Trick or Treaty

In geologic time, 400 years is the snap of a finger. But in historic time, 400 years is plenty long enough for a treaty to finally be honored. That’s the motivation behind the Two Row Wampu

Carving Artist

To you it’s a piece of wood, but to David Esterly, it’s a blank slate for foliage, musical instruments, seashells and even iPods. Esterly, 68, has spent nearly 40 years taking...

The People's Art

ArtRage and the Gage Foundation collaborate on a Patrick Fiore exhibit that reinterprets American history

American history loves its heroes, emphasis on the male deliberate. We all grew up learning the masculine, Eurocentric take on momentous events, with occasional mentions of women and people of c

Green Light

It’s OK to embrace Brussels sprouts’ yummy factor

A vegetable lover, I had always thought that Brussels sprouts are miniature cabbages, so I avoided them. No amount of Polish heritage would convince me to like cabbage, so it followed that I wou

The Wright Stuff

Up until 2010, Jeffrey Wright spent his entire adult life working for the city of Syracuse. Now that he’s retired from the municipality, which he served in a number of capacities, he wants to

Cool Running

The presents have been presented, the eats eaten and the drinks drunk. Now it’s time to get back on track, or start a fitness regimen. In this run-happy town, it’s tough to go a weekend

Power From The People

Until a crisis like Hurricane Sandy hits, the notion of sustainability finds many of us scratching our heads. We grasp the concept of installing LED bulbs, protecting the Skaneateles Lake waters

I Dig a TONY

Catch the Everson Museum’s biennial tradition before it’s gone Jan. 6

Since its video collection is a point of pride for the Everson Museum of Art, it’s fitting that video takes, ahem, center stage at TONY 2012: The Other New York. Some of that video is quite

Mission: Possible

The notion of giving back began, in Syracuse, 125 years ago with the Rescue Mission

The church members that banded together in 1887 to found the Rescue Mission could never have guessed their work would one day help out parents of children at...

Candid Camera

Photos of a Fayetteville woman’s ordeal with breast cancer highlight a weekend fundraiser

Whether you feel empathy or repulsion, there’s no denying the emotional impact of the photos of Ann Marie Giannino-Otis’ experience with breast cancer. They certainly are compelling, as