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Dearest Upstate Medical University, It is with the greatest of regrets that I must decline your generous holiday invitation to contract Dengue Fever as part of a vaccine trial aimed at protecting our brave soldiers. Tempting though the offer is, even without the munificent $3,350 fiduciary inducement to the lucky citizenry of Central New York, my dear wife, Leigh, and I confront a plethora of conflicting engagements best attended without the distraction of chills, fever, severe headache, skin rash, diarrhea, bone pain, vomiting, mild bleeding and other seasonal delights. A quick inquiry on the mild bleeding: Isn’t it only “mild” when it’s someone else’s blood? Please know that this was not an easy decision. Upon receiving your beautiful, hand-crafted invitation, I initially mistook it for a December event. As such, I immediately commenced to devise a way to squeeze in a bout of Dengue amid the holiday bustle. Unfettered elation ensued when I surmised that, should we reschedule our Christmas Cookie Bake and blow off Hanukkah altogether, we would create a tidy window in which to contract your mosquito-born scourge. Then I re-read the invitation and realized that testing isn’t expected to start until January. Confound it! Another time, perhaps? Might I impose upon you the task of conveying my regrets to your fellow hosts. As it were, my connections to all things military are mostly tangential, limited to profound admiration from afar and rigorous avoidance to my person of danger. As such, I humbly beseech you to notify of my scheduling conundrum the U.S. Army’s Medical Research and Materiel Command, benefactor of the $12 million that will fund five clinical trials during the next three and a half years. My lack of participation mustn’t be mistaken for lack of gratitude. Were circumstances different, I would enjoy nothing more than to spend a week with my head hanging into a sicky bucket, monitoring myself for signs that the illness might be advancing into the more serious Hemorrhagic Fever, which can damage blood vessels and organs and even promote the sweet gift of eternal repose. Also, should the burden be not too taxing, do forward these sentiments to Rep. John M. Katko along with my congratu-

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ven for Syracuse University football fans who are growing numb to the revolving door of head coaches, this one felt different.

When Paul Pasqualoni was fired after the 2004 season, the feeling was that Pasqualoni’s mostly successful 14-year tenure had run its course. When Greg Robinson was fired in 2008, the feeling was that Robinson shouldn’t let the door hit his youknow-what on the way out. And when Doug Marrone left his “dream job” with the Orange to become coach of the NFL’s Buffalo Bills after the 2012 season, the feeling was that Marrone had blindsided the program by figuratively loading up the moving van in the middle of the night. When Marrone departed for Buffalo, then-athletic director Daryl Gross named Marrone’s defensive coordinator, Scott Shafer, as head coach. Shafer’s three-year run ended last Saturday, Nov. 28, with a last-second 20-17 win over Boston College and lots of love from fans and players who recognized that Shafer is a good guy who genuinely believed that it was equally important to produce outstanding men as it was to produce outstanding football players. But you don’t get invited to bowl games because your team is filled with a bunch of upstanding young men. So new athletic director Mark Coyle dismissed Shafer and his entire coaching staff Nov. 23 — three

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days before Thanksgiving and five days before the Boston College game. Shafer’s final record: 14-23, including 7-17 the past two years. “It’s about people, and Scott’s as good a guy as you’re going to meet in college football,” said Tim Daoust, SU’s assistant head coach under Shafer. “Wish it had a different ending, but you’ve got to win more games. Don’t let anybody tell you anything different. You’ve got to win more games.” Saturday’s win over Boston College snapped a seven-game losing streak that had torpedoed SU’s first 3-0 start since 1991. The game ended on SU kicker Cole Murphy’s 35-yard field goal, and what followed next showed how people feel about Scott Shafer. After Shafer shook hands with Eagles coach Steve Addazio, Orange senior offensive linemen Rob Trudo and Nick Robinson hoisted Shafer on their shoulders and carried him to the end zone, where the players had gathered for the traditional post-game playing of SU’s alma mater by the student band. Even before the song ended, the players started hugging Shafer and thanking him, while SU fans in the sections overlooking the end zone chanted, “Thank you, Shafer!” The Orange players who were made available for

interviews after the game all said they wanted to win the game for Shafer and were glad that Trudo and Robinson carried him off the field. “Since I’ve been here he’s been like a father to us,” said redshirt freshman cornerback Cordell Hudson, who had one of SU’s two interceptions against BC. “I know (this season) didn’t go the way we wanted it to. But we knew this game, we had to win it for him. “We were like his sons, so take away a father from his sons, it’s going to be a little emotional,” Hudson added. SU sophomore linebacker Zaire Franklin said Shafer’s post-game speech reinforced his continuous message that the players need to make good decisions on and off the field. “He was just saying, first and foremost, if anyone ever needed anything, he’s got our back,” Franklin said. “That he’s always just one phone call away, regardless of wherever he is in the country.” For his part, Shafer took the high road in his post-game news conference. He made a statement that lasted 90 seconds, and walked off without answering what would have likely been sensitive questions about the timing of the firing and whether he thought he was given enough time to build the program after Marrone bolted in the heat of recruiting season with half the coaching staff. “Great victory for our seniors — really excited for them. Wish it was celebrating eight or nine wins and going to a bowl game and all those types of things, but it’s four wins, and it’s better than three,” Shafer said. “More importantly, I just want to thank Syracuse University for giving me a shot to be their coach. I want to thank the community and the communities both on campus and in Syracuse, especially in Fayetteville, and all the people that have been there for Missy and I, helping us raise our two kids for the past seven years.”

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At this point, Shafer started to choke up. But with his wife, Missy, encouraging him from the back of the room, Shafer finished up. “I want to thank my coaches, (their) 11 wives (and) 27 children on this staff, busting their (butts) for me and my family. God bless our brothers and sisters at Fort Drum, especially the 10th Mountain Division. Hoorah for those men and women that protect our country! God bless this community and go Orange. That’s it.” Now it’s up to Coyle, who left the room before Shafer addressed the media, to make good on his promise to incoming recruits that he would make a quick hire. While Coyle has not tipped his hand regarding several coaches with impressive resumes who have been reported as potential candidates, this much is certain: The Orange may get a better coach, but they won’t get a better person. “Positive guy, great person,” said sophomore wide receiver Steve Ishmael. “When we used to go to his house in the off-season, he would treat us just like family, offer us food and stuff like that. I love him, man.” Orange Hoopsters Win Atlantis, NCAA Appeal While the SU football team awaits another rebuild, the men’s basketball team returned to the top 25 after defeating two ranked teams, Connecticut and Texas A&M, to win last week’s Battle 4 Atlantis tournament in the Bahamas. And that wasn’t even the best news of the week as Syracuse won its appeal of the NCAA Committee on Infractions decision and will get one scholarship back per year over the next four seasons. Originally, the Orange was going to lose 12 scholarships over four years, but it was reduced to eight. SU also received a $1.23 million reduction in the financial penalty imposed by the Committee on Infractions. SU’s basketball program still has to vacate 101 wins, and the NCAA has not yet ruled on Coach Jim Boeheim’s individual appeal of his nine-game Atlantic Coast Conference suspension that’s scheduled to start Dec. 30. “Although the appellate panel did not grant every one of our requests, it recognized there was merit in our appeal,” Kevin Quinn, SU’s senior vice president for public affairs, said in a statement. “We simply sought to be judged according to the same standards as other institutions, and we did our best to achieve that goal.” SNT

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ared Paventi’s usual order at the Brooklyn Pickle is roast pork on light rye, with mayonnaise, tomato and onion. But sometimes he can’t resist the Brooklyn Pickle Special, a melange of shaved corned beef and pastrami on dark rye, with Swiss cheese and Russian dressing.

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Paventi included the Brooklyn Pickle Special as part of a series titled “Iconic Syracuse,” the foods he served up earlier this year on his blog, Al Dente: An Eater’s Journey. “If the Brooklyn Pickle is Syracuse’s king of sandwiches,’’ Paventi writes, “this is their crown.’’ Paventi grew up in Central New York and lives in the western suburbs of Syracuse. He’s a cook and an “eater’’ (not a “foodie”) and says the Brooklyn Pickle reminds him of the delis he frequents when he visits family on Long Island. The Pickle gets icon status, he says, because “there’s nothing else like it in Syracuse.’’ “The Brooklyn Pickle is reliable. It has its place, its niche. It has value: There’s quality there. The soups are good and homemade. When you think about what they’re doing in volume . . . that’s history and name recognition. “It’s just a good place to go and grab a sandwich. As long as the line isn’t too long — which it always is, because it’s the Brooklyn Pickle.’’ The Brooklyn Pickle is celebrating its 40th year in business this year. The official anniversary was celebrated in July, with specials like $4 sandwiches, 40-cent side dishes, raffles and a vacation giveaway. Like Heid’s of Liverpool, Twin Trees, Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, Harrison Bakery and others, the Brooklyn Pickle is a Salt City institution. It’s the type of place where you take visitors to give them a real taste of Syracuse. For many transplanted Central New Yorkers, it’s the first stop for a “taste of home” when they return for a visit. No one could be more pleased with the popularity and staying power of the Pickle than owner Kenneth Sniper. “It’s a tough business,’’ Sniper says. “You have to be committed. You have to have a passion to stick with it.’’ Sniper grew up down the street from the Brooklyn Pickle’s east location, 2222 Burnet Ave., and lives nearby. He likes to say he’s been on Burnet Avenue since age 4. He attended St. Vincent de Paul School and later Onondaga Community College and SUNY Geneseo. He worked as a teacher and a probation officer but knew he wanted to have his own business. He opened the Brooklyn Pickle in summer 1975 in a 13-by25-foot space within a small clapboard building at the corner of Midler and Burnet avenues. He had $2,200 in his pocket, he says, and a determination to serve Syracuse the best sandwich and the best pickles, reminiscent of the sandwiches and pickles he enjoyed on trips to Brooklyn to visit family. In those days, Sniper built the sandwiches himself. Two years later, he opened a second Brooklyn Pickle, on West Genesee Street near Tipperary Hill, where the Byrne Dairy is now. In 1984 the shop moved across the street to its current location, 1600 W. Genesee St., site of a former gas station. The Brooklyn Pickle isn’t a kosher deli and it’s not a traditional New York-style deli, with meats roasted and cured on site. Sniper calls the Brooklyn Pickle a “sandwich shop’’ that serves “Syracuse-style sandwiches.” Or, as the neon sign in the window on West Genesee Street declares, “GIANT SANDWICHES.’’ A half sandwich contains four ounces of meat. A whole sandwich is stuffed with eight ounces of meat. Either way, it’s a tall

Tasty images from the Brooklyn Pickle location at 2222 Burnet Ave.

sandwich. Use both hands, squeeze it slightly and open wide. The Pickle uses breads and rolls from New York Bakery, near Lakeland. Two kinds of pickles, kosher dills and half-sours, come from United Pickle Co., in the Bronx. The deli meat? That’s a trade secret Sniper prefers not to share, except to say that the meats are sliced fresh daily. In 1975, corned beef was king. Today, it’s turkey, hundreds of pounds of it each week. “People are all about the white meat now,’’ Sniper says with a smile. The sandwich and sub menu has expanded over the years to include soups (usually four a day), salads and comfort-food specials at each location, like chicken and biscuits, chicken riggies, shepherd’s pie and macaroni and cheese. Neptune stew is always on the menu. It features crabmeat, shrimp, clams, mushrooms, onions and peppers in a tomato-based sauce. Desserts, including oversized chocolate chip cookies, brownies and cream cheese brownies, are baked on the premises. Both Brooklyn Pickle locations are open Mondays through Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sniper’s goal every day, he says, is to serve “the best product in the least amount of time in the most pleasant manner possible.’’ “When someone comes in here, I don’t want to see them waiting in line for a long time,’’ Sniper says. “This might sound corny, but it’s about the customer.’’ Success in business is also about giving back to the community that supports you, Sniper says. He’s a major supporter of youth sports programs and charitable organizations in Syracuse and Central New York. Michael Johnson drives a truck for Paul de Lima Coffee and lives in the Finger Lakes village of Naples. He stops in the Brooklyn Pickle’s west location every opportunity he gets, which is usually once a week. He used to work in restaurants in Syracuse and lived in an apartment at the corner of West Genesee Street and Willis Avenue for a time. Johnson’s usual order is a roast beef sandwich. He marvels at the efficiency of the place, even when there’s a long line. And he can’t get enough of the pickles. “I wish they would open one out this way,’’ Johnson says. Sniper gets that request a lot — “I wish you would open Brooklyn Pickle in Baldwinsville or Buffalo or Rome’’ — and it makes him happy. But he has no plans to expand beyond the two locations, he says. Also in a leadership role is Brooklyn Pickle vice president Craig Kowadla, who Sniper considers a son. Kowadla handles much of the day-to-day operations and travels between the two shops. He has introduced Brooklyn Pickle branding, like

the smiling pickle logo (with the Brooklyn Bridge in the background) on carry-out bags and apparel such as colorful T-shirts and hoodies. Kowadla also helped to streamline things like catering and online ordering. “We’ve adapted,” he says. “We’re grown a lot.’’ So how does a place with such a long track record stay fresh? “When you become an institution, people almost don’t want you to be fresh,’’ Sniper says. “They want that familiarity. On the flip side, you can’t be staid.’’ Bill Lipke remembers the original, cramped Brooklyn Pickle on Burnet Avenue. (He also recalls playing basketball against Ken Sniper in high school.) Lipke lives near Baldwinsville and works in downtown Syracuse, which gives him easy access to both Brooklyn Pickle locations on occasion. His usual order: corned beef on dark rye. “Not good for the cholesterol,’’ Lipke says, voice trailing off. “Forty years is a long time,’’ Lipke adds. “Ken has a great crew and he does a lot for the community. And the food is top-notch.’’ At 67, Sniper has slowed down — somewhat. He often can be found in his mural-lined office, located off the kitchen downstairs at the 11,000-squarefoot Brooklyn Pickle on Burnet. He spends more time at his summer residence on Otisco Lake and his winter place in Florida. Yet he doesn’t consider himself ready for retirement. “I love the customers and our employees,’’ Sniper says. “I’m here pretty much every day.’’ For information on the Brooklyn Pickle’s Burnet location, call 463-1851. For the West Genesee shop, call 487-8000. SNT Margaret McCormick is a freelance writer and editor in Syracuse. She blogs about food at eatfirst.typepad.com. Follow her on Twitter, connect on Facebook or email her at mmccormicksnt@gmail.com. syracusenewtimes.com | 12.02.15 - 12.08.15

Heidi (right) and Cory Burghardt at the Baldwinsville YMCA. Michael Davis photos

Georgia Popoff.

FROM POETS TO POTTERY There’s something for everyone at the YMCA Arts Branch

By Carl Mellor ore than 70 people came to the downtown YMCA on Nov. 4 for poetry readings by Martha Collins and Minnie Bruce Pratt. They read their work in a room that’s often used for Zumba classes and other forms of exercise.

The setting didn’t diminish the quality of the readings, but it did emphasize the integration of the Downtown Writers Center into the YMCA’s Arts Branch. Over the past 15 years, the Downtown Writers Center, 340 Montgomery St., has hosted readings by poets, novelists and other writers. Gregory Pardlo read there just weeks before receiving a Pulitzer Prize in poetry. W.D. Snodgrass, another poet who won the Pulitzer, gave his last public reading at the YMCA. They are part of a group of writers from Central New York and across the United States who have appeared at the YMCA. Bruce Smith, Jennifer Pashley and Michael Burkard, all of whom have ties to this area, have read there. B.H. Fairchild voiced poems describing welders, oil field roughnecks and a baseball player who didn’t make it into the big leagues. Judith Harris has come to the YMCA several times to deliver poems dealing with mortality, with the temporary nature of friends, loved ones, the leaves in the backyard, and more. Yet those readings are just one part of the Arts Branch. Phil Memmer, the program’s executive director, says its goal is to be affordable, comprehensive and accessible to adults and children with a range

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of abilities. And so, the Downtown Writers Center has long offered poetry, non-fiction and other classes for adults who are new writers and those with more advanced skills. In addition, the Arts Branch, in conjunction with the Syracuse City School District, provides free after-school arts education for 800 students a week at four city schools: Roberts Pre-K-8, and Hughes, Salem Hyde and McKinley-Brighton elementary schools. Outside the city, the YMCA branches in Fayetteville and Baldwinsville each have fully equipped arts studios, where YMCA members of all ages can take seven-week classes in ceramics, dance, painting and other arts. At the downtown YMCA, the Young Authors Academy offers 10-week classes in fiction, poetry and comics/graphic fiction for middle school and high school students. The classes are designed for students intensely interested in writing. “It’s for kids who are on fire to write,” said Georgia Popoff, the workshops coordinator for the Downtown Writers Center. “They come on a Saturday for two hours, learn with their peers, and have their work critiqued by professional writers.”

Phil Memmer.

She also noted that the academy encourages participants to work together. During fall 2014, academy students produced “The Library of Lost Thoughts,” an anthology of their writing. The Young Authors Academy fits under the umbrella of a larger program, Y-Arts Scholarships, which funds 250 scholarships yearly for disadvantaged youth from Syracuse. “The program is completely individualized,” Memmer said. “It offers slots at the Young Authors Academy or a week at the Y-Arts Camp during the summer. There’s one-on-one instruction in playing the violin, guitar or another instrument. We’ve assisted a high school artist in refining a portfolio and enhancing an application for college.” From one perspective, the Arts Branch’s programs seem substantial. From another, they weren’t all developed during one year, and they certainly aren’t the first instance of a YMCA doing cultural programming. YMCAs in New York City and other cities have long sponsored lectures by prominent authors and other activities. Locally, the Arts Branch originated in 1999 when Memmer met with Hal Welch of the local YMCA to discuss programming extending beyond a mix of basketball, swimming and other athletics.

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In a related happening, the Metropolitan School for the Arts, a downtown agency running low-cost and no-cost arts programs, had closed its doors. That influenced Popoff, a poet and ardent promoter of poetry, to initiate some writing classes at the YMCA. Ultimately, the Downtown Writers Center began hosting poetry readings as well as writing classes and workshops. Later, the YMCA added arts studios to its Baldwinsville and Fayetteville branches. The expansion over 15 years couldn’t have happened without financial support. The Y-Arts Scholars program, for example, started only when a Syracuse couple, Linda and John Pennisi, donated seed money. Today, funds from Delta Airlines sustain Y-Arts. In addition, the Arts Branch receives funding from Onondaga County, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the

New York State Education Department. According to Memmer, the 2016 budget is roughly $1 million. Over the years, the YMCA’s Arts Branch has grown significantly but retained several key operating principles. It functions with a fairly lean staff: Three full-time employees include Memmer, Dani Mosko, coordinator of the Fayetteville YMCA studio, and Kat Kane, who plays a similar role at the Baldwinsville Y. Moreover, the Arts Branch assumes that all its programs have import. Scheduling a Syracuse reading by Charles Simic, when he was poet laureate of the United States, has value. Helping a 10th-grade student to improve her or his creative skills also has value. Memmer has said that “our mission is to enrich lives through education and helping people get involved in the visual, literary and performing arts.” SNT

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synths) to their full, understated advantage. “Static Noise” grows and contracts like a beating heart, “Slow Divorce” is haunting and “Grift & Grum” may well be the most laid-back pop track of all time. The players might not break a sweat on this CD, but they don’t need to, either, as they make your thoughts tick like a clock with the steady, slowed beat of the music. Just sit back, close your eyes and drift into dreams without sleeping at all. Major Player’s CD release party takes place Wednesday, Dec. 9, 8 p.m., at Funk ’n Waffles Downtown, 307 S. Clinton St. Tickets are $5. Kimberly Schad. Mystic Kingdom (independent). Hitting firmly on the pulse of the popular alternative/electronic movement, Schad’s debut EP could fit well with any of the monsters of the genre. Intricate and dependent on the thick production, it incorporates tastes and instruments that span the gamut. “Secret” brings a Latin-flavored sway, thanks to Kevin Farrel’s guitar, while “Mystic Kingdom” offers an electronic symphony of sound. Although Schad comes from a musical family and has been performing in Syracuse since 2010, she’s still getting out as a solo artist who plays an overwhelming majority of original songs. This EP marks a mostly solo effort, as Schad wrote and played nearly every track as well as produced, arranged, mixed and mastered. For more information, visit kimberlyschad.com. Schad hosts a CD release party on Friday, Dec. 4, 8 p.m., at Eastwood’s Palace Theatre, 2384 James St. Admission is free. SNT

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As if it was really necessary, Harvest was rehearsing, going over the starts and stops, syncopations, twining guitar leads, beginnings and endings, and the general order of a timeworn set list that has been accumulating since the summer when Richard Nixon resigned. First up was “Rollin’ Down the Road,” a boogie-shuffle that as much as anything characterizes a veteran rock outfit that thinks of itself, with genuine appropriation, as the “original upstate outlaws.” All of this was in preparation for a show that began as an impromptu Halloween party in a barn outside Cazenovia in 1975. Forty years down the road, the event known as the Harvest Ball, or a facsimile officially (and enigmatically) described as the “Harvest Reunion 2015: So What!” by guitarist-pedal steel player Jay Coretti, reappeared at Critz Farms outside Cazenovia on Saturday, Nov. 28, not far from the original site. If Harvest has successfully eluded the attention of the Central New York rock scene, it has thrived over these years by building a dedicated, cult-worthy following by living in the rural outback “south of Route 20,” according to keyboardist-saxophonist Tom Link. This legacy has included back road venues such as Slabsides Inn in Erieville, the Ozark Inn in Delphi Falls, Mystic Mountain (a.k.a. Fairbanks Ridge) Ski Center in New Woodstock, Owagena Manor in Cazenovia, the Plymouth Millhouse in Plymouth — all of which are long defunct — as well as the Georgetown Inn and the Whitetail outside Chittenango, and in various other barns. One of those barns, the home of an arcane collection of cultural esoterica belonging to Link, hosted a celebration of Coretti’s 70th birthday last April. That event offered Harvest a chance to reunite and plan its first public appearance since 2005, the previous Harvest Ball. Looking back on that record, bassist, vocalist and bandleader Dennis McGuire exuded a refreshed passion for what the Harvest Ball had become over the years: a seasonal rite of both passage and pre-

Harvest circa 1994 as they hold a 20-year-old band photo. From left, Steve Davies, Dan Owens, Dennis McGuire and Tom Link. Michael Davis photo

dictability, usually on Halloween or thereabouts, where a reliable throng of regulars gather to connect with a shared passion for an altered, un-self-conscious form of self-expression. Understandably, this kind of generational event could easily slip permanently into the realm of inflated nostalgia, but not this time. With the enthusiastic support of Critz Farms, a venue better known for selling pumpkins and Christmas trees, the reunion/ ball notion lurched forward, with information posted on social media and ducats for sale on the brownpapertickets.com website. The entire allotment of 150 tickets (at $12 a piece) was sold out in 19 hours. Moreover, it was obvious that the demand actually exceeded that and left “a lot of people disappointed,” according to McGuire. The event itself was both a flashback and a flash-forward, a reconvening of a constituency that had faded into the hills and then, upon command, seeped back out, a vibrant matrix of dormant enthusiasm for the tried and the true that needed only the slightest spark to reignite it. It was a night of rockin’ blues, boogie and shuffle, with a dance beat to all of it, with a repertoire as familiar and as comfort-

able as an old flannel shirt. Music from Commander Cody, The Doors, The Beatles and Marshall Tucker commingled with the Allman Brothers, the Grateful Dead, Stevie Ray Vaughan and The Band. Guitarists Steve Davies and Todd Fitzsimmons traded sinuous leads, gray hair spilled from do-rags, the capacity crowd bucked and swayed, hooting and yelping as if each old favorite had ended too soon, as if it was all brand new. Time, for a while anyway, had surrendered to its past. This wasn’t lost on drummer Dan Owens who, like all but Fitzsimmons, is an alumnus of the original Harvest Ball. “These people needed this, they needed to do what they did,” he observed later. And the future? “This was a flash,” Owens said. “There are currently no concrete plans for another installment.” But who knows? After all, the Harvest Ball has been pronounced dead before. Long live the Harvest Ball! SNT

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SALT CITY CLASSIC ROCKERS ROCK ON

In February 2014, the Syracuse New Times world headquarters was invaded by Nick Caplan, program director at WNDR-FM 95.3 (The Dinosaur), Ron Wray, dubbed “Syracuse’s music authority,” and several Dino jocks for a meeting to discuss a Caplan brainstorm. Caplan’s idea was to mount a monthly music series to be hosted at an area venue with the purpose of featuring reunions of classic rock acts from Syracuse’s hallowed, harmonic past. The shows would be recorded for posterity, with tracks from each event earmarked for a subsequent CD release produced by Wray under the umbrella title The History of Syracuse Rock and Roll: Then and Now. As meetings to discuss the music series increased, so did Caplan’s expanding entourage, as more musicians and jocks accompanied their leader and his vision quest. Yet Caplan, Wray and company remained upbeat despite the most pressing issue facing the reunion attempts--namely the number of instrumentalists and singers who have since entered rock’n’roll heaven. With other musicians happily filling in for the dearly departed, however, the shows kicked off on July 13, 2014, with Don Barber and the Dukes plus the Livin’ Ennd (featuring guest vocalist Mike “Baron Daemon” Price) playing to a packed house at Liverpool’s Maplewood Inn. Two other concerts followed at the Maplewood, then the series decamped to set up a permanent residence within the roomier space of Pensebene’s Casa Grande, 135 State Fair Blvd., where eight more shows were held until last June. Pensebene’s will be the location for the much-anticipated CD release party on Sunday, Dec. 6, 5 to 8 p.m. There will be performances by The Nightcaps, The Outcasts and Timeline, plus CDs will be available for purchase. Admission is $5, and the show will also be collecting canned goods for donations to the Central New York Food Bank. The double-CD effort provides a welcome update to Wray’s previous vinyl volumes of History of Syracuse Rock LPs from the 1970s and 1980s, with smooth

mixing and mastering chores accomplished by SubCat Studios. Nearly two hours of ear candy are featured amid the 31 tracks. Don Barber and the Dukes kick off with an old-timey rocker, “Let’s Go, Let’s Go, Let’s Go,” with some tasty guitar licks from Chuck Cavallaro, followed by the Livin Ennd’s lively “Brown Sugar.” Art Robins’ hearty rendition of “Shout,” which kept the Maplewood audience on the dance floor, also features some call-and-responses from Robins’ young grandkids who sat right up front. And the funk-driven seven-minute “Gonna Have a House Party” from the talented Hoffmann Family Band is a sonic showstopper. Elsewhere on the first CD, The AdVentures’ take on the theme to TV’s Hawaii Five-O seems even spacier, at times recalling the styles of 1950s-era lounge-music specialist Esquivel. The Coachmen’s Christmas party, held Dec. 14, 2014, also featured the band backing up some local luminaries, such as baritone Bob Brown’s version of “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.” Also that night was a blistering performance of “Not Fade Away,” which begins with ace guitarist Dave Porter handling some shtick with his mannequin sidekick Bob before launching into the rocker with harmonica ace Skip Murphy, here channeling his inner Toots Thielemans. The second CD has even more pleasures, such as the Lawless Brothers’ grungy, growling interpretation of “Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo,” the Fab Cats providing an affectionate pair of Beatles covers and Courtney Woods lending her pretty vocals to “I Only Want to Be with You” with Timeline.

Clockwise from left, Sandy Bigtree, The Coachmen with Joe Neri, Art Robins and Dinosaur program director Nick Caplan. Phil D. Rapper photos

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MUSIC

L I ST E D IN CH RONOLOGI C A L OR D ER:

W E D N E S DAY 12/ 2 Tar Iguana. Wed. Dec. 2, 8 p.m. Chameleonic

indie band experiments with reggae, funk, prog rock and more at Funk N Waffles, 307 S. Clinton St. $5. funknwaffles.ticketfly.com.

T H U R S DAY 12/3 City and Colour. Thurs. 8 p.m. Dallas Green brings his popular toned-down side project, plus the Hurry and the Harm at the State Theatre, 107 W. State St., Ithaca. $32.50. (607) 2778283, stateofithaca.com. American Babies. Thurs. 9 p.m. Philadel-

phia-based improv rockers visit, plus The Frontier and Rabid River Boys at the Westcott Theater, 524 Westcott St. $15. 299-8886, thewestcotttheater.com.

Spring Street Family Band. Thurs. 9 p.m.

Whatever song or genre, Spring Street can play it with an extra groovy touch, plus Kissa the Spritz at Funk N Waffles, 307 S. Clinton St. $10. funknwaffles.ticketfly.com.

F R I DAY 12/4 Matisyahu. Fri. 8 p.m. The rapper celebrates his 10th anniversary with stripped-down versions of his reggae fusion releases, plus Kevin Kinsella at the State Theatre, 107 W. State St., Ithaca. $25, $30, $35. (607) 277-8283, stateofithaca.com.

Duelle. Fri. 9 p.m. The electronica evening also features Egnaro and SU student Benny Yella at the Westcott Theater, 524 Westcott St. $10/ advance, $12/door. 299-8886, thewestcotttheater.com.

Joe Marcinek Band. Fri. 9 p.m. Marcinek

and his ever-changing lineup of musicians visits Funk N Waffles, 307 S. Clinton St. $12-$15. funknwaffles.ticketfly.com.

S AT U R DAY 12/5 Queen Village Christmas. Sat. 1 & 7 p.m.

Local musical talent performs two holiday concerts at the Trinity Church Community Coffeehouse, 98 Main St., Camden. Donations welcome for the Camden Food Pantry. 245-1987.

Lauren Mettler. Sat. 2 p.m. Enjoy an after-

noon of easy-listening holiday-themed folk at the Earlville Opera House, 18 E. Main St., Earlville. Pay as you want. 691-3550, earlvilleoperahouse.com

Cambini and Bilson. Sat. 7:30 p.m. Malcolm

Bilson on fortepiano with the Cambini Winds in a NYS Baroque concert at First Unitarian Universalist Society, 109 Waring Road. $25/adults, $20/ seniors, $10/students, free/children grades 3-12. (607) 301-0604.

Eileen Ivers. Sat. 8 p.m. The “Jimi Hendrix of

the violin” presents her holiday show at the Center for the Arts, 72 S. Main St., Homer. $33/ general, $28/seniors, $15/students, free/military,

veterans, children under age 18. (877) 749-ARTS, center4art.org.

Max Creek. Sat. 8 p.m. The Northeast progressive rock band headlines a very funky show that also features Gridline and Big Foot at the Westcott Theater, 524 Westcott St. $20/advance, $25/ door. 299-8886, thewestcotttheater.com. Grace Potter. Sat. 8 p.m. The popular rocker

visits the State Theatre, 107 W. State St., Ithaca. $25, $35. $45. (607) 277-8283. stateofithaca.com.

Ruddy Well Band. Sat. 8 p.m. The Syracuse

folk outfit offers an intimate evening of homegrown music at the Nelson Odeon, 4035 Nelson Road, Nelson. $20, $22. 655-9193, nelsonodeon. com.

Tryx. Sat. 8:30 p.m. The longtime local rock band featuring Caryn Patterson and Kevin McNamara reunite at the Kallet Theater, 4842 N. Jefferson St., Pulaski. $5. 298-0007. Big Mean Sound Machine. Sat. 9 p.m.

Bring your dancing shoes for the Ithaca-based experimental funk band, plus Grayak at Funk N Waffles, 307 S. Clinton St. $10. funknwaffles. ticketfly.com.

S U N DAY 12/6 Old-Time Music Jam. Every Sun. 1 p.m. Jam

session for all sorts of ramblers and pickers is open to both spectators and players, followed by a potluck dinner at 5 p.m. Kellish Hill Farm, 3192 Pompey Center Road, Manlius. $5/suggested donation. 682-1578.

The Outcasts, The Nightcaps, Timeline.

Sun. 5-8 p.m. The vintage Salt City bands celebrate the CD release of The History of Syracuse Rock’n’Roll Then and Now at Pensebene’s Casa Grande, 135 State Fair Blvd. $5; donations welcome for canned good for the Food Bank. 472-DINO.

Madball. Sun. 6 p.m. Freddy Cricien’s hard-

core outfit comes into town, plus White Water Pact, Snapmare, Meth Mouth and 40 Dead Men at the Lost Horizon, 5863 Thompson Road. $14/advance, $16/door 446-1934. thelosthorizon.com.

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Mannheim Steamroller. Tues. 7:30 p.m. Famous Artists brings in the Chip Davis rock-infused holiday show to the Landmark Theatre, 362 S. Salina St. $39, $51, $62, $75. 424-8210, landmarktheatre.org.

W E D N E S DAY 12/9

Just Joe. (Flat Iron Grill, 1333 Buckley Road),

6 p.m.

Karaoke. (Phoenix American Legion, 9 Oswego River Road, Phoenix), 6:30 p.m.

Karaoke. (Pricker Bush, 3642 Route 57, Oswego), 8 p.m.

Acoustic Guitar Project. Wed. Dec. 9, 8 p.m. Join Eddie Zacholl, Kim Monroe & Chris Eves, Jeff Jones, Joe Driscoll and Donna Dennihy in this international songwriting project. Jazz Central, 441 E. Washington St. $12. 479-5299, Wordsandmusci.info.

Major Player. Wed. Dec. 9, 8 p.m. Major Player

holds an EP release party, plus The Nudes at Funk N Waffles, 307 S. Clinton St. $10. funknwaffles.ticketfly.com.

C LU B D AT E S

Karaoke. (Tin Rooster, Turning Stone Resort, Verona), 9 p.m.

Karaoke w/DJ Chill. (Singers, 1345 Milton Ave.), 9 p.m.

Kh’Mi. (Muddy Waters, 2 Oswego St., Baldwinsville), 7 p.m.

Mark Nanni & The Intention. (Dolce Vita,

907 E. Genesee St.), 8 p.m.

O’Hara & Halloran. (Lakehouse Pub, 6 W. Genesee St., Skaneateles), 6 p.m.

Open Mike. (Buffalo’s, 2119 Downer St., Baldwinsville), 7 p.m.

W E D N E S DAY 12/ 2

Open Mike. (Kellish Hill Farm, 3191 Pompey

Cadleys. (Ridge Tavern, 1281 Salt Springs Road,

Chittenango), 7 p.m.

Dave Miller & Jay Moynihan. (Dinosaur BarB-Que, 246 W. Willow St.), 8 p.m.

Frenay & Lenin. (Sheraton University Inn, 801 University Ave.), 5 p.m.

Golden Novak Band. (Oak & Vine at Springside Inn, 6141 W. Lake Road), 8 p.m.

Just Joe. (Jake’s Grub & Grog, 7 E. River Road, Central Square), 6 p.m. Karaoke w/Mr. Automatic. (Singers, 1345 Mil-

ton Ave.), 9 p.m.

Open Mike. (Funk N Waffles, 727 S. Crouse Ave.), 7:30 p.m.

Open Mike w/Greg Hoover. (Basta on the

River, 7 Syracuse St.), 9 p.m.

Scott Dennis. (Le Moyne Plaza, 1135 Salt

Springs Road), noon.

Center Road, Manlius), 7 p.m.

Open Mike w/Greg Hoover. (Basta on the

River, 7 Syracuse St., Baldwinsville), 7 p.m.

Open Mike w/Velveeta Nightmare Band.

(Mac’s Bad Art Bar, 1799 Brewerton Road, Mattydale), 9 p.m.

Open Turntable Night. (Funk N Waffles, 727 S. Crouse Ave.), 8 p.m.

Steve Laureti. (Turquoise Tiger, Turning Stone Resort, Verona), 8 p.m.

Tim Herron. (Coleman’s Authentic Irish Pub, 100 S. Lowell St.), 9 p.m.

TJ Sacco. (Limp Lizard, 4628 Onondaga Blvd.),

6 p.m.

F R I DAY 12/4 Acoustic Fridays. (Owera Vineyards, 5276 E. Lake Road, Cazenovia), 6 p.m.

Anna Vogel & Friends. (Greenwood Winery, 6475 Collamer Road, East Syracuse), 8 p.m.

T H U R S DAY 12/3

Anthony Joseph Swingtet. (Bistro 197, 197

Arty Lenin. (Old City Hall, 159 Water St.), 6 p.m.

West St., Oswego), 7 p.m.

DJ Gary Dunes. (Asil’s Pub, 220 Chapel Drive),

6 p.m.

Bartoonz. (Cicero American Legion, 5575 Legionnaire Drive, Cicero), 8:30 p.m.

York songwriters Mathis Grey, Brian Francis and Autumn take the stage. Funk N Waffles, 307 S. Clinton St. $5. funknwaffles.ticketfly. com.

Degenerators. (Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, 246 W. Willow St.), 8 p.m.

Bill Horace Trio. (Hancock Airport, 1000 Col.

Donna Colton, Marty Golanka, Dan Cleveland & Mark Zane. (Buzz Café, 527 Charles

Black Water. (JP’s Tavern, 109 Syracuse St.,

The Justice League. Sun. 7:30 p.m. The trio

Ave.), 6:30 p.m.

Storyteller Series. Sun. 6 p.m. Central New

recreates The Who’s Live at Leeds album at the Auburn Public Theater, 8 Exchange St., Auburn. $15. 253-6669, auburnpublictheater.org.

M O N DAY 12/ 7 Pearly Baker’s Best. Every Mon. 9 p.m. The

weekly Grateful Dead night jams on at Funk N Waffles, 307 S. Clinton St. $5. funknwaffles. ticketfly.com.

T U E S DAY 12/8 Butternut Creek Revival. Tues. 7:30 p.m.

Also on the folkie double bill is area favorite Mike Sisto. Funk N Waffles, 307 S. Clinton St. $5. funknwaffles.ticketfly.com.

Dueling Pianos. (The Gig, Turning Stone Resort, Verona), 9 p.m. DVDJ Biggie. (Lava Nightclub, Turning Stone Resort, Verona), 10 p.m.

E Ruckus. (Colonial Inn, 3071 Route 370, Meridian), 7 p.m.

Easy Ramblers, Boots N Shorts. (Shifty’s,

1401 Burnet Ave.), 8 p.m.

Golden Novak Duo. (Byblos Bar & Grill, 316 S. Clinton St.), 10 p.m.

Irv Lyons Jr. & Edgar Pagan w/Sirsy. (Moondog’s Lounge, 24 State St., Auburn), 7 p.m.

John Spillett Jazz-Pop Duo. (TS Steakhouse, Turning Stone Resort, Verona), 6 p.m.

Eileen Collins Blvd., North Syracuse), 11 a.m.

Baldwinsville), 7 p.m.

Bob Holz. (Bombadil’s Tavern, 575 Main St.

Phoenix), 8 p.m.

Bomb Rocks. (The Gig, Turning Stone Resort, Verona), 9 p.m.

Brian Alexander. (Coleman’s Authentic Irish Pub, 100 S. Lowell Ave.), 10 p.m.

Budd Zunga Band. (World of Beer, Destiny USA), 8 p.m.

Chris Taylor & Custom Taylor Band. (Stone

Lounge, 158 Main St., Cortland), 7:30 p.m.

Country Rose Band. (Amber Inn, 2424 Otisco Valley Road, Marietta), 9:30 p.m.

Dirtroad Ruckus. (Tin Rooster, Turning Stone Resort, Verona), 10 p.m.

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4th

I AM FOOL Presented By

Aladdin. Every Sat. 12:30 p.m.; closes Dec.

2 p.m.; closes Dec. 19. The Central New York Playhouse troupe presents Jean Shepherd’s nostalgic yuletide comedy about a kid who craves a BB rifle at the company’s Shoppingtown Mall venue, 3649 Erie Blvd. E. $20/Fri. & Sat., $17/Sun. 885-8960.

Dreamgirls. Thurs. 7:30 p.m., Fri. 8 p.m.,

Sat. 2 & 8 p.m., Wed. Dec. 9, 7:30 p.m.; closes Dec. 19. The splashy musical has already sold out its entire run at the Redhouse Arts Center, 201 S. West St. 362-2785.

The Eight: Reindeer Monologues. Fri.

7:30 p.m. Santa’s sleigh-carriers fess up in this ribald yuletide comedy featuring Moe Harrington and Jodi Bova-Mele as Theatre Du Jour hits the road for this performance at the Kallet Theater, 4842 N. Jefferson St., Pulaski. $40/6 p.m. cocktails and tapas, desserts at intermission. 298-0007.

The Eight: Reindeer Monologues. Mon.

8 p.m. Theatre Du Jour’s dinner theater package travels to the Bistro 197, 197 W. First St., Oswego. $50/5:30 p.m. cocktails, 6:30 p.m. dinner. (518) 253-6930.

Forever Plaid: Plaid Tidings. Wed. Dec.

9, 7:30 p.m.; closes Dec. 19. The heavenly harmonists return for a musical yuletide showcase, as the 2015 season concludes at Merry-Go-Round Playhouse, Emerson Park, 6877 East Lake Road (Route 38A), Auburn. $45-$55/adults; $42-$52/seniors; $25/students and under age 22. 255-1785, (800) 457-8897.

Ave.), 6 p.m.

DJay 360 & S-Dot. (Lava Nightclub, Turning Stone Resort, Verona), 10 p.m.

26. Interactive version of the children’s classic, as performed by Magic Circle Children’s Theatre. Spaghetti Warehouse, 689 N. Clinton St. $5. 449-3823.

A Christmas Story. Fri. & Sat. 8 p.m., Sun.

W/ SILENT SELF, SALTLAKE, LUCKY 33 & JHONNY DARKROOM RICHARDS

Djangoners. (Sitrus on the Hill, 801 University

S TAG E

A Christmas Carol. Fri. & Sat. 7:30 p.m. The New Mercury Radio Theatre presents this radio-styled broadcast production (including an Orson Welles imitator) of the Charles Dickens classic at the Morgan Opera House, Main Street (Route 90) and Cherry Avenue, Aurora. $12/adults, $10/seniors, $8/students.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5th

ESP w/Kirsten Tegtmeyer. (Turquoise Tiger,

Matilda: The Musical. Wed. Dec. 2 &

Thurs. 7:30 p.m., Fri. 8 p.m., Sat. 2 & 8 p.m., Sun. 1 & 6:30 p.m.; closes Sun. Dec. 6. Famous Artists presents the telekinetic family musical at the Landmark Theatre, 362 S. Salina St. $35, $50, $65/Wed., Thurs., Sun. evening; $40, $60, $75, $85/Fri., Sat., Sun. matinee. 475-7979.

The Nutcracker. Sat. 1 & 6 p.m., Sun.

2 p.m. Syracuse City Ballet presents the timeless classic at the Mulroy Civic Center’s Crouse-Hinds Concert Theater, 411 Montgomery St. $17, $31.50, $55. 435-2121.

Peter Pan. Wed. Dec. 2 & Thurs. 7:30 p.m.,

Fri. 8 p.m., Sat. 3 & 8 p.m., Sun. 2 & 7 p.m., Wed. Dec. 9, 2 & 7:30 p.m.; closes Jan. 3. Syracuse University Drama Department and Syracuse Stage’s co-production of the high-flying family show at Syracuse Stage’s Archbold Theatre, 820 E. Genesee St. $39$50/adults, $39/age 40 and under, $20/ under 12. 443-3275.

The Soup Comes Last. Wed. Dec. 2 & Thurs. 7:30 p.m., Fri. & Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 4 p.m., Wed. Dec. 9, 7:30 p.m.; closes Dec. 13. Artistic director Rachel Lampert returns with her acclaimed show about her 1997 misadventures as she mounted West Side Story in China, which continues the season at the Kitchen Theatre Company, 417 W. State St., Ithaca. $15-$37. (607) 273-4497, (607) 272-0570. Star Wars: The Musical. Fri. & Sat. 8 p.m.;

closes Dec. 13. The wacky outer space musical satire makes a timely return; presented by Rarely Done Productions’ The Edge series at Jazz Central, 441 E. Washington St. $20. 546-3224.

You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown. Fri. 7 p.m., Sat. 3 & 7 p.m. The Peanuts gang in a fun musical from the Auburn Public Studio’s musical theater class at the Auburn Public Theater, 8 Exchange St., Auburn. $5. 253-6669.

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MacAthair. (Pasta’s on the Green, 1 Village Blvd. N., Baldwinsville), 9 p.m.

Mike O’Hara. (Limp Lizard, 4628 Onondaga

Blvd.), 7 p.m.

Miss E Trio. (Flat Iron Grill, 1333 Buckley Road),

Turning Stone Resort, Verona), 9 p.m.

9 p.m.

Frank & Burns. (Western Ranch Motor Inn, 1255 State Fair Blvd.), 7 p.m.

Noisy Boys. (LakeHouse Pub, 6 W. Genesee St., Skaneateles), 8 p.m.

Frenay & Lenin. (Old City Hall, 159 Water St.,

Open Mike w/Dan & Tom. (Frank’s Moon-

Oswego), 6 p.m.

George Leija. (Orchard Vali Golf Club, 4693 Route 20, LaFayette), 5:30 p.m. Golden Novak Band. (Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, 246 W. Willow St.), 10 p.m. Great Lakes Guitar Ensemble. (Skaneateles Library, 49 W. Genesee St., Skaneateles), 7 p.m.

dance Tavern, 2512 Cherry Valley Turnpike, Marcellus), 9 p.m.

Open Mike w/John McConnell. (Oswego

Music Hall, 41 Lake St.), 7 p.m.

Paul Davie. (The Brasserie, 200 Township Blvd., Camillus), 7 p.m.

PEP. (Buffalo’s, 2119 Downer St., Baldwinsville), 9 p.m.

Grit N Grace. (Back 9, 8752 Turin Road, Rome),

Soul Risin’. (Shifty’s, 1401 Burnet Ave.), 9 p.m.

Guise. (Vendetti’s Soft Rock Café, 2026 Teall

TJ Sacco. (Abbott’s Village Tavern, 6 Main St., Marcellus), 7:30 p.m.

9 p.m.

Ave.), 7:30 p.m.

Hard Promises. (Sharkey’s Bar & Grill, 7240 Oswego Road, Liverpool), 6 p.m. Honky Tonk Hindooz. (O’Toole’s, 113 Osbourne St., Auburn), 9 p.m. I Am Fool. (Mac’s Bad Art Bar, 1799 Brewerton Road, Mattydale), 9:30 p.m. Isreal Hagan. (TS Steakhouse, Turning Stone Resort, Verona), 6 p.m. Jamie Notarthomas & Jungleland Band. (Muddy Waters, 2 Syracuse St., Baldwinsville), 8 p.m.

Jesse Derringer. (Moose Lodge, 1121 Milton

Ave.), 7 p.m.

Jimmy Wolf Band. (Ray Brothers BBQ, 6474 Route 20, Bouckville), 9 p.m.

John Lerner. (Ferris Wheel, 6 Market St., Oswe-

go), 6 p.m.

John Luber & Bruce Tetley. (Lighthouse

Lanes, 295 E. Albany St., Oswego), 8:30 p.m.

John Spillett Jazz-Pop Duo. (Bistro Elephant, 238 W. Jefferson St.), 7 p.m. Karaoke. (William’s Restaurant, 7275 Route 298, Bridgeport), 9 p.m.

Karaoke w/Holly. (Singers, 1345 Milton Ave.), 6 p.m.

Karaoke w/DJ Voltage & DJ Mars. (Singers,

1345 Milton Ave.), 9 p.m.

Leonard James. (Pizza Man Pub, 50 Oswego

St., Baldwinsville), 9 p.m.

Mark Zane. (Krabby Kirk’s Saloon, 55 W. Gene-

see St.), 8 p.m.

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Wayback Machine. (UNC Auburn, 125 Washington St., Auburn), 8 p.m.

West End Rockers. (George O’Deas, 1333 W. Fayette St.), 8 p.m.

Z-Bones. (Ridge Tavern, 1281 Salt Springs

Road, Chittenango), 8 p.m.

S AT U R DAY 12/5 3’s a Crowd. (Pasta’s on the Green, 1 Village

Blvd. N.), 7:30 p.m.

All Nite Rodeo. (George O’Deas, 1333 W. Fayette St.), 8 p.m.

Beadle Brothers. (Tin Rooster, Turning Stone Resort, Verona), 10 p.m.

Bradshaw and Nightbeat. (Margaritaville,

Destiny USA), 8 p.m.

Bradshaw Blues. (Empire Brewing Company, 120 Walton St.), 11 p.m. Bruce Tetley & John Luber. (Cooper’s Landing, 7459 W. Murray Drive, Cicero), 5 p.m. Budd Zunga. (Green Gate Inn, 2 Main St., Camillus), 9 p.m.

Country Rose Band. (Knoxies Pub, 7088 Route 20), 9 p.m.

Darkroom w/Guests. (Mac’s Bad Art Bar, 1799 Brewerton Road, Mattydale), 9:30 p.m.

Dave Hanlon’s Cookbook. (LakeHouse Pub,

6 W. Genesee St., Skaneateles), 9:30 p.m.

Dirtroad Ruckus. (Lake Como Inn, 1297 E. Lake Road, Cortland), 9 p.m.

Dr. Kildean. (Flat Iron Grill, 133 Buckley Road), 9 p.m.

DVDJ Biggie & DJ Dread. (Lava Nightclub, Turning Stone Resort, Verona), 10 p.m. Edgar Pagan. (World of Beer, Destiny USA), 8 p.m. ESP w/Kirsten Tegtmeyer. (Turquoise Tiger, Turning Stone Resort, Verona), 9 p.m.

Golden Novak Band. (Lukins Brick Oven

Pizza, 640 Varick St., Utica), 10 p.m.

Harold & Jerry. (Beer Belly Deli, 510 Westcott

St.), 1 p.m.

Heyday. (Bridge Street Tavern, 109 Bridge St), 8 p.m.

Homely Jones. (Coleman’s Authentic Irish Pub, 100 S. Lowell Ave.), 10 p.m.

Jesse Derringer. (Oswego American Legion,

69 W. Bridge St., Oswego), 7 p.m.

John Spillett Jazz-Pop Duo. (The Brasserie,

200 Township Blvd., Camillus), 7 p.m.

Karaoke. (DR’s Tavern, 1417 W. Genesee St.), 10 p.m.

Karaoke w/DJ Corey. (Western Ranch Motor Inn, 1255 State Fair Blvd.), 7 p.m.

Karaoke w/DJ Skoob & DJ Denny. (Singers,

1345 Milton Ave.), 9 p.m.

Los Blancos. (Timber Tavern, 7153 State Fair

Blvd.), 9 p.m.

MONIRAE’S

Mark Zane. (Nottingham High School, 3100 E. Genesee St.), 3 p.m.

Thunderchild. (Hazzy’s Tavern, 4290 Route

Matt Tarbell. (Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, 246 W.

Tuff Luck. (Swifty’s, 45 Perrine St., Auburn), 8

Willow St.), 10 p.m.

Mike Delaney & Delinquents. (Shifty’s, 1401

Burnet Ave.), 9 p.m.

Modern Mudd. (Moondog’s Lounge, 24 State St., Auburn), 9 p.m.

Morris & the Hepcats. (Asil’s Pub, 220 Chapel Drive), 8 p.m.

Nosmo Kings. (Mattydale VFW, 2000 Lemoyne Ave., Mattydale), 8:30 p.m.

Open Mike. (Moondog’s, 24 State St., Auburn), 7 p.m.

Other Guise. (Vendetti’s Soft Rock Café, 2026 Teall Ave.), 8:30 p.m.

Party Sharks. (Falcon Lanes, 75 Pulaski St.,

Auburn), 8 p.m.

PEP. (Mitchell’s Pub, 3251 Milton Ave), 8 p.m. Redline. (The Gig, Turning Stone Resort, Verona), 10 p.m.

Soul Mine. (Buffalo’s, 2119 Downer St., Baldwinsville), 9 p.m.

Terry Mulhauser’s Electric Bedlam. (Limp

Lizard, 201 First St., Liverpool), 7 p.m.

104, New Haven), 9 p.m.

p.m.

S U N DAY 12/6 Bruce Tetley w/Outcasts, Timeline & Nightcaps. (Pensabene’s Casa Grande, 135

State Fair Blvd.), 5-8 p.m.

Honky Tonk Hindooz. (Sherwood Inn, 26 W. Genesee St., Skaneateles), 4 p.m. Jazz & Gospel Jam. (Funk N Waffles, 307 S.

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Ron Kadey. (Lakeside Vista, 2437 Route 174, Marietta), 10 a.m.

Nasty Habit Duo. (Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, 246 W. Willow St.), 8 p.m.

Ron Spencer. (Ferris Wheel, 6 Market St.,

Open Jam w/Edgar Pagan, Irv Lyons Jr.,

Oswego), 6 p.m.

Soul Smooth w/Paul Lee. (B&B Lounge, 310 South Ave.), 7 p.m.

Tim Burnes. (Shifty’s, 1401 Burnet Ave.), 7 p.m. Two Hour Delay. (Shifty’s, 1401 Burnet Ave.), 7 p.m.

Rick Melito (Limp Lizard, 201 First St., Liverpool), 7:30 p.m.

Open Mike. (Auburn Public Theater, 8 Exchange St., Auburn), 7:30 p.m.

Open Mike. (The Road, 4845 W. Seneca Turnpike), 6 p.m.

Open Mike w/Big Daddy Vince. (Flat Iron

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Dave Porter & Bob. (Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, 246

W. Willow St.), 7 p.m.

Open Mike w/Golden Novak Duo. (Maxwell’s, 122 E. Genesee St.), 7 p.m.

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Karaoke w/DJ Halo. (Singers, 1345 Milton

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Kh’Mi. (Green Gate Inn, 2 Main St., Camillus), 6 p.m. Stone River Band. (Volney Firehouse, 3002 Route 3, Fulton), 6 p.m.

Bradshaw Blues. (Eskapes Lounge, 6257

Route 31, Cicero), 7 p.m.

Dove Creek. (Owera Vineyards, 5276 E. Lake Road, Cazenovia), 6 p.m.

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Karaoke w/DJ Streets. (Singers, 1345 Milton

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Karaoke w/Loudest Sound in Town. (Mac’s Bad Art Bar, 1799 Brewerton Road, Mattydale), 9 p.m.

University Ave.), 5 p.m.

Golden Novak Duo. (Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, 246 W. Willow St.), 8 p.m.

Jimmy Wolf Band. (Snubbing Post, 8221

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Just Joe. (Jake’s Grub & Grog, 7 E. River Road, Central Square), 6 p.m.

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Karaoke w/Mr. Automatic. (Singers, 1345 Mil-

Jersey. Wed. Dec. 9, 7:30 p.m. The “Haitian

ton Ave.), 9 p.m.

Open Mike. (Funk N Waffles, 727 S. Crouse Ave.), 7:30 p.m.

Open Mike w/Greg Hoover. (Basta on the

River, 7 Syracuse St.), 9 p.m.

Scott Dennis. (Le Moyne Plaza, 1135 Salt

Springs Road), noon.

CO M E DY

Clash of the Comics. Wed. Dec. 2, 7:30 p.m.

Competing yuksters at the Funny Bone Comedy Club, Destiny USA, off Hiawatha Boulevard. $7. 423-8669.

Joe Machi. Thurs. 7:30 p.m., Fri. 7:30 & 9:45 p.m., Sat. 7 & 9:45 p.m., Sun. 7:30 p.m. The Last Comic Standing veteran visits the Funny Bone Comedy Club, Destiny USA, off Hiawatha Boulevard. $10/Thurs. & Sun., $12/Fri., $15/Sun. 423-8669. The Friends of Bob and Tom Comedy Show. Fri. 8 p.m. Chick McGee hosts a passel

of rising and veteran comedians at the Turning Stone Resort and Casino’s Showroom, Thruway

Sensation” brings his humor to the Funny Bone Comedy Club, Destiny USA, off Hiawatha Boulevard. $10. 423-8669.

LEARNING

North Syracuse Art Group. Every Wed.

10 a.m. Bring your own supplies and learn, exchange art knowledge, share fine art with others and work your media. VFW Post 7290, 105 Maxwell Ave., North Syracuse. Free. 6993965.

Improv Comedy Classes. Every Wed. 6-7:45

p.m. Drop-in classes at Salt City Improv Theater, Shoppingtown Mall, 3649 Erie Blvd. E., DeWitt. $20/adults, $15/students with ID. 410-1962.

Open Figure Drawing. Every Wed. 7-10 p.m. All skill levels are welcome: if you can write your name, you can draw. Westcott Community Center, 826 Euclid Ave. $8. 453-5565. Onondaga Lake Open House. Every Fri. noon-4:30 p.m. Come experience the lake cleanup firsthand at the Onondaga Lake Visitors Center, 280 Restoration Way, Geddes. Free. 552-9751. Public Speaking Workshop. Fri. 10-11:30 a.m. Representatives from Toastmasters International host a brief public speaking class at Hazard Branch Library, 1620 W. Genesee St. Free. 435-5326. Sankofa Piecemakers Quilting Group.

Every Sat. 10 a.m. The gang meets at Beauchamp Branch Library, 2111 S. Salina St. Free. 443-1757.

Art Classes. Every Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m., 4 & 6:30 p.m. Teens and adults delve into their artistic sides at the Liverpool Art Center, 101 Lake Drive, Liverpool. $60-$80/month. 234-9333.

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Saturday 10-5 Sunday 11-5

Wonderful arts, crafts, music, dance, food & great holiday spirit. Admission $2 - $5 (pay what you wish). Under 16 & over 65 free. Bring ad to exchange for free raffle ticket! For info call 472-5478.

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M AT I L D A T H E M U S I C A L 12/2 - 12/6 L A N D M A R K T H E AT R E

Palace Place Poetry Group. Thurs. 7-8:30

p.m. Writers Eileen Rose and Stephen Brace give the presentation “Life, The Human Experience.” DeWitt Community Library, 3649 Erie Blvd. E., DeWitt. Free. 479-8157.

Book Discussion Group. Mon. 6:30-8 p.m.

Members consider Wishin’ and Hopin’ by Wally Lamb. Northern Onondaga Public Library, 100 Trolley Barn Lane, North Syracuse. Free. 4586184.

David Figura. Tues. 7-8 p.m. The Baldwinsville

Rotary Club hosts a talk by the author and Post-Standard outdoor columnist, who discusses his latest book So What Are The Guys Doing? Baldwinsville Public Library, 33 E. Genesee St., Baldwinsville. Free. 635-5631.

History Book Club. Wed. Dec. 9, 7-8 p.m.

Members discuss The Edge of the World: A Cultural History of the North Sea and the Transformation of Europe by Michael Pye. Cayuga Museum of History and Art, 203 Genesee St., Auburn. Free. 253-8051.

SPORTS

(Wed.). Carrier Dome, 900 Irving Ave. $5-$20. (888) DOME-TIX.

University Hotel, 801 University Ave. Free. 3806206.

SPECIALS

Trivia Night. Every Thurs. 7-9 p.m. Gray mat-

Charity Sports Auction. Wed. Dec. 2, 5:15-

9:30 p.m. Syracuse University’s Sports Management Club hosts its 11th annual auction, featuring sports tickets and memorabilia, hands-on experiences, electronics and more. Proceeds benefit the Salvation Army. Carrier Dome, 900 Irving Ave. Free with admission to the Syracuse University men’s basketball game on Dec. 2. (888) DOME-TIX.

Poetry Workshop. Wed. Dec. 2, 6-8 p.m.

Instructor Nancy Avery Dafoe will focus on metaphors, similes and other writing techniques. Center for the Arts, 72 S. Main St., Homer. $30/registration required. (607) 7494900.

Trivia Night. Every Wed. 7-9 p.m. Come out

and test your brainpan against others. Stingers Pizza, 4500 Pewter Lane, Manlius. Free. 6928100.

Festival of Trees Gala. Thurs. 5:30-10 p.m.

ters at this DJs-R-US contest at Spinning Wheel, 7384 Thompson Road, North Syracuse. Free. 458-3222.

Trivia Night. Every Thurs. 7-9 p.m. Brainstorming at Trappers II Pizza Pub, 101 N. Main St., Minoa. Free. 656-7777. Trivia Night. Every Thurs. 7 p.m. Cranium

conundrums at RFH’s Hideaway, 1058 Route 57, Phoenix. Free. 695-2709.

Smartass Trivia. Every Thurs. 7-10 p.m. Steve

Patrick hosts his quiz show at Pizza Man Pub, 50 Oswego St., Baldwinsville. Free.638-1234.

Trivia Night. Every Thurs. 7:30 p.m. Diamond

Dave knows the answers at Munjed’s Mediterranean Cafe and Metro Lounge, 505 Westcott St. Free. 425-0366.

Trivia Night. Every Thurs. 7:30 p.m. DJs-R-US handles the questions at Two Guys from Italy, Route 49, West Monroe. Free. 676-5777.

The event features live music, complimentary beverages and food, followed by an after-party. Guests must wear formal attire for the gala; cocktail wear is suggested for the afterparty. Everson Museum of Art, 401 Harrison St. $150/ gala, $50/after-party. 474-6064.

ATD Breakfast Club. Fri. 7:30-9 a.m. Area

The puck-slappers face off against the Binghamton Senators (Fri.) and the Utica Comets (Sat.) at the Onondaga County War Memorial Arena, 515 Montgomery St. $16-$20. 473-4444.

Trivia Night. Every Thurs. 7 p.m. Nightly prizes

Syracuse University Women’s Basketball.

Trivia Night. Every Thurs. 7-9 p.m. Prizes

4 p.m., Sun. noon-4 p.m.; through December. More than 70 local and regional artists offer handmade art, crafts, home furnishings and more. Earlville Opera House, 18 E. Main St., Earlville. Free. 691-3550.

Syracuse University Men’s Basketball.

Wed. Dec. 2, 7:15 p.m., Tues. 7 p.m. The Orange squad takes on Wisconsin (Wed.) and Colgate (Tues.). Carrier Dome, 900 Irving Ave. $45. (888) DOME-TIX.

Syracuse Crunch Hockey. Fri. & Sat. 7 p.m.

Sun. 2 p.m. Wed. Dec. 9, 7 p.m. The Orange team plays Stony Brook (Sun.) and Coppin State

to those with the answers to general knowledge questions. Lamont Tavern, 108 Lamont Ave. Free. 487-9890.

for contestants, who needn’t be part of an established team. Sitrus Bar, Sheraton Syracuse

members of the Association for Talent Development convene for their monthly meeting to discuss social learning. Gem Diner, 832 Spencer St. Free. 546-2783.

Holiday Artists Sale. Every Fri. & Sat. 10 a.m.-

Seward House Candlelight Tours. Fri. & Sat. 6-8 p.m. View the decorations at the Seward

House Museum, 33 South St., Auburn. $15/ adults, $8/ages 12 and younger; reservations required. 252-1283.

Trivia Night. Every Fri. 7 p.m. Nightly prizes to those with the answers to general knowledge questions. Lamont Tavern, 108 Lamont Ave. Free. 487-9890.

Breakfast With Santa. Sat. 9 a.m.-noon. Kids

can dine with St. Nick during the event, which also includes holiday bakery items for purchase. Beaver Lake Nature Center, 8477 E. Mud Lake Road, Baldwinsville. $3-$5. 638-2519.

Plowshares Craft Fair and Peace Festival.

Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. The Syracuse Peace Council holds its 45th annual event, featuring handmade crafts from more than 120 local artisans, plus live entertainment and food. Nottingham High School, 3100 E. Genesee St. $2-$5/adults, free/ages 16 and under, and 65 and older. 472-5478.

Dickens Christmas. Sat & Sun. noon-4 p.m. The Skaneateles Chamber of Commerce hosts the 22nd edition, which features costumed characters cavorting during the annual recreation of old-school yuletides throughout the village of Skaneateles, Fennell, Jordan and Genesee streets. Free. 685-0552. Armory Square Holiday Happenings. Sat. noon-7 p.m. Events include performances by keyboardist Dick Ford at the Blue Tusk (noon-2 p.m.), Bradshaw Blues Trio holds a Jingle Bell Brunch at Empire Brewing (noon-2 p.m.), Great Lakes Guitar Quartet at the Jefferson Clinton Hotel (1-3 p.m.), Christmas music at Kitty Hoynes (1-4 p.m.), Todd Hobin at the Residence Inn (5-7 p.m.) and outdoor caroling by the Tom Dooley Choraliers and Cathedral Church Choir (1-3 p.m.). Free. ArmorySquareOfSyracuse.com.

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Polar Bear Plunge. Sun. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Win-

19 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Daily: 12:10, 3:30, 6:50 & 10:10 p.m. Shoppingtown 14 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Daily: 12:15, 3:40, 7 & 9:20 p.m.

ter-resistant individuals brave the freezing waters at Muskrat Bay, with proceeds benefiting Special Olympics New York. Oneida Shores Park, 9400 Bartell Road, Brewerton. Free. 3880790, Ext. 107.

Spotlight. Michael Keaton heads the ensemble cast in this acclaimed newspaper drama about the Boston Globe reporters who uncovered scandals in the Catholic Church. Destiny USA/Carousel 19 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Daily: 12:15, 3:20, 6:35 & 9:40 p.m.

Auburn Public Theater Open House. Mon.

5-8 p.m. The venue celebrates 10 years of artistic endeavors with music, refreshments and tours of the multi-use space. Auburn Public Theater, 8 Exchange St., Auburn. Free. 253-6669.

Trumbo. Bryan Cranston plays blacklisted Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo in this acclaimed biopic with Louis C.K. and Helen Mirren. Destiny USA/Carousel 19 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Daily: 1:05 & 7:25 p.m. Shoppingtown 14 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Daily: 12:20 & 6:25 p.m.

Trivia Night. Every Mon. 6:30 p.m. Knowledge is good at Marcella’s Restaurant, Clarion Hotel, 100 Farrell Road, Baldwinsville. Free. 457-8700.

Family Business Awards. Tues. 7:30-10:30

a.m. Local business owners are honored during the first annual ceremony at the Pirro Convention Center, 800 S. State St. $30. 579-3917.

Victor Frankenstein. Monster mash with Daniel Radcliffe and James McAvoy. Destiny USA/Carousel 19 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Daily: 4:25 & 10:35 p.m. Late show Fri. & Sat.: 11:50 p.m. Shoppingtown 14 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Daily: 3:45 & 10:15 p.m.

Smartass Trivia. Every Tues. 7:15-11 pm. More

brainy fun with Steve Patrick at Nibsy’s Pub, 201 Ulster Ave. Free. 476-8423.

Team Trivia. Every Tues. 8 p.m. Drop some

factoids at Coleman’s Authentic Irish Pub, 100 S. Lowell Ave. Free. (215) 760-8312.

F IL M, OTH ERS L IS TED A L P H A B E TI C A L LY:

Lights On The Lake. Daily 5-10 p.m.; through

Flight of the Butterflies. Wed. Dec. 2 &

Jan. 3. Drive through a two-mile-long light show featuring a twinkling fantasy forest, a delightful Victorian village, colorful section arches, and other holiday light displays. Onondaga Lake Park, 106 Lake Drive. Liverpool. $10 carload/Mon.-Thurs., $15 carload/Fri.-Sun. 453-6712.

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Thurs. 2 p.m., Fri. & Sat. 2 & 6 p.m., Sun. & Wed. Dec. 9, 2 p.m. Large-format chronicle of the winged wonders at the Bristol IMAX at the MOST, 500 S. Franklin St. Film: $10/adults, $8/ children under 11 and seniors. Film and exhibit hall: $14/adults, $12/children under 11 and seniors. 425-9068.

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NE W T I ME S.CO M FOR UP DATES. Bridge of Spies. Director Steven Spielberg and star Tom Hanks reunite for this Cold War drama. Shoppingtown 14 (Digital presentation/ Stadium). Daily: 3:10 & 9:35 p.m. Brooklyn. Saiorse Ronan as an Irish immigrant landing in 1950s America. Destiny USA/Carousel 19 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Daily: 1:15, 4:15, 7:05 & 10:05 p.m. Manlius (Digital presentation/stereo). Fri. & Sat: 8 p.m. Sun.-Thurs.: 7:30 p.m. Sat. & Sun. matinee: 2:30 & 5 p.m.

Creed. Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) pays it forward when he mentors a new pug (Michael B. Jordan) in this punchy boxing epic. Destiny USA/Carousel 19 (Digital presentation/RPX/Stadium). Daily: 12:05, 3:25, 6:45 & 10 p.m. Destiny USA/Carousel 19 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Daily: 12:35, 3:55, 7:15 & 10:30 p.m. Late show Fri. & Sat.: 11:55 p.m. Shoppingtown 14 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Daily: 12:30, 3:50, 6:50 & 9:55 p.m.

Everest. Mountain climbing with Josh Brolin

and Jake Gyllenhaal; presented in 3-D in some theaters. Hollywood (Digital presentation). Daily: 8:30 p.m. Sat. & Sun. matinee: 3:50 p.m.

The Good Dinosaur. Back to the Stone Age

for Disney-Pixar’s new cartoon; presented in 3-D in some theaters. Destiny USA/Carousel 19 (Digital presentation/3-D/Stadium). Daily: 11:40 a.m., 2:20, 5, 7:40 & 10:20 p.m. Destiny USA/Carousel 19 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Screen 1: 11:10 a.m., 1:50, 4:30, 7:10 & 9:50 p.m. Screen 2: 1:10, 4 & 6:40 p.m. Shoppingtown 14 (Digital presentation/3-D/Stadium). Daily: 1:30, 4:30, 7:20 & 9:50 p.m. Shoppingtown 14 (Digital presentation/ Stadium). Daily: 12:40, 3:30, 6:40 & 10:20 p.m.

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2.

Jennifer Lawrence fights the power (and maybe warbles that droning “Hanging Tree” dirge) in this final installment. Destiny USA/Carousel

19 (Digital presentation/IMAX/Stadium). Daily: 12:20, 3:40, 7 & 10:15 p.m. Destiny USA/Carousel 19 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Screen 1: 11:50 a.m., 3:10, 6:30 & 9:45 p.m. Screen 2: 1:20, 4:40 & 8 p.m. Late show Fri. & Sat.: 11:15 p.m. Screen 3: 2:40 & 9:15 p.m. Shoppingtown 14 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Screen 1: 12:10, 3:20, 6:30 & 9:40 p.m. Screen 2: 12:50, 4 & 7:10 p.m. Screen 3: 9:10 p.m.

Krampus. Horror comedy with a yuletide

angle. Destiny USA/Carousel 19 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Daily: 11:25 a.m., 2:05, 4:45, 7:30 & 10:25 p.m. Late show Fri. & Sat.: 12:30 a.m. Shoppingtown 14 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Daily: 1:20, 4:20, 7:30 & 10:10 p.m.

The Letters. The life of Mother Teresa is recalled in this reverent biopic. Destiny USA/ Carousel 19 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Daily: 12:50, 3:50, 6:55 & 9:55 p.m. Shoppingtown 14 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Daily: 1, 4:05, 6:55 & 9:45 p.m. Love the Coopers. Diane Keaton and John

Goodman in a generational Christmas comedy. Destiny USA/Carousel 19 (Digital presentation/ Stadium). Daily: 11:55 a.m. & 6:25 p.m. Shoppingtown 14 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Daily: 12:45, 3:35, 6:35 & 9:30 p.m.

The Martian. Matt Damon as a stranded astro-

naut who runs out of ketchup on Mars in director Ridley Scott’s outer space epic. Destiny USA/ Carousel 19 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Daily: 9:25 p.m. Shoppingtown 14 (Digital presentation/ Stadium). Daily: 12 & 6:20 p.m.

Minions. The Despicable Me critters get their own show in this wacky prequel. Hollywood (Digital presentation). Sat. & Sun.: 11:30 a.m.

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Home Alone. Sun. 6:30 p.m. Slapstick yule-

tide farce with Macaulay Culkin and Joe Pesci at the Kallet Theater, 4842 N. Jefferson St., Pulaski. $5. 298-0007.

Meet the Patels. Wed. Dec. 2, 7 p.m. Funny documentary about an Indian-American man’s quest for the right woman who also shares his last name. Auburn Public Theater, 8 Exchange St., Auburn. $6. 253-6669.

The Night Before. Raunchy Christmas Eve

Mr. Holmes. Fri. 1 & 7 p.m., Sat. 3 & 7 p.m.,

Pan. Hugh Jackman in a splashy revisit of the

On Moonlight Bay. Mon. 7:30 p.m. Doris Day and Gordon MacRae in the tuneful 1951 musical, which Christmas-wraps the Syracuse Cinephile Society’s autumn season at the Spaghetti Warehouse, 680 N. Clinton St. $3.50. 475-1807.

farce with Seth Rogen and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Destiny USA/Carousel 19 (Digital presentation/ Stadium). Daily: 11:30 a.m., 2:10, 4:50, 7:50 & 10:40 p.m. Late show Fri. & Sat.: 12:25 a.m. Shoppingtown 14 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Daily: 11:55 a.m., 2:25, 4:55, 7:25 & 10 p.m. Peter Pan fantasy. Hollywood (Digital presentation). Sat. & Sun.: 1:30 p.m.

The Peanuts Movie. Charlie Brown and the

gang in a computer-animated cartoon update. Destiny USA/Carousel 19 (Digital presentation/ Stadium). Daily: 11:15 a.m., 1:45, 4:20 & 6:50 p.m. Shoppingtown 14 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Daily: 12:05, 2:30, 4:50, 6:45 & 9:15 p.m.

The Polar Express. Seasonal favorite with Tom Hanks aboard as the choo-choo conductor; presented in 3-D in some theaters. Hollywood (Digital presentation/3-D/stereo). Daily: 6:20 p.m. A Royal Night Out. Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret go wild after V-E Day in 1945 England in this light diversion. Destiny USA/Carousel 19 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Daily: 11:20 a.m., 1:55, 4:35, 7:20 & 9:55 p.m. Late show Fri. & Sat.: 12:30 a.m. The Secret in Their Eyes. Chiwetel Ejiofor and Nicole Kidman in a thriller involving murder and revenge. Destiny USA/Carousel 19 (Digital presentation/Stadium). Daily: 12:25, 3:15, 6:20 & 9:10 p.m. Shoppingtown 14 (Digital presentation/ Stadium). Daily: 1:10, 4:20, 7:15 & 10:05 p.m. Spectre. Daniel Craig returns as James Bond in this lavish spy caper. Destiny USA/Carousel

Wed. Dec. 9, 7 p.m. Ian McKellen plays an aging Sherlock who experiences senior moments in this art-house fave. Auburn Public Theater, 8 Exchange St., Auburn. $6. 253-6669.

The Polar Express. Wed. Dec. 2 & Thurs. 12

& 3 p.m., Fri. & Sat. 12, 3 & 7 p.m., Sun. & Wed. Dec. 9, 12 & 3 p.m. Ride aboard Tom Hanks’ magic choo-choo in this large-format fantasy. Bristol IMAX at the MOST, 500 S. Franklin St. Film: $10/adults, $8/children under 11 and seniors. Film and exhibit hall: $14/adults, $12/ children under 11 and seniors. 425-9068.

Romeo and Juliet. Wed. Dec. 2, 6:30 p.m. The Royal Opera House’s ballet presentation of Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy, which continues the series of digital opera presentations at the Cinema Capitol, 234 W. Dominick St., Rome. $12/adults, $10/students. 337-6453. Suffragette. Thurs. 7:30 p.m., Fri. 4 & 7:30

p.m., Sat. & Sun. 1, 4 & 7:30 p.m., Mon.-Wed. Dec. 9, 7:30 p.m. Carey Mulligan and Meryl Streep in a tale of the early feminist movement in England, which continues the digital presentations at the Cinema Capitol, 234 W. Dominick St., Rome. $7/adults, $5/students. 337-6453.

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may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: BW&Powell Holdings LLC, 2509 James St. Po Box 777, Syracuse, New York 13206. Purpose: any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of Bult Woodbine Real Estate LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 10/9/15. Office location: Onondaga County. Princ. bus. addr.: 2627 E. 139th St., Burnham, IL 60633. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Mark D. Toljanic, 2215 York Road, Suite 550, Oak Brook, IL 60523. Purpose: all lawful purposes. Notice of Formation of Dacz & Company, LLC Arts .Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/2/15. Office location:Onondaga SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.SSNY mail process to Po Box 2224, Syracuse, NY 13220. Any lawful purpose. NOTICE OF FORMATION OF DOMESTIC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY; Name of LLC: FOBES ISLAND, LLC; Date of Filing: 9/17/2015; Office of the LLC: Onondaga Co.; The NY Secretary of State (NYSS) has been designated as the agent upon whom process may be served. The NYSS may mail a copy of any process to the LLC at 8233 Park Ridge Path, Suite 2, Liverpool, New York 13090; Purpose of LLC: Any lawful purpose. NOTICE OF FORMATION OF DOMESTIC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY; Name of LLC: JRB Tiffany, LLC; Date of Filing: 7/16/2015; Office of the LLC: Onondaga Co.; The NY Secretary of State (NYSS) has been designated as the agent upon whom process may be served. The NYSS may mail a copy of any process to the LLC at 7000 Highfield Road, Fayetteville, New York 13066; Purpose of LLC: Any lawful purpose. NOTICE OF FORMATION OF DOMESTIC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY; Name of LLC: LAKELAWN CONSTRUCTION, LLC; Date of Filing: 9/09/2015; Office of the LLC: Onondaga Co.; The NY Secretary of State (NYSS) has been designated as the agent upon whom process may be served. The NYSS may mail a copy of any process to the

LLC at 7645 Henry Clay Boulevard, Liverpool, New York 13088; Purpose of LLC: Any lawful purpose. NOTICE OF FORMATION OF DOMESTIC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY; Name of LLC: VALUE PAWN & JEWELRY, LLC; Date of Filing: 6/29/2015; Office of the LLC: Onondaga Co.; The NY Secretary of State (NYSS) has been designated as the agent upon whom process may be served. The NYSS may mail a copy of any process to the LLC at 9468 Chalkstone Course, Brewerton, New York 13029; Purpose of LLC: Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of Eastbourne & Meade LLC Arts .Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/3/15. Office location:Onondaga SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.SSNY mail process to4409 Limestone Dr. Manlius, NY 13104. Any lawful purpose Notice of Formation of Elijah B Stevens Nurse Practitioner in Psychiatry, PLLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on August 17, 2015. Office location: County of Onondaga. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Ave, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of Finger Lakes Bio, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/24/2015. Office location County of Onondaga. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 221 Wynnfield Drive, Syracuse, New York 13219. Purpose is any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of G.E. Williams Management Group, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 7/15/15. Office is located in the County of Onondaga. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 8758 Alvarin Avenue, Cicero, NY 13059. Purpose is any

lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of ICit2, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on September 3, 2015. Office is located in the County of Onondaga. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 8195 Cazenovia Rd, Manlius, NY 13104. Purpose is any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of InertiaCore raining Systems, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 12/10/2013. Office is located in the County of Onondaga. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 3475 Linda Lane, Baldwinsville, NY 13027. Purpose is any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of JD Management & Maintenance, LLC. Date of filing of Articles of organization: Nov. 2, 2015. Office location is in Onondaga County. The Secretary of State has been designated as the agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and the address to which it can serve process is : 4944 E. Lakes Dr., Pompano Beach, FL 33064. The character of the business any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of KPMF Accounting, Business & Technology Solutions, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on October 28, 2015. Office is located in the County of Onondaga. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Kevin P.M. Feeney, 1962 Amnaste Lane, Marcellus, NY 13108. Purpose is any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC). The name of the LLC is: Ladabouch Trucking, LLC. The Articles of Organization of the company were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on: 11/18/2015. The office of the company is located in Onondaga County. The principal business location is: 105 Rockwell Rd, Nedrow, NY 13120. The SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process

against the Company may be served. The address to which the SSNY shall mail process is: 105 Rockwell Rd, Nedrow, NY 13120. The purpose of the business of the Company includes: any and all lawful purposes. Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC). The name of the LLC is:G Transportation, LLC. The Articles of Organization of the company were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on:10/21/2015. The office of the company is located in Onondaga County. The SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the Company may be served. The address to which the SSNY shall mail process is 5423 Lucknow Dr, Clay, NY 13041. The purpose of the business of the Company is any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC). The name of the LLC is:MATAZI, LLC. The Articles of Organization of the company were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on:10/20/2015. The office of the company is located in Onondaga County. The SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the Company may be served. The address to which the SSNY shall mail process is 226 Carbon St, Syracuse, NY 13208. The purpose of the business of the Company includes any lawful purposes. NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY PURSUANT TO §206 OF THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY LAW. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned have formed a limited liability company, pursuant to §206 of the Limited Liability Company Law, the particulars of which are as follows: 1. The name of the limited liability company is “1326 U Block, LLC” 2. The date of filing is October 13, 2015. 3. Cortland County is the county within the State of New York where the office of the limited liability company is located. 4. The Secretary of State is designated as agent of the limited liability company for service of process and the post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail copy of any process against the limited liability company is 124 Port Watson Street, Cort-

land, New York 13045. 5. There is no registered agent for service. 6. The limited liability company is formed for any lawful business purpose. Dated: October 13, 2015 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY PURSUANT TO §206 OF THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY LAW. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned have formed a limited liability company, pursuant to §206 of the Limited Liability Company Law, the particulars of which are as follows: 1. The name of the limited liability company is “Clear General, LLC” 2. The date of filing is September 16, 2015. 3. Cortland County is the county within the State of New York where the office of the limited liability company is located. 4. The Secretary of State is designated as agent of the limited liability company for service of process and the post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail copy of any process against the limited liability company is 1108 Madden Lane, Cortland, New York 13045. 7. There is no registered agent for service. 8. The limited liability company is formed for any lawful business purpose. NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY PURSUANT TO §206 OF THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY LAW. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned have formed a limited liability company, pursuant to §206 of the Limited Liability Company Law, the particulars of which are as follows: 1. The name of the limited liability company is “Saw Buck, LLC”. 2. The date of filing is October 14, 2015. 3. Cortland County is the county within the State of New York where the office of the limited liability company is located. 4. The Secretary of State is designated as agent of the limited liability company for service of process and the post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail copy of any process against the limited liability company is 1108 Madden Lane, Cortland, New York 13045. 5. There is no registered agent for service. 6. The limited liability company is formed for any lawful business purpose. Notice of Formation of Midland Forrest, LLC, Art. of Org. filed

with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 10/13/15. Office location: Cortland County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1 Forrest Ave., Cortland, NY 13045. Purpose: any lawful activities. Notice of Formation of Newman Acquisitions,LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/5/2015. Office is located in the County of Onondaga. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 208 Sedgwick St.,Syracuse, NY 13203. Purpose is any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of Nurse Practitioner in Psychiatry – Stevens, PLLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on September 3, 2015. Office location: County of Onondaga. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Ave, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of RON COSSER, THE CRAFTSMAN, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/3/15. Office location: Onondaga County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 110 Walter Drive, Syracuse, NY 13206. Purpose: any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of Sweet Tooth Vegan Baking Company, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 9/21/2015. Office is located in the County of Onondaga. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 212 Single Dr., Syracuse, NY 13212.Purpose is any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of Two Kings Properties LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03 November 2015. Office location: County of Onondaga. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom pro-

cess may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 8120 Firenze Lane Clay NY 13041 . Purpose: any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of Welcome Sir LLC. Arts .Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/19/15. Office location: Onondaga SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.SSNY mail process to 208 E. 51st St. NY, NY 10022. Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of WLC Holdings, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/18/2015. Office is located in the County of Onondaga. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 103 Woerner Ave., Liverpool, NY 13088. Purpose is any lawful purpose. NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION of INVESTMENT PROPERTIES OF SYRACUSE, L.L.C. Application For Authority filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) October 20, 2015. Office location: Onondaga County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on September 28, 2015. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC: 225 Wilkinson Street, Syracuse, New York 13204. DE address of LLC: c/o CT Corporation, Corporation Trust Center 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, DE 19801. Certificate of Formation filed with DE Secretary of State, Townsend Building, Federal and Duke of York Streets, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: To engage in any lawful activity, except as limited by the LLC’s Operating Agreement. SUPREME COURT - COUNTY OF ONONDAGA. BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. Plaintiff against EDDIE A. CISNEROS JR., DAVID SUTKOWY, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered herein and dated July 30, 2015, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the 2nd floor of the Onondaga County Courthouse, public meeting area located outside the main entrance of the Onondaga County Clerk’s Office, 401 Montgomery Street, Syracuse, NY on December 16, 2015. at 10:00 A.M. premises situate in the Town of

Cicero, County of Onondaga and State of New York, being part of Farm Lot 42 in said Town and being more particularly described as Block 9 Lot D of Cedar Point Townhouses, according to a map filed in the Onondaga County Clerk’s office October 4, 1990 as Map No. 7384. Section 090.1 Block 03 Lot: 20.4. Said premises known as 6076 BETHLEHEM LANE, CICERO, NY. Approximate amount of lien $ 110,833.82 plus interest & costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment and Terms of Sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. Index Number 728/2014. ROBERT RHINEHART, ESQ., Referee. Sweeney Gallo Reich & Bolz, LLP . Attorney(s) for Plaintiff. 95-25 Queens Blvd, 11th Floor, Rego Park, NY 11374. {* Syracuse News*}. SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF ONONDAGA. SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Index #: 453/2014. Filed: 11/09/15. Plaintiff designates Onondaga County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the mortgaged premises is situated. Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB doing business as Christiana Trust, not in its individual capacity but solely as legal title trustee for Bronze Creek Title Trust 2013-NPL1, Plaintiff, -against- Alicia S. Calagiovanni, Onondaga County Public Administrator, as Administrator for the estate of Cheryl Lavin a/k/a Cheryl B. Lavin, Cheryl Lavin a/k/a Cheryl B. Lavin’s respective heirs-at-law, next-ofkin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors, and successors in interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendant who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, any right, title or interest in the real property described in the complaint herein, Kevin Lavin as Heir to the Estate of Cheryl Lavin a/k/a Cheryl B. Lavin, Danica Lavin as heir to the Estate of Cheryl Lavin a/k/a Cheryl B.

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TAURUS. (April 20-May 20) I suspect that in the coming days you will have an uncanny power to make at least one of your resurrection fantasies come true. Here are some of the possibilities. 1. If you’re brave enough to change your mind and shed some pride, you could retrieve an expired dream from limbo. 2. By stirring up a bit more chutzpah that you usually have at your disposal, you might be able to revive and even restore a forsaken promise. 3. Through an act of grace, it’s possible you will reanimate an ideal that was damaged or abandoned. GEMINI. (May 21-June 20) To the other 11 signs of the zodiac, the Way of the Gemini sometimes seems rife with paradox and contradiction. Many non-Geminis would feel paralyzed if they had to live amid so much hubbub. But when you are at your best, you thrive in the web of riddles. In fact, your willingness to abide there is often what generates your special magic. Your breakthroughs are made possible by your high tolerance for uncertainty. How many times have I seen a Gemini who has been lost in indecision but then suddenly erupts with a burst of crackling insights? This is the kind of subtle miracle I expect to happen soon.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) You will generate lucky anomalies and helpful flukes if you use shortcuts, flee from boredom, and work smarter rather than harder. On the other hand, you’ll drum up wearisome weirdness and fruitless flukes if you meander all over the place, lose yourself in far-off fantasies, and act as if you have all the time in the world. Be brisk and concise, Scorpio. Avoid loafing and vacillating. Associate with bubbly activators who make you laugh and loosen your iron grip. It’s a favorable time to polish off a lot of practical details with a light touch. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) “Like all explorers, we are drawn to discover what’s out there without knowing yet if we have the courage to face it.” Buddhist teacher Pema Chodron said that, and now I’m telling you. According to my divinations, a new frontier is calling to you. An unprecedented question has awakened. The urge to leave your familiar circle is increasingly tempting. I don’t know if you should you surrender to this brewing fascination. I don’t know if you will be able to gather the resources you would require to carry out your quest. What do you think? Will you be able to summon the necessary audacity? Maybe the better inquiry is this: Do you vow to use all your soulful ingenuity to summon the necessary audacity?

CANCER. (June 21-July 22) In September 1715, a band of Jacobite rebels gathered for a guerrilla attack on Edinburgh Castle in Scotland. Their plan was to scale the walls with rope ladders, aided by a double agent who was disguised as a castle sentry. But the scheme failed before it began. The rope ladders turned out to be too short to serve their intended purpose. The rebels retreated in disarray. Please make sure you’re not like them in the coming weeks, Cancerian. If you want to engage in a strenuous action, an innovative experiment or a bold stroke, be meticulous in your preparations. Don’t scrimp on your props, accouterments and resources.

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LEO. (July 23-Aug. 22) If you give children the option of choosing between food that’s mushy and food that’s crunchy, a majority will choose the crunchy stuff. It’s more exciting to their mouths, a more lively texture for their teeth and tongues to play with. This has nothing to do with nutritional value, of course. Soggy oatmeal may foster a kid’s well-being better than crispy potato chips. Let’s apply this lesson to the way you feed your inner child in the coming weeks. Metaphorically speaking, I suggest you serve that precious part of you the kind of sustenance that’s both crunchy and healthy. In other words, make sure that what’s wholesome is also fun, and vice versa.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Aztec king Montezuma II quenched his daily thirst with one specific beverage. He rarely drank anything else. It was ground cocoa beans mixed with chili peppers, water, vanilla and annatto. Spiced chocolate? You could call it that. The frothy brew was often served to him in golden goblets, each of which he used once and then hurled from his royal balcony into the lake below. He regarded this elixir as an aphrodisiac, and liked to quaff a few flagons before heading off to his harem. I bring this up, Aquarius, because the coming weeks will be one of those exceptional times when you have a poetic license to be almost Montezuma-like. What’s your personal equivalent of his primal chocolate, golden goblets and harem?

VIRGO. (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Your mascot is a famous white oak in Athens, Ga. It’s called the Tree That Owns Itself. According to legend, it belongs to no person or institution, but only to itself. The earth in which it’s planted and the land around it are also its sole possession. With this icon as your inspiration, I invite you to enhance and celebrate your sovereignty during the next seven months. What actions will enable you to own yourself more thoroughly? How can you boost your autonomy and become, more than ever before, the boss of you? It’s prime time to expedite this effort. LIBRA. (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Police in Los Angeles conducted an experiment on a 10-mile span of freeway. Drivers in three unmarked

witnessed a windstorm so severe that two 100-year-old trees were uprooted on the spot,” Mary Ruefle wrote in her book Madness, Rack, and Honey. “The next day, walking among the wreckage, I found the friable nests of birds, completely intact and unharmed on the ground.” I think that’s a paradox you’d be wise to keep in mind, Capricorn. In the coming weeks, what’s most delicate and vulnerable about you will have more staying power than what’s massive and fixed. Trust your grace and tenderness more than your fierceness and forcefulness. They will make you as smart as you need to be.

PISCES. (Feb. 19-March 20) “Unfortunately, I’m pretty lucky,” my friend Rico said to me recently. He meant that his relentless good fortune constantly threatens to undermine his ambition. How can he be motivated to try harder and grow smarter and get stronger if life is always showering him with blessings? He almost wishes he could suffer more so that he would have more angst to push against. I hope you won’t fall under the spell of that twisted logic in the coming weeks, Pisces. This is a phase of your cycle when you’re likely to be the beneficiary of an extra-strong flow of help and serendipity. Please say this affirmation as often as necessary: “Fortunately, I’m pretty lucky.”

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