at Maxwells

122 E. Genesee Street ( map)

Friday, November 15, 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Facebook.com or 315-299-6633

Cost: Free admission

SyracuseCrunch.com or 315-473-4444

Cost: $16 - $20

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at the Landmark Theatre

362 S. Salina Street ( map)

Friday, November 15, 7:30 pm

Cost: $19

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at the Oncenter Civic Center

421 Montgomery Street ( map)

Friday, November 15, 7:30 pm

Saturday, November 16, 7:30 pm

at the Oncenter Civic Center

421 Montgomery Street ( map)

Friday, November 15, 8:00 pm

at The Redhouse Arts Center

400 South Salina Street ( map)

Through November 17

Click here for full performance schedule

TheRedhouse.org or 315-362-2785

Cost: $35

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MOST.org or 315-425-9068

Cost: $25

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Facebook.com or 315-741-7961

Cost: Free admission

Facebook.com or 315-310-8500

Cost: $40

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Everson.org or 315-310-8500

Cost: Free

Cost: $25/session (Includes yoga class and one glass of wine or mocktail)

Click here to purchase tickets

Epicuse Market & Cafe, an Epicurean Market and Eatery, officially opened at 334 S. Salina Street on Monday. The storefront is a place where you can start your day with breakfast, enjoy lunch, dinner, or bring it home to share. Epicuse features a variety of freshly prepared foods made from scratch. Customers can take them home and put them on the table to serve families in minutes - the perfect solution to eat well on a busy day! There are also produce options, a variety of meats, cheese and dairy, an impressive seafood selection, and other curated small batch specialty food items to prepare at home on less hectic days. 

The space aims to create a community to hang out - either alone or with friends - in an inviting, cozy atmosphere. There will be coffee and wine (coming soon!). 

Epicuse is open from 7:00 am to 9:00 pm. 

Deal Alert: Epicuse invites you to leave a review of your favorite dishes for an opportunity to win $500. On its website, Epicuse says it will randomly select a winner on December 1. 

Click here for more information

Wildflowers Armory is now open for business in its new location at 217 South Salina Street, next to Bersani Gallery. Previously located in a building behind the Museum of Science and Technology, Wildflowers offers a variety of goods and gifts from local artisans. 

The store is open from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm Tuesday through Saturday, and noon to 6:00 pm on Sunday.

Click here for more information

Over the next few weeks of the busy holiday season, Xavier Optical would like to remind you th at your Flexible Spending Account (FSA) through your employer's benefits program must be spent by December 31. Eyeglasses, prescription sunglasses and computer eyeglasses may qualify for reimbursement, and can even be used with Xavier Optical's Buy-One-Get-One-Half-Off promotion. 

Don't forget to reserve one hour of your time to schedule a fitting before the end of the year.  Beat the year-end rush and schedule an appointment with your optician today!

Click here for more information

Earlier this week, Gov. Cuomo announced plans for a two story expansion of The Tech Garden, a business incubator designed to help technology start-up companies. Located at the corner of South Warren and Harrison streets, The Tech Garden will add 46,000 square feet of incubation and acceleration space. The addition will create new space for companies to establish offices, as well as open up new opportunities for more start-up companies and entrepreneurs to move in. The new addition will also  feature an indoor "Drone Zone," an incubation area for UAS companies.

New York State is contributing $12.5 million to the expansion, which is expected to be complete in 2021.

Dash and Dot, the Downtown Elves, are hosting a special scavenger hunt - remotely from The North Pole - throughout Downtown Syracuse this weekend. The scavenger hunt will feature a total of eight stops throughout Downtown Syracuse. 

Here's how it will work: The first clue will be posted to the Downtown Committee's Facebook page Saturday, November 16, at 8:30 am. The clue - in theory - will send participants to a destination in Downtown Syracuse, where they'll find another clue, which will bring them to another business or cultural institution (so on and so forth), until all participants have visited all of the stops along the scavenger hunt. All of the clues will be posted on ground-floor windows, visible from the street. No entry into any place is required (until the final stop), but engaging and interacting with Downtown businesses and surroundings is encouraged. The first person/group to complete the scavenger hunt will win four tickets to see The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Musical, coming to The Oncenter on December 8. 

Tickets to the performance are on sale now - Click here to purchase tickets. 

Don't forget to check the Downtown Committee's Facebook page Saturday morning for the first clue! 

PS: Dash and Dot, the Downtown Committee's "Scout Elves," return to Downtown Syracuse on November 29! Click here for more information about how to find them! 

Your feedback is very important to us! Every two years, we produce a survey to see how you view and use Downtown Syracuse. We hope you'll take a few moments to answer these questions. Your voices help us enhance current initiatives and create new programs to better serve you. If you live or work in Downtown Syracuse (Fun Fact: we learned in 2017 that 10% of our survey takers are downtown residents and employees!), are a business owner, a hospitality destination, or visit Downtown Syracuse, we look forward to hearing from you! 

Feel free to share the survey with your friends, Downtown neighbors and colleagues. We look forward to compiling your feedback and sharing it with you!

Giveaway alert! If you'd like to be entered to win one of several gift cards to Downtown businesses, please provide your email address when prompted at the end of the survey. 

Join On My Team16 and Climb Cancer next Saturday, November 23 as runners and walkers climb 20 flights of stairs in State Tower to raise funds to provide comfort and support to pediatric oncology patients, families and caregivers. 

The Climb 2019 will feature a 10 am Runners Heat, where runners will compete to see who can run all 20 flights (338 steps) the fastest. Opening Ceremonies at 11 am will feature three guest speakers including Hon. Mayor Ben Walsh, former SU football player and cancer survivor Rob Long, and a current pitcher in the LA Dodgers organization, Josiah Gray. After the opening ceremonies, it's the walkers' turn to climb 338 steps in the Walkers Heat. A Post-Race party will take place at The Saltine Warrior at 12:30 pm. 

Registration costs $40 per individual. The registration fee goes toward a required fundraising amount of $100. There are also opportunities to sponsor a runner/walker and contribute to their goal. 

As of the time this newsletter was distributed, organizers are 77% of the way to their goal to raise $50,000. If you have any questions, please email Jordan Sheridan or call 315-416-2065. 

Click here to register for The Climb 2019

GENIUS NY, the world's largest business accelerator competition for the industry of unmanned aerial systems (UAS), has selected 19 semi-finalists from a pool of more than 400 submissions world-wide! A panel of local judges will review submissions from the 19 companies and select five finalists in early 2020. Judges are looking for companies that will stay in the Central New York region and utilize the ecosystem, who represent a diversity of technology and team makeup, and who will scale and be successful. 

Stay tuned for updates on the five selected companies who will compete for $3 million in investments and continue to build the region's growing drone industry!

PS: Congratulations to Dropcopter for winning $500,000 (tying for second place) in the Grow-NY Food and Agriculture business competition, held earlier this week in Rochester. Dropcopter, a start-up company based in the Tech Garden, is a previous Genius NY competitor.