PRESIDENT CHARLES BEACH

PRESIDENT-ELECT THOMAS DWYER

SECRETARY JOHN BERTRAM

TREASURER DAN MORROW

SERGEANT-AT-ARMS JAMES MORROW

Some Fresh Air for Syracuse MembersOctober 18 Club meeting aboard Adirondack Scenic Railroad

Editor | President Beach

According to Charlie Beach, his Syr-acuse Club members are in need of some fresh air. The cure: take a ride on the Adirondack Scenic Railroad's Uti-ca to Old Forge day trip train through beautiful upstate New York.

A show of hands at last week's Club meeting indicated interest in taking the show on the road. On October 18, in place of a regular meeting at Drum-lins, Syracuse Rotarians, along with their spouses and friends, will board

an 11:30am train at Utica Station for a unique experience, traveling through forests, over rivers and streams, to spend a little time in Old Forge. While you’re on the train, you can visit the café car and try the light and hearty fare as you ride the rails.

DETAILS: The train departs Utica Sta-tion at 11:30am, arriving at 1:45pm.The return train departs at 2:15pm, arriving back in Utica at 4:30pm. Cost is $40.50 per senior or $42.50 per adult. z

This Week: Larry Luttinger of CNY JazzJazz deserves recognition, artistic presentation in every communityProgram Committee

The CNY Jazz Arts Foundation (CNYJAF), established in 1998, is now the primary year-round provider of scho-lastic and public jazz programs for the Up-state New York.

CNYJAF serves a total public audience of 80,000 each year, trains more than 4,000 students annually, and presents students in performance to an annual audience of more than 40,000.

CNY Jazz’s growing list of programs includes the Cabaret Concert Series, Scholastic Jazz Jams, Northeast Jazz & Wine Festival, Stage of Nations Blue Rain ECOfest, Jazz Vespers Series,

SummerJazz Workshop, Jazz in the City, the Black Histo-ry Month Cabaret Series, Syracuse Parks and Rec Stan Colella “All-Star” Big Band, and more.

Late in 1995, musician and educator Larry Lutting-er proposed a not-for-profit regional jazz foundation and orchestra to serve the Cen-tral New York community.

Organizations like this had flourished for more than 30 years in cities such as San Francisco, Chicago, Cleveland, New York, Columbus, and Washington DC to name a few. Outside those large markets, opportunities to present, per-form, and teach jazz in a similar way did not exist.

THE ROTARY CLUB OF SYRACUSE • CLUB #42 • ROTARY INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 7150 • CHARTERED 1912 • FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2019

OCTOBER 412:00 pm

RCS Club Meeting Members Lounge

Program: Larry Luttinger, Executive Director

of CNY Jazz Central

OCTOBER 1112:00 pm

RCS Club Meeting Members Lounge

Program: TBA

OCTOBER 18** CLUB EVENT **

See details on page 1&29:30 am

Meet at Drumlins parking lot and carpool to Utica Station

11:30 am Board Adirondack Scenic Railroad

to Old Forge, arrive 1:45pm

2:15 pm Board Adirondack Scenic Railroad

to Utica Station, arrive 4:30pm. Return to Syracuse by car

OCTOBER 412:00 pm

RCS Club Meeting Members Lounge

Program: Connor McGough

ARISE Adaptive Design

A Look Ahead

see CNY JAZZ page 2 >>

see TICKET INFORMATON page 2 >>

HAVE AN IDEA FOR A PROGRAM? Email Program Chair, Jim Yonai at:

jyonai01@gmail.com

Larry Luttinger, Exec. Dir. of CNYJAF

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2019

CNY Jazz Central: Home to an ever evolving art form << from pg. 1

see FINISHING page 4 >>

Luttinger recognized that jazz, America’s most significant contribution to world culture, deserves recognition and ar-tistic presentation in every community. He was motivated by the belief that the 21st century will see the proliferation of these orchestras and organizations, just as the 20th century saw the development of American classical music ensembles playing European art music.

Luttinger believes that presenting, performing, and teach-ing jazz professionally will forge a new legitimacy for an art form that has evolved from the speakeasy to the dance club to the concert hall.

Central to the mission, vision, and goals of CNY Jazz, the CNYJO is today a 17-piece big band and the performance arm of the CNYJAF. It was formed in 1996 in cooperation with the Cultural Resources Council of CNY and the CNY Community Foundation, whose funding launched the CNY-JO’s inaugural season to critical acclaim.

Larry Luttinger is an arts administrator, music educator and musician. He is the founder and Executive Director of CNY Jazz Central, a not-for-profit performing organization that presents jazz and related improvisatory arts in concert,

cabaret, scholastic and festival settings across upstate New York. He was a member of the Syracuse Symphony Orches-tra for over 20 years, and is currently a member of Symphoria. He has taught at Hamilton College, Onondaga Community College, and Syracuse University, where he served as Chair-man of the Music Industry Department and Director of Jazz Ensembles. He chaired Music Departments for the Sum-merfame High School for the Performing Arts and the Met-ropolitan School for the Arts, and was Executive Treasurer of the International Association for Jazz Education-New York Chapter for 30 years. In 2008, he was appointed to the tran-sition team of County Executive Joanne Mahoney as om-budsman for the visual and performing arts for the region. As leader of CNY Jazz, he has led many planning and pro-duction efforts resulting in vibrant, community-wide visual and performing arts celebrations in all disciplines, including the CRAVE festival and conference, Syracuse Artsweek, Healthy Buildings ’09 International Conference, Downtown Living Tours, Northeast Jazz & Wine Festival, Stage of Na-tions Blue Rain ECOfest, Jazz in the City, and others. z

TICKET INFORMATION FOR CLUB FIELD TRIP ABOARD ADIRONDACK SCENIC RAILROADThe Boehlert Transportation Center at Union Station is a train station served by Amtrak and the Adirondack Scenic Railroad in Utica. It is owned by Oneida Coun-ty, and named for retired U.S. Rep. Sherwood Boehlert, R-New Hartford.

Boehlert Transportation Center 321 Main St, Utica, NY 13501

ORDER TICKETS https://www.adirondackrr.com/utica/utica-to-thendara-old-

forge-round-trip-without-layover/

OR CALL (800) 872-7245FIRST CLASS or COACH: In first class you get ta-ble seating and table service. There are two seats on one side of the table, the table in the middle, and two more seats facing back on the other side of the table. We put linen on the tables and make it look nice. If you want to order something, you can place your order with the car host / hostess instead of leaving your seat to go to the cafe car. First class passengers on the Utica to Thendara train receive 1 complimentary coffee, bottled water, soda, or mimosa on the way to Thendara, and also one compli-mentary coffee, bottled water, or soda on the way back to Utica. They are also served one complimentary scone on the way to Thendara, and some kind of light snack on the way back to Utica.

In coach class, depending on which car you are in, the seating could be arranged similarly to first class, minus the table, or it could be arranged like a bus, all facing one way. There is no table service in coach, and no compli-mentary items.ACCESSIBILITY: Please be advised this trip is wheel-chair accessible for standard size chairs. The maximum door opening width is 26 inches wide. Please make sure to measure your wheelchair before you make a reserva-tion. If you have any questions or would like to reserve wheelchair seating, please contact the office toll-free at 1-800-819-2291. Restrooms on the train are not wheel-chair accessible, however there are wheelchair accessible restrooms in all of our stations.

Coach ClassAdults ........$42.50Senior ........$40.50Military ......$40.50

First ClassAdults ........$62.50Senior ........$60.50Military ......$60.50

IMPORTANT:You are responsible for your own reservation

and ticket(s) purchase.

If you wish to carpool, meet at Drumlins on

Friday, 10/18 at 9:30am

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RECREATING HOME: Photographs of the Refugee Experience

Nearly 15,000 refugees have reset-tled in Syracuse over the course of the past 15 years. The majority of these families and many of those who continue to arrive ultimately call the Northside neighborhood home.

Most families have fled extreme poverty, environmental disasters, political turmoil, conflict or worse and have since begun life anew, many arriving in Syracuse without a penny or a word of English.

These communities — spanning individuals from throughout Afri-ca, the Middle East, Ukraine, Cuba and parts of Asia — live in what most of us would consider poverty, but their appreciation for a new life and work ethic is profound.

Photographer Maranie R. Staab has explored these communities and feels privileged to have been allowed into the lives of families as they work to recreate “home” thou-sands of miles away from the ones they once knew. z

SYRACUSE ROTARY PRESS

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AL FALCONE WINS 50/50Last Friday, Dr. Al had the winning 50/50 ticket and promptly drew the Queen of Hearts, winning the jackpot. He also had the second place 50/50 ticket, taking the five bucks, which he added to Happy Dollars! Congratulations, Al.

ArtRage: Refugee Poetry Performance"Intertwined Journeys" - October 11 from 7 to 9pm at 505 Hawley Ave.Editor

Mark Cass, the Executive Director of the Northside Learning Center, stopped into my office this week and shared informa-tion about a collaboration in which he has played a role. It involves ArtRage Gallery, a local organization with a unique mission to exhibit art for social change.

Dik Cool, the president of Syracuse Cul-tural Workers, and Rose Viviano, now the Gallery Director, founded ArtRage Gallery. The gallery continues a long tradition of progressive social activism in Central New York. Since 1982, the Syracuse Cultural Workers has published the work of artists creating work on social justice and environ-mental themes. From this work, Dik Cool realized there was a need to show this type of art, and more of it, to a local audience. And thus, a new organization, The CORA Foundation was formed. The first project of The CORA Foundation was to establish ArtRage Gallery.

With a generous donation from their funding donor, Ruth Putter, renovations to the building at 505 Hawley Avenue began in 2007. In gratitude of Ruth Putter’s gift, the gallery was named in honor of her late husband, Norton Putter. The gallery opened with its first exhibition, Combat Paper, in October 2008.

The goal of ArtRage is always to bring attention to the meaningful work of local activists and organizations. To that end, all of their exhibitions are paired with exhi-bition-related programs such as films, lec-tures, workshops or theatrical productions that help to expand the dialogue created by each exhibition.

As a compliment to a recent exhibition, Recreating Home (see side bar), ArtRage will hold a poetry reading featuring work from local refugee and immigrant youth.

The poets were part of the 2019 Narra-tio Fellowship & Artist-in-Residence Pro-gram which was created in collaboration with Syracuse University and the North Side Learning Center.

Designed and facilitated by writer and social entrepreneur Ahmed Badr and Syr-acuse University professor Brice Nordquist, the program brought resettled refugee youth Fellows together with artists to par-ticipate in an intensive four-week storytell-ing program. The program offered opportu-nities for refugees and recent immigrants to tell and share their stories.

The program included workshops, guest speakers, and site visits, culminating in a week-long trip to New York City ( July 28-August 2), with sessions at the Unit-ed Nations, Squarespace, The New York Times, and a performance of original po-etry at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Narratives of refugee experience have too often been limited to that of war and con-flict. While violences of displacement must be remembered, this project extends these narratives to include experiences beyond conflict.

Through this program, Fellows are given the opportunity to reclaim the complexity of their own narratives by embracing the plurality of their identities as new Ameri-cans, critically engaging with their personal experiences, and finding new avenues for self-expression. In these ways, the Narratio Fellowship is not focused on giving power to refugee youth, but rather on activating the power they already hold. z

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SYRACUSE ROTARY PRESS

The Rotary Club of Syracuse, Inc. is comprised of two entities; the Club which was chartered on June 1, 1912 as Club Number 42, and the Syracuse Rotary Foundation, Inc., the not-for-profit philanthropic arm of the Club founded in 1957.

Together, the Club and the Foundation have served the Greater Syracuse community with uncommon distinction and vigor, leaving a long trail of accomplishment in the best of Rotary’s traditions, all of which has contributed to giving The Rotary Club of Syracuse an honored position in our community.

THE SYRACUSE ROTARY PRESSFRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2019

Club of Syracuse

Friday Meeting Location:The Members Lounge Drumlins Country Club Nottingham Road Syracuse, NY 13210

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PRESIDENT CHARLES BEACH

PRESIDENT-ELECT THOMAS DWYER

SECRETARY JOHN BERTRAM

TREASURER DAN MORROW

SERGEANT-AT-ARMS JAMES MORROW

Jazz Central: CNY’s Busiest Little TheaterDowntown location contains 63 permanent theater seats

cnyjazz.org

Jazz Central is in use al-most every night! Unique to Central New York, Jazz Central is a 2,300 square feet space that houses CNY Jazz’s offices, a box office, music library, and a 63- to 99-seat theater. Since its opening, Jazz Central has become a regional cul-tural hub. A practice and performance space, it also hosts theater, comedy, film, folk, and private events throughout the year. The facility provides a profession-al rehearsal space for the CNY Jazz Orchestra and the CNY Jazz’s unique youth orchestra, the Stan Colella Parks and Rec All-Star Big Band (a partner-ship with the City of Syracuse).

The existence of Jazz Central is due to the vision and commitment of CNY Jazz Executive Director Larry Lut-tinger and New York State Sen. John A. DeFrancisco. Sen. DeFrancisco, a strong patron of the arts, and especially

jazz, provided a $250,000 grant from the Strategic Investment Program for the purchase and renovation of 441 E. Washington St. There is no city in the country that can boast a facility ded-icated entirely to the pursuit of jazz performance and education aside from Wynton Marsalis’ Jazz at Lincoln Cen-ter. We are deeply indebted to Senator John DeFrancisco for his understand-ing of the value of the jazz art form and his belief in jazz, America’s art form.Central New York Jazz Orchestra

CNYJO is an award-winning, all-star, regional “big band” made up of Central New York’s finest jazz musicians. Led

by internationally acclaimed Music Director Bret Zvacek, CNYJO performs concerts that feature the world’s finest guest soloists.

Formed in 1996, CNYJO has made it possible for Syr-acuse to claim a national cal-iber, regional, not-for-profit jazz orchestra, one of a few cities that can claim this ac-complishment.

CNYJO is the flagship pro-gram of the CNY Jazz Arts Foundation, whose mission is to sustain the art form of jazz by presenting, performing, and teaching jazz in a variety of public and scholastic set-tings. z