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Twenty-one participants joined in this summer’s event The Stand’s eighth annual Photo Walk opened with two photo lessons Saturday, July 22. Local photographer Marilu Lopez Fretts, excited to get out and begin snapping photos, quickly reviewed several tips and suggestions on composition. Next, Kate Collins, a photojournalist and video producer, provided a short lesson on best practices for taking photos with a smart phone, …

Neighborhood revitilizer celebrates successes like Price Rite, stresses community support needed to do even more

Program helps students return to college to earn degree

The Eighth annual South Side Photo Walk will be held the fourth Saturday in July. The event will open with a photo lesson by professional photographers Kate Collins, who is a photo and video manager at syracuse.com, and Marilu Lopez Fretts, who is a freelance and multimedia photographer. After the walk, all participants will share the photos they took, and the …

Weekly sessions cover self-care, awareness

Film examines identity in a harsh society

How can art ease Syracuse’s concentrated poverty? Two community outreach coordinators with the Greater Syracuse Land Bank for the past year, Liam Kirst and Logan Reidsma, have been busy coordinating multiple opportunities for students and adults to paint artwork on the the plywood boards used by the nonprofit to secure vacant houses throughout the city.  Their efforts have resulted in …

One goal of the Paint the City event held Saturday, June 3, in Syracuse’s South Side is for neighborhood youth to no longer have to walk by drab, boarded-up vacant homes daily on their way to school. Instead, the Greater Syracuse Land Bank will use the 62 completed boards created that day to secure the tax-delinquent properties throughout Syracuse that …

Accomplished artist shares her passions through performance and as community mentor Meet Katishma Grey, a local actress, singer and choreographer who is  a teaching fellow and performer at The Redhouse Arts Center. She embodies creativity, knowledge and humility with all of her talents. Q: What is your role at The Redhouse Arts Center? A: My role with The Redhouse Arts …

‘Motown the Musical’ coming to Syracuse