Sandbridge is a long stretch of beach south of the hotel resort area of Virginia Beach. The beach is lined with houses, actually several rows of houses, but even though it was peak season the beach never felt crowded. The waves were great for playing in and for boggie boarding.
Annapolis is an easy city to love. It has a lot going for it. It is small as cities go, located on the Chesapeake Bay, close to Washington and Baltimore, and steeped in history. There were a lot of things John and I loved including the fact that the historic part is easy to get around.
SUNY Oswego will showcase the work of Hannah Claus, a Canadian artist of Mohawk heritage, in a free exhibition to open Sept. 7, at Tyler Art Gallery. A public artist’s reception will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. at the gallery. Though Claus cannot attend, SUNY Oswego art historian Dr. Lisa Seppi, curator of the exhibition, will speak.
John and I have always used the word Annapolis when talking about the U.S. Naval Academy. While the Naval Academy is in Annapolis, Maryland, the locals never refer to it as Annapolis, reserving that for the name of the city. I will try to remember this fine point.
Two of Oswego County’s veteran actors, Kristin Cook and Bobby Fontana, return to the stage to recreate their roles in Godspell from a previous 2007 performance under the direction of Nancy Fox when fellow actor Dan Williams portrayed Jesus.
Fulton Community Theatre will hold open auditions for its Halloween and Christmas productions, which will close out its 2012 season. Auditions will be held on Aug. 20 and 21, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. in the Bishop’s Hall of Holy Trinity Parish, 309 Buffalo St.
My husband, John, and I have been to Myanmar several times. The country has a plethora of interesting sites including Bagan, Mandalay and Lake Inle. But, it is beautiful Ngapali Beach on the Bay of Bengal that draws us back year after year.
Ngapali Beach is a 40-minute plane ride from Yangon, the former capital.
With opening night only days away, CNY Arts Center has established box office hours to accommodate ticket sales for its first theatre production in its new facility located at the Park Street entrance of State Street Methodist Church at 357 State St.
After more than a year of events, meetings and fundraising with a goal to serve all arts for all ages, CNY Arts Center is finally set to open its first stage production with an impressive cast of 12 and a brand new stage.
Recently, I toured the Oneida Community Mansion House and learned about this amazing chapter in New York State history. The large rambling brick mansion was built in stages starting in 1861. The community was founded by John Humphrey Noyes in 1848 in an attempt to create the perfect society. At its height it had about 300 members that lived together as one family.
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