On Oct. 20, 1976, students at Buffalo’s Canisius High School were called to an assembly involving “acoustical science.” Instead of a lecture, Allman and Cher were there, as well as a Syracuse band called “Freeze.”
Arts & Culture
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Abundance, precarity, and the artist’s field of research
Katie Mulligan’s No Man’s Land: Reimagining the Myth of Cicero Swamp celebrates a vital ecosystem facing a new threat.
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Sean Kirst: After passing of Mark Cass, North Side Learning Center leaders seek to build upon his love and vision
An annual dinner Saturday creates a chance to both honor Cass and to look toward the future for immigrant communities served at the Park Street complex.
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Sean Kirst: Tonight in Syracuse, a national update on the church, clergy sexual abuse and healing for survivors
The public is invited to hear reflections from Albany Bishop Mark O’Connell, chair-elect of a key church committee for protecting children.
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Sean Kirst: In Syracuse, in a season for ghosts, Donald Trump collides with legacy of president who served when Trump was born
Seventy-four years ago, on his own campaign visit to Syracuse, Harry Truman described an American landscape powerfully opposite to how Donald Trump portrayed it Friday night.
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Sean Kirst: Jim Gifford’s life equaled faith in Elmwood. Saturday’s cleanup, in his memory, nurtures that spark.
An annual gathering in honor of a guy, lost to violence, whose everyday world represented full neighborhood commitment.
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Sean Kirst: For three more months, at St. Lucy’s, cherishing ‘Father Jim’s Way’
A community surprise was unveiled last Thursday for a legendary priest, renowned for his outreach, who is set to retire on Jan. 1.
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Sean Kirst: At birth, the doctors said Dave Murray might not live to be 5. A double lung transplant later, he just turned 70.
Born with cystic fibrosis, time and struggle taught Murray one especially vital key to daily life: Listening.
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Sean Kirst: To honor a wife lost on Sept. 11, a guy who never forgets understands how the simplest moments mean everything
Twenty-five years later, Mark Morabito sees the greatest lesson in his life, amid vast grief, as following through on quiet things that matter most.
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Sean Kirst: At newly-named Haudenosaunee Village, state fair goodbyes softened by all that’s coming next
Organizers say the excitement and pride intertwined with the new name only opens the door to the potential of a 2028 village centennial.
