Jules Struck
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Rent hikes at NYS Fair claim first casualty as 55-year-old event gets canceled
“The cost of doing business has just gone out of sight for us." → Read More
Hallmark Channel debuts Christmas movie set in an Upstate NY village
Troy now has its own Hallmark holiday romance movie. A film about the town’s famous “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” poem was broadcast last weekend and will be shown again this coming week. The story follows two will-they-won’t-they love interests as they navigate a mock trial to determine the true author of the anonymously-written poem, which was actually published in the Troy Sentinel on… → Read More
The Avett Brothers book extra Beak & Skiff show in CNY after first sells out
The Avett Brothers band added a new show at Beak & Skiff Apple Orchards in LaFayette on Friday, May 19 after selling out their original May 20 date. The show will start at 7 p.m. and doors open at 5 p.m. Tickets go on sale on Friday, Nov. 11 and can be purchased through dspshows.com. It’s $83 after fees in advance, or $91 day-of. The Avett Brothers were the first to book a spot in Beak &… → Read More
Meet the Syracuse zoo’s newest baby panda cub (who still needs a name)
The cub's first health screen results came back this month → Read More
Trouble? Ray LaMontagne cancels shows in Syracuse and two other upstate NY cities
The singer will postpone shows in five cities this week → Read More
Another (short) stretch added to ‘Loop the Lake’ trail, final piece scheduled for 2026
The new extension runs behind Destiny USA and can be reached via the Creekwalk. → Read More
Dome makes changes for Elton John concert after McCartney’s traffic jams: Info on parking, paying, more
Sir Elton has 22 tractor-trailers worth of gear for Saturday's show in Syracuse. → Read More
Where to go when you gotta go: 10 of the best restrooms at the NY State Fair
News you can use when you have to use the bathroom. → Read More
Patti LaBelle gets a rainbow and an adoring crowd at the NYS Fair because she deserves to (review, photos)
The "Love, Need and Want You" singer performed to a packed Chevy Court on Wednesday night → Read More
6 funky fried foods you must try at the 2022 NY State Fair
Deep fried Oreos are always in season, but here are some new finds to dig into. → Read More
Rangers fight to contain wildfire in Adirondacks, drown out another that destroyed a lean-to
Rangers caution that unattended campfires and dry weather increase the chances of wildfires → Read More
Spotted Lanternflies are all over NYC. Are Upstate New York’s vineyards next on the menu?
The invasive insect has already munched its way through Pennsylvania's grape vines → Read More
No ‘Jolly Holiday’ for Cortland Rep’s ‘Mary Poppins’ cast: show canceled due to Covid
Ticketholders have a couple of options. → Read More
In Utica, a glimpse of Norman Rockwell’s two Americas
In the blue-walled galleries on the top floor of the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute in Utica, history repeats itself. Liz McDowell sees it in the 3- by 5-foot painting of Ruby Bridges, a Black girl who braved the racist vitriol of white parents on her way to school in 1960. She sees it in the smaller oil paintings of Tibetan refugees fleeing Chinese persecution, who arrived in India the… → Read More
Arts festival in Utica kicks off with smoke painting, print rolling and 300 Norman Rockwell pieces
The annual arts festival at Utica’s Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute will coincide this year with a sprawling Norman Rockwell exhibit including 50 of the artist’s paintings and all 323 of his Saturday Evening Post covers. “I wasn’t sure we were going to get them all up on the wall,” said Stephen Harrison, the deputy director at the museum and the curator for the show. The Rockwell exhibit… → Read More
Wild mushrooms? Weedy greens? Meet the urban foragers finding food growing all over Syracuse
Urban Food Forest Project sees Syracuse city as ripe with edible plants → Read More
Sunchokes, mushrooms and teas: Recipes for foraged foods you can find around CNY
From black birch hot chocolate to watercress salad, there’s a meal for every season. → Read More