This year the Northeast Jazz & Wine Festival featured a third day, which was billed as World Jazz Sunday.
Lucy Esqilin and Vanyo Esquilin of 33 DC
The first group on the main stage was 33 DC, a gospel group with jazz flavor, and later the show ended with the divine sounds of Ricky Encarncion & Heaven Report, featuring Norbert Satchel of Tower of Power and Paoli Mejias.
Mike and Jeff Houston (Northeast Jazz & Wine Festival, Day 1)
The J Project brought R&B and Classic Soul to Day One of the Northeast Jazz & Wine Festival last night. They performed on the World Beat Pavilion stage.
Members of the group Team A.N.G.E.L. spoke to civil eaders and community members at a forum held at Le Moyne College Wednesday.
Team members Ed Mitchell, Jr., Ryedell Davis, Isaiah Gregory and Schenise Stevens described their summer program, located at the Southwest Community Center, and their attempt to branch out to other sectors of the city.
A.N.G.E.L. stands for Avoid Negative Garbage Enjoy Life.
Ed Mitchell, Jr. shows a memorial poster made by teens in the Team A.N.G.E.L. Program
“Cities also have a special function today because an economy based on knowledge bestows new importance on institutions of knowledge-in particular, universities and medical research centers-many of which are located in the heart of central cities and urban communities. In Syracuse this is no different.”
Bruce Katz, Director, Brookings Institution (2006)
This is the weekend for the outdoor car show better know as The Syracuse Nationals. Classic vehicles are on display from downtown and the Fairgrounds to Liverpool and Onondaga Lake Parkway.
Syracuse’s Tyrone Burke catches a touchdown in the first half. Burke had 4 receptions for 135 yards and 3 touchdowns
The Syracuse Shock Football Club, last year’s NAFL’s Eastern champs, began their season on Saturday by bullying the Elmira Evolution 76-19 at Henninger Field. This year the Shock joined the Empire Football League, which has teams in Albany, Watertown, Plattsburgh, Glens Falls, Vermont, and Montreal.
