Storyteller/Griot Jackie Grace performed as Harriet Tubman during the Turning Another Page (TAP) Festival at Bethany Baptist Church on Sunday.
Our Sister Soldier
February 17th, 2014Message in Masala
February 15th, 2014
The SU Zinda Dance Team participated in SU Rising last night. The program and candle light vigil, which was held at Hendricks Chapel, aims to raise awareness and stop violence against women.
Happy V-Day
February 14th, 2014
Spreading some 'Cuse love (Downtown)
Throwback Thursday
February 13th, 2014
Author Sondra Denise Roberts at a Go-On-Girl Book Club event in 2007.
Stark Raging Memories
February 12th, 2014Every school or college should have the kind of testimony that Jayson Stark gave during a visit to Syracuse with fellow baseball analysts Dan Shulman and Tim Kurkjian. Stark talked about his career path being more than a game of chance.
VP Style
February 12th, 2014
Mr. Armstrong, Vice Principal at Ed Smith School, shows that educators can also be fashionable.
FOJ (Friends of Jesse)
February 11th, 2014
Jesse Collins Trio & Friends
We caught the live show from Jesse Collins at Al’s Whiskey and Wine Bar on Sunday night, and they played everything from New Orleans Jazz to Parliament Funkadelic.
It was good to see familiar faces from the pages of SIF such as Byron Cage and Melissa Gardiner; but it was equally fun to experience for the first time Collins (on alto sax), John Delia (clarinet and tenor sax) and the steady bass licks of Dickie Bureau. At one point during the show, the groove got so intense that Delia blew his clarinet apart (true story).
The crowd seemed to also enjoy the vibe from several of Collins’ original compositions, including his “hula hoop” anthem.
“Free to be Free” is the title of Collins’ new album.
Kahmsahamida
February 10th, 2014
Martial artist, instructor and actor Michael Simmons visited from NYC last weekend as part of the Excel Martial Arts Syracuse Open Tournament, which was held at Syracuse University. Simmons is pictured here during a forms competition.
Jazz (Guitar) for Life
February 10th, 2014
Jazz guitarist Joshua Breakstone played the Sitrus Lounge Friday night. His new album is titled "With the Wind and the Rain."
Trenchtown Romance
February 8th, 2014
Asomgyee Pamoja (along with Arthur Parris) led a discussion after “Better Mus Come” at CFAC last night.
The third night of the Community Folk Art Center’s Caribbean Cinematic Festival featured a showing of “Better Mus Come.” The film, which was directed by Storm Saulter, can best be described as a “The Harder They Come” meets “Boyz n the Hood” (and ‘The Wire’), all wrapped in a love story. To the best of our knowledge this was the film’s public debut here in Central New York.
A lively post-film discussion featured talk of tribalism, senseless violence, and dangers posed by oppressive geopolitical manipulation within the African Diaspora.