Nick as Elvis
Here’s some more street fashion.
Nick Mulpagano and his sister-in-law Debbie did a medley of songs for the Italian Festival last week, and they dressed up as some fabulously fashionable stars.
Deb Mulpagano as Marilyn (put a ring on it pose)
Feather in your cap, Washington Street
A game of inches
Here are some photos from the Ed Campagna Bocce Tournament held near City Hall on Saturday. If you are unfamiliar with the game, check out this Bocce history write-up.
Ed Campagna Bocce Tournament: Syracuse Italian Festival
Sometimes almost is good enough
N. Kelly at Sitrus Lounge
Jazz at Sitrus kicked off the 2014-15 season by hosting the first lady of CNY Jazz, Nancy Kelly. She was joined last night by retired Ithaca College educator Steve Brown on guitar, Dino Losito on keys and Rochester’s Mike Melito on drums.
This is the fourth season for the series.
Steve Brown laying down jazz licks at the Sitrus Lounge
Rush Hour: Downtown Skater
Professor Zeke Leonard
A funny thing happened during the previews for the Urban Video Project feature last week. At the open-air lobby we spotted one of the most stylish designers in the area: Zeke Leonard. We give him style points for his blending 20th century urban proletariat gear with the cool comfortability of an Australian sheep herder.
We last time we saw Professor Leonard he was atop a car, playing a kazoo at Forman Park.
Bridge Street Live (at the Fair) with Acting Fair Director Troy Waffner
The New York State Fair signals an end to summer more than the start of the fall. The attendance for this year’s Fair was 965,147, including a single day record on Labor Day of 122, 870. We will miss those bright, warm and mostly sunny days at one of our region’s best tourist attractions.
Here are some photographs to savor until next year’s edition.
Waterfowl, Poultry Building
Small Fry of Syracuse v. Juju of Utica at the Sports Activity Center
Power Step, Center of Progress Building
Jewelry, Indian Village
Roller Coaster
Living Statues, Touched by Angels
No Ordinary Bull
Ashanti Fans
Gate 4 Entrance
One Black Voice, Live at the Pan-African Village
NY’s Greatest Outdoor Carnival
Swoop: Ball Tricks
James Brown had nothing on Dwayne Swoop Simpson. The triple-zero uniform-wearing entertainer for the Harlem Wizards is officially the “hardest working man in show business (at the Fair).”
For the past week, we saw Simpson do tricks, teach salsa lessons, play some great classic soul and rock music as a DJ, drum up business for local vendors, take photographs with fans, nearly get a double-double in wheelchair basketball, and just plain make a vocation look like fun outside the Sports Activity Center.
On this Labor Day, we salute his work ethic.
Swoop in Selfies
Swoop: Like Magic from the wheelchair
Labor Day Parade
Labor Day Parade
Open Competition, Dairy Building (NYS Fair)