eisenhower era. That’s Grease,...
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7.7KFoodFrozen Assets: Serving dozens of creamy custards, The Spotted Duck is Penn Yan’s dessert oasis
How far would you drive for some exceptional ice cream? Twenty-five miles? Fifty miles? A hundred miles? Really good ice cream is worth going...
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5.7KNewsQualifying round of Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contest returns to Taste of Syracuse
We might be known as the Salt City (and we’ve got the salt potatoes to prove it) yet Syracuse could very easily...
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6.4KArtsReview | Director Jason Alexander adds dancers to 2-character musical drama
Jason Alexander was in the original cast of Neil Simon’s Broadway Bound (1987) and won a Tony Award for singing and dancing...
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8.1KNewsPat Hogan looks to recapture his former Common Council seat
Pat Hogan knows the close ones. He’s been there. Twice. In 2003 he was pushed by the Working Families Party to pursue...
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7.0KNewsFranklin Graham continues father’s religious crusades with Syracuse tour stop
Paul and Ellen Bernhardt sang in the choir at Billy Graham’s weeklong Syracuse Crusade in 1989. Now they’re looking forward to hearing Graham’s...
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5.2KArtPhoto-heavy Everson exhibit incorporates multiple styles and themes
The Everson Museum of Art’s exhibit Time Returns: A Continuous Now has an ambitious agenda. Curators Judy Natal and D.J. Hellerman strive...
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10.0KCover StoryKeeping the Faith: Environmental activist Oren Lyons continues quest for climate change, indigenous rights
At 89, Oren Lyons acknowledges he’s slowing down. A recent back operation “took me off the dance floor and off the lacrosse field,”...
