STRESS REDUCTION WORKSHOP at The Center (1 Hoffman St., Auburn), Monday, August 2, 6:00 – 7:30 pm with instructor Connie Heagerty, CHT. Cost: 45.00. Pre-registration is required. Online registration available at www.TheCenter4Wellness.com, or call 315.704.0319.

HYPNOSIS FOR WEIGHT LOSS/EXERCISE MOTIVATION at The Center (1 Hoffman St., Auburn), Tuesday, August 10, 7:00 – 8:30 pm with facilitator Connie Heagerty, CHT. Cost: $45.00. This workshop will include a group weight loss/exercise hypnosis session, lessons on how to use self-hypnosis and a CD for home use. Pre-registration is required. Online registration available at www.TheCenter4Wellness.com, or call 315.704.0319.

CORE STABILITY PHYSIO BALL CLASSES at The Center (1 Hoffman St., Auburn) with instructor Dr. Danielle Ryan, Chiropractor: Wednesdays, August 11 – September 15, 5:30 – 6:30 pm. Cost: $72.00 for 6 week series. Pre-registration is required. Online registration available at www.TheCenter4Wellness.com, or call 315.704.0319. We honor drop-ins. Drop in fee is $15.00 per class.

BOOST YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM & LOSE WEIGHT WITH LYMPHATIC PUMPING AND DRY BRUSHING at The Center (1 Hoffman St., Auburn) with instructor Angelina Breen, LMT, Tuesday, August 17, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm. Cost: $60 ( includes all materials). Pre-registration is required. Online registration available at www.TheCenter4wellness.com, or call 315.704.0319.

PILATES at The Center (1 Hoffman St., Auburn) with instructor Beth Loomis, Tuesdays, August 17 – September 21, 9:00 – 10:00 am. Cost: $72 for six week series. Drop-ins are welcome, $15.00 per class. Pre-registration is required. Online registration available at www.TheCenter4wellness.com, or call 315.704.0319.

PILATES at The Center (1 Hoffman St., Auburn) with instructor Beth Loomis, Thursdays, August 19 – September 23, 9:00 – 10:00 am. Cost: $72 for six week series. Drop-ins are welcome, $15.00 per class. Pre-registration is required. Online registration available at www.TheCenter4wellness.com, or call 315.704.0319.

BABY’S FIRST MASSAGE WORKSHOP at The Center, (1 Hoffman St., Auburn) with instructor Connie Heagerty, CHT, Saturday, August 21, 10:30 – noon. Cost: $50.00. Baby’s first massage is an internationally known program for expectant parents or caregivers. Online registration available at www.TheCenter4Wellness.com, or call 315.704.0319.

TEEN DE-STRESS WORKSHOP at The Center, (1 Hoffman St., Auburn) with instructor Connie Heagerty, CHT, Saturday, August 21, 1:00 – 2:30 pm. In this workshop teens will learn how to recognize the major and minor stress signals, how the body reacts to stress and techniques on how to cope with stressors that teens may experience on a daily basis. Cost: $45 (includes CD of $15 value). Pre-registration is required. Online registration available at www.TheCenter4Wellness.com, or call 315.704.0319.

MANIFESTING WORKSHOP at The Center (1 Hoffman St., Auburn) with instructor Connie Heagerty, CHT, Monday, August 23, 6:00 – 7:30 pm. This workshop will include guided visualization and affirmations for manifestation. Think about what you want to manifest in your life and come learn a simple step by step process of guided visualization for manifestation. Cost: 40.00. Pre-registration is required. Online registration available at www.TheCenter4Wellness.com, or call 315.704.0319.

GROUP HYPNOSIS FOR SMOKING CESSATION at The Center (1 Hoffman St., Auburn), with facilitator Connie Heagerty, CHT, Tuesday, August 24, 7:00 – 8:30 pm. This workshop will explain what hypnosis is, how it works and how you can use it to stop smoking. Cost: $45 includes CD for home use. Pre-registration is required. Online registration available at www.TheCenter4Wellness.com, or call 315.704.0319.

WINE AND WELLNESS at The Center (1 Hoffman St., Auburn), Friday, August 27, 6:00 – 9:00 pm. Enjoy a fun and relaxing evening with the theme “the orient express.” Includes choice wine tasting and gourmet delights sponsored by Swifty’s, and choice of 3 mini-services. Cost: $50. Reservations are required. Call 315.704.0319 for more information.

ZUMBA® at The Center (1 Hoffman St., Auburn), Mondays, August 30 – October 18 – 6:15 – 7:15 pm with instructor Christine Bartolotta. Cost $48.00 (for 6 weeks). (Class will not meet on Labor Day and Columbus Day). Pre-registration is required. Online registration available at www.TheCenter4Wellness.com or call 315.704.0319. Drop-ins are welcome, $10.00 per class.

ZUMBA® at The Center (1 Hoffman St., Auburn), Wednesdays, September 1 – October 6 – 6:45 – 7:45 pm with instructor Amy Mahunik. Cost $48.00 (for 6 weeks). Pre-registration is required. Online registration available at www.TheCenter4Wellness.com or call 315.704.0319. Drop-ins are welcome, $10.00 per class. (Note to new students: come on September 1st for free drop in to see if Zumba is for you!)

ZUMBA® at The Center (1 Hoffman St., Auburn), Thursdays, September 2 – October 7 – 6:00 – 7:00 pm with instructor Christine Bartolotta. Cost $48.00 (for 6 weeks). Pre-registration is required. Online registration available at www.TheCenter4Wellness.com or call 315.704.0319. Drop-ins are welcome, $10.00 per class.

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Singer Songwriter Phil Henry
with percussionist Gary Moon
Opening act: Wendy Ramsay, Joanne Perry & Donna Dennihy
Saturday, August 21st @ 8:00pm
Phil Henry is a singer-songwriter and music educator in West Rutland, Vermont. He sings energetic contemporary folk originals which resemble detailed four-minute short films, with diverse stories and leading characters. His upcoming CD, Robots and Romance, for example, puts the listener insidea bank robbery, a mining disaster, a heart transplant, a hurricane, and the decline of a 50′s drive-in movie theater. Henry’s songs have been honored in many songwriting competitions and showcases, including the Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk Contest and the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Emerging Artist Showcase. He took first place inthe songwriter contests at SolarFest in Tinmouth, VT and Susquehanna Music and Arts Festival in Havre-De-Grace, MD.
Gary Moon is a singer-songwriter from Lake George, NY, and is afrequent host of the open mic at Saratoga Springs’ famous listening room Caffe Lena. In addition to his performance schedule and promoting his own new CD Big Sky, Gary has lent vocals and hand percussion to Phil and other folk performers. It is not unusual to see him add Djembe, Cajon, shakers, and foot-operated tambourine,sometimes all within the very same song.
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Fun Fact about Syracuse/Onondaga County …. did you know …..

…. that the quaint village of Skaneateles (located southwest of Syracuse) has been a tourist destination since its early days as a village. An excursion boat, launched in 1816, was probably the first instance of commercial tourist recreation in the Finger Lakes region.

Attached, please find this week’s edition of the Friday Facts. For details on any of these events or others down the road, take a gander at our website at www.VisitSyracuse.org.

Imagine That… Gallery Opens Show by Glass Artist Phil Austin Aug. 6

An exhibition by Phil Austin of Snake Oil Glassworks will run throughout August at Imagine That…, the fine arts and fine craft gallery at 38 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles. The show opens Aug. 6 from 6 to 9 p.m., during the village’s First Friday art night. Refreshments and musical entertainment will be provided.

Austin is known throughout the region for his handcrafted glass bowls, vases and pumpkins. Most of his works are done in the traditional way—freehand, without a mold. All are created at his hot glass studio on Jordan Road in Skaneateles.

The studio, built in 2004, houses a hot shop (where the furnace is located), a coldworking shop, and a retail store and gallery.

Austin, who designed and built all of the studio’s furnaces and ovens, characterizes his role there as head glassblower, equipment builder, maintenance supervisor and janitor, while his wife, Peg, oversees public relations, managing the store, and Austin’s show schedule.

“People are fascinated by the process of glassblowing, so we have open houses and do demos at the studio twice a year,” he says.

The process is a painstaking one.

Bowls, for example, take him two hours to create—one hour in preparation and one hour on the blowpipe. “It’s like working with 2,000-degree Play-Doh,” he says of the work, which he describes as performance art.

“It’s one-time through from start to finish. You don’t get to backtrack and fix things.”

Austin, who earned a master of fine arts degree in the glass program at the School for American Crafts at Rochester Institute of Technology, also teaches design and drawing at Onondaga Community College.

Imagine That… is open 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.

For more information, call the gallery at 315-685-6264.