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Posts Tagged ‘2013’
The 2nd Time Around (behind the scenes of the Inauguration)
Monday, January 21st, 2013
Hours before the Inauguration
Parade Route
Vendor Ad
Parking Lot
F.L.O.T.U.S. Ad
Line Up
Find Yourself
Supporter
Connecting
Capital of Coffee
Master Drummer
Saturday, January 19th, 2013
David Etse Nyadedzor is the lead singer and drummer for Akuma Roots.
Conscious Party
Friday, January 18th, 2013Fans joined Akuma Roots in a music and dance celebration last night at the Community Folk Art Gallery (CFAC)’s Black Box Theater.
Neighborhood in Transition (part 20)
Tuesday, January 15th, 2013Here’s a brief conversation with illustrator/photographer/painter Anthony Washington, who installed a new mural outside the Spark Art Gallery on East Fayette Street on Monday afternoon.
Temporary Winter Warm up
Monday, January 14th, 2013Soul Food Unchained
Saturday, January 12th, 2013
Collard Greens (comfort food)
Documentary filmmaker Byron Hurt’s newest effort ‘Soul Food Junkies’ will broadcast nationally on PBS Monday night. The film is a critical celebration of comfort food and its effects upon families (particularly his own).
Soul Food Junkies’ was screened this summer in conjunction with Imagenation in NYC.
Hurt visited Syracuse a few years ago to screen his film ‘Hip Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes.’
Return of the Titans
Saturday, January 12th, 2013
Central Tech alumni Freeman Finch (photographer) and Manny Breland (retired educator and SU legend) prepare to enter the ceremony.
The Institute of Technology (ITC) High School (formerly Central Tech and Syracuse Central) welcomed back alumni in a homecoming event held between two basketball games last night. Former students and members of the community took tours of the new building and got a look at the new gym.
DJ Rivers takes a free-throw during the first half of the junior varsity game (vs. Marcellus).
Central Tech alum and basketball legend Roy Neal points out members of a historic championship team at Central Tech from a vintage photo.
Kevin Edge and Richard McKinnon, members of the Central Tech class of 1972, said they were impressed with the new facilities.
High Hopes
Monday, January 7th, 2013
Coach Doug Marrone, fresh off a win in the Pinstripe Bowl for SU, became the coach of the Buffalo Bills this week.
Investing in Public Education
Tuesday, January 1st, 2013
Dr. Weeks Elementary: Renovated and Ready