Community Calendar

Wide variety of items for sale; something for everyone, including delicious homemade baked goods. The Bag Sale (on most items) starts at 9 a.m. on April 18.

A portion of the proceeds will be given to Haven of Hope for their homeless ministry.

Anyone wishing to donate may bring the items to the church beginning April 7 until April 9 from 9:30 a.m. to noon, or call the church for arrangements on a different day or time. Please use the East Utica entrance as the sale is downstairs.

This is the 30th annual Made in NY exhibition, a juried show at the Schweinfurth Art Center located in Auburn, NY, that features work by artists who live in New York State. The exhibit is an opportunity for artists to showcase their work in a competitive, juried exhibition. Prizes will be awarded, including $1000 for Best of Show.

In August 2016, Syracuse artist Alex Johns-Hamer was at the Standing Rock protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline as a media photographer and correspondent, drinking in the scene and making photographs. Images from that life-altering trip and more are on display in his exhibition.

The CNY Art Guild's Spring Show welcomes you to see and purchase artist's work, including photography, watercolor, acrylic, oil and mixed media painting, fiber art and sculpture. New this year is a special offering of 6x6 canvases of original artworks from members to benefit an art show for local area high school art students. All proceeds from the sale of the 6x6 pieces goes directly to the student awards.

Join us in the Blackbox Theatre on Thursday, April 16th, for Reel Stories CFAC Film Festival: Opening Reception & Screening, followed by a weekend full of films.

Thursday, April 16th, 6:00 PM
Opening Screening “Space To Breath” & Reception
About the film: Space to Breathe is an Afrofuturist science fiction hybrid documentary, framed with a future where there are no prisons or police.

Friday, April 17th, 5:00 PM - 10:30 PM
Various Screenings

Saturday, April 18th, 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Double Feature- The Bombing of Osage Avenue & TCB The Toni Cade Bambara School of Organizing

Reserve your spot online!

Get On The Beat is a free community health awareness fair at Destiny USA connecting Syracuse and CNY residents with local healthcare providers, screenings, and resources. Topics include men's health, mental health, child safety, MS awareness, emergency preparedness, preventive care, and more. Free light refreshments, raffle prizes, and something for the whole family.

La Traviata, composed by Giuseppe Verdi with a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, is a tragic opera set in Paris and follows the story of Violetta Valéry, a celebrated courtesan. At a lavish party, she meets Alfredo Germont, a young man who has admired her from afar. Touched by his sincerity and love, Violetta abandons her glamorous lifestyle and retreats to the countryside with him. Their happiness is short-lived, however, when Alfredo’s father, Giorgio Germont, secretly visits Violetta and urges her to end the relationship to preserve the family’s honor and secure his daughter’s future. Heartbroken, Violetta sacrifices her own happiness and leaves Alfredo without explaining the true reason.

Alfredo, unaware of his father’s intervention, is devastated by Violetta’s departure and publicly shames her at a party, only to later learn of her noble sacrifice. Stricken with remorse, he rushes to her side, but by then Violetta is gravely ill with tuberculosis. In a final reunion, the two lovers briefly rekindle their love, but it is too late—Violetta dies in Alfredo’s arms, a victim of society’s hypocrisy and moral rigidity.

The opera explores powerful themes such as the conflict between personal desire and social convention, the redemptive power of love, and the cruelty of sacrifice. Violetta’s journey from a figure of indulgence to one of profound emotional depth highlights issues of gender, class, and morality in 19th-century society. La Traviata remains one of the most moving portrayals of doomed love in the operatic canon, both for its emotional resonance and its searing social commentary.

This is the 30th annual Made in NY exhibition, a juried show at the Schweinfurth Art Center located in Auburn, NY, that features work by artists who live in New York State. The exhibit is an opportunity for artists to showcase their work in a competitive, juried exhibition. Prizes will be awarded, including $1000 for Best of Show.

In August 2016, Syracuse artist Alex Johns-Hamer was at the Standing Rock protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline as a media photographer and correspondent, drinking in the scene and making photographs. Images from that life-altering trip and more are on display in his exhibition.

Ease into the day, slowly. Join us for a morning designed to linger..nothing asks you to rush. DJ Mia sets the tone with a soft spin of chill beats, creating a gentle rhythm for conversation, connection, or a quiet moment to yourself. Come with friends, or take yourself out for a self-date. Settle in, stay awhile, and let the morning unfold at its own pace.