Legends–In 2007, Corcoran High School inducted (left to right) Al Marsh, Camille Murphy, John Cage and Kevin Hayden into the Sports Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony took place at the Corcoran Athletic Complex.
We send condolences and prayers to the family of Johnny Cage, a supporter and friend of SIF. Cage passed away last week. We will miss the great conversations we had, and the laughter we shared.
Photo shoot with Focusing Our Resources for Community Enlightenment (FORCE) at the dojo of Vinson Grace (circa 2003).
Writer, actor, teacher, entrepreneur Omanii Abdullah on stage (and in character) at the Community Folk Art Center (circa 2012)
We wonder if there are still B-Boys (pictured here at the New York State Fair in 2011 outside a area now know as the I Love NY Pavilion).
Elan Trotman signed CDs during last year’s Jazz in the City (Northside). He is pictured here with Syracuse’s Bobbie Jean Willis. Trotman will play tonight with Brian Simpson at Strada Mia 313.
Eddie Brown at Jazz in the City (circa 2011).
Getting the band back together: Mustang Sally @ Jazz in the City (circa 2011)
Reverend Dr. Calvin O. Butts, III spoke at Syracuse University in 2006.
Andrew Gould and Nuf Said will bring their brand of Brooklyn Boheme back to the Syracuse during a gig for Jazz in the City (September). This photo is from their 2015 performance in Clinton Square (Northeast Jazz & Wine Festival).
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz spoke in Syracuse in April
What a difference three months can make. Last night Sen. Ted Cruz was booed by some of the NY Delegates to the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. In April, Cruz supporters packed Driver’s Village and he was seen as a viable alternative to NY values and front runner Donald J. Trump.
Less than three weeks after the Syracuse rally, Cruz suspended his campaign for president.