Boilermaker Cap Remains Same for 2013
The Utica Boilermaker Road Race is the premiere event of the summer each year in central New York, and the event keeps growing. Now, the Boilermaker committee has announced the cap on entrants for 2013.
The Utica Boilermaker Road Race is the premiere event of the summer each year in central New York, and the event keeps growing. Now, the Boilermaker committee has announced the cap on entrants for 2013.
At Big Frog 104, we like to share upcoming musical events during the holiday season. Tonight, you're in for a real treat when the Syracuse Symphony Pops Concert takes place at Herkimer Junior-Senior High School Auditorium, on W. German Street in Herkimer.
Snow or snow, it's "Christmas In Little Falls" today. This is the fifth year of the family-friendly local festivities, which got underway yesterday and continue today.
The holiday season is filled with celebrations, and tonight Chanukah begins for our Jewish friends. The holiday is observed for eight days through December 16th.
Growing up in the '60s, I was always fascinated by the space race and the NASA missions to the moon. On this day in 1972, the U.S.A's last manned launch to the moon took place with Apollo XVII, and we haven't set foot there since.
Here's another holiday event you might want to attend. It's the "Festival Of Lights" celebration tonight at 7:00 p.m. in Herkimer.
One of our favorite family traditions is going to see the Players Of Utica production of "Scrooge" at the Stanley Center For The Arts in Utica. Just about every year, I attend with at least one family member for a festive musical version of the Charles Dickens classic "A Christmas Carol", featuring Ebeneezer Scrooge.
In the spirit of the holiday, yours truly Greg "Splashin'" McShea is inviting you to join me and Jeremiah this Friday afternoon from 4:00 pm - 6:00 p.m. at Stewart's Shops in Little Falls for our live broadcast on Big Frog 104. It's all part of the annual Stewart's Shops "Holiday Match Program", which teams up Stewart's, their customers and media to raise funds for local children's organizations.
At Big Frog 104, we like to share with you holiday events going on in the Utica-Rome area. Today, Utica College (my Alma Mater) is presenting a concert band performance at the campus on Burrstone Road in Utica.
Winter weather or not, there's a winter concert scheduled tonight at Hamilton College. The Masterworks Chorale and Orchestra will perform tonight from 7:30 a.m. - 9:30 p.m. at Wellin Hall on the Clinton Campus, and admission is $6.00 - $8.00 for non students.
Each year at the Greg "Splashin'" McShea household, we hang the official McShea family wreath on the outside of our home, and it's always an adventure. Over the years, I've hoisted the wreath up through rain, wind, snowstorms, and even fell off the ladder once with wreath in hand
The presidential election is over, and apparently there's no hard feelings between the winner and loser. President Obama has invited Mitt Romney to lunch at the White House tomorrow, and the former governor accepted.