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Downtown After Dark

Downtown After Dark is award winning journalist Russ Tarby's weekly take on the best and brightest of happenings inside and outside of Downtown Syracuse. Each week he adds best bets too.

Bio:
Central New York journalist Russ Tarby has been writing about entertainment, crime, sports and politics since the 1970s. His reviews and feature stories have appeared in newspapers such as the Village Voice, the Dallas Observer, the Auburn Citizen and the Syracuse Post-Standard.

For 12 years, he worked as music and books editor for the Syracuse New Times and while there he won several Syracuse Press Club awards including a Best Feature Story award for 'The Sweet Man,' his 1998 profile of 95-year-old jazz trombonist Spiegle Willcox.

In 2000, he was named music writer of the year for weeklies with a circulation of less than 55,000 by the international Association of Alternative Newsweeklies.

Tarby was a member of the steering committees which founded the Syracuse Area Music Awards(Sammys) and the Syracuse Walk of Fame.

He has been a member of the Jazz Appreciation Society of Syracuse's Board of Directors since 1993.

In 2007, Tarby edited "Into The Deep," a book by Dr. Andrew G. Hodges about the 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway on the island of Aruba.

Tarby now works as a free-lance writer and editor. He compiles two weekly columns, Downtown After Dark for the Syracuse City Eagle and Livin’ in Liverpool for The Review, both published by Eagle Newspapers.

He can be reached at 457-1517, or via e-mail at [email protected].

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Jun

The many hats of hall-of-famer Larry Luttinger

rtarby, Downtown After Dark

He plays a hi-hat, but how many hats does Larry Luttinger wear?

He’s the executive director of the Central New York Jazz Arts Foundation which operates Jazz Central downtown. He’s also the drummer for the CNY Jazz Orchestra, and percussionist for the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra...

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Jun

Syracuse Community Choir director deserves a Sammy!

rtarby, Downtown After Dark

Not only does the Syracuse Community Choir make marvelous music, it also makes meaningful music. The choir stands for peace and justice.
And don’t forget its name’s second word, community.
The Syracuse Community Choir illustrates its commitment to a unified community by collaborating this weekend with the Onondaga Nation School for a performance and a party. The choir’s annual Summer Solstice Concert will celebrate “Courage of the Heart” at 4 p.m. Sunday June 15, at the Onondaga Nation School, Route 11A, in Nedrow. The concert, which will be interpreted for the deaf, will follow a free ice-cream social at 3 p.m.
Concert donations of up to $15 are recommended, but everyone’s welcome to attend especially those who may be too broke to contribute; 428-8151...

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