“Tompkins provided extremely valuable advice, oversight, and support, so that we could create a healing space for our community,” says Dr. McAllister.
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Special Events Night Sky Cruise at Allen Treman State Park | 9 p.m., 8/20 Friday | The late evening is a beautiful time to be on the lake. On a clear night, the stars and moon shine brightly above and are reflected in the lake’s surface. SCT Jubilee fundraiser for Second Chance Thoroughbreds, Inc. | 3 p.m., 8/21 Saturday | Fools Hill, 657 Dawson Hill Road | 1st annual music benefit for Second Chance Thoroughbreds. Zach Nugent Band is our headliner, playing songs of Jerry Garcia/ Grateful Dead. | $40.00 - $1,500.00
Dr. Josie McAllister, Founder
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tempestuous choreographer, Ema, a reggaeton dancer, sets out on an odyssey of personal liberation, in this incendiary drama about art, desire, and the modern family from director Pablo Larraín. Demonic | 5 p.m., 8/20 Friday | Cinemapolis, 120 E. Green Street. | A young woman unleashes terrifying demons when supernatural forces at the root of a decades-old rift between mother and daughter are ruthlessly revealed. Directed by Neill Blomkamp Disney’s Aladdin | 7 p.m., 8/20 Friday | Stewart Park, 1 James L Gibbs Dr, Ithaca, NY 14850 | FREE! Bring friends, family, & neighbors as the 2021 Movies in the Park Series continues.
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Sunday Seasonal Bounty Board | 11 a.m., 8/22 Sunday | Boundary Breaks Vineyard, 1568 Porter Covert Road | Sunday Seasonal Bounty Board at Boundary Breaks Vineyard available every Sunday from now until Columbus Day Weekend! | $28.00
Books Tioughnioga River Writers: Personal, Memoir and Lyric Essays | 6 p.m., 8/18 Wednesday | Phillips Free Library, 37 South Main Street | in person writing workshop entitled Your Life is a Story: Personal, Memoir and Lyric Essays is facilitated by Priscilla. We Read Diverse Books | 8/25 Wednesday | Phillips Free Library, 37 South Main Street | The library will be offering a monthly virtual book discussion to discuss novels centered on characters with diverse cultures, ethnicities, and life experiences.
Kids Family Science Workshop | 3 p.m., 8/18 Wednesday | Sciencecenter, 601 1st Street | Wednesday, 8/18 at 3 pm Sciencenter Community Room Join us for our next Family Science WorkshopFoam Block Printing. These activities are fun for the whole family! Eco-Explorers: Cool Canines | 6 p.m., 8/18 Wednesday | Cayuga Nature
Center, 1420 Taughannock Blvd. | Come out to discover more about New York’s canines, how they’re each unique, and how they survive! | Free Baby Storytime Meets Outside! | 10:30 a.m., 8/20 Friday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | Daring to Dig Tour | 1:30 p.m., 8/20 Friday | Museum of the Earth, 1259 Trumansburg Road | Daring to Dig Tours are occurring every Friday between July 2nd and August 27th! Tyke Tales Story Time | 6 p.m., 8/20 Friday | Please join us for stories read aloud on Zoom from the Lodi Whittier Library on Friday evenings at 6pm. Disney’s Aladdin | 7 p.m., 8/20 Friday | Stewart Park, 1 James L Gibbs Dr, Ithaca, NY 14850 | FREE! Bring friends, family, & neighbors as the 2021 Movies in the Park Series continues. Sweetgrass & Splint Star Workshop - Community Education Program | 10 a.m., 8/21 Saturday | Tompkins Center for History & Culture, 110 North Tioga Street | Register on the History Center’s website. All ages (yes kids AND adults!) are invited to make their own Sweetgrass and Black Ash Splint Star with Seneca artist Penny Minner. Story Time @ Truxton Community Center: Frogs! | 10 a.m., 8/21 Saturday | Phillips Free Library, 37 South Main Street | Miss Martsje will
be offering a story time for children and their families at the Truxton Community Center as part of the traveling library. Free Community Science: Collagen & Synthetic Biology | 10:30 a.m., 8/21 Saturday | Sciencecenter, 601 1st Street | Saturday, August 21, 10:30 am Conley Park (behind the Sciencenter) Join the Sciencenter for a free activity in Conley Park (behind the Sciencenter). | Free Animal Ambassador Encounters | 12 p.m., 8/21 Saturday | Cayuga Nature Center, 1420 Taughannock Blvd | Come enjoy a wild meet and greet with some of the Animal Ambassadors of the Cayuga Nature Center! Water Quality Cruise on Cayuga Lake | 9 a.m., 8/22 Sunday | Cayuga Lake, Allen H. Treman State Marine Park | Come sailing with CSI! A great opportunity for kids and families to learn about water quality in Cayuga Lake and to help collect samples that will contribute to a long-term data set of water quality there. Registration required. Contact Nathaniel.Launer@ communityscience.org | Free Highkey Science Family Program | 1 p.m., 8/23 Monday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | Highkey Science provides STEM-based play activity sessions to community organizations throughout Central New York. Highkey Science’s play-based learning approach encour-
ages kids to have fun while they learn all things STEM! | Free Family Book Club | 6:30 p.m., 8/25 Wednesday | Phillips Free Library, 37 South Main Street | Family Book Club is for 4-8 year olds and their family. For now the family book club will be held on zoom.
Notices Community Sunset Cruise | 7:30 p.m., 8/18 Wednesday | Allan H. Treman Marina, 1000 Allen H. Treman Park Road | Engaging Conversations and Activities about our watershed aboard the MV Teal with rotating community members serving as hosts. | Free Trumansburg Farmers Market | 8/18 Wednesday | Trumansburg Farmers market, Corner of Route 227 & 96 | 8/18: Taksim; 8/25: Small Tattoo | Free Better Together Community Coalition | 9 a.m., 8/19 Thursday | Virtual | http://ccetompkins.org/ events We invite caregivers who are parenting children with social, emotional, behavioral, or developmental challenges, foster and adoptive parents, kinship caregivers, and those parenting through challenges of all sorts, as well as those working with families, to join us. | Free Candor Farmers Market | 3:30 p.m., 8/19 Thursday | Candor Town Hall Pavilion, 101 Owego Road | 25 local vendors with a great assortment fresh produce, baked goods, cheese, maple products, crafts, soaps, baskets, pottery, brooms, kettle korn and a food truck! | Free Check It Out Shoppe | 9 a.m., 8/20 Friday | Mecklenburg United Methodist Church, 6069 Turnpike Rd | Every Fri and Sat. High-quality used items at reasonable prices. Sponsored by the Mecklenburg United Methodist Church. 3-DAY ONLINE TREASURE AUCTION | 9 a.m., 8/20 Friday | Virtual, Online | Something for everyone! All are invited to browse and bid. The ONLINE AUCTION begins on Fri, 8/20 @ 9am, through Sun, 8/22 @ 9pm. See the website: biddingowl.com/FirstUnitarianSocIthaca | Free James Potorti Interpretive Gorge Walks | 10 a.m., 8/20 Friday | Paleontological Research Institution and its Museum of the Earth / Various Locations, 1259 Trumansburg Road (Route
96) | Join us for our annual James Potorti Museum of the Earth/State Parks Gorge Walks on Fridays in August. | Free Enfield Community Yard Sale | 9 a.m., 8/21 Saturday | Enfield, 162 Enfield Main Rd | Pick up a map of all the yard sales in Enfield, grab breakfast and check out the trunk sale at 162 Enfield Main Rd. Sponsored by the Enfield Community Council. Farmers Market in Brooktondale | 10 a.m., 8/21 Saturday | Brooktondale Community Center, 524 Valley Rd | Farmers Market with local flavor, easy parking, playground for the children, BBQ each week. Besides the usual produce, eggs, cheese, and meat, the market features a variety of fiber vendors, native plants, hanging flower baskets and homestead products. Broadway Brunch | 11 a.m., 8/21 Saturday | Little York Pavilion | Don’t miss this FUNdraiser for Cortland Rep, hosted by our Board of Directors and featuring cabaret-style performances by our amazing intern company! The Landlords Association of Tompkins County | 8/23 Monday | Virtual | Meetings are for members only. Rental property owners interested in these meetings are invited to join. For more information go to https://landlordsassociation.com/, email LATC@LandlordsAssociation. com , or call 607- 257-2382. Food Around the World | 3:30 p.m., 8/24 Tuesday | Virtual | Please join Nutrition educator Sarah Curless for a free Zoom cooking class series focused on different cuisines from around the globe, as well as learning about some practices around cooking and | Free Ithaca Restorative Justice Meetings | 6:30 p.m., 8/25 Wednesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | The discussions will be led by Ithaca Restorative Justice, and anyone who is interested in restorative justice is welcome to attend. The meetings will take place in-person in the Schwarz Jacobson room, but will also be available via Zoom. Questions? Contact Sophia McKissick at smickissick@tcpl.org.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 21 FROM 3:00PM TO 9:30PM
FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 10:00AM-11:30AM
Robert H. Treman State Park, Meet at Upper Treman Park | The Finger Lakes region has an outstanding geological record exposed in the local gorges. These guided walks will introduce major concepts about geology and geologic time, allowing one to interpret the geological history of the region while enjoying the beauty of our local area. (photo: provided)
Fool’s Hill, 121 Dawson Hill Road, Spencer | Head out to tSpencer for a family-friendly day of music and friends. Featuring performances by CoZmic Theo and Honker. Zach Nugent will finish the night playing the songs of Jerry Garcia and The Grateful Dead. (photo: provided)
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