Onondaga, N.Y. — Get ready to eat your weight in grape leaves and kibbeh. The annual St. Elias Middle Eastern Festival is back this weekend, bringing four days of homemade food, live music and ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — Whatever you do, don’t eat before hitting the St. Elias Orthodox Church Middle Eastern Festival. You’d be doing your stomach a huge disservice. Hundreds of Central New Yorkers knew ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — What began as a small family picnic nearly a century ago has grown into one of Central New York’s most cherished cultural traditions. Now in its 96th year, the St. Elias Middle ...

A husband who wouldn't take her dancing led Judy D. Fox to find the Middle East at the YMCA. The La Crosse woman enrolled in a Middle Eastern dance class. For 30 years, it's kept her hips moving. "I ...

As part of First Night, Diana Shahein will help to ring in the New Year with three one-half hour interactive Egyptian and Middle Eastern dance performances at 7, 8 and 9 p.m. at the Children’s Library ...

Butte's Sacred Ground, 610 W. Park St., will sponsor a Middle Eastern Dancing Workshop from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, July 18. The workshop is designed to provide a good foundation in the basic ...