Rain and wildfire smoke cancel five concerts at Johnson Park

The Liverpool Is The Place Summer Concert Committee was forced to cancel its entire 2020 summer concert series and most of its 2021 series due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

After local governments lifted bans on public gatherings last year, the committee came back strongly, scheduling 22 free concerts at Johnson Park in 2022 and 23 concerts this year.

Unfortunately, rainy weather and the ongoing Canadian wildfire smoke have combined to cancel five of this summer’s concerts so far.

This year’s 37th annual summer concert series got underway with a special noon concert by Off the Ground on May 29, before returning to its usual Monday-Wednesday evening schedule, starting with the Doyle-Whiting Band at 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 5.

Air-quality concerns

Then, on Wednesday, June 7, the planned performance by jazz combo After tarby

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Six had to be canceled due to poor air quality warnings that had been issued locally.

The following week’s two bookings – the FabCats on June 12 and Chuck Schiele’s Quatro on June 14 – had to be canceled because of precipitation.

That happened again the week of June 26 and 28, when concerts on those dates by Mid-Life Crisis and Letizia & The Z Band both got washed out.

The twice-weekly concerts will continue, weather permitting, through Aug. 16.

The Stan Collella Orchestra featuring guest vocalist Joe Whiting is slated at the park at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 12, followed by The Strangers playing oldies on Monday, July 17, and Fate performing classic rock Wednesday, July 19.

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Willow-weaving workshop

The village of Liverpool is again offering a free willow basketry workshop on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 11 and 12 in Fellowship Hall at Liverpool’s First Presbyterian Church. Award-winning basketmaker Bonnie Gale will be the instructor.

There is a maximum of 12 participants and you must attend both days for the class hours of 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. To register, call or email Bonnie at 607-336-9031 or bonwillow@frontiernet. ne t . Please leave your phone number and email address so Bonnie can share the list of simple supplies you’ll need to bring to class. The Liverpool Willow Museum will be open that weekend for tours.

Retreat patio now rockin’

It’s a cherished summertime tradition when the patio at The Retreat starts hoppin’ to the sounds of live music from 7 to 10 p.m. most nights of the week.

Upcoming performances include shows by Paul Valentino & Prime Time on

Wednesday, July 12, followed by PG Unplugged on Thursday, July 13, guitarist Jamie Cunningham Saturday, July 15. Corey Paid on Sunday, July 16. Vocalist Bill Ali takes the patio stage on Monday. July 17, followed by Frank & Esce on Tuesday, July 18 and songwriter Jessica Novak on Wednesday, July 19. Country rock outfit the Chris Taylor Band performs on July 20, followed by multi-instrumentalist Mark Macri on July 22 and then Dirt Road Ruckus on July 23; retreatrestaurant.co m ; 315-457-6358.

Last word “My goal is to work with all aspects of local government to help promote our village as a safe, business-friendly district and breathe new life into some of our vacant buildings and lots. This will bring additional funds into our village and allow us to better support and pay our police and DPW without raising taxes.” bigelow, ext 331, art@eaglenewsonline com of the Wimbledon fortnight. Long the most prestigious of tennis tournaments, it was transformed by the Williams sisters, for different reasons.

– New Liverpool Mayor Stacy Finney.

Serena is done, but Venus Williams made one more appearance and, while it was brief, it was a poignant reminder that it was Venus who pushed, successfully, to have Wimbledon pay equal prize money for women and men, something the other Grand Slams had long done.

And just as Wimbledon concludes, there’s the biggest event in all of women’s sports, ready to take off.

Never before has soccer’s Women’s World Cup featured 32 teams. With each renewal, the event is more of a global celebration, with countries finally giving the kind of resources and attention to the women’s game that they once reserved for men.

Of course, they all chase the U.S. Women’s National Team –USWNT for short – who have won this thing four times, including the last two, and will not accept anything less than total victory this time around, either.

But if you’re a real fan, you should tune in to the whole tournament, even with the crazy hours of time difference since they’re being played in Australia and New Zealand. As we saw with softball, even though there’s a dominant team, there’s also more good teams than ever. What’s more, the inherently random nature of soccer allows any contender to dream that they can take the USWNT down once they reach the elimination rounds.

Still, whatever happens in this World Cup, the USWNT are already giants in sports history. Even with all they had done, they still didn’t receive the same pay that the U.S. men (who had accomplished far less) did, and had to fight for years to make it happen.

All the while, they received plenty of criticism for not conforming to the perfectly patriotic stereotype expected of American athletes. To them, having values and standards meant more than mindless flag-waving.

Combine all this with the other women’s golf majors, the Solheim Cup, U.S. Open and a great WNBA season unfolding, women’s sports continues to demonstrate growth and excitement, with a chance to achieve so much more.

Half a century ago, just getting into the game was enough for female athletes. Now, they might be the most compelling figures of all.

Phil Blackwell is sports editor at Eagle News. He can be reached at pblackwell@ eaglenewsonline.com.

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