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new twice-daily bus service between Ithaca and New York City looks to be on its way to operational status. Details of the “Big Red Bullet”’s proposed service have come out in city hall meetings over the past few weeks, as former Tompkins County airport manager Bob Nicholas has been shepherding through approvals for where in the city the BRB can pick up and offload for 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. departures from Ithaca for New York—though it sounds like Saturday trips will be limited to one per day. The service hopes to launch in mid to late September. At their Sept. 2 meeting, Common Council will vote on permits for the bus to stop on Green Street, in front of Urban Outfitters, after TCAT expressed their concern about a planned stop at the terminal on East Seneca Street. In Collegetown, the proposed stop is at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts. No one’s entirely happy with that College Avenue stop so if a better, less congested spot can be found than there, the Board of Public Works will have authority to make that change. That said, the tone in meetings has leaned heavily toward praise for the new bus service. As it’s been noted other buses stop in the city without permits, Nicholas has been thanked for asking for permission through the proper channels. Price and directness of travel to New York are the Big Red Bullet’s two selling points. Nicholas has said that weekday trips will be $55 one-way, $10 more on weekends, with no discount for taking a round-trip option. That’s a lower price than Cornell’s Campus2Campus “executive coach service,” which travels from campus to the Cornell Club on East 44th Street and the Weill Medical College, but costs $180 round-trip for those not affiliated with the university. The CoachUSA ShortLine has eight departures a day from Collegetown and downtown, and those itineraries call for trips of five hours, 20 minutes on average. However, with many stops, there are many chances to be awakened in Owego or Monticello, typically only a boon for the hourly smoker. And, for the device dependent traveler, CoachUSA does not guarantee its wireless Internet. Whether the BRB will offer snacks like Cornell’s service has not been confirmed or denied. Somewhere around the Cornell continued on page 4

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[Karen Baer], after the fact, made it Tompkins County very clear to me that by doing that I was interfering with the work of the office.” While a commissioner would not typically need to be consulted for a press release, in that particular instance Tompkins County Public Information Officer Marcia Lynch said that she solicited Pryor’s input on OHR’s original version of the release because it was a ver the past few weeks, one-third time-sensitive matter and she could not of the county’s Human Rights immediately reach relevant contacts at Commission has resigned. As OHR. Typically, according to its bylaws, Legislator Jim Dennis (D-Ulysses) quite aptly observed: “They’re fleeing faster than the commission’s advisory role should entail referring human rights complaints people trying to get off the deck of the to OHR, advising the legislature and Titanic.” OHR, reviewing quarterly OHR reports, First, Dave McNamara and Chair Pat and advising the county administrator Pryor resigned in separate emails sent on on the appointment of the Human Rights Aug. 7. Subsequently, Secretary Talyse Director. Hampton resigned After the in an Aug. 20 issue with the email. press release, the On what controversial was—as of a development of a month ago—a communications nine-person protocol further board, three stoked the flames departures is of discord and significant. then, midHowever, the summer, three chain of events members of the leading up to commission’s those departures is executive somewhat murky. committee—Vice According Chair Jamila to Pryor, the Simon, thenproblems began Secretary Talyse last spring, when Hampton, and she confirmed Treasurer Amos a suggested Malone—put correction on a Pat Pryor (Photo: Tompkins County Democrats) their names to a press release from four-page memo the county’s Office criticizing Pryor’s of Human Rights performance as a (OHR), for which the commission acts as chair and her role on the commission. an advisory board. The release originally The memo asserts that Pryor—a stated that the legislature endorsed the former member of both the county Gender Expression Non-Discrimination legislature and the City of Ithaca Common Act, when in fact the legislature had not Council—damaged the commission formally done so. She said that, after through her “self-motivated leadership reading the planned release, “I tried style.” The document goes on to list other to contact the office to let them know that this mistake had been found in the continued on page 5 proposed press release and the director

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he main courtroom at the Tompkins County Courthouse was at full capacity Monday, August 24, for the Bar Association’s memorial gathering for Wesley E. McDermott, who passed away Saturday at age 73. Judges, prosecutors, attorneys in private practice, and other members of the legal community all came together to mourn the loss of an attorney dedicated to defending the disadvantaged. McDermott was a tireless advocate for those in need of legal representation, and at the same time a generous mentor of other attorneys, especially those members of the criminal defense bar. Tompkins County Judge John C. Rowley called McDermott a “fighter,” who was “so skilled at lawyering and advocating on behalf of other lawyers.” Paul Tavelli, the former Ithaca city prosecutor who shared an office with McDermott for decades praised the man who spent his professional life “helping people and doing the right thing.” And Ithaca City Court Judge Scott A. Miller called Wes “one of the last of a breed of lawyers,” without whose influence Miller wouldn’t be the same. For the last five years, McDermott was the supervising attorney for the Tompkins County Assigned Counsel Program, where he mentored young (and not so young) members of the criminal defense bar, and served as a steward for Tompkins County as it became a flagship for representation of the indigent in New York State. “Wes wanted to make a difference in the legal community, and he did,” said Julia Hughes, the program coordinator Sunday. “He was such a gentleman, and just a very likeable guy. And he was always, always, always there for the underdog. He wanted to help people.” On Monday, members of the defense bar spoke in awe and respect of McDermott’s work. “Wes understood the essence of lawyering,” said Ray Schlather. “He had common sense and used the law to make life better for many people. He was honest and without guile.” James A. Baker called McDermott’s death a “great loss to the Ithaca legal community,” in an email, calling attention to a man who was “unfailingly kind and generous with his legal knowledge and experience, helping many younger lawyers to learn the ropes as they came up through the years.” One of those attorneys, Jerome Mayersak, said Monday: “Wes mentored me, and he always had time for me. [For all of us] there was never a dumb question…If you were willing to fight u g u s t

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he would be willing to help you … He is one of the finest men I have ever known.” Criminal defense attorneys William Furniss and Kristine Shaw praised McDermott Monday as a mentor even prior to his work with Assigned Counsel, as did Baker and many others. But admiration for Wes extended to prosecutors as well. Gary U. Surdell, the most senior of attorneys in the Tompkins County Office of the District

Attorney wrote by email “This is staggering.” Deputy District Attorney Andrew Bonavia attended Monday’s memorial service, as did a packed crowd of past and present prosecutors, including Cortland County District Attorney Mark Suben. Former Ithaca City Court Judge James A. Kerrigan praised McDermott in one word: commitment—“to his clients, to the law, and to the community.” Many praised his singular personality, and colorful language—which for most of the gathering was referred to in euphemisms, but which when quoted directly brought a roar of appreciation to the respectful crowd. Wes was famous for calling attorneys “kid,” but his attitude and comportment was always underpinned by a deep respect for others. John Fitzgerald, said Sunday: “He really believed that if he had the ability to help somebody, as an attorney, then you were bound to do that. He took that as a sense of duty, and of pride; if he could help, he would.” • Calling hours for Wesley E. McDermott will be held at Bang’s Funeral Home in Ithaca on Wednesday, from 4 to 7 p.m. Funeral services will be at the South Lansing Methodist Church on Thursday, at 1 p.m., with a full Military Graveside Honors at North Lansing Cemetery immediately following. —Luke

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that, but didn’t like the price,” Nicholas said. contin u ed from page 3 In new business listings for the week of Jan. Club is where Nicholas 20 to Jan. 26 published by thinks the BRB will stop the Ithaca Journal, Nasser’s in the city, or a couple address was listed as blocks away at Bryant McLean, Va., next to “Big Park, if Cornell objects Red Bullet LLC.” According to the additional traffic to his LinkedIn profile, by its club (and has any Nasser is an investmentsay in the matter). For banking associate with Citi those who can’t go more now. Before starting his than six hours without MBA, Nasser worked with stepping foot in an Urban Agrium for two-plus years, Outfitters, one can leave over the time of the Arab the one on Green Street Spring, on a $1.8 billion and upon disembarking natural gas plant in Egypt the bus, enter one that is at such tasks as “Initiating a neighbor to the Cornell Bob Nicholas a company-wide project to Club. assess and manage the risks The idea of the Big of public outrage against Red Bullet came to 2015 the plant” and “Analyzing construction Johnson School of Business graduate Ali contracts and force majeure clauses and Nasser while riding buses between Ithaca developing recommended negotiation and the city. frameworks.” • “He had done the ShortLine and didn’t like that, and he traveled on — J o s h B r o k aw Cornell’s Campus 2 Campus and liked Redbullet

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Legislator Jim Dennis (D-Ulysses) said that he wanted a roll call vote “so that it’s public knowledge that there are people who want to charge taxpayers more money for energy when we can pay 13 percent less.” Before voting against the resolution, Chock proposed delaying the vote by seven months. Mareane explained that delaying the vote could result in a higher rate. He said, “The rate is today’s rate, so we could get a different rate months from now. We are currently spending $450,000 a year on electricity. That would drop to $390,000 if we were to lock in at this rate, so the savings is significant: $60,000 a year over the life of this agreement.” He added, “If other opportunities arise during the period of this contract … there is nothing that prevents us from looking at other opportunities.” When Stein finally called the question on the motion to postpone, it failed by a wide margin, with only Chock and Kiefer voting in favor. Legislator Dan Klein (D-Danby) voiced support for the agreement, pointing out its relatively short length: “If something does happen with the energy roadmap that suggests we should look at

Greenish Energy Agreement Approved

eeting attendees could feel the electricity in the air at the Aug. 18 meeting of the Tompkins County Legislature. Well, perhaps that’s overstating it, but at the least attendees could watch the sparks fly as legislators argued over a new electricity contract for county buildings. The new contract, developed through a collective public bid process by the Municipal Electric and Gas Alliance (MEGA), would be a two-year agreement with Constellation Energy (formerly Integrys Energy Services). The agreement would take effect in September 2016, when the current contract expires. Entering into the proposed agreement at the rate offered in that contract is expected to reduce the county’s electricity bill by some 13 percent. Also, it would include the purchase of nationwide Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) to offset all of the purchased energy for the entire two-year contract. As Legislator Martha Robertson (D-Dryden) emphasized, that has also been the case for the last two county energy contracts. Legislator Carol Chock asked, “Does this contract require us to purchase a certain amount of electricity?” County humanrights contin u ed from page 3

accusations, including claims that Pryor “misuses her former political and new personal relationships in order to further her personal agenda,” that she “continues to make executive-level decisions without consulting the Executive Committee,” that she is “purposely separating the Commission from the work of the Office,” and that “there are blurred lines and conflicting witness accounts when it comes to Ms. Pryor recounting what has transpired at meetings.” The memo also said that the executive committee planned to “voice a vote of ‘No Confidence’” in Pryor. Though many of the items in the memo do not offer specifics, some provide a bit more detail. In one bullet point, the memo accuses Pryor of unilaterally making decisions to change the meeting schedule in order to accommodate Legislator Peter Stein (D-Ithaca). (However, according to the group’s bylaws, the chair is charged with both calling and presiding over the commission’s meetings.) In another example, the memo alleges that “Commission outreach efforts have been put on hold” since Pryor became chair and thus the commission has not put on certain outreach events, such as a Human Rights Awards Dinner. In an interview, Pryor alleged that

County Legislator Carol Chock (File photo)

Administrator Joe Mareane explained that it did not, noting that solar panel installation occurred during the previous energy contract, thus allowing the county to decrease its energy consumption. Both Chock and Legislator Dooley Kiefer (D-Cayuga Heights) questioned whether there was a need to enter into a new agreement immediately or whether it would be better to wait until the existing contract expires. Chock predicted that, if the county pushes for an increased use of renewable energy in the contract, the rate might go down over the next few months and thus generate even bigger savings for the county. Legislator Peter Stein (D-Ithaca) weighed in: “This is all too complicated for me to understand.”

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those efforts had been stalled by other commission members. Stein, who chairs the Health and Human Services Committee to which the Human Rights Commission reports, said, “If you look at it carefully, you’ll see that [the accusations] are vague.” In an interview about his response to the memo, County Administrator Joe Mareane said, “I don’t subscribe to their assessment.” McNamara called the memo “outrageous, false, and slanderous” and questioned whether Baer had any role in writing it, a charge she unequivocally denied in an Aug. 21 email. She declined to offer any further comment about the memo or the resignations. Likewise, the executive committee would not offer comment on the memo, although after her resignation Hampton said, “At the time there were some real concerns with the leadership of the commission and that document was created in an attempt to move forward with the work that we had all signed up to do.” Although Pryor and McNamara resigned after the memo was written, they both said they hadn’t yet seen the document at the time they offered their resignations. Regarding the reasons for her departure, Pryor said, “Given everything that was going on at the commission, I felt that I could no longer be effective.” McNamara said that he resigned because he “did not see how the Human Rights

Commission was adding value in this county.” In an Aug. 18 interview with the remaining members of the executive committee, Vice Chair Jamila Simon said, “We are sad actually that both Pat and Dave have decided to depart. We think they have made tremendous contributions and they will be sorely missed.” She refused to answer any questions about the memo or about whether anything had changed to prompt such a different attitude toward Pryor since the drafting of the memo. Four days later, in an interview about her Aug. 19 resignation, Hampton said, “I had to take a close look at some of my personal and professional goals and, although it was challenging because I like to stand by my commitments, the work that we were doing had nothing to do with the mission of the commission.” She did not offer additional details, although by all accounts it seems that much of the commission’s work had become focused on resolving internal conflicts. Moving forward, the commission is now looking to replenish its numbers; a full board would be intended to include 15 members. Any Tompkins County resident interested in applying for a position on the volunteer commission can download the relevant form on the county’s website. • —Keri T

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Heard&Seen ▶ Latino Heritage Month Ideas, Latino Heritage Month, from September 15 to October 15, is just around the corner! CULTURA Ithaca, in collaboration with the Latina/o Studies Program at Cornell, is currently creating a calendar of local Latino Heritage Month events and would like to list your event! Please respond to this email with details of your event including: Name of the event; Date and Time; Location; Brief Description (one or two sentences); Sponsoring organization(s); Website or other info. Send to carolina.osorio. gil@gmail.com. ▶ Top Stories on the Ithaca Times website for the week of Aug. 19-25 include: 1) Phish Comes to Watkins Glen 2) Diving at Second Dam is Hard to Stop 3) Tburg Grad on Working at the White House 4) Candor Town Board Considers Support for Gel Fracking 5) Getting Real About Raising Chickens For these stories and more, visit our website at www.ithaca.com.

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Beware Tall Buildings in the face of and in the shadow of tall buildings, where the only major vista would be the building. We take for granted the flowering shrubs, marvels of green hills, the flow of es, the hills and the verdant streams, the views of hill and sky. mixed hardwood forest with the It is hoped that the many projects beauty of streams flowing out of that you have in mind are not under gorges, as if like spirits, gliding down to some guise of false benefit of urban the lake … The skies with mountains of density (with all the problems it has had clouds by day and gathering the dazzle for other cities); or not money driven, of colors and gentle lights at sunset … By instead of done with the consideration of night perhaps moon rising over Ithaca’s Ithaca’s inhabitants or those Commons where happy visiting her. “If you are diners sit in open cafés It should not be given … How lucky we are for that these changes are not careful, it simply inevitable. What such joyful and romantic scenes and scenery. The is needed is creative Commons has long been a would be easy to and thoughtful change. tourist destination (as are a challenge of mess this up.” Embrace other places, such as the positive planning where a various falls, the colleges, little extra effort can make and the farmers market). something nicer. A unique place, this Ithaca, with For years a drive on King Road to so many green spaces pushing into her 96B would have a view of distant hills— (such as Six Mile Creek, Ithaca Falls or that is until the hotel popped in there. Buttermilk Falls). Better planning would have been not to This precious thing, this Ithaca, place it at the intersection, but further something with which to be well pleased, down 96B, thus making the landscape something to be preserved … view inclusive to all and not exclusive Surely those understandings must to a very few. Any of this planning may have been behind planners of the past— well want to consider an inclusive public in zonings and height requirement … for element—walkways, gardens and other if you are not careful it would be easy to features. mess this up. Without careful planning of The ill placement of a structure or locations, size, height and placement of its imposing height would detract from buildings the risk is that Ithaca’s charm, or obscure the visual picture to the eye. continued on page 7 Quality of life would be diminished “I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills from which cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.” (Psalm 121: 1,2)

The DMV Does It Right By St e ph e n P. Bu r k e

once heard a guy in New York City say that one of life’s headaches he doesn’t mind so much is going to the Department of Motor Vehicles. Of course, this is generally a time-consuming, frustrating trip, but this guy lived in Manhattan, and liked the fact that at the DMV he’d see a guy in Italian shoes and suit, owner maybe of an Audi, in line behind a guy in nylon shorts and sneakers, owner maybe of a hooptie. No one cares about your BMW at the DMV, where everyone is equal, just another person with paper, and even the wealthiest guy on Wall Street can get a window shut in his face at break time. This perverse pleasure does not exist in Ithaca, home of the best DMV in the state, if not the world. I was there last week. I was scrapping a car, buying a new one, and changing registration and plates. I was on my way to work, but had a little extra time, and thought, let’s see what these guys can do in half an hour. I knew our DMV was good, but hadn’t been there in years, and wondered if they were still so good. They are. I was there 15 minutes, and early to work. I walked in to absolutely no line. When you walk into any place starting with the words “New York Department of ” something, you expect a line. Instead I found a clerk at an empty window, waving at me and calling me forward. I had much of my paperwork ready, but not all of it, I told the clerk. She asked for the papers. She looked at them and asked questions and filled in the blanks. Done. She asked me if I wanted copies. What makes this DMV different? Like many things, it involves money.

Some years ago, the state of New York started muscling in on some revenueproducers that had previously belonged to the counties. The DMV racket was one. Somehow, Tompkins County resisted, averting the trend, and maintaining its own office. Here, I believe, it is the county making the money, and giving Albany a share, not the other way around. At least that’s the lore I remember. It seemed verified when I paid my bill with a check. I asked the clerk, do I make the check out to Department of Motor Vehicles? “No,” she said. “Tompkins County Clerk.” Money motivates a lot of things, but it doesn’t necessarily generate excellence. At the Tompkins County Clerk’s Department of Motor Vehicles (let’s give top billing where it’s due, if not exactly official), it does. Sure, they want to nem the gelt. They want to keep lines moving and business humming, because it is profitable. The thing is, they don’t have to be this good. It’s not like you’ll come back tomorrow because it was good. It’s not a lunch stand. You’ll come back when you have to. And there is nowhere else to go. But the office seems to care about quality. Think how especially difficult this work is in Tompkins County. With the colleges, there are thousands of young people here who were never responsible for a car before. With Cornell, there are people here from every nation on earth, just arrived in the U.S., dealing with new laws and language. None of these things pertain to me, and I still needed help with my paperwork. And still there was no line last week at the local DMV. Maybe money talks, but you have to figure skill and professional pride have a say in it, too. •

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In his review of the current exhibition “Imprint/In Print” at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum at Cornell, Arthur Whitman refers to screen printing as a technique that “came into its own as a fine arts medium during the Pop era of the 1960s.” What he failed to mention was that the seminal figure in the popularizing of screen printing during that period was local artist and writer Steve Poleskie. His Chiron Press was the first workshop dedicated exclusively to fine art screen printing in New York City; as is recorded in many articles and art history books, including a recent article on Huffington Post. During his time in New York, 1962 to 1968, Poleskie introduced such artists as Rauchenburg, Warhol, 6

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a different way of doing this … we did not lock ourselves in for a long time, simply two years and we guarantee that we will save money in those two years.” Ultimately, the legislature approved the agreement, with only Chock and Kiefer opposing. Chock asked that the reasons for her dissent be noted, saying that she believed rates had the potential to go down further. Legislator Mike Sigler (R-Lansing) argued, “I’m going to object to that because that’s not why you were against it. You wanted the energy to be greener.” In an impressive display of their ability to argue at length over absolutely anything, the legislature actually failed to approve minutes from the previous meeting. The discussion began when Kiefer objected to one portion of the minutes, saying that a member of the public’s comments had been misrepresented. Initially, she asked that staff check records to clarify what exactly the member of the public said. Although he conceded that members of the public might wonder, “Why on earth are we debating the minutes yet again?” Legislator Will Burbank (D-Ithaca) also said that he felt that the comments had been misrepresented. Dennis said, “I think it’s shameful that we would cut down another tree to reprint these minutes one more time.” After various questions about process, the legislature voted on whether to postpone discussion of the minutes. Although that failed by a 5-7 vote, the minutes themselves then failed to pass by a 6-5 vote. •

Poland, has 55 copies of Poleskie prints, the largest collection in Europe, and closer the home the Hobart College Art Gallery has 33 prints. And the H. F. Johnson, thanks to the gift of a portfolio by the SUNY system that happened to include a Poleskie among other well-known artists, has one.

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along that road have, in a way, been the he first time I covered the Town of measuring stick for my life. When I first Candor—at the October 2013 town board meeting—I thought everyone began driving that road, my life was not in a great place. I was still on parole, would hate me. I was an outsider and a and my time in the car was largely spent liberal, I’d just gotten out of prison, and I worrying. A few months later, I found looked rather obviously out of place with myself thinking about how glad I was that my biker boots, all-black attire, and facial I’d moved up from freelancing and gotten piercings. I thought that Candor would a full-time job. By the end of last year, my hate me. thoughts turned to how wonderful it was I was. So. Wrong. to have finally graduated and then to how At that first town board meeting, happy I was to have gotten a promotion to Supervisor Bob Riggs strolled right up and introduced himself with his Louisiana web editor. I have often found myself driving drawl, handing over a business card with along, grinning for no apparent reason, his cell phone number and instructing me to call whenever I had questions, anytime. He meant it. He was always there to answer my calls and my many questions and eventually he friended me on Facebook. I thought, “Oh no!” I was afraid if I accepted his request he would learn about my past and stop being friendly. My page includes posts of articles others have written about me, articles I’ve written about prisons and addiction, and occasional comments from people I met behind bars. In Keri in her usual basic black. (Photo provided) accepting his request, I knew that he’d learn I’d served prison time for a just feeling grateful for how much my drug charge. life has improved from where I was five I took a chance and accepted the request anyway—and later when we talked years ago. This week, as I drove back from Candor after the Candor school board he told me how impressed he was by what meeting, I was grinning again … but I was I’d overcome. I was moved (and relieved) also crying. That was my last drive back by his openness and acceptance. from Candor; as of August 28, I will be an As I began freelancing more for employee at the New York Daily News. the paper and began meeting more I will miss this area dearly. I’ll Candorites—and eventually many miss the small-town gossip, I’ll miss Spencerites and Newfielders—I found the community gatherings, I’ll miss the that I met a lot of people like Bob. I met random free cookies at meetings. And I’ll wonderful people like Ed Brown, Eric miss my wonderful editor and best friend, Halstead, Erika Brown, Jeff Hart, and Jim Glynis Hart. She gave me a chance at a Loomis, and they all went out of their time when not a lot of other people would way to make my job easier. Then I started covering the Tompkins County Legislature and, without her, I surely wouldn’t be moving on now. and found the same thing there when I So before I go I should put this in met people like Joe Mareane and Dan print: Glynis, I will miss lots of things Klein and Jim Dennis. about the Ithaca Times and Finger Lakes In the process of meeting all these great people, I’ve spent a lot of time on the Community Newspapers. I will miss free donuts on Wednesdays, I will miss June’s road. Unlike Route 34/96—which seems narrow, curvy, and patently unsafe—Route cheery smile when I come in, I will miss what passes for my desk (even though 96B is a beautiful drive home. The trip starts with nice views of the rolling hills of I’m never there), and I will miss Bill and Josh (and his interesting fashion choices) Candor and ends with a sweeping vista of Cayuga Lake. It’s the sort of road for doing and Mike and everyone at the office. I will miss Candor, Spencer, and Newfield, but some serious thinking. I will miss you most of all. You cannot be Thus, every month, as I drove replaced. home from Candor town board, I found myself thinking about where my life was -Keri Blakinger, Union City, N.J. and where it was going. My thoughts

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In June the city Board of Public Works rejected the Hot Truck’s request to move to a new location, which would have been a exception to the new food truck law. We recently got this comment on our June 9 article: Too bad. Many cities with historic (over 50-year old) businesses have found a way to enable their visitor-drawing landmarks to adapt to survive. City visitor revenues associated with returning former residents intent on patronizing historic establishments could be lost, as well as the associated jobs. There are only a small proportion of food service businesses in the City that draw the intense level of long-time loyalty that the Hot Truck has among generations of customers. Few other institutions are able to claim they are the reason visitors decide to return to Ithaca. Cornell University would have to admit that attendance, spending and donations associated with its reunions would be less if the Hot Truck were no longer around. - PaulB

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appeal and uniqueness could be ruined. Concluding, here is a fragment from H.P. Lovecraft that reads:

When age fell upon the world and wonder went out of the minds of men; when grey cities reared to smoky skies tall towers grim and ugly, in whose shadow none might dream of the sun or of Spring’s flowering meads; when learning stripped Earth of her mantle of beauty, and poets sang no more save of twisted phantoms seen with bleared and inward-looking eyes; when these things had come to pass, and childish hopes had gone away for ever, there was a man who traveled out of life on a quest into the spaces whither the world’s dreams had fled (Azathoth, 1922)

We are not at that place yet, but where do we go from here? More and taller? We are dealing with hopes and dreams—an Ithaca with what should be considered priceless beauty. Be sensitive to the shadows you would cast and the visuals that would be taken away and the beauty and the dreams that would flee with them.

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The Town of Candor is discussing a request to do hydraulic fracturing for natural gas (Candor Chronicle, August 19) in the town using propane rather than water. There is a reason Gas Companies show only a side view of the drilling operation in their promotional imaging, it looks so neat and tidy, safe even… They don’t show 3D perspective in proportion either… And when they frack they often do a 5 mile area, which for this town without a stoplight would about fill about 1/4th the space of… Now I might be off some, but in proportion, if a mile fracked where to be sized in proportion to a football field- 100yds x 100yds, the pipe the gas would be sucked out of the ground would be about the size of the ink holder inside a bic pen stuck into the middle of the square field… Just how would all of that gas know to go up into that Bic Pen from all under that field? Would be interesting to see it in full perspective just how this would really work safely, given the number of people in the township that have well water… Lets hope this isn’t a choice prompted by GREED over the SAFETY and well being of a community that has so many people using well water on their properties… As a well owner, this really concerns me more then the possible profit it could provide the few land owners it would benefit… - Artworks of Candor –

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arlier this year, I became a proud uncle to my first nephew, Ryan Nocella. Looking at the size of his hands following his birth, I jokingly offered a prediction: “He’s going to be a quarterback.” His mother—my sister-in-law—was not amused. “He’s not playing football,” she said. “He can play tennis, baseball, basketball— he can swim. But he’s not playing football.” Her rationale? Football is simply too dangerous, particularly when it comes to a parent’s worst nightmare: an injury to the brain, also known as a concussion. In recent years, parents across the nation have had similar concerns, and New York State is no exception. According to the National Federation of State High School Association’s annual participation report, the statistics support the notion that fewer kids are playing football in 2015. According to information received from all states, more than one million kids participated in 11-player high school football last year—but nearly 29,000 fewer players last year when compared to 2008 (a decline of 3 percent). Furthermore, in just the last year, football had the secondlargest decline among all sports with 9,617

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football, it’s a difficult sport. It’s a lot of time and work. “The work ethic just isn’t there like it use to be,” Manwaring continued. “Any coach or athletic director is likely to say the same thing. I remember 15 years ago, kids got excited about working out in the off-season and couldn’t wait for the season to start. You’d have tons of kids who wanted to participate. Now with technology and stuff, I hate to say it, but they’re lazy.”

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Chris Hummel, a certified athletic trainer and clinical associate professor in Ithaca College’s Department of Exercise and Sports Sciences, helped put that in laymen’s terms. “A concussion,” he said, “is a mild head injury usually caused by a direct blow to the head that causes various symptoms including not limited to Photo:but Michael Nocella headache, dizziness, and fatigue. These injuries typically resolve quickly [within one to two weeks] with proper recognition and treatment.”

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fewer participants (a decline of about 1 percent in a single year) than the previous season. Locally, those numbers only become more obvious. Just around the corner in Trumansburg, varsity football was shutdown last season due to a lack of players. In order to keep some semblance of a proud football tradition

alive, the school district decided to merge with South Seneca Central Schools. South Seneca will be the “host school” in the merger, which also includes Romulus High School. Depending on whom you ask, the declining trend of football players includes several factors, from injury concerns to teenagers’ general disposition in 2015. Ithaca City School District Interim Athletic and Wellness Director Jeffrey Manwaring blames it on the latter. “The numbers have obviously gone down all over the state, and in the section,” he said. “You’ve seen some schools combine their programs because they need the numbers. I just think that, with T

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Thanks to the Internet, social media, and life as we know it in 2015, information—good and bad—is instantaneous. When it comes to concussions, this also applies. While it feels like concussions are becoming an epidemic, much of that stems from the fact that it is being reported and identified more often rather than there being more being sustained today, than say, 10 years ago. The reality is concussion numbers have remained consistent year-to-year, and any increase in numbers comes from being more informed about them and what to look for. “The awareness of concussions,” Manwaring said, “because of what has happened throughout the state in the last six, eight, 10 years, is so much greater than it was years ago. I’m not sure people understand when they hear the word ‘concussion,’ that it could [be a wide range of injuries dubbed as concussion]. I don’t think people realize everything that we classify a concussion as. Because it’s a big, wide spectrum.” –

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Ithaca High School Athletic Trainer rates of concussion,” Hummel said, Kim Bailey confirmed Manwaring’s “would include football, soccer, lacrosse, assessment. wrestling, and ice hockey. In gender “In a typical year I see maybe 40 comparable sports, it appears that females concussions,” she said. “That number have a higher rate of concussions in soccer has been consistent [throughout the last and basketball. But concussions can occur several years]. But we have a lot of sports. in any sport to either gender.” That number is pretty steady. Some years “Sports where contact,” he continued, we’ll have more than others. I remember “is an inherent part of one year there was a spike in concussions the sport makes the in girls’ softball. And there was no reason mechanism of injury for for it other than being unlucky.” concussion more likely, Over at Cornell University, Assistant contact sports of football, Athletic Trainer Katy Jean Harris has men’s ice hockey, men’s been with the school for four years. Her lacrosse, and wrestling. research is focused on concussions. She But concussions can occur said the university’s athletes sustain, on when collisions occur in average, between 50 and 60 concussions a seemingly non-contact year—number that has held true in here sports like soccer and four years, and one that was told to her by basketball too.” doctors upon her arrival. She added that Added Jean Harris: the media’s coverage of concussions would “Football seems to be lead people to believe otherwise. where a lot of the focus “It’s been pretty consistent,” she said. is when discussing “You see it now more in the media because concussion, but what it’s such a big topic right now. I think that’s people often don’t realize a big part of the paranoid kind of feeling is wrestling, women’s that parents are getting right now. I don’t soccer, women’s and men’s mean that it’s not a necessary paranoia, but ice hockey, and men’s and more so that all they see is the bad stuff in women’s lacrosse have a the news. They don’t see that there’s more high risk too. As contact and collision concussion education and more training increase in a sport, so does the chance of for athletic trainers and coaches across the concussion, but concussions can happen line. There’s more research being done. in any sport.” So there’s a lot of good stuff going on in “The parents I’ve dealt with who are regards to concussions, concerned,” but that doesn’t get the Seemant said, same sort of press. I think “about their it’s definitely something kids taking hits to always be concerned have been in about—it’s a brain injury. sports like girls’ But as long as it’s managed lacrosse and and taken care of the way girls’ hockey. But it should be, everything I have not had a should be okay.” lot of talks with Cayuga Medical parents about Center sports medicine not letting their physician Dr. Fnu Seemant kid play football also believes the awareness because of of concussions—what they concussions or are, how they’re caused, other injuries. and how to treat them— “As far as has been a big contributor injuries go,” she to the notion that the continued, number of concussions is “there’s K i m B a i l e y & J e f f M a n wa r i n g going to be trending upward. ( P h o t o : M i c h a e l N o c e l l a) “I think it’s more some kind of awareness,” he said, “that trauma. There’s we are seeing as opposed always going to to more concussions. Before people be broken bones or fractures. But most of wouldn’t know [they had a concussion]. the injuries I see are conditioning related They would go back in [to the game], injuries—strains and pains from just not and that’s how [a more serious injury being fit for the season. We do see more would happen]. Now I think with people concussions in football; it’s just the nature being more aware and people being sent of the sport. But there are sports where straight from the field, and with the new you’ll see a high number of concussions regulations and laws from New York State, that would surprise you. In girls’ basketball everybody has to be taken out right away.” we see a lot of concussions. In girls’ lacrosse we see a lot of concussions. We do see more in football, and hockey as well.” The short answer is yes. The more detailed explanation is that all sports, and walks of life for that matter, carry risk. The argument can be made that it is “The sports where we see the highest safer to play football, or any sport, than

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it ever has been. That comes with having more knowledge, better technology (i.e. equipment), and better protocol of how to both prevent and treat concussions. In fact, New York State now has a concussion management and awareness act, which includes a “Return to Play” protocol that must be implemented. Ithaca High School

we’ve started doing here as well. It’s presumed after a concussion you have a deregulation of blood flow to the brain. Now what we do is, if early on someone is not getting better, we put the patient on the treadmill to find the heart rate where the symptoms get worse. Once we have that number, we can gradually progress it.”

i t h ac a s o c c e r p r ac t i c e ( P h o t o : M i c h a e l N o c e l l a) is no exception. “We do baseline testing on incoming freshmen,” Manwaring said. “So all of them get tested so we have a baseline on them. Then if they have some kind of head injury later on, we can use that information to figure out the degree of the injury.” Added Bailey: “It is not within our scope as athletic trainers [to diagnose concussions]. We suspect concussion. If they have certain symptoms with a mechanism of injury, then we will pull them and suspect concussions. When we suspect concussion, we then refer them to a physician. They will then say yes or no as it pertains to a concussion, and we will go from there. We always make sure they have proper fitted equipment and well-maintained equipment. We make sure the fields are in good condition. Our coaches teach the proper technique. Neck strengthening in the fitness center has shown to be effective.” Part of the reason why concussions are so polarizing is that there’s still a lot being discovered. In Seemant’s practice, they have implemented new technology and new methods to accelerate the recovery period of concussions. “Before you would hold someone out for months,” Seemant said. “Now they’ve found more problems if you stay out longer from psychological and stress problems from not being at school and not being able to talk to friends and stuff like that. In a study where patients were given two days of rest and sent back versus five days of rest and sent back, the patients with more rest had more prolonged symptoms. “I was trained in Buffalo,” he continued, “and we did treadmill testing called the Buffalo Treadmill Test which h e

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Noted Hummel: “[The treatment of] concussions is a continually evolving area. Every day we are learning more and more about the proper treatment of concussion. Education has greatly improved to combat concussions. Rules have changed in almost all sports to address both minimizing concussion risk and ensuring those that have sustained a concussion do not return too soon. There are many things that are being done in sports medicine to improve our understanding of concussion. Concussion research is being done in many areas. Sports medicine experts are studying better ways to diagnose concussions. Enhanced MRI’s and blood tests are being studied as ways to more easily diagnose a concussion rather than simply relying on signs and symptoms that an athlete reports or an athletic trainer recognizes on the sideline.” As for expert advice on holding back your child from playing football or another sport do to fear of suffering a concussion? Don’t. “I would not hold anyone back from playing any sport based on the fear of concussions,” Seemant said. “You can get any injury playing any sport. Now that we have more information, we are able to better manage patients with concussions. After three concussions, I like to have a conversation with the parents of how’d they’d like to proceed further. My cutoff is three. It’s not that you cannot [keep playing sports after three concussions], but the person has to know the risks involved.” On the other hand, when asked when his practice sees the most patients, fall—also known as football season—was Seemant’s answer without hesitation. “This is absolutely our busiest season,” he admitted. • –

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Saulnier—were drafted into the Canadian Women’s Hockey League meant that we were finally seeing some equality for women in professional hockey, but the coach kindly pointed out that the CWHL was more of a way for the players to stay sharp leading up to the next Olympics. “There is [now] a pro league in the States,” Doug said, “and I’m not sure what they will be paying the players, but it’s nice to see they’re getting it started.” According to Cornell’s website, Fulton and Jenner were both first round picks, with Fulton going second overall to the Toronto Furies and Jenner being selected fourth by the Calgary Inferno. Saulnier, who was a third round pick, will reunite with Jenner in Calgary. Doug was not surprised when his former players were drafted so high, but sadly, they will not make any big money yet. I asked him if Olympic hockey was still the Holy Grail for women, and he said, “Yes, it really is.” • • • I’d like to give a big shout out to the Ithaca Inlet Monsters, who became the first Ithaca-based youth baseball team ever to make it to the Babe Ruth World Series. The Monsters won two of five games in Janesville, Wisconsin, despite facing a collection of aces. Given they went into the tournament on an automatic bid, they did not receive a great deal of respect from the first team they faced, but they quickly proved they belonged there. As a former baseball player who learned the hard way how important it is to play a lot of games to stay competitive beyond the local scene, I commend the players, coaches and parents for hanging in there through a grueling 80-game schedule that stretches over many months. As a high school player in the ‘70s, I was pretty good around these parts, and with varsity and Legion combined, I played about 40 games per year. I arrived at college to play with and against guys who played far more, and they were clearly at least a year ahead of me. Now, as the parent of a college softball player, I know what goes into that process, and I commend the Monsters’ extended family. The Monsters were coached by Jim Merod, Jim Alise and Jeff Tonole, and the roster included Andrew Alise, Billy Block, Brad Caudill, Tilden Chao, Jackson Falk, Noel Foster, Ethan Gingerich, Holden Lazarus, Gil Merod, Mo Radcliffe, Angel Rivera-Barrett, Michael Sornberger and Quinn Tonole. • • • Fans of the Cornell men’s lacrosse program are invited to join lacrosse alumni, family and friends at the 15thannual Eamon McEneaney Memorial Golf Outing at Robert Trent Jones Golf Course at Cornell University, to be held Saturday, Sept. 12. The outing will serve as the main event of the Big Red’s Alumni, Family and Friends weekend, Sept. 11-13. Golfing and sponsorship opportunities are still available for the event. The festivities will kick off with the 2016 Big Red vs. Young Alumni Game at 7 p.m., followed by a post-game barbeque on the Tanner Terrace at 8 p.m. More info can be found at cornellbigred. com. •

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was actually very surprised to hear Doug Derraugh answering the phone this time of year, and I had to tease him a little. I said, “Doug, I saw that stellar display of hockey skills you displayed five weeks ago in the Racker Rivals Big Red fundraising game, and I am wondering

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… are you on campus today because you are a workaholic, or because you have yet to get out of the training room and your ice bath given you played so hard 25 years after your Cornell playing days?” (To be fair, Derraugh played professionally for a dozen years, so he is not what one might

call a geezer.) Doug laughed and replied, “Actually, school starts this week, and we’re back at it.” I wanted to ask Doug if the fact that three of his recent graduates—Emily Fulton, Brianne Jenner and Jillian

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fter Cheryl and Bill Barton founded Bellwether Cidery in 1999, there were explanations to be made for Cayuga Lake wine trail travelers stumbling into their Trumansburg location. “People’s first reaction was ‘What is it? Why are you doing that here in wine country?’ We had that reaction for a long time,” Cheryl Barton said. “People just had no clue about what it was. They thought we were kind of strange for doing cider.” The Bartons started making cider after a trip to Brittany, France, where they found “some of the most beautiful cider in the world.” “It was a revelation,” Barton said. “We thought ‘Why aren’t we drinking this at home?’ Once we started our business, we started to research and found an enormous hard cider history in the United States. And it disappeared almost as if it never existed.” Now, we are in what Barton calls the “very earliest days of cider taking off in the U.S.” Multiple lines of hard cider are on supermarket shelves, though usually of a sweeter flavor than the ciders made by small producers. The proliferation of cider producers around Ithaca prompted a New York Times writer to call her time here last autumn “a decadent couple of days in which cider seemed to appear in every

possible form.” There are people coming into Bellwether now, Barton said, who might expect a sweet, Woodchuck-style cider, but they now know of cider. She attributes this in large part to the adventurous drinkers growing the craft beer movement and really, the “whole craft everything movement.” “Whether it’s foods or the makers vibe that seems to be going on in the world at the moment, it certainly has attracted people to the cider world. You can make great cider at home. Lots of different things have contributed to cider returning to table as something that’s not strange, but familiar and welcome.” Melissa Madden and Garrett Miller of Good Life Farm have seen knowledgeable people coming through the doors of the Finger Lakes Cider House since it opened this past May in Interlaken. They have the products of five cideries available for tasting and sale. “There are those who know cider and seek us out; those who know sustainable farming and seek us out; those who are on the wine trail and are intrigued; and those who find us because of events and our Friday night dinners,” Madden said. “Because of the work done over the past 10 years of exponential regional cider growth, we have this diversity of customers on a daily basis.” Enthusiasts of consuming locally-made T

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Barber from Hell Returns to Old London By Barbara Ad am s

he Demon Barber of Fleet Street returns with a vengeance in Auburn’s Merry-Go-Round Playhouse current production. Among the darkest of musicals and the most musically stirring, multiple awardwinning Sweeney Todd is the story of a wronged man who turns grieving into madness and becomes a serial killer. Returning to London after decades of exile in Australia, the rough exconvict becomes a barber again. He sets up business above the grungy pie shop of a Mrs. Lovett, whose wares are foul, but about to get fouler: Todd slits the throats of unsuspecting patrons and dumps the bodies down into the basement. There Mrs. Lovett makes a newly delectable mincemeat for her pies, and both parties prosper. This infamous story is part historical, part urban legend; such cannibalistic business enterprises appeared in England, France, and lately in Brazilian empanadas. But let’s get beyond the gore. Listed as a “musical thriller,” this show is really a tragedy—a tale of innocence and wickedness, the powerless and the powerful, action fated to self-destruction. A younger Sweeney Todd had a virtuous and beautiful wife whom the local judge coveted; he exiled her husband to have his way with her. Now, decades later, the judge is the ward of their daughter, the new object of his lust. Certainly enough

to drive a man mad. Sweeney Todd’s revenge goes beyond scheming to kill the judge; his tortured vision eventually encompasses all cursed mankind. As Act One ends, he cries, “We all deserve to die”—his ultimate dark creed. In contrast to his twisted high-mindedness is Mrs. Lovett’s cheerful opportunism, practicality, and conventionality. Their odd pairing is the source of the show’s welcome comic moments. Director Igor Goldin has marshaled (and handsomely staged) enormous talent here, starting with the design. Czerton Lim’s striking two-level set is an abandoned pie tin factory, all concrete and metal, disturbingly dingy. Not a detail is missing, from high filthy windows and overhead ductwork to grim oven below— straight from your worst nightmare. Lim’s versatile set—effectively lit by Ben Hagen—serves as Todd’s and Lovett’s shops, the judge’s home, his court, an insane asylum, and the streets of London—all equally sinister, which is the point. Goldin has “updated” the tale to post-World War II, the most significant effect being Tiffany Howard’s costuming, which puts the street and factory women in grey tailored suit-dresses, suggesting automatons. With such a rich set, the tale has only to unfold. And happily this large cast is consistently vocally strong, both principals and ensemble. Sondheim’s

compelling music ranges from haunting to romantic, with a good dose of the comical (delightful earworms like “Pirelli’s Miracle Elixir” and “Have a Little Priest”). Jeff Theiss’ robust backstage orchestra honors the music, as does Ryan Kilcourse’s sound design—you can understand all the lyrics. David Ludwig is an imposing and brutal Todd, monomaniacal in his vengeance. (Unfortunately, he’s the only cast member speaking without a hint of British accent, and his broad American voice proves distracting.) His enemy, Judge Turpin, seems more complex and interesting; Joseph Dellger plays him with engaging nuance. Eric Coles is excellent as Anthony, the young sailor returning with Todd who falls in Joseph Dellger and David Ludwig in Sweeney Todd (Photo Provided) love with Johanna, his daughter. evil, while James Crichton’s loyal servant Amy Griffin’s boy, Tobias, is dumb goodness itself. beggar woman aptly shreds our nerves The theme of purity corrupted is and security. Bruce Warren’s Beadle skewed, though, by Goldin’s direction of unctuously reinforces institutionalized Dani Westhead’s Johanna. Her features are modern, not ’40s; her famed long blonde hair a distressing cross between Rapunzel and Barbie; and at least one loud floral dress parodies a Chinese opera costume. Beyond the look, her behavior confuses: more flibbertigibbet than protected naif. And when, just a few scenes after vowing obedience to Turpin, she throws herself at Anthony, bare legs wrapped high around him, I thought maybe we’d switched to On the Town. Fortunately, Christianne Tisdale’s splendid Mrs. L., with her tarty-sweet face and gravelly voice, is so quirky, expressive, and winsome that she overpowers any inconsistencies in this well-sung production. If you’ve never experienced Sweeney Todd, now’s the time. • Sweeney Todd. Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Hugh Wheeler. Starring David Ludwig and Christianne Tisdale. At Merry-Go-Round Playhouse, Auburn. Through Aug. 8.

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Campuses Get Real About Sexual Consent From the federal to the state to the Campus level, the system changes to protect women from Assault By Michael Nocella

reventing rape and other forms of sexual assault at colleges has become a hot button issue in the wake of the Obama administration’s “It’s On Us” campaign. In September 2014 the White House described it as “an awareness campaign to help put an end to sexual assault on college campuses.” In December 2014 New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that all SUNY schools would be adopting a uniform sexual assault policy for all campuses. That policy defined consent as an affirmative voluntary agreement between all participants: Consent is active, not passive,” the policy states. “Silence or lack of resistance cannot be interpreted as consent.” More locally, colleges such as Cornell University, SUNY Cortland and Ithaca College have embraced initiatives such as the Sexual Harassment and Assault Response and Education (SHARE) program, which is a one-stop resource available to all students who are dealing with sexual misconduct of any kind, and the national Rape Aggression Defense program (RAD), which is designed to combat sexual assault statistics via

balancing “the needs of women to acquire self defense education in a relatively short period of time, with the lifelong commitment required for physical mastery,” according to the RAD website. The RAD program is returning to Ithaca College following their launch of SHARE last fall, and this summer’s incoming students will be the first to receive a required orientation session on sexual harassment and assault. According to IC’s website, that training includes interactive discussion around sexual violence, consent, crime reporting and disclosure, confidential, private and third party reporting, victim rights, bystander intervention and multiple prevention strategies. Ithaca College Title IX Coordinator Tiffani Ziemann said the evolution of sexual consent law on college campuses, and the amount of attention it’s receiving in today’s culture, is new territory. “There’s definitely [been] an increase in awareness in the last year to 18 months,” she said. “Students have been talking about the issue a lot more. It’s [being received] not necessarily as ‘What’s going on, why should we care about this?’ but [instead] the students are getting really invested in

it. There’s little pockets, little groups that this has been their issue for a really long time, but now there are other students on campus increasing that conversation, which is great. I would say our reports have gone up, because more people are aware of their options. It’s not just ‘Oh, I should say something if I was raped in the traditional sense.’ If someone is making someone else feel uncomfortable, there’s a climate where students are more aware and talking about that more.” Making someone feel uncomfortable can now be called a “microaggression.” “There’s a couple of different components,” she continued. “One is how we respond to the complaints when they happen, and the other is how are we educating students about other options, definitions and things of that nature. As far as how we respond, at least judicially, we were already on par with some of the regulations. So that was already in place. As far as code of conduct, we were already there. And then with the education pieces, [the new sexual consent law] has definitely increased our need to raise awareness on campus. We’ve increased how much time we spend on orientation, what we talk about in orientation, and the past year T

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or so with affirmative consent, we really increased the time that we spend on those topics and getting the word out on campus to increase everyone’s conversation about it. So that has been a big focus for our campus, and I think all campuses.” According to the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center, one in four college-age women will be the victim of sexual assault during her academic career. Furthermore, the United States Department of Justice estimates that almost 25 percent of college women have been victims of rape or attempted rape since the age of 14, and according to the White House Council on Women and Girls, only 13 percent of students who are sexually assaulted report the crime to authorities. Ziemann said creating a level of comfort on the topic, and the action, needs to be cultivated to raise such numbers. “The reason all of this is so important is students need to be able to go to college and feel safe at college. Unfortunately things happen that make them feel unsafe or feel like they can’t be on campus and get an education. And so, (a) it needs to become less taboo to talk about sex and continued on page 22 u g u s t

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Ivy-Covered in the ‘60s Cornell Coed gives personal account of a weird time By Bill Chaisson

went to college in the late 1970s and early ‘80s. What a difference a decade makes. Anita H. Harris graduated from Cornell in 1970 and her Ithaca Diaries: Coming of Age in the 1960s is a chronicle of her four years of travail at an Ivy League institution where coeds were outnumbered four to one and the campus was exploding with political activism. Her college experience is almost unrecognizable to a non-Baby Boomer,

and that is what makes reading the book so intriguing. If you read about the 1960s as a history of movements and upheaval, you can say to yourself, “We have movements and upheaval, too.” But when you get a first-person account that chronicles the quotidian details of a woman’s daily life, and she juxtaposes them abruptly within the narrative against the headlines of the day—both on and off campus—you

experience how innocent these young people were compared to the social changes that were being wrought by drugs, social movements like feminism and black liberation and global politics in the form of the Vietnam War and the wars in the Middle East. Because Harris is Jewish, the last gets rather more mention than it might otherwise. Ithaca Diaries is not literally a transcription of Harris’s written account

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of her undergraduate years, but given the level of detail provided, the narrative is obviously heavily dependent on an actual day-to-day record, from which she does regularly quote at length. The author has also made the brave decision to reproduce her own perspective, as it would have been between the ages of 17 and 21, rather than writing it as a fond and wise look back, which would have been less embarrassing. Harris, you see, is a neurotic. She states this repeatedly in her diary and demonstrates it abundantly in her candid description of her behavior. In the spring of her freshman year, Harris’s parents set up an appointment for her with a psychiatrist in her hometown of Albany.

I’m seeing Dr. C. because I am upset and anxious. You have political stuff escalating, you have craziness of the dorm, you have drugs and weirdness and the violence on campus, you have Harv [her boyfriend] the motorcycle guy in the green felt Robin Hood hat who is mixed up, oversexed and on drugs telling me he is going to kill himself if I don’t sleep with him and that I am the one who is nuts, plus now the college mental health service thinks I see penises everywhere.

She describes several somewhat dysfunctional relationships with men and friendships with women. Some of the difficulty stems from Harris’s hanging back as her peers plunge ahead into the social revolutions that are going on around them. She holds on to her virginity until her senior year; her participation in political activism increases slowly and she finally leads a demonstration literally on her graduation day; although she is popping prescribed Librium (more of it through the years), she doesn’t get stoned until her senior year. Harris occasionally describes some predicaments that are very of-the-time, like being refused birth control at the university clinic because the nurse decided she is too young to have sex and, less dramatically, having to change from jeans into a skirt to go to a friend’s house to have dinner and then having to borrow jeans in order to go on a spontaneous outing to Stewart Park. Less well-heeled readers will be struck by the fact that Harris is never gainfully employed (even during the summer) until her final semester in college. She travels widely and often, goes shopping when she gets upset, and depends regularly on family connections to get where she needs to go. All of this would be easier to hold against her were she not so unselfconscious and unapologetic about it. Readers of Resister by her older peer activist Bruce Dancis will be interested to see the same events depicted by Harris in a much less self-interested way. Her coda à la Animal House tells you where all these yahoos are today. Hilariously, many of the most self-involved undergrads are in positions of great responsibility today. §

Get Some Earth Time Cornell and Ithaca College maintain natural lands By Clara MacCarald

thaca College Natural Lands Paul Corsi, an Ithaca College student in environmental studies, first experienced the IC Natural Lands through courses in his department that used the lands for classwork and research. Now, even though he is a paid intern working for Natural Lands, he still likes going out on his own. He particularly likes a large loop in the South Hill Natural Area East, which weaves through patches of habitat that were once farmland. In 2004, IC designated the 560 acres of the natural lands on property they already owned. Two parcels, South Hill Natural Area East (67 acres) and South Hill Natural Area West (365 acres), are adjacent to IC while the other two, the IC Natural Resource Reserve (46 acres) and the Bob Robinson Family Preserve (82 acres), are located southwest of campus in the town of Newfield. Jake Brenner, faculty manager of the Natural Lands, said there are some regionally significant plant assemblages within the Natural Lands, including oak heath and swamp-white-oak communities. There are also a few rare and unique plants, three mitigation wetlands, groves of trees over 200 years old and more. Old fields and young forests found at South Hill West offer opportunities to study habitat regeneration. IC restricts access to the two reserves located away from campus, which have no marked trails and are used mainly for research and teaching. Students and members of the public are welcome to hike the reserves adjacent to IC, a total of 435 acres. Brenner said he would like to see more people using the land in diverse ways, but the biggest barrier to general visitors is a scarcity of on-campus parking. He is currently working on securing more parking spots. To increase accessibility for those with mobility issues, the Civil Engineering Society Chapter at Cornell University is helping design

wheelchair-accessible trails, although Brenner said the ridge trail on South Hill East would continue to be a rugged experience. Along with recreation, education, preservation and research, the land is also intended for production, including some limited logging in the IC Natural Resource Reserve. Other activities are focused on non-timber resources. The studentrun South Hill Forest Products, which Corsi was involved with last semester, produces maple syrup, honey and edible mushrooms. Corsi particularly enjoyed boiling maple sap into syrup, a 48-hour or longer process that required round-theclock shifts of students hanging around a campfire. “It really makes you feel like part of the community, chopping wood at three in the morning,” Corsi said. The IC Natural Lands employ two interns year-round, usually juniors or seniors, and these interns mentor 15 or more volunteers during the school year. “The interns are kind of the voice of wisdom and knowledge,” Corsi said. He volunteered under previous paid interns before entering his current leadership position. The paid interns also participate in day-to-day operations along with longer-term projects. For example, this summer Corsi and Tori Chamberlin, his fellow intern, helped with outreach and trail usability by designing a new website for the natural lands, connecting related social media, and rearranging the main kiosk. They planted 200 American chestnut for a reintroduction program and controlled Japanese stiltgrass, an invasive plant that grows in dense thickets, as part of wetland mitigation efforts. Chamberlin has been organizing the annual Fall Fest and seasonal photography contests. Students are always heavily involved in the natural areas, and Brenner is happy to hear from individuals or groups with ideas or just the desire to join in.

Sapsucker Woods is filled with wetlands to provide a variety of bird habitats. (Photo: Brian Arnold)

While some students only experience the Natural Lands during a guided nature tour in their first year, others, like Corsi, experience the Natural Lands several times during their coursework. A few wilderness-themed classes have no designated classroom and meet regularly in the Natural Lands. In 2012, students collaborated with the faculty to create interpretive literature for a self-guided nature trail in South Hill East. That same year, students in a land management class with Brenner developed the long-term management plan which guides use of the Natural Lands. Cornell Natural Areas Most of the Cornell Natural Areas are part of Cornell Plantations, which manages over 40 natural area preserves covering 3,400 acres and including about 50 miles of trails. A handful of the Natural Areas are located on campus, including those surrounding the spectacular Cascadilla and Fall Creek gorges. Cornell acquired the preserves at various times with the aim of providing high quality natural systems for research and teaching. Todd Bittner, Director of Natural Areas at Plantations, explained that the collection contains all the different types of natural communities found in the

Finger Lakes region, including humaninfluenced communities such as old fields and evergreen plantations. Descriptions and directions to the Natural Areas can be found on the Plantations website along with an interactive map showing select trails which hikers can access using mobile devices. While there is plenty to see on campus, including some remnants of oldgrowth forests in the Fall Creek South Natural Area, Bittner also recommended three off-campus Natural Areas, starting with Monkey Run, a 500-acre preserve on Fall Creek linked to campus by the orange-blazed Cayuga Trail that starts at Stewart Avenue. The trail passes through Natural Area trails along Fall Creek. Monkey Run itself is a birding hotspot popular for hiking, skiing and canoeing. Edwards Lake Cliff Natural Area in Lansing has a newly re-marked trail and can be seen on the Plantation’s searchable map (cornellplantations.org/our-gardens). There’s a gorge and waterfall in the southern end, but the really unique feature is one of the few undeveloped lakefronts on Cayuga Lake. For the botanically minded, the site has what the Plantations continued on page 22

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Getting It Used

Different Thrift Stores for Different wardrobes By Josh Brokaw

he student, since the modern university’s inception, is supposed to carry on traditions that include study of the classics, raising hell with the townfolk, and living in crushing poverty. Alas, sleeping under nothing but an

overcoat with a candle for one’s white light and heat is nothing but a Russian novelist’s dream these days, with college carrying a $50,000 per annum price tag. Our society eliminates the poor living conditions during undergraduate years in favor of

penury during your later 20s. We can only hope that imitating a Raskolnikov’s nihilistic 19th century deeds in the search for “authentic expression” has also gone out of fashion. What is in fashion among the progeny of the petit bourgeois in our times is a taste for garments that have seen some wear. And so we present to you, poor or poor-mouthing student, a brief guide to used clothing options in the fair city of Ithaca. Your two most affordable bets are the Salvation Army Family Store and the Thrifty Shopper, located across from one another on Elmira Road (Route 13). That’s the suburban shopping stretch on the southwest side of the city that looks like so many other American commercial landscapes. Both of these stores support local shelter options and offer clothes that are priced as if they were donated for free, along with other standard thrift store fare that can be useful in a college setting, like kitchenware—buying new glasses and mugs is silly when you drink liquor that comes in plastic jugs—framed pictures of animals, many versions of the latest bomb by J.K. Rowling and the album Whipped Cream by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. Clothes will run you anywhere from a couple bucks for T-shirts to a few dozen bucks for the really nice stuff, like a good coat or dress. Pants are in the $5 to $7 range, mostly, and a blazer can be had for $10 or less. For those who like to be known as “that woman who always wears black” or some such appellation, the Salvation Army sorts clothing by color. As with any thrift store, having stranger tastes and visiting more often give you a greater chance of “sweet find!” success. The Thrifty Shopper offers “30/50” sales weekly, which are 30 percent off one tag color and 50 percent off another, with occasional half-off blowout sales on

a seasonal basis. It’s open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9 to 9 on Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday. The Salvation Army has 49 cent sales on Mondays that include all clothing but one tag color, and Wednesdays are Family Days – clothing, shoes, and books are half off. It’s open Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Two other used clothing stores in Ithaca are Trader K’s, which has locations at 119 E. State St. on the Commons and at 15 Catherwood Drive in Lansing, and Plato’s Closet, a chain reuse store with its location in the Lowe’s plaza on the Southwest strip. Both of these stores buy used clothing for cash or store credit, and so tend to have newer material with higher prices than the donation-based thrifts. If you are someone who really likes the striped or plaid shirts, the baby dolls or jumpers of last season or whatever Hollister or American Eagle were selling to impressionable youths last year, these places are better bets for relatively unworn versions of such styles. Jackets, designer pants and jeans and shoes can be pretty affordable, in the $10 to $20 range, but more isn’t out of the question depending on condition, brand and style. Trader K’s is open on the Commons Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., and on Catherwood Drive on Sundays from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday to Thursday from 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Plato’s Closet is open 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sundays. For non-clothing options on resale options, check reusetompkins.com and watch the Ithaca Times for an upcoming feature on the crazy stuff those stores have got for you. §

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Getting It Fixed

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When Your Device breaks, Don’t chuck it, get It repaired By Keri Blakinger

ast December, just after moving back Elmira Road, Gadget Repair Pro is a new addition to the fix-it market in Ithaca. to Ithaca, my computer broke. With Brandon Galbreath just opened the no warning, it suddenly refused to business on April 18. Although their main turn on. As a journalist, my computer focus is cell phones and tablets, Gadget is pretty much my lifeblood, so I was Repair Pro also fixes computers. Because predictably distraught. I’d lost my stories they have a large inventory of replacement for the week! parts, they boast a quick turnaround time. My first stop was the chain store at Nick Cascioli, a repair technician and which I’d purchased the computer. They the store manager, said that computers said they could fix it and backup the data … for $450. It would take a few weeks. My are usually fixed within “several” hours and cell phones usually within a couple second stop—on the recommendation of hours. “And,” he said, “we’re also one of a long-time Ithacan—was The Computer the only places in town that does a 90Room. They fixed it on the spot for $75. day warranty. We get a warranty for parts Moral of the story? Listen to the locals. from our suppliers, so we extend it to If you’re new in town, finding the customers.” right gadget fix-it place can be tricky, but here’s a run-down of just a few of the options out there. The Computer Room: The aforementioned Computer Room is located at 610 W. State St., next to Maxie’s Supper Club. The store has been around in one form or another since the early ‘90s, but it’s been on State Street for about a decade now. Though the storeowner is Ben Heller, typically if you stop by for a repair you’ll Neal Racinowski of The Computer Room (Photo: Brian Arnold) find Neal Racinowski behind the desk. While Heller primarily deals iDevice Ithaca: In explaining the with network infrastructure and wiring company’s strengths, Glenn Smith, who jobs, Racinowski does a lot of the day-tofounded iDevice Ithaca in 2008, said, day repairs. “We do pretty much anything “We are a certified Apple developer, so computer-related,” Racinowski said. “We typically our forte is Apple products, don’t work on tablets or phones at this point, but laptops, desktops, small business but we fix everything. Literally, we have people come in with electric guitars and networks, network wiring, general smalllamps and all manner of strangeness.” As a business support and the average Joe who certified developer, Smith’s store develops walks in off the street.” Normally, The iOS codes to submit to Apple for use in Computer Room estimates three to five phones and laptops they release. In terms days for repairs, but some problems can of product repair, like Gadget Repair Pro, just be fixed on the spot. iDevice Ithaca boasts a quick turnaround The Computing Center: The Computing Center, located on Thornwood time. Smith said, “We like to get stuff done the same day whenever possible, but that Drive near the airport, is the fix-it place depends on when the individual brings in for the Cornell Store. Thus, if you’re the device. For computers, I’d say 24 hours on campus and take your computer in or less. For handheld devices usually less for repairs, it’ll get shipped over to The Computing Center. The company has been than an hour.” The store is located at 171 E. State St. in business since the late 1970s, when Fennec Fox Tech Repair: Another Larry and Joe Baum began a computerized recent addition to Ithaca is Fennec billing company out of their mother’s Fox Tech Repair, on Dryden Road in Willow Avenue home. Now, the company Collegetown. The store is named for a type is no longer in Mom’s basement and of fox common in northern Africa, which the focus is on repairing computers and is where the store’s owner comes from. printers as well as providing servers for businesses. They’re an authorized warranty Fennec Fox opened just about four months ago, and they do everything from phones repair center for Apple, Dell, Hewlett Packard and Xerox. Estimated turnaround to computers, and even tablets. They offer a 90-day guarantee on a lot of their work times are usually two to seven days. and are open six days a week. § Gadget Repair Pro: Located on

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bodies behind the microphone producing here are three community radio shows with local content. The schedule is stations in Ithaca, if you define generally but not strictly divided between “community” as those stations daytime talk shows and evening music largely run by volunteers and independent • Rebuilt • Sold programs. of corporate affiliation. In two cases, • Reconditioned • Moved “Like public radio, WRFI is nonWVBR-FM (95.3) and WICB-FM (91.7), • Bought • Tuned commercial, ” said station manager Felix these are student-run stations at Cornell Complete rebuilding services No job too big or too small. Call us. Teitelbaum. “However, unlike many and Ithaca College, respectively. The third public and community radio stations, we station, WRFI-FM (88.1), explicitly bills NEW TION accept no underwriting, which further itself as community radio and is run by all LOCA ensures our manner of human Danby Rd.Ithaca Suite 26 HillSt., Business Park, Ithaca, NY (607) 272-6547 950 • 310 4th St., (Off• South Hancock 2 blocks from Rt. 13) independence. beings plus a few WRFI is licensed students. Tune in, Turn on, Drop in and Play Guitar! as a community “Everything station and, as heard over the such, it is our airwaves comes and more... mission to serve from a student’s and more... Outfitting strummers, pluckers, pickers and players sinceand the 1960's! our communities: hard work Watkins Glen and and more... Outfitting strummers, pluckers, pickers and playersdedication since the to 1960's! and more... Ithaca. We strive creating and and more... s and players since the 1960's! to create local maintaining our since the 1960's! 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Mon-Wed and Sat 10-5:30 Mon-Wed and Sat 10-5:30 • Songbooks Repairs Mon-Wed and Sat 10-5:30 represented WICB. “AllSun New, Used Lessons and Vintage Guitars, • Accessories • at Dewitt Mall, Ithaca • (607) 272-2602 Thu & Fri 10-8, 12-4 Used and12-4 Vintage Guitars, DewittDewitt Mall, Ithaca 272-2602 Thu New, & Fri 10-8, Thu & Sun Fri 10-8, Sun 12-4 Mall • (607) perspectives.” year round you Ukes,Lessons Banjos,www.guitarworks.com Mandolins and more! Mon-Wed and Sat 10-5:30 • Songbooks Accessories • Repairs Mon-Wed and Sat•10-5:30 cessories • Repairs Ukes, Banjos, Mandolins and more! Why gravitate toward radio, a medium can find a studentThu in the & Fristudio. 10-8, SunDuring 12-4 Thu & Fri 10-8, Sun 12-4 www.guitarworks.com rks.com that was invented over a century ago? school year, there is a DJ in the station Lessons • Songbooks •the Accessories • Repairs www.guitarworks.com Lessons • Songbooks Accessories • Repairs Vintage Guitars, Dewitt Mall, Ithaca • (607)• 272-2602 “Many are curious about the future of 24 hours a day, seven days a week. This is www.guitarworks.com andolins and more! Mon-Wed and Sat 10-5:30 www.guitarworks.com radio,” said Carney, who is a junior at different from most stations in the area Thu & Fri 10-8, Sun 12-4 Ithaca College. “What’s interesting is [that] choose to automate during the very Lessons • Songbooks • Accessories • Repairs that listenership has actually increased. early hours of the day to save money. Since www.guitarworks.com our DJs are all students and volunteers who What’s different is the way people listen. In 2015, smartphones run the game. Rather choose to be a part of WICB, we have the than hurt radio, it’s created a fantastic opportunity to have a DJ in the studio all opportunity to reach a larger, more specific day.” WICB programming is largely focused audience. Over the past several years, it has been the radio industry’s job to adapt to the on music, about evenly split between way we reach our listeners.” “modern rock” and “specialty shows.” The WICB and WVBR have their own former includes mostly the poppy end of smartphone apps. WICB is available the alternative music spectrum. Specialty through iHeartRadio, TuneIn Radio, shows include all genres of music from punk through jazz, funk, hiphop, even folk. iTunes Radio, and, of course, is streaming on WICB.org. WVBR is available through WVBR is not actually part of the TuneIn Radio and streams through its university, but is owned by the Cornell website (wvbr.com). WRFI streams Radio Guild. It is, however, entirely through its website (wrfi.org) managed by students with many shows “The technology available to the radio hosted by Cornell undergraduates. In industry in 2015,” continued Carney, contrast with WICB, Ithaca community “has allowed us to reach an unspeakable members produce much of the weekend amount of listeners around the globe, while schedule. Whereas the weekday music is at the same time remaining local to the an eclectic hybrid of classic and alternative Ithaca community. We call this “glocal”. rock, the weekend is a mix of blues, folk, and rock music of all stripes, some of them There’s no better way to reach your local community than a radio station. For distinctly esoteric. WVBR also produces talk shows, often example, you’ll never hear a satellite radio Also sponsored by: station promoting [Downtown Ithaca] focused on the Cornell community, but The Ithaca Journal occasionally turning some attention toward Apple Fest, which helps small businesses Cayuga Medical Center and local vendors.” city affairs. Music by The Blind Spots No prior radio experience is needed In addition, WVBR also manages to join the station staffs. All three provide cornellradio.com, an online-only station Fami ly Fun Day Free Movie Nights DOWNTOWN training for both on-air hosting and entirely staffed by students when it is not . . . and so much more! production. WRFI has hosted three groups automated. of interns from IC’s Park School and they WRFI is a different animal. 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IC students are encouraged to speak he town-gown divide is the stuff with Assistant Director of Community of legend. In medieval Oxford Service Don Austin or a Student scuffles between students and town Leadership Consultant in order to figure residents escalated into an all-out riot. out how to get involved in a community In Cornell: A History, 1940-2015, writers project that best matches the student’s and professors Isaac Kramnick and Glenn skills and interests. There is a volunteer Altshuler return repeated to the topic listserv that students may join in order to of relations between the university and get timely notices about opportunities to the community. The nature of tensions work in the community. varies: in the 1940s the university offered While many of the volunteer commercial services with which local opportunities at Cornell involve helping businesses had to compete. In the 1960s children in an academic context, Ithaca the Cornell chapter of the Student for a College has standing relationships with Democratic Society actively campaigned places like Cayuga Nature for the construction of Center and the Children’s low-income housing in Garden where students Ithaca. can work with children In the 21st century in a less formal setting. In both Cornell and Ithaca addition, some of these College have offices set up standing relationships to organize town-gown have nothing to do with relations, making sure child education, including that students develop a working the Durland positive relationship with Alternatives Library the Ithaca community (at Cornell), the Ithaca through a large number Free Health Clinic, and of volunteer outreach Loaves and Fishes, the programs. Since 1991 community kitchen. Cornell has maintained its Public Service Center (psc. Cornell grad student volunteering at the You can even help build local SPCA. (Photo: Clara MacCarald) local houses through cornell.edu) Community Building Many of the Cornell Works. programs set up students in a position Ithaca College also organizes where they can influence children in the “Service Saturdays” one day per month community to follow in their footsteps between October and February. The and succeed in an academic context. college promises, “By developing new, AVID (Advancement by Individual ‘place-based’ knowledge through service Determination) pairs undergraduate experience, Ithaca College students can students with schoolchildren and more thoroughly scrutinize their academic encourages the latter to not only focus foundation, and grow as communityin the classroom, but to also take part in minded scholars.” Cornell’s PSC takes a extracurricular activities at school. Big slightly different approach and publishes a Red Buddies places the undergraduates in “Hotlist” where students can find volunteer a public school classroom to serve as an situations on specific days throughout the aide to the teacher. There are more than year (including the summer). a dozen other programs that are aimed At Cornell their Community at different demographics and provide Work-study Program enables students varying roles for the students. receiving federal work-study aid to find Within its office of Student work in community non-profits, schools, Engagement and Multicultural Affairs and municipalities. Opportunities are Ithaca College has a program called available for students in the arts and social Community Service Initiatives. The sciences, but also in engineering and the explicit emphasis of South Hill program environmental fields. is slightly from the one in East Hill. Arching over all the community Ithaca College hopes “to foster a lifelong work at Cornell is the 10-year effort called commitment to civic responsibility,” “Engaged Cornell,” which was launched which is unstated at Cornell’s PSC site, in October 2014. The program, which but is strongly implied by the number is funded by a $50 million grant from of leadership programs offered that the Einhorn Family Charitable Trust, encourage students to enter public service is “charged with promoting innovation as a career. in community-engaged and real-world The College of Arts and Sciences is learning, and making those practices the a liberal arts school and isn’t necessarily hallmark of the Cornell undergraduate training its students toward a particular experience,” according to the Cornell career. In contrast, Ithaca College has a Chronicle. Engaged Cornell has seven curriculum quite focused on professional initiatives, but only is presently underway, training in a number of fields. Therefore their community service work is presented the one focused on community-engaged curriculum grants. § straightforwardly as “co-curricular.”

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talking about social justice and financial ith the arrival of thousands of sustainability. So now we’re hitting all students come thousands of hours of showers, electricity use, aspects of sustainability: people, planet and empty beer cans. Local institutions are and profit.” Similar sustainability programming doing their best to develop programming can be found at TC3, where, according to specifically geared towards instilling its website, sustainability means “meeting sustainable habits to not only make their the needs of the present without sacrificing campus as environmentally friendly as the needs of the future.” possible—but so that “At TC3,” it continues, when their students “we will strive to create a graduate, they continue culture of sustainability to to treat that other campus ensure that we have minimal known as planet Earth in negative environmental good condition as well. impact on our campus Sustainability at and our community. As a Ithaca College, according college, we will incorporate to its website (www.ithaca. sustainability into our overall edu/sustainability), has decision making regarding three inter-related aspects: purchasing of goods and curriculum and research, services, production of campus operations, and energy, construction of new community outreach. IC building, curriculum design Sustainability Programs and implementation, and Coordinator Mark Darling collaborative efforts in the said it is very simple for community.” new students—or any Pre-sustainability student behavior TC3’s website also student—to take their (Photo: Bill Chaisson) offers students information first step in becoming on recycling and compost, sustainable on campus, solar panels, and Meatless and in life. Monday, “an international movement “The first thing they need to do,” he to help people reduce their meat said, “is know how to pick up their trash consumption by 15 percent to improve and recycling. That’s the first big step in personal health and the health of the becoming a sustainable student. What planet.” TC3 additionally offers its students we’re trying to do is get them to develop a sustainability literacy program, and a what we call sustainable behaviors. So “Kill-a-Watt Loan Program,” which helps being aware of what they use—that’s why students to be aware of their electricity use. recycling and picking up trash—those More information on being sustainable at two are what we call ‘gateway behaviors,’ TC3 can be found at www.tc3.edu/about_ they lead to other conservation behaviors. tc3/sustainability.asp. Those are the big things we push. Then Over at Cornell, sustainability is we get them Eco Reps program, those are also stressed. According to its website, for students that want to be leaders in the “Cornell supports research, scholarship, environmental movement. So that’s how and the practical application of knowledge we get them started. that address one of humankind’s greatest “We’re all concerned about climate challenges: achieving a sustainable world change,” Darling continued, “and these for all.” Available classes, lab opportunities, behaviors that they adopt now will reduce Cornell’s comprehensive “Sustainable that negative impact. So doing things like Campus,” and other outreach, there are remembering to recycle, turning off the plenty of ways for students to immerse lights when you don’t need them, taking a five-minute shower instead of a 30-minute themselves in Big Red sustainability. More shower—these are all good habits they can information can be found at sustainability. cornell.edu. [adopt] that will have a positive impact Darling noted that all sustainability now and for the rest of their lives. The nice programming at colleges throughout the thing about some of these behaviors is they’ll also save you some money once you world is crucial to righting poor human habits. get use to them.” “Our lives depend on it,” Darling said. Darling added that sustainability “This is about protecting our life support programs at IC, and other colleges, systems. So those life support systems: have evolved in recent years as the food, water, air—we’re just protecting awareness for the importance of being those things on this earth that we need environmentally conscious has grown. that we all share.” “The sustainability program has been “Students may not know that miniaround since 2003,” he said, “but we’ve fridge in their room is using as much been educating people to doing these electricity as that regular size refrigerator types of behaviors here in Ithaca since at their parents house. So it’s our job to 1989. The program has evolved from just make sure they do [know that].” § talking about environmental protection to

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a fine place to give and take some opinions. The Collegetown you see now, with Collegetown Terrace and the other towering buildings and the construction, is not very much like the Collegetown of a few years ago. Developers are seeing the potential of new student housing and retail space near ever-expanding Cornell; a GreenStar market is slated to open in Collegetown next year in the ground floor of a student housing development; a new business building is under construction on Dryden Road; and it's likely more projects will come before the city soon. Ithaca is a place where, if you have a passionate and committed opinion and actually show up to meetings, of the CNC or the city, officials will take your expressed concerns seriously. CNC has been together for more than a quarter-century, and includes everyone from students to landlords, Collegetown businesses to Cornell and Ithaca police, along with city officials. You might catch 28-year-old Mayor Svante Myrick (Cornell '09 and East Hill resident) at a CNC meeting when he's in town. The first CNC meeting of the fall will be on Sept. 29, from 4:30 to 5:30 pm, at St. Luke's Lutheran Church, right next to the Collegetown Bagels at 109 Oak Avenue. (Students can also find quiet study time in a wi-fi capable space at St. Luke's at the end of each semester – watch the Times Table for a schedule). Attendees of this year's first CNC meeting will hear about Collegetown development plans from JoAnn Cornish, the city's director of planning, and Cornell university planner Leslie Schill will talk about the university's intentions for enrollment and development. Meetings are held monthly each semester. Contact Susan Riley, Deputy Director of Cornell Community Relations at sfr4@cornell.edu to get announcements via the CNC email listserv. §

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sexual violence. You shouldn’t be ashamed if you’ve experienced this. You should be able to have resources available to you. And (b) if people understand that it’s not okay, it will decrease what’s happening, because students will understand what is sexual violence. It’s not just the stranger rape. It’s sex without sexual consent, touching without consent—it’s all those things as well. It’s important to keep educating students on that so that they know for themselves, that they’re not crossing a line.” Ziemann added that in light of the newly defined terminology of affirmative consent, the lines of consent still too often

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sexual assault issues, and a good place to start is online. For Ithaca College, visit ithaca.edu/sacl/share; for Cornell’s, visit share.cornell.edu; and for SUNY Cortland’s, visit cortland.edu/offices/university-policedepartment. “That’s where you’ll find definitions [and] all of our reporting options, all of the support options we offer for sexual assault,” Ziemann said. “One of the big things for students to know is about consent: you always need to know that your partner is into whatever is going on. And that if something does happen, if a line is crossed, that they do have options on campus. They can go to the public safety office, they can come to me, a Title IX coordinator, and we will help them figure out what they want to do next.” §

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website calls “state and local rarities” in the gorge and on the cliffs, including rare ferns clinging to the rock faces. Bittner called the Fisher Old Growth Forest Natural Area “one of our most important places that hardly anybody visits.” This may be because directions to the site include looking for clumps of trees and parking on a specific side of the road, but Bittner thought it was easy to find despite this. Out of 41.8 acres in the preserve, almost 30 are covered by the largest old growth forest in Tompkins County and contain a staggering diversity of tree species. Students looking for deeper involvement with the Natural Areas can join several organizations, from the Cornell Herpetological Society to Cornell Outdoor Education. The Friends of the Gorge is a student group that promotes safe access to the gorges. They lead hikes and tours, including five orientation tours they are offering in the fourth weekend of August for new students and their families. They also collaborate with Plantations and other groups to help maintain gorge trails. The Cornell Sustainable Design, an interdisciplinary project team, has been developing a plan for improving and maintaining the Beebe Lake and Woods Natural Area, with its popular one-mile loop trail. Their concept plan will include redeveloping public spaces and possibly dredging the lake. Bittner said the dredged sediment might be used to strengthen a nearby segment of the trail, which is prone to damage from spring floods. Currently the group is assessing sediment build-up in the lake, a side effect of the dam that created Beebe Lake in 1898. Invasive species management is a big part of the natural areas program, with opportunities for students to help. Last fall, students involved in the Biological Service Leaders program developed and implemented a study investigating the continued effectiveness of the insecticide used to protect eastern hemlocks trees from the hemlock woolly adelgid, a devastating insect pest. Over 50 Cornell students volunteered to survey hemlock trees for adelgid damage, mostly on Beebe Lake, Fall Creek Gorge and Cascadilla Gorge, according to Tori Riccelli, a biological science student closely involved with the project. The health of the trees’ canopies showed that re-treatment could be delayed another year. The students presented their results first to Plantations and then to the larger community. Even at Cornell, with its network of natural areas on campus, some students have no idea of the resources available. “They might be in their senior year and never have seen Cascadilla,” said Marianne Krasny, faculty advisor of the Friends of the Gorge. Others, along with faculty and staff, commute up the Cascadilla Gorge Trail every day, or spend their lunch hour running around Beebe Lake. §

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arth, water and fire, skillfully handled, can yield humble containers thar hold the necessities of life, or grandly ornamental objects that still retain their function. People have been making pottery—and getting better at it—for millennia. The just-opened Ithaca Clay School, founded by local potter Julia Dean, is preparing to begin its first group of classes. Located in the former NCR building, now known as the South Hill Business Campus on Danby Road across from Ithaca College, it is the culmination of much thought and planning on how to share the love of working with clay. Dean is a production potter, creating at least 500 mugs, bowls and other vessels each month to stock her Internet store and supply retail stores with merchandise. She also likes teaching the arts of clay work. Like many others, she was disappointed when Cornell University’s Community Ceramics Studio shut down about four years ago. Dean said “A couple of groups were hoping to get together a community studio,” she recalled. “Then the momentum dissipated, and I sat back and watched. And then I thought, ‘Okay, this is my project. Someone needs to be in charge.’” After taking a business class at Alternatives Federal Credit Union, Dean began making serious plans. It took time to find the ideal space, and then more than five months to renovate it. The part of the building she’s using was once a giant loading dock area that had to be finished, plumbed, and wired. Dean moved her own studio here, carving out a private area from the 2,000 square foot space. She acquired more kilns and equipment and talked to other potters. Eventually she assembled a staff of 10, experienced in both studio work and teaching. Several are full-time potters; others love the art but chose different career paths. Full-time potter David Kingsbury said, “Pottery’s been very good to me, and I feel like there’s a certain obligation to pass along some of the things that 45 years of throwing pots have taught me. I love the craft and want to help it to continue, and I think I can be a good teacher.” In the 1980s, Kingsbury and two other potters started a pottery school. Kingsbury has continued giving private lessons over the years and will be teaching at the Ithaca Clay School. Praising the school’s layout, he noted, “It’s nice and open. It’s got lots of sinks and

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wheels and tables, and a lot of light, which is really important to me. I don’t think it’s ever going to feel crowded.” Kingsbury himself learned to throw pots at Cortland State with other students around and instructors whose mentorship made a difference. Without that access and synergy,

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“I probably wouldn’t have continued beyond my initial contact with the craft,” he said. “This school could make things go in that direction.” Pottery instructor Tess Lawlor, who makes very large wheel-thrown items when she isn’t working as a dental hygienist, has been teaching pottery since she was 19 and enjoys expressing her creativity with very different things she does well. “I really love being a pottery instructor. It’s almost more fun than being a potter myself,” she said. “People come into a pottery class with a big smile. It’s like the fulfillment of a dream. The beginner course is a solid foundation, and as the classes and school develop, we might be going into more specialty classes and higher levels of difficulty.” Dean envisions many ways for the Ithaca Clay School to become a positive force in the community. “There are hobbyists looking for a place to work who might not have a home studio or who want to work in more collaborative space,” she said. “There are people around town who don’t do pottery professionally but have reached a high level, and if they have access they can go farther,” Kingsbury said. “A few years ago I was alarmed that there weren’t more younger people getting into it; lately, I have been seeing more, and I’m hoping the school encourages that.” • For more information and class registration, visit clayschoolithaca.com

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he Solà Gallery is an Ithaca cultural treasure. It has been in existence since 1981. That’s 34 years, folks. It is closing, as the proprietor, the artist Daphne Solà, is retiring to her studio. (She’ll remain on the Ithaca Art

A Daphne Solà Retrospective: There are many different kinds of work in the Solà retrospective. And the work represents many different mediums: serigraph, silk-screen, giclée print,

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Fall Lecture Series Sept 2 William and Jane Torrence Harder Lecture Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants Robin Kimmerer, Ph.D. Distinguished Teaching Professor and Director, Center for Native Peoples and the Environment, SUNY ESF Lecture, 5:30 p.m., Call Auditorium Garden Party to follow at the Botanical Garden

Sept 16 Audrey O’Connor Lecture Blame It on Columbus: Chile Peppers Around the World

tempura painting, watercolor, ink drawing, woodblock print, handmade paper, oil-crayon, collage, monoprint, and handprinted books of poetry. Some highlights for me: There is a file of prints that are illustrations of both European Headland I by Daphne Sola (Photo Chris Harrington) and Japanese fairy tales a silvern lake and distant hills … (and original all rendered in silver-and-white. El fantasy paintings) that I like a lot. Apurimac (silk-screen) is a wild, rugged, A file of silk-screens, woodblock rock-strewn river in the central Andes … prints and oil-crayon paintings all in tones of brown-and-tan and white. illustrating passages from a work called There is a difficulty in rendering the Huarochiri Manuscript seems to be abstract-expressionist works in words. an epic South American fantasy poem. (I was attracted to both the fantasy elements Abstract work tends to bypass the rational brain and go directly to the and the depiction of South American subconscious like music. And there are animals.) a series of abstract-expressionist neoThere are a number of expressionist landscapes, Pond in Winter, Flood I, II, & landscapes. House on the Hill (serigraph/ III, and Headland that function, to me, collage) is a very lovely expressionist continued on page 27 landscape of a house and foliage and

Dave DeWitt, Author and Food Historian Lecture, 7:30 p.m. Statler Auditorium

Sept 30 Elizabeth E. Rowley Lecture From Glaciers to Generations: Climate Change Affects Landscapes and Lives

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paper is formed into delicate highlights. Flamenco shows an auspicious meeting of style and subject. A standing man holds out his arms to clap. Behind him is a lively, liquescent party: a table littered with bottles, an lump of colors playing guitar, seated figures, pictures on the wall. The color is particularly effusive—a perfect analogue for the Oscar by Terry Plater (Photo Chris Harrington) boozy scene. Melissa lovers composed of severe white-andZarem, a new instructor, is also one of dark sepia. Ithaca’s most talented abstractionists. Her Another highlight is a file of prints works on paper omnivorously fuse drawing entitled Solà ’s Drawings of Children. and painting media—suggesting smallerThis is a collection of Solà ’s drawings of scale, neater versions of Cy Twombly’s the children of the world drawn on her stylized graffiti. Button Down and Moth travels. It includes children from South Damage are subtly colored with their white, America, India, Asia and the American browns, and grays lightly accented in Southwest. green. Both center around one of Zarem’s These are quite compelling. Solà recurrent motifs: a shaky grid of circles, draws like a master. These works reminds enlivened by drips and scrawls. Jam Bars me a bit of the sketchbook drawings of distinctively incorporates pale pink-purple Norman Rockwell, made when he was and olive green. • traveling the world. The CSMA will hold a special gallery There are so many different kinds of night event this upcoming Sept. 4, from 5 to mediums and styles and subject matter 8 p.m., featuring free performances by music in the Solà retrospective, that the Reader and dance faculty. “Faculty Show” runs will have to drop by the gallery him through Sept. 25. or herself to take it all in. And, again, preferably with repeated viewings to ‘SOla’ absorb it all. contin u ed from page 26

Faculty Showcase Wows Awesome Works by CSMA Instructors By Ar thur W hit m an

he showcasing of work by their visual arts faculty is a regular priority at the Community School of Music and Arts. This August and September, five talented local artist-teachers are on view in their latest “Faculty Show.” It is perhaps the strongest such exhibit in recent years. The selections, most of them recent, match the instructors’ upcoming fall courses. Each is showing three to six pieces. Rob Licht is an important local sculptor and designer. A concern with human intervention upon nature is a resounding theme within his work. Licht’s three graphite drawings here are standouts. Done on enormous, wide sheets of paper pinned directly to the walls, they depict aggressive manmade landscapes. One senses both an appreciation for their grandeur and a struggle with their alienating qualities. Crisp contours combine with large areas of blended tone. Space Available and Gateway depict driver’s-eye-views of highways in sharp perspective. The former is an anonymous scene, with the main action being several road bridges forming intersecting diagonals above. The latter pictures a drive into St. Louis. To the right and at a distance, Eero Saarinen’s famous catenary arch is (archly) rhymed with a sign for the Golden Arches. The joke is a kind of subtle narrative punctuation—more visually weighty is a bridge that fans out from the left, its

shadowed underside dark and massive. More flattened out spatially, Horizon Obscured is dominated by a row of distant factory buildings and smokestacks, filling the sky with pollution. As cursorily drawn field forms an indefinite foreground while a narrow band of trains and railroad borders the industrial zone horizontally—further enforcing a sense of separation. If Licht’s highways offer the viewer access, his factoryscape embodies a post-industrial remove. Terry Plater is showing six pieces, more than anybody else. Her oils and pastels are characteristically diverse and accomplished—spanning observational portraiture and imaginative reconstructions from landscape and travel. Her two oil portraits are particularly striking. Pastel-like in texture, Amber centers on the upper body of a nude woman, her distinctive short brown hair like a helmet. In Oscar, an older man looks out at us plaintively, hand on chin. His face, which fills the right, is “drawn” with a stylized sketchiness while his shoulders and background are solid. Miriam Rice is a gifted and sometimes highly compelling watercolorist. Her work focuses on nature and everyday life and is informed by her extensive travels— particularly to Spain, Italy, and Japan. Distinctively, she plays carefully drawn contours off of often-lurid colors and chaotic wet-on-wet effects. The white of her

A Daphne Solà Retrospective will run at the Solà Gallery, the Dewitt Mall, 215 N. Cayuga St., Ithaca, N.Y. until Sept. 6. Visit: Solà gallery.com.

like string quartets or progressive jazz. And I admired some of the more figurative works … especially Romeo & Juliet, a big striking serigraph of the young

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When Healthy Food For All started looking for new fundraiser options to expand how many half-price communitysupported agriculture shares it can offer families in need, they saw a need for something focusing on beer and cider, said Liz Karabinakis of Cornell Cooperative Extension. “This is an incredible emerging industry we wanted to feature,” Karabinakis said. “The Finger Lakes is already really well known for its wine industry. We have a lot of small independent craft breweries and cideries, too, and this will provide an opportunity for people to discover hidden gems that are popping up throughout the region. People can come to a central location and get to experience what they might not know existed in their backyards.” Savor attendees will have the chance to learn something about pairing beer and cider with numerous appetizers specially made for the event by chefs. Though this isn’t a sit-down event, like the harvest dinners that Healthy Food for All has held for several years, “people will be full when they leave,” Karabinakis said. There are multiple clichés known to most Americans about how one pairs wine with food: reds with beer, whites with fish, and so on. When it comes to cider, Barton and chef Katie Church of the Cider House look to the longer and unbroken European cider tradition for cues. “In Normandy, they have beautiful cream and butter and seafood—with a lot of fish and cream sauces, they drink cider,”

Barton said. “And in Britain, cider was just kind of the [only] drink they had there. A lot of dishes have evolved to pair with cider.” As a sparkling drink with a tart acidic taste, cider, like champagne, goes well with salty things like potato chips, French fries, and brined dishes like oysters, Barton said. Church said she finds Finger Lakes ciders grown from local apples to “have a bracing acidity” that “cuts through fats and leaves your mouth ready for the next bite,” complementing well dishes that have their origins in the same local terroir. European cuisine that Church mentions includes northern France’s ‘cidre doux,’ “drunk with hearty vegetable and egg-filled buckwheat crepes;” pairing sour cider in Spain with rich, fried fish; and the “tannin-loaded” English ciders that go with “breads, sharp mustards, and rich meats.” “We pair our ciders with nutty sourdough breads, the best butter we can find, sharp fatty cheeses, and pastured pork,” Church said. “We make sour and salty lacto-fermented pickles out of whatever’s in season, smoke mushrooms, and use fresh herbs and Seneca Lake salt as our seasonings.” If cider continues to grow on Americans, perhaps the cider and crepes of Brittany will become as well known as pizza and beer. Right now, upstate New York cideries are a bit spread out for a “cider trail,” Barton said, but the Finger Lakes Cider Association is working to promote what local cideries are doing, and state-supported promotional efforts have increased significantly in recent years— something that’s a great help to busy small producers.

“We were kind of a voice in the darkness until very recently and all of a sudden, boom, there’s cideries everywhere,” Barton says. “We’re so busy with our little businesses so what do we do and how do we do it is always a question. Whether we’ll rival the wine industry or the beer industry, I don’t know. I certainly hope so—cider is an important beverage in the U.S. and we’re in apple country. There’s every reason to think it’ll be important again.” About Healthy Food for All Healthy Food For All was founded in 2006 to give half-price shares in farms that distribute produce through a communitysupported agriculture (CSA) model. Now, 11 Tompkins County farms are involved in the program and funding exists for 150 families with limited income to participate. Recently, HFA expanded to have yearround shares, giving families access to produce during the leaner winter and spring months. “Our goal is to expand on what’s working,” Liz Karabinakis of Cornell Cooperative Extension said. “This requires a significant amount of fundraising.” It’s hoped the Savor the Finger Lakes event will become an annual tradition that helps add to the HFA coffers; the Harvest dinners at HFA farms sell out quickly, but are relatively limited in how many people can attend. “Our limitation isn’t that farmers can’t grow the food,” Karabinakis said. “Our limitation is solely the amount of money we’re capable of raising. Farmers already have a really tough job, one of the toughest jobs you can have. Add on top of that

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8/26 Wednesday

Reggae Night | 9:00 PM-1:00 AM | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | I-Town Allstars are the House Band featuring members of: Mosaic Foundation, Big Mean Sound Machine, Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, John Brown’s Body and More! Open Belly Dance and Mid-East Drumming | 8:00 PM | Sacred Root Kava Lounge & Tea Bar, 139 W State St, Ithaca | Lead by the Cornell University Middle Eastern and Mediterranean Ensemble (CUMEME). Open Jam with Featured Songwriters | 7:30 PM-10:30 PM | Varna Community Center, 943 Dryden Rd (Rt. 366), Dryden | Join hosts David Graybeard and Mitch Wiedemann. We are looking for local songwriters, poets and authors to showcase their work. Each week we will spotlight an artist for an hour, from about 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM, to perform (mostly) original compositions Jam Session | 7:00 PM-10:00 PM | Canaan Institute, 223 Canaan Rd, Brooktondale | The focus is instrumental contra dance tunes. www. cinst.org. Djug Django | 6:00 PM-9:00 PM | Lot 10 Lounge, 106 S Cayuga St, Ithaca | Live hot club jazz. Toivo | 5:00 PM-7:00 PM | Trumansburg Farmers Market, Corner of Rtes 96 and 227, Trumansburg | Tex-Mex, Finnish, and originals. i3º | 5:00 PM-7:00 PM | Argos Inn, 408 E State St, Ithaca | Live Jazz: A Jazz Trio Featuring Nicholas Walker, Greg Evans,

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and Nick Weiser Home On The Grange | 4:00 PM | Rongovian Embassy, 1 W. Main St., Trumansburg |

8/27 Thursday

Lynn Wiles and Ted Robinette | 7:30 PM | Silver Line Tap Room, 19 W Main St, Trumansburg | Singer Songwriter, Folk, Americana. Stark Nights | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM | Argos Inn, 408 E State St, Ithaca | A rotating set of musicians anchored by Michael Stark. This week: MSZM. An intimate duo set, performing a collection of songs Stark wrote for acoustic piano, vintage bass pedals, drums, and the spirit evoked between Michael and Zaun making music together. Eskimeaux, Izzy True, Imperials, No Good Doll, Pobaribanon | 7:00 PM-10:30 PM | Chanticleer Loft, 101 W State St, Ithaca | Folk, Punk, Pop, Indie, Lo-Fi, Alternative. Ithaca Underground presents. Jazz Thursdays | 6:00 PM-7:30 PM | Collegetown Bagels, East Hill Plaza, Ithaca | Enjoy jazz and bagels at CTB. Hoodoo Crossing: Blues, Brews and BBQ | 6:00 PM | The Haunt, 702 Willow Ave, Ithaca | Blues. Rock. Ribs. Playin Possom | 6:00 PM-9:00 PM | The Calaboose Grille, Corner of Main and Court St., Owego | The Calaboose Jailbreak Clambake presents. Classic Country.

8/28 Friday

Indie, Alternative. Astro Hawk | 9:30 PM | Sacred Root Kava Lounge & Tea Bar, 139 W State St, Ithaca | Electric Soul, Electronic, Tribal, House, Progressive, Trance. Immortal Jellyfish | 9:00 PM | Silver Line Tap Room, 19 W Main St, Trumansburg | Rock, Classic Rock, Blues, Country, Covers. The Infrared Radiation Orchestra | 9:00 PM-11:59 PM | Moondog’s Lounge, 24 State Street, Auburn | Rock, Psychedelic, Progressive Rock, Punk, New Wave, Classic Rock. Contra and Square Dances | 8:00 PM | Great Room at Slow Lane, Comfort & Lieb Rds, Danby | Everyone welcome; you don’t need a partner. Dances are taught; dances early in the evening introduce the basic figures. Bring a tasty treat and get in free. For directions/information, call 607-2738678; on Fridays, 607-342-4110. Johny Dowd with Alter Koker | 8:00 PM | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Rock, Alterative, Punk, Indie, Country-Western, Regressive Rock. Irish Stoutmen | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM | Newark Valley Depot, Depot Street, Newark Valley | Depot Friday Nights. Old Time Pub songs of Ireland, Scotland, and beyond. The Yardvarks | 6:00 PM-9:00 PM | Corks & More Wine Bar, 708 W Buffalo St, Ithaca | Rock, Country, Old-Time, Folk, Covers. Section 193 | 6:00 PM | The Haunt, 702 Willow Ave, Ithaca | Heavy Metal. Under Construction | 5:45 PM-9:00 PM | The Boat Yard Grill, 525 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Long John and The Tights | 5:30 PM-8:30 PM | Felicia’s Atomic Lounge, 508 W State St, Ithaca | Appalachian, Celtic, Bluegrass, and Northern Square & Contra-Dance. Final Show at

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8/30 Sunday

Acoustic Open Mic Night | 9:00 PM-1:00 AM | The Nines, 311 College Ave, Ithaca | Hosted by Technicolor Trailer Park. Kyle Carey: WVBR’s Bound For Glory | 8:00 PM-11:00 AM | Anabel Taylor Hall, Cornell Univeristy, Ithaca | Folk, Gaelic Americana. Live folk concert broadcast, start of the 49th year of this Central New York musical tradition. International Folk Dancing | 7:30

PM-9:30 PM | Kendal At Ithaca, 2230 N Triphammer Rd, Ithaca | Teaching and request dancing. No partners needed. The West Hillbillies | 6:00 PM-10:00 PM | Maxie’s Supper Club & Oyster Bar, 635 W State St, Ithaca | Southern old-time fiddle music and country ballads. Ben Miller | 12:00 PM-3:00 PM | Moosewood Restaurant, 215 N Cayuga St Ste 70, Ithaca | Jazz piano. Blue Skies | 12:00 PM-2:00 PM | Agava, 381 Pine Tree Rd, Ithaca | Vintage Jazz and Blues Standards. The Blind Spots: Community Fundraiser| 2:00 PM-6:00 PM | The Haunt, 702 Willow Ave, Ithaca | Rock, Pop, Indie. Benefit to support Elizabeth Gabriel’s cancer battle. Come out and show your support.

8/31 Monday

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Open Mic | 9:00 PM | Lot 10 Lounge, 106 S Cayuga St, Ithaca | I-Town Community Jazz Jam | 8:30 PM-11:00 PM | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Hosted by Professor Greg Evans Irish Session | 8:00 PM-11:00 PM | Lot 10 Lounge, 106 South Cayuga Street, Ithaca | Hosted by Traonach Professor Tuesday’s Jazz Quartet | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM | Corks & More Wine Bar, 708 W Buffalo St, Ithaca | Intergenerational Traditional Irish Session | 6:30 PM-9:00 PM | Sacred Root Kava Lounge & Tea Bar, 139 W State St, Ithaca | Calling all fiddlers, whistlers, pipers, mandos, bodhran’s, and flute players. All Ages & Stages. Intergenerational Traditional Irish Session | 6:30 PM-9:00 PM | Sacred Root Kava Lounge & Tea Bar, 139 W State St, Ithaca | Callin’ all fiddlerswhistlers-pipers-mandos-bodhran’sflute players- you know who you are! All Ages & Stages…Intermediate level the goal….Traditional Session style. Bring a tune to share….learn a tune or

8/26 Wednesday

Dryden Music Series | 6:30 PM | Dryden VFW, Rt. 13, Dryden | Wednesday Wing Nights at the VFM with live music.

8/27 Thursday

8/28 Friday

Skaneateles Festival: Pathways to Folk Music | 8:00 PM | First Presbyterian Church, 97 E Genesee St Ste 1, Skaneateles | Frank Martin: Trio on Irish Themes; Smetana: Trio in G minor; New & Traditional Klezmer Music.

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8/30 Sunday

Trench Fight, Love in Fear, Sunflo’er | 8:00 PM | Funk ‘n Waffles, 727 S Crouse Ave Ste 8, Syracuse | Death Metal, Doom, Grind, Hardcore, Post-Hardcore. Lee Terrace: Send Off Show | 8:00 PM | Westcott Theatre, 524 Westcott St, Syracuse | Progressive Rock, Jam, Metal, Technical. Melissa Etheridge | 8:00 PM | New York State Fair, Chevy Court, Syracuse | SInger Songwriter, Folk, Pop, Rock. Orleans | 2:00 PM | New York State Fair, Chevy Court, Syracuse | with special guest Paul Barrere and Fred Tackett, of Little Feat Skaneateles Festival: KidsFest: “Krazy Klezmer” with David Krakauer | 11:00 AM | First Presbyterian Church, 97 E Genesee St Ste 1, Skaneateles | Explore the fascinating sounds of klezmer, the vibrant Jewish folk music sure to make you get up and dance.

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Friday, 8/21to Thursday, 8/27. Contact Cinemapolis for Showtimes The Diary of a Teenage Girl | A teen artist living in 1970s San Francisco enters into an affair with her mother’s boyfriend. | 102 mins R | The End of the Tour | The story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace, which took place right after the 1996 publication of Wallace’s groundbreaking epic novel, ‘Infinite Jest.’ | 106 mins R | Irrational Man | A tormented philosophy professor finds a will to live when he commits an existential act. | 96 mins R | Phoenix | A disfigured concentrationcamp survivor (Nina Hoss), unrecognizable after facial reconstruction surgery, searches ravaged postwar Berlin for the husband (Ronald Zehrfeld) who might have betrayed her to the Nazis. | 98 mins PG-13 | Mr. Holmes | An aged, retired Sherlock Holmes looks back on his life, and grapples with an unsolved case involving a beautiful woman. Ian McKellen stars. | 104 mins PG | Ten Thousand Saints| Set in the

9/01 Tuesday

Oak Ridge Boys | 2:00 PM- | New York State Fair, Chevy Court, Syracuse | Country, Gospel.

Film WSM Annual Silent Movie Under the Stars | 8:15 PM, 8/29 Saturday | Taughannock Falls State Park, 2221 Taughannock Park Rd, Trumansburg | Two Charlie Chaplin comedies: His New Job ((1915) and The Champion (1915) produced by Essanay Film Manufacturing Co. kick-off the evening, followed by The Vanishing Man, an episode from Wharton Inc.’s’ popular serial The Romance of Elaine produced in Ithaca. The films are accompanied by live, original music by Cloud Chamber Orchestra. Raindate is Sunday, August

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Skaneateles Festival: The Four Seasons | 7:30 PM | Brook Farm, Route 41A, Skaneateles | Vivaldi: Four Seasons (Summer and Fall); Piazzolla: Four Seasons (Winter and Spring); Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik; Stravinsky: Concerto in D; Greenstein: Four on the Floor

1980s, a teenager from Vermont moves to New York City to live with his father in East Village. | 113 mins R |

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The Nines, Friday, August 28, 10:00 p.m.

Each and every year over 1 million people come out and enjoy this legendary event that’s full of awesome food, spectacular rides, wicked bands, and amazing times. This year’s lineup includes Everclear, Mellisa Etheridge, Hank Williams Jr, Buckcherry, and many, many, more. Don’t miss the chance to experience this classic New York State tradition.

Mentors Needed for 4-H Youth Development Program | CCE Education Center, 615 Willow Ave, Ithaca | Mentors commit to 3 hours per week for this school year, with

Les Deuxluxes, Crushed Out,

581 State Fair Boulevard, Syracuse, August 27 through September 7

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These two throwback rock bands fuse rustic elements of the best of original rock and roll. Blues, Garage, Punk, Cabaret, R&B, surf, and various noir, are the meat and bones of both bands, which are both duos, and both undeniably exciting. Les Deuxluxes is from Montreal, and Crushed Out is from Brooklyn - by way of California. Don’t miss the chance to see these awesome artists.

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Groundhog Comedy Presents Stand-Up Open-Mic | 9:00 PM, 8/26 Wednesday | Lot 10 Lounge, 106 S Cayuga St, Ithaca | Held upstairs. Sweeney Todd | Merry-Go-Round Playhouse, 6877 E Lake Rd, Auburn | An infamous tale of an unjustly exiled barber, Sweeney Todd returns seeking vengeance against the lecherous judge who framed him. The road to revenge leads Todd to Mrs. Lovett, a resourceful proprietress of a failing pie shop, above which he opens a new barber practice. | For tickets and showtimes visit fingerlakesmtf.com/theatres/merry-goround-playhouse SUDS - The Rocking 60’s Musical Soap Opera | 7:00 AM, 8/26 Wednesday | Cortland Repertory Theatre, Dwyer Memorial Park Pavilion, Preble | This musical fantasy tells the delightful story of Cindy, a lovelorn girl working in a “Laundromat of Love” where she is pining for the pen-pal fiancee who dumped her. | For tickets and showtimes visit www.cortlandrep. org Escanaba in Da Moonlight | Chenango River Theatre, 991 State Hwy 12 (3 mi S of Greene), Greene | By Jeff Daniels. The great American hunting misadventure. | For tickets and showtimes visit chenangorivertheatre. org Disney Live! Three Classic Fairy Tales | 1:00 PM, 8/29 Saturday | Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena, 1 Stuart St Ste 4, Binghamton | Cinderella, Beauty and The Beast, and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. More shows at 4:00 and 7:00 PM

the option to continue next year. The Mentor and Student meet twice a week at Boynton Middle School from 3:25 PM until 4:35 PM.The Mentor-Student Program is an opportunity to make a positive impact in a young person’s life. An adult Mentor meeting regularly, one-on-one with a middle school student and read, do homework, play board games, and more. Behind-thescenes help with programming very much needed. For more info, call (607) 277-1236 or email student.mentor@ yahoo.com. Little Voices Music & Motion Fall Registration Now Open | Jillian’s Drawers, Center Ithaca, Ithaca | Registration is now open for FALL INTO MUSIC. Please register by September 5th. FALL INTO MUSIC, the nine week fall session of Little Voices Music & Motion, begins the week of September 14th. FALL INTO MUSIC begins the week of September 14th, with five different classes from which to choose. Locations include the Lansing Town Hall, the Ithaca Youth Bureau, and Jillian’s Drawers on the Ithaca Commons. Please note that Little Voices classes are offered through the Town of Lansing Recreation Department, the Ithaca Youth Bureau, and independently at Jillian’s Drawers on the Ithaca Commons. Scholarships are available for all Little Voices Music & Motion classes. For complete class schedule and registration instructions, please go to the website @ www.LittleVoicesMusic. com/index.php/classes Friday Market Day | 8:00 AM-2:00 PM, 8/28 Friday | Triphammer Marketplace, 2255 N. Triphammer Rd., Ithaca | Farmer’s & Artisan’s Market at Triphammer Marketplace. Outside 8 a.m. to noon, Inside 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Fridays through December. Locally grown & produced foods and handcrafted items. Local seasonal produce, honey, flowers, baked goods, meats, pottery, woodwork, jewelry, glass, fiber arts and the Owl’s Head Fish Truck! Lots of variety, plenty of parking. CRC Walking Club | 5:00 PM-, 9/01 Tuesday | Ithaca High School, 1401 N. Cayuga St., Ithaca | Walking, large muscle group strengthening, and gentle yoga.

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means of communication, and many signs can be easy to learn. ASL is used by people who are Deaf, hard of hearing, have difficulty speaking, or are non-verbal, as well as interpreters, family and friends, human service professionals, and people who want to be able to communicate with someone who uses ASL. Grilling with Piggery | 7:00 PM-8:15 PM, 8/26 Wednesday | The Space at GreenStar, 700 W Buffalo St, Ithaca | Join the owner of the Piggery as she demonstrates the best ways to cook grillers, pork chops and pig dogs. Taste some mouth-watering samples! The Piggery is Ithaca’s only farm-to-table, family-owned butcher shop. This class is open to the public, and is held in the Classrooms@GreenStar, 700 W. Buffalo St. Registration required - sign up at GreenStar’s Customer Service Desk or call 273-9392. Art Classes for Adults | 12:00 AM-11:59 PM, 8/26 Wednesday | Community School Of Music And Arts, 330 E State St, Ithaca | Adult classes and private instruction in dance, music, visual arts, language arts, and performance downtown at the Community School of Music and Arts. For more information, call (607) 272-1474 or email info@csma-ithaca. org. www.csma-ithaca.org. Garden Pest Control | 6:30 PM-7:30 PM, 8/27 Thursday | Ithaca Community Gardens, Off Carpenter Circle, near Third Street, Ithaca | Your garden’s produce is delicious. Animals and bugs agree! Fortunately, there are many effective methods for keeping pests out without using synthetic pesticides. Come to learn and share tips for keeping unwelcome guests out of your garden! For more information, www. ithacacommunitygardens.org, or call 646 457 5695 Learn to Play or Practice Bridge | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM, 8/28 Friday | Ithaca Bridge Club, 609 W Clinton St, Ithaca | Coaches available. No partner needed. No signups required. Walk-ins welcome. The Ithaca Bridge Club is located down the hall from Ohm Electronics in Clinton St. Plaza. When Mars and Venus Collide: The Challenges of Foundation/Grantee Communications | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM, 9/01 Tuesday | Tompkins County Public library, Borg Warner Room, 101 E Green Street, Ithaca | With Joanne Florino, Vice President for Public Policy, The Philanthropy Roundtable. Visit www.hsctc.org/workshops for details.

Night Hikes | 6:00 PM, 8/28 Friday | Cayuga Nature Center, 1420 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Held during the evening. Hike our wooded trails under the big sky of our back fields or around our ponds. Find out who is awake and stirring under the moonlight. No need for a flashlight— you’ll be surprised how much you see without one. Please call ahead for availability: 607-273-6260. Guided Beginner Bird Walks, Sapsucker Woods | 7:30 AM- 8/29 Saturday, 8/30 Sunday| Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd, Ithaca | Sponsored by the Cayuga Bird Club. Targeted toward beginners, but appropriate for all. Binoculars available for loan. Meet at the front of the building. For more information, please visit http://www.cayugabirdclub.org/ calendar.

Special Events Little Voices Music & Motion Fall Registration Open | 12:00 PM-, 8/26 Wednesday | Jillian’s Drawers, Center Ithaca, Ithaca | Please register by September 5th. FALL INTO MUSIC, the nine week fall session of Little Voices Music & Motion, begins the week of September 14th with five different classes from which to choose. Locations include the Lansing Town Hall, the Ithaca Youth Bureau, and Jillian’s Drawers on the Ithaca Commons. Please note that Little Voices classes are offered through the Town of Lansing Recreation Department, the Ithaca Youth Bureau, and independently at Jillian’s Drawers on the Ithaca Commons. Farm to Fork | 3:00 PM-8:00 PM, 8/27 Thursday | The Deck, Front Street, Owego | Thursday evening farmers market with 4 local eateries will create fresh street food for you to enjoy while listening to music. Non-Profit Fairtrade Oriental Rug Event | 2:00 PM-7:00 PM, 8/27 Thursday | St. Cathrine Church, 302 St. Cathrine Circle, Ithaca | Oriental Rug Trade Show. All rugs made in village homes in Pakistan. All are made by fairly-paid adults. Thursday, August 27, 2 to 7 p.m., Friday, August 28, Noon to 6 p.m., Saturday, August 29, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday, August 30, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Great New York State Fair | Thursday, 8/27 through Monday, 9/07| New York State Fair, 581 State Fair Blvd., Syracuse | See www.nysfair.org for more information Food For Change: A History of Cooperation in America | 6:30 PM-, 8/28 Friday | The Space at GreenStar, 700 W Buffalo St, Ithaca | A History of Cooperation in America. Documentary examining the important historical role played by food co-ops and current efforts to create regional food systems, address food security issues and strengthen local economies. Friday, August 28, doors open at 6:30pm, movie at 7pm. The Space@GreenStar. 90 minutes followed by discussion. The New Ithaca Commons Celebration Weekend | Friday, 8/28 and Saturday, 8/29 | The Commons, Ithaca | Downtown Ithaca is excited to announce that the Ithaca Commons is open and invites one and all to the

Eskimeaux performs at The Chanticleer Loft on Thursday, 8/27 at 7:00 p.m. (Photo Provided) Commons Celebration Weekend. Food, Music, Shops, and more. | Commons Exhibition at Chemung Canal Trust Company | 10:00 AM-, 8/28 Friday | Chemung Canal Trust Company, , Ithaca | In honor of the successful completion of a multi-year, multi-million dollar project to revamp and rebuild the Ithaca Commons, The History Center collaborated with the Ithaca Journal and the Downtown Ithaca Alliance to celebrate the past of Ithaca’s “Main Street.” Dozens of historic photographs of State Street will be on display in Chemung Canal Trust Company’s main office starting on August 28th. From unpaved Owego Street in the early 1860s, to Ithaca Festival performers on the early 21st century Commons, the rich and interesting story of Ithaca’s commercial center can be seen in compelling detail in beautiful historic photographs. They will be on view throughout the new Ithaca Commons Celebration Weekend (August 28-29) and beyond. 165th Trumansburg Fair | Tuesday, 08/25 through Sunday, 08/30| Trumansburg Fairgrounds, 2150 Trumansburg Road, Trumansburg | Annual fair features rides, food, a parade, demolition derby and much more. More info at trumansburgfair.info Chicken BBQ | 12:00 PM-, 8/29 Saturday | Varna United Methodist Church, 965 Dryden Rd, Ithaca | Ready @ 12 noon. Halves $6. Dinners ($9) includes 1/2 Chicken, Potato Salad, Baked Beans, Salad, Molly’s famous Carrot Salad, Roll and Cake. Beverages

provided for “eat-in dinners.” A good time for all. Old Fashioned Ice Cream & Pie Baking Contest | 12:00 PM-4:00 PM, 8/29 Saturday | Tooga County Historical Museum, 110 Font Street, Owego | Make your own Ice Cream Sundae, Free kids games and activities, Taste Pies! Tioga Downs Antique Center And General Marketplace | 9:00 AM-, 8/29 Saturday | Tioga Downs, 2384 W River Rd, Nichols | Indoor marketplace and outdoor flea and farmers market. Antiques, collectibles, furniture and more! Open every Friday 12 noon-5 pm, Saturday and Sunday 9 am-5 pm thru November 1, 2015. Binghamton’s Inaugural Porchfest: West Side Neighborhood | 9:00 AM-, 8/30 Sunday | Porchfest Celebration, Riverside Drive and Front Street, Binghamton | Over 50 musical acts, including upwards of 150 individual performers, will be performing songs on various neighborhood front porches between Riverside Drive, Front Street, North Street, and Beethoven Street. Performers for the inaugural event include 88 Rockets, Adam Ate the Apple, Amber Martin, Beauty & the Beats, Billy Jenkins, Black & White, Bob Wilson, Brooke Albright, and many, many more. For more information on Binghamton Porchfest, check out the link at carouselrag.com, or view the program guide online at issuu.com/triplecitiescarousel/docs/ porchfest_program_complete. All inquiries, please contact coordinator Chris Bodnarczuk at (845) 649-2912.

Meetings City of Ithaca Community Police Board | 3:30 PM, 8/26 Wednesday | Common Council Chambers - Ithaca City Hall, 108 E Green St, Ithaca | City of Ithaca Board of Zoning Appeals | 7:00 PM, 9/01 Tuesday | Common Council Chambers - Ithaca City Hall, 108 E Green St, Ithaca | Natural Areas Commission (NAC) | 5:30 PM-7:30 PM, 9/01 Tuesday | Ithaca City Hall, 108 E Green St, Ithaca | The NAC supports the conservation of the designated Natural Areas within the City of Ithaca and advises the Board of Public Works, the Department of Public Works, Common Council, and the Conservation Advisory Council, regarding public concerns about Natural Areas, threats to the ecosystems, and opportunities to improve protective measures.

Nature & Science Stargazing at Fuertes Observatory | 8:00 PM-12:00 AM, 8/28 Friday | Fuertes Observatory, Cornell, 219 Cradit Farm Dr, Ithaca | The Cornell Astronomical Society hosts stargazing at the historic Fuertes Observatory on Cornell’s North Campus every clear Friday evening starting at dusk. Free and open to the public; parking across the street. Call 607-255-3557 after 6 p.m. to see if we are open that night.

Kids Sciencenter: Science Together | 10:30 AM-11:00 AM, 8/26 Wednesday | Sciencenter, 601 1st St, Ithaca | Parents with their little ones (4 years old & under) explore science through hands-on activities, stories, and songs. Every Wednesday and Saturday. Sciencenter educators will also share research-based parenting tips in an interactive, fun environment. www. sciencenter.org or 607-272-0600. Plus, on April 15 enjoy special Week of the Young Child hands-on activities. Little Voices Music & Motion offering two FREE music classes | 10:00 AM-, 8/26 Wednesday | Jillian’s Drawers, Center Ithaca, Ithaca | Little Voices Music & Motion is offering two FREE music classes for infants, toddlers and pre-schoolers, with parents or other caregivers along for the fun. The classes will be held on Thursday, September 3rd, 10:30 am at Jillian’s Drawers on the Ithaca Commons, and Saturday, September 5th, 10:30 am, at Jillian’s Drawers. Please email Kathryn@LittleVoicesMusic.com to save your space! Art Classes for Kids | 12:00 AM-11:59 PM, 8/26 Wednesday | Community School Of Music And Arts, 330 E State St, Ithaca | Classes and private instruction for children and teens in dance, music, visual arts, language arts, and performance downtown at the Community School of Music and Arts. For more information, call (607) 272-1474 or email info@csma-ithaca. org. www.csma-ithaca.org.

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The long wait is over. The new and improved Ithaca Commons is here, and awaits its official party. The celebration champions both the new and improved model of the area, and the honoring of the pedestrian walkway mall which changed from a main road 40 years ago. The weekend bash is jam-packed with unbelievable food, music, activities, shopping, and more. Bring the whole family and celebrate a new era for downtown Ithaca.

The 165th Anniversary of the legendary Trumansburg Fair kicks off on Tuesday, August 25, and runs to Sunday, August 30. The Fair showcases an extensive amount of fun, games, food, music, and excitement, including Midway rides, truck and tractor pulls, fireworks, the draft horse show, and the never disappointing Demolition Derby. Make sure to stop by and join in the celebration, it’s quite an accomplishment for a town to hold a fair for every year for 165 years!

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Tot Spot | 9:30 AM-11:30 AM, 8/27 Thursday | City Of Ithaca Youth Bureau, 1 James L Gibbs Dr, Ithaca | A stay and play program for children 5 months to 5 years old and their parent/caregiver every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Go to IYBrec.com for more information or call 273-8364. Baby & Toddler Playtime | 11:00 AM-12:00 PM, 8/28 Friday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Early literacy program for the young ones. Meet in the Thaler/Howell room. Babies, Books, & Bounce | 10:30 AM-11:00 AM, 8/28 Friday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Free early literacy program. Bring the young ones. Meet at the Thaler/Howell room. Legos at the Library | 2:00 PM-3:00 PM, 8/29 Saturday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Weekly, free-build Lego program. Legos at the Library encourages children to use their imaginations or Lego books from the TCPL collection to create their own Lego art! All materials provided. Sciencenter: Science Together | 10:30 AM-11:00 AM, 8/29 Saturday | Sciencenter, 601 1st St, Ithaca | Parents with their little ones (4 years old & under) explore science through hands-on activities, stories, and songs. Every Wednesday and Saturday. Sciencenter educators will also share research-based parenting tips in an interactive, fun environment. www. sciencenter.org or 607-272-0600. Plus, on April 15 enjoy special Week of the Young Child hands-on activities. Sciencenter Moto-Inventions | 1:00 PM-2:00 PM, 8/30 Sunday | Sciencenter, 601 1st St, Ithaca | Invent contraptions that can move. Tinker with recycled materials and electricity to make whirling, moving machines. www.sciencenter.org or 607-272-0600. Tot Spot | 9:30 AM-11:30 AM, 8/31 Monday | City Of Ithaca Youth Bureau, 1 James L Gibbs Dr, Ithaca | A stay and play program for children 5 months to 5 years old and their parent/caregiver every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Go to IYBrec.com for more information or call 273-8364. Stories in the Park | 11:30 AM-12:00 PM, 9/01 Tuesday | Dewitt Park, Dewitt Park, Ithaca | Stories for the whole family every Tuesday. If rainy or wet conditions, we’ll meet in the Thaler/ Howell Rm at the Library.

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by Bryan VanCampen American Ultra, directed by Nima Nourizadeh, playing at Ithaca Stadium 14.

icture Cheech or Chong starring in a Bourne Identity reboot, and you’ll get a sense of the blackened weirdo comic tone of American Ultra. It’s like Burn After Reading, only it’s entertaining. It’s an ultra-violent epic of American espionage gone wrong, served up in a smoky glaze that’s machine gunand-bacon cool enough for Ted Cruz and OG Kush enough for everyone else. American Ultra also reminded me a lot of two other movies that I love, namely Total Recall and Grosse Pointe Blank. But enough about what it feels like. Here’s what it is. Jesse Eisenberg stars in the flick as a stoner slacker with limited ambition, seriously dire hair, and a dead-end job as a counter jockey at a stop n’ shop that only ever gets two customers. He doodles endless cartoons of a killer gorilla that he doesn’t bother to publish. He also gets panic attacks whenever he tries to leave town, which makes things tough at home with his girlfriend, played by Kristin Stewart. But she loves the lug, and just when he’s trying to give her an engagement ring, he sees two guys messing with his car and he kills them with a spoon and a cup of noodles. (The presentation of the ring becomes a cute

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running gag; every time he tries to propose, more insane mayhem always seems to happen.) Turns out that Eisenberg is actually some kind of super government agent created in a CIA experiment, and in fact is the only surviving lab rat. Topher Grace plays a childish supervisor who decides Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart in American Ultra (Photo Provided) to terminate the stoner, like Animal House and The Kentucky Fried by me). Freed from the found-footage and as Connie Movie really inspired me as a growing aesthetic, he creates a desolate, sleepy Britton races to the scene to warn him, lad. Max Landis also wrote Josh Trank’s Southern white trash look that only gets things get kinda crazy. (Tony Hale, Chronicle, the found-footage comic book populous when Grace and his overblown Walton Goggins, John Leguizamo and Bill movie that’s a whole lot better than team show up in town. But all the crazy Pullman play roles best seen in context Trank’s recent take on Fantastic Four. gunplay would be pretty empty and of the story.) He is marked as a liability In a weird way, American Ultra nihilistic if Eisenberg and Stewart didn’t and targeted for extermination. But he’s has that goofy genre-skipping quality make such a great couple together. too well trained and too high for them that marks the films of John Landis and (They also starred in the underrated to handle. especially Joe Dante. It felt like a movie Adventureland in 2009.) The director here is Nima John Landis might have made as a I was sure that American Ultra was Nourizadeh, who helmed Project X, not follow-up to Into the Night or An American based on a comic book or graphic novel, the chimpanzee astronaut sign language Werewolf in London. It gives you some but no. This bizarre tale is an original film with Matthew Broderick and Helen peculiar chuckles and even has a heart story Max Landis, son of director John Hunt, but the found-footage house party of sorts. • Landis, whose ‘70s and ‘80s comedies comedy from a few years back (unseen

figures. Tomp-Con will also feature an illustration workshop, author/fan talks, a game room, a Super Smash Brothers tournament and a cosplay fashion show. Tomp-Con Mini-Comic Convention | 12:00 PM-4:30 PM, 8/29 Saturday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Couldn’t make it out to San Diego this summer? Get the ComiCon experience closer to home. We’ve got a cosplay fashion show, game room, workshops, Artists’ Alley, talks, and Super Smash Bros. Tournament at your local library! Pre-register to save time and receive a custom printed name badge. Are you an artist or crafter between the ages of 11 and 19? Find an application for our teen-only Artists’ Alley by clicking on the little blue info circle above. For more information, please contact

Rhino Toys | 10:00 AM, 8/27 Thursday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Thought-provoking exhibit featuring hand-crafted toys designed to highlight current events and social issues. Created by Buffalo-based artist and public school art teacher, Rich Tomasello. Rhino Toys will be on display at the library through October 31. Teens are invited to explore the concepts behind the exhibit during an action figure-making workshop being held in conjunction with TCPL’s August 29 Tomp-Con mini-comic convention. Tomesello’s workshop will take place from noon to 1 p.m. and is open to participants ages 9 through 19. Attendees will be able to take home their personalized action

Regina at rdemauro@tcpl.org or 607-272-4557 ext. 274 ongoing State of the Art Gallery |120 West State Street, Ithaca | Wednesday-Friday, 12:00 PM-6:00 PM, Weekends, 12:00 PM-5:00 PM | Vrana and Spitznagel, Abstract Prints and Paintings | Runs August 5 through August 31 | For information: 607-277-1626 or gallery@ soag.org CAP ArtSpace | Center Ithaca, The Commons, Ithaca | Mon-Thu 9:00 AM7:00 PM, Fri-Sat 11:00 PM-7:30 PM; Sun 12:00-5:00 PM | Oil Meets Water, Sue Hertz presents oil paintings inspired by her travels throughout the world | www.artspartner.org Gallery at FOUND | 227 Cherry Street,

IrE Clad, Setiva, Never The Voiceless,

The Dock, Saturday, August 29, 9:00 p.m.

The Haunt, Saturday, August 29, 9:00 p.m.

Hailing from New York City, this collective brings a classic sound rooted in blues, funk, rock, and soul. Don’t be surprised if you think you’re listening to some classic rock band from the 70’s, as Animal Reporters take cues from such bands like Grand Funk Railroad, Steely Dan, Steppenwolf, Deep Purple, Uriah Heep, and Lynyrd Skynyrd. Bring your bell bottoms!

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the artist had. Through August 31 | www.ink-shop.org Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University | Central Road, Ithaca | Tuesday-Sunday, 10:00 AM-5:00 PM | Imprint / In Print, August 8 - December 20. So it goes: Drawings by Kurt Vonnegut August 22-December 20. More than thirty drawings by the beloved author, in conjunction with Cornell’s New Student Reading Project selection of Slaughterhouse-Five. | www. museum.cornell.edu West End Gallery | 12 West Market Street, Corning | Monday-Thursday, 10:00 AM-5:30 PM; Friday, 10:00 AM-8:00 PM; Saturday,10:00 AM-5:00 PM; Sunday,12:00-5:00 PM | GC Myers - Home and Land. New paintings from the collection of the artist. | www. westendgallery.com

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Ithaca | 10:00 AM-6:00 PM, closed Tuesdays | Dee Sprague: The Spirit of Ithaca. Oil Paintings, Folk Art, and other works. On Display August 7 through August 30 | www.foundinithaca.com Community School of Music and Arts | 330 E.State / MLK Street, Ithaca, NY 14850 | Group exhibition of works by CSMA’s visual arts faculty. Featuring paintings and drawings by artists Rob Licht, Kevin Mayer, Terry Plater, Miriam Rice, and Melissa Zarem. The variety is very impressive and showcases the School’s unique instructors. Runs throughout August and September. | www.csma-ithaca.org The Ink Shop | 330 E.State / MLK Street, Ithaca, NY 14850 | Tuesday to Friday 12 -6 PM, Sat 12-4 PM | Ian McCoy, Multi-Media Artist displays work from recent Family Fellowship. The work is inspired by the unique opportunity

This year’s Metal Meltdown is well represented by three bands that bring heavy riffs, intricate arrangements, and dynamic vocal stylings. They all hold close to classic Heavy Metal bands, but add modern touches on the edges of their songs. Ire Clad, no stranger to The Haunt, headline, brining their powerful and melodic Alt-Metal stomp. Come out, bang your head, drink a beer, and hang tough with old friends.

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Garage Sale

1408 Shaffer Road, Newfield, August 29th, 8:00 to 3:00. Furniture, household goods, toys, video games, clothes. Something for everyone!

GREAT SALE

Clothing: Kids, Adults; Assortment Stuff; Saturday, 8/29/15; 10-4pm. Youth Bureau next to Stewart Park

Moving Sale

New Teal Sofa, Cherry Table, at 23 South Van Dorn. 793-3230

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Big variety-luggage, household items, furniture, quarry tile, winter coats, extension cords, browse bargains! Corner Cornell-Worth One block N of Belle Sherman School SAT. AUG 29, 9-1

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Colrain, MA need 9 temporary workers 9/1/2015 to 11/15/2015, work tools, supplies, equipment provided without cost to worker. Housing will be available without cost to workers who cannot reasonably return to their permanent residence at the end of the work day. Transportation reimbursement and subsistence is provided upon completion of 15 days or 50% of the work contract. Work is guaranteed for 3/4 of the workdays during the contract period. $11.25 per hr. Applicants apply at Franklin/Hampshire Career Center One Arch Place, Greenfield, MA 01301 1-413-74-4361 or apply for the job at the nearest local office of the SWA. Job order #59443336. Plant, cultivate, and harvest various crops such as, but not limited to vegetables, fruit, horticultural specialties, and field crops. Use hand tools, such as, but not limited to shovels, hoes, pruning shears saws, knives and ladders. Duties may include, but not limited to, tiling soil apply fertilizer, thinning, pruning, apply pesticides picking, cutting, cleaning, sorting , processing,packing, and handling harvested products. May operate machinery and do repair work. Pressing cider on the farm. Work is usually performed outdoors, sometimes under hot and cold conditions. Workers are required to bend, lift and carry up to 50lbs regularly. Duties may required off ground heights up to 20 ft. using ladders. One month experience is required in work listed.

Rogers Orchard

Southington, CT needs 8 temporary workers 9/1/2015 to 11/1/2015, work tools, supplies, equipment provided without cost to worker. Housing will be available without cost to workers who cannot reasonably return to their permanent residence at the end of the work day. Transportation reimbursement and subsistence is provided upon completion of 15 days or 50% of the work contract. Work is guaranteed for 3/4 of the workdays during the contract period $11.26 per hr. Applicants to apply contact CT Department of Labor at 860-263-6020. Or apply for the job at the nearest local office of the SWA. Job order #4559286. May perform any combination of tasks related to the production and harvesting of apples pears, peaches nectarines, plums, and apricots including pruning, thinning, hoeing, baiting, irrigating, mowing, fertilizing, and harvesting. Workers will be using straight and stepladders and will be required to lift approximately 50lbs while descending and ascending ladders on a sustained basis. At least two months experience in duties listed above.

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Sterling JCT, MA needs 6 temporary workers 9/1/2015 to 10/30/2015, work tools, supplies, equipment provided without cost to worker. Housing will be available without cost to workers who cannot reasonably return to their permanent residence at the end of the work day. Transportation reimbursement and subsistence is provided upon completion of 15 days or 50% of the work contract. Work is guaranteed for 3/4 of the workdays during the contract period. $11.26 per hr. Applicants apply at North Central Career Center, 100 Erdman Way, Leominster, MA 01453. Tel: 978-534-1481 or apply for the job at the nearest local office of the SWA. Job order #3655519. Workers may perform any combination of tasks related to planting, cultivating. Maintenance and harvesting of fruit trees. Preparing soil, planting, pruning, pulling brush, picking rocks, weeding, thinning and spraying pesticides under supervision of certified applicator, irrigating, harvesting, grading and loading of fruit. May use hand tools such as shovels and rakes,hoes pruning saws and shears, hammers, ladders and picking buckets. May use saws and other powered equipment to repair bulk boxes. May be asked to help operate, adjust and maintain farm machinery. One month’s experience in work listed is required

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Greenville, RI needs 1 temporary worker 9/1/2015 to 11/11/2015, work tools, supplies, equipment provided without cost to worker. Housing will be available without cost to workers who cannot reasonably return to their permanent residence at the end of the work day. Transportation reimbursement and subsistence is provided upon completion of 15 days or 50% of the work contract. Work is guaranteed for 3/4 of the workdays during the contract period. $11.26 per hr. Applicants to apply contact Department of Labor Maria Dilon 401-462-8828. Or apply for the job at the nearest local office of the SWA. Job order #712546. Plant, cultivate, prune, clear brush, and harvest fruits and vegetables using 18-20 foot ladders, carry up to 50 lbs on a frequent basis. Work is performed outdoors. Duties may include pruning, picking, and handling harvested products. May operate farm machinery and repair farm buildings and machinery. One months experience required.

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