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VOL.XLII / NO. 20 / January 5, 2021 Serving 47,125 readers week ly

F E AT URE S 2021 in Review ��8 The year that promised everything and delivered, well, we’ll let you decide.

Newsline ��3-5 Opinion �� 6 Letters �� 7

ART S &E N T E RTAINME N T Personal Health �� 11 Film �� 12 Film �� 14 Times Table �� 16 Classifieds �� 18

ON T HE WE B Preservation

Local officials hoping to preserve Camp Barton

ocal officials from three neighboring municipalities have teamed up to convince New York State lawmakers that they should push the state to purchase Camp Barton, a Seneca County Boy Scout camp that is being sold to raise funds for the scouts’ national bankruptcy settlement. Their cause has gained momentum over the last few weeks. Currently a Change.org petition to save Camp Barton has garnered 3,845 signatures, and NY Assembly Member Anna R. Kelles, State Senator Pam Helming and Tomkins County Legislator Anne Koreman have expressed their support for the plan to save the camp. When members of the Baden-Powell Council, owners of the camp, reached out to local municipalities for help saving the property for public use, local leaders took notice. A public campaign was

developed, spearheaded by Trumansburg Mayor Rordan Hart, incoming Ulysses Town Supervisor Kaitlin Olson and Covert Deputy Supervisor Deborah Nottke. The group is pushing for the preservation of the camp through the purchase of the land by New York State with Covert, Ulysses and Trumansburg taking responsibility for the management of the public park it would become. The Village of Trumansburg is invested in the camp’s future for multiple reasons; for one,

the lakeshore well that sits on the 138-acre property used to be the primary water source for the town. “It’s a unique formation,” said Hart. Nothing like it is found anywhere else on Cayuga Lake, he said, and though the village has now renovated and connected to wells in Taughannock Falls State Park, creating a new supply source for Trumansburg, the lakeshore well still constitutes about half of the village’s water system, Hart said. But perhaps more important to Hart is the opportunity to provide village residents with public space on the waterfront while protecting the area from subdivision and residential development. “It could be operated as public space,” Hart said, “with

T a k e ▶ Tree collection Department of Public Works crews will pick up discarded holiday trees between Jan. 3 and Jan. 28 in the city of Ithaca. You can put your tree out regardless of your trash day, and they will

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Camp Barton on the shores of Cayuga Lake

youth recreation, sports, swimming, camping hiking, a place to hold events.” In a detailed plea to NY Governor Kathy Hochul, Kelles and Helming point out that similar arrangements have succeeded before. “This collaborative approach has been successfully used before in the region—at Camp Onanda in the Town of Canandaigua, Ontario County, and Camp Beechwood in the Town of Sodus, Wayne County,” their call to action states. “In both of these cases, New York State acquired these properties and then entered into management agreements

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be collected free of charge as time and weather allows. All trees are chipped and added to the free mulch pile, so remove all decorations, lights, ornaments and stands from the trees. Wreaths will not be accepted. If your tree has not been picked

up, feel free to call Streets and Facilities at (607) 272-1718, and enter extension 3 for the Parks Department. Leave your address and the department will make sure to get it next time the crews are out.

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INQUIRING

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COVID

PHOTOGRAPHER Health Dept. to host Town Hall meeting, booster clinic By C a se y Mar tin

WHAT’S ONE THING THAT SHOULD BE LEFT IN 2021?

“January 6, 2021. Forget about it. For the sake of country!” -Lou

he Tompkins County Health Department will hold a COVID-19 Virtual Update Community Town Hall on Wednesday, January 5 at 4:30 p.m. on the Tompkins County YouTube page to provide details on the pandemic response and answer questions from the public. Members of the public will be able to submit questions live through the YouTube chat box. The Town Hall footage will be archived and available for viewing postevent at the same link. Cases dropped off dramatically when

college students left for winter break, but as of Jan. 4 there are still 1,155 active cases reported by the Health Department, plus 87 self-reported tests. Hospitalizations remain low at 10, and the Health Department is continuing to recommend 10day isolation or quarantine for those positive or exposed and symptomatic. TCHD also announced a COVID-19 vaccine booster clinic for Saturday, January 8 from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. The Shops at Ithaca Mall Vaccination Site (40 Cather-

Sports

‘21 Was (Sort of) Fun

“Everything.” -Morgan W.

“Resentment.” -Jacob P.

Local Olympian Kyle Dake wins bronze in Tokyo (provided)

“The idea that we are re-entering the roaring 20s. Leave it with the 1900s!” -Pat W.

“COVID!” -Michelle P.

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Thanks to my longtime readers for another year (#29) of story ideas, feedback, suggestions and “you’re full of it” comments. It was a year of seeing local athletes performing in Big Time events, some retirements (coaches Maureen Whitehead-McCarville and Bill Austin), reunions, and of course, some sad farewells. I loved writing yet again about Mike Richmond’s continued presence on the senior softball circuit. Mike is a good friend, and when I called him to wish him happy holidays in 2020, he told me about his upcoming tournament schedule. I spoke to Mike again around Christmas, and he is gearing up to play in several more elitelevel tournaments — starting

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next month in Florida — and his excitement level sounded like that of a high school kid. Mike is 83. It was a thrill to watch Kyle Dake finally break through and take down — in convincing fashion — his longtime nemesis, Jordan Burroughs, in the U.S. Olympic Trials. Dake would not quite realize his dream of winning Olympic gold in Tokyo, but he showed incredible character by staying focused and battling back to stay in contention after a second round loss to step onto the podium to have a bronze medal draped around his neck. To prove he is far from finished, Dake would, a few weeks later, win his third World title. I enjoyed writing about

wood Dr. Ithaca) Moderna COVID-19 vaccine booster 18 years and older Registration link: https:// apps2.health.ny.gov/doh2/applinks/cdmspr/2/counties?Dat eID=D4B40B05C5CE0112E05 30A6C7C15AFC4 Booster doses are authorized for all individuals 18 years and older who received the Pfizer or Moderna initial vaccine series at least six months ago or the J&J vaccine at least two months ago. It is approved to mix and match all COVID-19 vaccines. For example, individuals who were initially vaccinated with Pfizer may get a Moderna booster. A registration link for appointments is available on the TCHD website. Please bring a photo ID, your vaccina-

tion card, and expect to wait 15 minutes for observation following your injection. The COVID-19 vaccine is free of charge. Tompkins County Public Health Director Frank Kruppa stated, “Throughout the pandemic, the Tompkins County COVID-19 Virtual Town Halls have enabled us to share timely updates with the community and answer the public’s questions directly. I encourage everyone to join us for another session as we kick off a new year.” Kruppa continued. “Vaccines continue to be a tool to help limit the spread and severity of illness. I encourage anyone eligible to seek out a booster at one of our clinics or any of the NYS sites opening in our region.”

some very special reunions last year, starting with a gathering of swimmers to celebrate Roy Staley’s 50-year run as a mentor and friend. Several members of the 1971 Ithaca High cross country state championship team would also gather in town to celebrate their lifelong friendships, as would several dozen people connected with the 1971 Cornell lacrosse team. The ‘71 Big Red lacrosse team won the first of the three national titles the program would win in the 1970s, and many of the players and their spouses returned to Ithaca to see one another and recall the Glory Days. While the former players clearly enjoyed reconnecting, and they smiled bigly for the cameras when their image was splashed across Schoellkopf Field’s big screen at halftime at the Homecoming football game, they were most impacted by the opportunity to spend time with Richie Moran, the Hall of Fame coach who led them to the championship and continues to be Cornell lacrosse’s elder statesman. Moran turns 85 this month, and it’s fun to watch men from 22 to 72 continue to treat him with such respect and admiration. I was deeply saddened to write about the passing of Krissi Manwaring in a column entitled “She Played Big.” Krissi was always the smallest player on her softball and volleyball teams, but nobody played bigger. She was only 27 when she passed from a cruel disease known as scleroderma.

It also hurt my heart to write about the passing of Sean Norman, a GIAC worker, baseball umpire and proud dad of 8-year-old Annabelle. Sean was a big guy with an even bigger personality, and he is sorely missed. Another painful loss occurred over the summer when former Ithaca High soccer player Jared Brooks passed on. In describing Jared’s passion on the pitch, his former coach called him “Walking Fire,” hence the title of the July 8th tribute I wrote about him. He was an awesome young man. In October, my story entitled “The Game Ball” said farewell to LaVerne “Stub” Snyder, a friend since our Little League days in Owego, and a man whose 55-year battle with mental health challenges was both heartbreaking and inspiring. When Stub moved into a group home in Ithaca, he was trying hard to find a “tribe,” and when the coaches and staff and Athletic Trainers connected to Cornell Football welcomed him as a Team Manager, he was as happy as I had ever seen him. He was one of the guys, and when the team won the 1988 Ivy title, Stub was given a game ball with his name inscribed on it. It remained one of his prized possessions, a reminder that he was a part of something very special. Happy New Year everyone. I hope it’s the best year ever. Thanks for reading. B y S t e v e L aw r e n c e

UPS&DOWNS

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R entals

Short-term rental regulations passed in town of Ithaca

he Ithaca Town Board officially passed shortterm rental legislation on Dec. 29, with all board members voting in favor except for Tee-Ann Hunter. The board held another public hearing that morning after deciding to push the effective date of the legislation (and all subsequent dates within) back three months to April 1 at the prior public hearing on Dec. 13. Despite the morning public hearing on a workday, there were still quite a few virtual attendees who showed up to comment publicly on the legislation. Craig Dunham, who spoke at the public hearing two weeks prior, said he was “dismayed by the lack of empathy” from the board, and said he believes the group had reached groupthink and decision fatigue and were “no longer thinking rationally” about the legislation. Another resident said she owns a lakefront home and rented it out 363 days last year; the new legislation will limit short-term rentals in lakefront properties to 245 days per year. “If we’re limited to 245 days

the property will go vacant which serves no purpose,” she said. “And we’ll probably raise the prices so we can maximize the 245 days we get. It serves no purpose for this town.” She added there’s not enough leeway for the Board of Zoning Appeals to “consider situations that are positive for the town and not causing harm.” However, two of the main issues brought up by residents and addressed by the board were amending the legislation in the future, and snowbirds — retired folks who spend the winters somewhere warm down south and the summers back in Ithaca. At the previous public hearing, board members noted the ability to amend the law in the future if for some reason issues arose from it. However, this didn’t sit right with some residents. One resident said she was “shocked the notion of passing this with the intention of changing or tweaking it later was even considered.” Resident Adam Schaye echoed this sentiment. “I think that’s a sham of

a way to do legislation, and know it’s in bad will but to pass it anyway for the stated reason that you’ve been working on it for too long,” he said. “To acknowledge you know it’s a flawed bill and you’re going to amend it later is the wrong way to do legislation.” However, board member Rich DePaolo said it’s not the board’s intent to modify the law, but they do want to recognize there is the possibility that it could be changed in the event of unforeseen consequences. “That’s the legislative process, as imperfect as it is,” he said. The snowbird issue had been brought up by various retirees at this public hearing and the one prior. The issue is that the law will require homeowners to reside in the home they intend to use for short-term rentals for at least 185 days per year, a threshold many snowbirds don’t meet. While board members were sympathetic to the situation, Deputy Town Supervisor Bill Goodman said it was something they’ve been talking about for three years and that ultimately, his reasons for wanting the law outweigh those concerns. “The idea of retired people who don’t live here but want to keep a home here isn’t new to us,” he said. “Again, this goes back to the nature of the

legislation.” He said there are a handful of reasons the board has taken up this legislation, with the main ones being protecting long-term housing stock in town, the neighborhood quality of life, and the safety of units and tourists visiting. “For this particular issue of [snowbirds] wanting to keep their homes here, housing for long-term takes priority. So that’s where I’m able to draw my line,” Goodman said. “If someone is retired and moved out of the town of Ithaca, I’m willing to draw the line there and say ‘no, sorry, we’re not going to use what used to be your primary residence just for short-term rentals.’” Goodman noted there was nothing stopping those folks from using those homes for long-term rentals or academicyear rentals so that the house was still empty for the summer. “That’s where I’m drawing my line personally,” he said. “When we’re dealing with a complicated issue, each of us gets to decide which is of primary importance and where we draw our lines. And that’s the way legislation works.” Board member Pam Bleiwas echoed that sentiment and said that everyone in town has a different way they want to write the legislation. “You can’t have 20,000 versions of this bill to satisfy every single person,” she said. She noted that protecting the long-term housing stock is her primary reason for passing the law, which the board believes the legislation will accomplish by preventing outside corporations from buying up housing stock to use primarily for short-term rentals. Ultimately, the board passed the legislation, emphasizing the importance of getting regulations on the books. Only Hunter voted against the bill, which she has repeatedly said has equity issues due to lakefront homeowners getting so many more days for short-term rentals than other residents. “I know it’s taken a long time, but I think we have some problems, and the community has brought them to our attention, and out of respect to the people we’re supposed to be serving we should take those comments seriously,” she said. -Ta n n e r H a r d i n g J a n ua ry

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Ups There’s nothing quite like the fresh start of a new year. Organize your closet and clean out your fridge, it’ll feel good. Downs The first week back to work after the holidays is rough. Maybe take some long lunch breaks this week to ease yourself back in.

HEARD&SEEN Heard Everyone’s talking about that movie “Licorice Pizza.” It’s playing at Cinemapolis, so go see it and support a local business! Seen The towers at Ithaca College changed from 21 to 22 for the new year. Why is that such a satisfying and delightful tradition? It just is.

IF YOU CARE TO RESPOND to something in this column, or suggest your own praise or blame, write news@ithacatimes. com, with a subject head “U&D.”

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QUESTION OF THE WEEK

New Years Resolutions? 32.4% Yes. 2022 is my year. 67.6% “Whats the use?”

N ext Week ’s Q uestion :

What is your biggest hope for 2022? Visit ithaca.com to submit your response.

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COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS

ITHACA NOTES

Gordon Bonnet: “I’ve had a Good Run all the way”

Solving Resolve By St e ph e n Bu r k e

By M a rjor i e Z . O l d s

hose of us who are longtime Gordon Bonnet fans were pleased to hear how life has gone for Gordon since his retirement. After 27 years teaching all things scientific at the Trumansburg High School — physics, biology, earth science — plus designing and teaching courses of his own making, Gordon began a new chapter. A 30year Trumansburg devotee, he has made his home these many years a long way from his hometown of Lafayette, Louisiana. Growing up an only child, Gordon Bonnet moseyed on to the University of Louisiana after high school. Graduating with his degree in physics, Gordon moved to the north Pacific, where for five years he taught in the inner-city Seattle school system. He loved this city with its temperate weather, the vast waterways nearby, the endless outdoor areas to hike. But the cost of living and the challenges of bustling city life prompted Gordon to consider something else. Trumasnburg! Arriving in September of 1992, Gordon knew no one. And now Gordon sums up his 30 years in Trumansburg: “I’ve had a good run all the way.”

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When friends of Gordon gather, some of us know him as an author of madly creative fiction: speculative fiction, murder mysteries and historical fiction. But, more on this in an upcoming column. How would one manage to write novels and also blog? Some Gordon fans and followers have never even met him, but wake up eager to read Gordon’s blog six days a week. Skeptophilia.com turns up 3.5 million page views with daily columns on science and critical thinking. Perhaps this blog is the glue that holds the folks who know Gordon from different vantage points together? (And those who reunite after a decade or two, say “Gordon is still Gordon — loving, enthusiastic, boundlessly energetic, engaged.”) What about others who have not been Gordon’s students, nor read his blog, nor read his books? Some think of him as a mentor, a coach for aspiring writers, a fellow runner (with beloved pup Guinness tagging along at his side), a musician playing the flute in

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his column on New Year’s resolutions is dedicated to my friend Mal (as he will be known here), who believes in self-betterment through bile. At year’s end Mal and I were in our neighborhood sports bar in downtown Ithaca watching football. We get together this way most Sunday nights in the colder months when we see each other less in other walks of life, such as on long walks on the Waterfront Trail, which we take together frequently in good weather. He asked me about my upcoming column and I told him I was considering writing about New Year’s resolutions, although I wondered if this might be kind of a hoary subject. He asked why. “You know,” I said, “everyone writes about them, and it’s always the same, they tell you to take it easy, don’t set yourself up to fail. More than one place I read this acronym, ‘SMART,’ which stands for ‘Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Time-bound.’ The experts say you should temper your goals by these characteristics. Don’t make some wholesale attempt to change your whole being, or a big part of it, in a way you’ll never accomplish, then just end up feeling worse about yourself.” “Yeah, be kind to yourself,” he said. “I guess,” I said. “Yeah, well, I definitely don’t believe in that,” he said. “Do tell,” I said. “Well, look at us here. We come out once a week to watch football at the sports bar. But we meet up at halftime because three hours is too long to hang out at a bar. Half that is good, so that’s what we do. But if we were being kind to ourselves we’d hang out the whole time, because that’s attainable.” “Well,” I said, “90 minutes is obviously attainable too, but I get your point.” “Being ‘SMART’ is one thing. By the way,” he said, “I’m surprised you could remember all that.” “I’m a professional,” I said. “Anyway,” he said, “sometimes you have to be mad. That doesn’t stand for anything, just mad.” “Enlighten me,” I said. “In November I had my annual physical. Six weeks ago. With a new doctor. My last one died, how’s that for ironic. I mean, God bless the guy. I didn’t know he was sick. He was younger than me. “Anyway, the visit was all good, no problems, the usual. But at the end the guy is typing up his notes, and he looks over at me and says, ‘You’re overweight, but you’re not obese.’ Just out of the blue like that. We hadn’t even discussed my weight. “That killed me. I’m like, what?

“I’m six foot. For the past 20 years I’ve always been 185 pounds, 190. And okay, I’ll admit this. I’ve never been 200 pounds before, but this time I was. Although I was wearing a sweater and boots. When I saw it, I said to the nurse, hey, can we do this again with my sweater and boots off? I don’t want to be 200 pounds. She just looked at me, so I said never mind, I’m just kidding. “But who says that to someone, ‘You’re overweight’? You don’t say it like that. You say ‘You’re maybe a few pounds more than you should be.’ I could agree with that.” “Maybe he’s not thinking about being polite, like some stranger or a friend. He’s being professional. He figures you can take it, you’re a big boy. No pun intended.” “I guess it’s my own fault for going to a skinny doctor. He obviously runs and bikes or something. But so do I, I do marathons, you know that. “I took it, all right. I took it bad. I figured forget this guy.” (That was not Mal’s exact phrase.) “I figured I’ll show him. “I stepped up my exercise. I do 45 minutes now, 5 or 6 days a week, road work and weights. I knocked off sugar and alcohol, most of it. I’m here tonight, but it’s just one beer. No other drinking. I cut back on meals and careless eating. “Since then, six weeks? I lost six pounds. And I’ll keep going, a pound a week. “Not because I’m taking it easy on myself. I’m taking it hard. I’m not setting myself up to fail, because I only fail if I fail, and I’m not going to fail. It’s not because I’m smart, it’s because I’m mad.” “Well, let’s see,” I said. “Maybe you are smart. If it stands for Spiteful, Malicious, Angry, Resentful, and Testy.” “You thought all that up while I was talking?” Mal asked. “I’m a professional,” I said. “Don’t get mad.”

Correction In Last week’s Readers Write issue, an article titled, “Response to an E-mail selling Midfulness Training” was written by Michael Z. Faber, not Michael Zaber

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Crooked Sixpence, a wildly popular contra dance trio. For some villagers, Gordon is known as “Carol’s husband” or Lucas and Nathan’s father. Despite his sons both being grown, they’re still an integral part of his life. Carol Bloomgarden, who rivals Gordon as juggler, mentions that they have enjoyed many trips to Ecuador, Spain, Trinidad, and Belize for bird watching, a passion they share. (Stay tuned for a glimpse into Carol’s life as artist, nurseteacher, partner, parent and more.) Here are the only clues I garnered from Gordon how he manages such a wild life. Writing: “I’ve always been a Morning

Person. I like to write when I first wake up…Afternoons I slow down. My blog is fun. But, when I can feel a power outage coming on, I tell my readers ‘I’m going to take a break next week. I will post again on X date.’ Ditto for vacations. This keeps the internal battery charged.” Writing Partners: “I’ve met once a week with my writing partner for 20 years. We both write fiction and we read aloud to each other. We can hear the flow and we catch mistakes…We gently critique each other.” So, Gordon, what’s it like to be retired, yet still so engaged in the world, and in one’s inner mind? “I don’t have enough time to be bored.” To catch a glimpse of Gordon, check out his website, gordonbonnet.com.

Big Ideas Competition

Heart monitor and ‘tinder for musicians’ among winning ideas

our teams of undergraduate students were named winners of the Big Ideas Competition at Cornell, with ideas that help musicians connect, detect heart problems, train unemployed young adults and help with pollution issues in developing countries. More than 60 teams entered the 2021 Cornell competition (the largest in the Blackstone LaunchPad network), with business ideas in four tracks: consumer products, health and life sciences, social impact and general. The final 12 presented their ideas at a Nov. 17 pitch competition, which was sponsored by Blackstone LaunchPad at Cornell and Entrepreneurship at Cornell. Judges for the event were Ryoko Nozawa, Cayuga Venture Fund; Greg Galvin, Rheonix; Jenna Winocur, Spark of Hudson; Todd Edmonds, Iron Design; and Pam Silverstein, Life Changing Labs. Auni, the idea that was chosen as winner of the general track, is an app to help artists within the music industry — vocalists, musicians, sound engineering, lyricists, producers, composers — connect with one another. “Artists in the early stages of their music careers don’t have connections within the industry to create the teams they need,” said Praveen Gunendran ‘24, who teamed up with Daniel Tuan ’24 on the idea. They refer to the business as “tinder for music artists. Both are students in the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management. Along with connecting artists, the app would also provide an open platform for artists to chat with one another and grow their networks. Winner in the health and life sciences category, Cardo Vigi, is a wearable device that would instantly alert first responders and family when a cardiovascular event occurs. Founder Tori DiStefano ’22, a Milstein

Program in Technology and Humanity Scholar in the College of Arts & Sciences, lost her grandfather this year to a heart attack, prompting her to work on the idea. “Noticing symptoms isn’t always enough for people to receive proper medical care,” she said. “Many people receive care too late.” ITReady, winner in the social impact category, helps train unemployed young people in the West African country of Togo in computer science skills and guide them to find careers. “Togo has a very young population and as more people are able to access technology, there is an increasing need for IT support,” said Gbedasso Pitang ’25, a biology and society major in A&S, who founded the company with Victoria Montero ’20 MPH ’22 and Crystal Argüelles ’23, also a biology and society major in A&S. Pitang was born and raised in Togo and all three founders are members of the Cornell College and Career Readiness Initiative, which mentors young adults in their transitions to college and careers. In the consumer products category, the winner was Fan Aid, founded by Ian ShenCostello ’23, an idea that would provide affordable residential ventilation systems in developing countries. The idea addresses a worldwide problem for 2.6 billion people, who still rely on indoor fires for cooking, causing pollution that leads to 4 million deaths each year, mostly of children, said Costello, an environmental engineering major. The fan doesn’t require electricity and could be created on a 3-D printer to save costs, he said. The Big Ideas competition took place at 45 schools across the world this fall, said Felix Litvinsky, director of Blackstone LaunchPad at Cornell, and Cornell won special recognition from Blackstone for having the most student idea applications. By K ath y Hov is

YOUR LETTERS

Re: An Eclectic Mix

In support of the Elder Parole Act

n the time of the northern hemisphere turning back toward the sun, a bill that would bring hopeful light and genuine caring is pending in our New York Legislature. The Elder Parole Act provides incarcerated people aged 55 and older who have already served 15 or more years an opportunity to be considered for parole release. This would bring help and hope to some of our state’s oldest incarcerated people, some of them very ill. They pose no threat to our communities but keeping them behind bars poses a huge threat to them. In the spirit of the season, please write, email or call your State Senator and Assemblyperson stating your support for the Elder Parole Act. In the Senate that is Bill 15A; in the Assembly it is Bill 3475A. You’ll help bring some light to some of the darkest corners of our State. -Ruth Yarrow, Ithaca, NY

Supporting the New York Health Act

work at Cayuga Medical and see how much time doctors spend negotiating with insurance companies to meet the needs of their patients. Doctors should be making decisions about what tests and treatments are necessary, not insurance companies. We also need a health care system that has an efficient process of billing patients. Right now, patients receive a huge number of bills mailed separately. One patient who broke her ankle came to Cayuga Medical and received more than 70 bills before her treatment was complete. The wasted time involved in the existing billing system is because the procedure allows for so much confusion and fraud. The New York Health Act would address these problems and the benefits are so obvious and comprehensive, the only conclusion that one can come to is that the insurance companies have supported politicians that agree to block its passage into law. We need political leaders who have some integrity and are willing to act in the best interests of those who voted them into office. -Sharon Hinson, RN

Re: Facility potentially opening at old power plant site

see it as a giant environmental tragedy to make fictitious currency with immense amounts of power that originates from fossil fuel. If they want to continue with this nonsense, require renewable power be constructed and operate only when it is actually available. The power plant in Dresden NY could power several cities and is powered up to make imaginary currency with fossil fuel instead. No matter if they run the power plant for the energy or buy it elsewhere, this is a huge contribution to climate change, for no real need or good. -Lee Haefele, via Ithaca.com

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s a SOAG member, I find your remarks in this piece very close to what I think about the show and gallery. We are proud to be an anchor while having to balance all the factors necessary to bring together and hold together a group adequate to be that anchor. Regarding the show, some additional kindnesses you might have offered could be directed toward our bringing such a show to Ithaca at all and toward the skill to hang such a diverse show in what I find to be a beautiful arrangement. Full disclosure: I am not on the installation committee. Don Ellis, via Ithaca.com

Re: Short-term rental legislation moving forward

et another nail in the coffin of the rights of home owners. We are supposed to own our properties but it seems that we have all become renters, in the sense that we pay property taxes and have local government act like we are renters and they are the landlords who can set extensive regulations on how we use the property. Zoning is no longer limited to health and safety but used to regulate every aspect of what we can do with our own homes. It’s good that people are out protesting yet another incursion to property owner rights. -Henry Kramer, via Ithaca.com

Re: A letter to the Ithaca Town Board re: short-term rentals

agree with Craig and Megan. Short term rentals are a great way to have the “Ithaca is Gorges” experience in a welcoming home instead of a cold hotel room. They help many community members stay in our community despite the onerous property taxes. Ithaca is one of the most expensive cities in the US to raise a family. It isn’t coincidence that New York is also one of the most highly regulated and taxed states. It shouldn’t be this way! Disincentivizing short term rentals won’t fix these issues, but will further harm community members. -Jason Evans, via Ithaca.com

ax the ever living heck outta these rentals, equivalent to the tax say of a lux-hotel the same sqft, ya can’t say the a$&hats aren’t allowed but they also can’t continue to skip out of paying their fair share to accommodate the added burden they’re putting on others - call it the SHPT Selfish Horrible Person Tax -Seer, via Ithaca.com I disagree. I think making my street into a row of transient houses will LOWER my property values, create a space less amenable for children to have friends and to play safely. I am very against the whole idea -Joyce Stillman, via Ithaca.com

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2021 IN REVIEW The year that promised everything and delivered, well, we’ll let you decide. By Ta n n e r H a r di ng

etty White died on the last day of 2021 — less than three weeks before she turned 100. If that doesn’t sum up this past year, what could? We entered 2021 hopeful — with mass vaccine distribution on the horizon, a return to normalcy seemed imminent. Then came delta. Followed by omicron. So, with another pandemic year under our belts, what have we learned? What can we take away? Well. I urge you to step away from Twitter, sign out of Facebook, and close out that CNN tab. Try not to think of the devastating tornadoes, the catastrophic climate change, the hospital rooms filling up with more COVID patients. Instead, look a little closer to home when reflecting on 2021. Remember your excitement as you skipped giddily into the Expo Center in Syracuse for your first COVID vaccine shot (just me?), think of the way you felt when you found out you were going to be an aunt or an uncle or a grandma or a grandpa, relish in the memory of your first family get together once you were finally all vaccinated, and sit with the gratefulness for healthcare workers who continue to give us their all. To be frank, I doubt 2022 will be much different than 2021 or 2020. We’ll continue to face hardships and tragedy, sickness and loss. But maybe this year, we can be ready for it. Be ready to look for a little bit of good in every day, even when it can feel like the world is falling apart. Maybe it’s just being glad Wegmans had your favorite coffee creamer in stock, or you got a really nice photo of Stewart Park at sunset. It all counts. Now, let’s take a look back at 2021 from Ithaca’s perspective…

tent to retire in the spring and a handful of longtime Council and Legislature members announced they would not be running for re-election. The superintendent of Ithaca City School District Luvelle Brown also resigned but reversed his decision a few weeks later. Leslie Schill and Veronica Pillar announced they would be running for Anna Kelles’ seat on County Legislature in a special election after Kelles joined the State Assembly. The Health Department was also working hard in the new year to organize vaccination clinics for eligible people in the county. FEBRUARY

Cornell returns to im person classes with massive testing effort. (Photo Casey Martin)

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As vaccines became available to wider groups of people, the county struggled with getting enough supply to meet the demand. However, health officials and experts continued to hold COVID Office Hours to answer questions about the vaccine. By the middle of the month, more than 6,700 people had been vaccinated. The Country Club of Ithaca was bought by Sean and Jennifer Whittaker, who changed the name to RaNic and opened it to the public.

Vaccine clinic at the Ithaca Mall. (Photo Provided)

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Ithaca College announced plans to cut 116 positions, three departments and 17 undergraduate programs in accordance with its newly adopted “Shape of the College” plan. Schill won the special election for County Legislature, and the city hired Luis AguirreTorres as the first-ever sustainability director to help the city implement the Green New Deal. However, March was really the month of Reimagining Public Safety. Then County Administrator Jason Molino and Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick announced a collaborative approach to revamp the Ithaca Police Department and the Tompkins County Sheriff ’s Office. Much discussion and debate (and accusations of union busting) followed but ultimately both the Com-

Groundbreaking on the new Green St. Garage Conference center project. (Photo Casey Martin)

mon Council and County Legislature approved the plan by the end of the month. APRIL

Cornell kicked off the month by announcing students would be required to receive the COVID-19 vaccine before returning to campus for the fall semester. Meanwhile, 45% of the county had received a first dose of the vaccine by early April — things were looking up! As vaccination numbers grew, restrictions began to loosen. The county also conducted its one millionth COVID test, which is more than some states had tested at that point. The Tioga Street post office reached an agreement with the town of Ithaca to remain at its downtown location for at least the next five years. County Administrator Jason Molino announced he would be leaving his position in May to find a better work-life balance in Livingston County after leading the way through the pandemic since March 2020. The month ended with a rare (these days) celebratory ceremony by the Health Department to recognize 50,000 vaccinations administered in Tompkins County. MAY

More progress was made on the Reimagining Police Initiative, as both the city and county began working on establishing the Community Justice Center and the Sheriff ’s Office and IPD announced they would be making changes to SWAT and CINT (critical incident negotiations team) in response to public conversations. The city

began talking publicly about restructuring the city government, replacing the current mayor-council form of government with a city manager-council government, plus a mayor. Lisa Holmes, a then deputy county administrator, was named interim county administration after Molino’s departure. Work also got started in the city on deciding the fate of Inlet Island, as three developers vied for the opportunity to build. City voters approved ICSD’s $145 million budget and elected incumbents Nicole LaFave and Moira Lang and newcomer Kelly Evans to the Board of Education.

ing fifth best in the country. At one point in June, there were only eight active COVID cases in the entire county. Good times. The county solicited ideas on how to spend the $20 million they received from the federal government as COVID relief, and the city named former alderperson Eric Rosario as the lead of the Reimagining Public Safety task force. Also, for some reason, every time it got hot people got violent, so the city started seeing an uptick in violence as the weather warmed up. JULY

The local state of emergency was lifted by the Health DeJUNE partment as COVID As people got vaccases dropped like a cinated, restrictions rock in early sumloosened and busimer. Despite some nesses opened back damage early on up, Ithaca, along this month due to with the rest of the intense wind durWest End afordable housing on country, saw a labor ing storms, StewCherry St. (Photo Casey Martin) shortage and busiart Park was able nesses struggled to pull off its cento find enough employees. And speaking tennial celebration. Plus, the Tompkins of vaccinations, we found out at a COV- County Public Library fully opened back ID Town Hall that Tompkins County had up for the first time since the start of the the second highest vaccination rate in the pandemic. Hooray, normalcy! The presistate, with the “Ithaca area” (nobody real- dents of both Ithaca College and Tompkins ly seemed to know what that meant) rank- Cortland Community College announced J a n ua ry

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their resignations this month within days of one another. With so few COVID cases to worry about, people turned their attention to what seemed to be a pretty substantial uptick in violent crime. Statistically, that didn’t turn out to be all that true, but the barrage of press releases about shootings and stabbings definitely made people feel uneasy. The Community Justice Center continues to move forward in July, with the job listings for a director and data analyst officially posted. AUGUST

Normalcy, we hardly knew ye. Cases start trending upward again (hello, delta variant) and Cornell and Ithaca College require masks on campus, while the Health Department reports the first COVID death since April and issues a health advisory to encourage mask wearing indoors. Despite that, ICSD (to the relief of many students and parents alike) said they planned to have all in-person classes for the upcoming school year, eliminating hybrid learning completely. The stormy, hot weather led to an increase in harmful algal blooms on Cayuga Lake, and people were encouraged to be careful while swimming. Businesses continued to shift and change as mask policies did the same — some required masks just for the unvaccinated, some required them for everyone, and some wanted to lose the masks altogether. Cornell grad (and Lansing native) Kyle Dake won an

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Olympic bronze medal in Tokyo for wrestling, which was exciting. Ithaca Tenants Union proposed legislation to protect tenants from eviction, which the Planning and Economic Development Committee took on and began working on. Alderperson Stephen Smith announced his resignation, as he and his wife moved out of town. SEPTEMBER

Concern continued to grow around COVID again, and parents showed up to Board of Education meetings expressing concern

about their younger children who couldn’t be vaccinated yet. Cases continued to skyrocket, with the county setting records (for now) on a seemingly daily basis for daily positive cases and overall total cases. However, due to high vaccination rates, severe disease continued to remain low. In more exciting news, Ithaca College announced the 2022 Cortaca Jug game would be held at Yankee Stadium — Bronx Bombers, am I right? The Planning Board approved a massive 321-unit apartment complex on E State Street, as part of the city’s effort to add more housing. Further in that vein, ground was broken on the conference center and

affordable housing building that will be part of the Green Street garage project. OCTOBER

Boosters started becoming the talk of the town. As the delta variant spread rapidly, the Health Department encouraged eligible individuals to get boosted to better prevent severe disease as cases continued to rise. The leadership at the Farmers Market, and their architects, met with the Planning Board to discuss the redesign of the parking lot (goodbye gravel) and the new winterized building. Apple Harvest Festival returned with one of its biggest crowds ever — not even the delta variant could keep Ithacans

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from their apple cider donuts. A Cornell junior, Patrick Mehler, was announced as the fourth ward replacement for Stephen Smith. Tompkins County received $1.75 million from the state’s opioid lawsuit against drug companies blamed for the opioid epidemic. The conversation around Good Cause Eviction legislation continued and grew more heated as landlords and tenants voiced their opinions at meetings. NOVEMBER

The Arthaus building opened for tenancy along the inlet, with 123 affordable units, 40 of which are dedicated to chronically unhoused youth ages 18-24. And in more good news, Ithaca became the first city in the United States to try and electrify all its buildings when the Common Council approved a plan that would see all 6,000 of the city’s buildings electrified. The Health Department turned its vaccine focus to kids, as the CDC authorized emergency use of the Pfizer COVID vaccine for individuals 5-11. Election results were tight in the District 8 County Legislature race, coming down to 20 votes between incumbent Mike Lane and Tom Corey. After an automatic recount, Lane won by just eight votes. Four new legislators, Travis Brooks, Veronica Pillar, Randy Brown and Greg Mezey were also elected, with the rest of the incumbents retaining their seats. Four new faces will also join Council, as Phoebe Brown, Jeffrey Barken, Jorge DeFendini and Robert Cantelmo all won their races. DECEMBER

Residents showed up (virtually) in droves to a public hearing about the town of Ithaca’s legislation to limit short-term rentals. People started throwing their hats in the ring for congress and state senate, despite the new district lines not yet being established. After 10 years without a contract, the city and police union finally came to an agreement that will run through the end of 2024. In other police news, Monalita Smiley was hired as the project director of the Community Justice Center, and will begin her role this month. The city of Ithaca also announced a guaranteed income project in collaboration with Mayors for Guaranteed Income that will see 110 caregivers in Ithaca receive $450 monthly for a year. The Good Cause Eviction legislation was put on pause as the city awaits a decision from the attorney general regarding similar legislation in Beacon, New York. It was this month that the latest variant, omicron, appeared in Tompkins County. The Health Department continued to encourage vaccination and boosters to protect against severe illness. Cases surged to their highest numbers ever, hitting over 2,600 at some point. Cornell entered alert level red for the first time, and things got pretty bad.

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Film

Best Films of 2021

BVC shares some of his favorites from the past year. By Br yan VanC ampe n

You think you’ve seen it before: a dysfunctional family battles an army of robots. But “The Mitchells vs. the Machines” is as funny, well-structured and surprising as the best Pixar movies. Katie Mitchell is a classic misfit who can’t wait to escape her suffocating family and go to film school. Her dad cancels her plane ticket and decides to take her across the country on one last family road trip. They stop at a dinosaur-themed rest stop when the robots attack. The way the plot unfolds is half of the fun. Two minutes into Philip Gelatt and Morgan Galen King’s completely bugnuts “The Spine of Night,” an epic fantasy battle royale fought over the influences and power of a strange blue plant, you know this is a love letter to the adult animation of “Heavy Metal” (1981), Ralph Bakshi’s rotoscope style in “Wizards” (1977) and “The Lord of the Rings” (1978), and bizarre sci-fi curios like “Zardoz” (1974). Not for children and not safe for work, it’s pretty well wall-to-wall beheadings, eviscerations and male and female nudity. Gelatt and King serve up what they love with no apologies or half measures. COMEDY

The French Dispatch. (Searchlight Pictures)

ACTION

In Ilya Naishuller’s “Nobody,” Bob Odenkirk fails to protect his family during a home invasion. As he pursues the burglars and ends up killing a Russian Mafia thug, this anonymous schlemiel morphs into John Wick, giving “Nobody” a black comic edge that wouldn’t work with Liam Neeson. Odenkirk wrote for “SNL” and co-created “Mr. Show”; he got cast in “Breaking Bad” and “Better Call Saul” and became a dramatic actor in films like “The Post” and “Little Women.” Now he’s the midwest Jason Statham. Joe Carnahan’s “Copshop” is pulpy, classic “Spam in a Can” action, with various police officers and criminals involved in a siege inside a Nevada police station. In a cool cast led by newcomer Alexis

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“Demon Slayer - Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train” is one of the boldest, craziest blasts of kinetic energy I’ve ever seen. Five demon slayers board a Harry Potter-esque train in order to combat any attacks, and the helpfully color-coded slayers end up being put to sleep and imprisoned in their own dreams. I especially liked the way that each character’s emotional state is reflected in different animation styles; each slayer has six to eight different ways of being perceived.

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We need a new adjective to describe Adam McKay’s “Don’t Look Up.” “Pitch black” is inadequate for McKay’s polarizing comedy. Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence play low-level astronomers who are tasked with telling the world about an impending “planet-killer” meteor. The world ignores the problem and gets back to tweeting. The phenomenal cast includes scene-stealers Cate Blanchett as 2021’s version of Faye Dunaway in “Network,” Mark Rylance and Jonah Hill. Meryl Streep’s venal, shallow POTUS is her revenge on Trump for dissing her on Twitter. Shawn Levy’s “Free Guy” was my favorite summer film. A riff on “The Truman Show” centered on the gaming world, Ryan Reynolds plays a background bank teller in a massive 360-degree video game who realizes that he’s in charge of his own destiny. Movies like this never get credit for ensuring that their screenplays are creative, hilarious, logical and surprising. “Free Guy” is bursting with comedy, cool ideas and a great cast that includes Jodie Comer, Joe Keery, Lil Rel Howery, Utkarsh

Ambudkar and the always hilarious Taika Waititi. The framework for Wes Anderson’s “The French Dispatch” is simple: we’re seeing the layout of the last issue of the title magazine, and the individual stories — a cycling tour, a mad work of art, a kidnapping — are played out for us. The narrative welcomes stylistic flourishes like black and white cinematography and animation. “The French Dispatch” has the most ridiculously stacked cast of all time: Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton, Benicio del Toro, Jeffery Wright, Owen Wilson and Frances McDormand, and the day players are A-list stars like Elisabeth Moss, Edward Norton and Willem Dafoe. “Mandibles!” is weirdo fun from French filmmaker Quentin Dupieux (“Rubber”) — Abbott and Costello for the croissant crowd. Grégoire Ludig and David Marsai get an offer to transport a suitcase by car for a pile of cash. When they carjack a vehicle to make the trip, they discover a fly in the trunk that’s as big as a pit bull. Everything is shot and presented in a minimalist, realistic fashion. It all feels convincing and genuine, which makes the absurdity pop. COMIC BOOK

Destin Cretton’s “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” is packed with cool stuff: an atmospheric fairy tale prologue depicting a stunningly beautiful courtship battle, reminiscent of “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” and grand spectacle and fantasy in its action sequences. The movie finds fresh ways to stage the usual comic book tropes like training sequences, establishing a cool costume and the like. There’s a fight scene set on a bus that is the best thing of its genre since 1994’s “Speed.” “Shang Chi” feels like pretty woke entertainment, supporting its mix of fresh faces and veterans with a good sense of humor. Ben Kingsley’s hambone actor Trevor Slattery from “Iron Man 3” has a “Planet of the Apes” speech that’s the funniest moment of 2021. Jon Watts’ “Spider-Man: No Way Home” is off the chain. When I wasn’t laughing, I had a big goofy grin on my face for most of the time. The whole world now knows that Peter Parker (Tom Holland) is ol’ Web-Head, so he asks Dr. Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) to cast a spell

be coincidental. Two couples (Reed Birney and Ann Dowd and Jason Isaacs and Martha Plimpton) meet in a church utility room to discuss the aftermath of a personal tragedy that has wrecked their lives. The less you know about Kranz’s intimate four-hander, the more “Mass” will seize your emotions. Frances McDormand shows no vanity in Chloe Zhao’s Oscar-winning “Nomadland,” playing a homeless woman eking out a new life living in a van. Zhao has a real flavor for outdoor cinematography that’s both beautiful and hand-held and intimate; she paints a humane epic about a whole stratum of American society that’s been downsized and economically marginalized. Many of the supporting actors are playing themselves, adding real authenticity to the film.

DOCUMENTARY

“Get Back,” Peter Jackson’s nine-hour Disney+ documentary on the making of The Beatles’ “Let It Be” made me reconsider the legend that defined this fractious endeavor. Yes, there’s a lot of frustration and bad band vibes to be seen, but most of the time, John, Paul, George and Ringo are seen as the talented pros they were. Jackson finds new gifts as a pop detective, and you just won’t believe all the Beatles songs in the vault that you’ve never heard before. Edgar Wright’s infectious cackle rings throughout his first documentary, “The Sparks Brothers.” I thought Sparks was a onehit wonder New Wave band that played with Jane Wiedlin on a tune called “Cool Places,” but Wright’s doc reveals that brothers Russell and Ron Mael have been playing for five decades, never giving up or compromising despite label resistance and paltry record sales. If you’re a Sparks novice, you’ll hear loads of amazing songs, and testimony from pop culture mavens like Beck, Todd Rundgren and Patton Oswalt. DRAMA

Shot entirely on soundstages in black-andwhite, Joel Coen’s “The Tragedy of Macbeth” feels like a spiritual successor to Shakespeare adaptations like Akira Kurosawa’s “Throne of Blood” and Orson Welles’ “Othello” and “Chimes at Midnight.” Boasting avian imagery to illustrate man’s lust for power, Coen’s adaptation is theatrical in the best way, allowing Denzel Washington, Frances McDormand and a stellar cast enough room to reach for the rafters. Boasting another astonishing performance from Oscar Isaac in the title role, Paul Schrader’s “The Card Counter” is a solid comeback for the writer-filmmaker who made classics like “Taxi Driver,” “Raging Bull” and “Light Sleeper.” Reminiscent of Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Hard Eight,” this is a tight, enigmatic story about career gambler Isaac, Tye Sheridan as his protégé, and Tiffany Haddish as Isaac’s bank roll and wannabe lover. At a critical point in Franz Kranz’s “Mass,” we hear a choir rehearsing a hymn called “Blessed Be the Ties That Bind.” This reference to Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town” cannot

the more you know about the series, the more you’ll appreciate it. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II plays a successful painter looking for the next creative spark, finds Virginia Madsen’s research and her micro-cassette recorder, and stumbles down the rabbit hole of the “Candyman.” Meanwhile, people connected with him and “Say His Name,” his latest exhibit, start turning up viciously murdered. There’s a particularly effective kill sequence involving five female students in a high school bathroom, and one inspired by “Rear Window” looking across at an apartment. In Edgar Wright’s first out-and-out horror movie “,” Thomasin McKenzie plays a ‘60sobsessed girl who goes to London to study fashion design and finds herself time-tripping back to 1966 Soho. She’s somehow linked to an aspiring performer (Anya Taylor-Joy) and McKenzie becomes convinced that something horrible happened way back when… This is full-blooded, darkly romantic stuff that draws from Italian Giallo and Hammer horror in the best ways, and it’s somehow ultimately antinostalgic — don’t dwell on the past — while still being nostalgic. MUSICAL

Last night in SoHo (Focus Features)

EPISODIC

Gnomish, grouchy Fran Lebowitz and master filmmaker Martin Scorsese join forces for the seven-episode series “Pretend It’s A City” on Netflix. It’s all Lebowitz: her strong opinions on, among many other things, bears, cancel culture, books, iPhones and computers, the 1948 Dean Stockwell movie “The Boy With Green Hair,” the stupidity of the concept of “the guilty pleasure,” smoking and eating ice cream for breakfast. I can’t think of a better, more acerbic NYC tour guide than Lebowitz. Scorsese interviews her in a series of closed sets and a live audience. She also sits for live sessions with Spike Lee, Olivia Wilde, Alec Baldwin and author Toni Morrison. “Feud: Bette and Joan” was released in 2017, but I don’t care. Ryan Murphy’s eightepisode miniseries spotlights the toxic relationship between Bette Davis (Susan Sarandon) and Joan Crawford (Jessica Lange) while filming “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?” in 1962, and the fallout and wreckage that trailed after both leading ladies for the rest of their lives. As much misery was heaped on by others, they did plenty of damage to themselves. Certainly Murphy and co-creators Jaffe Cohen and Michael Zam believe that director Robert Aldrich (Alfred Molina), studio head Jack Warner (Stanley Tucci) and gossip columnist Hedda Hopper (Judy Davis) created the feud and exacerbated it to publicize the movie. HORROR

Nia DaCosta’s new “Candyman”, cowritten with producer Jordan Peele (“Get Out,” “Us”), pushes the series into a smart new direction while tying itself to Bernard Rose’s 1992 original. It stands on its own, but

Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story” is a perfect recreation of New York City in the middle of the 20th century. His first-ever musical is no carbon copy of Robert Wise’s 1961 Best Picture; screenwriter Tony Kushner (“Angels in America”) brought in executive producer Rita Moreno, beefed up her role as the kids’ only maternal figure, addressed transgender issues that would never have occurred to Wise’s creative team, and best of all, they didn’t translate the Sharks gang’s Spanish into English for the cheap seats. Believe me, you know what the characters are saying. Set in the summer in Manhattan’s Washington Heights over the course of a week and a lingering blackout, Jon M. Chu’s colorful, jubilant and very well-represented film version of Quiara Alegria Hudes and Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “In the Heights” is muy caliente. Chu (“Crazy Rich Asians”) is the ideal filmmaker for this kind of ensemble work and encourages a cinematic approach to the material that couldn’t have been done on the stage. There’s a thrilling “Spider-Man”-inspired sequence where actors sing and dance all over a building and its fire escapes, defying gravity. It’s too big and ebullient for anyone’s iPhone. QUEST

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ous Mind” and “Good Night and Good Luck,” but who knew that he’d turn out to be the Stanley Kramer of his day? Robert DeNiro’s been phoning it in for decades now, but the kiddie cynicism of Tim Hill’s “The War With Grandpa” is alarming. You can barely hear the sub“Home Alone” hijinks over the sound of the money truck backing up to DeNiro’s house. He’s not the only one slumming it here: Christopher Walken, Cheech Marin, Uma Thurman, Rob Riggle and Jane Seymour make their mortgage payments with this tiresome family comedy. Martha Coolidge’s “Valley Girl” (1983) was a perfect teen rom-com and L.A. time capsule, and Nicolas Cage’s first leading role. Rachel Lee Goldenberg’s “Valley Girl” reboot comes shrink-wrapped for your ‘80s nostalgia and is a terrible example of the jukebox musical. You’ll hear some of the worst wannabe “Glee” interpretations of new wave hits that the original film could never have afforded, sung by a callow, vocally challenged cast. Adapted from Ruben Östlund’s 2014 film “Force Majeure,” Jim Rash and Nat Faxon’s “Downhill” is aptly titled. Will Farrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus play parents with two boys on an Austrian skiing vacation. During an avalanche, Farrell abandons his family to save himself and then has to live with the fallout from his cowardice. Here’s an infuriating example of a sketch’s worth of inspiration stretched out to feature length. The movie is a waste of time, talent and effort. 2021’s “Capone” award for most misbegotten bio-pic goes to Michael Almereyda’s

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pictures that have lost the entertainment value of the James Bond franchise. Now that Daniel Craig is done playing 007, the series seems to be done, too. In Lisa Joy‘s dopey, drippy sci-fi noir pastiche “Reminiscence,” people in the future can hire private investigators to monitor sessions where treasured memories are relived again and again. (Um, why?) I hate movies that set up, say, global flooding and it all turns out to be literal window dressing, with no impact on the narrative. If such technology is ever invented, I doubt Hugh Jackman or Rebecca Ferguson will spend any time re-visiting “Reminiscence.” A woman crash-lands on a planet inhabited by men, and everyone’s thoughts are audible…ay yi yi. Doug Liman’s “Chaos Walking” is an overgrown, overblown mess that suffers from what SNL producer Lorne Michaels called “premise overload.” Up-and-comers Tom Holland and Daisy Ridley can chalk this up as the worst movie on their resumes.A r t s

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Stage Mike Brindisi Standup | 7 p.m., 1/8 Saturday | Snidely’s, 120 Vestal Ave, Endicott Tig Notaro - Hello Again | 7 p.m., 1/18 Tuesday | State Threatre, 107 W. State Street | Tig Notaro is an Emmy and Grammy-nominated stand-up comedian, writer, radio contributor, and actor as well as a favorite on numerous talk shows. | $35.00 - $49.50

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Licorice Pizza | Showtimes daily. | Cinemapolis, 120 E. Green Street. | The latest film from Paul Thomas Anderson is the story of Alana Kane

and Gary Valentine growing up, running around and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973. Ends 1/13. The Tragedy of MacBeth | Showtimes daily. | Cinemapolis, 120 E. Green Street. | A Scottish lord becomes convinced by a trio of witches that he will become the next King of Scotland, and his ambitious wife supports him in his plans of seizing power. Directed by Joel Coen and starring Frances McDormand and Denzel Washington. Ends 1/20. Drive My Car | Opens 1/7 Friday | Cinemapolis, 120 E. Green Street. | Two years after his wife’s unexpected death, a renowned stage actor and director meets a taciturn young woman assigned to chauffeur him. Adapted from Haruki Murakami’s short story, Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s film is a haunting road movie traveling a path of love, loss, acceptance, and peace.

Special Events TCPL Brick Olympics: Bobsled Racing | 2 p.m., 1/15 Saturday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | In this event, participants will be challenged to make a bobsled to race against the clock. This is an indoor program and masks are required. A sanitization station and socially distanced building areas will be provided. (Registration for this event is closed.)

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1/7 Friday | Treleaven Wines, 658 Lake for our winter-long trivia league every Friday night in The Barrel Room beginning January 7! Winter Ithaca Farmers Market | 10:30 a.m., 1/8 Saturday | Triphammer Plaza, 2255 N Triphammer Road | come visit all your favorite vendors at the Winter Ithaca Farmers Market every Saturday!

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Museum Book Club: “Songbirds, Truffles, and Wolves: An American Naturalist in Italy” | 4 p.m., 1/5 Wednesday | Johnson Museum of Art, 114 Central Avenue | Join us for our discussion of Songbirds, Truffles, and Wolves: An American Naturalist in Italy (1994), in which author Gary Paul Nabhan reflects on plants, animals, people, and life as he hikes

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