Grab a blanket and some snacks. We're going to see Shakespeare in the park! Specifically, a local production of Twelfth Night being put on in the Thornden Park Ampitheatre. Click the thumbnail for more information!
Join us for our first time taking care of newly-adopted trail! Click the thumbnail for more information.
Let’s take advantage of the summer sun and use its light to make art!
Cyanotype is a photographic printing process that produces a cyan-blue print. Engineers used the process well into the 20th century to produce copies of drawings, aka “blueprints”. We can use the same process - essentially exposing specially-treated paper to sunlight - to create art!
We’ll have some items available to create your artwork, but please feel free to bring any objects from home. Anything that is relatively flat should work. Think about what might create an interesting shadow with its shape. Some common ideas include leaves, feathers, keys, jewelry, lace, etc.
Because this event is highly weather-dependent, we’ll keep a rain date of Sunday August 17.
The event will be held at Liz’s house. Please RSVP to cnyhumanists@gmail.com to receive the address.
Let's do some good for goodness' sake at Sandwich Saturday! Click the thumbnail for details.
Sign up to table, or just come by and visit. We’ll have some fun giveaways, and t-shirts for sale, too! Click the thumbnail for details.
Let's do some good for goodness' sake at Sandwich Saturday! Click the thumbnail for details.
Let's do some good for goodness' sake at We Rise Above the Streets’ Annual Thanksgiving Dinner for the Homeless! Click the thumbnail for details.
Let's do some good for goodness' sake at Sandwich Saturday! Click the thumbnail for details.
Let's do some good for goodness' sake at Sandwich Saturday! Click the thumbnail for details.
This event has been cancelled because the grant that was obtained by the host institution to support this program was cancelled due to an Executive Order.
Join the CNYHA as we attend an author talk with Michael Miller at the Matilda Joslyn Gage Center. Michael Miller will be discussing his historical fiction novel High Bridge. A description of the book is below. We’re planning on going out for dinner following his talk - exact dinner location TBD.
“Upstate New York in the mid-19th century is a cauldron bubbling with the lure of fast fortunes, religious zealotry, and battles for civil liberties. This fervor centers on the Erie Canal, which successfully supports scores of villages brimming with opportunity. One such village, Fayetteville, shapes the lives of two future American leaders.
High Bridge tells the stories of a young newlywed, the only child of freethinking abolitionists, and a prankster lad who grows up in the large family of an austere reverend. Despite their different childhoods and worldviews, they form an unlikely friendship. Can they combine their skills to solve a mystery and vindicate a Black man accused of murder?”
Join us for our first time taking care of newly-adopted trail! Click the thumbnail for more information.
Let's do some good for goodness' sake at Sandwich Saturday!
Join us the evening of June 18 to explore the exhibition LIFE/AFTERLIFE…DO YOU HAVE A PLAN? : Work by Vykky Ebner & Pam McLaughlin at ArtRage Gallery. We’ll plan to be there at 6 so we can take in the exhibition before the talk, but please join us when you can! Click on the thumbnail for details!
This Saturday, June 14th, is the "No Kings" National Day of Action, an opportunity to stand up for democratic principles. Please come out and be heard! Bring signs, banners, flags, voices, and friends! Click on the thumbnail for details.
Join us the afternoon of Sunday, June 1, at Clark Reservation State Park, for a potluck picnic, games, and a General Meeting—including voting for board members! Click on the thumbnail above for details.
Interested in exploring the park before the picnic? Meet us at 11am at the Small Shelter for a short-ish (30-45 minutes) hike. Hope to see you there!
Join us to volunteer at the Annual We Rise Above the Streets Memorial Day Cookout for the Homeless! It's a wonderful event, and a great way to kick off the Summer! Click the thumbnail for details!
Join us for a fun day helping our friends at the Robert Green Ingersoll Birthplace Museum get the museum ready for summer!
Join us for a social hour (or two) at Harvey's Garden!
Join us to participate in OCRRA’s Earth Day Clean Up 2025 on Saturday, April 26th.
Let's do some good for goodness' sake at Sandwich Saturday!
In celebration of Earth Month, we’re going to learn how to mend our clothes - with a little personal touch!
Visible mending is a term that refers to mends or repairs that are meant to be seen. It’s a fun way to add a little personal flair to your clothing, while ensuring that item of clothing lasts a little longer (thus reducing our clothing waste!).
During this Crafternoon event, we’ll learn how to use simple embroidery techniques to give our clothing a new life.
What to bring: any piece of clothing (or even an accessory, like a hat or glove) that needs a little care. The techniques we’ll learn can help mend a hole or tear, cover a stain, or simply give new life to an otherwise fine piece of clothing. Don’t have anything that fits those categories? No problem! We’ll have extra fabric on hand so you can still learn the techniques.
Thread, needles, scissors, etc will be supplied by CNYHA.
This event is not organized by the CNYHA, but we hope to see you there!
Let's do some good for goodness' sake at Sandwich Saturday!
Join us for our next book discussion! We will be discussing the themes and ideas presented in The Age of Magical Overthinking by Amanda Montell.
While reading the book is certainly encouraged, it's not mandatory to join the discussion! We will use the book as a catalyst for conversation.
The book is available through the Onondaga County library system.
We'll be at the Solvay Public Library in the Community Room, which is downstairs, and can be entered by taking an elevator from the main floor or by entering the building from the back parking lot.
Let's do some good for goodness' sake at Sandwich Saturday!
Join us on February 2nd to celebrate Charles Darwin’s birthday!
Meet up with with the CNY Humanists to march in the Syracuse Women’s March: Our Lives on the Line.
Join us for a social hour (or two) at Harvey's Garden! We'll grab a drink and play some board games. You can find us up on the second floor.
And if you're a sports fan, feel free to hang out after to catch the NFL Playoff Game on Harvey's TVs!
Join us for a relaxed potluck and some warm winter cheer!
Please bring a dish to pass. We’ll have a chance to look back over the past year, visit and catch up, and, of course, we’ll have our annual trivia (or similar) game—complete with prizes!
Please RSVP to cnyhumanists@gmail.com for location information!
Join the CNYHA at our table at the Plowshares Craft Fair & Peace Festival! Sign up to table, or just come by and visit. We’ll have some fun giveaways, and t-shirts for sale, too! The festival runs on Saturday December 7 from 10am to 5pm, and Sunday December 8 from 10:30am to 4:30pm.
Tabling: We’ll be explaining humanism, being a friendly face of atheism, and telling folks about our events. Sign up for tabling slots here.
Parking: The organizers of the event are asking people with booths to park farther away if possible, to leave the closer parking for shoppers Please park in:
The last row in the Nottingham High School parking lot
On Meadowbrook Road
Across Genesee Street in the Jowonio School’s parking lot. (The organizers will be conducting a raffle, and parking at Jowonio will get you 5 free raffle tickets!)
Let's do some good for goodness' sake at We Rise Above the Streets’ Annual Thanksgiving Dinner for the Homeless!
Join us for a Humanist Crafternoon! We’ll be decorating tree ornaments for the Everson Museum Festival of Trees & Light. Our tree’s theme is “Humanlight”! Ornaments and paint/paint brushes will be provided.
Find out more about the Everson Museum Festival of Trees & Light here, and more about the Humanist winter holiday Humanlight here.
In honor of Veterans’s Day, join us to hear from a Sergeant First Class in his 25th year serving in the Army.
We’ll have food. We’ll have a slideshow! We’ll have Kate Cohen!! And we hope to have you, too!
Sign up to table, or just come by and visit. We’ll have some fun giveaways, and t-shirts for sale, too!
Let's do some good for goodness' sake at Sandwich Saturday!
Join us September 8th to discuss humanist values in light of the upcoming election, and learn about an important proposed amendment to the NY state constitution.
Get out and enjoy an educational guided hike of the Beaver Lake nature center peat 'Bog' (more strictly known as a 'fen' - who knew peat could be so interesting?). We had a great time last year and think it will be the same this year.
