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Life’s A Pitch
Fresh off making money for the first time since 2005, the Syracuse Chiefs’ Triple-A baseball team is looking to keep the momentum going in 2017. Advertisement To that end, the Chiefs have stuffed their...
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Wear The Wild Things Are
In cities like New York City and Los Angeles, the words “fashion week” call to mind rail-thin models in clothes you wouldn’t dare to wear (and that you can’t afford), hordes of photographers with...
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Juanita Perez Williams
Juanita Perez Williams says she is the only candidate who will be a mayor for everyone, a claim based on a range of experiences: cultural, academic, administrative, legal, bureaucratic and military....
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Tom Peyer
Longtime Syracuse New Times readers still recall laughing at the outrageous comic strip Sideshow, the satiric weekly panel written and drawn by Tom Peyer from 1978 to 1990. The strip, which featured...
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Laura Lavine
Laura Lavine has taught, administered, supervised and pathologised students from preschool to graduate level. She guided creation of the Virtual School @ Liverpool, the first public school-based...
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Activism Then and Now
In a mid-1970s Berkeley Barb article about the activities of the Weather Underground, the most radical of that generation’s Caucasian social activist organizations, co-founder Bernardine Dohrn, was...
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Our Forgotten Soldier
I was driving last summer with a friend on Syracuse’s Southwest side when I observed the abandoned structure at 411 Seymour St. When we exited the vehicle to take a closer look, several curious...
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Her Story
The WSYR-Channel 9 morning newscast on Sunday, Jan. 3, 2016, looked pretty much the same as it always did. Weekend anchor Tammy Palmer started the broadcast at 7 a.m. with a rundown of the previous...
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Jazz Fest Turns 35
Frank Malfitano, founder and producer of the M&T Syracuse Jazz Fest, is extremely pleased with the many musical legends that have graced the festival’s stages for 35 years, the generations of...
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Marty Masterpole
Marty Masterpole says voters should check him off on their paper ballots — we don’t use the machines anymore — in the mayoral election this November for many reasons. The Democrat served four years on...
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From West Genesee To Broadway
Central New York has several connections with current Broadway darling Dear Evan Hansen. The original musical that is now selling out shows at the 1,009-seat Music Box Theatre on West 45th Street swept...
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Purple Reign
Looking out over the pretty, manicured rows of plants at Lockwood Lavender Farm, 1682 West Lake Road in Skaneateles, it’s hard to believe that they aren’t exactly meant to be there. Advertisement...
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Drums Along The ‘Mohawk’
Despite his Oregon roots, film producer and director Ted Geoghegan loves the Northeast. Last year, on the set of his second independent feature, Mohawk, poised for a premiere this weekend, filming took...
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A Wheel Big Deal
The scent of gasoline fumes and the sounds of revving engines permeated throughout the Horticulture Building at the New York State Fairgrounds on July 13, as vehicles of yesteryear started moving in...
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Not the Same Old Jazz Promised At Clinton Square Fest
Fifteen years ago Larry Luttinger of CNY Jazz Central and the city of Syracuse were determined to continue having a jazz presence in the heart of downtown. Jazz in the Square was born. A handful of...
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Salt City Showcase During Arts and Crafts Fest
Downtown Syracuse’s Columbus Circle will soon transform into one of New York state’s most prestigious art shows: the AmeriCU Syracuse Arts and Crafts Festival. The event runs Friday, July 28, 10 a.m....
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Pavement Art Steps Into Downtown During Street Painting
The sidewalks of Montgomery Street in downtown Syracuse will once again be coated with eye-popping chalk paintings during the 27th annual Street Painting Festival, presented by the Syracuse New Times....
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Stage of Nations Fest Continues to Blossom
Regarding last year’s Stage of Nations Blue Rain EcoFest, co-organizer Irv Lyons Jr. said, “If it isn’t broken, don’t fix it.” He didn’t have to reiterate himself this year, because the schedule is as...
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The Syracuse New Times inaugurated its Best of Syracuse poll in 1997, asking readers to select their favorites in a wide range of categories. For the 21st annual event, we’re again asking readers to...
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Women Who Farm
Laura Hahn slips on a green apron with deep pockets and heads out to gather St. John’s Wort, and other herbs and wildflowers for the natural beauty and cleaning products she produces and sells....
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