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Q&A: South Side Syracuse attorney wants to be a catalyst for progressive change
If the current media-hyped wave — the focused nomination of women for political office — is real, it may be a generational as well as a genderal phenomenon. Mackenzie Mertikas, victor in the recent...
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Newest CD from Syracuse’s Mandate of Heaven proves darkly complex
For 20 years, Mandate of Heaven has been sliding in and out of the local music scene, planting a succession of material that could stand among the musical giants that have influenced bandleader Greg...
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Schlock Therapy: Drive-in movie maven brings redneck cinema tour to Syracuse
Joe Bob Briggs, the longtime champion of outlaw cinema, will visit Central New York this weekend as his “How Rednecks Saved Hollywood” tour makes a pit stop at Armory Square’s Museum of Science and...
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Morse Code: Small-business owner Maggie Morse takes different avenues to...
Millennials. Defined as the generation born between 1981 and 1996, they are often described as lazy, entitled, impatient and lacking loyalty by specialists who simultaneously blame them for a slew of...
View ArticleKeeping the Faith: Environmental activist Oren Lyons continues quest for...
At 89, Oren Lyons acknowledges he’s slowing down. A recent back operation “took me off the dance floor and off the lacrosse field,” the Onondaga Nation faithkeeper and internationally renowned advocate...
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Stage Struck: Jason Alexander checks into Syracuse Stage to guide musical
If you haven’t noticed lately that actor-director Jason Alexander is in our neck of the woods, then you haven’t been paying attention. First came his May 7 press conference at Syracuse Stage, where he...
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Franklin Graham brings prayer, hope, faith-based rock to Syracuse
The Rev. Franklin Graham, son of the late evangelist Billy Graham and evangelical lightning rod, opened his Thursday, May 30, Central New York appearance explaining that he called for a national day of...
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Summer Times 2019: The warm-weather CNY goings on
Frozen Assets: Serving dozens of creamy custards, The Spotted Duck is Penn Yan’s dessert oasis Rivers Deep, Mountains High: Lakes, museums, more can be explored within the Blue Line of the...
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Jazz trombonist Melissa Gardiner’s new album explores songs in the key of her...
So much of music comes from personal experience. The messages artists share are those grown from their own life lessons, victories and failures. But sometimes an album comes along that does more than...
View ArticleLittle Steven, The Soul Disciples headline 27th NYS Blues Festival
A half-century ago, at a time when rock’n’roll was treated like a redheaded stepchild by Syracuse’s mainstream media, the Syracuse New Times burst upon the scene and gleefully embraced the music of the...
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