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Popular Restaurant Chain with 30 New York Locations Raising Prices Again
While other restaurants are slashing menu prices to entice diners back through their doors, one well-known chain says their high prices are here to stay. With inflation squeezing more money out of American wallets, less people are going out to eat because of the high menu prices. One example is the fast good industry, which increased prices by 20% since 2019.
Best Guinness Pour Contest Is Back In Central New York
Get ready for the ultimate showdown in perfect Guinness pouring here in Central New York. It's the 3rd annual Best Guinness Pour. Do you think your favorite bar or bartender has what it takes to pour the best Guinness? Well it's time now to put their money where their mouth is. Here's how it'll work:
GreenUtica Garden Tour coming in August
UTICA — Local nonprofit GreenUtica announced a free community event, the GreenUtica Garden Tour, happening on Saturday, Aug. 10 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. To take the tour, which is a driving and walking tour of home gardens in neighborhoods throughout the city of Utica, people can register at the GreenUtica office at 1641 Genesee St. in Utica. Cornell Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners will also be at the GreenUtica office to answer gardening questions and to share tick awareness information. Tour stops will have a sign on the front lawn to let tour-goers know they can visit their gardens in the front, side, or back yards.
A car show in honor of Flo’s Diner’s most loyal customer
Canastota N.Y. (WSYR-TV)– At Flo’s Diner, you’re guaranteed a good meal, great service, and if you were lucky enough, a chance to spot one of the diner’s most loyal customers, Bob Popple – a man who loved the restaurant just as much as his vintage cars. A longtime friend of Bob’s, Steven Jeffris, spent the […]
For local artist, Woodstock '99 was a time of inspiration and creativity
NOTE: This is the third in a series of several articles to remember and explore the impacts of Woodstock ‘99. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the historic event. A fourth installment also appears on page 19. I remember hearing whispers of Woodstock coming to Rome floating around...
Taste of Lebanon Returns to Deerfield, Continuing Today through Saturday
"Spread Hummus, Not Hate." That was just one of the many t-shirts festivalgoers can buy at Taste of Lebanon in Deerfield. Taste of Lebanon Returns to Deerfield, Continuing Today through Saturday. "Spread Hummus, Not Hate." That is just one of the many t-shirts festivalgoers can buy at Taste of Lebanon...
NYSS freshman trotters invade Vernon on Friday
Vernon, NY — Vernon Downs plays host to a $108,200 leg of the New York Sire Stakes for 2-year-old trotting fillies on Friday (July 26). Chapvious (Jason Bartlett) leads a strong field of eight as the 5-2 morning line favorite. The Devious Man-Chaperess filly is trained by George Ducharme. She has two wins in three starts including NYSS wins at Yonkers and Buffalo.
Drive-In Movies for a Cause: Tonight Enjoy a Film and Contribute to Rome Capitol Theatre Tornado Recovery
ROME, N.Y. -- Drive-in movie night returns to the Rome Capitol Theatre, and this time, it's free of charge. The featured movies include the 1940s technicolor horror picture "Doctor Cyclops" and the 1957 sci-fi thriller "The Monolith Monsters." While admission is free, donations to the Capitol Theatre's GoFundMe are appreciated.
In Rome, a Blockbuster Survey of American Figurative Painting Portrays a Chaotic Country
This piece originally appeared in Reframed, the Art in America newsletter about art that surprises us and works that get us worked up. Sign up here to receive it every Thursday.Tamara Kostianovsky Sculpts a Fleshy, Wounded Natural World When Realism was born in the mid 19th century, everyday scenes elbowed their way into the Western canon. Before that, religious and history painting had largely reigned supreme. In the aftermath of the French Revolution, Gustave Courbet and his ilk, galvanized by a successful proletariat struggle, began focusing instead on “real” life, painting the quotidian experiences of workers and peasants with a kind of gritty naturalism. In “Day for...
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