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Sandra Scott Travels: Hot Pot One Thousand Years Old And Still Going Strong

November 28, 2014 Contributor

One of the places I check when I am researching a destination is Global Greeter Network,www.globalgreeternetwork.info Greeters are volunteers who love their city so much they volunteer to give free two-hour tours. They take visitors to parks, shopping, or lesser known neighborhoods. On our recent trip to China, we signed up for a Greeter tour in Chongqing. We wanted to learn about hot pot which originated in Mongolia one thousand years ago and is a signature dish of the Sichuan Province.

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Fulton Community Theatre Auditions Set For Valentine’s Comedy

November 25, 2014 Contributor

Fulton Community Theatre will hold open auditions for the romantic comedy “Shooting Star” by Steven Dietz, the first production of its 2015 season. Auditions will be held on December 1 and 2 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Tavern on the Lock Restaurant and Bar, 24 S. First St.

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The cast of the SUNY Oswego theater department's "It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play" will treat audiences Dec. 5 and 6 in Pulaski and Oswego, respectively, to a production of the holiday classic that relies on voices, sound effects and music to evoke the drama, much as radio did in its golden age. Joining director Henry Shikongo (standing at far left) are cast members, each of whom will play multiple roles (standing left to right) Keith Gallucci, Clarissa Bawarski (doubling as stage manager), Brian Bueche and Rebecca McCarthy; and (seated left to right) Mike Cothren, Dan Frohm, Sarah Eye and Evan Debevec-McKenney.

SUNY Oswego’s ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ to evoke golden age of radio

November 24, 2014 Contributor

SUNY Oswego’s theater department will celebrate the holidays with a live “radio play” of the classic “It’s A Wonderful Life” on Dec. 5 at Pulaski’s Kallet Theater and Dec. 6 in Hewitt Union ballroom. The fantasy comedy-drama “It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play” will open at 8 p.m. Dec. 5, at the Kallet, 4842 Jefferson St. in Pulaski, and run as a matinee at 2 p.m. on Dec. 6.

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Sandra Scott Travels: Uncover The Beauty, History of Covered Bridges

November 21, 2014 Contributor

There is something about covered bridges that makes people stop to take a picture. There have been movies, books, and puzzles that featured covered bridges. They have been around for a long time. I like the term “kissing bridge” that came from the days when sleighs would cross the bridge and a bold boyfriend would steal a kiss in the dark.

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Nelson and Sherri Metz appear together in the upcoming Oswego Players' production of "The Lion in Winter."

Husband, Wife Team Up As King and Queen In Drama

November 18, 2014 Contributor

For some husbands and wives, the drama of life is enough to keep things interesting. But, for actors Nelson and Sherri Metz, the real drama is on stage. The pair has been cast as Henry II and Queen Eleanor in the forthcoming Oswego Players’ production of “The Lion in Winter.” The play is being directed by Richard Mosher.

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Oswego Native Appearing at Syracuse’s Funny Bone

November 15, 2014 Submitted article

Oswego native Owen Benjamin will be appearing at the Funny Bone in Destiny USA mall in Syracuse December 4 to 7. The Funny Bone is located at 10301 Destiny USA Drive in Syracuse. For tickets, call 315-423-8669. Benjamin is featured in “Sullivan and Son,” on Turner Broadcasting System.

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Sandra Scott Travels: Syracuse Has The MOST Dinosaurs

November 14, 2014 Contributor

John and I have been tourists in many cities in the United States and many foreign countries but we had never been a tourist in Syracuse. Sometimes that which is closest to us becomes the most overlooked. Of course, we go to Syracuse to shop and go to the doctors but never as a tourist. We packed out bags and set out to explore Syracuse.

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SUNY Oswego faculty concert to feature romantic songs

November 14, 2014 Contributor

SUNY Oswego music faculty vocalists will harmonize in a Focus on Faculty series concert featuring songs of romantic masters Franz Schubert and Robert Schumann at 3 p.m. Nov. 23, in Sheldon Hall ballroom. Tenor Todd Graber and soprano Mihoko Tsutsumi, with piano accompanist Juan La Manna, also of the college’s music faculty, will perform selected songs of Austrian composer Schubert and two song cycles by Schumann, a German romantic composer.

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Longwood Jazz Project – Under The Moon November 14th

November 14, 2014 Site Administrator

Sandra Scott Travels: Walk Along The Historic Underground Railroad

November 7, 2014 Contributor

There were several reasons John and I wanted to visit Niagara Falls USA. First of all, we wanted to see Johnny Mathis at the Seneca Niagara Casino. When people hear the word “casino” they think of gambling and rightly so. But, there is so much more to today’s casinos. The other reason we wanted to visit the Falls area was to visit Niagara University and the Castellani Art Museum to check out its Underground Railroad display called “Freedom Crossing.”

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