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City beat Light ‘em up: Tree lighting Friday in Clinton Square
The annual City of Syracuse tree lighting ceremony will take place at 6:30 p.m. Friday Nov. 26, illuminating a 75-foot Norway spruce in Clinton Square. Santa and Mrs. Claus will arrive by fire truck for the lighting ceremony, which will be preceded with classic holiday music by the Tucker Missionary Baptist Church Gospel Choir, Northside resident Joey Nigro-Nilsen with accompaniment by John Nilsen, the Syracuse Chapter of Gospel Music Workshop of America and Frazer School’s fourth, fifth and sixth grade “Golden Voices.” Mayor Stephanie Miner has asked that people bring non-perishable food items to the event and drop them in Food Bank of Central New York bins that will be stationed at the
corners of Clinton Square. The tree lighting is one of the many “Home for the Holidays” events planned for Friday: City Hall Open House Chat and have your picture taken with Mayor Stephanie Miner, Syracuse Chief of Police Frank Fowler, Syracuse Fire Chief Mark McLees and Santa from 7:15 to 8:30 p.m. at City Hall, 233 E. Washington St. Refreshments will be served, and the Stan Colella All-Star band will provide entertainment. Open Skating The Clinton Square Ice Rink will be open for free skating from noon until 9 p.m. Rent a pair of skates for $3. Holiday Tunes at the Landmark The Chittenango High School Choir and Spirit of Syracuse Chorus will perform from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the grand lobby of the Landmark Theatre, located at 362 S. Salina
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St. Bad Sweater Party The Landmark Theatre will host this holiday favorite from 7 to 9 p.m. Bad sweater contest and live music by Peg Newell and Jason Vaughn of The Reissues. All ages are invited. Yule Log Lighting Hanover Square will light the traditional Yule Log following the tree lighting, with holiday music by the Chittenango High School Choir. Art Mart The annual Art Mart in the City Hall Commons Atrium, 201 E. Washington St., will have extended hours Friday, remaining open until 9 p.m. The Art Mart features original crafts and fine art.
Free fun in Armory Square
Throughout the holiday season (Nov. 27, Dec. 4, 11 and 18), the Armory Square Association will offer free horse-drawn trolley rides from noon to 3 p.m., and free afternoon tea and live entertainment at the Jefferson Clinton Hotel from noon to 5 p.m. Board the trolley at the corner of Franklin and Walton streets and learn about the history of the square from the neighborhood’s namesake, Abraham Walton. For more information on Armory Square events, visit armorysq.org.
Eastwood resident pens neighborhood history
If anyone is qualified to write about the history of Eastwood, it’s Margaret McVicker. She was born and raised in the Caleb Avenue home her father built in 1920; it’s where she and her husband raised their own daughter, too, and it’s where Margaret still lives today. Having spent her 87 years in the neighborhood, Margaret felt the “village within the city” deserved to have its distinct history documented, from 1790 when it was a Revolutionary War land grant to John Salisbury up to the present. It took her five years to research and write, but the book was finally printed in May. Margaret had it printed in time for the Eastwood High School alumni clambake, where she sold 100 copies. More than 500 copies have been sold now, and the book is on it’s eighth printing. “It took a long time, a lot of research that had to be done,” Margaret said. She had some help from Bill Good-
win, a fellow Eastwood resident and part-time staffer at the Onondaga County Public Library Central Branch. “It was an effort to consolidate much that had been written, plus more information, all in one publication to preserve it for posterity.” Copies have been shipped throughout the states, and into Canada and even Australia, mostly to former Eastwood residents, Margaret said. She’s selling the book herself – you can’t find it in shops or online – for $15 plus $3 for shipping. Contact Margaret at 463-4372 or MKM720@aol.com to order. Planning to give a copy as a holiday gift? Order soon to make sure you receive it in time!
Seven stolen six-strings
Seven guitars were stolen from a member of the CNY Guitar League last week, and the group is asking the public to be on the lookout for the instruments, which were likely taken to be sold. No serial numbers are available, but the guitars include two wood-body Schecter Strats, one with humbucker and one with P rails; one black Schecter Strat; one red Schecter Strat with maple neck; one silver grey Strat with TC on headstock; one Fender Strat Ultra; one bubble top green Les Paul classic. “This would be a good time to mention the importance of photographing your instruments and recording the pertinent info (and other insurable items in your home, too),” said Dick Ward of the Guitar League. Keep the information somewhere safe but not in your home, in the case of fire, flooding, etc. If you think you’ve seen any of the stolen guitars, contact the Guitar League at info@ guitarleague.com. - Ami Olson editor@theeaglecny.com
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He remained awake and alert through the entire operation. “I was able to examine the instruments and ask the doctors what they were doing and why,” he recalled. They shaved the right side of his head, cut into his scalp to expose the skull, drilled a small hole through the bone and inserted a metal bolt and a clear tube through which they siphoned 10 cubic centimeters of blood from the hematoma. “There was absolutely no pain,” Riposo said. But he knew he wasn’t yet out of the woods. “The unknowns are what really scare you,” he said. “With my limited knowledge of the procedure, I knew about the possibility of air getting into the brain when the [drain] bolt was removed,” he said. “But then Dr. Eric Deshaies took the hardware out of my head on Aug. 15, so that unknown was gone.”
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Musician Joe Riposo is back on the bandstand with a hole in his head By Russ Tarby
Joe Riposo doesn’t even remember the accident. Last April, he was descending a ladder propped against his 40-foot yacht, Dr. Jazz, which was in dry dock in Union Springs at Castelli’s Marina on Cayuga Lake. “As I came down, I missed the first rung of the ladder and fell straight back, with the back of my head hitting the gravel road,” he said. Next thing he knew, his wife Jo-Ann had gathered him into their Lexus, and they sped off to Syracuse’s Crouse Hospital. Emergency room doctors ordered a CAT scan. Everything looked fine, and the 77year-old master musician showed no signs of brain damage. Less than three months later, however, Riposo felt pressure in his head as he blew his saxophone. Then the normally talkative Riposo found himself unable to form words. His left leg was dragging. Dr. Victor Croglio, Riposo’s family physician, recommended an immediate MRI at Upstate University Hospital. After studying the MRI, Upstate specialists diagnosed a subdural hematoma on the right side of Riposo’s head – a blood vessel had burst into the liquid sac that surrounds the brain – a condition that can lead to incapacitating seizures. Surgeons scheduled a procedure to drain the hematoma on Aug. 17. Though doctors advised him against playing his wind instruments, the Syracuse Area Music Awards Hall of Famer received permission to perform one tune, “Summer of ’42,” with the Mario DeSantis Orchestra at its Salt City Sunday concert July 17 at Liverpool’s Johnson Park.
Quiet road to recovery
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Smiling saxophonist Joe Riposo will be featured with the Salt City Jazz Collective from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday Dec. 1 at the Syracuse Suds Factory, 320 S. Clinton St. Admission is free. When talking about his injury, surgery and the recovery process, below, his smile fades. Tears came to his eyes that day as he explained his situation to friends and fellow musicians. He thought that afternoon’s onesong effort might be his last performance ever.
No time to lose
As the author of the book “Jazz Improvisation – The Whole-Brain Approach,” Riposo was well aware that his brain’s right hemisphere is the source of his improvisatory skills as an instrumentalist. And now his right hemisphere was in medical jeopardy. On Aug. 13, four days before the medical procedure was scheduled, “I started feeling so strange that I went back to the emergency room for another CAT scan,” he said. Blood continued to pressure the brain. Resident surgeon Dr. Margaret Riordan told him not to wait four more days. “If blood gets into your brain,” she said, “You’re in trouble.” After discussing his options with his family, Riposo underwent the emergency procedure on Aug. 14 at Upstate. Riordan performed operation under the supervision of neurosurgeon Dr. Gregory Canute. “I felt more comfortable about the decision because of what I know about the brain,” Riposo said. “I was able to discuss things with the surgeons.”
As he recovered from the surgical intervention, Riposo still couldn’t play his horn. “I heard music in my mind, but I couldn’t play it,” he said. Instead, he wrote four arrangements for a couple local ensembles. He also began a new book, “Developing a Jazz Vocabulary,” to add to previous publications such as “BeBop Scales” and “Target and Approach Tones” and, of course, “The Whole-Brain Approach,” his 1989 masterpiece on improving improvisation by understanding hemisphericity, By mid-September, Riposo was blowing his sax and clarinet for 10 minutes at a time. By late-October, after he’d been weaned off the medications he’d been taking since August, he was playing for two hours, improvisIn 2008, Joe Riposo ing effortlessly. “The medi- received the Jazz cine made me Educator of the Year feel loopy,” he Award presented by said, “but once I the CNY Jazz Arts was off the pills, Foundation. Last year, he I said, ‘Hey, I can still play!’ I re- was awarded the ally found my Syracuse Symphony Orchestra musicians’ voice.” It took some award for Outstandtime for him to ing Music Educator. build his lip and facial muscles back into shape, but by midNovember he was blowing his horns for three hours daily. Now he’s returning to the bandstand with the 16-piece Salt City Jazz Continues on next page.
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‘A miracle he’s back’
His former student and current colleague in the Collective sax section, Jim Spadafore, looks forward to Riposo’s return. “I was there that day in July at Johnson Park,” Spadafore recalled, “and Joe thought that was it, he might be done playing, so it’s really kind of a miracle he’s back.” On Wednesday, he hopes to debut a new chart he wrote for the Collective, a tune titled “Circularity.”
For the past five decades he has played with the Mario DeSantis Orchestra for which he penned arrangements of tunes like “Paper Moon” and “When Sonny Gets Blue.” He’ll rejoin that band at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 17 for “Christmas at the Palace” featuring trumpeter Joe Magnarelli at Eastwood’s Palace Theatre. Orchestra manager Maria DeSantis will be glad to have him back. “Without Joe,” she said, “we were missing part of our family.” Syracuse University music students feel the same way. Riposo has been on disability leave as director of jazz studies at SU, but he’ll be back in the rehearsal rooms come January. “All my students have been sending me get-well cards,” he said. “I love teaching too.”
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Syracuse Parks Conservancy plants 230 trees in 2 months ized in early November. It is the focus of The Growing Together Tree Project, an ongoing initiative led by the SPC and the Syracuse Parks Department. Behnke said the SPC is setting up a dedicated fund to maintain the trees in the future. “Now that we achieved our goal and the trees are planted, it’s important that people know the job isn’t over,” Behnke said. “We’re really looking for individual donations to be used to take care of the trees as they grow.”
The Growing Together Tree Project aims to plant trees throughout Syracuse parks where they are lacking and fill spaces left by old or dead trees that have been taken down. This is the first formal project between the City of Syracuse and SPC since the conservancy was formed in 2008. Pat Driscoll, the parks commissioner, worked closely with SPC on the project from the beginning. The trees planted by SPC were species native to the area including white oaks, red oaks
and cherry trees. Twin Oaks nursery in Syracuse donated one large tree, and SPC purchased 181 smaller trees from them. The rest of the trees were donated by local individuals to the conservancy. Many residents dug up saplings from their yards and donated them to SPC. One community member donated 15 trees that they purchased from the Arbor Day Foundation. For more, visit syracuseparksconservancy. com.
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Viewpoints Our view
Maffei could, and should, make a gracious decision At this writing, it appears that control of the 25th U.S. Congressional District will once again be in Republican hands. Ann Marie Buerkle, the Republican, who many considered a long-shot, holds a tenuous 567-vote lead over oneterm Democrat Dan Maffei. The Nov. 2 General Election has now been strung out over three weeks as absentee ballots were meticulously counted under close observation. Those results, (as of Monday morning), have made Buerkle the winner. Maffei could very well choose to draw out this process by demanding a hand count or filing court challenges. Then again, he could choose graciousness over bellicosity. Lawyers for both candidates were scheduled to appear in court Tuesday Nov. 23 to resolve various ballot challenges. Barring a bizarre turnaround, Buerkle should be declared the victor. Much of the campaign between the two was ugly with perhaps the most disturbing event playing out after the votes were cast, as Maffei workers began personally contacting and interviewing absentee voters, many of them senior citizens. The contact by Maffei’s people both surprised and frightened some voters. It was a tactic designed to intimidate voters and draw suspicion around the absentee voting process to fuel ballot challenges. It wasn’t illegal, but the ethics of the method are questionable at best. Now, Maffei has it in his power to put an end to this campaign by stepping aside, conceding the election and walking away. It would be the right thing to do, and we’d like to see him do it.
Your view Keep building bonds with Onondaga neighbors
To the editor: As many of us prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving with family and friends, Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation encourages all to thank our Onondaga neighbors for their efforts to protect our shared environment and offer their hands in reconciliation. We must think about our joint future. NOON expresses our deep appreciation to the Onondaga Nation for their many efforts to accomplish these goals which are critical to our future. The Onondaga have always been environmental stewards and over the past five and a half years, since filing their Land Rights Action in federal court, the Onondaga have solidified their leadership role in environmental protection in our region and beyond. They were actively involved in the effort to replace sewage treatment plants with green infrastructure in Syracuse, continue pushing for a thorough cleanup and restoration of Onondaga Lake, have inspired many of us to oppose hydrofracking and have continued their centuries-long role of reminding us to think about the seventh generation. Despite all this good work, the Onondaga
Land Rights Action was dismissed earlier in the fall based on a series of recent legal decisions. Our federal courts have once again told our Native American neighbors they will not find justice in our courts. To us this feels like rubbing salt into old wounds. We are disappointed and angered that our institutions continue to turn a blind eye to our treaty obligations to the Onondaga and other native peoples. Fortunately, on the grassroots level things are very different. Since the Onondaga went to court, nearly 1,000 people have signed NOON’s pledge of solidarity with the Onondaga. Thus far there has been a cumulative attendance of nearly 4,000 over the 12 events in the Onondaga Land Rights and Our Common Future series. The celebration concluding this major university-community collaboration, coordinated by NOON, is coming up at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 6 at the Onondaga Nation School. We applaud the people of Syracuse and Central New York for their embrace of the difficult work of reconciliation. The relationship between the Onondagas and the people of CNY is a very old one, and local citizens have shown courage in acknowledging this enduring relationship has suffered serious harm that has gone unhealed for far too long. This “covenant chain” of friendship represented by
Destitos are ‘urban pioneers’
To the editor: Rick and Michelle Destito are like some kind of modern day urban pioneer settlers who chose to purchase two years ago a burned-out run-down yet historic Victorian house on the near west side of Syracuse and to make a new life for themselves. While they only paid $1 for the house, no government agency restored their building or gave them the skills, money, time or energy to complete this project. Although many people say they want to help Syracuse’s needy neighborhoods, the Destito family has “put their money where there mouth is” by restoring their house and moving into the neighborhood. We all know there will be challenges ahead for their neighborhood but with urban settlers like the Destito family there will be more energetic and dedicated people to meet those challenges. Some people only see empty neighborhood homes or empty neighborhood lots as a sign of urban decline. The Destito family sees those things as an opportunity to rebuild and restore Syracuse. Good job folks! Bob Oberst Syracuse
a series of treaties (to which our Onondaga neighbors have referred since the days of the first European settlers) can still be repaired. We have only just begun to do this and expect to continue this work long into the future. Many CNY residents have joined members of NOON and the Onondaga people in looking expectantly toward justice. But the search for justice does not end with any court ruling, any more than Onondaga Lake’s environmental problems will disappear overnight. Despite recent improvements in the lake, tomorrow it will still be one of the most polluted lakes in America. The Onondaga people lived here in CNY for many hundreds of years before Europeans came to these shores, and they will not disappear. Tomorrow, they will still be our neighbors. We urge all Central New Yorkers to keep brightening the chain of friendship; to build new institutions upon our common ground; and to continue to seek justice together. Andy Mager, Carol Baum, Sue Eiholzer, Carole Resnick, Cindy Squillace, Candee Wadsworth for Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation
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Get out: The guide Friday Nov. 26
Dickens Christmas. Noon-4 PM. Strolling Dickens characters, carolers, street theater, carriage rides. Downtown Skaneateles. Free. 685-0552. Tree Lighting Ceremony. Live music, entertainment and more beginning at 4:30 p.m. Clinton Square. See page 2 for more. Enter the Haggis. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. With Sirsy. Westcott Theater. $12. Thewestcotttheater.com. Syracuse Crunch Hockey. 7:30 PM. War Memorial at Oncenter. $. 473-4444. Havana Nights Latin Dance Party. 9:30 PM - 2 AM. Johnston’s BallyBay. See page 8 for details.
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ents documentary about lives of Russian-Jewish immigrants in Israel. Q&A following film. Life Sciences Complex, SU. Free. Jazz Vocalist Ronnie Leigh. 6 PM. Cafe at 407, Liverpool. See page 8 for details. Julia Marshall Lecture. 6:30 PM. Visiting Dickens Christmas in Skaneateles is a don’t-miss tradition that kicks off Friday artist explores with a parade. how art education addresses Strolling Dickens characters, carolers, contemporary art and theory. Shemin street theater, carriage rides. Downtown Auditorium, SU. Free. 443-4613. Skaneateles. Free. 685-0552. ‘A Christmas Story’ Preview. 7 PM. Syracuse Crunch Hockey. 3 PM. War Syracuse Stage. See page 8 for details. Memorial at Oncenter. $. 473-4444. SU Mens Basketball Game. 7 PM. Home School Expeditions. 10-11 AM. Carrier Dome. $. 443-2121. Discover the wonder of science in the What Did That Marker Say? 7-9 PM. great outdoors. Baltimore Woods. $12. Historic Markers Committee of NeighPre-register. 673-1350. bors of Onondaga Nation share what they’ve learned researching historic markers in CNY. ArtRage Gallery, 505 Hawley Ave. Free. Artragegallery.org. Joe Whiting. 6 PM. Cafe at 407, Liver-
Dickens Christmas. Noon-4 PM. Strolling Dickens characters, carolers, street theater, carriage rides. Downtown Skaneateles. Free. 685-0552. Elements for Kids! Noon-1 PM. Storytelling and hands-on art projects for ages 5-12 with artists from the Onondaga Nation. Everson Museum. 474-6064. Native American Crafts Fair. Noon5 PM. ArtRage Gallery. See page 8 for details. Magic Circle Children’s Theater. 12:30 PM. Interactive children’s theater pool. See page 8 for details. featuring Alice in Wonderland. SpaBreastfeeding Class. 6:30-8:30 PM. ghetti Warehouse, Syracuse. $5/person. Pregnant women and their partners Pre-register. 449-3823. learn about breastfeeding benefits and Kirkin O’ the Tartan. 4 PM. Bagpipes, methods. St. Joseph’s clan flags, tarHospital conference tans and kilts for room L-100 D. $. 448traditional Scottish 5515. church service. Belly Casting. Church of the Sav6:30-7:30 PM. Sponiour, 437 James St. sored by Doulas of Free. 628-4458. CNY. 407 Tulip St, Song Circle and Liverpool. Pre-regisPot-Luck Supper. ter. 455-6MOM. 5-10 PM. Bring a SU Womens Basfood dish and lead a sing-along or just Catch ‘The Prizefighter and the Lady’ Monday. ketball Game. 7 PM. Syracuse University. sit back and listen. $. 443-2121. Westcott Community Center. Free; ‘The Prizefighter and the Lady.’ 7:30 donations accepted for WCC recreation PM. Spaghetti Warehouse. See page 8 for program for developmentally disabled details. adults.
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Dickens’ Christmas. Noon-4 PM.
Tuesday Nov. 30
‘Diplomat’ Screening. 6 PM. Israeli director, screenwriter Dana Goren pres-
Wednesday Dec. 1
Chanukah Memorial Lighting. Hanover Square. 424-0363. Wreath Making. 6 PM. Beaver Lake Nature Center. $15 includes boughs, wire, and a bow. 638-2519. Mario and Maria DeSantis. 6 PM. Cafe at 407, Liverpool. See page 8 for details. Multiple Moms Mingle. 6:30 PM. Club for mothers and expectant mothers of multiples. Ruby Tuesday’s, Dewitt. Free. 308-0277. Odysseus DOA Reading. 7 PM. Reading in recognition of World AIDS Day. Red House, 201 S. West S. $25/25. Theredhouse.org. One Rock Against AIDS Concert. Doors at 7 PM,
show at 8. Gracious Sakes Alive, Secret Secret Dino Club, Rosedale and One perform; presented by One Condoms, What The Health Magazine and Orangeaid. $5. Thewestcotttheater.com. SU Women’s Basketball Game. 7 PM. Syracuse University. $. 443-2121. Concert Choir Performance. 8 PM. Syracuse University School of Music presents. Setnor Auditorium, SU. Free.
Thursday Dec. 2
Chanukah Memorial Lighting. Hanover Square. 424-0363. Finger Lakes MOPS. 9:15-11:30 AM. Fun and fellowship for moms and children ages 0-5. Grace Chapel. Routes 20 & 175, Skaneateles. 299-5605. Wreath Making. 10 AM & 6 PM. Beaver Lake Nature Center. $15 includes boughs, wire, and a bow. 638-2519. Trail Tales. 1 PM. Ages 3-5. Stories and walk with a naturalist. Free w/park admission. 638-2519. Songwriter Bob Halligan Jr. 6 PM. Cafe at 407, Liverpool. See page 8 for details. Prime Rib Buffet Dinner. 6-8:30 PM. Skyline Lodge, Highland Forest. $14.95/ adult, $7.50 ages 5-11, under 5 free. Preregister. 683-5550. Silver Soiree. 6-9 PM. Kick-off party and preview for Everson Museum of Art’s 25th Annual Festival of Trees. ShoppingTown Mall. $50/$95. Everson. org or 4746064 ext.307. Reservations required. CNY Autism Society of America. 7-9 PM. Jowonio School. 3049 E. Genesee St., Syracuse. 4474466. Palace Poetry Group. 79 PM. Featured reader Susan Supley; open mic follows reader. Books Odysseus D.O.A. charts a man’s struggle to and Memories, live a life worth remembering; see it at Red 2600 James St. Free.
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Best Bets: Galleries
Native American Crafts Fair at ArtRage As part of ArtRage Gallery’s most recent exhibit, “Tonto Revisited: Native American Stereotypes,” the gallery will host a one-day show and sale of local Native American artists. Tom Huff, a local sculptor and 505 Hawley Ave. curator of the artragegallery.org “Tonto Revisited” 218-5711 show, along with 2 to 7 p.m. Wednesfive other Native day to Friday; American artists 12 to 4 p.m. Saturday will spend from noon to 5 p.m. Satuday Nov. 27 at ArtRage showing and selling their work. The Native American Crafts Fair is free and one of many events ArtRage planned in conjunction with the “Tonto Revisited” exhibit, which ends Dec. 18. Visit artragegallery.org for more information.
Best Bets: Music ‘Salsa-Dura’ at Havana Nights
A veritable melting pot of Syracuse, the Havana Nights Latin Dance Party convenes from 9:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. every Friday, at Johnston’s BallyBay, 550 Richmond Ave., at the corner of Sackett Street, on the city’s West End. The dances are hosted by La Familia de la Salsa. Admission costs $5, or you can take a salsa lesson at 8:15 p.m. and pay $10 total; 447-6287. DJ la Maquina is now featuring plenty of new “Salsa-Dura” from Cuba, Puerto Rico and Nueva York as performed by groups such as Adalberto Alvarez, Sur Caribe, Maykel Blanco, Edwin Bonilla and the Spanish Harlem Orchestra. La Familia also hosts dances every first and third Saturdays each month at the Metro Lounge, 505 Westcott St. on the East Side, where admission also costs $5. For info, visit lafamiliadelasalsa.com, or call 636-7133.
Supper and songs Saturday
A potluck supper will precede an acoustic song circle from 5 to 10 p.m. Saturday Nov. 27 at the Westcott Community Center,
Adults, $8.50; seniors, students, children, matinee and Tuesday, $7.50. Cash only. Manliusartcinema.com.
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About the exhibit What do Land ’o Lakes, Argo Cornstarch and Syracuse minor league baseball have in common? Stereotyped images of Native Americans.
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“Tonto Revisited: Native American Stereotypes” is an exhibit curated by Tom Huff, a Seneca/Cayuga artist living on the Onondaga Nation who has been collecting “Indian kitch” for more than 25 years. The exhibit exposes the cultural mythology surrounding Native Americans. Images and objects associated with “Indians” are dictated and defined by the dominant non-Indian culture, resulting in culturally incorrect and even racist, exaggerated misrepresentations of Native Americans.
826 Euclid Ave., at the corner of Westcott St. in the city’s East Side. Admission is free, but donations will be accepted for the Westcott Center’s recreation program for developmentally disabled adults. Participants are invited; bring a dish to share and join in the open Song Circle by leading a song, sing-along, playing an instrument, or just sit back and listen; 478-8634.
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Several Syracuse Area Music Awards Hall of Famers will help celebrate the first anniversary of Café at 407, at Ophelia’s Place, next week at 407 Tulip St. in the village of Liverpool. The six-day concert series sponsored by Dot Foods kicks off at 6 p.m. Monday Nov. 29, with blue-eyed soul singer Joe Whiting. Tuesday, Nov. 30, features jazz vocalist Ronnie Leigh and Wednesday Dec. 1, Mario and Maria DeSantis will entertain. Songwriter Bob Halligan Jr. plays Dec. 2, followed by Oregon Trail Dec. 3. The anniversary shows conclude with a noon performance on Dec. 4 by caféfavorite The Christopher Ames Band. And
Huff ’s collection of portrayals of menacing warriors wielding tomahawks, knives and bows and arrows found in posters, advertisements, toys, sports logos and more will be on display. While many may not think of them individually as destructive, this exhibit helps to illustrate how these pervasive negative preconceptions trivialize the tragedy wrought on indigenous peoples everywhere. The exhibit aims to both dispel the myths surrounding Native Americans and to encourage a new understanding of native peoples. Huff is primarily a stone sculptor working in a variety of stones, styles, and themes, traditional and contemporary. He is also a member of the CORA Foundation’s Board of Directors.
7:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday Documentary narrated by Matt Damon takes a comprehensive look at what caused the global financial meltdown of 2008. (PG-13, 120 mins., 2010, Dir. Charles Ferguson).
Syracuse Cinephile Society Showings at Spaghetti Warehouse, 689 N. Clinton St. SCS members, $2.50; nonmembers, $3; annual membership, $5. Syracusecinefest.com.
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7:30 p.m. Monday Nov. 29 A boxer falls for a high-class gangster’s moll. Exciting prize-fight finale isn’t just for boxing fans. (Not rated, 102 mins., 1933, Dir. W.S. VanDyke)
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’Tis the season for “Sweet Pumpkin,” one of the tunes played by guitar slinger Tom Bronzetti at his trio’s Monday night sessions at Atillio’s, 700 N. Salina St., in Syracuse’s Little Italy. Monday diners will also hear tunes such as “Over the Rainbow,” “Pennies from Heaven” and “Fly Me to the Moon,” on which bassist Joe Arcuri plays a beautiful bow. Rounding out the trio is Tom’s singing sister, Alicia Bronzetti, who delivers pitchperfect renditions of “Bye Bye Blackbird” and other standards. The live jazz continues at Atillio’s from 7 to 11 p.m. every Monday through December. Admission is free and the food is fine. For info, dial 218-5085. - Russ Tarby
The holiday favorite “A Christmas Story,” runs from Nov. 30 to Dec. 30 at Syracuse Stage, but you can catch a preview on Nov. 28. The M&T Bank Pay-What-You-Can Series presents an opportunity to see the final dress rehearsal at 7 p.m. Sunday Nov. 28 at a discount (suggested price is $9). Tickets are available for this special showing beginning at 6 p.m. Sunday. Based on the 1983 film, Philip Grecian’s stage play is a hilarious and critically acclaimed adaptation of Ralphie and his quest to get a Red Ryder 200-shot carbine action range model air rifle for Christmas. Directed by Seth Gordan. Regular prices range from $15 for students, $16 for ages 18 and under, $25 for ages 40 and under, and $25 to $48 for adults. For tickets, visit syracusestage.org or call the box office at 443-3275.
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Military news The following Syracuse natives were recently promoted in the New York Army National Guard: Kenneth Kelley, serving with the Company B (Military Intelligence), 27th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, promoted to the rank of Specialist. Stephen Walrath, serving with the 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, promoted to the rank of Sergeant. Jon Bidwell, serving with the Company
C, (Medical) 427th Brigade Support Battalion, promoted to the rank of Specialist. Marcus Gaten, serving with the 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, promoted to the rank of Sergeant. -Army Pfc. Kathryn E. Gibbs has graduated from Basic Combat Training at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla. She is the granddaughter of Donald Gibbs of Leopold Boulevard., Syracuse, and a 2010 graduate of C.W. Baker High School, Baldwinsville.
Army Reserve Pvt. Kevin C. Sexton has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. He is the son of Lois and John Sexton of Bellevue Avenue, Syracuse, and a 2010 graduate of Corcoran High School. We are honored to share news of promotion and awards for local members of the militray. If you have news, submit it to editor@ theeaglecny.com; 2501 James St. Suite 100, Syracuse N.Y. 13206; or fax to 434-8883.
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Creative Crandall’s new disc conjures nightmares creatures After years of working behind the scenes as a composer and arts administrator, Leo Crandall has emerged as Syracuse’s most creative and versatile musical performers. First he formed The Gonstermachers, a quirky blues quartet which featured washtub bass and cello. Then he appointed the Ambassadors of Love, a combo with congas and an accordion accompanying his jet-fueled electric guitar lines and gravel road vocals. russtarby@ N o w , netscape.net fresh back from a tour of Senegal with a reconstituted Gonstermachers band, Crandall has released a 13-track CD under his own name. It’s called “I, Murderer,” and – in show-biz parlance – it’s sure to knock ’em dead! Crandall will play tunes from “I, Murderer” at 10:30 p.m. Saturday Nov. 27 at Alto Cinco, the Mexican restaurant at 526 Westcott St.; 472-3633. He’ll also perform at 8 p.m. Dec. 18 at the Red House, 201 S. West St., where tickets cost $12 and $15; 425-0405.
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Plays seven instruments “I sing and play the requinto, which is a small nylon string instrument from the guitar family,” Crandall explains. “So the CD is primarily, but not exclusively, acoustic in nature.” He also plays cello, bass violin, cello de amore, kalimba, congas and electric baritone guitar. The CD also features accordionist Bob Alexander, drummer Frank Hegyi and Hymie Witthoft, washtub bassist Rich Curry, harmonica master Curtis Waterman, lap steel player Mike Fierce, and percussionists Vinnie Ludovico and Irvin Daniels. At least a few of those hepcats are sure to make the scene Saturday at Alto Cinco. Listeners will be inclined to call Crandall’s disc “moody,” but that’s not even the half of it. “I, Murderer” takes all manner of moods and explores, them, questions them, whines about them and welcomes them. His topics lunge from life’s disappointments to death’s promises. On the disc’s title tune, he observes, “Trumpet and drum sound for me and you. Angels play (for us) but
Leo Crandall will play from his new 13-track album “I, Murderer” Saturday at Alto Cinco. they’ve got better things to do.” On “Dig My Grave,” he advises, “When you dig my grave, use a silver spoon.” With pointed cynicism and razor-sharp imagery the songwriter slices deep into the heart of darkness. And blood flows like wine. Crandall’s last recorded work, The Gonstermachers’ sophomore CD, “The Crushing Gift,” was vividly cinematic. “I, Murderer” is absolutely nightmarish. If all that isn’t enough, Crandall points out that “each disc contains a set of complementary trading cards in the form of a new currency.” Spend it wisely. A Schuur thing! Tacoma-bred jazz singer Diane Schuur dazzled an SRO crowd of more than 400 at Onondaga Community College’s Storer Auditorium Nov. 19. And I do mean dazzled! As a vocal stylist, this woman’s in a league of her own. Schuur’s vocalizing is rich, radiant and resonant, but those words simply hint at the true splendor of her singing. She brings a bluesy vibrato to her three-and-a-half octave range, giving her the ability to take a pop tune or standard and make it sound wholly original.
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Case in point last Friday was her extended version of Chuck Mangione’s “Land of Make Believe,” a bittersweet samba in which she demonstrated the full extent of her singing talent including marvelous melisma, dramatic scatting and hitting seemingly impossible high notes before and holding them ad infinitum. Schuur dedicated this remarkable tour de force to Syracuse jazz impresario Frank Malfitano, who booked her here. The artist nearly broke into tears as she recalled the three hours she spent on the telephone with “Frankie” the night before. “We talked about life, life’s challenges and life’s rewards,” she said, “and to make a connection like that with someone is pretty cool.” Noting that Malfitano’s birthday was coming up on Nov. 22, Schuur sang “Land of Make Believe” as a birthday gift to her new-found phone friend. Friday’s jam-packed concert was the second in the Legends of Jazz Series booked for OCC’s Arts Across Campus program by Malfitano, founder of the Syracuse Jazz Fest. The free shows continue at Storer Auditorium with the Tremé Brass Band of New Orleans on March 4, and The Lonnie Smith Trio on April 2; 498-2944. The good die young Hundreds of Mark Wright’s friends and fellow artists paid their respects at his calling hours and funeral last week, Nov. 18 at Farone and Son Funeral Home and Nov. 19 at St. Paul’s Cathedral, downtown. Wright, the program director for the Cultural Resources Council, died at his home on Nov. 12, apparently from complications due to diabetes. He was 50 years old. Not only did Mark facilitate shows and help area artists realize their dreams, he also took the time and effort to actually attend concerts, exhibit openings and lectures. Event presenters knew that he personally experienced the fruits of their labors and understood their value to our communities.
A panel of judges selected “Ode to Pollack,” by the chuckwallas, above, as the grand champion of the 2010 Art Gone Wild! exhibit at Rosamond Gifford Zoo. More than 150 works of original art made by the animals were on display throughout November at the zoo, and were auctioned off last weekend as a fundraiser for 2012 American Association of Zoo Keepers annual conference to be held at the zoo. Find more zoo art at facebook. com/theeaglecny.
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From page 10 Everson Museum of Art Members’ Council will host a Silver Soiree, a lively holiday and preview party, from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday Dec. 2 at the former BonTon store in ShoppingTown Mall. Take a special sneak peek of the decorated trees, wreaths and unique displays featured at the Festival of Trees and get the first opportunity to purchase items at a discounted rate only offered at the Silver Soiree. The event
includes entertainment, hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar. Tickets cost $50 per person or $95 per couple and are available through everson.org or by calling 474 6064 ext.307; reservations are required. The Festival of Trees will be on display from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Dec. 3 to 12 at ShoppingTown Mall. All proceeds from the Silver Soiree and Festival of Trees benefit children’s art programs and special exhibits at the Everson Museum of Art.
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Sheriff’s department promotes two The Onondaga County Sheriff ’s Department held a ceremony Wednesday Nov. 17 to announce the promotions of two officers. Sgt. Michael Dickinson, 42, of North Syracuse, was promoted lieutenant. Dickinson has been with the sheriff ’s department since 2002. He was first promoted Lt. Michael to the rank of sergeant Dickinson in 2005. Dickinson
will now serve as a watch commander. Lt. Daniel Brogan, also 42, of Salina, was promoted to the rank of captain. Brogan first joined the Sheriff ’s Office in 1990 as a patrol deputy. In 1998, Brogan was promoted to the rank of sergeant and was assigned to the Sheriff ’s Office Criminal Investigation Division. In 2005, he was again promoted to the rank of lieutenant. As captain, Brogan assumes responsibility of overseeing the operations of the Sheriff ’s Criminal Investigation DiviCapt. Daniel sion. Brogan
Ten join Hiscock Legal Aid Society Ten staff members were recently added to the Hiscock Legal Aid Society. Christine M. Cook, a former public defender in East Orange, N.J., joined HLAS Appeals Program as a senior attorney. There are also two new staff attorneys in the Appeals Programs, Piotr Banasiak, of Liverpool, and Kristin M. McDermott, of Syracuse. Jody L. Agostinelli, of Syracuse, and Veda M. Collmer, of Baldwinsville, were added as staff attorneys.
Kristy L. Shenandoah, of Syracuse, was named a program coordinator within the Family Court Program. Catherine Sage, of Salina, is now an assistant program coordinator. Patricia L. Stuart, of Geddes, has been named a staff attorney for the Civil Law Program. Nikia L. Trice, of Mattydale, is now a receptionist-secretary at the Hiscock Legal Aid Society.
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Just as it looked like the Empire State Games, the annual Olympic-like summer sports festival for New York’s top athletes that flourished for more than three decades, was back on sound footing, they are gone again – and perhaps for good. The news came out in a letter to athletes from Winter Games administrator Lisa del Signore. In it, she said that both the Winter Games in Lake Placid and the Summer Games in Rochester for 2011 are canceled. “We have been informed that there will be no appropriation for any of the Empire State Games programs in the coming year,” the letter said. “Two of our five staff members have been laid off effective the end of the year. The other three have been re-assigned within the State Parks agency. With no money and no staff, we have no program.” Started in 1978 and held for its first seven years in Syracuse (and last held in the Syracuse area in 2002), the ESG went uninterrupted for 31 years until the state’s budget woes caught up. Originally, the Summer Games were
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B’ville residents take a whack at the theater with new troupe
Susan Blumer of Radisson and Garrett Heater of Oswego, formerly of Baldwinsville, have created a new theatre company. The Covey Theatre Company recently received its certificate of incorporation as a non-profit, an exhausting paperwork process that took Blumer about three months to negotiate. While Blumer delved into the world of tax ID numbers and phone calls to Albany, Heater was busy preparing the inaugural production of The Covey Theatre Company: an original play he wrote titled “Lizzie Borden Took an Axe.” The show ran throug Nov. 20 at the Civic Center and received positive reviews by local critics. For more information on the Covey Theatre Company, visit thecoveytheatrecompany.com. - Michael Penny --
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embrace and monitor the use of such tools in its education. During the district’s Nov. 1 school board meeting, board members established a committee on social media to examine policies adopted in other districts in the Syracuse area. The committee members, Board President Ginnie Murphy and Jack McLoughlin, will present their findings throughout the winter and make policy recommendations to the district. Murphy said that while many teachers, coaches, choral directors and clubs already use the networking site Facebook to keep in touch with students about meeting times and club events, the district does not have an officially sanctioned and maintained page. Nor can students access the site from school computers, according to J-D Technology Coordinator Philip Luckette. “If we expand our social networking use, we need policies that prepare us to react properly to new issues as they come up,” Luckette said. “A lot of the bullying problems we’ve seen start outside of school and spill over into the school setting.” West Genesee Central School District, which has extensively incorporated social media into its curriculum, could serve as a model for J-D’s social media committee. Christopher Brown, the superintendent of West Genesee, uses the rapid communication capabilities of Twitter to keep parents, teachers and other administrators informed about day-to-day activities and breaking district news, even decreasing the district’s load of incoming phone calls – giving administrators more time to work and interact with students during the day. “Anyone who follows me on Twitter would know that it is a snow day before the local news on television or radio,” said Brown, who has used Twitter for more than two years of his three-year tenure at West Genesee. Brown said one of the ways in which West Genesee uses the online video-chat programs is to have its classes interact with students from as far away as Japan. “The digital field trips have had an outstanding response,” Brown said. “They’re cheaper than school bus trips, and often more rewarding, because students get a chance to interact with people they would never have the chance to otherwise.” Brown said that the strongest advice he could offer to a district that is exploring social networking possibilities is to have clear policies behind the use of the technologies. - Michael Leess
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With his 12 penalty minutes Saturday, Jon Mirasty is now 10 penalty minutes away from tying Brandon Sugden for second on the Crunch’s all-time list (754). On Friday, the Albany Devils’ Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond sent Mirasty to the ice with one well-timed punch. Mirasty admitted it wasn’t his best bout. Syracuse lost Friday’s game to the Devils 4-3.
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Kyle Palmieri, 19, poses with the puck he fired past Tampa Bay goalie Dan Ellis Nov. 3 for his first-ever NHL goal for the Anaheim Ducks. The talented rookie was returned to the Syracuse Crunch Nov. 20. played in nine games with the Phantoms this season, scoring five goals. Both feisty forwards are no strangers to the penalty box. Laliberte has spent 20 minutes and Maroon 30 minutes in the sin bin so far this season. Also on Sunday, the Crunch recalled 22-year-old left wing Ryan Hillier from Elmira (ECHL), and , if Anaheim forward Josh Green clears waivers, he too could be coming to the Crunch. After Saturday’s loss here, the Crunch are winless in four straight home games after not losing at home in regulation in their first five games. With last weekend’s three straight single-goal losses fresh in their minds, the Crunch hope to regroup at 7:30 p.m. Friday Nov. 26 against the Hershey Bears at the War Memorial. The team travels to Toronto Saturday before returning home to face off against the Hamilton Bulldogs here at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 27. Ticket prices range from $13 to $22; 473-4444; syracusecrunch.com.
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Good news for Syracuse Crunch fans: gifted goal-scorer Kyle Palmieri has been re-assigned to the AHL club by its parent club, the Anaheim Ducks. Better yet, he’s rejoining fellow rookie phenom Nic Deschamps on what promises to be the Crunch’s most productive line. The bad news is that the Ducks called up two talented Crunch forwards, Dan Sexton and Brandon McMillan, and traded away defenseman Danny Syret and center Rob Bordson. No worries. Syracuse Coach Mark Holick knows that, as a minor-league manager, his fate is to constantly re-assemble formidable front-lines no matter which players are promoted, demoted, traded or injured. Palmieri, 19, has appeared in 12 games with the Crunch this season, notching eight goals and four assists. On Nov. 3, the Ducks called up the Long Island native to make his NHL debut, and he promptly scored a goal which helped the Ducks win 4-3 in overtime over Tampa Bay. Unfortunately, that goal was his only point in 10 NHL games. On Saturday against the Springfield Falcons at the War Memorial, Palmieri’s fourgame goal streak ended, but he extended his point streak to six games with two assists in the Crunch’s 5-4 loss. On Sunday in Rochester, Deschamps carried the puck into the zone and fed Palmieri on the right side early in the third period. Palmieri sent a wrister from the face-off dot over goalie Jacob Markstrom’s right shoulder. Before Sunday’s 5-4 loss to the Amerks, Anaheim announced that it acquired left wing Patrick Maroon and right wing David Laliberte from the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for Syvret and Bordson. Both Laliberte and Maroon will report to the Crunch. Laliberte, 24, appeared in 18 games with the Adirondack Phantoms (Philadelphia’s AHL affiliate) this season, netting two goals and adding six assists. Maroon, 22,