Author: Michael Davis

Downtown Syracuse’s Landmark Theatre, 362 S. Salina St., is usually the classiest venue in the area to catch live concerts and stage performances. Yet once each year the vaudeville-era showplace is the home for the Blowout Fantasy Hairshow, one of the most over-the-top runway shows to hit Central New York. The seventh annual Blowout event, this year titled “Superheroes & Villains,” takes place Sunday, Feb. 18, 3 to 6 p.m. The nonprofit ACR Health is behind the annual runway competition among professional hair salons and stylists to see who can create the most extravagant look based on a certain theme.…

Tyus Battle leads the Orange to a 78-70 defeat over the Demon Deacons at the Carrier Dome on Sunday.

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The Music Hall is a venue uncommon to songwriters and musicians. While the music presented is primarily acoustic, there are occasional departures into other formats. We seek to offer a venue for the unheard voice, new ideas, to those who use song to reach out from and to the edges of our culture. The Oswego Music Hall is located at the McCrobie Building in Oswego, NY.Performances occur September to June, every other Saturday night. Open Mic Nights on Friday night. http://oswegomusichall.org/ (315) 342-1733 All photos by Michael Davis: Continue Reading

The Syracuse Orange Defeat the Boston College Eagles 81-63

At the center of this acclaimed Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning musical is a family at once familiar and recognizable, but also coping with its own particular dysfunction. Intimately told, Next to Normal blends the insight of fine drama with the emotional impact of a moving rock score. Often funny and always poignant, Next to Normal is a work of grace and power that goes right to the human heart. You can get tickets here. Continue Reading

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Fighting Irish Defeat the Orange 51-49

Last week’s frigid weather led to the relocation of Mayor Ben Walsh’s inauguration ceremony from the outdoor steps of downtown’s City Hall to the warmer confines of the Landmark Theatre, 362 S. Salina St. More than 1,000 visitors took in the Jan. 6 swearing-in of the independent candidate, who posed for photos with his family (below). His father, former Congressman Jim Walsh (top right), beamed with pride as the family’s political bloodline (Ben Walsh’s grandfather, William, was also a Syracuse mayor) continues into the 21st century. Continue Reading

Syracuse New Times photographer Michael Davis snaps mystical winter images around Central New York for our 2018 Winter Times edition.

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SU defeats the Bulls 81-74

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SU defeats Colgate 72-58

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