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Courtesy of: Syracuse Convention & Visitors Bureau

All events listed can be found at www.VisitSyracuse.org

Courtesy of: Syracuse Convention & Visitors Bureau

CenterState Corporation for Economic Opportunity 572 S. Salina St. Syracuse, NY 13202 800-234-4797 www.VisitSyracuse.org

On-going Onondaga County Events!

Onondaga Lake Park presents its annual holiday light spectacular Lights on the Lake evenings thru January 6, 2013. Call 453-6712 or go to www.LightsOnTheLake.com.

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.

So much to do at Beaver Lake Nature Center! Enjoy many fantastic seasonal programs – for details, call 638-2519 or visit www.OnondagaCountyParks.com.

Everson Museum of Art is featuring the following exhibit Prophecy – Peter B. Jones running through January 2013. For details call 474-6064 or check the website at www.Everson.org.

IMAX Theater at the MOST is featuring Polar Express, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows pt 1, Born to be Wild, & Tornado Alley. Check out their latest exhibit Ice Age: Mammoths & More. For details, call 425-9068 or www.most.org.

Enjoy animal enrichment activities and demonstrations at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo. Go to their website (www.RosamondGiffordZoo.org) or call 435-8511 for details.

Syracuse Crunch Hockey is back with great slammin’ action at the War Memorial at Oncenter! Call 435-2121 or go to their website at www.SyracuseCrunch.com for details.

The Central Library at the Galleries features an exhibit by David Hicock & other great programs. For more details call 435-1834 or visit the website at www.onlib.org.

Highland Forest County Park offers horseback riding each weekend & a wonderful open house on Saturday, Nov. 17th. Call 289-3775 or www.OnondagaCountyParks.com.

Onondaga Community College is featuring a new exhibit Arts Across Campus Exhibit: Whitney Windows Project by Mike Barletta through August 2013. For details, call 498-2622 or check out their website at www.sunyocc.edu.

The Onondaga Historical Association Museum is currently featuring the exhibits Transforming Syracuse’s Lakefront: 25th Anniversary of a Bold Vision 1987-2011, Manifest Destiny and the American West and Last House, Sight Unseen: Stereographs from the OHA Collection, 1850 – 1930& Syracuse Cultural Workers 100@30. For details, call 428-1864 or go to www.CNYHistory.org.

Community Folk Art Center featuring the exhibit TONY: 2012 as well as the One Million Bones Workshop. Call the Community Folk Art Center at 442-2230 or on the website at www.CommunityFolkArtCenter.org.

FRIDAY FACTS

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Continuing thru 8/1/2013

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Arts Across Campus Exhibit: Whitney Windows Project by Mike Barletta

Location: Onondaga Community College, 4585 W Seneca Turnpike, Syracuse

For More Info: 315-498-2622

Continuing thru 1/20/2013

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Exhibit: Syracuse Cultural Workers 100 @ 30

Location: Onondaga Historical Association Museum, 321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

For More Info: 315-428-1864 X312

Continuing thru 11/17/2012

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One Million Bones Workshop

Location: Community Folk Art Center, 805 E Genesee St., Syracuse

For More Info: 315-442-2943

Continuing thru 12/24/2012

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Art Mart 2012

Location: Atrium at City Hall Commons, 201 E. Washington St., Syracuse

For More Info: 315-243-6359 or 637-6562

Continuing thru 12/14/2012

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Arts Across Campus Art Exhibit: Onondaga Faculty Art Exhibit

Location: Gallery at the Ann Felton Multicultural Center in Ferrante Hall, 4585 W Seneca Turnpike, Syracuse, For More Info: 315-498-2622

Starts: 11/15/2012 Ends: 11/17/2012

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Play: From Foster Care To Fabulous

Location: Red House Arts Center, 201 S. West Street, Syracuse

For More Info: 315-425-0405

Starts: 11/15/2012 Ends: 1/6/2013

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Lights on the Lake

Location: Onondaga Lake Park, 106 Lake Drive, Liverpool

For More Info: 315-453-6712

Starts: 11/15/2012 Ends: 2/9/2013

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Exhibit: ecoarttech – wilderness 24/7

Location: Warehouse Gallery, 350 West Fayette Street, Syracuse

For More Info: 315-443-6410

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Starts: 11/16/2012 Ends: 11/16/2012

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Concert: Tragically Hip

Location: Landmark Theatre, 362 S. Salina Street, Syracuse

For More Info: 315-475-7980

Starts: 11/16/2012 Ends: 11/16/2012

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Friday Night Music with Tenor Madness

Location: bc Restaurant in Armory Square, 247 West Fayette Street, Syracuse

For More Info: 31-701-0636

Starts: 11/16/2012 Ends: 11/16/2012

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Literary Reading by poet Paul Roth

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

For More Info: 315-474-6851 ext. 328

Starts: 11/16/2012 Ends: 11/18/2012

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2012 Junior League Holiday Shoppes

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

For More Info: 315-423-9773

Starts: 11/17/2012 Ends: 11/17/2012

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Concert: Zac Brown Band

Location: Carrier Dome, 900 Irving Ave., Syracuse

For More Info: 888-366-3849

Starts: 11/17/2012 Ends: 11/17/2012

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Home Party Consultants & Craft Show

Location: Elbridge Elementary School, 130 East Main Street, Syracuse

For More Info: 315-558-3408

Starts: 11/17/2012 Ends: 11/17/2012

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Our Glorious Workplaces

Location: Chuck Hafner’s Farmers Market, 7265 Buckley Rd., Syracuse

For More Info: 315-428-1864X314

Starts: 11/17/2012 Ends: 11/17/2012

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Toddler’s Tango

Location: Curtin Auditorium, Robert P. Kinchen Central Library, 447 S. Salina St, Syracuse

For More Info: 315-435-1900

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Starts: 11/17/2012 Ends: 1/5/2013

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The Art of Ronni-Leigh and Stonehorse Goeman

Location: Dalton’s American Decorative Arts, 1931 James Street, Syracuse

For More Info: 315-463-1568

Starts: 11/18/2012 Ends: 11/18/2012

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Harvest Bluegrass Showcase Concert featuring the Mark Allnatt Band

Location: American Legion, 13 E. Main St., Marcellus

For More Info: 315-572-2247

Starts: 11/18/2012 Ends: 11/18/2012

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Selections from CHICAGO

Location: Le Moyne College, 1419 Salt Springs Rd., Syracuse

For More Info: 315-445-4200

Starts: 11/18/2012 Ends: 11/18/2012

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Syracuse University Men’s Basketball vs. Wagner

Location: Carrier Dome, 900 Irving Ave., Syracuse

For More Info: 888-366-3849

Starts: 11/21/2012 Ends: 11/21/2012

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Syracuse University Men’s Basketball vs. Princeton

Location: Carrier Dome, 900 Irving Ave., Syracuse

For More Info: 888-366-3849

Starts: 11/22/2012 Ends: 11/22/2012

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Thanksgiving Circle of Peace and Hope

Location: Willow Bay Picnic Area (north shore of Onondaga Lake, off Long Branch Rd), 7199 Onondaga Lake Trl, Liverpool, For More Info: 315-424-1454

Starts: 11/23/2012 Ends: 11/23/2012

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Clinton Square Tree Lighting Ceremony

Location: Clinton Square, W. Genesee and S. Clinton Street, Syracuse

For More Info: 315-473-4330

Starts: 11/23/2012 Ends: 11/23/2012

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Friday Night Music series featuring Rob & Stan

Location: bc Restaurant in Armory Square, 247 W Fayette Street, Syracuse

For More Info: 315-701-0636

FRIDAY FACTS All events listed can be found at www.VisitSyracuse.org Page 5 of 8 Courtesy of: Syracuse Convention & Visitors Bureau CenterState Corporation for Economic Opportunity 572 S. Salina St. Syracuse, NY 13202 800-234-4797 www.VisitSyracuse.org

Starts: 11/23/2012 Ends: 11/23/2012

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Holiday Shopping at OHA’s Gift Gallery

Location: Onondaga Historical Association Museum, 321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

For More Info: 315-428-1864 x312

Starts: 11/23/2012 Ends: 12/23/2012

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Annual Dickens Christmas in Skaneateles!

Location: Genesee, Jordan and Fennell Streets, 20 Genesee Street, Skaneateles

For More Info: 315-685-0552

Starts: 11/23/2012 Ends: 12/30/2012

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Syracuse Stage presents Irving Berlin’s White Christmas

Location: Syracuse Stage, 820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

For More Info: 315-443-3275

Starts: 11/23/2012 Ends: 1/6/2013

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27th Annual Gingerbread Gallery

Location: Erie Canal Museum, 318 Erie Boulevard East, Syracuse

For More Info: 315-471-0593 x15

Starts: 11/24/2012 Ends: 12/16/2012

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Play: Always … Patsy Cline

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

For More Info: 315-479-SHOW (7469)

Starts: 11/25/2012 Ends: 11/25/2012

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Syracuse University Men’s Basketball vs. Colgate

Location: Carrier Dome, 900 Irving Ave., Syracuse

For More Info: 888-366-3849

Starts: 11/28/2012 Ends: 12/9/2012

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Play: Wicked. The Untold Story of the Witches of Oz

Location: Landmark Theatre, 362 S. Salina Street, Syracuse

For More Info: 315-475-7980

Starts: 11/29/2012 Ends: 11/29/2012

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Festival of Mini Trees

Location: Town of Manlius Historical Society, 109 Pleasant Street, Manlius

For More Info: 315-682-6660

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Starts: 11/29/2012 Ends: 12/15/2012

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Play: Hairspray

Location: Red House Arts Center, 201 S. West Street, Syracuse

For More Info: 315-425-0405

Starts: 11/30/2012 Ends: 11/30/2012

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BREW & VIEW – Blues Brothers and Animal House – 35mm Double Feature

Location: Palace Theater, 2384 James St., Syracuse

For More Info: 315-436-4723

Starts: 11/30/2012 Ends: 11/30/2012

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Friday Night Music Series featuring Donna Colton

Location: bc Restaurant in Armory Square, 247 West Fayette Street, Syracuse

For More Info: 315-701-0636

Starts: 11/30/2012 Ends: 12/2/2012

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Syracuse Holiday Crafts Spectacular

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

For More Info: 315-487-7711

Starts: 11/30/2012 Ends: 12/15/2012

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Open Hand Theater & Salt City Productions presents “Amahl and the Night Visitors”

Location: First English Lutheran Church, 501 James St., Syracuse

For More Info: 315-476-0466

Starts: 12/1/2012 Ends: 12/2/2012

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Christmas Tree Sale & Wreath Making

Location: The Great Swamp Conservancy, Inc., 8375 North Main Street, Canastota

For More Info: 315-697-2950

Starts: 12/1/2012 Ends: 12/9/2012

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Holiday Festival of Trees

Location: Everson Museum, 401 Harrison St., Syracuse

For More Info: 315-474-6064

Starts: 12/3/2012 Ends: 12/3/2012

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Holiday Favorites and Britten’s Ceremony of Carols

Location: Le Moyne College, 1419 Salt Springs Rd., Syracuse

For More Info: 315-445-4200

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Starts: 12/3/2012 Ends: 12/3/2012

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Shaolin Warriors

Location: SRC Arena, 4585 West Seneca Turnpike, Syracuse

For More Info: 315-498-2622

Starts: 12/3/2012 Ends: 12/3/2012

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Syracuse University Men’s Basketball vs. Eastern Michigan

Location: Carrier Dome, 900 Irving Ave., Syracuse

For More Info: 888-366-3849

Starts: 12/6/2012 Ends: 12/6/2012

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Syracuse University Men’s Basketball vs. Long Beach State

Location: Carrier Dome, 900 Irving Ave., Syracuse

For More Info: 888-366-3849

Starts: 12/8/2012 Ends: 12/8/2012

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NYS Indoor Go-Kart Racing Championship

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

For More Info: 315-676-1061

Starts: 12/8/2012 Ends: 12/8/2012

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Play: The Adventures of Rudolph

Location: Mulroy Civic Center Theaters, 421 Montgomery Street, Syracuse

For More Info: 315-435-8000

Starts: 12/8/2012 Ends: 12/8/2012

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Syracuse University Men’s Basketball vs. Monmouth

Location: Carrier Dome, 900 Irving Ave., Syracuse

For More Info: 888-366-3849

Starts: 12/15/2012 Ends: 12/15/2012

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Syracuse University Men’s Basketball vs. Canisus

Location: Carrier Dome, 900 Irving Ave., Syracuse

For More Info: 888-366-3849

Starts: 12/15/2012 Ends: 12/15/2012

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The Cake Boss – Buddy Valastro: Homemade for the Holidays Tour

Location: Mulroy Civic Center, 421 Montgomery Street, Syracuse

For More Info: 315-435-8000

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Starts: 12/17/2012 Ends: 12/17/2012

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Syracuse University Men’s Basketball vs. Detroit

Location: Carrier Dome, 900 Irving Ave., Syracuse

For More Info: 888-366-3849

Starts: 12/18/2012 Ends: 12/18/2012

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Brew & View Series featuring Dracula’s Daughter & The Wolfman

Location: Palace Theater, 2384 James St., Syracuse

For More Info: 315-463-9240

Starts: 12/22/2012 Ends: 12/22/2012

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