FOOD & DRINK
Sip Into Spring Food and Wine Festival May 18
ROME — Sip Into Spring Food and Wine Festival will be held at the Rome Art and Community Center, 308 W. Bloomfield St., on Saturday, May 18, from 1 to 4 p.m. Sip Into Spring is an afternoon filled with live music, dancing, flowers, food, and fun. Tickets are $10.
Disney Jr. Live show coming to Central NY with Mickey, Spidey, more
A new kids’ show is saying M-I-C-you real soon to Central New York. “Disney Jr. Live on Tour: Let’s Play” is coming to the Stanley Theatre in Utica on Oct. 15 and the Landmark Theatre in Syracuse on Oct. 18. Both shows will begin at 6 p.m.
Danny Holmes' Rose 'n’ Thorne duo at Unity Hall in Barneveld
BARNEVELD — Local acoustic music legend Danny Holmes — formerly of the Holmes and Mancini duo — returns to central New York at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 18 for a concert at Unity Hall, 101 Vanderkemp Ave. Now living in Florida, the multi-talented singer/songwriter will perform in...
Musicians invited to Jam with the Band at the RACC in Rome
ROME — The Mohawk Valley Bluegrass Association and the Rome Art and Community Center will host their next Jam with the Band event from 7-9 p.m. Monday, May 13, at the RACC, 308 West Bloomfield St. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the suggested donation is $5. Beer, wine...
Rain gardens can help the environment
Rain Gardens help the environment. They decrease flooding. They decrease the number of pollutants from roofs, roads, sump pumps, sidewalks, etc. that wash into storm drains and from there into rivers and streams. Slow drainage into the ground filters out pollutants. The federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA estimates that pollutants...
Gardening workshop & Dahlia sale at CCE
ORISKANY — Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oneida County (CCE) will host a gardening workshop and Dahlia sale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 18. Join Master Gardener Volunteers for hands-on tips and techniques. Attendees receive a tomato plant and a 2-gallon planter. Registration costs $12 by May 16th.
KELLY'S KORNER: All that jazz — Utica’s Zito family
The musical group Rhythm Future Quartet — consisting of two guitars, a violin and an upright bass — played last Saturday night at the Kirkland Arts Center. I was there. The group plays what is called “gypsy jazz.” I like “New Orleans jazz,” but I’ve never heard of “gypsy jazz.”
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