With WCNY’s move into the city, Bob Daino continues to transform the public broadcaster

Get freaky with this fab five on Friday, Jan. 6, 10:30 p.m., at Empire Brewing Company, 120 Walton St. The funky, fresh group is bringing in the first Friday of the last year on ear

Todd and Michelle Brundage have been married for 7-1/2 years. They’ve been doing yoga together for three years. And as of two months ago, they’re business partners. The Brundages, along with friend Dan Bebber, own Om Boys, a juice and smoothie bar that opened Oct. 16 in Liverpool. The juice bar caters to a healthy and natural lifestyle. They serve all-natural juices and smoothies loaded with nutrients as well as healthful soups and salads.

 Curses, Foiled Again Two men wearing heavy makeup, women’s clothing and wigs held up a Denver jewelry store at gunpoint, forcing the owners to unlock display cases. They then stuffed t

 Jon Goode didn’t expect to become a small business owner. The aspiring artist and musician, a Cicero native, returned to Central New York two years ago after a lengthy period spent trav

Thackery is straight off the Blues Cruise boat and coming to Upstairs at the Dino, 246 W. Willow St., on Sunday, Nov. 13 for dinner and a show. Read the Q&A with Thackery on the Upbeat blog at www.syracusenewtimes.com.

It's Saturday, Sept. 17, at Last Daze of Summer, the final Sterling Stage event of 2011. It’s cold outside, a chilly 45 degrees, but the festival managed to pull about 1,100 campers and the energy is high. Driftwood, a four-, sometimes three-piece, Americanaroots band from Binghamton, was scheduled to play the side stage from 11 p.

Tipperary Hill bleeds more emerald than orange. It’s where the Guinness never runs out, the Blarney Stone tavern’s crowds spill outdoors on warm nights and trees at the Pass Arboretum beckon with outstretched limbs. On Saturday, Sept. 24, noon to 7 p.m.

When the date Sept. 11, 2001, or 9/11 are spoken about, it’s rare that something positive comes to mind. Sadness and anger tend to come before hope and unity. But the Syracuse-based interfaith group Women Transcending Boundaries (WTB) is working to change that. For the 10th anniversary of the tragedy that saw the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers fall, WTB is trying to transform the day into something positive that can provide motivation for people in bettering their communities and their world.

I was 14 and a freshman in high school on Sept. 11, 2001. I remember first hearing about some planes and some buildings when a friend from childhood and classmate, Kevin Campbell, came blowing into German class with the news. Frau Newcomer didn’t understand what he was saying and neither did the rest of us as we all sat at our desks at a loss for words. We all remained quietly confused until the superintendent came on the loudspeaker and clarified what was happening.

The reality hit quickly and swiftly following the announcement in a way severely different than elsewhere in the country.

Growing up about 60 miles outside New York City in a small New Jersey town, it was inevitable that the loss of certain victims would hit directly home. It did, profoundly.