Centro bus drivers like Albert Anderson are trying to make sure riders get where they need to go.
Arts & Culture
Posted inVisual Arts
‘Back to the Toon Age’ showcases imagination, eccentricity of Central New York artists
“Back to the Toon Age,” now featured at the Edgewood Gallery, focuses on notions of artistic imagination, on the very different ways in which three artists express themselves.
Posted inArts & Culture
Auburn couple opens home to Ukrainian refugee
Olena Abramova left her home in Bila Tserkva, Ukraine, to seek refuge in America with a couple located in Auburn, New York.
Posted inEvents
Syracuse Jazz Fest 2023: See the performer lineupÂ
Syracuse Jazz Fest 2023 organizers announced global music icons Gladys Knight and Herbie Hancock as the headliners for the 37th annual festival.
Posted inEvents
2023 St. Patrick’s Parade: Syracuse to celebrate Irish-American pride
A sea of green, white, and orange will flood Syracuse’s streets in celebration of Irish heritage influence this weekend.
Posted inPeople
Ukrainian students in Syracuse torn between homeland war, school
Central Current interviewed students with connections to Syracuse and Ukraine to better understand how members of the local college community have been impacted by the war in Ukraine.Â
Posted inArts & Culture
Alive Downtowns! call for state funding for historic Upstate New York theaters
Alive Downtowns! is advocating for $20 million to be allocated by the state among 13 upstate historic theaters.Â
Posted inJustice & Equity
Confronting the Civilization Fund Act and its connection to Central New York
Three Onondaga brothers Willis, Abel and Albert Pierce, all survived after escaping the Thomas Indian School
– among some 2,740 Native children, many of whom were bused from across the Haudenosaunee Confederacy and forced to attend New York’s largest and longest-running residential boarding school.
Posted inVisual Arts
Saxophonist Ricky Ford, all-star group to perform at Jazz Central in Syracuse
He will be accompanied by an all-star musical group including, pianist John Kordalewski, bassist Tony Marino, and drummer Thurman Barker.Â
Posted inPeople
Reflecting on One Year of War: Syracuse Ukrainian church congregants mourn, pray for peace
One year after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the local Ukrainian community gathered in Syracuse to mourn, remember lives lost and pray for peace.
