Continuing thru 9/6/2011

Event: bc Unplugged Tuesday Open Mic

Location: bc Restaurant, 247 West Fayette Street, Syracuse

For More Info: 315-701-0636

Continuing thru 8/24/2011

Event: Sound Garden presents Wednesday’s Flicks on the Crick

Location: Creekwalk in Armory Square, 300 West Fayette Street, Syracuse

For More Info: 315-473-4343

Continuing thru 8/20/2011

Event: Saturday’s Island Fest at Paper Mill Island

Location: Papermill Island, 136 Spensieri Ave., Baldwinsville

For More Info: 800-234-4797

Continuing thru 8/5/2011

Event: YMCA Downtown Writer’s Center

Location: YMCA of Downtown Syracuse, 340 Montgomery Street, Syracuse

For More Info: 315-474-6851 x328.

Continuing thru 8/14/2011

Event: Syracuse Talent Company presents CURTAINS! The Musical Comedy Whodunnit

Location: Empire Expo Center/NYS Fairgrounds, 581 State Fair Blvd., Syracuse

For More Info: 315-479-7469

Starts: 8/4/2011 Ends: 8/7/2011

Event: Hamilton International Film Festival

Location: Hamilton Movie Theater (& other locations), 7 Lebanon St., Hamilton

For More Info: 315-824-8210

Starts: 8/4/2011 Ends: 8/28/2011

Event: “My Recovery Story” a Photography Exhibit

Location: XL Projects, 307 S. Clinton Street, Syracuse

For More Info: 315-474-5506 ext. 221

Starts: 8/5/2011 Ends: 8/5/2011

Event: Birdies Before Brew

Location: Rosamond Gifford Zoo at Burnet Park, 1 Conservation Place, Syracuse

For More Info: 315-435-8511

Starts: 8/5/2011 Ends: 8/5/2011

Event: Brew at the Zoo

Location: Rosamond Gifford Zoo at Burnet Park, 1 Conservation Place, Syracuse

For More Info: 315-435-8511

Starts: 8/5/2011 Ends: 8/5/2011

Event: First Friday Glassblowing Event

Location: Snake Oil Glassworks Inc, 4251 Jordan Road, Skaneateles

For More Info: 315-685-5091

Starts: 8/5/2011 Ends: 8/5/2011

Event: Opening reception for Barry Darling

Location: Imagine, 38 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

For More Info: 315-685-6263

Starts: 8/5/2011 Ends: 8/5/2011

Event: Skaneateles Artisans “Wild Wood & Wild Water”

Location: The Old Stone Mill, 3 Fennell Street, Skaneateles

For More Info: 315-685-8580

Starts: 8/5/2011 Ends: 8/6/2011

Event: Green Planet Grocery One Year Anniversary Celebration

Location: Green Planet Grocery, 3514 W Genesee Street, Syracuse

For More Info: 315-488-7777

Starts: 8/5/2011 Ends: 8/7/2011

Event: Empire Appaloosa Assoc. Classic Horse Show

Location: Empire Expo Center/NYS Fairgrounds, 581 State Fair Blvd., Syracuse

For More Info: 607-589-6548

Starts: 8/5/2011 Ends: 9/16/2011

Event: Curiosities Below and Synchronicity

Location: Limestone Art & Framing Gallery, 105 Brooklea Dr., Fayetteville

For More Info: 315-632-4445

Starts: 8/5/2011 Ends: 9/18/2011

Event: Exhibit: Motifs, Evocations, a Collective Exhibition at La Casita Cultural Center

Location: La Casita Cultural Center, 109 Otisco St., Syracuse

For More Info: 315-443-8743

Look-it … it’s right here at www.VisitSyracuse.org!

Linda Woodrow

Executive Assistant & Marketing Coordinator

Syracuse Convention & Visitors Bureau

CenterState Corporation for Economic Opportunity

572 South Salina St., Syracuse, NY 13202

Phone: 315-470-1913 | Fax: 315-471-8545

LWoodrow@VisitSyracuse.org

www.VisitSyracuse.org

Facebook: www.Facebook.com/SyracuseNY

Twitter: www.Twitter.com/SyracuseNY

On-going Onondaga County Events!

Ø Celebrate every season with a visit to the Rosamond Gifford Zoo. Enjoy animal enrichment activities and demonstrations! For details, go to the website (www.RosamondGiffordZoo.org) or call 435-8511.

Ø IMAX Movies: Aliens of the Deep, Under the Sea, Extreme, Mystery of the Great Lakes & Alaska are currently showing at the Museum of Science & Technology (MOST). Call 425-9068 or www.most.org for specific times and dates. Visit their new exhibit Spectacular Saturn.

Ø Baltimore Woods Nature Center is feature works from artists Diana Whiting & Margaret Manring. For details call 673-1350 or go to www.BaltimoreWoods.org for details!

Ø CNY Regional Farmers Market is open from 7am to 2pm each Saturday & Sunday (flea market); Market Common shops open daily. Call 422-8647 for information. Enjoy this unique shopping experience!

Ø Onondaga Lake Park – Central New York’s premier park conveniently located on Rt. 370 in Liverpool. Parkway Sundays begin on July 10th & continue thru August 28th. Call 453-6712 or go to www.OnondagaCountyParks.com for details.

Ø Highland Forest County Park is a great place to enjoy the outdoors – no matter which season is upon us! Call 683-5550 or www.OnondagaCountyParks.com for details.

Ø Spaghetti Warehouse features Acme Mystery Dinner Theater on Thursday evenings and Magic Circle Children’s Theater on Saturdays about noon. Call 475-1807 for details.

Ø Everson Museum of Art is featuring the exciting exhibit The Works of David MacDonald. Call 474-6064 or visit the website at www.Everson.org for details.

Ø Downtown Syracuse’s annual Farmers Market will be held every Tuesday from June 14 through October 11 in Clinton Square. Call 422-8284 or visit the website at www.DowntownSyracuse.com for details.

Ø The Central Library at the Galleries is featuring the two exciting art exhibits. For more information call 435-1834 or visit the website at www.onlib.org for details.

Ø Syracuse Chiefs Baseball is back! Enjoy great professional baseball with the whole family. For details call 474-7833 or go to www.SyracuseChiefs.com for details!

Look-it … it’s right here at www.VisitSyracuse.org!

Linda Woodrow

Executive Assistant & Marketing Coordinator

Syracuse Convention & Visitors Bureau

CenterState Corporation for Economic Opportunity

572 South Salina St., Syracuse, NY 13202

Phone: 315-470-1913 | Fax: 315-471-8545

LWoodrow@VisitSyracuse.org

www.VisitSyracuse.org

Facebook: www.Facebook.com/SyracuseNY

Twitter: www.Twitter.com/SyracuseNY

September, 2011 Baltimore Woods Activities

10 Art Gallery Reception 2-4pm

Everyone is invited to visit the art gallery, meet wildlife artist Bob Ripley and view the exhibit Natural Selections. Enjoy an afternoon of art and good company. Admission and parking are free; this event is open to the public.

12 Nature’s Little Explorer’s: Bugs and Slugs 10-11:30am

Join us for a log rollin’ good time! We’ll explore The Woods on a scavenger hunt for….you guessed it! Bugs and Slugs! Children must be accompanied by an adult. Registration deadline is September 10th. $8/child (member); $12/child (nonmember); adults free.

12 Home School Expeditions: Fabulous Frogs 1-2:30pm

Hop on over to Phillips Pond and explore the fabulous world of frogs! Be sure to wear clothes that will get muddy! Meet at the lower parking lot. Registration deadline is September 10th. $8/child (member); $12/child (nonmember); adults free.

16 Star Party: Elusive Planets 8-10pm

The summer skies are sinking and the fall skies are taking over. Many distant galaxies can be viewed as distant patches of light in a telescope, plus the elusive planets Uranus and Neptune. $5 for members, $15/family; $8 for nonmembers, $25/family. Back-up date: Sept. 17th

18 envIRONmental CHEF homegrown 4-6:30pm

Celebrity Chefs Compete in Cook-Off Competition. Four of the area’s best chefs cook-off in a culinary competition using local foods. Sous chefs are chosen from patron ticket holders, and the audience members are the judges! Sampling tables of locally grown and produced foods connect people to the abundance available in CNY. Tickets on sale now: $75 pp general admission; $100 pp patron admission includes chance to be a sous-chef at the event and a mystery swag bag. This event is held in memory of Jean Graham, and is a fundraiser for Baltimore Woods Nature Center.Visit www.baltimorewoods.org for full information and tickets.

21 Cool Bugs!: An Evening with Steven Daniels 7-8:30pm

Join Steven Daniels, an expert on butterflies, as he takes a closer look into the extraordinary lives and lifestyles of our 6-legged friends. This fascinating lecture is designed for older children and adults. $5 for members; $15/family; $8 for nonmembers, $25/family.

24 Barefoot Hike 1-2:30pm

Free your feet! Come feel the earth under your soles again at Baltimore Woods, as Barefoot Bob (official member of the Barefoot Society of CNY) reconnects you to this underutilized mode of transportation. Join Bob for a half-mile barefoot hike along the Valley Trail over grass, wooden bridges, leaves and soil. Accommodates 5-20. This program is not intended for families with strollers. $5 for members; $15/family; $8 for nonmembers, $25/family.

–

Thea Reidy

Baltimore Woods Nature Center

4007 Bishop Hill Road, P.O. Box 133

Marcellus, NY 13108

315 673-1350 office; 315 247-7904 cell

www.baltimorewoods.org

Nature in your hands

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Baltimore-Woods-Nature-Center/154868216089

Find us on Facebook!