Street gaze (part 54)
December 22nd, 2014Direct Flight
December 21st, 2014
Sketches of Tokyo-Seoul with Melissa Gardiner (top left)
The Melissa Gardiner Group: Gardiner on trombone and vocals, Byron Cage on drums, Will Gorman on keys, and August Cook on tenor sax, took Christmas music deep into the shed during the inaugural performance for the Tokyo-Seoul music series Saturday night. They added some spice to standards to the delight of a packed dining room that featured musicians, educators and jazz fans.
Guest vocalists for the kick-off included the sassy duo, Angky & Mary Rose, and the sophisticated/sentimental sounds of Gabrielle Gorman (a Nancy Kelly protégé)
Melissa Gardiner Group cooking at the Sushi Bar
The series is scheduled to continue every fourth Thursday thru May.
Super Saturday
December 20th, 2014
Band stand, Tokyo-Seoul
Simmer Down
December 19th, 2014
Bill “Sauce Boss” Wharton (right) got some help from his blues starved audience to start his show Thursday night. Some technical glitches slowed the preparation of his musical set and food giveaway.
Throwback Thursday
December 18th, 2014
Hoop star Breanna Stewart (from her CNS days)
She’s been called the Kevin Durant of women’s game (although Durant doesn’t have her college resume), but maybe the best way describe Breanna Stewart is passion meets talent. Before it’s said and done she will probably be the most decorated baller from this area (currently she’s a close second to Dolph Schayes).
We wonder who will design her signature shoe once she goes pro?
Opportunity Often Knocks Twice
December 17th, 2014
Hotel Syracuse: Now and Then and Now
We saw an article this week about the renovation and scheduled re-opening of the Hotel Syracuse.
Holiday Vibe (in Green)
December 16th, 2014Street gaze (part 53)
December 15th, 2014
Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Week in Review
December 14th, 2014
This Stops Today: Downtown Protest
Will Gorman
Artist and his snow sculpture (crow)
Christmas Carols, Franklin Street
The Irony of Perspective
December 13th, 2014
Street artist making a crow sculpture out of available snow at CENTRO stop (Washington Street).
When life gives you lemons, they say make lemonade; when life gives us snow, maybe we should just make a snowman (or ice sculpture).
We saw this gentleman waiting for the Centro Bus on Saturday. In the 10 minutes before his bus came he took inspiration from the nearby gargoyles and architecture on Washington Street, along with the invasion of crows he notices in the city and came up with a pretty powerful piece of pedestrian art.