Savannah, Georgia, the oldest city in the state of Georgia, is unique, historic and romantic that never fails to charm visitors. The riverside city has small, interconnected squares and oak-lined streets with dripping with Spanish moss making it perfect for ambling.
Plymouth Notch is a very small town nestled in the quiet Vermont countryside and is now a Vermont State Historic Site and the entire settlement is a historic district. There is a Coolidge Museum and Education Center plus a restaurant, general store, a few other buildings, and an operative cheese factory. The village is virtually unchanged since the time when Calvin Coolidge lived there.
Heading south? Consider stopping in Charleston on the way. Charleston has survived wars, fires, earthquakes and hurricanes – and despite it all, retained both her beauty and dignity. With more than 130 churches Charleston has been dubbed “City of Spires.”
The classic Broadway musical based on Charles Dickens’ novel Oliver Twist will run November 6 through 15 at The Arts Center located at 11 River Glen Drive on the Cayuga Community College campus.
The Spanish brought the donkeys to the island to use as draft animals.
When they were no longer needed, the donkeys were set free to roam the island. They did not fare well. In 1993 Dutch Nationals, Marina Melis, and her husband, Ed Koopman, established a donkey sanctuary on Bonaire for sick, wounded and orphaned donkeys.
Four saxophone voices will blend in concert at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 11, in SUNY Oswego’s Sheldon Hall ballroom as Dr. Robert Young leads the Bacchus Saxophone Quartet. Young, an award-winning saxophonist and faculty member at SUNY Potsdam’s Crane School of Music, will collaborate with his SUNY Oswego music department host, Trevor Jorgensen, and Dan and Marilee Blumenthal.
For years, there has been a controversy as to where Christopher Columbus is buried. It seems Columbus continued to travel after he died! In 1506 he was buried in Valladodid, Spain. When I was in Seville, Spain, I went to see his tomb in the Cathedral of Santa Maria de la Sede.
London-based pianist Helen Yorke will perform at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 28, in SUNY Oswego’s Sheldon Hall ballroom, displaying a skill that helped make her a renowned vocal coach and accompanist.
Part of the college’s Ke-Nekt Chamber Music Series, Yorke’s recital is scheduled to begin with a pre-concert talk at 7 p.m.
A piano soloist, respected bassist, sisterly strings duo and husband-wife vocal team will highlight a six-performance season of SUNY Oswego’s Ke-Nekt Chamber Music Series. “Our goal is to forge connections among artists, students and the community,” said series coordinator Trevor Jorgensen of the college’s music department. “It’s that ‘Ke-Nektion’ that we’re looking for.”
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