Live music, cardboard sled races, Ithaca Chili Cook-Off: 13 things to do in CNY
Updated Feb 17, 2021;
The year’s shortest month is winding down and no matter what your interests, you should be able to find something to do this weekend.
Live music will be at Coleman’s and Sharkey’s on Friday night, there will be cardboard sled races at Skaneateles Ski Hill, and you can be a judge at Ithaca’s Chili Cook-Off.
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Will Thierfelder drives the Vestal, NY Starbucks sled down the hill at a race in 2014 at the Four Seasons Golf and Ski Center in Fayetteville
Upstate’s forgotten abolitionists: Myrtilla Miner bravely taught Washington D.C.’s Black daughters
Updated Feb 23, 2021;
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Upstate New York was a hotbed in the 19th century for the abolitionist movement and the Underground Railroad. Names like Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass and Gerrit Smith are familiar. But there were also valiant figures from the region, white and Black, who fought for the end of slavery whose names have faded into history.
During this Black History Month, after searching through old newspapers and websites, we take a look back at some of Upstate New York’s forgotten abolitionists.
The story of abolitionist Myrtilla Miner, born in 1815 near the town of Brookfield in Madison County, is an incredible American tale.
Delicious Downtown Deals, new Syracuse Stage play, sake tasting: 12 things to do in CNY
Updated Feb 03, 2021;
While a lot of people’s attention will be focused on Tampa, Florida this weekend for the Super Bowl, there will be a host of fun activities to do before the big game around Central New York.
The “Delicious Downtown Deals” program is underway and Syracuse Stage has a new play dealing with the Los Angeles riots of 1992.
There are also virtual events from the Rosamond Gifford Zoo, the Erie Canal Museum and the Syracuse City Ballet.
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