Events

The Syracuse Half Marathon is Upstate New York's premier half-marathon, starting and finishing at the Oncenter in Syracuse. This popular event attracts thousands of runners each year. It features great SWAG and a post-race party with live music, a hot food breakfast, and unlimited beverages (alcohol and non-alcoholic).

The Syracuse Half Marathon fee includes:

Entry into the 2026 Syracuse Half Marathon
His or Hers Performance 2026 jacket
2026 Finishers Medal
Custom Bib Number with First Name – must be registered by 3/2/26
Seven (7) Hydration and Fueling Stations – With water, sports drinks, gels, and Porta Potties
Safe/Secure Course
Professional Medical Support provided by SOS & AMR
Post-race party and professionally catered hot meal - includes baked ziti (gluten-free option), pizza (gluten-free option), chocolate milk, water, yogurt, fresh fruit, and granola bars.
Beers & seltzers starting at 10:00 am!
Live Results Tracking
Free Photo Opportunities With Your Name & Time on Our Video Boards

Tracy ran the event in 2025 and had the best time running, and got her best half marathon time yet! Come join her!

Women TIES President Tracy Chamberlain Higginbotham is the publicist for the Syracuse Actors Studio and its new special event, SASFest 2026!

Interested in locally written and produced Syracuse films? Join the Syracuse Actors Studio for its own version of the Sundance Festival. Join the Syracuse Actors Studio on Sunday, April 19th, 2026, 12 PM-8 PM, for the First Annual SASFest! Think Sundance Festival, but here in Syracuse, it is a local film festival for and by Syracuse Actors Studio (SAS) members to showcase their own independent films.

They are proud and excited to show their work to the local community, encourage filmmakers to work with them, and encourage their members to make their own films.

They will publish a complete program, but are currently screening several exciting films, including American Claudius, It's Me Again, Amariah, Trent Lockwood and the Ashes of Empire, and more! There will be Question-and-Answer opportunities after each film with the creatives involved.

SAS prides itself on offering free and open events to the public. Friends, family, and the general public are encouraged to attend. Still, they are encouraging people to donate in advance or at the door to support their organization and their generous partner, The Palace Theater, for this creative local festival. They hope to raise money to help them keep the theatre going for local filmmakers and incredible shows, and to support SAS so they can keep hosting outstanding programs open to all.

The Palace Theater will have a full bar and concessions with snacks, candy, and popcorn. Please enjoy responsibly, but also help us support them for being gracious hosts. We are also looking to partner with food trucks so everyone can stay the whole day and enjoy!

They seek financial support from individual or corporate sponsors for our event, to help sustain these two great beacons of art in our community: The Palace Theater & Syracuse Actors Studio! Please get in touch with Tracy Chamberlain Higginbotham at womenties33@gmail.com if you would like to sponsor SASFest. As a sponsor, you and your company/organization will receive numerous promotional benefits.

They are also looking for volunteers to serve as door people, ushers, and to help sell merchandise. Please get in touch with Laura Stisser at lastisser@gmail.com if interested in volunteering.

Get excited now! You don't have to go to Colorado to see excellent indie films at a festival; you have SASFest 2026 in your own backyard.

Registration is open now for tickets at this link:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1976905312005?aff=oddtdtcreator

Contact Tracy for sponsorship opportunities with media and PR benefits.

Syracuse Actors Studio is always a free monthly meetup for actors, where we learn from and practice acting together. Actors of all experience levels are encouraged to attend! Filmmakers, writers, playwrights, producers, casting agents, and observers are all welcome.

The Fund for Women of the Southern Tier: Inspire Event will feature a keynote presentation by Tracy Chamberlain Higginbotham, Founder and President, Women TIES, LLC; Entrepreneur, Writer, Sports Adventurer, Advocate for Women in Business, Sports, and Equality

Tracy Chamberlain Higginbotham is the Founder and President of Women TIES, LLC (Women Together Inspiring Entrepreneurial Success), an organization devoted to promoting, publicizing, and uniting women entrepreneurs to advance their economic power and close the pay gap. A serial entrepreneur who launched her first company, Five Star Events, in 1995, Tracy has spent three decades creating networks that help women do business with—and for—one another. She expanded Women TIES to include a Women's Athletic Network and Women's Rights Equality Division, and now documents her quest to try every sport once, inspiring women to claim space in business, sports, and life.

Tickets on sale now!
$125 per ticket
Early bird pricing ends April 30
Seating is limited

This event is a wonderful way to come together, network, see old friends, make new ones, and celebrate what we can accomplish together - and raise money to empower girls and women!

The event will, again, be held at the Corning Museum of Glass on Thursday, June 11, 2026. The evening begins with networking and a cash bar at 5 p.m., with a silent auction open for bids and grab bags available for purchase. The evening continues with dinner, followed by our keynote address, and then closes with dessert.

Tracy is a 3-decade woman entrepreneur with two companies - Five Star Events and Women TIES, LLC. In her role as an entrepreneur, she has become an activist for women in all aspects of life, business, sports, and equality.

She is currently assisting the Sign4Equality.Org association try to get the ERA passed as law and Publicist for the Syracuse Actors Studio.

She is also pursuing trying every sport once in her lifetime. Follow her journey there at www.tracyhigginbotham.com