George Kilpatrick, Jr., creator, New Inspiration for the Nation (circa 2007)
Shout out to media entrepreneur George Kilpatrick, aka GK2, aka Uncle George, (shown here introducing one of his mentors, Mel Tillar) the one who shows us how to inspire people to do things that inspire them.
He is the co-chair for Engage CNY.
Next week GK2 will celebrate 10 years of his New Inspiration for the Nation radio program.
Sidewalk Art, Near Westside
Syracuse Media Group columnist Sean Kirst was presented with the Saundra Smokes Humanitarian Award at the City Hall Commons Atrium tonight.
SU Senior and Remembrance Scholar Erin Carhart (left) helped her classmates light candles on the stairs of Hendricks Chapel tonight.
This year will mark the 25th Anniversary of the Pan Am 103 Lockerbie Air Bombing.
The tragedy has permanently linked the city of Syracuse with Lockerbie.
At SU they call it Remembrance Week and events kicked off last weekend. Senior Erin Carhart helped organized a candlelight vigil tonight that began at Hendricks Chapel with speeches and concluded at the Wall of Remembrance with silence.
Educator Graham Herbert, of Lockerbie Academy, sick made the trip to Syracuse for this week’s activities.
Candlelight Vigil, Wall of Remembrance
To hear some of the audio from tonight’s program, click the link below (Orange Appeal Singers with senior Tim Chang on the beatbox).
Timothy Bond, Producing Artistic Director at Syracuse Stage, said Brian Dennehy was one of his heroes because he practices what he preaches about the importance of regional theater.
Seasoned actor Brian Dennehy, whose son attends Syracuse University, was a special guest for the Friday night portion of Orange Central. He was joined in conversation and an occasional gut-busting laugh by Syracuse Stage’s Timothy Bond.
The event was held at the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium (Newhouse complex).
During the hour-long program, Dennehy gave numerous anecdotes about writers Jimmy Breslin and Frank McCourt, as well as actors Kevin Kline and Zero Mostel.
He discuseed his numerous roles in film, television and his first love, regional theater. “What happens in the theater can only happen in the theater,” he said.
Dennehy, whose career spans five decades, also gave a reading, told some jokes, and even sang during a musical interlude with pianist Jeff Sawyer (an SU grad).
Brian Dennehy, an actor’s actor, prepared for a reading of the work of Arthur Miller on Friday night.
Wet weather fashion accessory
SU rallies the troops in preparation for Saturday's game versus the Clemson Tigers (Euclid Avenue).
University College Dean Bea Gonzales and award-winning author George Saunders Friday morning at the Orange Central event (Newhouse 3).
Blame it on Amarillo…or maybe Asia.
SU Creative Writing Program professor George Saunders said it was in one of those places where he decided to become a writer and avoid what he called a “shadow” life. The Guggenheim and MacArthur fellow participated in a conversation with fellow professor Dana Spiotta this morning.
Saunders talked candidly about his experience in the short story genre and grooming the next generation of fiction writers by growing their talents and awakening their artistry the way it was done when he arrived as a student in the writing program (1980s).
“Talent doesn’t change, only the flavor of the talent changes, ” he said.
In the clip below, Saunders talks about Syracuse as a good place to practice the craft of writing.
Poet Sonia Sanchez spoke at Syracuse University about a decade ago.
Here’s a new documentary will explore the work of poet Sonia Sanchez. The film is in pursuit of crowd funding.
Owen Orchards