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On the Cover: “World renowned Latino jazz flutist Dave Valentin jams with Grupo Pagan at a Jazz in the City concert in “Little Italy” on Syracuse’s historic North Side.

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A City of Museums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 North to Freedom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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Girlfriend Getaway – Take Care of YOU For Once

It’s not that you don’t LIKE the husband, or the kids, or the house, or the job, or the dog… …but once in a while, EVERYBODY needs a change of pace, and a change of scenery. You need a chance to slow down… to relax, and take things a little easier… a chance for some peace and some quiet… a chance to get a little extra service yourself. In Syracuse and Onondaga County, fifteen or twenty minutes will take you from a major city to supremely rural countryside… or the other way around. The Syracuse area offers a slew of services, and a host of experiences. More and more Mirbeau Inn & SpA women… sisters, bridesmaids, reunion members, just plain friends… are finding that the Syracuse area is a great place to get together on a customized Girlfriend Getaway.

Take Care of YOU For Once A community this size naturally has lodging opportunities for every taste and every budget, but some places sort of specialize in taking care of

you. Mirbeau Inn and Spa, (www.mirbeau.com) for instance, has fireplaces and oversized bathrooms in every cottage, room, or suite. But it’s possibly even more famous for its expert spa staff, who offer classic massage, body wraps, facial treatments, a warming fireplace, and a foot massage pool — along with steam baths, saunas, and weight rooms. The French Country-style Mirbeau is set on twelve forested acres among hundred-foot spruces near Skaneateles Lake. The Inn itself is a Mobil Travel Guide four-star facility, and an AAA four-diamond property. The fine-dining Giverny Restaurant also has four diamonds from AAA — all in all, a truly outstanding accommodation. The concierges at the Genesee Grande, (www. geneseegrande.com) on University Hill in Syracuse, handle ticket searches, restaurant recommendations and reservations, and travel planning. Most suites or rooms at the Grande have Brazilian granite bathrooms

— the Jacuzzi Suite also has a sunroom and full deck. The area also rejoices in 23 bed-and-breakfast inns, from Frog Pond to Hobbit Hollow to Ophelia’s Garden. Have fun deciding!

Shoppers Encouraged The solid classic architecture of the Armory Square historic district has now been converted into a quarter for fine shops, varied dining, and lively night life. (www.armorysquareofsyracuse.com) Eureka Crafts represents over 200 artisans. Sweet on Chocolate makes its candies on site. The Sound Garden carries discs for everyone from The Go-Go’s to the latest avant-garde. And keep your eyes peeled for out-ofthe-way gems like Off the Beaten Path. Skaneateles too has its walk-around shopping district, detailed elsewhere in this issue. In Fayetteville, you can visit the L.L. Bean outlet and the Stickley, Audi showroom. And there are over thirty antique dealers in Onodaga County… plus restorers and conservators, plus frequent antique shows… check www. cnyantiques.com. If mall shopping is what you had in mind,

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there are plenty of choices. Carousel Center (www. carouselcenter.com) is the regional supercenter featuring major national brands and chains that will certainly help each of you update your wardrobe.

Time to Dine Syracuse is a major city, surrounded by mile after mile of blue lakes and rolling countryside. Of course the community abounds with dining of almost every sort. Many locals and visitors alike delight in “dining with the dinosaur” at Dinosaur Bar-B-Que in downtown Syracuse. With its full bar, live entertainment, and pitsmoked barbecue, the Dinosaur is also popular with motorcyclists from far and wide. Out in Skaneateles, the Krebs has formal gardens by the lake while the Sherwood celebrated its bicentennial last year. The Little Italy neighborhood on the north side of Syracuse abounds in great eating. Onondaga County is also flavored with other ethnic cuisines, including Indian (Sahota Palace), German (Weber’s, Danzer’s), Mexican and southwestern (Salsarita’s), Japanese (Ichiban), Thai (Lemon Grass) and Vietnamese (Mai Lin). You can also do the diner deal at Doc’s Little Gem Diner or the B’Ville Diner… Doc’s breakfast was voted Number One in Syracuse. The historic downtown Armory Square district crams four-dozen eating places into just a few blocks. There are stops for coffee and desert, places for deli, lunch, and takeout. You’ll find fine dining establishments and casual restaurants a few steps away from each other, depending on your mood. But 18 pubs and clubs give the Armory District its enthusiastic reputation as a hotbed for nightlife. Bring your tastes… and bring your appetite.

Take a Drive Onondaga County enjoys four wonderful lakes — the two easternmost Finger Lakes (Skaneateles and Otisco), Onondaga, (with its famed Onondaga Lake Park) and Oneida, the largest lake lying entirely in New York. The superbly rural southern part of the county along the old Cherry Valley Turnpike is horse country. All the space outside Syracuse is scattered with drumlins, hills, and villages, each with its own opportunities for shopping, dining, antiquing, and sightseeing. Manlius is famed for its swans, LaFayette for apple orchards, Otisco for evergreens. Samuel de Chaplain bivouaced in Brewerton, while Baldwinsville is still bustling busy with the Erie Canal. A 137-foot waterfall tumbles down near Pompey. Just a few miles of driving opens world after world of pleasures.

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Cruise Skaneateles Lake on one of the few remaining mail boats in operation… or take a cruise on the Erie Canal. (www.midlakesnav.com) Make your own wine under guidance of expert winemakers at Lakeland Winery (www.lakelandwinery. com).

touring afternoon at the other Syracuse area wineries including Pheasant Ridge Vineyards in Jamesville (www. pheasantridgevineyards.com), and Anyela’s Vineyard (www.anyelasvineyards.com) near Skaneateles. Beak and Skiff in LaFayette (www.beakandskiff.com) produces hard ciders and apple-based wines.

Visit the Red Barn Winery (www.bestwines4u.com), rated “Winery of the Year” at the 2007 New York Wine and Food Classic in Napa Valley. Or make it a wine

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“M Street” and University Hill

Street” — known to officialdom as Marshall Street and the

perpendicular South Crouse Avenue. M Street runs right alongside Syracuse University, giving its shops a special flavor — many shops carry SU memorabilia. You can sample Korean food here, or take in the Unique Tea House. There’s Aladdin’s Natural Eatery, or Acropolis Pizza House and Restaurant. We had breakfast at Cosmos Pizza and Subs, where each booth is fitted with a Seeburg Consolette with a musical selection running the gamut from Peter, Paul, and Mary through Santana, Richie Valens, and Elvis Presley’s “Hound Dog.” Around the corner is Follett’s Orange Bookstore and the one-

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story Marshall Square Mall. One word of advice, though. SU literally looms over M Street. It’s a mighty sleepy place, with stores opening late, on Saturday mornings. So “sleep in” up the street at the Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel.

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Little Italy – We Promise We’ll be Back By Kirk House “Here, try some of this,” says Fred, shaving from the wheel and offering me a slice on the blade of his long knife. “Romano. Like they grate and put on spaghetti. Good, huh? Just slightly aged. Or try some of this.” Another slice. “Provolone.” “I’ve got Spanish olives here.” Down goes the knife, out comes a plastic spoon. “Try one. I mix the marinades myself. Here, Greek olives. Now Italian, try this one. Good, huh?” Good, yeah. Great, yeah. We hadn’t felt so at home since we left Rhode Island, lo these many years ago. Visiting Little Italy in Syracuse is like being on Atwells Avenue in Providence. The Thanos Imported Grocery on North Salina Street isn’t very big, but it’s crammed full with sunny welcomes and Mediterranean delights. Big wheels of cheese and trays of olives, of course. istockphoto Imported brands of spaghetti. Rigatoni. Wagon wheels. All kinds of pasta. Sausage. Couscous. Squid. Baccala. Even that spicy Italian salami that back home we call soupi or zoupi — something I’ve NEVER found outside Rhode Island. Joyce bought some home-made Italian cookies, and loved every one of them. We got a tin of anchovies for our son Erik. I stocked up on soupi. And we promised Fred (and we promised ourselves) that we’d be back.

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the corner, and see plenty of places to eat. We spent a quiet Friday evening in La Cuisine on North Salina Street. Had we known three hours in advance, we could have ordered a special Moroccan couscous

andalousia… Joyce finds this deeply intriguing, but it will have to wait for another visit. So we weren’t looking for anything out of the ordinary, despite all the choices on the menu… spaghetti and meatballs for Joyce, spaghetti and sausage for me, both with marinara sauce. I happen to like my spaghetti the very finest diameter I can get, so that’s what I asked for, and that’s what I got… a wide heaping heavy heated plate of capellini. The sauce was hearty and thick, not at all runny, with a good spicy bite. Sausage is tricky, and far too often it’s sadly disappointing. Not at La Cuisine. The texture was great, there were no “surprises” and no problem with casing, the spices were nicely zesty without being overpowering. Joyce found the meatballs very good — just enough spice, not too much bread. As far as she could tell, she said, just about everything seemed to be made on site.

in Philadelphia before coming to Syracuse. “This is a great community,” he says. “A great place for families.” A great place for eating, too. Had we known when we ordered that Mike was from Tunisia, we would have asked for his couscous. But we know now. We promised we’d be back to try it.

A few places in the Little Italy neighborhood include Antonio’s Restaurant, 700 North Salina, (315)425-1946, www.communitysite.com/Antonios/ Asti Cafe & Trattoria, 411 North Salina, (315)478-1039, www.asticaffe.com Aunt Josie’s Restaurant, 1110 North Salina, (315)471-9082, www.auntjosies.com Biscotti Café and Gelateria, 741 North Salina, (315)478-0583, www.biscotticafe.com Caffe D’ Italia, 423 North Salina, (315)471-1005 Columbus Bakery, 502 Pearl Street, (315)422-2913

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Strolling the Shopping Scene in Skaneateles solid antique furniture, and to an eyethrough yarn so soft you felt like going satisfying series of pre-war framed color to sleep on it, and inspected metallic and prints from Japan. Cranes strut through mohair yarns before contenting herself the reeds in these prints, and boats sleep with a book of patterns. We kept our cat on the evening river. Traditional scenes in mind as we browsed through Aristocats such as these often feature humanity — and Dogs, and dreamed about horses at © Wainwright PHOTOGRAPHY either in person or through artifacts Gallop On Saddlery. — but humanity never overwhelms. Wildlife and At The Teddy Bear Nursery we had a chance to Skan-ee-AT-las is the name… “Long Lake” scenery always shine through. design and stuff a teddy bear. And we’re both former Right at the corner of Jordan and Genesee in a teachers, so we were pleased to discover that the toys and in the local Iroquoian tongue. It’s just the huge brick edifice is The Hitching Post, a fifty-year-old games we found in The Kinder Garden (“grandparents right size for strolling from shop to shop to gift shop where we enjoyed looking over the puzzles welcome!”) give the kids a chance to think and act shop, and the lake itself makes a wonderful and the books, not to mention some of the unusual and play, rather than having all the fun for them. “Not backdrop for the 19th-century shopping clocks. One row of windows faces the lake across the the same old, same old,” said Joyce with approval. I road, only adding to the fun. Down on East Genesee personally approved the number of dinosaurs present. district. is Pomodoro, which on the day we visited was wall Dinosaurs always give a store a touch of class. alf an hour from bustling Syracuse, to wall with people enjoying themselves. Pomodoro While there’s a lot of action on Jordan and Genesee Skaneateles is a place where you keep (and Pomodoro, Too, back on Jordan) carries good Streets, there’s still more to the walk-around shopping meeting smiles in the shops and on stocks of numerous trademarked selections, such as experience in Skaneateles. At Skaneateles Artisans on Willowtree Angels, Williraye Studios, and Fennel Street, I had to restrain myself from breaking the streets. It’s quietly and The Thymes. Nearby Chestnut Cottage is out with “The Hippopotamus Song” that Flanders justifiably pleased with itself, well equipped for those with Christmas and Swann used to sing… “Mud! Mud! Glorrrr-i-ous and it’s always glad to see you. on their minds. The main shopping space forms a T mud!” We ourselves also like to look into where Jordan Street meets Genesee Street, Skaneateles Artisans Over the years millions specialty shops. At Rhubarb Kitchen and is a co-op representing right at the foot of the lake. Just at the corner have fallen in love with Garden, Joyce got to study a power hand numerous creators, and of Jordan and Fennell is the Paris Flea, three © Wainwright PHOTOGRAPHY levels of “things old and new” suggesting a flea market mixer that she’s often seen Emeril Lagasse using, and what inspired me to Skaneateles Lake... but in Paris. Naturally the stock is constantly changing, that she’s thinking of adding to her own arsenal. At delighted if stifled song on any give day, you may but Joyce and I were attracted in particular to good, Elegant Needles on Jordan Street she ran her fingers was a life-size wooden find plenty of space to stroll and dream.

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sculpture of PARTS of a hippopotamus (complete with tick birds) breaking the black surface of the “water.” This lovely hippo looked just like the famous member of its tribe who kept thinking it was Tuesday, and I longed mightily to take him directly home with me. Joyce liked the fact that the many creators make for a very eclectic stock — “not all just pottery.” Pottery shares pride of place with paintings, photography, jewelry, and more. And, a little further down the street, it’s gratifying to sit for a few minutes at Creekside Books… look

through the titles, and sample a page or two… maybe get a little something at the café… and quietly conclude our shopping stroll in Skaneateles. Aforementioned Skaneateles attractions can be found at: www.skaneateles.com For help planning YOUR trip, call 1-800-234-4797, or check out www.VisitSyracuse.org.

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Equally famous and a bit more casual is Doug’s Fish Fry, around the corner Genesee Street is Route 20, running from on Jordan. Electric trains circle around Albany and the Hudson River through the overhead as you place your order at the towns on the northern tips of the Finger counter, where a sign promises that your © Wainwright PHOTOGRAPHY Lakes. Two centuries back it was the northeastern states’ main route to the west, following request will be ready in five minutes — or six, or seven, the natural corridor later exploited nearby by the Erie or just order a beer and relax for a while. Almost across the street is the Skaneateles Bakery Canal, the New York Central Railroad, and the New — a good place to stop for a donut, or for sandwiches, York State Thruway. We took our lunch on West Genesee at the Sherwood coffee, and soup, while you’re wandering around. Inn, which is just starting its third century of catering to diners and visitors in Skaneateles. It’s a lovely large place (24 rooms), with rows of windows overlooking both the town and that wonderful lake. We took advantage of the Sherwood’s upscale menu… I had a salad and huge and delicious slab of vegetable quiche, while Joyce enjoyed an open-faced beef sandwich. We both loved the French onion soup. Also on West Genesee Street (and right on the lake) is The Krebs, which has been serving fine foods for over a hundred years; visitors can also enjoy an English Garden.

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The Long Lake Skaneateles Lake serves as the water supply for Syracuse, and it has an unusual distinction; Skaneateles water is so pure that it does not legally require filtration. Secretary of State William H. Seward returned from a globetrotting trip to declare Skaneateles “the most beautiful body of water in the world.” An 1816 sailboat here, the Four Sisters, started the tradition of excursion sailing on the Finger Lakes. President Clinton and his family vacationed here near the end of his term in office. Isaac Sherwood not only founded the Sherwood Inn, he fed its business by operating a stagecoach and mail carrying line; at one time the Sherwood hosted fifteen coaches a day. “Evergreen House,” a private home still standing, was a station on the Underground Railroad. Winston Churchill’s American grandfather read law and tended store in Skaneateles. Another notable native son lived a life that still sparkles in his native town. Artist John D. Barrow specialized in oil paintings of American scenery… a “second coming” of the Hudson River School. In 1900 the nationally-renowned Barrow donated the body of his work and a gallery to house them, to his beloved hometown. During gallery hours it’s open to all comers — just drop in at the library on East Genesee Street, step to the rear, and enter a little world with dozens of paintings on American life and American landscape from the 19th century. “I really liked the art gallery,” says Joyce. “It’s a little gem…”

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The Stickley Story By Kirk House

Stickley started in oak, and it’s still in oak. It started in Onondaga County, and 108 years later it’s still in Onondaga County. And in homes and businesses across the world.

he five Stickley brothers had been in business together for years when Leopold and John George struck out on their own in 1900, opening the L. & J.G. Stickley shop in Fayetteville, an eastern suburb of Syracuse. Their traditional, European-style values of craftsmanship blended with modern sensibilities. Following elder brother Gustav’s enthusiasm for the Arts and Crafts Movement, L. & J.G. created a new Mission Oak line… clean, carefully-crafted pieces drawing on the California Mission Style. After the Great War Leopold toured New England, Pennsylvania, and Europe before creating the Cherry Valley line… adaptations of colonial American design, making extensive use of Adirondack black cherry. In 1956 magazine publishers named Leopold Stickley “Revered Dean of Cabinet Makers whose art and craftsmanship has contributed mightily to American home life.” Leopold died the following year, (the last of five remarkable brothers), nearly six decades after he and John George had set up shop in Fayetteville. Stickley products were renowned throughout the land. But twenty years later, Stickley’s situation looked grim, with dwindling sales and few employees. Then Alfred and Aminy Audi stepped in, buying the business from Leopold’s heirs. They were no strangers to Stickley. Alfred’s father E.J. had partnered with Stickley to offer a Manhattan showroom. Alfred

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himself had slept on a Stickley bed beginning when he was two. When he and Aminy married their first piece of furniture was a gift from Mrs. Stickley. “Stick with me,” he told the remaining craftsmen. “I’ll stick with you, and we’re going to make this place move.” And so they did. Like many other US firms in those days, Stickley in 1985 moved its factory south — a mile or two to Manlius, NY. Four years later the company reissued the historic Mission collection. Response was strong. Growth was unprecedented. Stickley again was a premier name in its field. By the time of Alfred’s death in 2007, Stickley (now Stickley, Audi) was employing 1600 people in New York, North Carolina, and Vietnam. Aminy and son Edward (who “inherited” Alfred’s original Stickley bed when he was a boy) operate the 21st-century firm on Gustav Stickley’s 19th-century Flemish motto, “als ik kan”… to Warm..Comfortable..Friendly..Welcome To Doubletree. the best of my ability. All I can. INDOOR AND OUTDOOR POOLS & FITNESS FACILITY NEWLY RENOVATED GUESTROOMS MINUTES FROM DOWNTOWN SYRACUSE 12,000 SQUARE FEET OF FLEXIBLE MEETING SPACE

The Stickley Experience The Stickley Museum (in the original Fayetteville factory) features an 8000 square-foot exhibition, “A Well Crafted Legacy,” following over a century of experience from “The Craftsman Way of Life” through Stickley’s role in the Arts and Crafts Movement, the Colonial Revival, and Modern Stickley. Among the objects featured are Gustav’s bedroom and Early Mission furniture formerly owned by Barbra Streisand. In 1988 Streisand paid $363,000 for a Stickley sideboard at an auction by Christie’s. She resold it eleven years later for $596,000. Stickley factory tours (Manlius) take place each Tuesday at 10:00 AM. Tours lasting one to two hours are free of charge and available to visitors not under the age of thirteen. Please make reservations if your group has more than eight people. Stickley Showroom (Towne Center, Fayetteville) (www.stickley.com) is “more than just a ‘furniture store’… a place where you can learn about design basics, current trends, and special promotions.” For help planning YOUR trip, call 1-800-234-4797, or check out www.VisitSyracuse.org.

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A Souvenir for Your Home The Syracuse area has a rich history in home furnishings that translates today into great deals and fabulous selections.

n addition to the collector quality of Stickley, Syracuse offers numerous options for those seeking to update their home. These diverse stores truly blend great tastes with affordability for some of the most popular furniture lines in the country. Raymour and Flanigan Furniture, (www. raymourflanigan.com) headquartered in Syracuse, operates 73 stores in seven states, with two vast showrooms and one Clearance Center in the Syracuse

area. Home decor is certainly the product being sold, but customer care is the approach. Placing the customer experience first has helped this company sell and deliver over 8000 pieces of furniture a day. Stop in and experience it for yourself. The options offered at Dunk and Bright Furniture (www.dunkandbright.com) are some of the most diverse you’ll find — anywhere! At 100,000 square feet, New York State’s largest furniture gallery offers furniture for every taste or need. The talented sales force of interior decorating

Stop in and experience it for yourself. have fun exploring.

specialists will help you find the perfect piece and ensure that you see every nook and cranny of the mammoth showroom. Have fun exploring. If contemporary styling fits you better, stop by Smith Interiors for the latest designs. (www.smithinteriors.com) For help planning YOUR trip, call 1-800-234-4797, or check out www.VisitSyracuse.org.

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Stage and Sound By Kirk House

A special community has a special arts scene. Outstanding communities have a strong offering in performing arts as well, and Syracuse qualifies with several dozen venues, groups, and companies, catering to just about every taste.

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Appleseed Productions is an all-volunteer company mounting eight shows a year, in addition to occasional © Wainwright photography liturgical drama. Coming up are The Musical Comedy Mrs. Levi spins her web in Talent Company’s Murders of 1940 (May 2-17) and Neil Simon’s Plaza production of Hello Dolly. Suite (June 20-July 5). (www.appleseedproductions.org) Famous Artists Broadway Theater Series presents Look to Rarely Done Productions for works that the finest professional road companies in shows such are “alternative, original, seldom seen.” Romance as Evita (Apr. 29-May 1) and Movin’ Out (May 27-29). by David Mamet (Apr. 4-19) is “a screwball look at (www.FamousArtistsBroadway.com) political correctness, jurisprudence, and hilariously LeMoyne College has one-act comedies by David misquoted Shakespeare.” Bath House: The Musical Ives, An Evening With Ives (Apr. 4, 5, 10-12). (June 6-21) offers “four men, four doors, four (www.lemoyne.edu) bathtowels, and bawdy music.” (www.rarelydone.org) Open Hand Theater hosts Puppets With Pizazz for Syracuse Area Landmark Theatre (the last of the The Reluctant Dragons (Apr. 5) and Tom Knight in old-time silent-movie palaces… it opened as Lowe’s The Singin’ Solar System (Apr. 12). While Open Hand is primarily a puppet theater, in season check out their State in 1926) presents comedian and ventriloquist Dunham’s “Spark of Insanity” on Apr. 27. Adult Storytelling Series, Aged Words.” 2/18/08Jeff4:1 GNM-8152-A02F AD1 “Well VisitSyracuseAd (www.landmarktheatre.org) (www.openhandtheater.org)

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Syracuse Opera Company is the region’s only yearround professional opera troupe. On Apr. 25 and 27 they present a double bill, The Medium and Pagliacci. (www.syracuseopera.com) Syracuse Stage is Central New York’s leading professional theater, with a total house of over 90,000 a year. Coming up next are The Bomb-Itty of Errors (a hip-hop rap romp through Shakespeare’s comedy, Mar. 13-Apr. 12) and that lovely off-off-Broadway perennial, The Fantasticks (Apr. 23-May 17). (www.syracusestage.org) SU Drama revives the vengeful (but justifiably annoyed) madman barber Sweeney Todd on Apr. 25-May 10. (www.syracuse.edu)

Stand-Out Sound With its strong higher-education presence, it’s no surprise that the Syracuse region brims with music. MANY clubs and bistros offer just about every sort of sound, as do the colleges and universities. A few of the more structured sources are: CNY Jazz Arts Foundation — Jazz Jam, Jazz Central, Jazz Orchestra, Black History Month Cabaret, Jazz in the Square, and more. (www.cnyjazz.org) Civic Morning Musicals is the oldest performance group in New York state. CVM offers lunch-hour recitals at the Everson Museum of Art, a series of national performers, and a “Messiah” sing-along at the Syracuse Cathedral. (www.civicmorningmuscials.org) Spirit of Syracuse is an award-winning acapella women’s chorus. (www.spiritofsyracuse.com) Syracuse Friends of Chamber Music brings in stellar classical performers for six concerts a year. (www.syr.edu/arts/chambermusic) Syracuse Gay and Lesbian Chorus revels in an eclectic collection of quality choral music. (www.syrglc.org) Syracuse Symphony Orchestra presents almost 200 full-orchestra or chamber concerts each year, reaching nearly a quarter-million listeners. (www.syracusesymphony.org) Syracuse University Oratorio Society members are students, faculty, or staff at Syracuse University. They perform through the school year and in concert with Syracuse Symphony. (www.syracuse.edu) For help planning YOUR trip, call 1-800-234-4797, or check out www.VisitSyracuse.org.

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A Calendar of Great Events JazzFest Weekend Giveaway Pack your bags for a weekend-long musical excursion, like you’ve never experienced before. Join a crowd of over 80,000 at Syracuse’s 26th Annual JazzFest…the largest free jazz event in the northeast. It’s an experience your whole family will love! Visitors to the Syracuse JazzFest have been treated to performances by world-class artists like Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles and Miles Davis, and the 2008 Syracuse JazzFest promises to deliver the same caliber of entertainment.

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Musicians rock out while performing at the Landmark Theater, one of many concert venues in Syracuse.

On your mark, get set, go! Thousands of runners hit the pavement for the annual Mountain Goat Run.

The spacious open-air concert setting makes for a hugely, enjoyable weekend!

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4/3 – 9/1 Syracuse Chiefs Baseball (web.minorleaguebaseball.com) Syracuse, NY Bring your glove and appetite for a great day at the ball park. Cheer on the Toronto Blue Jays’ AAA affiliate team, the Syracuse Chiefs!

5/3 – 5/4 African Violet Society’s “Violets on Stage” Show (www.events.onondagacountyparks.com) Celebrate the beauty of this flower at the 55th Annual African Violet Show! Many wonderful varieties from local growers will be on display. Visitors will be able to purchase plants.

4/4 – 4/6 International Auto Showcase (www.internationalasc.com) Syracuse, NY 315-487-8310 Get behind the wheel at the largest indoor custom and classic car show in New York State!

5/4 Mountain Goat Run (www.mountaingoatrun.com) Syracuse, NY Thousands of participants line the streets of downtown Syracuse for this much-loved, annual race.

4/20 Collectorsfest Sports Memorabilia Show (www.nysfair.org) Syracuse, NY Calling all collectors! Browse through sports memorabilia, race memorabilia, sports and non-sports cards, autographs, beanie babies, comics, toys, and a whole lot more. Up to 200 vendors will be displaying their items.

5/14 – 5/17 American Carp Tournament (www.acstournaments.com/acs_us_regionals_northeast_ info.html) Baldwinsville, NY 315-635-4871 Let’s see if another world record can be broken at the annual tournament. Last year, 14 tons of carp were caught at the event held on the Seneca River.

4/25 – 5/4 Syracuse International Film Festival (www.syrfilm.com) Syracuse, NY 315-443-8826 Thousands flock to Central New York to enjoy a taste of international film culture at this annual event.

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4/26 CNY Irish Feis (www.nysfair.org) Syracuse, NY 1,000 Irish Step Dancers from the Northeast and Canada will compete. Be sure to glance through the Irish products and crafts available. Events, dates and times are subject to change without notice. PleaseGift confirm dates and hours event America’s to the nation righton here in listings Syracuse. priorVisit to your visit. the only Weighlock building in the U.S.

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6/6 – 6/7 Taste of Syracuse (www.tasteofsyracuse.com) Syracuse, NY 315-472-9111 Bring your appetite for this two day, fun-filled event! Enjoy live music and food from more than 90 area restaurants, vendors, artisans, exhibitors and local wineries. 6/13 – 6/15 93Q Heineken 93Q BalloonFest (www.syracuseballoonfest.com) Jamesville, NY See caption above.

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“There is so much to see and do in Syracuse and Central New York, this is just a sampling...”  To stay current on all the area’s great events, register for our monthly emailers at www.visitsyracuse.org/signup.htm or call 1-800-234-4797 ext. 1978.

The sky is dotted with color and creativity, as Balloon Fest takes flight. Enjoy three days of ‘fun in the sun’ with live musical entertainment.

Come ‘rev’ your engine with thousands of street rods at Syracuse Nationals. This is way more than just a car show!

It’s one of the oldest and largest state fairs in the United States! The Great New York State Fair runs for 12 days, ending on Labor Day.

6/27 – 6/29 26th Annual Syracuse JazzFest (www.syracusejazzfest.com) Syracuse, NY Sing and shout at the largest free admission concert in the northeast! Join a crowd of over 80,000 as you’re treated to world class entertainment. (See JazzFest Weekend Giveaway – opposite page.)

7/12 Erie Canal Celebration Jordan & Village Wide Yard Sale (www.jordanny.com/erie_canal_celebration.htm) Jordan, NY 315-730-7498 Great food, awesome music, antiques, arts and crafts, not to mention lots of local Erie Canal history!

7/25 –7/27 37th Annual Downtown Syracuse Arts & Crafts Festival (www.downtownsyracuse.com) Syracuse, NY 315-422-8284 More than 175 fine artists and craftspeople exhibit their works at this annual event. Enjoy free continuous live entertainment, including interactive family activities.

July 7/4 Independence Day Fireworks Spectacular! Featuring the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra (www.nysfair.org/expo) Syracuse, NY Celebrate Independence Day in style! Enjoy great patriotic songs performed by both the Syracuse University Brass Ensemble and the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra. End the night with a grand fireworks display. 7/11 – 7/13 Syracuse HydroFest Regatta (no website) Liverpool, NY *800-234-4797 Three days of water-sport fun on Onondaga Lake! You don’t want to miss this unique boating event! 7/11 Empire State Brewing & Music Festival (www.empirebrewfest.com) Syracuse, NY *800-234-4797 Voted one of the finest brew fests in the northeast; this event features beers from micro-breweries and small brewers alike. Not just your average beer festival – a true connoisseur’s event!

7/12 – 7/13 17th Annual New York State Blues Fest (www.nysbluesfest.com) Syracuse, NY *800-234-4797 One of the best Blues fests in the northeast! Enjoy great food, beverages and – of course – outstanding blues from local, regional & nationally famous artists. 7/18 – 7/20 Syracuse Nationals Car Happening (www.syracusenationals.com ) Syracuse, NY 800-753-3978 See caption above.

7/25 – 7/27 Skaneateles Antique & Classic Boat Show (www.skaneateles.com/boatshow.html) Skaneateles, NY 315-685-0552 Celebrate the 30th year of sparkling clean water and gleaming classic mahogany boats! Family fun activities include a boat parade, concerts, games, food, raffles and – of course – antique boats!

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7/18 – 7/20 Great American Antiquefest (www.allmanpromotions.com/antique_shows/fest1.htm) Liverpool, NY *800-234-4797 With over 350 dealers, this long-running, three day show mixes beautiful surroundings with quality antiques. Shopping is made easy with bulky item pickup services available.

8/7 – 8/30  Skaneateles Festival (www.skanfest.org) Skaneateles, NY 315-685-7418 A month-long celebration of chamber music performed on the pristine village lakefront of Skaneateles. 8/9 CNY Scottish Games and Celtic Festival (www.cnyscots.com) Liverpool, NY 315-463-8876 This event features massed bagpipe bands, dancing & drumming competitions, Irish dancing, Scottish and American foods, children’s events and so much more!!

7/24 – 7/27 Jazz in the Square (www.jazzinthesquare.org) Syracuse, NY 315-479-5299 This international jazz festival will be music to your ears! Enjoy performances in the heart of downtown Syracuse by many musicians, featuring major artists.

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A City of Museums Your appetite isn’t the only thing you can keep satisfied while in the Salt City. An abundance of refreshing museums will feed your mind, as well.

he Onondaga Historical Association Museum & Research Center is home to many pieces of the history puzzle. Here you can explore artifacts and memorabilia that help tell Syracuse’s story. From the Underground Railroad and Jerry Rescue to the Franklin Auto Exhibit and Syracuse China; an abundance of exhibits are at your fingertips. (www.cnyhistory.org)

The Historical Association Museum has many neighbors. Visit the Erie Canal Museum to learn how the canal “made” the city of Syracuse back in the early 19th century. Here you can jump on the only remaining canal-boat weighing station left in America. Also, be

North To Freedom Back before the Civil War, the Finger Lakes were a hotbed of fervor for abolition and equal rights. That sentiment, plus good transportation links, a sizeable African American population, and proximity to Canada (where slavery did not exist) determined that Syracuse would be a vital link in the Underground Railroad. Two routes from the south met up in Syracuse — escapers came across the state line near Elmira, then traveled north through Ithaca to either Cortland or Auburn on their way to Syracuse. A new fugitive slave law as part of the Missouri Compromise made life even more difficult for African Americans and their sympathizers. Slave catchers were not required to produce evidence, and accused people were not allowed to present evidence. On top of that, commissioners got five dollars for deciding in favor of the slave catcher, and $2.50 if they decided for the accused. 16

sure to enjoy the scents and hues of the weighmaster’s garden, in addition to a reproduction canal boat and the 1850s building itself. This building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. (www.eriecanalmuseum.org) Art enthusiasts will feel right at home at the Everson Museum of Art. I. M. Pei himself created the threestory building, which houses American art “from the traditional to the cutting edge.” Edward Hicks and colonial portraitists are honored at Everson, along with Jackson Pollock and contemporary video art. Everson is also home to an internationally renowned collection of ceramics, ranging from ancient sculpture to modern works. Spend some time at the museum, and be sure to sample one of the many activities offered, including a contemporary film series. (www.everson.org) Anchoring the Armory Square District is the Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science and Anchoring the Armory Square District is the Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science and Technology (MOST).

A monument commemorates the “Jerry Rescue” in Clinton Square, near the site of the police station. All of this led in 1851 to the seizure of William “Jerry” Henry at a moment when an antislavery convention and the county fair were meeting in Syracuse. As arranged, 2000 people stormed the police station, freeing Henry. He was rushed to Oswego, where a British ship, transported him to safety in Canada.

believed that one or more escapers did the carving. Though no longer used as a church, the facility (304 East Onondaga Street) is on the National Register of Historic Places. Matilda Joselyn Gage was an important leader during this time. Although she was later known for being the mother-in-law of L. Frank Baum, author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, her home during this era served as a safe haven for numerous escaping slaves. (www.matildajoslyngage.org)

The Historical Association Museum (www.cnyhistory. org) has preserved the shackles © wainwright photography cut from Jerry Henry, as well as, carved faces originally found in the Wesleyan Methodist Church....a place where over thirty For help planning YOUR trip, call 1-800-234-4797, or escapers passed through a month in peak times. It’s check out www.VisitSyracuse.org.

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Technology (MOST). The gift shop here offers unique purchases, of course, but MOST also features interactive hands-on exhibits, a planetarium and Upstate New York’s only domed IMAX theater. (www.most.org) Whether you’re a kid or a kid at heart, you’ll surely enjoy the International Mask and Puppet Museum, located on the Northside of the city. It’s here, inside Open Hand Theater’s 1890s red-brick “castle” that you can enjoy the vibrant world of elaborate puppet and marionette performances. Visit the museum and open “…a doorway into a whole world of mask

and puppetry theater, and a borderless world of the human imagination.” (www.openhandtheater.org) From puppets to bikes…get ready to ‘rev’ up your engine at the Ner-A-Car Motorcycle Museum. Here the focus is on motorcycles that are

an abundance of exhibits are at your fingertips.

made in New York State, including Syracuse’s own uniquely-shaped Ner-A-Car. (315)-472-7931 And it isn’t a trip to Syracuse without following the ‘yellow-brick road’ to Emerald City. The fantasy world of L. Frank Baum, born in nearby Chittenango, is celebrated inside The Land of Oz Preservation Company. Before you book your visit, be sure to call (315) 278-7029 for hours. (www.landofozpres.net) For help planning YOUR trip, call 1-800-234-4797, or check out www.VisitSyracuse.org.

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A Surrey Quadricycle With the Fringe on the Top By Kirk House

Feel like a ride? Some exercise? Company? Easy conversation? Wish you could bike together — but can’t settle on a comfortable speed? Don’t feel too secure anyhow?

ry the Surrey Quadricycle at Onondaga Lake Park. Four wheels… side-byside bench seating for two… a steering wheel… a four-poster fabric roof with fringe all around, to ruffle in the breeze of your biking excursion… and seven miles of shoreline to choose from. What more could you ask for? Of course, if you really DO want more… there’s always the conference bike — a three-wheeler with circular seating for up to SEVEN, all of whom can pedal while one passenger steers — a biking experience that’s great for families and groups hoping for hilarious times.

Playful Pets? If you’re traveling with your pup and the pooch gets frustrated, Onondaga Lake also features the Wegmans Good Dog Park — a 40,000 square-foot

double-gated free-running space filled with tunnels, jumps, bridges, drinking water, red fire hydrants, strategically spaced waste-disposal facilities, and a dedicated enclosed space optional for dogs under 25 pounds. What dog wouldn’t be good for a chance to play here?

Fun For All If you have even the slightest limitations, physically, playgrounds can be mighty frustrating. Onondaga Lake’s Wegmans Playground is a shade-covered 35,000 square-foot “boundless playground” for children of all ages and all abilities. Seventy percent of the space is wheelchair accessible — even the “Sway Fun” teetertotters accommodate wheelchairs! Features such as Braille labeling and elevated sandboxes illustrate the enthusiastic thought that’s gone into this outstanding play space.

Show Off Your Moves Grabbing national attention from expert performers as well as wild approval from local skaters is Onondaga Lakes’s Skatepark, Central New York’s first and largest concrete skate park. Available for in-line skating, skateboarding, and BMX bikers, this facility… which includes Liberty Bowl, quarter pipes,

Zoo Halloo! by Kirk House

I like zoos. Our family members are old zoo hands. And every one of us was excited by the zoo in Syracuse.

e enjoyed meeting several elephants, especially Siri. She is the matriarch of the zoo’s Asian elephant herd, and recently celebrated her 40th birthday. Asian elephants are intelligent and extremely social animals, and Siri and her pals Indy, Romani and Kirina certainly lived up to that reputation.

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See You There Don’t feel quite so adventurous? Come anyhow! Designated as one of America’s Top Ten National Heritage Parks, Onondaga Lake Park also has bocce, shuffleboard, historic sites, woodlands, boating, and walking trails . . . there’s something for everyone! Check for use requirements and admission fees to Skatepark. (www.OnondagaCountyParks.com)

A big hit of the day was “Banshi,” a baby red panda that had only just been brought outside from the nursery. Banshi lay in a little hutch, happily chewing at her blanket (she’s teething). Shoved up behind her in her hutch was her “Blue’s Clues” stuffed animal friend, and stretched out beside the hutch was a plush red panda — exactly the same size and coloration as Banshi. In the S.S. Antiquities section, we got to watch a worker fixing a heat lamp while fending off an argumentative dwarf caiman. “I don’t know what her problem is,” he told the vastly amused crowd. “She ate just yesterday.” The beautiful Amur tigers have a large wooded hillside on which to roam, but it’s arranged so that their territory, while long, is also shallow. One tiger was lying against a protective glass wall, so we could

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Anglers Converge From Around the Country and Across the Sea

By Kirk House

Oneida Lake is the biggest body of water entirely within New York, and it’s the state’s biggest fishing destination, apart from the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River. It’s big enough, in fact, to attract professional bass fishermen from across the nation, competing for a quarter-million-dollar purse.

ast year those dollars went to Peter Thlivers of Jacksonville, Florida, who put himself over the top with a smallmouth in the last hour of competition, weighing in his total catch at 39 pounds even. The 2008 Bassmaster® Memorial, which runs from August 7 through 10, includes the ESPN® Outdoor Expo,

a parade, live music, and children’s activities. (www.bassmaster.com) Over in the quaint village of Baldwinsville on the Seneca River © wainwright photography the name of the game is carp, long prized as a sport fish in Europe. “I couldn’t believe it when I first saw it,” says David Moore of the American Carp Society. (www. acstournaments.org) “The waters were teeming with hundreds of carp…. We baited up and had fish on our first cast!” ACS based its first regional competition at Baldwinsville’s historic Red Mill Inn last year (www. theredmillinn.com) — and anglers pulled out over fourteen tons of fish in 50 hours. (A two-person

“I couldn’t believe it when I first saw it,” says David Moore of the American Carp Society. French team came in first with 225 carp, weighing in at 3018 pounds.) Follow the action… or get in on the fun… this year from May 14 through May 19! For help planning YOUR trip, call 1-800-234-4797, or check out www.VisitSyracuse.org.

“…my personal favorite experience at the zoo was the ‘rain forest,’ a large space where tropic birds range free all around you…” actually get our faces and his within 3/4 of an inch. A viewing area is set up like a hut in an abandoned Siberian lumber camp, one which is actually being used today for tiger observation. Not far from the tiger territory, caribou (reindeer) and gray wolves range in adjacent enclosures. Since the caribou is the wolf’s natural prey, I would have thought that exhibiting them together would get on the nerves of both groups, but zoo folks assure me that this is not the case. Caribou and wolves are inextricably linked in the wild, and that’s how we meet them here.

My personal favorite experience at the zoo was the “rain forest,” a large space where tropic birds range free all around you; in fact, now and then you have to duck! They perch literally within reach, exploding with song and with vibrant color. You could easily spend the whole day with them, especially if you have your camera. For help planning YOUR trip, call 1-800-234-4797, or check out www.VisitSyracuse.org. Plan your visit to the wild: www.RosamondGiffordZoo.org Onondaga County Parks

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It’s a tough game and a rough game. By Kirk House

Thwacks and whaps and grunts and stampeding feet make the musical score for the ancient game of lacrosse. Twenty men play on a field where stick checks and body checks are mostly legal. Play runs in three twenty-minute periods, and the clock rarely stops.

Syracuse is home to some intense lacrosse. The modern sport is actually a picnic beside the original Native American game, where a thousand men on each side might square off on a field several miles long. Games often lasted two or three days, and it was not unusual for players to be carried off dead.

Canadian Mohawks reintroduced a more sedate version to New York, ironically during the Civil War. During the twentieth century it became a popular collegiate and scholastic game in the old Iroquois country… often with star players from the Six Nations.

In Onondaga County, which includes the Onondaga Nation, players of all backgrounds and at every level have added lacrosse to their own heritage, beginning with the Onondaga Nation Redhawks. (www.redhawkslax.com) Syracuse University strengthens the tradition, winning NCAA Division I championships ten times in 24 years. (www. suathletics.com) Le Moyne College has carried off the Division II title three out of the last four years. (www. lemoyne.edu/athletics) Onondaga Community College was NJCAA champ in 2006 and 2007. (www. sunyocc.edu) West Genesee High School in Camillus has been state champion 14 times in 27 years, while the West Genesee Lady Cats (with 12-player teams) got the state honor in four of the last seven seasons. Take advantage of your visit, and take in a lacrosse game. You’ll go a long way before you come across so many teams of such high caliber. For help planning YOUR trip, call 1-800-234-4797, or check out www.VisitSyracuse.org.

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Going For The Green by Sue Freeman

stood on the grass in Munro Park in Camillus and watched the translucent green water of Nine Mile Creek slide by. How did it get that color, I wondered? It was an odd green. Not the azure blue-green that’s associated with the Caribbean Sea. This was more of a pea green, but luckily not as thick as pea soup. I could see through it. I’ve paddled many dark brown, tanninstained streams, and others a lighter brown from muddy sediments that were stirred up by heavy rains. But, I had no idea where this odd green came from. I slid my kayak down the sloping wooden steps into the water and steadied it with my paddle as I climbed in. My intent was to paddle with a few friends, the easy, 3.2 miles downstream to a take-out point before the dam in Amboy. After pushing off, I drifted with the mild current as my friends completed their launch. Then, as a group, we dug our paddles into the green water. Along the grassy shores we watched little brown birds flit and tweet in merriment. They seemed unaffected by the odd colored water. Rounding a bend, the creek narrowed and picked up its lazy pace. Trees arched over the banks, making me paddle with purpose to maneuver around them. Approaching Route 5, I had to choose from among four big culverts to paddle safely under the roadway. Luckily, the culverts were big and wide and short enough to be well lit inside. I’ve paddled culverts elsewhere where I had to duck through a dark tunnel – resulting in an uneasy feeling when you’re closed in the cockpit of a kayak. But, no such problem here. I chose one of the middle culverts and sailed right through, paddling with a steady cadence to escape the intrusive buzz of the highway noise. A few more bends to the creek and the road noise dissipated. I was back communing with nature, soaking in the variations of green around me, and once again enjoying the birds’ songs.

Rounding another corner I saw massive stone pillars standing sentinel in the steam. This I expected. I knew I’d be passing under an aqueduct from the Erie Canal. What got my heart racing was the sound of running water. Where was it coming from? Often the sound of running water signals a waterfall - again, not a good prospect when you’re in a

Actually, I paddled under what remains of the aqueduct. When operational, the stone pillars were part of the support system for a trough that was lined in pine and oak timbers to carry the canal water. Back then, this part of the creek would have been in a dark tunnel under the aqueduct. What still exists, that I did paddle under, are the four stone arches that support the towpath where mules pulled barges along the canal. Today this path is a hiking/ biking trail — part of the Erie Canalway Trail. There are plans to someday rebuild the Nine Mile Creek Aqueduct. When finished, it will double the length of canal waterway available for tour boats, dinner cruise boats, and classroom boats that operate out of the Camillus Erie Canal Park on DeVoe Road. (www.eriecanalcamillus.com) I glided easily under the remains of the aqueduct, imagining a team of sweaty mules hauling a cargo-loaded packet boat, years ago. I have the much easier task. Again, the sound of moving water rang in my ears. This time it portended an obstacle Rich Freeman to be dealt with. A small, low, old dam was now breached and offered a fast moving chute. My choice was to run the chute or opt for the short portage around the dam on the right shore. I felt confident in my paddling abilities, so I opted to run it. I lined up strategically to gain a straight shot and paddled furiously. Whee! That was fun. Some of our group chose the portage and we all made it safely downstream. We passed some houses on the right whose backyards bordered the creek, then spotted a wooden platform and steps to the left. That was our signal to pull over and end our fun little paddle. If we had missed this cue, we’d have reached another, larger dam and had no choice but to backtrack to this takeout. Our paddle adventure was over and I still didn’t know why this stream was an odd color green. For help planning YOUR trip, call 1-800-234-4797, or check out www.VisitSyracuse.org. Other helpful information: A map and all the details you need for finding and paddling Nine Mile Creek are available in the guidebook Take A Paddle – Finger Lakes New York Quiet Water for Canoes & Kayaks, www.footprintpress.com, 1-800-431-1579.

“Rounding another corner I saw massive stone pillars standing sentinel in the steam. …What got my heart racing was the sound of running water.”

kayak. One of my friends scouted ahead and reported “all clear.” The running water turned out to be a spillway dumping water from the canal into Nine Mile Creek. Our passage under the aqueduct was unobstructed. An aqueduct is essentially a water-filled bridge designed to carry a canal over a natural waterway. In the early days of canal building, the two had to be kept separate to keep the canal from flooding in spring and draining in summer. This aqueduct carried the Erie Canal over Nine Mile Creek. It was built between November, 1838 and June, 1841 on dry land. When completed, Nine Mile Creek was rerouted under the new aqueduct. All waterways meander with time, but the one I was paddling today was rerouted by man on purpose. You wouldn’t suspect it though. It has the look of a natural creek.

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Top Five Places to Hear Your Fav’ Live Music 1. Mac’s Bad Art Bar A hot spot in Mattydale no less, Mac’s brings in some of the best talent around for you to rock out to in a “bar with an attitude” atmosphere. You can’t miss their bright blue neon “Mac’s” sign! Check out http://www.macsbadartbar.com/ for their upcoming shows.

summarizes the shear opportunity available to young professionals seeking to expand their horizons in a truly captivating and growing area like Syracuse. As you travel through this area it is very easy to recognize how opportunity abounds in the medical, education, high tech, environmental, energy, defense, and emerging green fields.

Syracuse’s quality of life comes in different forms from affordable real estate to great school systems. Other dimensions include plentiful cultural amenities, virtually non-existent traffic congestion, and abundant recreational pursuits. As part of www.its-allhere.com, 40 Below has captured the various dimensions of life in Syracuse, especially within the Top Five section.

2. Bull and Bear Pub In Hanover Square, this bar/eatery turns into a place to bob your head, sing a long and dance when the sun goes down. http://www.bullandbearpub.com.

- jazz music every weekend and many times during the week. Try something new and venture down to this hot spot to hear some cool music. Visit http://www.cnyjazz. org/jazzcentral.asp for a full calendar of events and contact information.

3. The Landmark Theatre A downtown historic site on Salina Street, the Landmark brings in some great acts from around the country in its beautifully refurbished space. http://landmarktheatre.org/ (The War Memorial @ The OnCenter is also a good place to see national acts.) 4. Jazz Central A truly hidden gem at 441 E. Washington Street, Jazz Central, the physical location of The CNY Jazz Arts Foundation, has live - you guessed it

5. Mezzanotte Lounge Voted the best live music venue by the New Times in 2006, you have to visit Mezzanotte in “Little Italy” - 658 N. Salina St. - for a real change of pace. Offering acts from rock and roll to funk, acoustic, jazz and DJ’s spinning techno, Mezzanotte is not to be missed. http://www.myspace. com/mezzanottelounge

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ome to the heart of Upstate New York — where the great outdoors meets the arts and culture, and where a day trip really does take only a day. A recreational paradise, it boasts an abundance of lakes, rivers, mountains and streams. Its cities and towns are places of unique history and rich culture. It’s a place where you can choose your own path to explore and enjoy all that the heartland of New York State has to offer. Located at the convergence of the Finger Lakes, the Thousand Islands and the Adirondacks, the Creative Core (www.creativecoreny.com) is situated in a most desirable location. The region’s abundant fresh-water lakes and streams provide opportunities for boating, swimming, world-class fly-fishing or simply relaxing. If outdoor adventures aren’t for you, the Creative Core also boasts an exciting and vibrant arts and cultural scene. The region offers a wide variety of artistic

Located at the convergence of the Finger Lakes, the Thousand Islands and the Adirondacks, the Creative Core is situated in a most desirable location. experiences, including a world-class symphony, opera, theatrical performances, museums and galleries. The Creative Core is also home to history. It’s where the Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee gave birth to modern day democracy and where salt was once legal tender. Where great social movements for women’s rights and the abolition of slavery were ignited in homes and churches that you can still visit today. With all of this only a few hours away, it’s no wonder why New York’s Creative Core is real, smart and easy.

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