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Press Release: UP THE CREEK documentary arts initiative seeks local lore about Onondaga Creek
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 26, 2007
Contact: Fereshteh Toosi, phone: 315-443-8796
email: 315WATER@gmail.com
UP THE CREEK: New documentary arts initiative seeks local lore about Onondaga Creek
Drop-in Information Session: Beauchamp Library, January 10, 2008, 4-6pm
Potluck Dinner and Storytelling Session: Center for Peace and Social Justice, January 12, 2008, 4-7pm
RSVP: 315-443-8796 or 315WATER@gmail.com
A local documentary arts initiative launches a campaign to gather stories and memories about a major local tributary, Onondaga Creek. The project, titled UP THE CREEK, will host two public events in Syracuse on January 10th and January 12th. Organizers are inviting local residents to contribute their stories for the project, and are searching for six volunteers to participate in the project as audio reporters.
Just as bids are finalized for the contested multi-million dollar sewage plant along Onondaga Creek in Armory Square, UP THE CREEK aims to document the stories of people living and working along the creek through audio recordings. The goal is to produce an oral history that will result in a CD and an interactive audio tour to walk along selected portions of the creek. The audio tour will be distributed free of charge starting in April 2008.
The project will kick off the new year with a drop-in information session at Beauchamp Library from 4-6 pm on January 10th, and potluck dinner and storytelling session on Saturday January 12th from 4-7pm at the Center for Peace and Social Justice at 2013 East Genesee Street. Interested parties are invited to gather as a group to hear and share memories about the creek in a session that will be professionally recorded.
Project Coordinator and Syracuse University instructor Fereshteh Toosi plans to gather a variety of stories from residents of Onondaga County. "We're looking for tall fish tales, songs, urban legends, you name it. You might think your story is too ordinary, but we believe every story is important." Like the popular NPR feature StoryCorps, the project aims to be accessible. "We want to make it as easy as possible to participate and be interviewed, so we'll meet folks wherever it's convenient for them," Ms. Toosi says. "We're also looking for six people who want to learn the audio technology, and we'll train them as audio reporters, to keep a journal on their own time."
Ms. Toosi says of her motivations for the project: "I recently moved to Syracuse and I was surprised by the difference between recreational opportunities at Erie Canal and those at Onondaga Creek. Like the canal, Onondaga Creek has a lot of potential but there are so many fences and walls built around it. The goal for UP THE CREEK is to imagine a different way of interacting with a major waterway that runs downtown and throughout the diverse landscape of Onondaga County."
The city of Syracuse has been developing a creek walk trail, but they admit that progress has been slow due to the "logistical challenges of rediscovering a waterway in an urbanized area" ( http://www.syracuse.ny.us/creekWalk.asp). UP THE CREEK embraces the challenge to rediscover this waterway through a localized, grassroots effort that showcases the past, present, and future of work and play around Onondaga Creek.
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UP THE CREEK drop-in information session January 10, 2008 at Beauchamp Library, 2111 S. Salina Street, 4-6 pm. Potluck dinner and storytelling session January 12, 2008 at the Center for Peace and Social Justice, 2013 East Genesee Street, 4-7pm. Bring food or drink to share. To RSVP for either public event or to participate in the oral history project, please call the Project Coordinator at 315-443-8796, or email 315WATER@gmail.com
Attached images: poster for the potluck, poster for the Beauchamp Library info session, image of Onondaga Creek courtesy of the Partnership for Onondaga Creek
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Contact: Fereshteh Toosi, phone: 315-443-8796
email: 315WATER@gmail.com
UP THE CREEK: New documentary arts initiative seeks local lore about Onondaga Creek
Drop-in Information Session: Beauchamp Library, January 10, 2008, 4-6pm
Potluck Dinner and Storytelling Session: Center for Peace and Social Justice, January 12, 2008, 4-7pm
RSVP: 315-443-8796 or 315WATER@gmail.com
A local documentary arts initiative launches a campaign to gather stories and memories about a major local tributary, Onondaga Creek. The project, titled UP THE CREEK, will host two public events in Syracuse on January 10th and January 12th. Organizers are inviting local residents to contribute their stories for the project, and are searching for six volunteers to participate in the project as audio reporters.
Just as bids are finalized for the contested multi-million dollar sewage plant along Onondaga Creek in Armory Square, UP THE CREEK aims to document the stories of people living and working along the creek through audio recordings. The goal is to produce an oral history that will result in a CD and an interactive audio tour to walk along selected portions of the creek. The audio tour will be distributed free of charge starting in April 2008.
The project will kick off the new year with a drop-in information session at Beauchamp Library from 4-6 pm on January 10th, and potluck dinner and storytelling session on Saturday January 12th from 4-7pm at the Center for Peace and Social Justice at 2013 East Genesee Street. Interested parties are invited to gather as a group to hear and share memories about the creek in a session that will be professionally recorded.
Project Coordinator and Syracuse University instructor Fereshteh Toosi plans to gather a variety of stories from residents of Onondaga County. "We're looking for tall fish tales, songs, urban legends, you name it. You might think your story is too ordinary, but we believe every story is important." Like the popular NPR feature StoryCorps, the project aims to be accessible. "We want to make it as easy as possible to participate and be interviewed, so we'll meet folks wherever it's convenient for them," Ms. Toosi says. "We're also looking for six people who want to learn the audio technology, and we'll train them as audio reporters, to keep a journal on their own time."
Ms. Toosi says of her motivations for the project: "I recently moved to Syracuse and I was surprised by the difference between recreational opportunities at Erie Canal and those at Onondaga Creek. Like the canal, Onondaga Creek has a lot of potential but there are so many fences and walls built around it. The goal for UP THE CREEK is to imagine a different way of interacting with a major waterway that runs downtown and throughout the diverse landscape of Onondaga County."
The city of Syracuse has been developing a creek walk trail, but they admit that progress has been slow due to the "logistical challenges of rediscovering a waterway in an urbanized area" ( http://www.syracuse.ny.us/creekWalk.asp). UP THE CREEK embraces the challenge to rediscover this waterway through a localized, grassroots effort that showcases the past, present, and future of work and play around Onondaga Creek.
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UP THE CREEK drop-in information session January 10, 2008 at Beauchamp Library, 2111 S. Salina Street, 4-6 pm. Potluck dinner and storytelling session January 12, 2008 at the Center for Peace and Social Justice, 2013 East Genesee Street, 4-7pm. Bring food or drink to share. To RSVP for either public event or to participate in the oral history project, please call the Project Coordinator at 315-443-8796, or email 315WATER@gmail.com
Attached images: poster for the potluck, poster for the Beauchamp Library info session, image of Onondaga Creek courtesy of the Partnership for Onondaga Creek
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