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Community organizations across Central New York are offering Easter egg hunts and other activities to celebrate the season. 🐰 While some listed have already taken place, there are still a number of hunts on for this weekend: www.thisiscny.com/things-to-do...

Learn about conservation, enjoy family-friendly events and get your hands (gloves) dirty at a neighborhood cleanup event this month for Earth Day. 🌎 ♻️ www.thisiscny.com/living/2025/...

In its fifth year offering a variety of cuisines at various food stalls, the Salt City Market in downtown Syracuse found a new word to describe things in 2025. “Stability,” said market coordinator Nicole Whyte. “That’s definitely the word of the moment.” www.thisiscny.com/food/2025/04...

Winston Oluwole Soboyejo, Ph.D., looks at the Mohawk Valley and sees the next Silicon Valley. Soboyejo put his stamp on @sunypolytechnic.bsky.social's strategic plan with four pillars: student success, brand and external partnerships, campus infrastructure and academic excellence.

It’s official: Syracuse Jazz Fest is on for 2025 with some big names on the lineup, including three Rock and Roll Hall of Famers. The 39th ed. of the Syracuse International Jazz Festival will take place June 25-29. Concerts are free to attend and open to all ages. Story by @deafgeoff.bsky.social

The annual family-friendly finned freak out known as FishStock is tomorrow, April 16, at Green Lakes State Park, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Kids can ‘adopt’ a trout and release it into Green Lake at this free event, which includes a food truck, activities and more. www.thisiscny.com/explore-upst...

Queen tribute, FishStock, fun ways to give back to the community, Legs & Eggs brunch and a celebration in the birthplace of the ice cream sundae - all this week: www.thisiscny.com/living/2025/...

The Wedge is the kind of place where you can sip a hard cider from Ithaca, snack on gouda-stuffed olives and walk out with an imported brie for later. 🧀 Syracuse’s first cheese-centric bar and restaurant — from the owners of The Curd Nerd — opens next week in Eastwood.

In a tiny Tully pop-up shop called Dude’s Delights, Roger Wilcox is cranking out hundreds of French macarons a week in flavors like strawberry cheesecake, mint chocolate chip, cotton candy and Dubai chocolate. They’re delicate, colorful, and good enough to make strangers shout “Dude!” in public.

Several of the top high schools in the Syracuse metropolitan area were ranked within the top 1,000 nationally in the most recent rankings by U.S. News & World Report. 🎓 See how your district stacks up: www.thisiscny.com/schools-news...

We 🧡 our local libraries! Library cards are free and give you access to so much more than 📚 and general media; they're a fantastic solution for reducing waste, getting connected with your communities and staving off the effects of inflation. #NationalLibraryWeek www.thisiscny.com/living/2024/...

The city of Syracuse's new online tool assists apartment hunters who want to know which rental properties are safe. Look Before You Rent includes an interactive map that generates information on a property’s compliance with the city’s rental registry and history of code violations.

Regardless of your generation, you’re never far from Cher’s pop culture magic. The national tour of “The Cher Show” is bringing the Goddess of Pop closer than ever, to the Landmark Theatre April 8-12. www.thisiscny.com/living/2025/...

The rules of a Silent Book Club are simple: show up, BYO book and read. What sets Silent Book Clubs apart from typical book clubs is their entirely pressure-free atmosphere. The phenomenon is spreading across CNY. www.thisiscny.com/living/2025/...

A series of summer concerts will benefit a fund to provide instruments and music lessons to students in need. 🎻 🎷 The events are coordinated by 727Instrumental, a nonprofit established last year by Mark DiGiorgio. Check out the lineup: www.thisiscny.com/living/2025/...

We're proud to be a sponsor of Mentoring Monday, a women-centric networking event in Syracuse that connects area business leaders and rising professionals and grows the local women’s business community. Learn more here: www.mmsyracuse.com

A Cher jukebox musical, a Ravioli Flight Night collab, the Country Folk Art Show & Artisan Market, the award-winning International Taste Festival and more this week: www.thisiscny.com/things-to-do...

Syracuse doesn’t have a Chinatown, but if it did, it would be in the southeast quadrant of the city, an area home to several regional Chinese restaurants serving dishes likely found nowhere else in Central New York. 🥟 Among them is Old Chengdu Cafe. Dining review by @jacobpucci.bsky.social

Author @angiethomas.bsky.social will speak on Tues., April 8 at 7:30 p.m. at the Crouse Hinds Theater as part of the Friends of the Central Library's 2024-25 Author Series. Her @nytimes.com Best Seller debut novel, "The Hate U Give," rocketed her to fame in 2017. www.thisiscny.com/living/2025/...

How could they not share our salt potato painting party?

Most of Benny Barbieri’s friends in the restaurant business took the usual route—slapping sauce on dough or twirling pasta onto plates. Not Benny. He’s been a breakfast guy since Day One. Charlie Miller visits Old Serpico's: www.thisiscny.com/living/2025/...

Rosemarie Nelson was a volunteer, a member of the board, race director from 2018 to 2023 and now serves as president of the Mountain Goat Run Foundation. Nelson spoke to Marie Morelli about running the race, both as a participant and as its leader. www.thisiscny.com/business/202...

Central New York has fantastic play spaces and children’s museums for a change of scenery where kids can run around, get creative and use their imaginations. www.thisiscny.com/living/2025/...

Five years ago, Syracuse teacher Renee Patterson never thought she would also own and run a small business. Now, she operates a mini tufting empire called Tufty & Co. “People who organize art markets were like, 'There’s nothing like this anywhere,'” said Patterson.

Mr. Lover Lover, a.k.a. Mr. Boombastic, Shaggy is coming to the Great New York State Fair. See when he'll perform and who else is on the lineup of free concerts here: www.thisiscny.com/living/2025/...

Vegetarians and dairy-free diners can navigate the menu easily, and the wait staff was genuine in its friendliness and knowledge of the menu at new Cicero restaurant Kenziee's. Dining review by @jaredpaventi.com: www.thisiscny.com/living/2025/...

If you're on Insta, check our feed for a special project we worked on with our @syracuse.com colleagues! www.instagram.com/p/DH6J3mVNqEp/ We offer a Syracuse solution to an issue of national concern. (Sorta.)

Happy opening day to our Syracuse Mets! ⚾ Can't wait to cheer on the team! If you’re heading to the ballpark this week or this season, here’s what you need to know: www.thisiscny.com/living/2025/... cc: @syracusemets.bsky.social

From their home in LaFayette, Sora J. Kasuga is blazing a trail with The FaceOut Project, a global organization to empower and connect people with facial differences. @katrinatulloch.bsky.social spoke with Sora as part of the Trailblazers and Trendsetters series: www.thisiscny.com/living/2025/...

Lots of live music opportunities hitting several genres this week, plus comedy and ways to move your body: www.thisiscny.com/living/2025/...

Eleven Syracuse-area bars and restaurants have been nominated for the 9th annual Best Burger in New York contest. See if your favorite 🍔 joint made the list and help them get to the next round. thisiscny.com/living/2025/03/burger-battle-11-syracuse-area-restaurants-compete-for-best-in-state.html

Spring trout fishing season opens Tuesday, April 1 and runs until mid-Oct. Find out about regs, stream stocking, fishing pole loans and more from reporter Steve Featherstone: www.thisiscny.com/explore-upst...

The MOST and Onondaga County Agriculture Council unveil tomorrow a new permanent exhibit, Onondaga Grown presents GROW. 🌾 The exhibit will offer an in-depth exploration of how local agriculture shapes Central New York’s economy, culture and environment. www.thisiscny.com/living/2025/...

A Syracuse success story from the past will be celebrated in a new multimedia performance. 🎶 📽️ The Syracuse-born composer, who was a major architect of the swing era in American music, will be the focus of “Swingin' in Hollywood with Frank and Friends: The Music of Jimmy Van Heusen” on March 29.

Proposed new zoning in Cicero would promote greater public access to the town’s Oneida Lake shoreline while encouraging more housing and businesses near the water. The proposed rules would allow for the first time mixed-used properties, with businesses on the first level and housing above.

If the weather has you pining for more green, bring a plant home. Here in CNY, several plant shops are open year-round and at the beginning of spring — before nurseries and garden centers reopen full time for growing season — so you can grow, er, go wild. www.thisiscny.com/living/2025/...

Four Central New York breweries took home gold medals at the 2025 NYS Craft Beer Competition, and seven others medaled in their categories. 🥇🥈🥉 🍻 In all, 1,320 beers were entered by 207 of the state’s more than 500 craft breweries. See the full list of winners: www.thisiscny.com/living/2025/...

Womxn's rock climbing night (tonight), trivia, lots of live music, comedy and theater, plus Syracuse Collectors Con - all this week. www.thisiscny.com/living/2025/...

By the end of this year, Michael Greene hopes to open a new wine-focused bar and adjoining event space in the landmark Mizpah Tower, a six-story Gothic-style building overlooking Columbus Circle in downtown Syracuse. www.thisiscny.com/living/2025/...

Have you ever noticed this antique car in the window on S. Warren St.? Congratulations to downtown Syracuse’s M. Lemp Jewelers, honored this month by Mayor Ben Walsh for 135 years of business! The jewelry store is the oldest retail business in the city. www.thisiscny.com/living/2025/...

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