The Stand
The critically acclaimed one-woman play “No Child” opened for its first public performance on Saturday, Sept. 25, at Syracuse Stage. It was a special performance for educators and people interested in arts education. Following the matinee show in the intimate Storch Theatre, audience members were invited to participate in a wrap-up discussion, where numerous Syracuse educators in attendance discussed the …
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Train to be a Volunteer Literacy Tutor
Fact: 1:5 adults in Onondaga County and 1:4 adults in the City of Syracuse have functional literacy needs. Starting in October, a Six-Week Training Workshop on Adult Basic Literacy and English as a Second Language (ESL) will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday mornings at ProLiteracy, 1320 Jamesville Ave., Syracuse. The training begins promptly at 9 a.m. Tuesday, …
Read More »Final Friday for Film Festival
The Southside Community Coalition and Syracuse University’s South Side Initiative are sponsoring the fourth annual South Side Film Festival this month. A film will be shown each Friday beginning at 8:30 p.m. in the KeyBank parking lot, located on the corner of South Salina and Colvin streets. The final showing is “Good Hair.” The outdoor screenings are free and open …
Read More »Fathers and Sons
Photo exhibit at Syracuse Stage reflects theme from ‘Fences’ Roosevelt “Rick” Wright Jr. and his son sat in a photography studio for nearly three hours while photographer Brantley Carroll took more than 300 photos. Wright, a professor at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, and his son, Rubin Wright III, posed for a photography exhibit that …
Read More »Founder of Women's Shelter to Speak Tonight
Debra Person, founder of Exodus 3 Ministries, will speak at the end of the Tomorrow’s Neighborhoods Today (TNT) meeting at the South Side Innovation Center at 6 tonight. She will address community members about the purpose and mission of the Christian-based shelter for women that she plans to open by the end of this year and that recently received nonprofit …
Read More »Cougars fall to Black Knights
Despite a torrid comeback attempt, the Corcoran High School Cougars fell to the Rome Free Academy Black Knights, 20-12, Friday, Sept. 11, in Syracuse.
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