Making The City Smaller Ep. 2 - Ryan Woodruff, Marine Corps Veteran and CEO of Clearpath for Veterans

Check It Out: Killian Crowley (Gerald) and Meg Keough (Pig) on the Upcoming Gifford Family Theater Production

We have TWO MAJOR celebrities: Piggie and Elephant from the Mo Willems books are our guests this week's for Check It Out. Maggie and Tom talk to Killian Crowley (Gerald) and Meg Keough (Pig) about the Elephant and Piggie play going on at the Gifford Family Theater. We will learn about the play, how to get tickets to see the shows on the weekends and a brief history of actors, who are both a lot of fun. Get ready for a zany Check It Out, with Maggie and Tom (the library's version of Pig and Elephant).

CNY Latino Podcast, Episode 97 - Utica Latino Festival & Storm Chasers

(#97, 5/19/26) In this May 2026 Episode of CNY Latino: cnylatinonewspaper.com/Podcast, Hugo and Marisol will review and narrate, last year's Utica Latino Festival, and also explaining some crazy plans we ended up having in 2025, and a short narration of an intense and dangerous moment we had driving, throughout a strong noisy and difficulty storm. En este episodio correspondiente a mayo de 2026, Hugo y Marisol repasarán y narrarán lo sucedido en el Festival Latino de Utica del año pasado; asimismo, explicarán algunos planes descabellados que terminamos ideando para 2025 y relatarán brevemente un momento intenso y peligroso que vivimos al conducir en medio de una tormenta violenta, ruidosa y difícil, acompañada de relámpagos y truenos.

Making The City Smaller Ep. 2 - Ryan Woodruff, Marine Corps Veteran and CEO of Clearpath for Veterans

On this edition of Making the City Smaller, host’s Peter Ward and Mike Durkin are joined by Ryan Woodruff, a Marine Corps Veteran and CEO of Clearpath for Veterans. Together they discuss the mission of Clearpath, which serves the needs of military veterans across New York State through its wide range of services such as the Canine Program which provides trained therapy dogs for veterans, as well as many that focus on community engagement and wellness.

Syracuse (On)Stage, Episode 41 - Ginny Parker Young Playwrights Festival

For more than 25 years, the Ginny Parker Young Playwrights Festival has given Central New York students the chance to see their ideas leap from the page to the stage. In this episode, longtime Christian Brothers Academy teacher Todd Benware, Syracuse University Department of Drama and YPF alumna Catie Kobland, and recent finalist and Jamesville-DeWitt student Udochukwu Okereke share stories about creativity, collaboration, and the excitement of bringing student voices to life through theater. Together, they explore how the festival inspires young writers to tell bold stories, see the world through new perspectives, and discover the power of their own voices.

Check It Out: Nan Brown Talks Kids Space, Summer Reading and More

Maggie is back, Tom is there and we have an actual librarian guest on our library podcast for young patrons. Coming in the studio for today's episode of Check It Out is Nan Brown. Nan is the children's librarian at Central Library in the heart of downtown. We chat about the Kidspace area on the 2nd floor, some of the many programs that are go on there, and what we can expect to see during Summer Reading. All of that and more on this week's edition of Check It Out.