They pulled it off. We all could tell by the look on Michelle’s face when she followed Kristin and Kris into The Retreat in Liverpool last Friday night and our big group of friends all yelled “Surprise!” The idea was hatched by Lizzy, soon to be Michelle’s sister-in-law. Facebook invitations were sent, and the orders…
Denzel Washington slams grand at the center of August Wilson’s family tale Fences. Washington directed and stands tall (and wide) as Troy Maxson, the self-made leader of his gathering in the proud little brick house in a lower-class African American Pittsburgh neighborhood. Wilson adapted the screenplay from his Pulitzer Prize-winning drama that premiered in 1987…
The program was titled Music and Literature Fest. I saw no musicians signed up, but plenty of authors. What the heck. I will be available to talk about the days I wrote about musicians and reviewed concerts for the big daily, from noon to 2 p.m. today in the Liverpool Public Library’s Carman Community Room.…
The baseball season starts Monday. I’m ready for some real New York Mets action on the flat screen. For now, though, I’ll admire the quite reasonable souvenirs I purchased on my dear wife Karen and I’s trip to Cooperstown this winter. The Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum store has a wall of postcards featuring…
Joyce DiCamillo won’t put Syracuse in her rear view mirror. The noted jazz musician and educator will mix both pursuits once again when she comes back to her alma mater to preside over a Master Class and then collaborate for a concert as part of Syracuse University’s Jazz Day this Saturday, April 1. DiCamillo was…
We’re coming down to the final few weeks in the Thursday Night Men’s League at Bowling Green. And when we reported for action a week ago, our Limp Lizard squad stood in fourth place out of the 12 squads. I could hardly believe it. Then we went out and lost our first two games to…
My wonderful daughter Elisabeth texted while I sat in The Cobblestone Saturday, sharing a lunch and good conversation with buddies KP, Tater and Nolan. She had something to give me, she said, and she and terrific significant George Three were chasing Pokemon over in Onondaga Lake Park. When our foursome was done with the pizza,…
Chuck Berry died last week, and I of course bowed my head to a major man of my musical past. Before my time, certainly, this guy who rightfully took his place as one of the first inductees when they openedthe Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, for helping shape that form as well as R&B…
If you’re one of the many millions who’ve taken comfort in the motorcycle-riding savvy and people skills of Jon Baker and Frank Llewelyn Poncherello in the half-drama, half-comedy TV hour CHiPs that maneuvered its way into our social mosaic on NBC from 1977 to 1983 and through syndication and streaming seemingly thereafter, you may have…
The question came from my Syracuse-area blogging friend Ermine. She wanted to change things around on her too-dormant WordPress site. She didn’t want to change the whole domain and lose the followers she’d built. Could I help? I’ve made enough alterations here since starting markbialczak.com in February 2013 that I agreed. So she came over…
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