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year after its first public meeting, the future of the East Hill Plaza – a strip mall on Pine Tree Road in the Town of Ithaca – will be available for community input all this week as the development team tries to gauge what ideas would be most warmly received by the community. Monday night’s event was the first in a “Charette Week” the East Hill Village Partners, the development team, are dedicating to gathering shareholder feedback on their plan. It will be followed by a design open house on Wednesday, April 11, and a Charrette conclusion event the next day to present some of the design ideas. Similar to the initial May 2017 meeting to gather input on the project, turnout was high, filling to the brim the Space at GreenStar, where all the events are being held. Specifics like sketch plans and renderings are not yet being made available, as the development team is still gathering ideas before setting forth a formal proposal for East Hill Village. Early on though, the project appears to be focused on retaining some portion of the mixed-use aspects of the current property, like office space and retail, as well as potentially adding housing and more commercial space. Cornell University already owns the majority of the 35-acre plot of land, but since it is not for school use it can be taxed, something that isn’t expected to change with the new plans for the site. To begin, the developers laid out six design principles: improve density and aesthetic value to acknowledge the area as the de facto gateway between Cornell and the Town and City of Ithaca, balancing the importance of bicyclists and pedestrians with cars, utilizing ample open space, usefulness for all of Ithaca, be “meaningfully green,” and prioritizing connectivity to trails and the rest of the area. Some concerns reappeared from last year’s meeting, most notably what the impact of new housing would have on traffic around the site, a hot issue for residents who say traffic there is already unwieldy enough as it is currently. Avoiding a heightened cost of living was also mentioned as a priority, potentially achieved by looking for local businesses to take over commercial space instead of larger chain continued on page 4

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here’s a say ing a mong musicians in town that you can’t swing a lanyard in Ithaca without hitting a guitar player, but beyond the immediate region, Ithaca’s music scene is something of a well-kept secret. Despite numerous, unique festivals (Grassroots, Ithaca Festival, Porchfest, Cayuga Sound and now, Ithaca Thaw), a plethora of touring artists living here and the common conundrum for music lovers having to select from four to ten shows happening at once on any given night, Ithaca’s reputation as a powerhouse in the national music scene has somehow failed to garner the clout of larger cities with arguably, just as much talent per capita. Recognizing this, two local musicians, working with a number of longtime boosters in the local music scene, are looking to give the city’s musicians the platform they deserve. It was while playing together

at last year’s Ithaca Fest that The Uncommons’ drummer Jeff Goodmark and local singer songwriter Victoria DeBerry – better known as Vee Da Bee – first became acquainted and, like most musicians who cross tracks, the pair got to talking about their shared interests. Goodmark is a man on the move, making his living in gigs as a real estate professional, an Uber driver and traveling salesman while DeBerry graces the airwaves as an on-air personality for the Cayuga Radio Group, the bright and cheerful front for both the company’s hits station, Z955, and its country music station at 103.3 FM. And while both had different trades, both found themselves sharing a similar passion: podcasts. It was an interest so compelling for Goodmark that, some time back, he decided that Ithaca could use one of its very own – a hybrid of favorites including Song Exploder and NPR’s Tiny

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▶ Elites vs. Masses Many called the election of Donald Trump a modern populist revolution, but what exactly does that mean in the 21st century West? It might mean the same as it always has, according to military historian Victor Davis Hanson, who is presenting a lecture on the topic called “Populist Revolt: Everything Old is New Again” on April 23 at 5:15 p.m. Hanson, a widely-known conservative author on military subjects (but not race issues) draws upon his background as

Victoria DeBerry (left) and Jeff Goodmark (right) of Ithaca Is Music. (Photo: Casey Martin)

Desk series – to better highlight bands in the local music scene and promote them at a larger, more national scale through the internet. When DeBerry, a native of Houston, Texas, moved to town a little more than a year ago, Goodmark knew he had found his host. “I was looking for someone who was connected to the music scene, who was a songwriter who could offer a firsthand knowledge of what the process was actually like so they could ask questions in a way that sounded more real,” said Goodmark. Coincidentally, DeBerry herself already had a vested interest in starting a podcast of her own, but broadcasting through the channels available to CRG. DeBerry wanted to “break down the oil and canvas, not just the soft strokes and the pixelation” of songcraft, to do distill the sentiment behind an artist’s songs and continued on page 5

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a farmer to give a perspective on the many factors that fueled Trump’s run to the presidency. The event is free and will be held at Cornell’s Bio-Tech Building in room G10. ▶ Speaking Of Conservative Voices, Fox News commentator Jesse Watters will be at Ithaca College on Thursday in Williams Room 323 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. If you prefer to see someone with different political inclinations, you’re in luck: on Thursday, April 12 at 5:30pm in Uris G01, the

Cornell Democrats are hosting NYS Assemblyman and DNC Vice Chair, Michael Blake. ▶ The Women’s Opportunity Center is looking for teams of four to participate in a fun day of events on May 5 to help fund its numerous initiatives to raise money for women’s issues in Tompkins County. The entry fee is $200 per team, and you can call 272-1520 to reserve a spot. The event is happening on May 5 and is limited to 20 teams total.

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What’s one thing every graduating Cornell or IC student should do before they leave Ithaca?

“Hit up every pizza place in town!” —Patrick Leahy

“Consider moving back to Ithaca! It’s a great place to raise a family.” — Cathy Decker

“ Get out and go hiking.” —Trisha Vendryes

round this time last year, Sout hside Communit y Center was rebounding from a period of great uncertainty about its future. The more than 80-year old cultural center, in the summer of 2016, had thrown off a push from City Hall to annex it into the bureaucracy, the center’s leadership insisting they maintain the center’s long-held independence as it worked to “restore the faith” in their mission and prove the funding they receive from the city coffers each year was being spent in good faith. Just several months after their efforts were documented in a cover story by The Ithaca Times, Southside Community Center’s efforts have been rewarded: last week, it was announced the nationallyrenowned NoVo Foundation had awarded the community center a three-year, $270,000 grant – half the center’s annual budget – to continue and expand on its mission as the rock of black cultural identity here in the sea of white that is the City of Ithaca. The grant funding will go toward general operating expenses, and allow the center to expand on a number of cultural initiatives and aspirations the center’s two leaders – Nia Nunn and Nydia Blas – have had in mind for Southside’s future. Their hope is that this funding

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and the effort it is going to support will be transformative not just for the young men and women who use Southside everyday, but for the greater community as well, taking a step toward deconstructing our ideas of normality through sharing the experience of Ithaca’s black population and through the cultivation of black identity within the community. NoVo, according to its website, avoids “top-down models for the improvement of societies,” instead devoting their mission to “an earnest search for fresh ideas that show unusual promise for significant impact.” The work done by the more than $650 million foundation covers a number of primary areas, including tackling initiatives such as empowering adolescent girls, ending violence against girls and women, advancing social and emotional learning and promoting local living economies, among others. The organization’s efforts, over the years, have included the perspectives of some giants in the intellectual world such as Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, Jyoti Nanda and others who Nunn describes as having unapologetic focuses on the advancement of black girls and black women. It was through this paradigm that Nunn was first exposed to the organization’s work, after being

informed of a call for black female scholars to help define the scope of the foundation’s mission. Two years later, it was brought to their attention by a friend that a larger grant was available and Southside’s leaders, confident in the work they had done in the community, joined a group of 670 initial writers of letters of interest. Of that group, just 60 of them were invited for a phone call last November. Slated for 30 minutes, the call lasted nearly 80 and Southside, with its vision for the community, was invited to apply. In their application, they “wrote their asses off,” Nunn laughed, hashing out their relationship with Southside Community Center as children and how their understanding of the space has since evolved as adults. “We shared stories of our girlhood in Ithaca, linking some of that directly to our individual

crafts as artists and scholars,” Nunn said. “We were able to acknowledge some of the very black girl-specific type work we’ve been engaged in for many years, but ultimately to acknowledge the existing programs that highlight the experiences of black girls and black women that benefit from the programs that are currently in place.” “But also talking about the specific issues and needs that girls in our community face,” said Blas. “Unlike an inner city, we live in a predominantly white city, and we wanted to define why this work is needed in a place like this.” What they came up with was a concept called “Black Girl Alchemists,” a highly-specific initiative Nunn describes as exemplary of the “power and beauty of self-discovery” targeted directly toward

and easy access to mass public transportation. Even a hardware store request made its way into the mix. The general ideas were the same as are often seen in these types of events, however. Residents don’t want to see the spirit of their neighborhoods changed and are wary in the face of so much development elsewhere in Ithaca and Tompkins County as a whole. This area in particular has seen significant change, as just around the corner the mammoth Maplewood Redevelopment construction project continues with ongoing work 14 hours a day during the week. The Bryant Park neighborhood population came out in force, though it should be noted they did not come in staunch opposition to the possible changes. During the last year since the first meeting, the priorities for the site have slightly shifted. While

it was originally proposed as a project focused on graduate student and staff housing for Cornell University, with an additional senior living component, Cornell Real Estate Executive Director Jeremy Thomas said. As for the rather lengthy time lapse between updates, Thomas said the first round of feedback had informed the group about what the community wanted, and before they made any promises or got deeper into the process, they wanted to re-adjust their expectations and examine financial feasibility. “What we didn’t want to do was come back and have community conversations where we talk about things that we couldn’t deliver on,” Thomas said. “We wanted to engage at a time when we could actually take the feedback and move forward with the real project.” Thomas said from Cornell’s perspective, they would like to

provide convenient housing for the next generation of faculty and staff who work at the university, though they also recognize the overarching needs and desires of area residents who want to see virtually any housing development include something for the lower-income population who see their ability to access affordable housing shrinking continuously. He also did note that seniors looking to downsize their housing as they age would likely be part of East Hill Village’s population. “What we’ve heard from the public is that they want to see a wide range of types of housing for the broader community,” Thomas said. “We know there’s a number of populations that will potentially live here.”

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where the musicians – as people – were at in their minds while writing their songs. Both hoped to offer something different from some of the existing interactive music programs in town, such as WVBR’s Bound For Glory or Tuesdays With The Band, offering something more along the lines of some of the live video performances offered by YouTube channels like Audiotree or those offered by Seattle radio station KEXP. After some brainstorming, what they eventually produced was Ithaca Is Music, an upcoming podcast that, on April 19th, will record and film its pilot episode at Lot 10 in Downtown Ithaca. T he s how, w h ic h w i l l b e recorded each Thursday for 10 weeks, will have a live host (Victoria) to facilitate in-depth conversations with local bands and get to the meat of four songs – one of the band’s first songs or some of their early work, the song that is mostrequested or most memorable (“the one that brings down the house,” Victoria said), the band’s greatest technical or songwriting achievement and finally, the band’s “newest” work – and their origins. Goodmark will be the producer, and each performance will be filmed by Finger Lakes Music Press, which has a regional

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av id Sh api ro not ic e d somet hing du ring his campaign for Tompkins County Legislature during the summer and fall of 2016. The issues he was drawn to primarily dealt with families and the struggles they face raising their children, and especially funding everything that comes along with it. That made sense, as his background in human services had fueled his run and more specifically, he has served as the executive director of Family and Children’s Services of Ithaca since moving to the city seven years ago. While his campaign for that seat ended unsuccessfully, as Henry

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sionalism, people won’t take you seriously. If on social media, you don’t have enough likes on Facebook or something, you might not get your foot in the door, which is frustrating. We want to give people more than that. We want to give them a space to show who they are. And if it’s concise, people doing booking in other markets might look at that and see how awesome they really are.” Just starting the project out, the podcast will open with a free-toattend recording of it pilot episode at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 19 at Lot 10, featuring Goodmark’s band, The Uncommons. Still seeking sponsors for season one, the Ithaca Is Music team is aiming for an initial recording date of May 31. The first mastered and polished podcast will be released Thursday, September 6, with editions coming out every Thursday for the following nine weeks. “We ’re t r y i ng to s t a r t i n a ver y g rassroots way, bu i ld something up that is very cool and let people get involved in it organically,” Goodmark said.

▶ The fight against opioid abuse around the city has taken several steps forward over the last few weeks, including an influx of grant money to Cornell and the hopeful establishment of a detox center. Maybe, just maybe, there’s some light at the end of this tunnel. ▶ Cynthia Nixon could have been something. She could have taken down the big, bad, Governor Andrew Cuomo. Then she decided that Ithaca was the gateway to upstate New York in a recent magazine interview. She claims it was a joke, and will probably recover completely, but upstaters, wherever the hell that actually is, don’t forget quickly.

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reputation for local music cinematography. Equipped with a 16-track panel onstage supplied by New Vine Records, each interview and performance will be mixed down and given to the bands with full distribution rights, something that is prohibitively expensive for most local bands. But for music lovers, it’s huge in the way that it offers fans a greater understanding of the process behind some of their favorite songs or how to interpret songs the way the band intended –

deeper meaning or not. Ultimately, the podcast could eventually serve as a powerful marketing tool not just for the bands involved, but for the music scene as a whole, offering a sort of “business incubator” environment to local acts as an entrepreneurial enterprise. “Perception is everything in this industry,” Victoria said. “If you don’t have an air of profes-

Granison bested him and fellow candidate Carolina Osorio Gil, Shapiro will be campaigning once again, this time for a seat on the Ithaca City School District Board of Education (BOE) to be decided by a May 15 election. Three of the BOE’s nine members have their terms expiring in 2018, though Shapiro is the only outsider who has announced a run yet. Nicole Lafave, a current member, has also announced her intentions to seek another term, while Ann Reichlin is in the process of collecting signatures for the nominating petitions for a reelection attempt. Moira Lang, the final member whose term is expiring, also intends to run again. Shapiro’s desire comes from the changing landscape of raising a child, a prospect more expensive now than ever. That, combined with his affinity for politics that he already showed with 2016’s campaign led him to declare his candidacy and start establishing policy stances, such as instituting universal pre-Kindergarten in the

school district. “It’s going to hurt tremen“I just feel like the way I want dously but we’re going to keep to involve myself is making sure doing that anyway, and that’s with that kids at a young age are get- the two of us having good jobs,” he ting support they need to be suc- said. “There’s a lot of people who cessful in life,” Shapiro said. “If I are middle-income, lower midwere to get elected onto a school dle-income, who just can’t afford board one of my biggest to keep their kids in issues would be how to good pre-elementary make sure we were fundschool programs, and ing pre-kindergarten for at the same time make anyone in the commutoo much money so nity who wants it.” they can’t qualify for Shapiro has ta ken the programs in their part of his cue on this school districts.” issue from his own perThe BOE has had sonal life. He has three a few moments in the children, and despite a limelight over the last two-parent household several months, some David Shapiro with stable and decent that the Board would wages, the price of preprobably prefer to forkindergarten is a much bigger get. The most notable was the burden now for his third child uproar earlier this year after allethen it was five years ago for his gations of racism in the Ithaca first two. He said that example High School theater department, is not a complaint about his own which was preceded by tension situation, but rather an explana- over New Roots Charter School’s tion that if it can impact his family announcement of its intention to that much, those with less means are sure to be hit harder. continued on page 4

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Heard&Seen ▶ AGstravaganza The annual celebration of everything agricultural is being held Saturday on the Ithaca Commons. Come out from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to learn the ins and outs of local farming and, perhaps more importantly, there will be baby goats. .

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Tru m p -ta r i ffs w i l l di r ect ly h a r m ou r de mo cr acy | By Nick R ey nol d s ou might have heard something about the Trump Administration’s non-trade war with China, where the two bickering nations traded substantial tariffs on eye-grabbing materials including steel, pork and soybeans. What you might have missed – amid the chaos of Wall Street bets going bust and hourly soundbites from a former porn star’s attorney – was another tariff, coming from a northwestern paper mill owned by a New York City hedge fund, that could threaten to derail a key function of democracy in small towns and cities across the United States. In mid-January, the US Department of Commerce – prompted by the Washington state-based North Pacific Paper Company – slapped a tariff on Canadian newsprint, a material used by around 75 percent of US publishers and is particularly prevalent in the Northeast. Owned by New York City hedge fund, One Rock Capital, the move was sold as a means to save American jobs in an industry that has hemorrhaged more than 2,100 jobs since 2012, arguing that Canada’s “dumping” of newsprint into the United States at uncompetitive rates was threatening the lifeblood of American business. Ironically, the demise of the American paper mill has come largely because of the declining revenues of the newspaper industry, which – to cut costs in the face of declining print revenues – have long relied on Canadian newsprint, which is significantly cheaper and offered in greater quantities. (The Buffalo News, a short drive away from its paper supplier across the border, hasn’t relied on American newsprint in more than two decades.) It

is only too easy to compare the losses of the paper mills to that of the newspaper industry which, due to declining print advertising revenues, has experienced the loss of half of all newspaper jobs over the past 15 years, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. (If you really want to keep score, that’s approximately 267,000 jobs). With that in mind, the use of American newsprint has never even made good business sense, particularly due to the fact the industry has languished from the decline of printed media. Some important figures: • Canada produces about three times as much newsprint as the U.S., even though the U.S. consumes about five times as much newsprint as Canada. • Canada currently counts 25 mills that make newsprint, while only five do so in the U.S. • 90 percent of the newsprint in the American Northeast and Midwest is supplied by companies in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. • The U.S. Commerce Department announced its decisions aimed at the sale by Canadian exporters of uncoated groundwood paper at up to 22.16 percent less than fair value, far less than the estimated dumping margins of 23.45 percent to 54.97 percent as alleged by NORPAC which, ironically, was operating at full capacity at the time of their lobbying push. • Immediately after the tariffs were announced, contin u ed on page 7

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t’s always best not to overthink things, so why not rush headlong into creating machines that are thousands of times smarter than us yet have no vested interest in the survival of our species? What could go wrong? The internet, social media, smartphones… by now it’s pretty clear that it’s a mixed blessing at best, but let’s double down on all of it and keep shuffling toward a world where reality is enhanced, we only communicate through devices and everyone’s an A-hole. It actually seems pretty foolproof. What could go wrong? Sometimes you just have to roll the dice. Let’s put our least competent celebrity in charge and… I know, send him to a face-toface meeting with the deranged dictator of our sworn nuclear enemy. I mean, what could go wrong? Choosing is so hard. Want to let Visum Development make all the decisions about

YourL etters ‘Free Mumia’

ntil recently, “FREE MUMIA” was painted in bold black letters, in front of a siren yellow background next to Pan-African colors on Albany St. It was a call for the liberation of Mumia Abu-Jamal, journalist and political activist who is spending life in prison. His case, which would require a discussion of racism in our institutions of incarceration, is relevant today, a time when people march in the streets proclaiming Black Lives Matter and protesting police brutality. The sign was an invitation to anyone who did not know of this controversial case to make a personal inquiry. It was carefully painted by a West Coast artist late last summer and stood until November in a community where kids would pass it on their way to school. No more. Now, in the vicinity of the venerable Alex Haley mural and juxtaposing the Pan-African colours, exists what seems to be nothing more than a glorified tag. We regret it was painted over with seemingly little thought about the appropriateness of the new content.We respectfully ask that, if “Free Mumia” must go, that a more satisfactory compromise, one that edifies the community, be presented.

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f you attended the Finger Lakes Thaw last week, you may have seen the New Roots Rock Band—under the direction of David Ferreira—perform a stellar set at The Space at Greenstar. We personally watched these young adults responsibly move van-loads of equipment from the band room at school to the performance location, unload and haul the equipment onto the stage, scramble to assemble and test gear, then have the courage to look out into a sea of possibly unfamiliar faces and put on an expert show without any hesitancy. Some of the performers are only

which parts of Collegetown are worth preserving? What could go wrong? Doesn’t a ginormous trash incinerator between Seneca and Cayuga Lakes seem like a good idea? I have a hunch it is. What could go wrong? Let’s all pretend climate change is beyond our control. Wait, even better… let’s pretend it’s not even real! What could go wrong? We haven’t had a pandemic for a while. Let’s go ahead and cut the Center for Disease Control’s funding for global epidemic prevention by 80 percent. What could go wrong? Now, Donald, you let me handle Ms. Daniels. I’ll even pay the $130,000 out of my own pocket. It’ll never see the light of day. What could go wrong? Do you hate the Environmental Protection Agency? Fine. You’re in charge of it now. Are contin u ed on page 7

freshmen, yet they are talented musicians, carry themselves in a mature manner, have dynamic stage presence, and also responsibly set up and take down their show. Their confidence is due to David Ferreira and his tireless persistence, support, and empowerment of his students. He expects great things from them, yet he respects them. In return, it is obvious how much the students respect and value his mentorship. David has a degree in Music Therapy from Nazareth College, and he uses this daily to bring out the best in each student. But he also has other incredibly diverse life experiences besides his degree from Nazareth College and post-graduate study at the Eastman School of Music: training under steel drum masters, guiding underprivileged and troubled inner-city youth of Rochester to express their energy outward in the form of music; and performing professional gigs with a wide variety of musical talents. The New Roots Rock Band and Steel Drum Band have been amazing successes at NRCS. Tina NilsenHodges, Principal of NRSC, hired David to create and direct a successful music program at the school, but (in line with the mission of the school) the decision to create a rock band came from the students. David helped the students become a REAL rock band. He taught them to have the dedication and commitment needed to succeed: rigorously practicing; learning to assemble, test, troubleshoot, use, and disassemble the myriad pieces of essential equipment; booking gigs; and applying inclass experiences to the real world. He also requires that all band members are also good students. The past four years at NRSC have been an incredibly positive experience for our graduating daughter, in no small part to David’s instruction and musical mentorship. He has instilled in our daughter a level of musical confidence and empowerment like no other teacher before. He has our daughter’s complete respect—and ours.

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you openly hostile to public education? I now pronounce you Secretary of Education. Just itching to stir up an old-fashioned war somewhere? Welcome aboard, Mr. Secretary of State. Don’t worry. What could possibly go wrong? Proposal: have a couple dozen candidates exhaust, bankrupt and smear each other for months before one of them takes on Tom Reed in the general election. What could go wrong? I’m bored. Let’s start a trade war with our largest trading partner. What could go wrong? I’m willing to bet bankers are smarter and less greedy than they were in 2008. Let’s roll back banking regulations and give them the freedom they want and deserve. What could go wrong? The commercial sale of genetically modified foods began in 1994. It’s been 24 years,

and now 94 percent of soybeans, 88 percent of corn and 95 percent of sugar beets are from genetically modified seeds, mostly from our good friends at the Monsanto Corporation. Pretty sure they’ve looked into it and it’s safe. Plus, what could go wrong? Fact: Ithaca is situated on a floodplain at the terminus of four creeks. Fact: The Cayuga Inlet flood control channel hasn’t been dredged in decades. Every year, according to the City of Ithaca and the Army Corps of Engineers, there’s a 1-in-100 chance of catastrophic flooding of large areas of the city, causing hundreds of millions of dollars worth of damage. As a veteran gambler, trust me that those are pretty decent odds that we’ll be OK. What could go wrong?

Charley Githler is a columnist for The Ithaca Times. His column, Surrounded By Reality, appears biweekly.

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The Benefits Of Local CSAs A By M ag gi e Mc A de n | G et You r Gr e e nBack Tom pk i n s

fter graduating from Ithaca College as a journalism major, Kara Cusolito worked on a number of farms, including in Australia and Cape Cod. Now, she owns and operates Plowbreak Farm in Hector, New York, which she and her partner, Aaron Munzer, began in 2011. They rely on a community supported agriculture (CSA) model, which strengthens the relationship between the farmer and the consumer. Community supported agriculture allows consumers to purchase a share of a farm’s harvest in advance, meaning that they support the farm, and local agriculture, in exchange for a supply of fresh produce each week. Kara also said CSA has numerous economic and environmental benefits which go hand in hand. She said that one main benefit is that money spent on food is kept within the community. “It’s the sort of vote with your dollars idea,” she said. “People are choosing to buy our produce, so we’re farming with sustainable, responsible practices, and they’re funding that.” She also said that another benefit to CSA is that it encourages a healthier lifestyle, both in terms of diet and in terms of putting more thought into what one eats. She said she loves having conversations with CSA members about new recipes and ways to cook the different kinds of vegetables that are grown at Plowbreak. Kara said they harvest twice a week at Plowbreak, but that Thursday morning is the main CSA harvest morning which they approach with a list of what needs to be harvested. They also have a work-share program in which community members can have a free CSA share in exchange for three hours of help on the farm each week. Produce is then harvested, washed, cold-shocked and stored in the walk-in cooler. After that, produce is driven to The Westy, a bar and grill, where a farmer’s market-style stand is set up and CSA members can pick up their vegetables

by bringing in reusable bags. Plowbreak Farm follows the free-choice CSA model, meaning that members simply pick out the produce that they need each week instead of picking up a pre-packed box. Plowbreak Farm’s farmer’s market-style stand at The Westy. Plowbreak follows the free-choice model, meaning that instead of members picking up their produce in boxes, they bring reusable bags and can pick and choose what vegetables they need for each week.  Photo Courtesy of Kara Cusolito. Plowbreak Farm’s farmer’s market-style stand at The Westy. Plowbreak follows the free-choice model, meaning that instead of members picking up their produce in boxes, they bring reusable bags and can pick and choose what vegetables they need for each week. Photo Courtesy of Kara Cusolito. Kara said she believes the free-choice model gives people f lexibility in terms of what kinds of produce they take home. She also enjoys the interactions with the community that stem from this kind of CSA model. “We are very much involved in the whole process,” she said. “We harvest it in the morning and then we get to hang out with the people in the afternoon who are coming to pick up the produce, and we give each other updates on our weeks. We get to know our members, which it’s nice, to have that connection with the people that are eating the food.” Plowbreak Farm is also a participant in the Healthy Food For All program, a program housed at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County, which helps low-income families afford CSA shares. EBT payments, formerly known as food stamps, are another option for paying for CSA. Kara also said that the stability that a CSA program gives to farms helped both her and Aaron grow the business when they first started out.

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according to a Pulp and Paper Weekly Index obtained by the Washington State-based Daily News, the price of one metric ton of newsprint on the East Coast increased from $575 in August — when NORPAC filed its petition — to $635 in January. The decision, once handed down, was universally panned. Last winter, more than one thousand papers signed a letter penned by the News Media Alliance – the newspaper industry’s largest lobbying group – urging Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross not to levy it. Many publishers, according to a piece in the Columbia Journalism Review, anticipated increases in production expenses of as much as 10 percent. (The Ithaca Times anticipates a $30,000 increase in annual production costs, according to our publisher.) Many have said that jobs could be impacted by the move. Yet NORPAC, in statements released to the press, have expressed little concern for the health of a significantly larger industry in a move that seems almost antithetical to good business sense, particularly when the move impacts their chief clientele. “While we understand the concerns recently surfaced by some newspaper publishers, we strongly disagree with the notion that their industry requires low-priced, government-subsidized, imported newsprint from Canada to sustain its business model,” said NORPAC’s CEO, Craig Anneberg. “High-quality journalism in communities across the country should not depend on unfairly traded inputs that cause material injury to a US industry and American jobs.” We beg to differ. Upon the announcement, legislators from both parties began pushing back against the tariff, including New York’s Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer. Eight senators, including Republicans Lindsey Graham and Susan Collins, urged federal officials to look closely at how the tariffs could affect “hundreds of thousands of Americans jobs.” Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland called the U.S. action “unfair and unwarranted,” and said the paper tariffs will cost American jobs. Some might argue that the declining nature of print might inspire a revolution in digital news, or provide a force for the newspaper industry to modernize to funding streams that rely primarily on the internet. Ignoring the fact that the Ithaca Times has never used your personal information to target our print advertising, the economics of such a move make little sense if you’re looking to support an effective news enterprise, especially in small markets where advertisers are few and the profit margins between production costs subscription revenues are razor-thin. According to PriceWater Coopers, a multinational auditing firm based out of the United Kingdom, there is plenty of money to be made in the digital advertising realm: last year, the online advertising market finally surpassed TV-based ad revenues by roughly $15 billion, whereas, in 2016, the firm had estimated that TV remained larger than online advertising. With a strong 9.9 percent compound annual growth rate from 2016 through 2021, the firm anticipates online advertising will be a $116 billion market by end of the forecast period, likely stealing the brunt of the value from other advertising outlets. According to those same figures, digital adverAp r il

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tising in the national newspaper market is anticipated to lag at a growth rate of 2.2 percent that is simply not enough to offset print advertising losses of 12.6 percent per year. This is important to understand, as, industrywide, more than a quarter of all newspaper ad revenues consist of digital advertising. (Less so at local outlets.) By 2021, that revenue share is expected to adjust to approximately 45 percent, all while classified and commercial advertising is expected to experience double-digit drops in regards to growth rate. It’s not just the internet that hurt the news: According to a 2014 paper in the American Economic Review by the University of Chicago’s Matthew Gentzkow, the Clark Medal award winner asserts that it was the transition of advertisers to other sources and declining readership overall, rather than the dawn of the Internet, that destroyed the business model for print newspapers, and that the price of attention for similar consumers is actually higher online than offline than in print. While digital advertising can, arguably, be valued at a high enough price point to sustain larger news organizations, the money coming in is not spread democratically and, for local newspapers with a targeted product – local news for local consumers – and the extremely limited advertising demographics that come with it, online advertising is rendered somewhat ineffective, particularly with an oversaturation of national outlets and interfaces such as Instagram, Twitter and Facebook offering alternative avenues for advertising that can circumvent the channel once in the sole control of the local newspaper. But it’s not just about sales, or what the local newspaper can do to boost your business (though it really gets us excited when we find a story in the Times helped to boost somebody’s business.) It’s about fostering an informed community, paying an extra set of ears to pick up the soundbites at meetings that the government’s paid Public Information Officers don’t include and take the initiative to dive into budgets and unearth even more information. It’s about investing in people who care enough to ask about the school board race every year, maintain contacts with political candidates and activists and leverage their way into face-to-face meetings with the people who make all the decisions that affect your life everyday. We understand what the market demands: Pew data from 2016, after all, found that print newspapers were a distant fourth in how Americans got their news, with a majority getting their news from TV, web and radio sources. But I would challenge any of you to compare our coverage of the area to any of the local services above in our area and imagine what stories would go untold without us. The world is changing, we know. But it’s changing too fast for us to get by without any help. Last month, our Congressman, Tom Reed, stated he was “open” to tariffs on China. We humbly ask, if you appreciate any of the work we do, to remind him of the value we have to the civic discourse here in Tompkins County. His contact info: Washington, DC Office 2437 Rayburn HOB Washington, DC 20515 Phone: (202) 225-3161 Fax: (202) 226-6599 Ithaca Office 401 E. State St. Suite 410 Ithaca, NY 14850 Phone: (607) 222-2027 2 0 1 8

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ore than three months on the job now, Tompkins County’s new administrator, Jason Molino, is still making the rounds of the expansive 730-employee, nearly $180 million entity he is now responsible for managing. This week, he’ll have the first opportunity to touch base with Tompkins Cortland Community College president Orinthia Montague, whose institution receives nearly $3 million from the administrator’s budget each year. The past several months, his first administrative role at the county level in just over a dozen years in public administration, have been full day exercises in time management, learning the ins and outs of the county’s more than 30 various departments and the shuttle back-andforth to his family in Western New York, two hours away. (He plans to move to Trumansburg.) Molino, 38, is taking the reins at an interesting time in the county’s history. Named the youngest City Administrator in the state when he took the role over for the City of Batavia at the age of 26, Molino takes the reins from respected administrator Joe Mareane, who led Tompkins County through the worst of the Great Recession and oversaw significant government consolidation efforts during his tenure. Mareane’s successor inherits a county in a position of fiscal stability and a culture of creativity and innovation at a time where New York State government has only begun to demand more of its 62-counties, with numerous directives, unfunded mandates and uncertainties at the federal level presenting significant budgeting challenges for leaders across the nation. But for all Mareane accomplished, many important conversations remain on the table that now, fall to Molino to facilitate. All while learning the differences between city and county government on the fly. Working with a budget of $176 million each year, Molino will oversee a budget seven times that of what he worked with in Batavia, managing a staff five times the size of that at his previous job which, in turn, lessens the degree of personal interaction with his new staff he had previously enjoyed in a smaller office. But his legacy in Batavia presents an optimistic picture of an individual willing to adapt and rise to new challenges. Off to a rough start in his first few years as a city leader, Molino, Batavia City Council President Eugene Jankowski told local news source The Batavian earlier this year, made decisions in the late 2000s that were “not popular,” as he worked to erase a nearly $2 mil-

lion deficit. Overseeing a city that, to start his tenure, was in “recovery mode,” Molino would oftentimes find himself taking the heat for the cost-cutting decisions Jankowski described as possibly attributable to his youth. But he later matured into the role. “When things were going bad, he took the heat,” he told the Batavian. “Now that things have turned around, he should get the credit.” The scoreboard at Molino’s exit is an impressive one for a dozen years at the helm: tax increases each year were minimal, if they existed at all; Batavia, once a littleknown dot on the map, won a $10 million downtown revitalization grant from New York State; cost-cutting decisions, including the consolidation of the city’s police dispatch with Genesee County and the abolishment of the City’s ambulance service for an outside contractor, not only stabilized the city’s budget, but actually improved the quality of service. With such a broad list of accomplishments – starting from such a young age – one begins to wonder how a new, unproven leader takes over their new post

terview in his Court Street office. “It was about breaking down the basics in the Fall of ‘06, peeling back the layers and understanding what, fundamentally, had happened with each department’s budget. Once you get into the details – where the revenues were short, the reasons why they were coming in short – and understanding why expenditures were short, you could really begin to understand the different layers of the onion and begin to come up with solutions to fix that.” While inheriting a budget t hat currently, sits i n t he black (new development downtown and expected assessment increases countywide should help the county’s fiscal health even further), Molino will likely be re-

the numerous social services the funding supports, weighing the intangible impacts of departments such as the Office of Human Rights against the Highway Department when crafting his budgets for the legislature to consider. At the same time, he will look toward future budgets that take an ambitious slate of Alternatives to Incarceration initiatives into account, while facing down future facilities costs from a renovated jail and a possible consolidated law enforcement facility with the city. Yet, for where things stand presently, Molino said the situation isn’t all that unpleasant. “I think we have more ability to be innovative and creative in those confines than some people perceive,” Molino said. “One of the biggest surprises was seeing that happen here where it hasn’t been across the state. You see your probation department here being extremely progressive and what we’ve done as far as alternatives to incarceration, most communities look to solve by building bigger jails. While there are mandates on those issues, this county showed there can be some creativity that can be used to address these problems.” But the County Administrator position is about more than crafting a budget: Responsible for implementing the directives put forth by the elected officials on the Tompkins County Legislature, the County Administrator oversees numerous vital agencies in Tompkins County, such as the Tompkins Cortland Community College, the Community Mental Health Services Board, the County Public Library, local human service agencies and numerous other major local institutions. As such, the County Administrator must have a wide breadth of knowledge on numerous subjects in order to make the most conscientious and informed decisions in the directions of our lives here in Tompkins County. In a wide-ranging interview with The Ithaca Times last week, Molino discussed with us numerous areas of policy and his perspectives toward some of the most pressing issues facing Tompkins County today. Here’s what we learned:

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With no land-use authority, the Tompkins County Legislature has very little say in the progress of the development of housing in Tompkins County. However, Molino enters a period in the county where both elected officials and county staff have begun working to gather the insight needed to facilitate successful development of the county into the coming decade. The Planning Department has begun to work with the various municipalities in Tompkins County

Our Wide-Ranging Chat With Tompkins’ New Fiscal Leader.

with authority. To Molino, it helped to have facts and figures on your side. “It wasn’t too hard to sell when you’re looking at running out of cash in a few months,” Molino told the Ithaca Times in a recent in-

ceiving the challenge he, when leaving his post at the city, said he was looking for. With less budget flexibility, Molino now has to navigate the difficulty of weighing state mandates versus the county’s discretionary funding and

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to begin looking at the area’s growth in a concerted, strategic way. A housing committee, fronted by legislature chair Martha Robertson, has begun diving deep into the issue of housing and, in the legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee, committee chair Anna Kelles has been hosting discussions on numerous sectors of the housing market and the various issues that face groups from homeless teenagers to seniors aging into a shortfall of suitable, senior housing. For his role in all this, Molino sees himself as a liaison between the wonkiness of the county’s offices and the surrounding communities, hoping to communicate what needs to be done to address the housing crisis, from his end, as best as possible. “The role we have is to help facilitate, to bring players to the table and let them have these conversations that can bring new developments,” Molino said. “The county has access and relationships with every municipality here in Tompkins County, and there’s certainly been a priority to reach out and develop those relationships further, and we have access to the information they need to help improve the picture of housing in Tompkins County in a coordinated way.” The housing issue, and the issues that evolve from around it, remain difficult challenges to address from the county’s perspective. Its agencies are often limited by state and federal regulations in regards to the aid it receives. This is particularly felt in a growing homeless crisis in the City of Ithaca, of which county-funded agencies are largely responsible for caring for. Housing, already limited, means more people are being priced out of their homes, and with limited resources from the state and federal government coming in, some may not make the cut for the scarce supply of housing vouchers that make their way into the county every year. And compounding the problem, Molino noted, is affordability for the city’s working class, which presses demand. While some concepts, like the idea of a county-run homeless shelter, have been mentioned in a legislature meeting or two, so far, neither the legislature nor County Administration has discussed the proposal in any depth or with serious consideration due to prohibitive costs in both capital and in budget. It appears more needs to be taken care of first, Molino said, and it starts with expanding the tax base. “When you talk about 17,000 people commuting to Tompkins County, daily, to work, that’s huge,” Molino said. “Capturing just 20 or 30 percent of that group means filling housing demands across the spectrum of incomes and needs. That is an extraordinarily complex problem. The homeless issue intersects with that, and to address that we need to look at areas where we can have the most impact. We don’t have 20 people working on housing all day long.” “I don’t know that it’s our job to always

identify the solutions,” he added. “But I think it’s important we set out a clear vision and a mission and, what we’re going to do in the upcoming weeks with the housing committee, we’re going to get a clearer picture of how this strategy will work and have some targeted focus in areas we think are going to have impact.”

A G l i m p s e At Ja s on M o l i n o Age: 38 Hometown: Saratoga Springs Years Of Experience: 15 • City Manager, City Of Batavia (Jan 2006 – January 2017 • Assistant To The Village Manager, Village Of Port Chester (20042006) • Management Assistant, Schenectady County (2003-2004) Education: Masters In Public Administration, SUNY Albany (20012003) Bachelor Of Arts, Political Science, Norwich University (Class of 2001, Previously Majoired In Environmental Science) Hobbies: Hockey (He played in a men’s league in Batavia), Sportsman (He plans to join a local Rod & Gun Club), Gardener (He and his family built a greenhouse out of reclaimed windows at their home in Batavia, and plan to build another when they move to Trumansburg.) Personal: Married Batavia native Anna Lesh in 2009. Has four children: Sophia Dinehart, 18, Stella, 7; Charley, 5, and Jason Jr., 3. Served with U.S. Coast Guard reserve as a Petty Officer 2nd Class and stayed on from 2000 until 2007.

W or k i ng w i t h F e de r a l and State Government

Tompkins County relies on an insane amount of money from the state and federal government in order to keep ticking. In last year’s budget, Tompkins County received $19.2 million in funds from the feds and $32.5 million from the state, amounting to roughly 29 percent of the county’s total expenditures for the current fiscal year. Though proposed cuts from the Trump Administration eventually turned to spending

increases, some leaders nationwide expressed concerns that certain funding streams may no longer be available or might be reduced. (Mayor Svante Myrick, who has made numerous trips to Washington D.C. over the years, recently stopped, he told The Ithaca Times in an interview, because the current administration wasn’t as friendly with their discretionary funding anymore.) Unknown, upcoming changes at the national level, including the future of the Affordable Health Care Act and whether or not it is repealed or reformed, presents a number of uncertainties to the county’s Medicaid bill, which leaves many leaders with a “lingering black cloud” of uncertain finances down the road. Molino, however, says he sees little change in the cards for Tompkins County’s strategy in attracting new state and federal monies. “I don’t know that our strategy changes a whole lot to be honest with you,” he said. “I think we continue to work with our partners at the state level and, as an administrator, continue to foster and build those relationships. At the federal level, we continue to build those relationships, whether it’s advocacy for our programs or finding new funding, or even advising our elected officials how certain actions affect us. My job is to put myself in a position where we can have these conversations.” That’s not to say there aren’t challenges: At the state level, unfunded mandates remain the key issue, and numerous top-down initiatives from the Cuomo Administration, such as the “raise the age” legislation it recently passed, pose some administrative challenges to local leaders. For Governor Cuomo’s upcoming budget, 35 separate revenue and tax conformity actions were proposed by the governor’s office, estimated to raise about $1 billion in revenue for the coming year. While the Senate and Assembly rejected many of the Governor’s proposals, dozens of their own revenue items were offered, leaving counties with about 40 separate revenue actions to consider in their budgets on top of other social service initiatives, like preparing to share youth juvenile services with other counties and various other directives handed down from the state. “Change is always difficult, and the state is dealing with that change as well, and I’m not sure they know how exactly to deal with it either. So rather than taking the approach of blaming the state for everything, we’re taking the approach of working to learn together to try and achieve what we want to achieve.” Working W ith Key Partners

In recent years, the precarious relationships with Ithacans and its institutions of higher learning have had its share of ups and downs. Cornell University and the City of Ithaca have had consistent tensions over its minimal tax obligations and its student housing shortfall and, in the Town of Ithaca, Ithaca College Ap r il

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was recently faced with the prospect of having its fire protection pulled by the town as a power move to get it to pay more for its services. However, there have been efforts to bolster those relationships. Ithaca College hired former Deputy Administrator Paula Younger to serve as a community liaison between the college and the community, and Cornell University has an active community relations arm in charge of local policy. “My perspective is that when they do well, we do well, and I want to keep an open and honest level of communication with them to help each other advance,” said Molino. “All three colleges employ a lot of people and, from a cultural and diversity perspective, have a major influence over the economy and the quality of life here. It doesn’t mean we’re going to agree on everything, but it does lay the groundwork to work through those issues.” As for cooperation with the city, Molino has actually known Mayor Svante Myrick several years now as a member of the New York Conference Of Mayors, where he served on the executive board as a member of the New York State City-County Management Association. Molino has so far had a number meetings with Myrick and his Chief of Staff, Dan Cogan, where they’ve discussed a number of local shared initiatives including their Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion program and the growth of the tax base, which is a priority for both parties. There is also the question of the plan in progress to possibly consolidate the city and county’s public safety facilities, a discussion taking place concurrently with a possible countywide consolidation of law enforcement, an in-depth look at emergency response services in Tompkins County, and the renovation of a dilapidated jail to offer more treatment and programming options. But this is a very new topic and, while the City is going through its master facilities plan, both parties are still looking at a number of legislative items on the docket, particularly facing the needs of a new or improved jail, before addressing the topic head-on. “One of the interesting things in a one-city county, is the value of the relationship between the two parties,” said Molino. “We definitely want to continue that relationship over time and meet regularly. If there’s opportunities to work together, for instance, on the potential of shared public safety facilities, space is a premium for both of us and we’re running out of it, which presents some opportunities.” “Right now, we’re at the point where we want to have a dialogue about a shared facility,” he added. “What form and fashion that is still has to be determined, and there isn’t a set location yet, but it’s a discussion I think we both want to carry on and see where it may lead us.”

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To fund the various services in Tompkins County and the City of Ithaca, the county needs to facilitate growth to the tax base both in property taxes and sales taxes. A good way to get that growth going, the county has found, is through the granting of tax abatements. While the city has its own policies for granting the abatements, the county – working through functions like its Industrial Development Agency and the affiliated Tompkins County Area Development (TCAD) – has strategically weighed projects all over the county. But some, wanting tenets like inclusionary zoning or even, a pause to tax abatements for market-rate housing projects, have pushed for reforms to the county’s philosophy of tax abatements to spur investment. But Molino is more cautious. “I came from an area that had a very aggressive IDA and a very different approach, due to different demands and different supplies in that region,” he said. “TCAD’s objective is to bring growth, wealth, and jobs to the region and I don’t think there’s one way to do that. There are multiple levers to pull at different times. I think people have to keep in mind that economic development is not a perfect science, it’s a spectrum of different opportunities, and to capture them all you need to be flexible and able to react with them. You need multiple solutions. One thing I think is unique to Tompkins County that I don’t think exists anywhere else in the state is the IDA provides incentives to encourage energy efficiency in green building, which I think is unique to the character of the community and is something the community values as important. Being reactive to those things is importance, and economic development takes all forms, from new construction to redevelopments to expansions and even business retention.” Tax base growth is particularly important in growing the county’s sales tax base ($36 million of the local budget last year) which, like the rest of the state, has begun to falter in the age of Amazon. (A further kick in the teeth: the State Legislature killed a proposal this year to make all internet sales to buyers in New York State taxable.) Sales tax is the product of a lot of different elements, from economic development to tourism initiatives. It’s an important part of the budget, but also a budget line that needs to be considered conservatively due to its volatility. “If you’re overaggressive budgeting with it, as a lot of communities were, you have some difficult decisions to make,” said Molino. “I’ve always been a proponent of ‘slow and steady wins the race.’”

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issues. They’re even looking at starting contin u ed from pg. 4 their own publishing company, to publish zines and host exhibits to better share the the city’s young women of color. The stories and perspectives of the youth they focus of the initiative, which is largely cen- serve. tered in the nurturing of self-expression “We also purposefully left space for through art and literature, is intended as a girls to be able to tell us what they want mechanism of disruption to the “internal- and to lead for themselves,” said Blas. “We ized, gendered racism” that black girls in have these general ideas of what we wantIthaca experience in unique ways, doing ed, but to let the girls have a say in how so in a way that connects it to the his- these funds are spent, which is so excittorical function of Southside Community ing – the grant funds are to cover general Center as an agency created very much in operating expenses, to put the money in the spirit of the black feminist thought to the hands of people who know their comcome about in the early-20munity’s needs best and can th century. apply them the right way.” “It’s “It’s transformative when The new f unding a l lows transformative we allow ourselves as human them to expand their leaderwhen we allow beings to be unapologeticalship as well, possibly offering ourselves as human ly specific,” explained Nunn. stipends to people passionate beings to be “Historically, when there is about their mission and posunapologetically a focus on the experiences sibly offering microgrants to specific.” of a particular group, like members of the community black girls, there are ways (and even some from outside in which everyone benefits. of It haca) to do even more We’re not just talking about the inter- projects in line with the organization’s sectionality about checking all of these mission boxes; it’s about being critical of power “It ’s a b out e x pa nd i ng le ader sh ip structures.” dynamics,” said Nunn. “As a leader of While the centerpiece of their grant this place, the projects, the energy and the is highly specific, both Nunn and Blas creativity we will be able to encourage out emphasize that the funding will be put to of other people to execute this…. That’s versatile use, using the money to amplify huge.” t he center’s existing programs to not only have a greater reach, but to expand –Nick Reynolds their perspectives of racial intersectionality into other areas, like food and health

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pursue approval for a 60 student middle school expansion. Most recently, the board was questioned over student behavioral problems at Enfield Elementary School. The central theme that Shapiro took from those situations was the BOE’s willingness to listen to the concerned parties, and the comfort of those expressing them, even if their ability to resolve the problem were limited or non-existent. That’s one of the most important roles of the BOE, he said, in addition to helping sculpt the most beneficial educational experience with the available resources for students. On that point, Shapiro said one of the more impactful things he heard and learned from the students involved in the Ithaca High School theater controversy was the demand for a more contextualized curriculum, something that can help students learn and discuss things that are vitally important or visible today (like racism or gun violence), not just from decades ago. As he understands it, the civil rights and sociocultural-oriented classes in the district are staged from a far more historical perspective, as opposed to looking at current situations or even addressing potential future issues. Shapiro said he feels that could use some adjustment, a rebalancing between what has happened versus what is happening now and why. Shapiro said when he first committed to becoming involved with local politics, he wanted to make sure he wasn’t a one-dimensional official, only reliable for input on family or children’s issues due to his job. He said he’s found a way to bypass that, by examining issues through the lens of ensuring not only quality of

opportunity, but equality as well. “I decided a couple years ago as I was going to participate in local politics, I was going to make sure that with whatever platform I was given, I wasn’t only fighting for children but I was fighting for equity for everybody,” he said. –Matt Butler

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In 2013, as many locals will never forget, Dake was on the cusp of history. In 2010, he became the first-ever true freshman to win an NCAA individual championship (at 141 pounds). He followed up on that achievement by winning again as a sophomore (at 149), and as a junior, he made NCAA history by winning title number three at 158 pounds, the first collegiate wrestler to win at three different weight

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were undefeated, and the hype and hysteria were reverberating through the sports world. Dake and not yet been scored upon in the tournament, and when Taylor aggressively took him down early in the match, it was clear that the Nittany Lion had every intention of playing the spoiler role and claiming his second national title. Late in the period, my friend Dave Auble (2-time NCAA champ at Cornell and a 1964 U.S. Olympian himself) nudged me and said “Taylor’s leg is exposed,” and a nanosecond later, Dake seized the leg and the opportunity, turned the match around and cemented his place in history with an historic 5-4 win. (Wrestling remained an Olympic sport.) Last weekend – at the World Cup in Azerbaijan – Dake’s match against the host country’s Jabrayil Hasanov was a key component in bringing the Cup back to the U.S. for the first time in 15 years. Once again, Dake (now wrestling at 79 kg, or approximately 174 pounds) rolled through his first three matches with scores of 11-0, 10-0 and 10-0, then fell behind 2-1 in the second period. As is his custom, Dake did not panic, be saw what he had to do, he did it, and he came out with a 5-3 win over the 2016 Olympic bronze medalist. David Taylor - Dake’s old college nemesis - also ran the table with a 4-0 record, as did Jordan Burroughs, and Team USA brought home the World Cup. My buddy Lee Wolfe – himself a former collegiate wrestler and still a rabid fan 50 years later - recently said to me, “You wrote about Kyle Dake from the time he was in seventh grade until he won his fourth title in 2013. That must have been fun.” It still is, Lee. It still is. *** I wrote last week that the Cornell men’s lacrosse team was lighting up the scoreboard like never before, and that the Big Red had scored 20-plus goals in three straight games for the first time in program history. Well, this past weekend, the unbeaten Harvard Crimson was able to hold Cornell under 20 goals, but nonetheless got stomped as the Big Red put up another football-like 15 points to run its overall record to 7-3, and its Ivy record to 2-1. Sophomore Jeff Teat was once again an offensive wrecking ball, scoring 12 points in the contest. Teat posted a career high with eight assists, and the 12 point outburst was the second time he has produced such a point total. The eight assists was one shy of the school record and moved Teat into eighth on the school’s all-time list with 75. With the effort, Teat now holds three of the top eight single-game scoring totals in school history.

’m one of eleven Cornell students, faculty, and community members who, in one week, will present The Loneliness Project at Cornell’s Schwartz Center, a co-production of the Dept. of Performing and Media Arts (PMA) and Civic Ensemble. It’s been a rare opportunity to combine town and gown with professionals from one of the best theatre cities in our nation. My husband asks what my roles are… I don’t know. What’s the play about? “We’re figuring it out.” We’re flying without a script, yet. Here’s one way in — consider these questions: How do we construct our communities and their histories? How does hard-gained knowledge get passed down from elders to a generation just moving through adolescence into adulthood? Why are youth and seniors so at risk of isolation in the U.S.? Then focus in on the LGBTQIA+ community in one city, Chicago. This is the landscape in which several Chicago theatre artists planted seeds four years ago. They began by conducting more than 60 in-depth interviews throughout the city. When The Loneliness Project opens next April 19–21, four of those artists hope to join local audiences in viewing the first tender shoots. (Cornell performances are $5; an abridged presentation at The History Center on Saturday afternoon is pay what you can.) “It feels strange to say the ‘play opens,’ because… this is the first time we’ve ever been in a room with actors,” explains Kelli Simpkins, lead director and writer.* “It feels still very much in the initial stages… It will be a performance… the actors will be carrying scripts, it’s still very much in process — in a lovely way — a beautiful way.” “Its two weeks out and we don’t have a script yet,” chimes in Caitlin Kane, a PhD student in PMA from Chicago, who serves as lead wrangler and fundraiser, having brought the project to Ithaca to workshop it. The project was born at Chicago’s About Face Theatre, a nationally renowned LGBT theatre; Simpkins has been an associate artist there the last seven years. Kane, a member of the renowned (and recently shuttered) American Theatre Company (whose profile included originating the prizewinners Disgraced, and The Humans) and Reed Motz, an artist with Commission Theatre, joined the process soon after. On March 19, the cast gathers for the first time in a PMA classroom. At one end of a long table sit Kelli, Caitlin and Reed. For just shy of a dozen, the cast is richly multiracial, ranges in age from 16 (a high school student) to 70, and covers the gamut of sexuality and gender identity. Before today we got homework, a daunting list of 45 interviewees from which we are each to pick two or three and present “theatrically compelling highlights” from their transcripts. We don’t really get it yet. We bombard the creative team with questions about how to choose.

Whatever strikes us, comes the answer. Okay. We stumble into the work. Lives of startling variety start to flow across the table. Phrases begin to resonate: a 70 year-‘young’ woman speaks of her grandmother, “a pipe-smoking, West Virginia hillbilly who left school in the 3rd grade to go to work.” Another: “I was very feminine. This was the start of my feminine phase… all of a sudden, this big roar from the living room comes, and like, my dad screams, ‘you’re not gay, you’re a boy.’” Another: “the worst thing that one can experience in life, I might argue, is exile or ostracism — um being cut off from the whole.” “It’s such an inspiring thing to sit down with someone and hear their story in a deep multifaceted way,” says Simpkins. We talk about falling in love with these people. On it goes, lives in miniature over four nights, falling in love with a 6 year-old child of two moms,

The poster for the Loneliness Project. (Photo provided)

a 72 year-old who came out before Stonewall, Black & Latina queers, transgender and non-binary people, movers and shakers, ordinary folks. At the end of each session we make a list of images that hit us. Simpkins calls this ‘First Eyes’: part of the technique developed by the Tectonic Theater Project, known for The Laramie Project, which Simpkins helped create and acted in. Tectonic works in documentary forms, using verbatim text from interviews, public documents and found material. By Friday we move on to the main event: moment work, the heart of the technique. As Simpkins defines it: “It’s the process of writing performance on its feet, using the theatrical elements of the stage.” Tectonic is one of those companies trying to de-center the text, to put it on the same level as other theatrical elements (sound, light, color, repetition, surprise, etc.) As Simpkins further defines it, it is an attempt to forge a dialectical conversation between content and form. We move into the Black Box theater space and begin to make moments over the next 30 rehearsal hours. We try to express something inspired by our reading without resorting to

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words or imposing a narrative. It’s extreme play, it’s sketching on a stage, on each other. It’s collectively combining design, direction and performance. It’s hand-held lights, boxes, sound, chalk, curtains. By our week off for Cornell’s Spring Break we have generated well over a hundred discrete moments. We regather on April 8, a cold Sunday, and meet our final leader, choreographer Al Evangelista. Slim and energetic, he leads us through a fast warm-up and phase three begins. The creative team have spent the week pulling out about a dozen moments and dropping chunks of text into these theatrical ‘containers’. Physical precision becomes paramount. Text is edited on the spot, perhaps tossed to another cast member. Our work from here on in is to perfect moments, add and subtract text and characters. In some ways this feels like ‘normal’ rehearsal; yet it is still about writing performance on its feet. “It’s been so lovely to have all these different age ranges and creative minds and hearts in the room, we’re incredibly blessed,” says Simpkins. “They are helping us to find this world and discover the theatrical landscape of this piece in huge, heavy lifting sorts of ways.…” For Allen Porterie, a Cornell student in the cast, “This project is incredibly important to me as a member of the queer community because it sheds light on feelings of discomfort and otherness that can arise for members of our community, myself included. This project has not only been a touching experience, but a teaching moment in accepting one’s full being.” Simpkins would concur, “It’s lovely to have a lot of people who encompass the LGBTQ communities here in Ithaca be part of this process, because we understand these stories… There is something deeply penetrating about having those experiences and be able… to have an emotional resonance and response to those interviews.” Motz is interested in the time span from the 1940s to now. “A lot of the elders that we interviewed were part of the initial Gay Liberation movement, … now we have this generation of young queer people trying to find their way into activism, so it feels there is this a lot of shared knowledge that could be passed back & forth, but there is this divide… [I’m interested] in looking at the arc of activism and the arc of history in Chicago’s queer communities and how you help to bridge that gap.” The work continues to change daily. “It started very clearly to be about this question of intergenerational loneliness,” says Kane, but over time a range of stories has emerged. “One of the principles of this work is you let the material lead what the play becomes.” (*direct quotes from Kane, Motz & Simpkins from a PMA Podcast)

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Two Decades for Ensemble X Ensemble X celebrates its 20th anniversary By Jane D ie ckm ann

wenty years ago, Ensemble X, the group of Cornell and Ithaca College faculty musicians dedicated to presenting contemporary works and 20thcentury classics, gave its first concert. The ensemble closes this anniversary season with a “big splash” event in Barnes Hall on Sunday, April 15, at 8 p.m. On the program are chamber concertos for piano by British composer Jonathan Harvey and Stephen Hartke from Oberlin, plus a shorter piece for orchestra and electronics by Cornell graduate and “star” composer Christopher Stark. Soloists are Cornell professor of piano and Ensemble X’s director, Xak Bjerken, and Ryan McCullough, candidate for the DMA in Performance at Cornell. Accompanying them is an ensemble of 25 instrumentalists, led by Timothy Weiss of Oberlin. The present season for Ensemble X has been organized as a tribute to the late Steven Stucky, composer, conductor, and Pulitzer-prize winner, who was its founder and leader—later joined by co-director Bjerken—for many years. At the very first concert Stucky wrote that “Ensemble X is devoted to bridging gaps: between com-

poser and performer, between composer and audience, between past and present.” Many of the players in this concert performed with Stucky, and, as Bjerken told me, “our lives changed so much because of him. He really started it all.” Over the past years the group has presented more than 250 works, many of them premieres, by a variety of composers from all over the world. They also have acquired an enthusiastic following, and Bjerken, along with IC clarinetist and “partner in crime” Richard Faria, has continued the group’s tradition of adventurous programming and outstanding musicianship. The orchestra assembled for this concert is much larger than usual, but reflects the traditional combination of musicians from Cornell and IC. Among them are three members of the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra and six Cornell undergraduates. Their conductor, Timothy Weiss, has directed the Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble for more than 20 years, and helped create and mentor the wonderful ensemble “eighth blackbird.” Opening the program is Bird Concert with Pianosong (2001) by Jonathan Harvey,

Ensemble X (Photo provided)

a leader in electronic music in his time and one of Stucky’s favorite composers. The title suggests an amusing piece, but in reality it is a hauntingly beautiful dialog between the recorded natural sounds of birds and the piano. It is if the piano were talking with the birds. With the recorded sounds all around, the audience gets to experience the joy of endless singing plus the feeling of freedom in flight. As the work was written for “very old” equipment—probably 2001 is the Middle Ages in electronic music— director of Cornell’s Electroacoustic Music Center Kevin Ernste and composer Stark are assisting in the sound diffusion operations. For soloist McCullough, performing this work is part of his doctoral degree. Following intermission comes True North by Stark. Like Harvey’s work, it features digital sounds from nature along with the acoustic sounds of instruments on stage. Stark holds a DMA in Composition from Cornell, and his career has taken off—his latest commission comes from the LA Philharmonic and will be conducted by John Adams in Disney Hall. The composer,

inspired by the work of Surrealist painters, developed software to create new and strange harmonics. The title refers to the geographical North Pole, a guiding principle in his work. To close the program, Bjerken plays the East Coast Premiere of a one-movement concerto commissioned for him by Ensemble X and written by Hartke, who is chair of composition at Oberlin. Called Ship of State, it relates to perilous political situations both past and present. Inspired by ardent abolitionist Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem “The Building of the Ship,” in which the ship named “Union” is falling apart, the work has four sections, each with a heading taken from the poem. It opens, Bjerken says, with a trombone solo, marked “obnoxious.” Then the piano enters with the marking “panicky.” There is a lot of “edgy wild jazz,” while the third movement is a “touching lullaby.” The final section is based on the tune of “My Country, ’Tis of Thee,” but the melody is inverted, like the flag is upside-down. The rhythm throughout is “SOS” in Morse code, tying the piece together. It’s “entertaining and powerful,” and the “highlight of anything I’ve ever done.” Come and hear this “wow” concert, new music played by hard-working musicians who are really excited to be playing. It relates so well to Stucky, whose influence and friendship have inspired so many performers and music lovers. And, Bjerken say, it is “our way of saying thanks to our listeners and supporters over the years.” The concert is free and open to the public, with refreshments afterward. •

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Cornell Cinema: ‘Mary and the Witch’s Flower’ By Br yan VanC ampe n Mary and the Witch’s Flower, directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, playing at Cornell Cinema 4/13 at 9:30pm and 4/14 at 7:00pm. If you study these things long enough, you can spot them a mile away. For instance, I can tell the difference between Tex Avery’s Bugs Bunny, Bob Clampett’s Bugs Bunny and Chuck Jones’ Bugs Bunny. Each rabbit rendition has its own subtleties. Five m i nutes i nto Ma r y a nd t he Witch’s Flower, directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi – playing this weekend for only two screenings at Cornell Cinema – I was utterly reminded of the lovely 2012 animated feature The Secret World of Arietty. I was not surprised to learn that Yonebayashi made both films; they each have a robust and colorful sense of what makes a great fairy tale. Based on The Little Broomstick by Mary Stewart, Mary and the Witch’s Flower is the first feature film from a company called Studio Ponoc, and it pretty much defines “auspicious debut”. There’s a subtitled edition out there, but I saw one that had been very well dubbed with UK performers that include the Ruby Barnhill, Kate Winslet and Jim Broadbent. Such care has been taken with the English f lavor because this anime feature has a “veddy British” feel, again reminiscent of Arietty. As you might imagine, Mary and the Witch’s Flower is all about this girl Mary who maybe like the local boy in the village and worries that she’ll never be good at anything. But even though Mary is unfamiliar with a certain meaning of the word “familiar”, she soon acquires a sardonic black cat and finds a glowing blue flower that can give her the power to become a witch for only one night. This might be the most I’ve thought about witches and brooms since the great old “Witch Hazel” Looney Tunes, but Mary’s broom may be the cutest sentient object in cinema since Aladdin’s magic carpet or Dr. Strange’s cloak. This is good family film storytelling, told with good humor, pacing and a confidence in tone that reminded me not just of Arietty but also movies as lovely and disparate as Howl’s Moving Castle, Coraline, Ever After, The Princess Bride and the Harry Potter series, most obviously. Mary is a sweet, forthright and brave heroine worthy of any macabre family epic, the kind of protagonist who won’t wait around to be saved. •

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into the past is the complimentary offering of bread and butter. I miss that and had come to expect it to accompany a $25 entrée. I once asked my server if there was any bread at all, other than the $5 appetizer of grilled Naan bread. She thought a moment and then cheerfully offered to take a hamburger bun, slice it in half, and have the chef warm it for me. As you might imagine, I had no interest in pursuing this option. There are still traces of Asian influences on the menu in the appetizer section. In addition to the Naan bread you’ll find coconut crab cakes with a Thai sweet chili lime sauce, spicy smothered tots with Korean beef and a kimchi cream sauce, and panfried pork dumplings with ponzu sauce. From the entrée section I recently ordered Orange Five-Spice Glazed Duck Breast which was an economical $20. (Most of the entrees cost between $26-$29.) It was served with vegetables, a fennel salad, fig jam, and creamy polenta. The duck was cooked medium rare, as ordered, and made for a satisfying main course. The Burgers and Sandwiches section of the menu has been expanded to become dominant: there are now nine items, two more than the entrée offerings. The BBQ Burger, with sautéed mushrooms, Cheddar, and BBQ sauce, if not exceptional, was certainly enjoyable. The wine menu offers a comprehensive selection with prices approximately the same as the entrée prices. I’m impressed with the both the number and variety of the draft and bottle beer selections and those prices pair well with the sandwiches and burgers. Even with the changes, Madeline’s is still one of the more attractive dining establishments in the downtown area. With all the hustle and bustle on nearby Aurora Street, it’s still my go-to restaurant for a quiet night out with friends.

Three Shows to Look Out for This Week

Songstress Joan Osborne in Ithaca A Taste of Jersey Classics By Br yan VanC ampe n

oan Osborne may be best remembered for her recording of the Eric Bazilian song “One of Us”, but she’s an interpretive singer and writer who’s dabbled in just about every genre. She has toured with Phil Lesh and the Funk Brothers and was featured in the documentary Standing in the Shadows of Motown. On April 12, Osborne will sing the songs of Bob Dylan at the Hangar Theatre. While on tour in Japan, Joan Osborne spoke to the Ithaca Times about exploring Tokyo, interpreting Dylan and her favorite Dylan album. Ithaca Times: Tell me about what you’re doing in Japan; have you been there before? Joan Osborne: We are finishing up a brief foreign tour here, after playing in Scotland and the Netherlands, doing songs from the new Bob Dylan album and also some original material. I’ve been to Japan several times, first time was in 1996. The fans here are wonderful, very loyal and devoted. And I love exploring Tokyo and getting to bring my daughter here. IT: You’ll be singing Bob Dylan’s songbook. What are the challenges in making his songs your own? JO: My voice and Dylan’s voice are very different, so in a way that opens up many

different possibilities for interpreting his songs. I’m never going to sound like him so I have to make a conscious choice with the phrasing and arrangements. I rely on the lyrics to point the way: the poetry is so powerful, it brings out an emotional response in me and that helps me find a way to sing the song that feels authentic. After that it’s some trial and error, working things out in rehearsal with the musicians until we hit the sweet spot where the song and our arrangement blossom into something interesting. IT: What was the first Dylan album that you connected with? JO: For me it was “Oh Mercy” in the late 8’0s. Of course I knew many of his songs before then, but I didn’t sit with any of the albums in their entirety until “Oh Mercy”. I had more of a Beatles/Stones/blues/soul record collection. I was in Paris for the first time, busking with a bunch of street musicians, and I saw the album in a record store there. I was looking for some inspiration for my own writing so I picked it up, and was just blown away. Songs like “Ring Them Bells,” “Everything is Broken,” “Man in the Long Black Coat,” they’re like miniature movies. Full interview at ithaca.com

By Br yan VanC ampe n “The Jersey Tenors” are coming to CRT Downtown on April 13 & 14 at 7:30 p.m. hey are widely considered to be one of the more versatile and talented tribute acts in the nation. Brian Noonan, head of Unexpected Boys Entertainment, initially created the group as a straight-ahead Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons tribute act. Noonan spoke to the Ithaca Times about the inspiration for the group and giving other styles of music the Four Seasons treatment. IT: Obviously you were inspired by Jersey Boys, the Four Seasons musical. BN: One of our first incarnations of a show was called “The Unexpected Boys.” We were strictly a Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons tribute act. We started performing shortly after the Broadway show opened in 2005, and amassed about 2,500 shows worldwide with that show, which was our jewel for a long time. We decided that we wanted

to mix it up into something different and add to the repertoire. It allowed us to explore all those different genres, too. IT: Where did the idea for the mash-ups come from? BN: Well, it came out of necessity, and it came out of creating something newer. Our entity that owns “The Unexpected Boys”, they usually put out a new tribute act or a new corporate entertainment act every 18 months. If we find out that it has a life in theaters, we flesh it out. And when we hit the ground running with “The Jersey Tenors,” we decided, “Hey, let’s incorporate some new artists” – we did Queen, we did Elton John, we did Italian opera. And as we mixed it up, the audiences were looking at us, like, “Where did this come from?” The response we were getting was over the top, and we thought, “Wow, we really should flesh this out.” Read the full interview at ithaca.com.

Jesse Cook comes to the Hangar By G.M . Bur n s

esse Cook is a Spanish artist who is known for his artful guitar playing. As an international musician Cook has traveled and recorded world-wide and is drawn to different music from diverse cultures. Cook has gained a love of classical, jazz, pop, gypsy, and flamenco music over the decades and has blended these influences to produce a warm and welcoming sound. Cook will perform at the Hangar Theatre on April 18th. In this recent interview he talks about his enjoyment of touring and playing for new audiences. Ithaca Times: Your recent release Beyond Borders has the feel of world music and your signature flamenco playing. But you balance the contrast of the softer and peaceful “Unchosen” compared to “Hendra” which is played with great energy. Can you talk some about that process? What was it like for you? Jesse Cook: When there are no lyrics to sing, you’re just left with the music and the feelings it evokes. I try to be as emotionally honest with the material as I can. For sad songs like “Unchosen”, I try to put myself in the state I was in when I wrote the song. Sometimes I’ll try to remember what was happening in my life at the time, and the emotions I was feeling. For the happy songs like “Hembra,” it’s easier. Some songs just make you want to dance and celebrate. IT: What did you learn about the cre-

ative playing from that release that you would like to expand on later? JC: The more I experiment with world music, the more I want to travel, explore, and discover more. It’s a big world out there. Read the full interview on ithaca.com.

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Jesse Collins Duo, Molly MacMillan | 6:00 PM-9:00 PM, Wednesday, April 11, 18 | Monks on the Commons, 120 S Aurora St, Ithaca | (Jazz) Djug Django | 6:00 PM-9:00 PM, Wednesday, April 11, 18 | Lot 10 Lounge, 106 S Cayuga St, Ithaca | (Hot Club Jazz, Blues, Swing) Sacred Chanting with Damodar Das and Friends | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Wednesday, April 11, 18 | Varying Locations, , | Refer to Damodar Das Kirtan on Facebook for location schedule. Kirsten Maxwell with a Special Sacred Root Songwriters Night | 8:00 PM-11:00 PM, Wednesday, April 11, 18 | Sacred Root Kava Lounge & Tea Bar, 139 W State St, Ithaca | This night will be joined by local songwriters: Jen Cork, Janet Batch and Austin MacRae. Hosted by Andrew Alling. Synth Night | 8:00 PM-11:00 PM, Wednesday, April 11, 18 | Sacred Root Kava Lounge & Tea Bar, 139 W State St, Ithaca | Wednesday Live Music | 8:00 PM Wednesday, April 11, 18 | Rulloff’s, 411 College Ave, Ithaca | (Local bands, Soloists) Reggae Night with The Crucial Reggae Social Club | 9:00 PM Wednesday, April 11, 18 | The Dock, 415

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The Family Ties | 7:00 PM-10:00 PM, Saturday, April 14, 18 | Grist Iron Brewing, 4880 NY-414, Burdett | Li’l Anne and Hot Cayenne | 7:00 PM-10:00 PM, Saturday, April 14, 18 | The Colonial Inn, 701 N Franklin St, Watkins Glen | Salsa Night Holiday Celebration at The Range | 7:00 PM-1:00 AM, Saturday, April 14, 18 | The Range, Ithaca Commons, Ithaca | Holiday season gift prizes on December 9. Raffle ticket free with admission. Arrive early for a crash course on Salsa and Latin dance, and more party time. Frank Wicher Trio | 8:00 PM-11:00 PM, Saturday, April 14, 18 | Two Goats Brewing, 5027 State Rte 414, Burdett | (Blues) Tru Bleu | 8:00 PM Saturday, April 14, 18 | Silver Line Tap Room, 19 W Main St, Trumansburg |

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Jake Shimabukuro | 8:00 PM, Wednesday, April 11, 18 | Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca |

4/12 Thursday

MIdday Music in Barnes | 12:30 PM-1:15 PM, Thursday, April 12, 18 | Barnes Hall, Cornell, Ithaca | Shin Hwang, fortepiano, plays Schumann’s Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13.

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Flute Concert ft. Shashank Subramanyam | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Friday, April 13, 18 | Statler Hall, Alice Statler Aditorium, 7 East Ave , Ithaca, | Shashank will be accompanied byKamalakiran Vinjamuri on Violin and Parupalli Phalgun on Mridangam (ancient percussion instrument fromIndia). Twiddle | 7:00 PM Friday, April 13, 18 | State Theatre Of Ithaca, 107 W State St, Ithaca | The Jersey Tenors | 7:30 PM, Friday, April 13, 18 | Cortland Repertory Theatre, Dwyer Memorial Park Pavilion, Preble | They highlight Jersey’s Finest including Frankie Valli, Frank Sinatra, Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen and even Whitney Houston. Sticks and Bars | 7:30 PM Friday, April 13, 18 | Southside Community Center,

305 S Plain St, Ithaca | DC’s first and only African style youth marimba ensemble. Leo Kottke | 8:00 PM-11:00 PM, Friday, April 13, 18 | Center for the Arts, 72 S. Main Street, Homer | He is known for a fingerpicking style that draws on influences from blues, jazz, and folk music, and for syncopated, polyphonic melodies. Organist Bine Bryndorf | 8:00 PM-9:10 PM, Friday, April 13, 18 | Anabel Taylor Chapel, Cornell University, Ithaca | Guest organist Bine Bryndorf performs music of Buxtehude and contemporaries. Chris Smither | 8:00 PM Friday, April 13, 18 | Auburn Public Theater, 8 Exchange St, Auburn |

4/14 Saturday

Symphoria Kids: Meet The Orchestra | 10:30 AM-11:30 AM, Saturday, April 14, 18 | Inspiration Hall, 709 James Street, Syracuse | Learn all about the instruments of the orchestra and musicians who play them, which this performance that explores the sights and sounds of the orchestra. Roll on the Knoll Benefit Concert | 12:00 PM-4:30 PM, Saturday, April 14, 18 | The Knoll, 102 The Knoll, Ithaca | Cornell Glee Club Return-From-Tour Concert | 3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Saturday, April 14, 18 | First Presbyterian Church, 315 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | Returnfrom-Tour Concert: The Cornell University Glee Club concludes its Midwest Tour with a free performance of tour repertoire for the Ithaca Community. Dave Curley & Manus McGuire | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Saturday, April 14, 18 | Cherry Artspace, 102 Cherry St, Ithaca | An evening of top notch Irish music, song and dance in a beautiful new local venue. Momenta Quartet | 8:00 PM-10:00 PM, Saturday, April 14, 18 | Barnes Hall, Cornell, Ithaca | Momenta Quartet Residency: Concert of music by Cornell composition faculty.

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Momenta Quartet | 2:00 PM-4:00 PM, Sunday, April 15, 18 | Klarman Auditorium, 232 East Ave, Ithaca | Momenta Quartet Residency: Premiere of works by Mexican microtonalist Julin Carrillo.

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Isle of Dogs | Set in Japan, Isle of Dogs follows a boy’s odyssey in search of his lost dog. | 101 mins PG-13 Finding Your Feet | On the eve of retirement a middle class, judgmental snob discovers her husband has been having an affair with her best friend and is forced into exile with her bohemian sister who lives on an impoverished inner-city council estate. | 111 mins PG-13 The Death of Stalin | Follows the Soviet dictator’s last days and depicts the chaos of the regime after his death. | 107 mins R The Shape of Water | In a 1960s research facility, Elisa, a mute janitor, forms a relationship with a mysterious aquatic creature. | 123 mins R

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Music of the Natural World | 2:00 PM Sunday, April 15, 18 | Community School Of Music And Arts, 330 E State St, Ithaca | Drawing from the Macaulay Library’s catalog of natural sounds, Into Silence focuses on the musical nature of animal voices as they become increasingly rare. Death and the Maiden: The American String Quartet and Linda Chesis, flute | 4:00 PM, Sunday, April 15, 18 | Otesaga Resort Hotel, 60 Lake Street, Cooperstown | The program includes Debussy’s Quartet in G Minor, Schubert’s Death and the Maiden Quartet, and the world premiere of a new arrangement of Griffe’s beloved Poem for flute and string quartet. Brit Floyd Eclipse | 6:30 PM Sunday, April 15, 18 | State Theatre Of Ithaca, 107 W State St, Ithaca | Ensemble X 20th Anniversary Concert | 8:00 PM-10:00 PM, Sunday, April 15, 18 | Barnes Hall, Cornell, Ithaca | Ensemble X 20th Anniversary Concert: Guest conductor Tim Weiss leads a sinfonietta in three works from the last 20 years.

4/16 Monday

Ariana Kim, violin | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Monday, April 16, 18 | Carriage House Cafe, 305 Stewart Ave, Ithaca | Ariana Kim Faculty Recital with Ieva

Jokubaviciute, piano. Program features Bach’s B-Minor Solo Partita and sonatas of Franck and Schumann.

4/17 Tuesday

Matthew Peraza keyboard recital | 7:30 PM-9:00 PM, Tuesday, April 17, 18 | Barnes Hall, Cornell, Ithaca | Matthew Peraza, senior keyboard recital.

Film

WASTED! The Story of Food Waste | 6:50 PM-8:50 PM, Wednesday, April 11, 18 | Cinemapolis, 120 E Green St, Ithaca | WASTED! THE STORY OF FOOD WASTE aims to change the way people buy, cook, recycle, and eat food. Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival (FLEFF) | Thursday, April 12, 18 | The 20th annual FLEFF. This year’s theme is Geographies. Visithttps://www. ithaca.edu/fleff/ for more information. Centrally Isolated Film Festival |Friday, April 13, 18 | Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, Cornell University, Ithaca | Student filmmakers, most from central and upstate New York, will have their short films screened during the fifth annual Centrally Isolated Film Festival (CIFF) The S Word | 6:30 PM, Sunday, April 15, 18 | Biotechnology Building, Cornell University, Ithaca | Film director Lisa

Klein will show her award-winning documentary about suicide, The S Word, at a special Ithaca screening and panel discussion The event is presented by The Sophie Fund and Cornell Minds Matter. Cornell Cinema 24 Frames | 7:00 PM Wednesday, April 11, 18 | Willard Straight Theatre, Cornell, Ithaca | A sustained meditation on the process of image making, 24 Frames is a graceful and elegiac farewell from one of the giants of world (Janus Films) Subtitled. Also showing April 12 at 7 p.m. Call Me By Your Name | 9:25 PM, Thursday, April 12, 18 | Willard Straight Theatre, Cornell, Ithaca | In a swoony, lazy, erotically charged summer at his family’s Italian villa, a 17-year- old American finds himself drawn to the slightly older grad assistant on his father’s architectural dig. Also showing April 13 at 6:45 p.m. Mary and the Witch’s Flower | 9:30 PM Friday, April 13, 18 | Willard Straight Theatre, Cornell, Ithaca | The director of When Marnie was There and The Secret World of Arrietty has created a tale of childhood wonder, filled with magical flowers, flying broomsticks and closely kept secrets. Also showing April 14 at 7 p.m.

Regal Ithaca Thelma | 9:45 PM, Saturday, April 14, 18 | Willard Straight Theatre, Cornell, Ithaca | A young woman’s blossoming sexuality tilts into telekinetic horror in Thelma, a Norwegian art-house Carrie filtered through cool blue tones. April 15 at 8:45 p.m. Contralto | 7:00 PM, Sunday, April 15, 18 | Willard Straight Theatre, Cornell, Ithaca | With filmmaker Sarah Hennies in person. Defined in musical terms as the lowest female singing voices uses the sound of trans women’s voices to explore transfeminine identity from the inside and explores the intimate, peculiar and powerful relationship between gender and sound. Poor Folk | 7:00 PM, Monday, April 16, 18 | Willard Straight Theatre, Cornell, Ithaca | A-hong and San-mei, both from Myanmar, live a parallel existence crisscrossing the metropolis of Bangkok and the remote border town Dagudi. La Ciudad | 7:00 PM, Tuesday, April 17, 18 | Willard Straight Theatre, Cornell, Ithaca | Four vignettes depict the struggles of recent Latino immigrants to construct new lives away from their families and homelands in a city where they are often either ignored or exploited.

Wednesday, 4/11, to Tuesday, 4/16. Contact Regal Ithaca for Showtimes Chappaquiddick |Depicting Ted Kennedy’s involvement in the fatal 1969 car accident that claims the life of a young campaign strategist, Mary Jo Kopechne. | 106 min PG-13 A Quiet Place |A family is forced to live in silence while hiding from creatures that hunt by sound. | 90 min PG-13 The Miracle Season |After the tragic death of star volleyball player Caroline “Line” Found, a team of dispirited high school girls must band together under the guidance of their tough-love coach in hopes of winning the state championship.. | 101 min PG Rampage |A rogue genetic experiment gone awry transforms this gentle ape into a raging monster. | 107 min PG-13 Truth or Dare |A harmless game of Truth or Dare among friends turns deadly when someone -- or something -- begins to punish those who tell a lie or refuse the dare. | 100 min PG-13 Beirut |Caught in the crossfires of civil war, CIA operatives must send a former U.S. diplomat to negotiate for the life of a friend he left behind. |

102 min R Blockers |Three parents try to stop their daughters from having sex on Prom night. | 102 min R A Wrinkle in Time | After the disappearance of her scientist father, three peculiar beings send Meg, her brother, and her friend to space in order to find him. | 109 min PG Tyler Perry’s Acrimony | A faithful wife, tired of standing by her devious husband, is enraged when it becomes clear she has been betrayed. | 120 min R Ready Player One | When the creator of a virtual reality world called the OASIS dies, he releases a video in which he challenges all OASIS users to find his Easter Egg, which will give the finder his fortune. | 140 min PG-13 Sherlock Gnomes | Garden gnomes, Gnomeo & Juliet, recruit renowned detective Sherlock Gnomes to investigate the mysterious disappearance of other garden ornaments. | 86 mins PG Pacific Rim: Uprising | Jake Pentecost, son of Stacker Pentecost, reunites with Mako Mori to lead a new generation of Jaeger pilots, including rival Lambert and 15-year-old hacker Amara, against a new Kaiju threat. | 111 mins PG-13 I Can Only Imagine | The inspiring and unknown true story behind MercyMe’s beloved, chart topping song that brings ultimate hope to so many is a gripping reminder of the power of true forgiveness. | 110 mins PG Love, Simon | Simon Spier keeps a huge secret from his family, his friends, and all of his classmates: he’s gay. When that secret is threatened, Simon must face everyone and come to terms with his identity. |109 mins PG-13 Tomb Raider | Lara Croft, the fiercely independent daughter of a missing adventurer, must push herself beyond her limits when she finds herself on the island where her father disappeared. |118 mins PG-13 Black Panther | T’Challa, the King of Wakanda, rises to the throne in the isolated, technologically advanced African nation, but his claim is challenged by a vengeful outsider who was a childhood victim of T’Challa’s father’s mistake. | 134 mins PG-13

Southside Community Center, Ithaca Friday, April 13, 7:30 p.m., and at High School Gospel Invitational in Ford Hall, at Ithaca College April 14 at 7:30 p.m.

Willard Straight Theater, Cornell Cinema, Ithaca Saturday, April 14, 9:45 p.m. and Sunday, April 15, 8:45 p.m.

Washington D.C.’s first and only youth Marimba ensemble visits Ithaca for two performances. The group performs music from Zimbabwe, South Africa and other African countries.

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Notices Ithaca Sociable Singles | 6:00 PM Wednesday, April 11, 18 | Stella’s Barn, 1346 Elmira Road, Newfield | Host: Jim H., RSVP: jrhaustein@yahoo.com Wednesday Night Ithaca Women’s Basketball Association | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Wednesday, April 11, 18 | Lehman Alternative Community School, 111 Chestnut St, Ithaca | The league is non-competitive and fun and involves pick-up style playing. Check out the league’s website for more information: https://ithacawomensbasketball.

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ashington D.C.’s first — and only — African-style youth marimba ensemble, Sticks + Bars, will visit Southside Community Center at 7:30 p.m. Friday April 13, and at High School Gospel Invitational in Ford Hall at Ithaca College. The group features D.C. students from grades 5–12 from all economic and cultural backgrounds. The music the group plays comes from Zimbabwe, South Africa and other African countries. In addition to playing classics, the group also performs original compositions, inspired by various cultures in the different countries of Africa. While a D.C. group, the founder and director hails from Ithaca. Premila Mistry grew up in Ithaca and her parents still live in the area, making Ithaca her home and also the next spot for the Sticks + Bars ensemble. The titular instrument used, the marimba, consists of wooden bars of varying lengths which are then struck

wordpress.com/ QuizBowl Trivia Showdown | 7:30 PM-9:30 PM, Wednesday, April 11, 18 | Atlas Bowl, 61 W Main St, Trumansburg | Think you’re the sharpest knife in the drawer or the brightest light in the harbor? We’ll see about that. Join us every Wednesday for Trumansburg’s trivia throwdown. Answer the Muse | 7:30 PM Friday, April 13, 18 | Old Danby Market, 1774 Danby Road, Ithaca | The Old Danby Market has a brand new life! Spring has Sprung and it’s time to activate yourself with the best thing possible: music and dance. Belle Sherman 5K and Fun Run | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM, Saturday, April 14, 18 | Belle Sherman Elementary School, 501 Mitchell Street, Ithaca | This community event brings families together to celebrate the school community and neighborhood while promoting fitness and health. Old Time Square Dance at the Grange | 7:00 PM-10:00 PM, Saturday, April 14, 18 | Enfield Valley Grange Hall,

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178 Enfield Main Road, Ithaca | A Benefit for the Enfield Valley Grange Building Fund. Nancy Spero calling squares, waltzes and more. Live Music by The West Hillbillies. Refreshments Available. Grist Iron Brewing Farmers Market | 11:00 AM-3:00 PM, Sunday, April 15, 18 | Grist Iron Brewing, 4880 NY-414, Burdett | Enfield Community Conversation & Dish to Pass | 5:00 PM-7:00 PM, Sunday, April 15, 18 | Enfield Valley Grange, 178 Enfield Main Road, Ithaca | The Grange invites all Enfield residents to come together on January 21 for our first monthly Town Potluck. Teen-Only Gaming Sessions | 4:00 PM-6:00 PM, Monday, April 16, 18 | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Middle and high school-aged students (and homeschooled equivalents) are invited to participate in after school gaming sessions. Use our space to play your favorite board games, tabletop RPGs and collectible card games.

Special Events Annual Holocaust Commemoration | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Thursday, April 12, 18 | Temple Beth El of Ithaca, 402 N Tioga St, Ithaca | Ithaca Area United Jewish Community hosts its annual Holocaust Commemoration. The featured speaker will be Lea Malek, a survivor who experienced the Holocaust in Hungary and Austria. The event is free and open to the public. ReUse Fashion Show | 6:00 P-, Friday, April 13, 18 | Dewitt Mall, , Ithaca | Winners of the 2018 ReUse Fashion Challenge will show off their original designs as part of the Ithaca Fashion Week runway show. Ithaca Fashion Week | Saturday, April 14, 18 | Downtown Ithaca, , Ithaca | Trunk shows, fashion shows, evening events will happen throughout the week and feature a variety of niche styles for ready-to-wear, handmade, vintage, or sustainable to youth and adult, along

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with mallets. The marimba closely resembles the xylophone, except the marimba uses wooden tubes beneath each bar to amplify sound. A main theme of Sticks + Bars lies within its commitment to diversity within the songs played and the children in the ensemble — “a melting pot,” as described according to the Sticks + Bars website. Another prominent goal of the troop: joy, specifically in the context of live performances. Creating art as a group and sharing it with a group of people. Catch them at both Southside and Ithaca College before they had back on the road to D.C. •

Earl McCarroll Studio Theatre, Ithaca College Friday, April 13, 8 p.m. A musical based on the works of Mark Twain. Performances are free and will be held on April 13 and 14 at 8 p.m. Adapted from two of Twain’s short stories, The Diary of Adam and Eve chronicles the complete lives of Adam and Eve from their births into the Garden of Eden until their last dying day, telling a story of human connection, empathy and loss. (Photo provided)

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with men’s and women’s styles, too. Senior Living OPEN HOUSE | 10:00 AM-2:00 PM, Saturday, April 14, 18 | Longview, 1 Bella Vista Drive, Ithaca | Tour facilities, meet staff & residents, sample meal options. Tour times: 10:30, 11:30, 12:30 and 1:30. AGstravaganza | 10:00 AM-4:00 PM, Saturday, April 14, 18 | Downtown Auburn, , Auburn | Come to the commons and see, touch, eat and learn more about local farming. Ithaca Heritage Tasting and Cocktail Tour | 2:30 PM-5:00 PM, Saturday, April 14, 18 | Downtown Ithaca, Ithaca | Learn the history of Ithaca’s downtown buildings and the evolution of its vibrant culinary scene as we taste our way through Bar Argos, Mahogany Grill, Moosewood, and The Watershed.

Books Phillip Sterling | 4:00 PM Thursday, April 12, 18 | Buffalo Street Books, 215 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | Phillip Sterling with

his latest poetry book And Then Snow. Award-winning author and poet Phillip Sterling as he comes to the book store for a reading. Author Talk with David Wren | 6:00 PM Thursday, April 12, 18 | Ulysses Philomathic Library, 74 E Main St, Trumansburg | David Nelson Wren is an independent scholar who has been an investigative reporter, columnist, and feature editor. Meet the Authors | 2:00 PM Saturday, April 14, 18 | Barnes & Noble, 614 S Meadow St, Ithaca | Meet a variety of local authors such as Lisa Harris, Stacey Murphy and more. Allan Robbins | 3:00 PM Saturday, April 14, 18 | Buffalo Street Books, 215 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | Allan Robbins with his memoir An Ordinary Man. Come out for Allan Robbins, a 20-year resident of the Ithaca area. His memoir, begun at age 95 and completed last year at 97, begins in 1920 and covers his growing up poor in New York City in the Twenties and Thirties. Reading & Discussion Program for

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The State Theatre of Ithaca Sunday, April 15, 7:30 p.m. Performing songs from Pink Floyd’s best-loved albums, The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, The Wall and The Division Bell plus much much more, Brit Floyd, a Pink Floyd tribute show, returns to the stage in 2018 for a very special ‘45th Anniversary’ retrospective of Pink Floyd’s iconic 1973 album, The Dark Side of the Moon. (Photo provided)

Adults on James Baldwin’s America | ‘Tuesday, April 17, 18 | History Center, 401 E State St, Ithaca | At The History Center and the Africana Studies and Research Center, participants will come together over the course of six sessions to discuss a variety of thematically linked texts with Eric Acree, Director of the Africana Library, Cornell University

Health Tai Chi for Arthritis | 1:00 PM-2:00 PM, Wednesday, April 11, 18 | Candor Emergency Squad building, 58 Main Street, Candor | Basic class (falling prevention course) Monday & Wednesday 1-2 pm at Candor Emergency Squad building, 58 Main Street. Contact 607-659-3022 or sueheaven@gmail.com 6-week Dragon’s Way Qigong Program | 6:00 PM, Wednesday, April 11, 18 | T-Fit, , Trumansburg | Build your energy,improve your health and feel better in your body. For more info or to register call or text Shawn Tubridy @ (607) 279-6543. Open Meditation | 10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Sunday, April 15, 18 | Foundation of Light, 391 Turkey Hill Road, Ithaca | All are welcome to meditate according to their own practice. 24 Forms Tai Chi (Yang style) | 2:00 PM-3:00 PM, Monday, April 16, 18 | Monday & Wednesday 2-3 pm at Candor Emergency Squad building, 58 Main Street. Contact 607-659-3022 or sueheaven@gmail.com Overeaters Anonymous 12-Step meeting | 7:00 PM-8:00 PM, Monday, April 16, 18 | Just Be Cause Center, 1013 W State St, Ithaca | Open “Big Book” OA 12-Step meeting. Contact Leigh 379-4858. Chair Yoga | 11:45 AM-12:45 PM, Tuesday, April 17, 18 | Interlaken Public Library, 8390 Main Street, Interlaken | Join us for our popular chair yoga class on Tuesdays before the library opens. No experience necessary! Live Music Restorative Yoga | 7:00 PM-8:15 PM, Tuesday, April 17, 18 | Yoga Farm, 404 Conlon Rd, Lansing | This restorative class will include singing and chanting accompanied by acoustic instruments. The class will be bringing together gentle healing poses and stretching with the experience of listening to and participating in live music by candlelight.

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Learning Writing Through Rough Spots | Wednesday, April 11, 18 | Writing can help to create clarity about challenging situations. Registration for spring classes/more info: www. WritingRoomWorkshops. Classes offered at various times and locations. Teens Learn the Basics of Podcasting | 4:30 PM-5:30 PM, Wednesday, April 11, 18 | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Members of the Ithaca College Media Club will be on-site to teach the basics of making a podcast. Why Eating a Plant-Based Diet is Better for the Planet than Buying a Prius | 7:00 PM-8:30 PM, Wednesday, April 11, 18 | The Space at GreenStar, 700 W Buffalo St, Ithaca | Sandy Wold, founder of the VeganPlanet2020 project for urgent climate change action, will summarize five decades of vegan nutrition science. Free and open to the public and held at The Classrooms@ GreenStar. Registration required. Talking to Strangers by Danielle Allen | 7:00 PM, Thursday, April 12, 18 | Southworth Library, 24 W Main St, Dryden | Part of the Southworth Library Adult Reading and Discussion Series. Simple Machines | 1:00 PM-2:00 PM, Saturday, April 14, 18 | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Families will learn about simple machines by looking at the three different classes of levers. They will then build a basic catapult that hurls marshmallows at a target. Blues Guitar Lessons | 7:00 PM, Monday, April 16, 18 | Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts, Congress at McLallen St, Trumansburg | This workshop, led by TCFA’s Bill Gregg, will expand on topics covered in The Basics Of

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Blues Guitar series. Don Barber | 12:15 PM, Wednesday, April 11, 18 | Coltivare, 235 S Cayuga St, Ithaca | Don Barber, Executive Director, Greater Tompkins Municipal Health Insurance Consortium: Our Local Governments have Taken on Health Insurance... and are Winning. Cotton: Companies, Fashion and the Fabric of our Lives | 4:00 PM, Thursday, April 12, 18 | Mann Library, Cornell Library, Ithaca | Tasha Lewis, editor of Cotton (Intellect Ltd.), will discuss the importance of this major resource for fashion businesses, the integrity of the industry, and the evolution of fashion design in the United States. Skype Conversation with David Greenbaum | 5:00 PM, Thursday, April 12, 18 | Willard Straight Theatre, Cornell, Ithaca | A Skype Conversation with Cornell Alum David Greenbaum ‘98, conducted by retired Cornell Senior Lecturer Lynda Bogel (English) Lea Malek: Holocaust Survivor | 7:00 PM, Thursday, April 12, 18 | Temple Beth-El, 402 N Tioga St, Ithaca | Lea Malek of Rochester, NY, was five years old when her family was taken from its home in Hungary to board a train

to Auschwitz. Along the way, the train suddenly stopped and was split. One-Day Homebuyer Class for Dryden and Cortland Area | Saturday, April 14, 18 | Tompkins Cortland Community College, 170 N. St., Dryden | Learn the steps to buying a home at INHS’s Homebuyer Class taking place at TC3. INHS offers down payment and closing cost assistance to first-time buyers in Cayuga, Chemung, Cortland, Schuyler, Seneca, Tioga, and Tompkins Counties. HABs and Non-point Source Pollution in the Finger Lakes: Strategies for Addressing the Threat | 1:00 PM-3:30 PM, Saturday, April 14, 18 | The Space at GreenStar, 700 W Buffalo St, Ithaca | Discussion about harmful algal blooms and non-point source pollution monitoring and mitigation strategies. The New Search for Life | 6:00 PM-7:00 PM, Tuesday, April 17, 18 | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Jack Madden’s primary research interests include exoplanet atmosphere characterization and modeling, habitability, biosignatures and their detection, and the origins of life.

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Inner Worlds/Outer Worlds: Two Views | Wednesday, April 11, 18 | State Of The Art, 120 W State St Ste 2, Ithaca | Painting and sculpture by Jane Dennis and Diana Ozolins. Artwork of Mynderse Academy Students and Teachers | Thursday, April 12, 18 | Women’s Rights National Historic Park, 136 Fall St, Seneca Falls | Women’s Rights National Historical Park is pleased to present a special art exhibit featuring the work of both students and teachers from Mynderse Academy. The Veil of Veronica | Thursday, April

20th Annual Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival (FLeff),

Various locations in Downtwon Ithaca Through April 14 For the first time ever, Downtown Ithaca will introduce a weeklong set of activities celebrating the diversity of style and fashion in Ithaca. Trunk shows, fashion shows, evening events will happen throughout the week and feature a variety of niche styles for ready-to-wear, handmade, vintage, or sustainable to youth and adult, along with men’s and women’s styles, too. (Photo provided)

Cinemapolis and Ithaca College Campus Through April 15 The 20th annual FLEFF. This year’s theme is Geographies, showcasing films about spaces, places, maps and more. The festival aims to raise awareness about environmental sustainability. (Photo provided)

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Magic Tree House Adventures | Wednesday, April 11, 18 | Southworth Library, 24 W Main St, Dryden | Each month through June, we will read an exciting adventure and do activities from the fact finders. Sciencenter Science Together | 3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Wednesday, April 11, 18 | Sciencenter, 601 1st St, Ithaca | Engage with your toddlers and preschoolers as you investigate how to use tools, through self-guided, hands-on activities. Lego Literacy | 3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Thursday, April 12, 18 | Interlaken Public Library, 8390 Main Street, Interlaken | A fun weekly event combining literacy and a fun lego project! Older children read for younger children, modeling success for their peers. Build a fun project out of one of our 1,000-piece kits while you have a snack. Baby Storytime | 10:30 AM-11:00 AM, Friday, April 13, 18 | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Caregivers and babies up to 24 months old are invited to Baby Storytime. Join us for books, music, movement and rhyming, along with early literacy tips for babies and their caregivers. Sciencenter Showtime! | 2:00 PM-2:30 PM, Saturday, April 14, 18 | Sciencenter, 601 1st St, Ithaca | Discover the world of science at Sciencenter Showtime! Monday Storytime | 10:30 AM-11:30 AM, Monday, April 16, 18 | Interlaken Public Library, 8390 Main Street, Interlaken | Early literacy education thru reading, writing, talking, singing and playing, combined with a healthy snack and a quick hello to our resident turtle Ted, prepare your child for success in school.

12, 18 | Ithaca College, Handwerker Gallery, , | The Veil of Veronica, an exhibition of work by Craig Calderwood, Nicki Green and Jordan Reznick that follows the mission of MOTHA (Museum of Trans Hirstory and Art), featuring archival objects in ceramics, low-craft and photography. Who Is Me? | Friday, April 13, 18 | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Curated by x rance, Who Is Me? caresses the tongue of AAVE (African American Vernacular English) to tackle the biggest existential question of all: Who am I? This April through June , x rance curates their first exhibition. Spotlight Exhibit | Friday, April 13, 18 | West End Gallery, 12 W Market St, Corning | Featuring five artists working in a variety of mediums; clay, watercolor, and oil. Bill Pesce Sunday Paintings | Friday, April 13, 18 | Cooperative Gallery 213, 213 State Street, Binghamton | Bill Pesce, a commercial artist for 41 years, maintained his interest in art by painting on Sundays, samples of which will be on display. DE - CONSTRUCT / RE- CONSTRUCT | 5:30 PM-7:00 PM, Friday, April 13, 18 | Corners Gallery, 903 Hanshaw Rd Ste 3, Ithaca | Installation by Werner Sun, paintings by Rosalyn Richards, prints and paintings by Rebecca Aloisio. Three artists work with reassembling images, patterns and information through visual means. New Wings and Shy Dinosaurs | Sunday, April 15, 18 | Franklin Street Art Gallery, 209 North Franklin Street, Watkins Glen | From scientific illustrations to socially conscious, poetic, surreal and/or conceptual renderings, celebrate the habitats, as well as the birds, bees, and insects of the forests, lakes, streams, and marshes of the Finger Lakes Region and beyond. Stirrings of Spring | 11:00 AM-4:00 PM, Sunday, April 15, 18 | North Star Art Gallery, 743 Snyder Hill Road, Ithaca | Come celebrate Spring with artist Brian Keeler as he presents his landscapes of the Northeast in the new season. Expanding View Project | Monday, April 16, 18 | Gimme Coffee, 506 W State St, Ithaca | Come view the beginning progression from inception of developing 12 residential acres in the nearby Town of Homer. June Szabo: Earth Stories, Wood and Wire Sculpture | Tuesday, April 17, 18 | Leidenfrost Vineyards, 5677 State Route 414, Hector |

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lawn maintenance spring + fall clean up + gutter cleaning

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patios, retaining walls, + walkways

FURNITURE & DECOR

landscape design + installation

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snow removal

Brand New Affordable

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2309 N.Triphammer Rd.

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213 Fulton St. or

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Start with 30 Days of UNLIMITED Yoga for $30!

MIGHTY YOGA Voted Best of Ithaca Visit www.migtyyoga.com, 272-0682

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90’s Dance Party

LPs 45s 78s ROCK JAZZ BLUES PUNK REGGAE ETC

8th Annual Benefit

Angry Mom Records

NY State Concert

115 The Commons Basement

Tickets on sale now

319-4953 angrymomrecords@gmail.com

All Proceeds Benefit State Theater of Ithaca

Can’t control your eating?

Sat. April 21, 2018

Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous

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Free information session Saturday, April 21, 3 to 4:30pm 518 W. Seneca St., www.foodaddicts.org

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Experience and Affordability

POTTERY SALE

Ithaca’s Turkish Kitchen

Earth Day Weekend, 4/21-4/22

Istanbul Free Baklava & Turkish Tea with entree purchase and Community Cash Coupon 311. 3rd St., near DMV Istanbulithaca.com 345-3333

Love dogs? Check out Cayuga Dog Rescue! Adopt! Foster! Volunteer! Donate for vet care! www.cayugadogrescue.org www.facebook.com/CayugaDogRescue

at Handwork Co-op Take 15 % off handcrafted ceramics made by local co-op artists. Be Earth Friendly - bring your own bag for purchases and receive a free gift while supplies last! Learn about slab-built textured pottery on April 22nd with artist Colleen McCall Located at 102 West State Street Downtown Ithaca (607)273-9400 More info: www.handwork.coop Spring Sale Ithaca Guitar Works

Rent is guaranteed (607)539-6301

Men’s and Women’s Alterations for over 20 years

Now through May 5th

Gateway BBQ Kitchen

Fur & Leather repair, zipper repair.

“The Best Sub You’ve ever had!” $5.00 off any purchase at

Collegetown Apartment 2 Bedroom with short walk

(Across from Cayuga Medical Center)

607-227-3025

Tompkins County Excel Ref/Credit

Affordable

No Rent til May

a whole new level of play

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607-272-1504

Guitar Lessons Ithaca

to Cornell Campus.

Smoked BBQ meats, Burgers, Wines

Same Day Service Available

Recently Renovated Large Rooms

Eat-In, Pick-up, Delivery, Catering

John’s Tailor Shop

Living Room, Galley Kitchen,

Use Community Cash Coupon

John Serferlis - Tailor

Heat Included

DiBella’s Subs

and Save 15%

102 The Commons

with Community Cash Coupon

Call Tracy 379-2776

401 E. State St.,Gateway Center

273-3192

222 Elmira Rd. Ithaca

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