July 9th, 2016

Sibling rockers Arleigh and Jackson Kincheloe led the group Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds as the headliners for last night show in Syracuse. The duo and their rock/blues group will play the Sunset Concert series in Telluride, CO later this month.
Tags: 2016, Arleigh Kincheloe, Clinton Square, Jackson Kincheloe, NYS Blues Festival, Sister Sparrow and The Dirty Birds
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July 9th, 2016

The much needed rain showers finally stopped, and the night session of the NYS Blues Festival heated up Clinton Square last night.
Tags: 2016, Clinton Square, NYS Blues Festival, Shoes, Weather
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July 8th, 2016

Brandon Santini, vocalist and harmonica player in appeared at NYS Bluesfest on Friday. He will play the Windsor Blues fest in Canada on July 16.
Tags: 2016, Brandon Santini, Clinton Square, NYS Blues Festival, Vocalists
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July 8th, 2016

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).
Tags: 2016, Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, John Németh, NYS Blues Festival, Syracuse, Vocalists
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July 7th, 2016

Emerging comic J. Tree was one of our favorites to participate for the recent amateur night at the Syracuse Funny Bone.
Tags: 2016, Comedy, Destiny USA, Funny Bone, J.Tree
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July 7th, 2016

Haki Madhubuti, the poet-turned publisher, visited Syracuse for a writer’s conference about a decade ago.
Tags: 2016, Black Arts Movement, Books, Haki Madhubuti, Poetry, Publishing, Throwback Thursday
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July 6th, 2016

Not all fashion starts with a capital F
Tags: 2016, Shoes, Street Photography, Syracuse
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July 5th, 2016

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:
- Stevie Wonder
- The Internet
- Anita Baker
- Brian Culbertson
- Lalah Hathaway
- Wyclef Jean
- Antoinette Henry
- Kamasi Washington
- Roy Ayers
- And any of the following via hologram or on the jumbotron: Grover, Ray Charles, Miles, Dizzy, or Phyllis Hyman
Tags: 2016, Eddie Perez, Music, Raul Malo, Syracuse Jazz Fest, The Mavericks
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July 4th, 2016

Flip flop Fourth
Tags: 2016, Eyewear, Fashion, Independence Day, Shoes
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July 3rd, 2016

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.
Tags: 2016, Clinton Square, Downtown Syracuse, Exercise, Kathleen Frizzi, Metro Fitness, Pilates, Week in Review, Yoga
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