Point-Counterpoint-Counterpoint on MVHS Hospital Upgrade
Utica Phoenix Editor-in-chief, Cassandra Harris-Lockwood, printed an editorial opinion in the October edition of the newsmagazine, Going to the Hospital. Marques Phillips, son of Councilman Bill Phillips and former writer for the Utica Daily...
Arts Wide Open Begins with West Side Story -Glimmerglass
Written By: C. Harris-Lockwood
Young people from low-income families in our community have few, if any, opportunities for exposure to live performances of the arts. At one time there were numerous groups and organizations with...
Lockwood Celebrates 50 Years in Law
On October 25, 2017, The Oneida County Bar Association honored 12 members who have practiced law for 50 years or more. Among the honorees was Stephen L. Lockwood, Esq., Chairman of the Board of...
When Will It Be Safe To Be Black In America?
By: Cassandra Harris-Lockwood
So, America has finally managed to criminalize the condition of being Black. Black people had previously assumed that once we were able to provide proof that these terrible things were really happening...
From the Editors Desk: So Leeenna
Ok. So, I got a call today from one of the female family members from the Riot at Revels. Presumably, she was a rioter as she was determined to tell me why I should...
Big B: Radio Don’t Stop
Utica’s Black Music scene will miss Phoenix Radio DJ
By Cassandra Harris-Lockwood
Though I didn’t know Bryson for very long I sure knew who he was, and that was at the top of Utica’s contemporary Black...
The Patriarchy and Misogyny
Written By Cassandra Harris- Lockwood
The Patriarchy and Misogyny
'Feminism' is Merriam-Webster's word of the year, and rightly so. Not that we coined the phrase in the 60’s but we certainly activated it and fought for...
Remembering the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
By Cassandra Harris Lockwood, Editor-in-chief.
“The most persistent and urgent question there is, is what are you doing for others?”Montgomery, Alabama, 1957, The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
On this the 50th anniversary of the...
Music: Tribute to Burt Bacharach
By C. Harris-Lockwood | Editor-in-Chief
Part of the incredible contribution that Burt Bacharach made to modern American music was his ability to display so many intimate and vulnerable aspects of the human condition with tender...
CHL’s Save the Community Gardens Birthday Bash!
Please share this widely and wildly! My birthday is this Wednesday, September 7th. The Garden, the Study Buddy Club, and For The Good are in peril. Please come to possibly the last Linwood Place...