A Poem – Insurrection Day
Insurrection Day By Roger Chambers
Election held with ballots cast
How do we know it’s not the last
time at polls to freely vote,
ending on a dissonant note,
abhorrent taste so sour.
Results rejected at the top
thus free and...
Utica Phoenix Radio Owner Debuts WNPR Game Show
By Jess Szabo
CHL Newest Panelist on NPR’s Says You!
“A public radio game show of bluff and bluster, words and whimsy”
On January 2, 2021, National Public Radio’s famous talk show, “Says You” offered a special...
The Heat Beat: Hearts at Home: A Covid Christmas Special Review
Phoenix Radio Staff and Other Local Artists Join Together to Provide Hope, Peace and Love to the Community Through Music for the Christmas Season
By Jess Szabo, Arts Writer
photos courtesy of Phoenix Media
Artists are not...
Marquis Palmer: Utica Native Hamilton Scholar & Marshall Recipient
Marquis Palmer grew up less than 10 miles from the Hamilton College campus in an environment where poverty rates were high and expectations were often low. Now Palmer, a 2018 Hamilton College graduate from Utica,...
Never Forget 2020
There’s a funny thing about memorials. They remind us only that an event happened, but almost guarantee that passersby to the memorial won’t truly fathom the significance of the event. People look at the...
West Utica’s New Boutique
By Paul Dumas, Ph.D.
Residents in Utica have yet another reason to be thankful for a new service on offer in the Varick District. Just above Mother Marianne’s West Side Kitchen on the corner of...
Tributes to Legendary Utica DJ Bryson Collins, Known Professionally as “Big B,” Continue Following...
By the staff of Phoenix Radio/Utica Phoenix
September 24 will always be a sad day for the staff, collaborators, and fans of Phoenix Radio. On this day in 2019, the station lost Bryson Collins, known professionally...
Local Radio Station Owner Newest Panelist on NPR’s Says You!
“A public radio game show of bluff and bluster, words and whimsy”
Well-known local activist and media op, Cassandra Harris-Lockwood, recently debuted as a panelist on the popular WNPR national game show, Says You!
Last Saturday...
Mohawk Numbers One to Ten and the Creation Story by Doug George-Kanentiio
Featured: Doug George-Kanentiio
Creation stories are essential to understanding all human societies since these narratives define place, origin, spirituality, psychology, social-gender relations and in some instances politics. It summarizes what a people value and how they perceive the universe...
Mohawk Valley Almanac for December 2020 By Roger Chambers
Winter officially begins with the winter solstice, after a record warm November. December has average high temperatures in the mid-30°s F and low of about 20°F. Single digit or sub zero temperatures that may...