January 27th, 2012
Band on the Bus
Centro driver Raul Erives of Baldwinsville has been driving for 7 years, and he says he’s had musicians on his bus before (the 443 on the Connective Corridor), but never like this.
Bill Horrace, Bass
This afternoon at about 3:45 p.m., Centro, Connective Corridor and the Bill Horrace Trio combined to turn a 40-plus minute ride into a live jazz party. Many of the riders, students from Syracuse University, seemed pleasantly surprised to get on the bus as the music was playing.
Dave Solazzo
Tom Bronzetti
According to Horrace, who plays a regular gig with his band at Pheobe’s on East Genesee Street, there was no particular playlist for the ride. Instead he and his mates, John Solazzo and Tom Bronzetti improvised and played everything from Miles Davis to Kurt Weill as the bus rolled from Midtown through Downtown and the Near West Side. This particular Centro route is free.
Let Me Ride: Live Music on the Connective Corridor Bus
Tags: 2012, Bill Horrace, Bill Horrace Trio, CENTRO, Connective Corridor, Dave Solazzo, Jazz, Music, Neighborhood in Transition, Pheobe's Restuarant, SALT District, Syracuse, Tom Bronzetti
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January 26th, 2012
Outside the State of the City Address (Landmark Theater)
Tags: 2012, Landmark Theater, Syracuse
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January 21st, 2012
Hon. Dave Bing, Mayor of Detroit, gives the keynote address at Syracuse University’s 27th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration.
The theme for this year’s Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration at Syracuse University was “A Living Legacy: The Fierce Urgency of Now.” The event featured performances by Dance Theater of Syracuse, BCCE, and a keynote address by the Hon. Dave Bing, the Mayor of Detroit, who graduated from SU 2 years before Dr. King’s assassination.
Dance Theater of Syracuse
Tags: 2012, BCCE, Dance, Dance Theater of Syracuse, Dr. Martin Luther King, Hon. Dave Bing, Syracuse Carrier Dome, Syracuse University
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January 18th, 2012
Occupy Syracuse, Day 109
Welcome to Day 109 at Occupy Syracuse (About 5 minutes beyond the deadline for eviction).
Occupy Syracuse–Day 109
Occupy Syracuse–Day 109
Tags: 2012, Mayor Stephanie Miner, Occupy Syracuse, Perseverance Park, Street Photography
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January 13th, 2012
Urban Planners: Local skaters redevelop tennis court on Water Street.
Back in 2010 Victor Guilefoy, A.J. DeStephano, Alton Lawson (pictured above, far left) and some of their friends began to develop a dilapidated court at Ormand G. Spencer park (East Water Street) and make it a place to skate.
Victor G. told me his friends wanted a public skating facility since there are times when skates get tickets for being on the road or sidewalks. After some civic finesse with the Parks Commissioner they got their wish.
Fast forward to Wednesday, when it was almost 50-degrees and Ormond Spencer Park, located near the vacated Kennedy Square Complex, pulsated with kick…push…jump, and the sounds of skateboarders surfing on air.
Tags: 2012, architecture, Black Mamba, Ormand Spencer, Ormond Spencer, Skateboarding, Syracuse, Syracuse 315, Syracuse Architectural Digest, The Spot, Urban Planning
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January 9th, 2012
Perfect Combination: Mike Houston and Anjela Lynn at Sitrus
Syracuse vocal duo Michael (Houston) and Anjela Lynn belted out a litany of soul classic and R&B hits at the Sheraton Hotel’s Sitrus Lounge on Friday. MichaelAnjelalynn (as they are known) were joined on stage by the Bowen Brothers: Deyquan and John II.
Deyquan Bowens on keys
The quartet wasted no time finding grooves that coaxed the audience onto the dance floor.
Michael Houston mingles on the dance floor
Tags: 2012, Anjela Lynn, CNYJAF, Dance, J Project, Jazz, Jazz @ Sitrus, Michael Houston, MichaelAngelaLynn, Music, Sheraton Hotel, The Sounds at Sitrus, TSAS
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December 26th, 2011
“I believe one must live in a region for a considerable time and absorb its character and spirit before the work can truly reflect the experience of the place.”
Ansel Adams
Syracuse University Hill
Tags: 2011, Photography, Syracuse
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December 24th, 2011
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Last lady standing: Jessiemae Peluso performs at Justin’s Grill
Along with homeboys Dan Frigolette (Baldwinsville High grad) and Moody McCarthy (Corcoran High grad), Jessimae Peluso (Henniger High grad) turned the Friday before Christmas at Justin’s Grill into a laugh factory.
I saw Frigolette and McCarthy when the visited for a show last year and again they delivered laughs from the moment they hit the stages. This was the first time I’d seen Peluso, as well as the MC Yannis Pappas however, and they were comical. I particularly enjoyed when they each hurled hilarious verbal assaults at a lone (female) heckler to the delight of the packed crowd.
Some of humorous anecdotes also included Peluso calling Match.com her new meal plan and McCarthy’s revelation on the availability of real fruit cobbler(s).
Tags: 2011, Comedy, Comma D, Dan Frigolette, Hoboken Comedy Festival, Jessimae Peluso, Justin's Grill, Moody McCarthy, Syracuse
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December 24th, 2011
Rick Balestra and his trio played the Sitrus Lounge at the Sheraton Hotel Friday night.
Tags: 2011, Jazz, Jazz @ Sitrus, Music, Rick Balestra Trio, Sheraton Hotel, Syracuse University
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