Sunday, July 5, 2026

CNY Artist Initiative: Renqian Yang
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Renqian Yang is an artist and Associate Professor of Ceramics at SUNY Oswego. She earned her BFA from the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, China (2009), and her MFA from Syracuse University (2014). Her work explores the balance between dualities—restraint and freedom, memory and loss, dislocation and belonging.

   

A Long Look: Documentary Photography, 1888-2016
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

A Long Look: Documentary Photography, 1888-2016 traces more than a century of photographers turning their lenses toward the world as witnesses, advocates, and storytellers. From the late 19th century, when advances in camera technology first allowed photographers to record spontaneous moments, to the bold and colorful images of today, documentary photography has shaped how people see the world, both its past and its present.

Documentary photographers traditionally immerse themselves in their subjects. Bruce Davidson spent 10 days living in the mining communities of South Wales producing his Welsh Miners portfolio. Aaron Siskind's Harlem Document project plays out over nine years, showing the vibrant life of Black Americans in Harlem in the 1930s. Donna Ferrato has spent decades documenting survivors of domestic violence and advocating for their welfare. Documentary photographers reveal how sustained engagement with their subjects, over ten days or several decades, produces images that challenge stereotypes, humanize the unfamiliar, and deepen public understanding.

A Long Look invites viewers to consider the significance of documentary photography as a medium, asking how photographs shape collective memory and inspire social awareness. Documentary photographers must often navigate the tension between art and journalism, frequently occupying a grey area between the two.

   

Monday, July 6, 2026

BeatleCuse
Liverpool is the Place

Price: Free
Johnson Park
Corner of Vine and Oswego Streets, Liverpool

Beatles tunes

   

Tuesday, July 7, 2026

Smörgåsbord
art haus SYR

120 Walton St.
Syracuse

A group exhibition featuring works by Peter Allen, Dennis Kinsey, CJ Hodge, Tyrel De Bique, Steve Pearlman, Marc-Anthony Polizzi, Robert Poormon, and Steve Nyland.

   

The Guess Who: Takin' It Back Tour, with special guest Don Felder
Lakeview Empower FCU Amphitheater

Lakeview Amphitheater
490 Restoration Way, Syracuse

Tickets

   

Wednesday, July 8, 2026

A Long Look: Documentary Photography, 1888-2016
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

A Long Look: Documentary Photography, 1888-2016 traces more than a century of photographers turning their lenses toward the world as witnesses, advocates, and storytellers. From the late 19th century, when advances in camera technology first allowed photographers to record spontaneous moments, to the bold and colorful images of today, documentary photography has shaped how people see the world, both its past and its present.

Documentary photographers traditionally immerse themselves in their subjects. Bruce Davidson spent 10 days living in the mining communities of South Wales producing his Welsh Miners portfolio. Aaron Siskind's Harlem Document project plays out over nine years, showing the vibrant life of Black Americans in Harlem in the 1930s. Donna Ferrato has spent decades documenting survivors of domestic violence and advocating for their welfare. Documentary photographers reveal how sustained engagement with their subjects, over ten days or several decades, produces images that challenge stereotypes, humanize the unfamiliar, and deepen public understanding.

A Long Look invites viewers to consider the significance of documentary photography as a medium, asking how photographs shape collective memory and inspire social awareness. Documentary photographers must often navigate the tension between art and journalism, frequently occupying a grey area between the two.

   

CNY Artist Initiative: Renqian Yang
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Renqian Yang is an artist and Associate Professor of Ceramics at SUNY Oswego. She earned her BFA from the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, China (2009), and her MFA from Syracuse University (2014). Her work explores the balance between dualities—restraint and freedom, memory and loss, dislocation and belonging.

   

Smörgåsbord
art haus SYR

120 Walton St.
Syracuse

A group exhibition featuring works by Peter Allen, Dennis Kinsey, CJ Hodge, Tyrel De Bique, Steve Pearlman, Marc-Anthony Polizzi, Robert Poormon, and Steve Nyland.

   

*CANCELLED* The Pussycat Dolls: PCD Forever Tour, with special guest Lil Kim, Mya
Lakeview Empower FCU Amphitheater

Lakeview Amphitheater
490 Restoration Way, Syracuse

   

Mood Swing
Liverpool is the Place

Price: Free
Johnson Park
Corner of Vine and Oswego Streets, Liverpool

Classic rock

   

Thursday, July 9, 2026

CNY Artist Initiative: Renqian Yang
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Renqian Yang is an artist and Associate Professor of Ceramics at SUNY Oswego. She earned her BFA from the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, China (2009), and her MFA from Syracuse University (2014). Her work explores the balance between dualities—restraint and freedom, memory and loss, dislocation and belonging.

   

A Long Look: Documentary Photography, 1888-2016
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

A Long Look: Documentary Photography, 1888-2016 traces more than a century of photographers turning their lenses toward the world as witnesses, advocates, and storytellers. From the late 19th century, when advances in camera technology first allowed photographers to record spontaneous moments, to the bold and colorful images of today, documentary photography has shaped how people see the world, both its past and its present.

Documentary photographers traditionally immerse themselves in their subjects. Bruce Davidson spent 10 days living in the mining communities of South Wales producing his Welsh Miners portfolio. Aaron Siskind's Harlem Document project plays out over nine years, showing the vibrant life of Black Americans in Harlem in the 1930s. Donna Ferrato has spent decades documenting survivors of domestic violence and advocating for their welfare. Documentary photographers reveal how sustained engagement with their subjects, over ten days or several decades, produces images that challenge stereotypes, humanize the unfamiliar, and deepen public understanding.

A Long Look invites viewers to consider the significance of documentary photography as a medium, asking how photographs shape collective memory and inspire social awareness. Documentary photographers must often navigate the tension between art and journalism, frequently occupying a grey area between the two.

   

Smörgåsbord
art haus SYR

120 Walton St.
Syracuse

A group exhibition featuring works by Peter Allen, Dennis Kinsey, CJ Hodge, Tyrel De Bique, Steve Pearlman, Marc-Anthony Polizzi, Robert Poormon, and Steve Nyland.

   

Jazz in the City: Alex Bugnon and Jeff Kashiwa
CNY Jazz Arts Foundation

Price: Free
Schiller Park
Syracuse

Live music, plus food vendors, arts and crafts, free health screenings, and guest speakers

   

Syracuse International Jazz Fest

Price: Free, but seating is limited / first-come, first-seated / priority given to veterans
National Veterans Resource Center
101 Waverly Avenue, Syracuse

USAF Airmen of Note Big Band 22-piece big band, which will be musically celebrating the nation's 250th anniversary.

Presented in association with Syracuse University's Office of Veteran and Military Affairs

5:00–5:50 pm: reception
6:00 pm: Chancellor's Remarks & Welcome
6:15-7:30 pm: USAF Airmen of Note performance
7:30-8:30 pm: dessert and coffee reception allowing time to socialize with the band

For more information, visit www.syracusejazzfest.com.

   

Vince Gill: 50 Years From Home
The Oncenter

Crouse Hinds Concert Theater, Mulroy Civic Center
411 Montgomery St., Syracuse

One of the most popular artists in modern country music, Vince Gill is famous for his top-notch songwriting, world-class guitar playing and warm, soaring tenor, all wrapped up in a quick and easy wit.

Tickets

   

Friday, July 10, 2026

A Long Look: Documentary Photography, 1888-2016
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

A Long Look: Documentary Photography, 1888-2016 traces more than a century of photographers turning their lenses toward the world as witnesses, advocates, and storytellers. From the late 19th century, when advances in camera technology first allowed photographers to record spontaneous moments, to the bold and colorful images of today, documentary photography has shaped how people see the world, both its past and its present.

Documentary photographers traditionally immerse themselves in their subjects. Bruce Davidson spent 10 days living in the mining communities of South Wales producing his Welsh Miners portfolio. Aaron Siskind's Harlem Document project plays out over nine years, showing the vibrant life of Black Americans in Harlem in the 1930s. Donna Ferrato has spent decades documenting survivors of domestic violence and advocating for their welfare. Documentary photographers reveal how sustained engagement with their subjects, over ten days or several decades, produces images that challenge stereotypes, humanize the unfamiliar, and deepen public understanding.

A Long Look invites viewers to consider the significance of documentary photography as a medium, asking how photographs shape collective memory and inspire social awareness. Documentary photographers must often navigate the tension between art and journalism, frequently occupying a grey area between the two.

   

CNY Artist Initiative: Renqian Yang
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Renqian Yang is an artist and Associate Professor of Ceramics at SUNY Oswego. She earned her BFA from the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, China (2009), and her MFA from Syracuse University (2014). Her work explores the balance between dualities—restraint and freedom, memory and loss, dislocation and belonging.

   

Smörgåsbord
art haus SYR

120 Walton St.
Syracuse

A group exhibition featuring works by Peter Allen, Dennis Kinsey, CJ Hodge, Tyrel De Bique, Steve Pearlman, Marc-Anthony Polizzi, Robert Poormon, and Steve Nyland.

   

"Weird Al" Yankovic: Bigger & Weirder 2026 Tour
Lakeview Empower FCU Amphitheater

Lakeview Amphitheater
490 Restoration Way, Syracuse

Tickets

   

Syracuse International Jazz Fest

Price: Free
Beak & Skiff
2708 Lords Hill Rd., Lafayette

3:30 pm: Mike Houston & Sam Wynn Trio
5:00 pm: SU Student Jazz Combo ORANGE JUICE
6:00 pm: Hejira (50th Anniversary Celebration of the Jazz of Joni Mitchell)
7:45 pm: Dumpstafunk (Dumpsta Plays Sly)
9:30 pm: Tower of Power
10:30 pm: Pocket Nod (late night party)

For more information, visit www.syracusejazzfest.com.

   

Youth Theater Production: Seussical the Musical
Baldwinsville Theatre Guild
Ceara Windhausen, director

First Presbyterian Church of Baldwinsville
64 Oswego St., Baldwinsville

From the Jungle of Nool to the Whos down below, there's a symphony of music and joy.

Tickets

   

Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical
CNY Playhouse
Christopher James Lupia, director

Atonement Lutheran Church
116 W. Glen Ave., Syracuse

Murder and chaos are pitted against love and virtue in this sweeping gothic musical. The epic struggle between good and evil comes to life on stage in the musical phenomenon based on the classic story by Robert Louis Stevenson. An evocative tale of two men – one, a doctor, passionate and romantic; the other, a terrifying madman – and two women – one, beautiful and trusting; the other, beautiful and trusting only herself – both women in love with the same man and both unaware of his dark secret.

Tickets

   

Saturday, July 11, 2026

CNY Artist Initiative: Renqian Yang
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Renqian Yang is an artist and Associate Professor of Ceramics at SUNY Oswego. She earned her BFA from the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, China (2009), and her MFA from Syracuse University (2014). Her work explores the balance between dualities—restraint and freedom, memory and loss, dislocation and belonging.

   

A Long Look: Documentary Photography, 1888-2016
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

A Long Look: Documentary Photography, 1888-2016 traces more than a century of photographers turning their lenses toward the world as witnesses, advocates, and storytellers. From the late 19th century, when advances in camera technology first allowed photographers to record spontaneous moments, to the bold and colorful images of today, documentary photography has shaped how people see the world, both its past and its present.

Documentary photographers traditionally immerse themselves in their subjects. Bruce Davidson spent 10 days living in the mining communities of South Wales producing his Welsh Miners portfolio. Aaron Siskind's Harlem Document project plays out over nine years, showing the vibrant life of Black Americans in Harlem in the 1930s. Donna Ferrato has spent decades documenting survivors of domestic violence and advocating for their welfare. Documentary photographers reveal how sustained engagement with their subjects, over ten days or several decades, produces images that challenge stereotypes, humanize the unfamiliar, and deepen public understanding.

A Long Look invites viewers to consider the significance of documentary photography as a medium, asking how photographs shape collective memory and inspire social awareness. Documentary photographers must often navigate the tension between art and journalism, frequently occupying a grey area between the two.

   

Smörgåsbord
art haus SYR

120 Walton St.
Syracuse

A group exhibition featuring works by Peter Allen, Dennis Kinsey, CJ Hodge, Tyrel De Bique, Steve Pearlman, Marc-Anthony Polizzi, Robert Poormon, and Steve Nyland.

   

Syracuse International Jazz Fest

Price: Free
Beak & Skiff
2708 Lords Hill Rd., Lafayette

1:00 pm: Drew Serafini Quartet
2:00 pm: The Five Families Ensemble
3:00 pm: The Tim Herron Quartet
4:00 pm: Frank Grosso Organ Trio
5:30 pm: Nathan Williams Sr & the Zydeco Cha Cha's
7:00 pm: Sweden's Queen of Swing Gunhild Carling, with the Carling Family Band's tribute to Louis Armstrong featuring the Syracuse Horns
9:00 pm: Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
10:30 pm: Los Blancos (late night party)

For more information, visit www.syracusejazzfest.com.

   

Summer Concert
Syracuse Orchestra (formerly Symphoria)

Price: Free
Beard Park
Fayetteville

The Syracuse Orchestra performs light classical favorites, patriotic tunes, and popular standards.

Bring lawn chairs or blankets for seating.

Rain date: July 12, 7:30 pm.

   

Youth Theater Production: Seussical the Musical
Baldwinsville Theatre Guild
Ceara Windhausen, director

First Presbyterian Church of Baldwinsville
64 Oswego St., Baldwinsville

From the Jungle of Nool to the Whos down below, there's a symphony of music and joy.

Tickets

   

Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical
CNY Playhouse
Christopher James Lupia, director

Atonement Lutheran Church
116 W. Glen Ave., Syracuse

Murder and chaos are pitted against love and virtue in this sweeping gothic musical. The epic struggle between good and evil comes to life on stage in the musical phenomenon based on the classic story by Robert Louis Stevenson. An evocative tale of two men – one, a doctor, passionate and romantic; the other, a terrifying madman – and two women – one, beautiful and trusting; the other, beautiful and trusting only herself – both women in love with the same man and both unaware of his dark secret.

Tickets

   

Sunday, July 12, 2026

A Long Look: Documentary Photography, 1888-2016
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

A Long Look: Documentary Photography, 1888-2016 traces more than a century of photographers turning their lenses toward the world as witnesses, advocates, and storytellers. From the late 19th century, when advances in camera technology first allowed photographers to record spontaneous moments, to the bold and colorful images of today, documentary photography has shaped how people see the world, both its past and its present.

Documentary photographers traditionally immerse themselves in their subjects. Bruce Davidson spent 10 days living in the mining communities of South Wales producing his Welsh Miners portfolio. Aaron Siskind's Harlem Document project plays out over nine years, showing the vibrant life of Black Americans in Harlem in the 1930s. Donna Ferrato has spent decades documenting survivors of domestic violence and advocating for their welfare. Documentary photographers reveal how sustained engagement with their subjects, over ten days or several decades, produces images that challenge stereotypes, humanize the unfamiliar, and deepen public understanding.

A Long Look invites viewers to consider the significance of documentary photography as a medium, asking how photographs shape collective memory and inspire social awareness. Documentary photographers must often navigate the tension between art and journalism, frequently occupying a grey area between the two.

   

CNY Artist Initiative: Renqian Yang
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Renqian Yang is an artist and Associate Professor of Ceramics at SUNY Oswego. She earned her BFA from the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, China (2009), and her MFA from Syracuse University (2014). Her work explores the balance between dualities—restraint and freedom, memory and loss, dislocation and belonging.

   

Return to Community: Gospel to Jazz Syracuse International Jazz Fest

Price: Free, but seating is limited/first-come, first-seated
Hendricks Chapel
Syracuse University, Syracuse

The beloved Return to Community: Gospel to Jazz IV program at Hendricks Chapel features performances by Winston-Salem State University Concert Choir, Syracuse Community Choir, and the Black Celestial Choral Ensemble.

Prior to the indoor Gospel program, Syracuse University will host a complimentary picnic lunch on the Quad in a tented area located directly in front of the chapel beginning at 12:00 pm, continuing the festival's tradition of bringing the community together through music and shared experience.

For more information, visit www.syracusejazzfest.com.

   

Youth Theater Production: Seussical the Musical
Baldwinsville Theatre Guild
Ceara Windhausen, director

First Presbyterian Church of Baldwinsville
64 Oswego St., Baldwinsville

From the Jungle of Nool to the Whos down below, there's a symphony of music and joy.

Tickets