During a tour of the Northside recently one of the longtime shop owners refer to the North Salina Corridor as “Little Italy,” while a tour guide cited changing demographics for calling the neighborhood “The Gateway to Many Nations.” The tour was facilitated by Northside Up and SUNY-ESF. Here Northside Up’s co-director Stasya Erickson talks about the neighborhood on the steps of 754 Barbershop.
Cuban-born visual artists Abisay Puentes Rodriquez and Oscar Garces will display their work at the Wailer Lofts 7 Days Gallery (North Salina Street) this week.
Urban Jazz Coalition’s Duane Tribune (left) and Richard Randolph
Columbus, OH-based Urban Jazz Coalition brings an unofficial end to the outdoor live jazz season in Syracuse on Thursday. They performed in Little Italy for the season finale of Jazz in the City, a neighborhood concert series produced each summer by Larry Luttinger and the Central New York Jazz Orchestra.