Did you know Rochester used to have a subway? And that part of it was built right in the old Erie Canal aqueduct that crosses the Genesee River to this day? Well, there’s no more water and there’s no more subway, but on September 19, you can do openly what we did somewhat clandestinely with our . . . → Read More: A walk in Rochester’s subway
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The upcoming A-OK Weekend – that’s Acts Of Kindness – is a fabulous opportunity to get to know our city better. If all we do is read about what others in other neighborhoods are doing that weekend, it’s a start. But if we go visit other neighborhoods and get to know some other people, how much . . . → Read More: A city united through performance art Art in Motion Saturday, September 11, 2 p.m. Featuring puppets and participants from four neighborhoods of Syracuse! Rain location: Plymouth Church, 232 E. Onondaga St. Additional weekend events: “Culture and Community Revitalization: Opportunities and Challenges” “Community Arts and Revitalization of Downtown Syracuse: Next . . . → Read More: Art in Motion Spectacular, Sept 11 at 2 pm Now that the EPA hearing at the Oncenter has been called off for the time being, it has been decided NOT to have the rally until we know where and when that hearing is going to take place. Apparently the oil and gas people are planning on busing in a whole lot of people, so the . . . → Read More: Thursday’s anti-fracking rally POSTPONED If I were to say, “Do you know that some politicians are in it just for the influence that gets them the money?” you’d laugh in my face. Of course you know that. There are two kinds of politicians: those who are in it to serve you, and those who are in it to serve themselves. . . . → Read More: Winner takes all in fracking conflict of interest A huge step in the right direction was taken last night by the New York State Senate when they voted to put a moratorium on hydro-fracking for one year so that there might be time for further study. New York Times Over two thirds of our Senators, including 28 Democrats and 20 Republicans, voted . . . → Read More: NYS Senate votes to ban fracking for 1 year TAKE ACTION – CLICK HERE – send a message to . . . → Read More: Please watch this video SAY NO TO HYDRO-FRACKING Thursday August 12, 2010 5:30-6:00 pm Gather in front of Syracuse City Hall Walk (scooter, bike, skateboard) around the State Office Building Bring Signs On Thursday, August 12, 2010 over 1,000 people are addressing the EPA in a Public Hearing in Binghamton, NY about the EPA’s 2 year study of the impacts of hydro-fracking. In unison with that Public . . . → Read More: Rally in Syracuse for clean water, air and land You can learn more about the large street puppet we’re building and how it fits in with the city-wide Art-in-Motion project by reading today’s Eagle newspaper: Art-in-Motion puppet project comes to life in September We’re meeting today, Thursday, as we do every Thursday: 4:30 – 6:30 pm Just over a year ago, I posted an article about recycling beyond the blue bin. Back then, you had to mail your yogurt containers to Cortland, as there was no pick-up point in Syracuse or in Cortland, for that matter. At last, we can get rid of all those yogurt containers we’ve been saving up: These containers, . . . → Read More: At last! We can recycle #5 plastic! Two Eastwood residents are the founders of upstate New York’s only complete flamenco troupe, Puente Flamenco. They are David and Lonnie Chu (disclosure: the latter is this writer and the former is her husband), and their troupe has been together since last summer. David plays guitar and sings, Andy Culpepper plays guitar (he also built both . . . → Read More: Puente Flamenco at Arts & Crafts Fest I just read today’s story about Rick Destito’s efforts to re-open the Gear Factory, home of over 25 artists, musicians and other tenants: Owner works to bring old Syracuse factory — home for artists, musicians — into compliance I hope you read it, too. It’s about one of the most honest, hard-working and, above all, visionary people . . . → Read More: Rick Destito: miracle on syracuse.com NIMBY: Not In My Back Yard. But fracking already is in the back yard: Pennsylvania. Soon to be in New York if we do not act. Why will I fail to act? Because disaster this preposterous just can’t happen in my back yard. I can’t believe it. I can’t wrap my mind around it. Right. Tell that to . . . → Read More: Fracking in my back yard We awoke in the middle of the night to a thunderous crash that sounded so close, I thought a tree had come through our roof. Within seconds, however, we saw the cause of the sound: a car across the street had plowed through a utility pole and hit a tree. Live wires were down in puddles . . . → Read More: Who’s my neighbor? There are increasing numbers of opportunities to knit Syracuse together through the arts, and Art-In-Motion’s puppet-building project in four neighborhoods is one of them. (In case you missed it, Eastwood is building its puppet as part of this project.) The Art School in The Art School is another. Headed up by the amazing Joanna Spitzner, all events . . . → Read More: The Art School in the Art School You can read all about the form that our giant Eastwood street puppet will take on this blog’s Puppet Page. Please come to the next meeting if you can! All are welcome. Next meeting: Thursday, July 15, 4:30 pm Help build a giant street puppet with Open Hand Theater! Lots more information on the Puppet Page of . . . → Read More: Kids of all ages, help us make a puppet Saturday, July 24, 2010 Special guest performers include DotCom, star of 30Rock, plus a top-notch lineup of comedians from Comedy Central, MTV, VH1 and more! Un-censored! Un-leashed! In-sane! The OBJECTIVE: to raise the monies needed to finance the creation of a Stand-up Comedy show place and . . . → Read More: Upstate Comedy Festival in Eastwood! I sign everything I can to prevent hydrofracking from destroying the best things New York State has: clean air, clean water, villages not overburdened (yet) with assaults to infrastructure by excessively large and numerous trucks. And freedom from the kinds of “oops!” disasters taking place right now in the Gulf of Mexico. You think it’s hard . . . → Read More: Click – sign – stop hydrofracking Help build a giant street puppet with Open Hand Theater! Kick-off meeting: (enter parking lot from Eldorado St., walk around to FRONT door of church) Agenda: Learn how it’s done, what’s involved |
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