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Flooding threatens the future of the Hangar Theatre

he future of the Hangar Theatre is up in the air as the city works to figure out how to handle the annual flooding of the building. The Hangar, and the land it sits on, is owned by the city. About a decade ago the theatre company fundraised a capital project to renovate the building into its current form, including raising the building 10 inches to try and avoid flooding. It hasn’t worked. “We have done everything we can do to mitigate when it floods,” Adam Zonder, production manager at the Hangar, said. “We have flood barriers at all the doors, [during the renovations] floors were regraded and the floor was raised 10 inches. In the last four years we’ve had water in the building four times. This past October we had seven inches of water. If we hadn’t raised the floor it would have been 17 inches. It’s not a sustainable option to continue to operate like this and have to continuously worry every time it rains that water is going to come into the building and disrupt everything we do.” Chief of Staff Faith Vavra said there have been ongoing discussions to work through

the issue, and the group has landed on three options. The first is including the Hangar and its land in a study that is already slated for Cass Park. Vavra said she’s spoken to the engineering firm about including the Hangar to assess flood mitigation options and the firm told her it would cost about $30,000. The second option is flood insurance. Currently the flood insurance is paid for by the theatre and is expensive, so Vavra was curious if Common Council would consider authorizing the city to help with the cost. The third option is to support the Hangar in finding a new location. “It isn’t the optimal option, they have put a lot of money into that building,” Vavra said.

She added that while the theatre company is responsible for everything inside the building, the city is responsible for everything outside. She said she’s met with Mike Thorne, the superintendent of public works, and they feel as though there isn’t really anything else the city can do to mitigate the flood risk. Vavra was in front of the City Administration meeting on Feb. 23 to get a feel for what council members might be willing to do. Cynthia Brock, an alderperson who has been working on this issue but is not a member of the City Administration Committee, said that as we continue to see the impacts of climate change this problem will only get worse. “More severe weather events result in more rain, the lake levels are rising,” she said. “The fact is this land is basically at the water table. So when the lake goes up, the Hangar ends up under water. So yes, they made a lot of improvements, but as the water table rises, the water comes up through the floor.” Brock said in the immediate term that the Hangar is looking for assistance with flood insurance, and then in the longer term they have to figure out next steps to solve the issue. “Even if the theatre relocates, the building is still a city building at the gateway of the city,” Brock said. “We need to make decisions about the future of this building.” Committee chair Robert Cantelmo asked how long it would take to get a proposal for the study in front of the committee, but Thorne said it

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was already ready. “The scope looked comprehensive and it was a fair price,” he said. However, he added, paying for the study would ultimately lead to more costs. “We have the $30,000 study. Depending on the complexity of the solution that’s picked, I imagine construction drawings will be between $50,000$100,000. And then construction, probably on the low end, will be a couple of hundreds of thousands of dollars,” Thorne said. “So what does the flood insurance cost? So what might be how you look at it.” Committee member Jeffrey Barken pointed out that if they get flood insurance and they’re flooding on an annual basis, premiums will continue to rise on the policy. City Comptroller Steve Thayer agreed, but said it doesn’t solve the root of the problem. “If it continues to flood and claims come in through that insurance, then the premiums would increase,” he said. “But the current cost or quote is something like $5,800 for the city to insure this. So it’s not a huge number, but again, that’s just insuring it. There’s an ongoing issue that we need to figure out at some point as well.” Vavra noted that there are city employees looking for ways to get grants to help with the funding and said that making it a historical building could help with funding sources as well. The committee wasn’t asked to make any decisions during this meeting, but did ask for more information at the next meeting to help further guide the process. -Ta n n e r H a r d i n g

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will also help Catholic Charities carry out its mission. “We are so thrilled to be celebrating 25 years of helping our neighbors in Tompkins and Tioga Counties,” sai Executive Director Renee Spear. “Serving our community is at the heart of everything we do at Catholic Charities, from providing struggling households with financial

assistance, to offering homeless women a safe place to stay, to cooking nutritious meals for our neighbors, to helping immigrants navigate the complexities of life in the United States. We are in the business of providing hope, and we are so grateful that we’ve been able to do this work for the last 25 years.”

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PHOTOGRAPHER Health Department ends mask advisory, state school mandate expires By C a se y Mar tin

WHAT’S THE BEST CONCERT YOU’VE EVER BEEN TO?

“Neutral Milk Hotel. At The State Theatre. They were on hiatus, and came to Ithaca to play one of their first shows back!” -Matt H.

“Angel Olsen at Brooklyn Steel.” -Valerie M.

he Tompkins County Health Department has suspended the local mask advisory effective Feb. 28 as the spread of COVID-19 and active COVID-19 hospital admissions have slowed. The advisory previously recommended that in Tompkins County all individuals wear a mask when in public indoor spaces regardless of vaccination status. According to the new metrics recently released by the CDC regarding “community levels,” Tompkins County has fallen into the “low” category based on the following data: fewer than 200 new cases per 100,000 people over the past seven days, less than 10 new COVID-19 admissions per 100,000 people at Cayuga Medical Center, and lower than 10% of staffed inpatient beds at the hospital occupied by COVID-19 patients.

In New York State, masks are still required in the following settings: All health care settings regulated by the Department of Health and other related state agencies will continue to require masks. This includes Cayuga Medical Center and Cayuga Medical Associates practices. Nursing homes Adult care facilities Correctional facilities Detention centers Homeless shelters and domestic violence shelters Public transit and transportation hubs, as well as trains, planes and airports in accordance with federal regulations. New York State is also ending its mask mandate in schools and childcare facilities on March 2, citing a decrease in positive cases and hospitalizations, an increase in vac-

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Should salaries have to be disclosed in job postings?

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lderperson Robert Cantelmo introduced legislation at the Feb. 23 City Administration Committee meeting that would require businesses in Ithaca to include a salary range in job postings. Similar legislation has been passed in New York City and for the entire state of Colorado. “The underlying logic is that under the status quo workers are paid less,” Cantelmo said. “Mobility is hindered 2–8,

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because people have asymmetric knowledge and bargaining power among workers is reduced. And it’s reduced more significantly for women and BIPOC workers.” He added that pay transparency is not meant to be punitive, but to encourage an openness that “provides a little sunlight on the employment process.” He said it also helps job seekers from wasting time applying and interviewing for a job with a salary listed only as “competitive.” “Only to find out the pay available is below what they’re willing to accept,” Cantelmo said. “People will often accept lower offers because of the time sunk in.” The legislation would call for a good faith estimate from employers of the pay range for the position posted. He noted the city of Ithaca already does this, and major employers

cination rates, and a low rate of pediatric hospitalizations across the state. Self-tests have been distributed to families for students to use before returning from winter break. TCHD expects that the state Department of Health will release further recommendations for schools this week. At any level of COVID-19 spread, people can choose to wear a mask based on personal preference informed by personal level of risk. Masks continue to be a highly effective tool in stopping the spread of COVID-19. Masks are recommended to be worn if you are around people who are ill, who may not be vaccinated against COVID-19, or with those who are at higher risk of severe illness. TCHD also recommends masks be worn by immunocompromised individuals and seniors who are at higher risk of severe illness from the virus. Tompkins County Public Health Director Frank Kruppa stated, “We’re in a place where we are seeing very little spread and severe disease locally and around the state. While we are suspending our mask advisory

and no longer requiring that masks be worn in schools, you may still choose to wear a mask to protect yourself or others – masks are one of the best tools to stop the disease from spreading.” Kruppa continued, “Our local schools have been great partners throughout this pandemic, working diligently to stop the spread and keeping our students healthy and safe. While we’re moving forward with new guidance it’s important to continue to stay vigilant and we are encouraging everyone who is eligible to stay up-to-date on vaccination.” Tompkins County is making high-quality KN95 masks freely available to the community. Visit the TCHD website or call 2-1-1 for information on where these masks are available. Everyone eligible is encouraged to stay up to date on vaccinations and get tested if sick. For more information on COVID-19 vaccinations, refer to the TCHD website (www. tompkinscountyny.gov/health).

in the city like Cornell have a “pay banding” scale that is available to the public. Cantelmo said the legislation would not hinder the ability to better pay good workers and that it would just require pay differences to be explained. Committee member Jeffrey Barken asked if this should be done at the state level, as it had been in Colorado. However Cantelmo assured him cities have done it separately from states as well, and there was no preemption that would prevent Ithaca from passing this type of legislation. Barken also questioned “the necessity and precedence of the government to regulate businesses’ hiring practices,” as well as the ability to enforce the legislation. Cantelmo pointed out the government already regulates labor law, and this would go into an existing section of city code. It would also be enforceable through fines. Committee member Ducson Nguyen said enforcement would come through applicants who can report a job posting for not listing a salary range. He also added his support for the legislation.

“It’s flexible, it just gives people an idea, especially on the low end [of the salary]” Nguyen said. “It’s good to have an idea of what you can expect, especially when you’re newer to the workforce.” Barken wasn’t quite sold, however, and said he’d like to see data on how often enforcement actions take place in jurisdictions where a similar law exists. “This seems like a loophole to catch a lot of small businesses in the crosshairs, and that to me is what makes this problematic,” he said. “It’s inserting government into the private practices of businesses […] I’m wary…I don’t think the concept is necessarily wrong, but I think there’s a way to encourage this in a way without legislation.” Cantelmo reassured Barken that there would be a proposed 90-day period between passing the legislation and it becoming effective, giving small businesses the opportunity to adjust. “Nobody will get caught off guard,” he said. The discussion is going to continue once more data is collected.

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City debates calling for removal of Cayuga Nation representative

resolution at the Feb. 23 City Administration Committee meeting sparked a lengthy discussion with the public and among the committee members about how to proceed. The resolution urges the Department of Interior and Bureau of Indian Affairs to remove Clint Halftown as the representative of the Gayogohó:nǫ’ or Cayuga Nation. According to the resolution, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy’s Great Law of Peace states that the governing body of the Cayuga Nation is the Council of Chiefs, and Chiefs are chosen by Clanmothers. The Cayuga Council of Chiefs and Clanmothers have reportedly reminded the federal government that there is no role of “national representative” in their system of governance. However, to help the U.S. government carry out its obligations to Indigenous Nations, the Nation’s governing body has previously designated such a representative to serve as a point of contact. That person was, at one point, Halftown,

but he was removed from his representative position by his Clanmother and the Council of Chiefs. However, the Department of Interior and Bureau of Indian Affairs continue to recognize Halftown as the representative of Cayuga Nation. In February 2020, a wrecking crew led by Halftown’s faction demolished more than a half-dozen structures in Seneca Falls, including a convenience store, gas station, schoolhouse and daycare. Supporters urged the committee to approve the resolution in an effort to stop Halftown. Sachem Sam George, a Gayogohó:nǫ’ chief, spoke directly to the committee, asking them to condemn Halftown’s actions. “He’s threatening people, destroying houses,” George said. “He thinks he has the power to do that, and he has all the police backing him up, making sure the public is not involved in any way and beating on some of our people. It doesn’t make sense what they’re doing.”

Photo: Protesters react to the destruction in Seneca Falls in 2020.

Dylan Seneca, another member of the Cayuga Nation, said that if the resolution didn’t pass, it would be taking Halftown’s word over theirs. Committee member Jorge Defendini was a strong supporter of the resolution and said that the federal government has explicitly taken Halftown’s side, “and that has violent consequences.” “Halftown’s mercenary police force is currently terrorizing the citizens with the backing of the U.S. government,” Defendini said. “Characterizing it as an internal dispute is a very political statement. It is not an internal dispute among those who abide by the Great Law of Peace.” He stressed the importance of building momentum from the bottom up to encourage the federal government to change its stance and cease recognizing Halftown as Cayuga Nation’s representative. Committee member George McGonigal said that what’s happening within the Cayuga Nation is not unusual for the Haudenosaunee. “In many other [Haudenosaunee] nations there’s a conflict between traditionalists and the factions looking to take advantage of modern

capitalism and gambling,” McGonigal said. “That’s the case among the Onondaga.” He also said he doesn’t believe the resolution would change any minds in Washington D.C., however he did condemn the violence perpetrated by Halftown and his faction, particularly the aforementioned Feb. 2020 incident. “I would prefer if this resolution focused on our outrage at this violence and this thuggery,” McGonigal said. “But if we can’t do that, I’m going to support it anyway. Even though I don’t think it’s going to go anywhere, if we can make a statement that we don’t accept this type of violence I’m for that.” McGonigal did add, however, that it might be interesting to hear from the Halftown group. “I suspect they have a different view,” he said. “I’m not saying I agree with that view — I know what happened in Seneca Falls — but we haven’t heard from them.” Committee member Jeffrey Barken agreed, and said he’d like to get more of a sense of how many people Halftown represents and how divided the nation is. “I think that’s kind of important,” he said. “I totally agree we should condemn the violence, and I’m 100% for that. I just question the urgency if there’s a potential to get the other side of the story a little more fleshed out. I think it’s a matter of fairness.” McGonigal suggested modifying the resolution to say the city condemns the violence and destruction from the Halftown group and their police force and that it urges the federal government to immediately reconsider recognizing Halftown as the representative of the nation. Defendini did not think that language was strong enough. “If our police chief bulldozed a school, I doubt the next day he’d have a job,” Defendini said. “The logical conclusion is if they’re doing condemnable stuff, they should be called to be removed.” Ultimately, the committee voted 3-2 to table the resolution to make revisions, with Defendini and Nguyen voting against. -Ta n n e r H a r d i n g Ma r ch

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Ups It’s March! On the 13th we “spring ahead” an hour and on the 20th spring is officially here. We’ve almost made it, folks! Downs Russia has invaded Ukraine, which has already led to a devastating loss of life, and things could likely get a lot worse before they get better.

HEARD&SEEN Heard American Airlines will be dropping its flights to Charlotte from the Ithaca airport in favor of flights to Philadelphia. Seen Social media is abuzz with plans for a protest against the war in Ukraine at Cornell’s Ho Plaza on Wednesday, March 2.

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f you were an Ithaca High School student Created the Business Energy Advisors 21 years ago, you might have been one of program to help commercial developers those who lobbied the Tompkins Coun- adopt the greenest systems possible; and ty Legislature to put solar panels on the roof Worked with community partners to of our new Public Library on convince NYSEG and the Green Street! Controversial Public Service Commission at the time, it turned out to to invest in cutting the use be one of many environof natural gas rather than mental initiatives that put us building a new gas pipeline. ahead of the state and nationThe County also al curve. invested in support for othIn the years since then, ers in making the transiTompkins County governtion to a greener future, ment has taken a long list through nonprofits such as of steps to fight climate Solar Tompkins, HeatSmart change. To name a few: Tompkins, and the work Invested in a hydroof Cooperative Extension. power facility to provide Any list of the County’s Martha Robertson renewable electricity for green initiatives must also County operations; include our active role in Installed solar panels the six-year statewide fight and water heaters on seven of its buildto ban fracking. ings; In 2021 we hired our first Chief SusBought more than 30 hybrid and electainability Officer, Terry Carroll. He’s tric vehicles and converted to LED lights; helping to take the County to the next Installed a geothermal system to heat continued on page 7 and cool the expanded airport;

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merican Masters” is a documentary series on public television that examines the life and work of noted artists. Among other programming for Black History Month, last month the Syracuse public television station reaching Ithaca, WCNY, re-broadcast a segment of the series on the musician and composer Miles Davis. The segment originally appeared during Black History Month of 2020. That’s a short time ago in one sense but a long while ago in another: It was the last month before the coronavirus outbreak was officially recognized as a pandemic. Miles Davis’ enduring fame and influence belie the fact that he died a long time ago, in 1991, at age 65. Times have changed a lot since then, and maybe time itself has changed in the two years of the pandemic, or at least our experience of time. Davis had two particularly noteworthy quotes about time. Once, when asked about his importance (rather coldly, by another guest at a government reception), he replied coolly, “I changed music five or six times.” Meaning not just for himself, but for music history. The other came when he was dying. He said to a friend that sometimes “God punishes you not by not giving you things, but by giving you everything you want, then there’s no time left.” The time it takes to chase down those things might be all the time you have. Of course, Davis did much with his time that transcends it, and the first quote shows he knew it. The second quote voices the void we all fear of time’s end. The pandemic, along with killing millions worldwide and bringing untellable suffering, has changed life and time on an everyday level. The world outside is restricted. Business is no longer 9 to 5, Monday through Friday. Work and school are at home, partly or wholly. Good health is something you no longer presume, but promote and protect. Leisure and relaxation are where you find them. Stability comes not from routine but from resolve. The resolve that goes the furthest, to induce creativity and its authority, is something Davis understood. So did Ithaca’s own (for a while) Kurt Vonnegut.

Vonnegut died at age 84 in 2007. In a career of over half a century he wrote dozens of novels, short stories, plays and non-fiction works. Vonnegut came to Cornell in 1940 to study engineering. He said what he learned was that he had no aptitude for it. He wrote for the school newspaper and became an editor before withdrawing from the school for academic failure. He enlisted in the army rather than being drafted on the verge of war. Vonnegut was a prisoner of war in Dresden, Germany when Allied forces leveled the city in a firebombing that killed 25,000 civilians. He survived by taking refuge in an underground meat locker in a slaughterhouse. That experience was the basis of “Slaughterhouse-Five,” his sixth novel, published in 1969. It was an anti-war, countercultural breakthrough then, considered a classic now. Vonnegut was a political and social critic whose work entertained with dark humor. Along with his outspoken ardor he had a plain-spoken kindness. If he was fatalistic about humanity and its capacity for destruction he also believed in each person’s capacity to create, and the importance of that. In his final book, “A Man Without a Country,” a collection of essays published two years before his death, Vonnegut wrote: “Go into the arts. I’m not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.” Davis warned against hunting things that would make you the ultimate game, and capture your most valuable gift, your time. Vonnegut spoke of filling time with small gifts to develop the soul and grasp the world. Creation is the basis for all this. It takes some tolerance for solitude, even deprivation, but we deal with these things every day now more than ever anyway, with no quick end in sight. It’s the difference between things done to us and things

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level, for example helping to implement the $32 million Green Facilities and Fleet Capital Program passed last year. The goal of the program is to decarbonize the County’s facilities and fleet by 2026. The Tompkins County Industrial Development Agency (IDA) also created powerful tools to fight climate change, starting with its “Density Policy” (now called the Community Incentive Investment Tax Abatement Program, or CIITAP), combating sprawl and creating a more sustainable — and economically viable — city center. We incentivized solar development, enabling more than a dozen major projects to be built, providing solar to thousands of Tompkins County residents. The Enhanced Energy Incentive Policy gave builders just the boost they needed to invest in state-of-the-art green buildings. In at least six projects, totaling more than 800 apartments, builders proved that heat pumps can work in multi-story buildings. Tompkins County has had enthusiastic municipal partners along the way! Counties in New York don’t have the power to enforce building codes or land use regulations, so it’s been critical that the Town of Dryden and the City and Town of Ithaca have been forging new ground with their

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YOUR LETTERS Re: Real Crime Data in the Wake of Disinformation

n her opinion piece published in last week’s Ithaca Times, Alana Byrd forgot to mention who she works for. Ms. Byrd moved to Ithaca last fall to take up a lobbying and organizing position funded by People For the American Way (PFAW), a national not for profit “progressive advocacy” organization. Our own former mayor, Svante Myrick (whom I consider a friend), has worked part time for PFAW for the past 4 or 5 years. He has now taken a full time position as PFAW’s Executive Director. Ms. Byrd has landed in Ithaca as a “hired pen,” tasked with helping Svante promote his vision of what police reimagining should be. PFAW’s website is already boasting about what they call “the Ithaca Model.” In fact, this model is far from being fully built. Common Council and the citizens of Ithaca won’t even see the initial recommendations of the Reimagining Task Force until this week. Ms. Byrd’s opinions may express the positions of herself and her employer,

codes, to make sure new buildings will be nearly fossil-free. What’s next? What are today’s high school students calling on us to do now? It’s safe to say that young people, speaking up at a critical moment, inspired the City of Ithaca to take bolder action than it had before. The Ithaca Green New Deal can be traced directly to those voices. [Former] Mayor Svante Myrick should count among his many accomplishments hiring the city’s first-ever Director of Sustainability. Luis Aguirre Torres has been setting in motion the City’s ambitious building electrification project, with the additional goals of promoting equity through green job development, and upgrading housing for low-and moderateincome residents. Local governments, businesses, and non-profits in Tompkins County have been leaders throughout the state for more than two decades now, finding innovative and practical solutions to address the climate challenges we face. We can be proud of what we’ve done so far, even as we recognize there’s so much more to be done. Martha Robertson was a Tompkins County Legislator from 2002 – 2022 representing the Town of Dryden and a member of the Industrial Development Agency from 2006 – 2022.

but they demonstrate a lack of familiarity with IPD and do not shed new light. Ms. Byrd clearly doesn’t care much for the Ithaca City Police Officers’ union, the Ithaca Police Benevolent Association, or PBA. This is not surprising because the PBA and former mayor Myrick have been at loggerheads off and on for years. Some of the PBA’s statements about Mayor Myrick have been over-personal and inaccurate, in my opinion. Some of their Facebook posts have been less than helpful in bringing our community together. That said, it is understandable that PBA union membership, who went without a contract for the past 10 years of the Myrick administration, might be concerned about losing their jobs going forward. Cops are career professionals. They have families, too… For Ms. Byrd to claim that the PBA is attempting to scare the public and use disinformation as their “primary ammunition” is an exaggeration, and demonstrates a lack of understanding and empathy for both our IPD officers and for the residents of Ithaca. In a letter to a West Hill newsletter written last December (in which she also failed to mention who she works for), Ms. Byrd argued that “IPD officers aren’t doing their jobs,” and that “their workforce could be cut.” I strongly disagree with this statement. If you have only lived in Ithaca for a short time, you wouldn’t know that IPD used to have enough staffing for neighborhood bike patrols and walking beats. IPD had more investigators with broader training, a traffic

law enforcement detail, more cultural sensitivity training and more time for real community policing. These are the very services that Ithacans are asking for in the reimagining outreach sessions. Currently, some IPD shifts are so understaffed that when more than one or two major incidents happen in the City at the same time there are not enough officers on duty to respond to each call. Ms. Byrd writes that our concerns about recent rolling gun battles in Ithaca are overblown. She explains that they were caused by individuals engaged in personal conflicts; that these shootings don’t represent a structural change in the violence level here. Ithacans, regardless of their skin color, ethnicity or socioeconomic standing, don’t care if the people driving through their neighborhood shooting at each other know each other or not. They want the violence to stop. People want to feel secure letting their children play outside. They don’t like bullet holes in their houses. It doesn’t matter if these crimes happen more or less than a couple years ago, or ten years ago. There is too much gun fire and violence in our neighborhoods now. I wonder if Ms. Byrd has had any interactions with IPD since her arrival in Ithaca. Has she actually spoken with any of our officers? That might better inform her. It’s easy to put political spin on a complex issue, especially when you are trained and hired to do so. We don’t need spin. We need racial healing. We need for IPD officers to spend more time out of their cars, interacting with and helping all of our residents. We need honest open communication, and respect for everyone. One thing Ms. Byrd says in her op-ed sounds pretty good, and that is, “To ensure safety, both real and felt, we have to ensure a positive, trusting relationship between every officer and every member of our community, regardless of their background.” Well yes, that is what we want. And I believe that is what IPD officers want also. -George McGonigal City of Ithaca Common Council First Ward

ontrary to your claim, as someone who has lived in the Ithaca area for over 15 years it is clear that crime is on the rise here. And not just thefts as you mention but violent crime, stabbings, shootings and murder. I believe that the IPD does a good job of being culturally diverse in its hiring and culturally sensitive in its practices. They deserve support for the job they are doing. The idea that one police office costs $150,000 is ludicrous and makes all of your other arguments that much less believable. A quick visit to the city website shows that police officers make $44,891 starting salary and a top salary of $70,222. Which is 7-10% below industry average. As a social worker I saw the need for a different response to the mental health crisis that befalls our community and country in general and I am sure that the IPD would welcome more help in that regard. Adding Ma r ch

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non-armed peace officers to deal with nonemergency mental health crises is a great idea and this can be accomplished while keeping the police force intact. -Brion Scimae, via Ithaca.com

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h please, bank robberies every few months and regular armed robbery on the Commons [are] not “personal disputes.” -Jon Lucente, via Ithaca.com

hanks so much, Alana Byrd, for this thoughtful article. We can’t remind one another enough, especially in the wake of the dishonest efforts of the PBA to manipulate crime statistics, that the overwhelming majority of the crimes that are so easy to sensationalize are being committed by a handful of seriously mentally ill individuals who need the intensive support that is not being provided here or nationally. This is the real crime of unconscionable levels of wealth inequality and it can be addressed only by fair taxation of the 1% and guaranteed living wages or guaranteed income. Such policies may sound radical to a public drowning in misinformation, but plenty of mainstream economists have come to the same conclusions as Marx, while rejecting violent revolution in favor of sane social policy. Increasing numbers of CEO’s are facing the fact that current levels of wealth inequality are destroying the entire system, in addition to the dignity of all. -Barbara Regenspan, via Ithaca.com

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G oodbye M arshall :( Marshall Hopkins, who has been the production director and designer at this newspaper since the summer of 2015, is moving on to a job as a book designer for the Cornell University Press this month. During his six years at the Times, he spearheaded workflow efficiencies, created a new template, and designed over 280 covers. In the process, he helped the newspaper win numerous prestigious design awards, including the NY Press Association’s award for Overall Design Excellence, twice, once in 2017 and once in 2020.

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SPOTLIGHT

9 black-owned businesses to watch for

By Ly n d sey Honor

thaca’s a prime location for growing businesses. There’s always heavy traffic of prospective students, natives, and tourists alike trying to navigate the space. The balance between rural and urban culture that exists allows for a greater diversity in the services that businesses can provide. The natural gorges and the abundance of land create opportunities that are unique to the city setting. The demographic of people also contributes to Ithaca’s strong business diversity. There are hundreds of small businesses built from the ground up here, all standing on strong moral values. Many of these businesses are Black-owned and have had success despite the effects of the pandemic shutdown and systematic oppression. Sharing and advertising Black-owned businesses helps them reach larger audiences. Starting up and maintaining a business for anyone is difficult, but minority business owners are disadvantaged. Business Leaders of Colors is a resource for business owners of all identities and consumers in the Ithaca area. This network serves as an inclusive space for business owners to share their expertise, promote their services and learn from other professionals. Their efforts are devoted to collecting resources and building the space for underserved, minority business owners to succeed. There are more than 50 Black-owned businesses in Ithaca that residents can support in Ithaca. Below, we get to know nine Black business owners.

more beautiful than the colors of transforma- BAD HOMBRE TATTOO MUHAMMAD JONES tion.” Angel specializes in elegant evening wear Muhammad Jones has been tattooing for but has found that his sportswear options are two years. He started out as an apprentice at most popular here. However, there’s still a a shop that he felt wasn’t honoring his expermarket for his elegant dresses. tise, so he decided to open Bad Hombre Tat“One of my favorite things about being too as a means to focus on his craft. a fashion designer is the strength of creative Jones considers himself to be a black and impulses,” Angel gray fine line artist. said. “I can look at He’s willing to exa piece of fabric and periment with other go, ‘There it is. That’s styles, but he’s best the dress.’ Someknown for his line times a sketch will sit work. in my book for years, “I have a passion but one day a pretty for the power of tatbird will fly by, and too art,” Jones said. I’ll suddenly feel in“Many of my own spired to create.” tattoos have great Angel currently meaning to me and has a window disI love providing my play at 113 W. State clients with artwork St. He’s always open that helps them de-KC Sawyer from Rashida Sawyer Bakery to collaborations fine themselves and and would love to feel more confident work on film or thein their bodies.” atre projects in the Jones values his Ithaca area. work in the tattoo world because he has the You can find him on Instagram, @aus- opportunity to work against stigmatism. tin.angel.31337194, or email him at john.an“For a long time, people with tattoos were gel1959@yahoo.com for business inquiries. labeled as criminals, drug addicts and people He’s also on Facebook: https://m.face- less worthy of respect,” Jones said. “Fortubook.com/Austin-Austin-Angel-Fash- nately, tattoos are becoming much more acions-316443712258986/ cepted and embraced for the art.”

“We’re business owners like any other trying to advertise what we offer. Don’t support us just because we’re Black. Support us because our missions align with your values and, more importantly, because our services satisfy your needs.”

AUSTIN ANGEL FASHIONS AUSTIN ANGEL

Since 1983, Austin Angel has traveled the world as a fashion designer. He started off as a model for Barbizon Modeling but decided that his interests lied more in the design process. In May 2021, Angel decided it was time to settle, and after much research, he landed in Ithaca. “I draw much inspiration from nature,” Angel said. “I needed to find someplace that had four seasons because there’s nothing

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Bad Hombre Tattoo is located at 950 Danby Rd. and Jones’ studio is suite 38-F. His website is: https://www.badhombretattoo.com/# BLUE OYSTER CULTIVATION & MUSHROOM SPIRITS WENDY RIZZO

Joe and Wendy Rizzo have operated Blue Oyster Cultivation since 2009. Their business started as an extension to Joe Rizzo’s botany work but really kicked off when they started experimenting with mushrooms. These can be found at the Ithaca Farmers’ Market and at Union Square Greenmarket in New York City. In 2020, the Rizzos launched their new business, Mushroom Spirits, as a means to experiment with mushroom-infused liquor, a new and unique technology. “We just tried different infusions until we perfected the taste,” Wendy Rizzo said. Mushroom Spirits is located at 4055 Route 89 in Seneca Falls, New York. Their spirit tasting room is currently reservation only, but in mid-March, it will be open full-time. When they open, Mushroom Spirits will be premiering cocktails and a few new products. DALE COOPER, LMT

Dale Cooper was the first Black man to be licensed in massage therapy in the Ithaca area after graduating from the now-defunct Finger Lakes School of Massage in 2001. Cooper first learned about the art of body massage while he was incarcerated. He’s open about his history with drug addiction and owes a lot of his recovery to the healing process of body work. “I’m a native Ithacan,” Cooper said. “I practice here as a means to make amends for the trouble I caused in my past. And I’m grateful for the second chance I’ve been given.” Equity is a huge part of the work Cooper does. Money is not the determining factor when it comes to providing his services. He knows that he’s a facilitator of healing in an area where resources aren’t always accessible. He’s willing to work with clients, often exchanging massage sessions for home-cooked dinners.

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“I try to meet people where they’re at,” Cooper said. “Everyone’s deserving of a second chance at life and the healing properties of massage can do just that.” Cooper’s practice is located at 108 S. Albany St. View his website: https://dalecooperlmt.com/

world. They started with a small virtual bakery business, which was a huge benefit during the pandemic. In August 2021, with the assistance of his family, Sawyer opened up Rashida Sawyer Bakery at 110 W. Green St. “We have the makeness of a strong team,” Sawyer said. “We’re close and connected, each with a different skill set, so it gives us a greater degree to work through things.” Sawyer wants the Ithaca area to know that Rashida Sawyer Bakery is “Sawyer-style.” “We make what the Sawyers like, which is southern and soul, deeply rooted in our culture,” Sawyer said. “We hope that customers will learn to appreciate our taste. We’re welcoming you into our kitchen. That’s what you can expect.” View their website at: https://rashidasawyer.com/

healing. The garden features a free herbal medicine cabinet, as well as other goodies for visitors. Rootwork Herbals is located at 118 W. Green St. You can view her website at: https:// www.rootworkherbals.com/

Carpenter opened Via’s Cookies in January 2021 and has seen exponential growth in her first year of business. She draws great inspiration from Emmy’s Organics, a company founded by Samantha Abrams in 2008. Carpenter admires what Abrams has accomplished and wants to follow in their footsteps when it comes to planning the future of Via’s Cookies. She’s already started by incorporating traditional, vegan, and gluten-free options. Carpenter ultimately opened Via’s Cookies so that she could play a role in helping minority groups escape what she calls the “shackles of capitalism.” “I want to use my business to help others from where I am,” Carpenter said. “I know first-hand of the financial struggles that minorities face. I learned early on that you can choose to make a difference at any point in your life. Here I am, hoping that one day I can use Via’s Cookies to supply grants to underprivileged students.” Carpenter has already started this initiative, as 5% of all orders are donated to struggling minority students. Via’s Cookies can be ordered in bulk online, or found locally at Ithaca Bakery, GreenStar, and the Trumansburg Farmers’ Market. Learn more at https://viascookies.com/ pages/home For a more comprehensive list of Blackowned businesses in the Ithaca area, refer to the Business Leaders of Colors website. https://www.businessleadersofcolors. com/black-business-owners-1 In the wake of COVID-19, there has been a strong initiative to support Black-owned businesses. Black business owners were disproportionately affected by the financial burdens of the pandemic and were forced to shut down more often than white business owners.

DOG GROOMING BY STAR STAR UTTER

Star Utter opened Dog Grooming by Star four years ago after noticing a lack of noncorporate grooming options in the greater Ithaca area. Utter currently performs house calls and takes all of their equipment with them. They’re able to set up indoors or outdoors, whichever is more convenient space-wise. Clients are only expected to provide the towels necessary for drying off their dogs. “I really do enjoy house calls,” Utter said. “While it would be nice to have a facility in the future, grooming a dog in their own home helps to ease their anxieties. It certainly makes my job easier because they’re relaxed and tend to trust me more.” Utter’s services are fully inclusive. When you book with them, you book a complete grooming package, which includes a bath, 15 minutes of brushing, your desired haircut and more. https://doggroomingbystar.webs.com/ RASHIDA SAWYER BAKERY SAWYER FAMILY

From the 1980s through the 1990s, Loraine Rashida Sawyer ran a small bakery, catering to the Ithaca Farmers’ Market before stopping to raise her family. Meanwhile, KC Sawyer, her son, has traveled all over the country trying hundreds of delectable desserts, but nothing could compare to the taste of her recipes. So in 2018, Sawyer gathered his family together as a means to share his mother’s recipes with the

ROOTWORK HERBALS AMANDA DAVID

Amanda David first discovered herbalism years ago. She found that most plants have medicinal properties and yearned to find out more. “Plant medicine goes beyond the physical realm,” David said. “There are plants that can relieve symptoms, but there are also ones that can help to heal spiritual and mental health.” David started People’s Medicine School at Rootwork Herbals as an initiative to make plant medicine more accessible. In her lessons, she aims to teach students that people can form relationships with plants. “More than anything else, I want people to reclaim herbal medicine,” David said. “Ithaca has an abundance of plant life and everyone has the right to explore it.” David also facilitates the Jane Minor BIPOC Community Medicine Garden, which is located in Brooktondale, New York, at 40 Burns Rd. This garden brings people of color together in a communal space that offers

THE LEARNING FARM CHRISTA NUÑEZ

Christa Nuñez started the Learning Farm to enrich her children’s growth. She knew that she wanted to raise her family with healthy eating habits and learned along the way that other people were similarly interested. At the Learning Farm, Nuñez teaches that everyone has a home in nature and that they belong in green spaces. “I try to remind students that their relationships with plants and the earth will help to protect the planet,” Nuñez said. “My students study nature in order to inspire art, but their interactions with plants also help them strengthen their skills in math and science. We foster intellectual growth here.” Nuñez also runs Khuba International, a non-profit organization that provides land access for families with disadvantaged backgrounds. With their allotted land, families can learn to grow their own food and businesses in an equitable way. Nuñez encourages all landowners interested in the Khuba initiative to email khuba@ gmail.com. The Learning Farm is located at 272 Enfield Falls Rd. Learn more at https://thelearningfarmjuicery.org/ and https://khubainternational.org/ VIA’S COOKIES OLIVIA CARPENTER

Olivia Carpenter has been baking cookies since her freshman year of high school. Now in her final semester at Ithaca College, Carpenter finds pride in that she still uses her original recipe. Ma r ch

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Personal Health

Sex Professional Lori Davis’ sex counseling practices focuses on issues with sex and female health By An dre w Sul livan

alking about sex or one’s sexuality can be a difficult topic to bring up for some people, but Lori Davis hopes to make it more comfortable for folks to open up. A nurse practitioner for roughly 10 years at Cayuga Medical Center, Davis is a certified sex counselor who opened up her new practice on Aurora Street in downtown Ithaca in the fall of 2021. About five years ago, she said she began exploring her own sexuality, wondering to herself what sex is all about, why it is sometimes so difficult and why it feels unsatisfactory at times. “As I was starting to explore myself, I realized, ‘Oh wait a minute, it’s not just me,’” Davis said. “I happen to meet other women who were having similar problems, and really saw how they weren’t supported by the medical system, and it was really hard to find support. And not only were they not supported, they were often dismissed in their questions and concerns.” With her background as a nurse practitioner and certification in sex counseling, Davis is able to bring both disciplines to one space. “The mind-body connection is real in all aspects of life, but I think it’s especially important to address when it comes to sexuality issues,” she said. “Anytime there’s a physical issue there’s likely to be related emotional beliefs, feelings that are associated with that. … Being able to come to someone who can look at my physical health, how can we optimize my physical health in a holistic way, and then that makes me that much more ready when we are having conversations and working on

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counseling and communication with my partner. “Counselors sort of miss some of the physical things that are relevant, and physicians and nurse practitioners aren’t able to provide the counseling. I feel that just leaves people not really adequately supported.” Those unfamiliar with the practice may have several questions as to what specifically sex counseling is. “Some people might be concerned that, ‘Is there going to be touch[ing] during this,’ or, ‘Do I have to be naked,’ or, ‘Is there going to be this sort of intimacy,’ and the answer is no,” Davis said. “There are providers that do different kinds of sexual support that do that kind of work, and sometimes that’s exactly what a person needs.” In reality, it is more of a “conversation” as Dr. Davis describes it, with no predetermined agenda attached to it. “Just as coming to see any provider or coming to see a counselor, there’s just anxiety about opening up in this part of their lives,” she said. “But what I’ve seen is that taking it slow and sort of meeting the person just right where they’re at. You’re not being pushed into any particular direction, but [it is more of], ‘Where are

you, what are your specific concerns, and how can I help.’” Her practice focuses on three particular areas: (1) discovering one’s sexual self; (2) period health and menopause transition; and (3) overcoming pain with sex. The latter area deals with women who suffer from endometriosis, a condition where cells similar to ones that line the uterus occur outside the uterus. According to Davis’ website, like the cells in the uterine lining, the ones on the outside respond to hormonal changes of the menstrual cycle, which causes bleeding and inflammation wherever the cells are found. This can result in severe pain for some women, and is something for which Davis offers holistic personalized care as treatment. She is also well versed in helping women who have battled cancer with possible sexual concerns, which is a specific area of research of hers. “With cancer, [there are] a wide range of concerns,” she said. “The most common cancer in women is breast cancer, and so they’ll have body image issues related to changes after a surgery. The breasts are a significant source of sexual pleasure and arousal, and so without that sensitivity that’s a huge blow. Women are often put on medications that change their hormones

such that they have significant pain with sex. That, plus just the process of going through cancer itself, is such a transformative process and puts so many stresses on relationships and a sense of self.” In terms of period health and menopause, Davis said it is simply a matter of giving women the necessary assistance in better understanding the two. “I also do work with hormones for women, and it really comes out of the same motivation of seeing how little support women get for issues related to period health and definitely issues related to changes at the time of menopause,” she said. Men and women experience a variety of concerns when it comes to their sexuality. Typically for women those worries are in regards to low desire, pain during sex and difficulty achieving orgasm individually or with a partner. For men, common concerns are mainly premature ejaculation and erectile dysfunction, or as Davis prefers to refer to it as erectile “dissatisfaction” or “disappointment.” When it comes to these types of concerns, Davis likes to examine areas such as “genital function, overall health, thoughts/ beliefs, behaviors and relationships,” according to her website. “As a woman myself, when I first started working in the field I was duly and rightfully enraged at the patriarchal influences on female sexuality and how limiting that is for women,” she said. “I could just see so clearly the harm that that causes. As soon as I turn to work for men I see the same thing. It’s not that men don’t benefit from this. The patriarchal culture prescribes how they should be sexually with their partners. It hurts them just as much.”

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rekking up to Newman Arena to watch the Cornell men’s basketball team play during the homestretch of their Ivy League schedule is always fun, but when the Big Red is playing to keep their season’s dream alive, it ramps up the excitement. That dream, of course, is always to win the Ivy League title, and to do that the Big Red needed to get into the conference tournament. Entering the game, Cornell needed a win over first-place Yale (a tall order given the Bulldogs had totally dominated the Big Red in their previous meeting and had won the previous 16 match ups), and would also need some help from Princeton. Cornell did their part on Saturday, and when Princeton beat Harvard on Sunday, the Big Red’s ticket to the Ivy League tournament was punched. Saturday’s game drew a decent number of fans to Newman Arena, and the home team played like they had something to gain and something to prove. The tenacious defense forced 20 turnovers with 15 steals, and the hosts stepped up their game when the Bulldogs mounted a comeback late in the game. While one play rarely wins or loses a game, I will not soon forget a highlightreel shot launched by junior Greg Dolan. Yale had whittled the Big Red’s doubledigit lead down to five points, making it a two-possession game with three minutes to play. Cornell had the ball and was having a difficult time creating the shot they wanted as the shot clock ran down under five seconds. After a scramble, the ball was tapped out to Dolan, who had no choice but to launch it from 30-feet out. Boom. The shot clearly deflated the Bulldogs, pumped up the Big Red, and the hosts would hold strong to come away with a 71-65 win on Senior Day. As a result of that win and Harvard’s loss to Princeton, the Big Red earned the fourth seed and will play either Princeton or Yale on Saturday, March 12 at 11 a.m. at Harvard’s Lavietes Pavilion. The game will be televised on ESPNU. ● ● ●

Congrats also to the Ithaca College women’s hoopsters on their third consecutive Liberty League title. The Bombers beat St. Lawrence 70-58 in the Liberty League tournament final — running their winning streak to 20 games — and have once again earned a trip to the NCAA tournament. Ithaca will tip off against Catholic University on March 4. ● ● ●

Photo caption: Sharpshooter Greg Dolan launches one against Dartmouth.

Saturday was also a good day for the Big Red men’s lacrosse team, as Cornell ran its record to 2-0 on the season by beating Lehigh 9-5 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. By causing eight turnovers and scooping up 35 ground balls, Cornell had the Mountain Hawks on their heels all day, and Chayse Ierlan was solid in goal, stopping 15 shots. The win is first-year head coach Connor Buczek’s second, and the 12th-ranked Big Red has not lost since the 2019 season, as the team was 5-0 during the shortened 2020 season and did not take the field last year. When Cornell won its opener against the University of Albany on Feb. 19, it was the first time they had taken the field in 713 days. The Big Red will host #8 Ohio State on Saturday, March 5 at 12 p.m. at Schoellkopf Field ● ● ●

Another update about an athlete recently featured here... 83 year-old Mike Richmond — a retired Cornell professor and familiar face on the softball fields of Ithaca — pitched all nine games in leading the Syracuse Cyclones to the over-80 team title at the Tournament of Champions in Florida. The Cyclones lost a game in the seeding round, but came back to run the table to win the championship. Always resistant to anything that feels like a spotlight, Mike told me, “This is not about me, but I think there is a message here for all seniors (men and women) who still enjoy tennis, bowling, horseshoes, pickleball and rutabaga curling (an Ithaca favorite). If we are still able to do something that gives us exercise and comradeship, why not keep doing it? C’mon man!”

THE LIFE OF HEATHER DUNBAR Sara Juran reflects on the life of her mother, a music and community organizer involved in Grassroots and Ithaca Festival. By Sara Juran

eather Dunbar, 71, passed away while asleep in her home in Van Etten, NY on Feb. 5. Her love of music, great fortitude, and generosity drove a life devoted to community service. Her generous midwestern values were radically inclusive and fair. She would say you don’t really have something unless you can give it all away. Heather grew up in a home of music and invention. Her parents Milly Ann & Jack, originally from Ohio, moved to DC so Jack could take a job at the Pentagon. In his spare time, Jack would play records on WCFM and at dance venues. Major artists would bring Jack their records, and they would often be invited

back to the house. They had an extraordinary record collection. Heather was a trailblazing woman in radio, starting with the AV Club in high school. She produced and promoted arts events at SUNY Fredonia in the late ‘60s. After moving to Ithaca, she began promoting events to raise women’s visibility, autonomy, and creativity. She belonged to the collectives that produced WVBR’s radio show, “Being Ourselves,” and the Ithaca Women’s Coffeehouse. She also hosted “The Salt Creek Show” starting in 1978. She did that every week for 22 years. Salt Creek broadcasts country and bluegrass music on Sundays from 6-10 a.m. It may be the longest continuously running radio program in the northeast, and has been on air at WVBR since 1963. Heather’s years at the show were marked by her extemporaneous tributes to musicians and listeners, giving birth or mourning death. Heather worked at Ithaca Festival in several roles including program director. She favored original local music over popular cover bands to give platforms to new talent. She is the originator of the Festival’s famous “Volvo Ballet,” for which she made the original tutus. She was also an organizer and promoter of annual benefit concerts for AIDSWork in 1990 and 1991, which became the Grassroots Festival. Heather contributed countless hours to local music events and artists. She gave stirring introductions and was a fixture at the door. If you were not on the band’s guestlist, she would firmly insist that you support the performance by paying the cover. Many bands insisted on using Heather because they made more money and collected more fans when she did the door. She spent years selling merchandise for the popular bluegrass band Hot Rize throughout the northeast. She would staff the booth at larger music festivals from 7 a.m. until after the last band finished at 2 a.m. She could highlight any album on the table like an old friend and recommend new favorites while telling stories about artists and where the music came from. Because she was a mostly one-woman show, she saved time by wrapping up the booth and sleeping under the merchandise table, rain or shine. Heather had enormous empathy and would give hours of support to friends and strangers on personal issues, researching techniques that might help. She spent hours visiting friends when others might have found it too sad or unpleasant. She had the ability to connect with people in bad circumstances and remain unflappable. As interim program director at the Finger Lakes Independence Center, she raised awareness of “invisible disabilities” and helped develop resources and programs. She was especially interested in using voice recognition software to help people communicate if they had difficulty with typing. She was an engaging interviewer, writer and speaker whose love of literature gave her a gift for allegorical storytelling, and whose high standards ensured that she always pronounced titles and names with care. Her passions also extended to social justice. As a state representative for the group Student Loan Justice, she continued on page 18

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Ithaca Festival returns after two-year hiatus By Staf f Re por t

thaca Festival of the Arts and its Board of Directors announced the return of the festival in 2022. The festival is slated for June 2-5 and will return after a two year absence. The festival will host

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a kickoff celebration on June 2 with the return of the Ithaca Festival Parade and an evening concert hosted at the Bernie Milton Pavillion on the Commons.

Since 1977, the Ithaca Festival has welcomed summer by celebrating the artist in everyone. Artists of all styles and disciplines are invited to participate regardless of past work or ability. The festival team is currently seeking an artist who can best create a visual interpretation of the theme “Together Again.” The selected artist can be any age and will be considered for a $500 grand prize and have their work featured throughout the festival. There is also a youth specific competition that is open for artists under the age of 18. The youth prize will be $100 and the work will be featured on a special selection of merchandise. The Ithaca Festival artist must be from Tompkins County.

Applications are available online now at IthacaFestival.org. Applications are also available now for volunteers, performers, tablers, exhibitors, crafters, live art and more. Visit the festival’s website for opportunities to get involved and be creative. Organizers urge you to fill out your applications and get them in quickly, as they are only accepted for a short window of time. Ithaca Festival organizers are excited to return and hope it will be able to count on regional businesses and organizations for continued financial support. For information on how your business can sponsor or partner with the festival, email ithacafestival@ithacafestival.org.

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Syracuse Stages’ “Somewhere Over the Border” blends “The Wizard of Oz” with a harrowing immigration tale. By Barbara Ad am s

f “Somewhere Over the Border” brings to mind a certain rainbow song of hope and idealism, that’s just fine –– playwright Brian Quijada absolutely intended his musical to be a mashup of “The Wizard of Oz” and his own mother’s 1978 immigration story. Currently rocking Syracuse Stage, this world premiere has been produced in conjunction with Geva Theatre Center and Teatro Vista. Rebecca Martínez directs, with Julián Mesri providing musical direction. We all have stories, so many stories worth hearing, most of which are lost, Quijada says –– and once he learned even more about his mother’s voyage in search of a better life, he knew he had to share it. As an unwed mother, teenage Reina is dazzled by the promise not only of prosperity in the U.S., but of a life that’s safe and without hunger. She daringly leaves her home and close family in El Salvador, leaving her infant son with her mother, all so she can build a good future for her son. The Reina of the musical, like Quijada’s own mother, assumed she’d be back in a few months, but 10 years passed before she could return for Fernando (the playwright’s eldest brother). “Somewhere Over the Border” charts her decision to risk all and travel nearly 3,000 miles through different countries and cities to reach the border –– Guatemala, Tapachula, Guadalajara, Tijuana. At each stop, like Dorothy, she makes a friend who joins her quest to enter the promised land. The Wizard they’re heading for is of course El Gran Coyote, to whom they pay an exorbitant number of hard-gathered pesos to help them cross. And he’s just as disappointing as the Wizard –– “This is all?” Reina and the group wonder. Determination and dreams fuel Reina’s journey. The cast of six is splendid, backed by an onstage four-person band which offers lively music throughout –– indigenous sounds like cumbia intermingling with the occasional rap. An irresistible narrator with a guitar (Arusi Santi) leads us through the story with style and good humor. He’s charming at all points but especially so when (in all his 6 ft. bearded glory) he becomes Reina’s bashful 10-yearold son. Tanya De León as Reina, and her mother Julia, played by Francisca Muñoz, both have excellent presence and vocal strength. To follow her desire, Reina is breaking up the family; Julia passionately argues the value of enduring what one has, no matter how dismal. Between them,

these two women, as icons, must carry the play’s emotional labor and pain. In contrast, everyone else can assume a more individualized and even quirky, certainly often comical role, leavening the distressing tale. Robert Ariza plays two likable fellows: Reina’s affectionate, supportive brother and then the banana vendor she meets en route, a delightful and clever guy longing to study agricultural methods at university. He joins her quest, and eventually they add Silvano (Bobby Plasencia, rich with personality), a sour landlord whose family left him for a life in the U.S. Once he swallows his pride and grief, the trio sets out north only to encounter a discontent nun (Gloria Vivica Benavides), who has to rouse the courage to run off with them. And yes, the Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Cowardly Lion are all on board, and the foursome abreast, arms linked, skips forth in familiar fashion. The obvious Oz references are resolutely comical, but they keep the harrowing reality of the play’s subject light enough to digest. The travelers wind their way in a cartoon bus (colorful setting by Tanya Orellana, moodily lit by Jennifer Fok, with apt costumes by Asa Benally). The cast simply sparkles, the action never flags, and the music is upbeat. Unreal outrageous moments are welcomed as part of the adventure –– like the nun, whose only desire is to be a rock star, going wild on the mic. Brian Quijada wrote both music and lyrics, and one powerful refrain will haunt you: “We work and work and work and serve and serve and serve.” But if there’s a drawback, it’s that this sung-through musical is perhaps too literal. The libretto is nonstop narrative, detailed and explanatory, leaving little to the imagination. Happily, the animated actors add complexity to the tale. It’s enormously satisfying to see a musical address a contemporary crisis (one unfortunately still ongoing) with humor as well as compassion; even more so to have a mostly Latinx cast and crew providing the story. “Somewhere Over the Border” offers a unique experience: understanding what it means to be uprooted and yet survive.

Syracuse Stage “Somewhere Over the Border,” by Brian Quijada, directed by Rebecca Martínez; musical direction by Julián Mesri. With Tanya De León and company. At Syracuse Stage, 820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse. Through March 13. Tickets at syracusestage.org and 315-443-3275.

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Thursday, March 10, 2022-5 PM Lewis Auditorium, G76, Goldwin Smith Hall on Cornell’s campus Free and open to the public with pre-registration: https://history.cornell.edu/ and at the Cornell Events calendar.

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ornell University hosts a variety of under-the-radar art exhibitions, scattered about campus and often quite casual or ephemeral in nature. Two shows — one recent, the other ongoing — represent a diversity. Held last week in the Department of Art’s Olive Tjaden Gallery, “Bound Books Unbound” (Feb. 21-25) was co-curated by 2022 Master of Fine Arts candidates Erika Germain, Christine McDonald, and Erin Miller (all with included work), alongside fine arts librarian Marsha Taichman. This is Taichman’s third book art show at Cornell. Arranged by City and Regional Planning professor Neema Kudva, “Close Work, Distanced: Pandemic Collaborations” (Feb. 21 through March 11) features work by a variety of teams: spanning information design, personal narrative and activism as well as visual art. With apologies to the other contributors, I will focus here on joint efforts by local painter Melissa Zarem and her long-time collaborator Elise Nicol, of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. Featuring nearly 100 entries by participants from Cornell and beyond, the opencall “Books” purposefully evaded overall summary. The show included relatively traditional gallery-style art in the form of wall-mounted and sculptural pieces. Two video entries were projected in a loop. But most pieces were books meant to be picked up and handled. (Gloves were provided.) Ranging from elaborate handmade works to commercially produced volumes and cheap pamphlets; the show took a decidedly ecumenical approach to the much-argued field of book-as-art. Welcomingly, paper decorated with abstract

cursive designs by students covered tables arranged for browsing. I didn’t like everything that I saw in an hour or more of perusing the gallery. Numerous books displayed a cool, hipster-ish sensibility orthogonal to my own. Prominent among these were numerous, often tiny, pieces by Ben Denzer echoing Pop Art and Fluxus. His “20 SLICES of American Cheese (moldy)” is self-explanatory — thankfully these “sheets” were wrapped in plastic. Two books were made from dollar bills, while others featured custom printed imagery. Much of the strongest work in the Tjaden exhibit hewed to traditions of comics and illustration. “Go Paul Go,” by noted contemporary painter Amy Sillman, was particularly delightful. The roughly handmade volume, featuring witty pen and ink cartoons and text, mimicked the classic children’s book “Go Dog, Go” scene for scene while addressing the book’s owner, “social practice” artist Paul Ramirez Jonas. Similar in manufacture and attraction were Bec Sommer’s lurid “The Prom Queen is a Goddamn Problem” and Lindsey Potoff ’s mostly grisaille “A Walk Home,” both in watercolor and/or ink. The latter artists are Cornell students. Held in Milstein Hall’s Bibliowicz Family Gallery, “Work” includes the work of eleven collaborators, many affiliated with Cornell’s planning department. Computer stations display both “COVID Glossary” and “Stories of Solidarity” as well as a video featuring conversations by assorted collaborators. Both Zarem and Nicol have art degrees from Cornell but work in a palpably differcontinued on page 19

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omedian and film buff Patton Oswalt said that “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” (1974) is the single greatest movie title ever conceived, because every time you hear those three

words in that order, you get a free movie playing in your head before you’ve seen a frame of Tobe Hooper’s classic. Those three words scared me so badly that it took decades until I could work up the

courage to see “TCM” in 2014 at a film festival screening at Cinemapolis. Imagine my surprise at discovering that Hopper’s groundbreaking ‘70s horror film wasn’t nearly as graphically violent as I had expected. Hopper died in 2017, and counting all the reboots made by other companies over the years, there are now nine sequels, prequels and remakes. I’ve never seen Hooper’s “Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2” (1986) — part of a three-picture deal Hooper made with Cannon Films — but I know people who like it, so I’m up for seeing it. I also tried watching Marcus Nispel’s 2003 remake starring Jessica Biel, as part of my “New to Me” film festival. As I wrote later, I only made it through about

20 minutes before I ejected the DVD and briefly considered finding a chainsaw in order to inflict further damage. Surprise, surprise: David Blue Garcia’s “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” (NetflixLegendary Pictures-Exurbia Films-Bad Hombre, 2022, 81 mins.) is just about as gory as you could imagine. It’s wall-towall splatter goo, showing off just about every nasty thing that a chainsaw can do to a human body, and guess what? It’s not nearly as effective as what Hooper did all those years ago. I’m no prude, I dig special effects and I know at the end of the day it’s all fake. But gore without interesting continued on page 19

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singlehandedly broke major stories about corruption in the student loan industry in 2009. The Albany City Council subsequently passed a resolution calling for broader forgiveness of student loans. At her home in Van Etten she was an election inspector, a reporter at town hall meetings, and an organizer of talks when natural gas prospectors came to town. Heather married Jeffrey Juran in 1988 and their only child, Sara, was born soon after. They divorced but remained close, encouraging Sara to find her own way while providing guidance and support. Sara accompanied Heather to festivals and

shows, cutting loose to dance or helping her mom. Heather loved animals and after she moved to Van Etten, she finally had a farm. She would stop in a rainstorm to remove frogs and turtles from the road. She hand-raised her animals, feeding them with an eyedropper and even taking them in a hat or carrier to the office. Heather had a lifelong love of horticulture, starting with her training at the Lewiston, NY Garden Club. She did numerous wedding flower arrangements and approached gardening with incredible vigor and athleticism. She would show up at friends’ homes and start pulling weeds with sensitivity to whether seedlings might be weeds or happy volunteers. She would distribute cuttings to people who needed

plants, and collect flower seeds for a friend who loved a particular color. If planning a new garden or rehabbing a bed, she would bring a color wheel and carefully consider compliments. She preferred traditional options in cheerful colors and would collect plants, lovingly moving them from one year to the next, to improve conditions or their grouping. She removed poison ivy because it bothered her that a child, pet, or sensitive person might contact it unknowingly. Heather knew how to speak to our hearts, and now she is planted at our roots. Ithaca will be a very different place without her. Heather was predeceased by her parents, Milly Ann and Jack Dunbar, and

by siblings John Douglass Dunbar and Hal Davis Dunbar. She is survived by her daughter Sara Juran and siblings Holly Dunbar Claire Beaudet, Laurel Dunbar Coutts, and Leslie Garriott. A memorial is planned for June 5 at Greensprings Natural Cemetery Preserve in Newfield, NY followed by a gathering at a venue to be determined

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ent cultural sphere, with a record of exhibiting in independent local galleries. Zarem is an accomplished, visionary abstract painter, working on paper in an innovative combination of painting, drawing, and monoprint techniques. Nicol’s work, equally rich, encompasses photography, drawing, and printmaking. Here the focus is on her black-and-white photography. Collaborators for over a decade, the two artists found their long-time practice of regular mutual studio visits disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic in early 2020. Seeking to continue their call and response experimentation, they redoubled their efforts at working via mail. One artist would send the other a custom-designed postcard and the other would respond with a similar but divergent work. Displayed on one wall, “No words: Conversation 1” and “2” feature the work of both artists, mounted to boards and displayed side-by-side, touching. They cover early 2020 through early 2021, with the second series begun due to postal delays. Like a children’s game of telephone, the pieces, shown in exact sequence, feature forms and textures that echo and morph, creating an engaging piece of sequential art that conveys movement and transport. Zarem’s predominantly black-andwhite pieces play teasingly against Nicol’s monochrome photos. The latter alternate between rural and small town scenes and close-ups of nature—particularly trees and shrubs. Flashes of color—pink, red, turquoise, purple-blue—offset the blackand-white, creating rich visual music. Also displayed in Bibliowicz are five framed diptychs from “Riposte,” another collaborative series, as well as an opportunity for gallery visitors to create their own “collaborative” artwork. Most engaging are two larger, unframed and untitled pieces — one by each artist. Zarem’s, done on a tall piece of thick drawing paper, features thick snaking black bands, more delicate graphic lattice-work, clouds and smears of pink and gray, and a dense curtain of vertical drips. Zarem, a major Ithaca artist, has been quiet on the local scene over the past few years. An opportunity to see her work — especially together with Nicol’s — is as good a reason as any to visit campus.

by the late Marilyn Burns. Fouéré’s set up as a Texan avenging angel, but it’s still a flimsy attempt to remind us why we cared about this stuff in the first place. The new “TCM” was highly rated on Netflix’s top 10 list, so it’s a good bet that they’re already going ahead with another sequel. Too bad there’s nothing left to be

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Cornell University Exhibitions in Cornell’s College of Architecture, Art, and Planning are generally held in Tjaden, Sibley, and Milstein Halls, located on the campus’ Arts Quad. See aap.cornell.edu for a complete list of current and upcoming shows. Most are free and open to the general public, Mondays through Fridays, 8a.m. - 4:30pm. “Lindsey Potoff: Things You Can Hold in Two Hands” (Feb. 26-March 4) runs this week with a reception on Wednesday evening from 5-7 p.m.

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3/6 Sunday Elective Recital: Becca Emery and Haley Gonyea, voice| 1 p.m. | Hockett Family Recital Hall| Ithaca College Soprano Karen Slack and the Miró Quartet | 3 p.m. | Bailey Hall - Cornell, 230 Garden Ave Música Diversa | 4 p.m. | Clemens Center, 207 Clemens Center Parkway | $20.00 - $50.00

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Stage Hasan Minhaj: The King’s Jester at State Theatre | 6 p.m., 3/2 Wednesday | State Threatre, 107 W. State Street | State Theatre of Ithaca is hosting Hasan Minhaj, host and creator of the weekly comedy show Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj that premiered on Netflix in October 2018. | $39.50 - $94.50 We Wear the Sea Like a Coat at Ithaca College Hoerner Theatre | 8 p.m., 3/3 Thursday | American couple Sara and Jonathan are in Orkney, Scotland for a year. She’s an oceanographer on a climate-change assignment. He’s a writer and trailing spouse. Visit tickets.ithaca.edu for tickets and additional showtimes. Lansing High School Musical Theater Club - Bye Bye Birdie | 6:30 p.m., 3/9 Wednesday | Lansing Middle

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