Syracuse New Times http://www.syracusenewtimes.com/newyork/ <![CDATA[New Orleans or Bust]]> Still bothered by that Big East Conference Tournament loss to Cincinnati? That’s OK, Syracuse University basketball fans. You’re going to feel better very soon. Despite that surprising ]]> <![CDATA[Save Our Center]]> The group slowly filters into the parlor of Plymouth Congregational Church, 232 E. Onondaga St., shortly after 3 p.m. They have pulled the cushioned chairs and a two-seat couch into a circle aroun]]> <![CDATA[Report from El Salvador]]> Central New Yorkers have had an unusually tight relationship with Central America, dating back to the 1980s when the region just south of Mexico was enmeshed in a series of civil wars that became ]]> <![CDATA[Just Add SALT]]> Diversity dominates the nominations for this year’s Syracuse Area Live Theater awards The Sondheim lyric about “something for everyone” pretty much sums up the much-anticipated nominations for the Syracuse New Times Syracuse Area Live Theater awards]]> <![CDATA[Comic Relief]]>  The 11th annual Free Comic Book Day offers lots of four-color fun for kids of all ages at area comic stores during regular business hours on Saturday, May 5. This year’s free funny book]]> <![CDATA[News & Blues]]> Happy Mother’s Day Toronto police said they were looking for a woman who boarded a streetcar with a child in a stroller and began arguing with another passenger. Witnesses said the woman pic]]> <![CDATA[News & Blues]]> Happy Mother’s Day Toronto police said they were looking for a woman who boarded a streetcar with a child in a stroller and began arguing with another passenger. Witnesses said the woman pic]]> <![CDATA[News & Blues]]> Happy Mother’s Day Toronto police said they were looking for a woman who boarded a streetcar with a child in a stroller and began arguing with another passenger. Witnesses said the woman pic]]> <![CDATA[Off the Gridiron]]> Emotional touchdowns are scored in Not Another Theater Company’s sports saga Lombardi After Look magazine reporter Michael McCormick (Jordan Glaski) has tracked legendary football coach Vince Lombardi (Roy van Norstrand) down the icy Wisconsin streets of Green Bay, he contemplates what title he might give his article when completed. ]]> <![CDATA[New Leashes on Life]]> Local organizations seek to save dogs from abuse, abandonment or unnecessary death Some folks are decidedly cat people, or dog people, or no-animals-please people. While you may not share the same affinity for cats as your feline-loving office mate, it’s safe to say we all can agree on one thing: Animal abuse is wrong. ]]> <![CDATA[Undercovers Angels]]> SU Drama students shine in the song-filled sisterhood salute Quilters French film director Jean-Luc Godard famously said, “I believe in a beginning, middle and an end, but not necessarily in that order.”
]]> <![CDATA[My Aretha]]> I first met my dog, Aretha, on Christmas Eve 1994. I was hangin' out with my buddy “Miserable Tim” Gernhardt at his house in LaFayette having a couple Christmas Eve drinks on a howling cold winter night, when we heard what sounded like someone knocking on the front door. I opened it, looked around, didn't see anything and closed the door again.]]> <![CDATA[Readers' Digest]]> Edible books rule the day at Szozda Gallery
]]> <![CDATA[What's Shakin']]> Phenom pitcher Stephen Strasburg is not coming back to play for the Syracuse Chiefs. But that’s OK.
]]> <![CDATA[The Incredible Bulk]]> Buying from the bins saves money as well as packaging, making it a sustainable practice To many, going green means changing out light bulbs, reducing herbicides on the yard or cleaning with...]]> <![CDATA[Tiny Dancers]]> Many think of ballet as something trapped in time like a fossil in amber...]]> <![CDATA[Listen to Glisson]]> It seems unlikely that any major college sports program would have an official cartoonist...]]> <![CDATA[Lost Galaxy]]> With longtime deejay Dave Frisina ousted at Galaxy, those who tuned in to local radio may now just tune out. The Syracuse music community erupted with sadness and anger on Friday, Dec. 30. ]]> <![CDATA[Man With A Plan]]> With WCNY’s move into the city, Bob Daino continues to transform the public broadcaster]]> <![CDATA[Heavens Below]]> Encore Productions brings the kitchen cutups of Church Basement Ladies to an inspired location At a time when several community theater companies are wringing their hands in search of new venues, Steve and Marguerite Beebe’s Encore Productions...]]> <![CDATA[New Orleans or Bust]]> Still bothered by that Big East Conference Tournament loss to Cincinnati? That’s OK, Syracuse University basketball fans. You’re going to feel better very soon. Despite that surprising ]]> <![CDATA[Game Changer]]> Ursula Rozum’s candidacy could very well determine the outcome of the 25th District race It would have been easy not to take notice last month when young Ursula Rozum, a staff member at the Syracuse Peace Council and a 2002 graduate of Bishop Ludden High School, announced...]]> <![CDATA[Game Changer]]> Ursula Rozum’s candidacy could very well determine the outcome of the 25th District race It would have been easy not to take notice last month when young Ursula Rozum, a staff member at the Syracuse Peace Council and a 2002 graduate of Bishop Ludden High School, announced...]]> <![CDATA[Game Changer]]> Ursula Rozum’s candidacy could very well determine the outcome of the 25th District race It would have been easy not to take notice last month when young Ursula Rozum, a staff member at the Syracuse Peace Council and a 2002 graduate of Bishop Ludden High School, announced...]]> <![CDATA[News & Blues]]> Curses, Foiled Again After Michele Grasso, 27, was convicted of drug dealing in 2008, he disappeared and eluded Italian authorities until this February, when he posted photos on his Facebook page]]> <![CDATA[Shakes It Up]]> Casting innovations and fast pacing spark SU Drama’s revival of the Bard’s As You Like It Shakespeare’s sunniest comedy and one of his two most reliable laugh-getters, As You Like It never suffers from neglect.
]]> <![CDATA[No Mercy from Sirsy]]> With a new LP in the works, the dynamic duo of Melanie Krahmer and Rich Libutti gains more traction in the music industry Sirsy jumps from relentless rock to heartbreaking howls in their varied original repertoire.
]]> <![CDATA[IDLE CHATTER]]> What began as the idea of Le Moyne College student Amber MacDuffie almost a year ago has come full circle.
]]> <![CDATA[LOCAL HOP]]> Counter Pursuit (independent). There is such a thing as gateway drug music.
]]> <![CDATA[Lax to the Max]]> Syracuse hosts two Hollywood-style Hump Day movie screenings within a week’s time, and there isn’t even a palm tree around for miles.
]]> <![CDATA[Win 2 tickets to Cirque du Soleil]]> Win 2 tickets for the 6/6 performance - Cirque du Soleil Dralion To enter: email promotions@syracusenewtimes.com Deadline 6/1]]> <![CDATA[Play Makers]]> Local theater performers take the spotlight for the ninth SALT awards The ninth annual Syracuse New Times Syracuse Area Live Theater (SALT) Awards bash salutes work of the previous year, but...]]> <![CDATA[The 2012 SALT Award Winners]]>
]]> <![CDATA[Play Makers]]> Local theater performers take the spotlight for the ninth SALT awards The ninth annual Syracuse New Times Syracuse Area Live Theater (SALT) Awards bash salutes work of the previous year, but...]]> <![CDATA[Say It Ain't So, Joe]]> Guitar guru Joe Bonamassa offered a technically proficient but emotionally hollow concert at the Landmark Joe Bonamassa left behind a vaudeville-era venue full of dropped jaws by the time he stepped off the stage after his May 17 concert at...]]> <![CDATA[Their Words, His Music]]> Putting voicemails to sonic creations results in new messages and meanings for One Hello World’s Jared Brickman A young lady speaks about not believing in Christianity over the soft sounds of piano embellishments. An older woman says...]]> <![CDATA[Gentile's Giant]]> With a relocation and a new, casual venue, Kevin Gentile’s restaurant empire keeps things fresh Diners at Gentile’s on Burnet Avenue on Saturday, March 31, were enjoying Kevin Gentile’s famous food, unaware that he was planning on...]]> <![CDATA[Does Not Compute]]> Cyber amnesia runs rampant in age with eight-letter user names and eight-letter-plus-one-numeral passwords It was the night before Facebook went public. I woke up in the middle of a nightmare, unable to pet my dog. In my dream I sauntered out of my bedroom, just as I usually do, bent down to stroke the]]> <![CDATA[Cruise Control]]> Super-duper spy Ethan Hunt (played by Tom Cruise) is back in action for Mission Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol, with the stunt sequences looking more eye-boggling in the film’s large-format inc]]> <![CDATA[READ THIS WEEK'S ONLINE PAPER HERE]]>  <<< Click the image of the cover to read the virtual version now!]]> <![CDATA[His and Hers]]> Commentaries on the human experience are revealed in a new show at Community Folk Art The new exhibit at the Community Folk Art Gallery presents artwork by two different artists who work in different media. The show doesn’t try to overemphasize connections between the two arti]]> <![CDATA[Traffic Jam]]> No one will deny that Interstate 81, as it wends its way in and out of downtown Syracuse, is a mess...]]> <![CDATA[CFAC: 40 Years of Diversity]]> This is how, 40 years ago in a small place on the corner of South Salina Street and Wood Avenue, the Community Folk Art Gallery was born. Much later it was renamed the Community Folk Art Center.]]> <![CDATA[News & Blues]]> Curses, Foiled Again A man wanted on rape charges was arrested after stopping to flirt with a uniformed female police officer on patrol in San Francisco. The 26-year-old man was “obviously e]]> <![CDATA[Taking Care of Business]]> You know you’re creating a stir when the big guy wants to join your party. The success Chris Fowler as executive director of Syracuse First has enjoyed...]]> <![CDATA[Taking Care of Business]]> You know you’re creating a stir when the big guy wants to join your party. The success Chris Fowler as executive director of Syracuse First has enjoyed...]]> <![CDATA[The 2012 SALT Award Winners]]>
]]> <![CDATA[Taking Care of Business]]> You know you’re creating a stir when the big guy wants to join your party. The success Chris Fowler as executive director of Syracuse First has enjoyed...]]> <![CDATA[Taking Care of Business]]> You know you’re creating a stir when the big guy wants to join your party. The success Chris Fowler as executive director of Syracuse First has enjoyed...]]> <![CDATA[Joe LaGuardia: The Music Man]]> If you spend the waning days of every summer at the New York State Fair listening to concerts, cruising the exhibits, eating fried food and enjoying...]]> <![CDATA[Naming Rights]]> In the past few months, Jeffrey Hoone, executive director of Light Work/Community Darkrooms, has worked with Syracuse University to set up...]]> <![CDATA[Garden State]]> The final phase of construction has begun on the new rain gardens in Tipperary Hill’s Pass Arboretum...]]> <![CDATA[Hollywood Night]]> A red carpet, klieg lights, lacrosse luminaries and ample star power fueled the Syracuse world premiere of Crooked Arrows For a couple hours, it sure didn’t feel like the good ol’ Salt City. On May 9, the Mulroy Civic Center’s Crouse-Hinds Concert Theater in downtown Syracuse...]]> <![CDATA[Sticks Mix in Lax Flick]]> The likable lacrosse movie Crooked Arrows offers some neat diversions from the standard play-by-play For Hollywood producers, sports movies are pretty much safe bets to make, with fans of the sport most likely to leave their living-room armchairs...]]> <![CDATA[Father Knows Best]]> For 65 years, and counting, the DeSantis Orchestra has made musical memories Mario DeSantis has serenaded countless just-marrieds, celebrated the induction of Cal Ripken Jr. into the Baseball Hall of Fame, served as...]]> <![CDATA[PEANUTS to You]]> Not Another Theater Company’s new take on Charlie Brown offers fast-moving fun Director-conductor Colin Keating made a smashing local debut with his handling of the beguiling pocket musical A Year With Frog and Toad last spring...]]> <![CDATA[Heavens Below]]> Encore Productions brings the kitchen cutups of Church Basement Ladies to an inspired location At a time when several community theater companies are wringing their hands in search of new venues, Steve and Marguerite Beebe’s Encore Productions...]]> <![CDATA[The Incredible Bulk]]> Buying from the bins saves money as well as packaging, making it a sustainable practice To many, going green means changing out light bulbs, reducing herbicides on the yard or cleaning with...]]> <![CDATA[NEWS & BLUES]]> Curses, Foiled Again When police pulled over Walter Upshaw, 32, for failing to come to a complete stop before entering a roadway in Orlando, Fla., Upshaw apologized to Officer Shawn Overfield and]]> <![CDATA[Syracuse Sound]]> In a world where YouTube rules Internet media, SoundCloud, an audio distribution platform that emerged in 2008, is making an effort to become...]]> <![CDATA[Listen to Glisson]]> It seems unlikely that any major college sports program would have an official cartoonist...]]> <![CDATA[Tiny Dancers]]> Many think of ballet as something trapped in time like a fossil in amber...]]> <![CDATA[Traffic Jam]]> No one will deny that Interstate 81, as it wends its way in and out of downtown Syracuse, is a mess...]]> <![CDATA[Traffic Jam]]> No one will deny that Interstate 81, as it wends its way in and out of downtown Syracuse, is a mess...]]> <![CDATA[Traffic Jam]]> No one will deny that Interstate 81, as it wends its way in and out of downtown Syracuse, is a mess...]]> <![CDATA[Life Imitates Art]]> Characters from the Peanuts comic strip take over the floorboards of the State Fairgrounds’ New Times Theater for You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown]]> <![CDATA[Events]]>  ]]> <![CDATA[Cutting Edge]]> New South Side gallery aims to push artists into new creative corridors At the corner of Lincoln and Bellevue avenues, on the cusp of the South Side, an idea is growing, and on Saturday, May 12, the buds will burst. The inaugural event will feature nearly 20 artists...]]> <![CDATA[GET LOST]]> After a terrible 2011, the Lost Horizon’s Scott Dixon gets his health, his career and his radio mojo back on track Scott Dixon is known for putting the Syracuse music scene before himself.
]]> <![CDATA[For Whom the Belle Tolls]]> Kate Huddleston’s powerhouse turn as Amanda Wingfield dominates Appleseed’s take on Tennessee Williams’ memoir The Glass Menagerie The years have been kind to actress Kate Huddleston, one of the youngest people ever to get a Syracuse New Times Syracuse Area Live Theater (SALT) Lifetime Achievement Award. As the decades unfold]]> <![CDATA[The Long Goodbye]]> A slow death equals big laughs in the Redhouse’s pitch-black comedy Vigil The most indelible image from actress Kathy Bates’ career comes from the 1990 movie Misery, where she’s the crazed fan and James Caan is the bedridden victim. In Morris Panych’s Vigil, ]]> <![CDATA[Spin Doctor]]> Food doesn’t get much healthier than a dose of dark-green spinach Good spinach is the beef of plants. It has a meaty vibe and can get you a little high, the way sushi can. This green fleshy feeling is due in part to the extreme chlorophyll density in spinach, an]]> <![CDATA[Butt Out]]> Local programs help smokers who want to quit before May 31, World No Tobacco Day When smokers think of quitting, it can seem like everyone else is not smoking. But once they try to quit, or do quit, it’s easy to feel there are smokers all around them,” says Cynthia C]]> <![CDATA[Win tickets]]> CONTEST HAS ENDED Win 2 tickets to see Joe Bonamassa Live in concert, Thursday, May 17, 8 pm at the Landmark Theatre.  To enter: email promotions@syracusenewtimes.com.  Deadline is Monday 5/14/2012 at Noon.&n]]> <![CDATA[Drone Rangers]]> When local peacekeepers arrest peaceful protesters for taking a stand, it’s not exactly the American way I feel safer now. I hope you do, too. Were it not for the brave action of our Sheriff’s Department, acting on a tip provided in the form of a press release, a group of self-anointed prophets]]> <![CDATA[Rozum Responds]]> Editor’s note: Ursula Rozum is running for Congress on the Green Party line.Ed Griffin-Nolan’s May 2 Sanity Fair column “Game Changer” accurately describes 25th District Congress]]> <![CDATA[PEANUTS to You]]> Not Another Theater Company’s new take on Charlie Brown offers fast-moving fun Director-conductor Colin Keating made a smashing local debut with his handling of the beguiling pocket musical A Year With Frog and Toad last spring...]]> <![CDATA[Father Knows Best]]> For 65 years, and counting, the DeSantis Orchestra has made musical memories Mario DeSantis has serenaded countless just-marrieds, celebrated the induction of Cal Ripken Jr. into the Baseball Hall of Fame, served as...]]> <![CDATA[Sticks Mix in Lax Flick]]> The likable lacrosse movie Crooked Arrows offers some neat diversions from the standard play-by-play For Hollywood producers, sports movies are pretty much safe bets to make, with fans of the sport most likely to leave their living-room armchairs...]]> <![CDATA[Hollywood Night]]> A red carpet, klieg lights, lacrosse luminaries and ample star power fueled the Syracuse world premiere of Crooked Arrows For a couple hours, it sure didn’t feel like the good ol’ Salt City. On May 9, the Mulroy Civic Center’s Crouse-Hinds Concert Theater in downtown Syracuse...]]> <![CDATA[Syracuse Sound]]> In a world where YouTube rules Internet media, SoundCloud, an audio distribution platform that emerged in 2008, is making an effort to become...]]> <![CDATA[Force Of Nature]]> Friends of Rogers revitalizes the Sherburne center after the state%uFFFDeuro;%uFFFDs 2010 closure Canada geese skim across the ponds at Rogers Environmental Education Center, just outside the Chenango County village of Sherburne.
]]> <![CDATA[Fire Finding]]> For the annual Metrospective issue of old photographs culled from the Syracuse New Times archives, which took up most of the space in the April 25 issue,]]> <![CDATA[Digital Down-Lows]]> Made in New York 2012, on display at Auburn’s Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, is an exhibit that re-emerges each year with a new roster of artists and a different identity.
]]> <![CDATA[God Bless America]]> Bobcat goes bang in the violent, profane satire God Bless America ]]> <![CDATA[Fresh Tastes]]> Three new eateries aim to bring more diners downtownAlthough Syracuse University mascot Otto the Orange cheers from the sidelines these days, the rotund and fuzzy fruit is the latest in a long lin]]> <![CDATA[West-Case Scenario]]> Bill West, the culture polymath who died at age 74 on April 24, left a wide wake.
]]> <![CDATA[Power Rangers]]> With the Syracuse teams’ participation in the CNY Energy Challenge winding down, coordinator Sam Gordon is reaching out
]]> <![CDATA[Silents Are Golden]]> Now that multiplex moviegoers have checked out The Artist, the Oscar-winning salute to silent cinema, they should be prepared to handle the reel deal this weekend at Rome’s Capitol Theatre, 220 W]]> <![CDATA[Rory Block]]>  The country-blues chanteuse could probably draw a crowd just by reading the phone book, but she’s also a five-time Blues Music Award winner who can manhandle a guitar and caress a lyric]]> <![CDATA[Frames of Mind]]> An exhibit of graphic novels at Utica’s Munson-Williams-Proctor redefines our notion of fine art Graphic novels, those comic books for big kids, are getting some well-deserved love from museums, those repositories of fine art. LitGraphic: The World of the Graphic Novel opened March 4 at Utica%u]]> <![CDATA[Game On ]]> Local painter Thaddeus Chapman celebrates March Madness with an art show and sale Jimi Hendrix gazes coolly down from his post above a topless woman in a sunhat. Next to them, a large canvas with interlacing splotches of reds and pinks glows brightly on the wall.]]> <![CDATA[NEWS & BLUES]]> Curses, Foiled Again When police pulled over Walter Upshaw, 32, for failing to come to a complete stop before entering a roadway in Orlando, Fla., Upshaw apologized to Officer Shawn Overfield and]]> <![CDATA[Just Add SALT]]> Diversity dominates the nominations for this year’s Syracuse Area Live Theater awards The Sondheim lyric about “something for everyone” pretty much sums up the much-anticipated nominations for the Syracuse New Times Syracuse Area Live Theater awards]]> <![CDATA[Root Cause]]> A cousin to the carrot, parsnips bring a different color, texture and flavor to the dinner party Parsnips are hardly a secret. Unlike celeriac or rutabaga, most of us have at least heard of parsnip, even if we can’t remember what it looks like. The fragrant taproot that resembles an ivor]]> <![CDATA[Green Day]]>  A mid declarations of “Oh my god, this is ridiculous!” and “I gotta pee!” the 30th annual St. Patrick’s Parade stepped down South Salina Street on Saturday, March]]> <![CDATA[SU Fab Without Melo]]> The Syracuse University men’s basketball team rules the Big East Conference and will soon join the Atlantic Coast Conference.]]> <![CDATA[News & Blues]]>  Curses, Foiled Again David Sherman, 49, stole a DVD player from a Wal-Mart store in Gretna, Neb., but didn’t get far because 24 Sarpy County sheriff’s deputies were in the store f]]> <![CDATA[Memorial Day Watchfire]]> MICHAEL DAVIS PHOTOThe annual ceremonial burning of the American flags takes place in Veterans Memorial Watchfire Park at the State Fairgrounds’ parking lot between Route 690, 695 and State F]]> <![CDATA[News & Blues]]>  Curses, Foiled Again David Sherman, 49, stole a DVD player from a Wal-Mart store in Gretna, Neb., but didn’t get far because 24 Sarpy County sheriff’s deputies were in the store f]]> <![CDATA[Bedroom Farce ]]> Considering the recent campaign rhetoric, seems like the GOP presidential candidates don’t like sex, women, or sex with women
]]> <![CDATA[Perfect 10 ]]> Born in Syracuse, the Green Building Conference expands its scope It’s not a fad, a movement or a trend: Green building is here to stay.
]]> <![CDATA[Bedroom Farce ]]> Considering the recent campaign rhetoric, seems like the GOP presidential candidates don’t like sex, women, or sex with women
]]> <![CDATA[Perfect 10 ]]> Born in Syracuse, the Green Building Conference expands its scope It’s not a fad, a movement or a trend: Green building is here to stay.
]]> <![CDATA[Root Cause]]> A cousin to the carrot, parsnips bring a different color, texture and flavor to the dinner party Parsnips are hardly a secret. Unlike celeriac or rutabaga, most of us have at least heard of parsnip, even if we can’t remember what it looks like. The fragrant taproot that resembles an ivor]]> <![CDATA[Classified]]> Classified ads from the May 23, 2012 print edition.
]]> <![CDATA[SU Fab Without Melo]]> The Syracuse University men’s basketball team rules the Big East Conference and will soon join the Atlantic Coast Conference.]]> <![CDATA[Books, Brews And Bumpin' Beats]]> Creekside Books & Coffee seeks to bring the Syracuse music scene to scenic Skaneateles The closing of Morris’s Grill nearly three years ago left a gaping hole in the Skaneateles music scene. Residents accustomed to regular live bands found themselves with one less option when l]]> <![CDATA[IDLE CHATTER]]> Jazzed in Jamesville Jazzed in JamesvilleBy now everyone knows what happened during the March 6 State of the County address, when County Executive Joanie Mahoney revealed the big announcement that this year’s Syracus]]> <![CDATA[Bobcat Goldthwait Interview]]> The loco boy made good brings his new movie satire God Bless America as a homecoming treat

The New Times Interview By Chris Baker


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Jordan Dreyer’s eloquent screams highlight La Dispute, Friday’s main attraction at the Lost Horizon

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Hard-rockin’ Brand New Sin hopes that supporting tour dates with Slash will pay off down the road

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Swinging singer Catherine Russell continues to honor her family’s musical legacy

]]> <![CDATA[Jim Donovan of Rusted Root]]> Nothing says “African drum circle” like a longhaired white guy from Pittsburgh]]> <![CDATA[Syracuse University Block Party]]> Music may be a universal language, but University Union (UU) at Syracuse University had a hell of a time translating students’ tastes into the annual Block Party concert]]> <![CDATA[Clean Slate Diaries]]> At issue is sexual abuse and domestic violence—problems known but not often discussed in public forums]]> <![CDATA[David Lindsay-Abaire's Rabbit Hole]]> Parents recover from an emotional loss in the drama Rabbit Hole]]> <![CDATA[Syracuse Stage's The Brothers Size]]> In an unusually useful program note, Syracuse Stage producing artistic director Tim Bond tells us why the final production, The Brothers Size, breaks rank with the rest of the season’s offerings]]> <![CDATA[Packet Palooza]]> It’s almost as fun to peruse seed catalogs as it is to watch your vegetables grow]]> <![CDATA[Green Gems]]> The venerable Everson Museum of Art doesn’t seem a logical candidate for a sustainable makeover, but that doesn’t mean green changes aren’t
]]> <![CDATA[Green Gems]]> The venerable Everson Museum of Art doesn’t seem a logical candidate for a sustainable makeover, but that doesn’t mean green changes aren’t
]]> <![CDATA[Life at the Top]]> Beyond the environmental benefits, green roofs provide advantages to taxpayers By the end of 2012 the black and gray rooftops of Syracuse will give way to green.]]> <![CDATA[Green Gems]]> The venerable Everson Museum of Art doesn’t seem a logical candidate for a sustainable makeover, but that doesn’t mean green changes aren’t
]]> <![CDATA[Life at the Top]]> Beyond the environmental benefits, green roofs provide advantages to taxpayers By the end of 2012 the black and gray rooftops of Syracuse will give way to green.]]> <![CDATA[Green Gems]]> The venerable Everson Museum of Art doesn’t seem a logical candidate for a sustainable makeover, but that doesn’t mean green changes aren’t
]]> <![CDATA[All Aboard!]]> Northside UP’s Green Train program makes environmental sustainability financially sustainable Green is the color of environmental friendliness. It symbolizes renewable energy, efficiency and global consciousness. But it’s also the color of cash.]]> <![CDATA[Gone Fishin']]> Young, blonde and ferocious on guitar, Samantha Fish delivers an earful of rough, riff-driven blues at every boot-stomping show she puts on]]> <![CDATA[Traveling Titters]]> Le Moyne College’s student actors go Around the World in 80 Days in search of laughs In only his second year at Le Moyne College, professor-director Matt Chiorini has established a record of working his student actors to the limit]]> <![CDATA[Wild About Cherry]]> Coming-of-age boinks are revealed in Rarely Done’s My First Time When you were in college you remember that friends passed around copies of a hot new novel, and by the time the copy got to you all the exciting parts had dog-eared pages]]> <![CDATA[Mi Casita es Tu Casita]]> A new gallery, SU’s latest West Side initiative, aims to bring Hispanic culture to the masses Notions of family and community are universal, no matter what the culture, and they are front and center in a new exhibit at a new art gallery]]> <![CDATA[Tidal Shots]]> Inner Water, on display at the Warehouse, recounts the disastrous Japanese tsunami of 2011 It was just over a year ago on March 11, 2011, when a tectonic shift, a tiny shrug of earth’s shoulders, released devastation on Japan]]> <![CDATA[Both Sides Now]]> Releasing two distinct CDs in just three months demonstrates the musical breadth of Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad With mellow sentiments such as “These times come and go/ these times go and come,” Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad’s latest album In These Times (Controlled Substance Sound Labs) bursts open with bright harmonica]]> <![CDATA[Glub Story]]> The centennial marking the 1912 sinking of the allegedly unsinkable Titanic luxury liner has rekindled much interest in the tragedy]]> <![CDATA[NEWS & BLUES]]> Police arrested convicted cockfighter Danny Pham, 36, for violating his parole after he showed up at the post office in Lake Worth, Fla., to claim a live rooster]]> <![CDATA[Blues Boomerang]]> It will be a Clinton Square homecoming for this summer’s New York State Blues Festival Bluesheads of Central New York and beyond will coalesce over the weekend of Friday, July 13, through Sunday, July 15, when the New York State Blues Festival returns to downtown Syracuse’s Clinton Square. ]]> <![CDATA[True Colors]]> Fraternal frictions within a black family create drama and humor in Broke-ology   Poverty, taken on the whole, might well be a better generator of art than has been affluence.]]> <![CDATA[Learning Curve]]> Nearly a year into the job, Syracuse School District Superintendent Sharon Contreras stays upbeat in the face of unprecedented challenges If anything is clear after spending an hour with Syracuse City School District Superintendent Sharon Contreras, it is that she did not come here to run the fourth-largest school district in the state, outside of New York City.]]> <![CDATA[Play ball!]]> Two teen phenoms were the drawing cards during the April 5 opening day for the Syracuse Chiefs’ 2012-2013 season
]]> <![CDATA[Salt City Horror Fest]]> There’s something for everyone at this year’s eerie edition, which takes place on Saturday, April 14, noon to 2 a.m., at Eastwood’s Palace Theatre, 2384 James St.
]]> <![CDATA[Blues Boomerang]]> It will be a Clinton Square homecoming for this summer’s New York State Blues Festival Bluesheads of Central New York and beyond will coalesce over the weekend of Friday, July 13, through Sunday, July 15, when the New York State Blues Festival returns to downtown Syracuse’s Clinton Square. ]]> <![CDATA[True Colors]]> Fraternal frictions within a black family create drama and humor in Broke-ology   Poverty, taken on the whole, might well be a better generator of art than has been affluence.]]> <![CDATA[Spring Cleaning]]> The Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency (OCRRA) has extended the registration deadline for the annual Earth Day Cleanup to this Friday, April 13. “We thought another week w]]> <![CDATA[Trending Now]]> Costlier food items at the supermarket will result in increased home-cooking Last year’s high grocery prices had many Americans looking for ways to save at the supermarket.
]]> <![CDATA[Creative Core]]> Syracuse can claim many inventions; revisit them at Patently Syracuse, on display at the Tech Garden It’s often been said that necessity is the mother of invention, but Ty Marshal sees invention as the mother of civic pride.]]> <![CDATA[Learning Curve]]> Nearly a year into the job, Syracuse School District Superintendent Sharon Contreras stays upbeat in the face of unprecedented challenges If anything is clear after spending an hour with Syracuse City School District Superintendent Sharon Contreras, it is that she did not come here to run the fourth-largest school district in the state, outside of New York City.]]> <![CDATA[The Great Outdoors]]> Doctors suggest a simple prescription for childhood wellness: outdoor play and exercise “Go play outside” is a no-cost way for parents to help kids stay healthy.]]> <![CDATA[News & Blues]]>  NEWS & BLUES Curses, Foiled Again While police were in the process of citing Eldon Alexander, 36, and Korin Vanhouten, 47, for shoplifting merchandise worth about $25 from a store in]]> <![CDATA[What's Shakin']]> Calling all amateur filmmakers and cinema connoisseurs: The sixth annual One-Take Super 8 Event will occur on Saturday, April 14, at 6:30 p.m. at 451 S. Warren St.]]> <![CDATA[Yankee Doodle Dandy]]> With a Wikipedia entry titled “Baseball Superstition” you know it’s not urban legend.
]]> <![CDATA[The Pet Set]]> Healthy-pet clinics return this spring, creating more opportunities for financially challenged owners in Syracuse to have their loved ones vaccinated.]]> <![CDATA[New Leashes on Life]]> Local organizations seek to save dogs from abuse, abandonment or unnecessary death Some folks are decidedly cat people, or dog people, or no-animals-please people. While you may not share the same affinity for cats as your feline-loving office mate, it’s safe to say we all can agree on one thing: Animal abuse is wrong. ]]> <![CDATA[My Aretha]]> I first met my dog, Aretha, on Christmas Eve 1994. I was hangin' out with my buddy “Miserable Tim” Gernhardt at his house in LaFayette having a couple Christmas Eve drinks on a howling cold winter night, when we heard what sounded like someone knocking on the front door. I opened it, looked around, didn't see anything and closed the door again.]]> <![CDATA[Readers' Digest]]> Edible books rule the day at Szozda Gallery
]]> <![CDATA[The Pet Set]]> Healthy-pet clinics return this spring, creating more opportunities for financially challenged owners in Syracuse to have their loved ones vaccinated.]]> <![CDATA[My Aretha]]> I first met my dog, Aretha, on Christmas Eve 1994. I was hangin' out with my buddy “Miserable Tim” Gernhardt at his house in LaFayette having a couple Christmas Eve drinks on a howling cold winter night, when we heard what sounded like someone knocking on the front door. I opened it, looked around, didn't see anything and closed the door again.]]> <![CDATA[The Pet Set]]> Healthy-pet clinics return this spring, creating more opportunities for financially challenged owners in Syracuse to have their loved ones vaccinated.]]> <![CDATA[My Aretha]]> I first met my dog, Aretha, on Christmas Eve 1994. I was hangin' out with my buddy “Miserable Tim” Gernhardt at his house in LaFayette having a couple Christmas Eve drinks on a howling cold winter night, when we heard what sounded like someone knocking on the front door. I opened it, looked around, didn't see anything and closed the door again.]]> <![CDATA[The Pet Set]]> Healthy-pet clinics return this spring, creating more opportunities for financially challenged owners in Syracuse to have their loved ones vaccinated.]]> <![CDATA[Pet Resources]]> Groomers, daycare, training, foundations and more!
]]> <![CDATA[Window Dressing]]> Something artsy is going on in the front window display of The New Times.
]]> <![CDATA[News & Blues]]> Curses, Foiled Again After three men stole a coin collection worth several thousand dollars from a home in Corbett, Ore., they redeemed the coins in a Coinstar coin-counting machine for about $45]]> <![CDATA[West Side Wonder]]> 601 Tully evolves from class project to art-scene mainstay in the Near West Side Some college courses result in a term paper. Some finish with an exam. The more involved classes require a completed project.
]]> <![CDATA[Ring-A-Ding-Ding]]> The Redhouse’s revival of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night carries some Rat Pack swing The Redhouse might have opened its doors off Armory Square eight years ago, but it’s taken a lot of zig-zagging to decide on an artistic identity.
]]> <![CDATA[The Pet Set]]> Healthy-pet clinics return this spring, creating more opportunities for financially challenged owners in Syracuse to have their loved ones vaccinated.]]> <![CDATA[Stray Tuned]]> By Kevin Corbett A lthough Although Americans are collectively crazy about their pets, the sad truth is that too many animals are going through life homeless and at risk.]]> <![CDATA[News & Blues]]> After three men stole a coin collection worth several thousand dollars from a home in Corbett, Ore., they redeemed the coins in a Coinstar
]]> <![CDATA[Pulp Fiction]]>   SANITY Pulp Fiction The Near West Side is misrepresented twice, by the daily newspaper and a Syracuse police officer By Ed Griffin-Nolan L ast year when the city announced plans to se]]> <![CDATA[My Aretha]]> I first met my dog, Aretha, on Christmas Eve 1994. I was hangin' out with my buddy “Miserable Tim” Gernhardt at his house in LaFayette having a couple Christmas Eve drinks on a howling cold winter night, when we heard what sounded like someone knocking on the front door. I opened it, looked around, didn't see anything and closed the door again.]]> <![CDATA[New Leashes on Life]]> Local organizations seek to save dogs from abuse, abandonment or unnecessary death Some folks are decidedly cat people, or dog people, or no-animals-please people. While you may not share the same affinity for cats as your feline-loving office mate, it’s safe to say we all can agree on one thing: Animal abuse is wrong. ]]> <![CDATA[New Leashes on Life]]> Local organizations seek to save dogs from abuse, abandonment or unnecessary death Some folks are decidedly cat people, or dog people, or no-animals-please people. While you may not share the same affinity for cats as your feline-loving office mate, it’s safe to say we all can agree on one thing: Animal abuse is wrong. ]]> <![CDATA[My Aretha]]> I first met my dog, Aretha, on Christmas Eve 1994. I was hangin' out with my buddy “Miserable Tim” Gernhardt at his house in LaFayette having a couple Christmas Eve drinks on a howling cold winter night, when we heard what sounded like someone knocking on the front door. I opened it, looked around, didn't see anything and closed the door again.]]> <![CDATA[New Leashes on Life]]> Local organizations seek to save dogs from abuse, abandonment or unnecessary death Some folks are decidedly cat people, or dog people, or no-animals-please people. While you may not share the same affinity for cats as your feline-loving office mate, it’s safe to say we all can agree on one thing: Animal abuse is wrong. ]]> <![CDATA[New Leashes on Life]]> Local organizations seek to save dogs from abuse, abandonment or unnecessary death Some folks are decidedly cat people, or dog people, or no-animals-please people. While you may not share the same affinity for cats as your feline-loving office mate, it’s safe to say we all can agree on one thing: Animal abuse is wrong. ]]> <![CDATA[Pet Resources]]> Groomers, daycare, training, foundations and more!
]]> <![CDATA[Window Dressing]]> Something artsy is going on in the front window display of The New Times.
]]> <![CDATA[News & Blues]]> Curses, Foiled Again After three men stole a coin collection worth several thousand dollars from a home in Corbett, Ore., they redeemed the coins in a Coinstar coin-counting machine for about $45]]> <![CDATA[West Side Wonder]]> 601 Tully evolves from class project to art-scene mainstay in the Near West Side Some college courses result in a term paper. Some finish with an exam. The more involved classes require a completed project.
]]> <![CDATA[Ring-A-Ding-Ding]]> The Redhouse’s revival of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night carries some Rat Pack swing The Redhouse might have opened its doors off Armory Square eight years ago, but it’s taken a lot of zig-zagging to decide on an artistic identity.
]]> <![CDATA[The Pet Set]]> Healthy-pet clinics return this spring, creating more opportunities for financially challenged owners in Syracuse to have their loved ones vaccinated.]]> <![CDATA[Stray Tuned]]> By Kevin Corbett A lthough Although Americans are collectively crazy about their pets, the sad truth is that too many animals are going through life homeless and at risk.]]> <![CDATA[News & Blues]]> After three men stole a coin collection worth several thousand dollars from a home in Corbett, Ore., they redeemed the coins in a Coinstar
]]> <![CDATA[Pulp Fiction]]>   SANITY Pulp Fiction The Near West Side is misrepresented twice, by the daily newspaper and a Syracuse police officer By Ed Griffin-Nolan L ast year when the city announced plans to se]]> <![CDATA[What's Shakin']]> Phenom pitcher Stephen Strasburg is not coming back to play for the Syracuse Chiefs. But that’s OK.
]]> <![CDATA[Readers' Digest]]> Edible books rule the day at Szozda Gallery
]]> <![CDATA[My Aretha]]> I first met my dog, Aretha, on Christmas Eve 1994. I was hangin' out with my buddy “Miserable Tim” Gernhardt at his house in LaFayette having a couple Christmas Eve drinks on a howling cold winter night, when we heard what sounded like someone knocking on the front door. I opened it, looked around, didn't see anything and closed the door again.]]> <![CDATA[Undercovers Angels]]> SU Drama students shine in the song-filled sisterhood salute Quilters French film director Jean-Luc Godard famously said, “I believe in a beginning, middle and an end, but not necessarily in that order.”
]]> <![CDATA[New Leashes on Life]]> Local organizations seek to save dogs from abuse, abandonment or unnecessary death Some folks are decidedly cat people, or dog people, or no-animals-please people. While you may not share the same affinity for cats as your feline-loving office mate, it’s safe to say we all can agree on one thing: Animal abuse is wrong. ]]> <![CDATA[Off the Gridiron]]> Emotional touchdowns are scored in Not Another Theater Company’s sports saga Lombardi After Look magazine reporter Michael McCormick (Jordan Glaski) has tracked legendary football coach Vince Lombardi (Roy van Norstrand) down the icy Wisconsin streets of Green Bay, he contemplates what title he might give his article when completed. ]]> <![CDATA[Fair Weather Fun]]> MICHAEL DAVIS PHOTOWarm weather weekends are limited around this neck of the woods. Fortunately, there’s no shortage of stuff to do in Central New York once the sun starts shining, and you ca]]> <![CDATA[Cinema Paradiso]]> Cinema kingpin Nat Tobin celebrates 20 years of owning the Manlius Art Cinema, 135 E. Seneca St., Manlius, with art-house fans getting the sweet end of the deal: free screenings of the 1988 Italia]]> <![CDATA[Think Globally, Eat Locally]]> Dining for Women supper clubs seek to raise funds for females in need throughout the world As a student at The University of the South working toward a degree in Third World studies, Amy Schiek spent a semester in Kenya. Photos on her office walls remind her of the places she visited and people she met, more than two decades ago. ]]> <![CDATA[Austin Powers]]> Our day-tripping music editor returns from South by Southwest, transformed by the strength of song As Bruce Springsteen delivered the keynote address at the 2012 South by Southwest (SXSW) music, film and interactive festival on Thursday, March 15, he hit on an apt descriptor for the music industry today: fragmentation.
]]> <![CDATA[Circus World]]> Trash-talk ringmaster Jerry Springer adds game-show host to his resume For reasons that still baffle the brainpan, Jerry Springer is the last man standing—and indeed still thriving—after 20 years in the TV tabloid-talk cycle
]]> <![CDATA[Think Globally, Eat Locally]]> Dining for Women supper clubs seek to raise funds for females in need throughout the world As a student at The University of the South working toward a degree in Third World studies, Amy Schiek spent a semester in Kenya. Photos on her office walls remind her of the places she visited and people she met, more than two decades ago. ]]> <![CDATA[News & Blues]]> Curses, Foiled Again Police identified Keith A. Rebori, 23, as their suspect in the robbery of a pharmacy in East Stroudsburg, Pa., after they found a backpack near the ]]> <![CDATA[READ THIS WEEK'S ONLINE PAPER HERE]]>  <<< Click the image of the cover to read the virtual version now!]]> <![CDATA[Circus World]]> Trash-talk ringmaster Jerry Springer adds game-show host to his resume For reasons that still baffle the brainpan, Jerry Springer is the last man standing—and indeed still thriving—after 20 years in the TV tabloid-talk cycle
]]> <![CDATA[What's Shakin']]> Eco-friendly and fuel-efficient cars built by high school and college students will compete this weekend at the Shell Eco-Marathon Americas 2012 in Houston.
]]> <![CDATA[Urban Legend]]> It's time to move Jazz Fest back to where the action is: downtown during summertime We can’t move the Carrier Dome downtown. That baseball stadium on the North Side is staying just where it is. But the Syracuse Jazz Fest—that one we can do something about. Now that On]]> <![CDATA[Urban Legend]]> It's time to move Jazz Fest back to where the action is: downtown during summertime We can’t move the Carrier Dome downtown. That baseball stadium on the North Side is staying just where it is. But the Syracuse Jazz Fest—that one we can do something about. Now that On]]> <![CDATA[Report from El Salvador]]> Central New Yorkers have had an unusually tight relationship with Central America, dating back to the 1980s when the region just south of Mexico was enmeshed in a series of civil wars that became ]]> <![CDATA[Save Our Center]]> The group slowly filters into the parlor of Plymouth Congregational Church, 232 E. Onondaga St., shortly after 3 p.m. They have pulled the cushioned chairs and a two-seat couch into a circle aroun]]> <![CDATA[New Orleans or Bust]]> Still bothered by that Big East Conference Tournament loss to Cincinnati? That’s OK, Syracuse University basketball fans. You’re going to feel better very soon. Despite that surprising ]]> <![CDATA[Save Our Center]]> The group slowly filters into the parlor of Plymouth Congregational Church, 232 E. Onondaga St., shortly after 3 p.m. They have pulled the cushioned chairs and a two-seat couch into a circle aroun]]> <![CDATA[Report from El Salvador]]> Central New Yorkers have had an unusually tight relationship with Central America, dating back to the 1980s when the region just south of Mexico was enmeshed in a series of civil wars that became ]]> <![CDATA[Urban Legend]]> It's time to move Jazz Fest back to where the action is: downtown during summertime We can’t move the Carrier Dome downtown. That baseball stadium on the North Side is staying just where it is. But the Syracuse Jazz Fest—that one we can do something about. Now that On]]> <![CDATA[Chance Encounter]]> Francesca’s chef Chance Bear gets to strut his culinary stuff next Monday in Manhattan It isn’t every day that a chef gets to cook at the hallowed digs of the James Beard Foundation in New York City. But on Monday, March 19, Chance Bear, executive chef at Francesca’s Cucin]]> <![CDATA[Chance Encounter]]> Francesca’s chef Chance Bear gets to strut his culinary stuff next Monday in Manhattan It isn’t every day that a chef gets to cook at the hallowed digs of the James Beard Foundation in New York City. But on Monday, March 19, Chance Bear, executive chef at Francesca’s Cucin]]>