Gifford Foundation Executive Director Sheena Solomon joins Central Current Radio to share information on Gifford’s upcoming program, Nourishing Tomorrow’s Leaders. The post Central Current Radio: Nourishing Tomorrow’s Leaders appeared first on Central Current ..read more

"Good cause" was included in the New York State budget three months ago. City officials will decide whether it protects Syracuse residents. The post As Syracuse’s elected officials go mum on ‘good cause’ opt-in, advocates assemble coalition appeared first on Central Current ..read more

The exhibition features 38 works from a OFD, who has met weekly over the last 32 years to draw models. The post New Edgewood exhibit commemorates 35th anniversary of Open Figure Drawing appeared first on Central Current ..read more

Several citywide art organizations and galleries in downtown Syracuse have come together to create the Syracuse Art Trail, a walking path that ties together several galleries and businesses.  Timed with the Syracuse Arts and Festival to maximize exposure for local artists, the trail started July 19 and will conclude July 28. At the trail’s kickoff event at Stay Fresh Design, located in the Delavan Studios, local artists designed special-to-Syracuse works of art. A textile-stitched outline of Onondaga County was centered on a map and hung high on a column. The stitched outline was created ..read more

Haoyang “Peter” Zhou, a doctoral student in physics at Syracuse University, prepares to change his fishing lure at Green Lakes State Park in Fayetteville on Sunday. Zhou, whose hometown is Beijing, China, said Green Lakes “has got to be my favorite place in the Syracuse area” and that he visits the park about three times a week, fishing and flying drones for aerial photography. Green Lakes State Park features two glacial lakes surrounded by forest. It also offers a beach, kayak and rowboat rentals, cabins and campsites, a concession stand, a golf course, trails, picnic tables and pavilions, a ..read more

The Central New York Community Foundation has committed another $1 million toward addressing Syracuse’s lead crisis. The money — which adds another $2.6 million to the money the foundation has already spent toward addressing the lead crisis — will be spent over the next five years.  Melanie Littlejohn, the president and CEO of the foundation, said they’re not yet sure how the money will be spent or to which organizations it will go. It will be disbursed in various ways.  Some of the money will continue to fund work abating and remediating lead in windows, doors and paint. Since 2018 ..read more

This story originally appeared in New York Focus, a nonprofit news publication investigating power in New York. Sign up for their newsletter here. This reporting was supported by a grant from the Fund for Investigative Journalism. BRANDON LOORI HAD BEEN locked up in the Broome County Jail for less than a week in May 2022 when he called his mom to tell her he had endocarditis, the same heart condition that had killed his sister one month before. By the time his mother was allowed to see him, the 37-year-old was on a breathing tube. She visited Loori in the hospital, and his niec ..read more

“Eight Artists: An Invitational,” a group exhibition at the gallery in the Atrium, 201 E. Washington St., is a wide-open show featuring a range of work by local artists. Indeed, it displays abstract paintings, sculptures, pieces incorporating spray paint, illustrations created with India ink and watercolor, and more. The exhibit presents several acrylics by Ben Coir. “Think,” for example, has an interesting but amorphous shape in the middle of the canvas accompanied by a circle and triangle. In addition, Jillian Hagadorn has three portraits in the show. “May 11, 2021,” a straight-up portrait ..read more

The Syracuse Common Council is expected to vote Monday on a $390,000 settlement split between two people who accused Syracuse police officers of beating them in Armory Square.  The settlement will end a five-year court battle between Kyle Williams, Rachel Chrysler and the city. Williams and Chrysler sued the officers for using excessive force. Under the settlement, Williams would receive $325,000 and Chrysler would receive $65,000. Neither a Syracuse Police Department spokesman nor Williams’ and Chrysler’s lawyer, Fred Lichtmacher, responded to Central Current’s requests for comment.&nbs ..read more

“According to the Laws of Chance,” a group exhibition at the Light Work Gallery, focuses on the role that chance plays in various genres of photography. It’s a broad-based show with photography of the movement, collage work and pieces created by artists who experiment in the darkroom. There’s a diverse roster of 11 photographers who utilize chance as a vital tool in their work. For example, Syracuse photographer Will Stith has indicated that he photographs things as they happen. His image, “You’re Going the Wrong Way,” depicts a city scene in which a man tugs on the shirt of a second man who ..read more