2014 Fashion's Conscience Show at Syracuse University (photo by Najah Brown)
Posts Tagged ‘2014’
Seeing Red
Tuesday, April 1st, 2014Art-Over-The-Top
Sunday, March 30th, 2014
Painter/Sculptor Juan Cruz gave an artist talk at the Gallery 4040 earlier today. Painter/Sculptor Juan Cruz gave an artist talk at the Gallery 4040 earlier today. He talked about his process and life as a mixed-media artist. The show features many pieces Cruz has created since returning to Syracuse from Puerto Rico.
The ‘Cuse List
Friday, March 28th, 2014The list of TEDx Syracuse University speakers has been released. We look forward to some meaningful discussions (and seeing some familiar faces) on April 9, 2014.
Verbal Acuity in American Characters
Wednesday, March 26th, 2014
Actress, playwright, artist Anna Deavere Smith on stage at Hendricks Chapel.
Anna Deavere Smith breathed life into several characters during her lecture/performance at Syracuse University on Tuesday afternoon. She almost perfectly embodied the conversational cadence and idioms of former Gov. Anne Richards, Rep. John Lewis and theologian Peter Gomes for about an hour.
Maybe her most impressive role was portraying prisoner Paulette Jenkins for a piece called “Mirror to her Mouth”. This sobering tale, filled with domestic violence, murder and regret, moved the crowd toward an almost religious silence.
Grassroots
Wednesday, March 26th, 2014
Local activist Mary Nelson (right) received a Social Justice Award for her community work during the Cold Case Justice Initiative Conference on Saturday night. Nelson is CEO of the Mary Nelson Youth Center in Syracuse.
Street gaze (part 10): Campus Cowboy
Tuesday, March 25th, 2014
Celebrating a colorful birthday on campus Monday night.
The Power of Forgiveness (70×7)
Tuesday, March 25th, 2014
Shelton Chappell talked about forgiveness in the unsolved cased of his murdered mother at the Cold Case Justice Initiative’s Commemoration Program last week. His mother Johnny Mae Chappell was murdered in 1964.
For more information about the unsolved murder of Johnnie Mae Chappell in Florida, click here. For more information about the Cold Case Justice Initiative, click here.
144 and counting
Monday, March 24th, 2014
Main Campus, Syracuse University (144th Birthday Celebration)
No Time for Re-Runs
Monday, March 24th, 2014
The Syracuse Half Marathon continued yesterday, despite a return to winter weather conditions.
Empowerment Zone
Monday, March 24th, 2014
Actor and philanthropist Keisha Knight Pulliam spoke to a group of students from the Syracuse City School District during the Sisters Empowering Sisters Conference on Saturday.
The Image Initiative was founded by Founder & President, Sisters Empowering Sisters SU alum Nicole Watkins.