Hot Seat: Media Monday with Ron Klopfanstein: Local content creators talk about their work,...
Hot Seat: Media Monday with Ron Klopfanstein: Local content creators talk about their work, inspiration, and passion for art, media, and popular culture
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Utica Celebrates 25th Juneteenth in a Big Way!
Utica Celebrates Juneteenth in a Big Way!
On June 19, 2021, at Chancellor Park in Utica, a unique celebration occurred and culminated a more than...
Reparations Commission offered presentations & invites public comments and testimony
By Natalie Williams
The New York State Reparations Commissioners received a wonderful turn out for their event hosted at the Carol L. Crooms BECA Center...
Voices of Polonia: Kazimierz Czarnecki and Mary Jackson
Kazimierz Czarnecki and Mary Jackson—Worked Together on the Space Program at NASA
By Ted Rajchel
Background
Kazimierz Czarnecki (engineer) was born in Poland in 1916. He was...
Joanne Shenandoah 1957-2021: Matriarch of Indigenous Music
By: Michelle Schenandoah
Photos By: Jane Feldman
She had a bright voice like liquid gold, a luminous heart, and a magnetic smile. Joanne Shenandoah-Tekaliwakwah, one...
Social Distancing and the Importance of Community Gardening
By Erin Corrigan
Spring is here and the For The Good Community Gardens are getting growing again! Thanks to the early warm weather we’ve already...
All Good Things Come to an End: “Nolly”, a three-part series, solves one of...
All Good Things Come to an End: Nolly, a three-part series, solves one of the most intriguing mysteries of British popular culture and celebrates...
Super Nova: Kevin Byrd and the BrownByrd Foundation
Written By: Theresa Mancuso
September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. The Utica Phoenix features our own outstanding Utica Native, Kevin Byrd whose ambition, brains, and...
Confederacy Takes in Many Nations: We Are Many Peoples
by Doug George-Kanentiio
"I think no institutional achievement of mankind exceeds it (the Confederacy) in either wisdom or intelligence" John Collier, US Commissioner of Indian Affairs 1933-1945.
One...
Utica Students Get New CTE School
By Mathew Handzel
The Utica School Board is bringing trades education back to the inner city. On Monday night, November 21st, at JFK Middle...










