John Németh kicked-off the NYS Blues Fest at the Dinosaur Bar-B-Que last night. The Boise-born, Mempis-based vocalist started off with a gospel inflection, and slowly simmered toward some red-hot blues (using nearly a dozen different harmonicas during the set).
Emerging comic J. Tree was one of our favorites to participate for the recent amateur night at the Syracuse Funny Bone.
Haki Madhubuti, the poet-turned publisher, visited Syracuse for a writer’s conference about a decade ago.
Not all fashion starts with a capital F
Raul Malo (right) and Eddie Perez from The Mavericks performed at last weekend’s 34th Annual Syracuse Jazz Festival.
When it comes to the summer outdoor concert season, The Syracuse Jazz Fest is an event nonpareil. This year’s 34th show was a blast and we eagerly anticipate next year’s version. Here are a some of the artists we’d love to see for the 35th Annual Syracuse Jazz Fest next year:
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Metro Fitness instructor Kathleen Frizzi (SUNY Brockport grad) is a certified Yoga teacher and Pilates instructor. She conducted a sunrise Yoga class in Clinton Square on Wednesday.
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Jazz Fest Productions President Oscar Peterson (right) enjoys the scene at OCC.
Michael McDonald talked just enough politics before getting into his litany of hits last night.