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n Tompkins County, the answer to the affordable housing crisis has a number of facets that, at face value, have nothing to do with the construction of housing that is inherently affordable. The equation needed to be interrupted in order to solve the problem, housing theorists and elected officials have opined, is simple: Demand for nice units reduces the supply, driving up the market rate. Older properties, because of the rising market values around them, are reassessed at higher rates, driving up rents and driving out locals with their higher tax bills. And to disrupt the influence of the top end of the market, policy makers have gone with the strategy that creating housing units where demand is strongest is the quickest and best way to solve the crisis. One area of demand identified within that market is the condominium, a field which the Tompkins County Legislature’s Housing Committee met on Monday afternoon to learn more about. What they found is an area of real estate that, both locally and on the state level, has numerous complications in rural communities that have had negative influences on a municipality’s ability to benefit from their development. Tompkins County has a long history of interest in the condominium. It was highlighted as a need in the City of Ithaca in a statewide survey of housing in 2009, suitable as a desirable place to live for residents who “may not want the responsibility of maintaining large homes,” like senior citizens looking to downsize for example. Noting their importance, Tompkins County even highlighted the condominium as a chief target in its housing strategy released last year, setting goals to bring 80 condominiums onto the market each year, 35 units of which would ideally be in the $150,000-$199,000 price range with the rest pricing at $200,000+. “There is a pent up demand for it,” noted County Assessor Jay Franklin at Monday’s meeting. “As we’ve seen rental markets begin to soften (Franklin named an observed increase in continued on page 10

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ew Roots Charter School’s music program is one of the f lagship attractions to the school, complete with a rock band, a steeldrum ensemble and a singing group that involve dozens of students and was most recently seen performing at the Finger Lakes Thaw Festival. That program is now being shaken to its core by an accusation, a denial and an investigation into conduct by its leader and founder David Ferreira. Ferreira has been placed on administrative leave while an Ithaca Police investigation takes place into an accusation that he may have inappropriately touched a student. However, the student alleged to have been the victim of the conduct and her family deny that she or anyone else made

the allegation, instead saying the school is trying to force out a popular teacher for petty differences. The Ithaca Times is withholding the name of the student, who no longer attends New Roots, and her family to protect her identity. “David Ferreira is currently on leave from his teaching assignment,” a statement provided by New Roots Principal and Superintendent Tina Nilsen-Hodges said while praising what he has brought to the music program. “Ethical and legal obligations limit what the school can share. We can verify that the Ithaca City Police Department is conducting an investigation.” The school would not directly comment further on Ferreira or the investigation, though they did say the music program is not being cancelled or terminated, as had been rumored, and that substitute teachers are currently conducting those classes. They would not say if Ferreira would be allowed back if the investigation ends in his favor, though he does still appear on the school’s website as a staff member. He is the founder and director of the New Roots Rock Band and the Roots

T a k e ▶ Benefit My State 2018: Saved by the ‘90s! Is being held this weekend, giving you a chance to support your local throwback theater by jamming to radical cuts from the 1990s. That’s how they talked then, right? Anyway, strap on your backwards hat and rip your jeans, local DJ ha-MEEN will be stopping by to spin all the classics of the era, from the Beastie Boys to Garth Brooks. The show is this Saturday, April 21, at 8 p.m. with ticket

The exterior of New Roots Charter School. (Photo: Matt Butler)

of Steel steel drum ensemble, as well as the school’s string quartet. Ferreira was reached Tuesday morning for a comment, but said that he had retained counsel and could not speak on the matter further than the following: “Absolutely, I would like to comment on the story; however, I am currently limited on details as I have received no clear indication regarding the apparent allegations of misconduct against me,” Ferreira said. “Firstly, I can say that not only have I done nothing warranting an investigation, but also I have committed no wrongdoing whatsoever. By all measures, this has been the most Kaf kaesque experience I have ever been through.” Ferreira said his labor attorney has advised him to avoid speaking further about the situation or potential civil action until he receives an answer from New Roots. To close, he said he’s hopeful for a resolution with a public statement from New Roots clearing the air, but if that doesn’t continued on page 4

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information available on the event’s Facebook page. ▶ Earth Day Ithaca is happening this Sunday at The Space @ Greenstar from noon to 6 p.m. The theme this year is Art & Sustainability, featuring local artists who help us frame, express and shape our concerns about climate change and living more sustainably. Family-friendly hands-on activities will be held until 3 p.m. followed by performances by Truth Speaker

and other spoken word and musical artists followed by the annual Signs of Sustainability Awards. ▶ It’s Record Store Day on Saturday and Angry Mom Records (the basement of Autumn Leaves Bookstore) as well as numerous venues around town will be hosting events to celebrate. Ithaca does the event up like nobody else in the region, and it’d be worth your while to participate.

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“ Beastie Boys – “Paul’s Boutique” – the whole album.” ­— Loopy and Tammy

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“Cranberries “Linger” and Nirvana “In Bloom’” ­—Jillian Fancher & Anthony Coro

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Ferreira said his labor attorney has advised him to avoid speaking further about the situation or potential civil action until he receives an answer from New Roots. To close, he said he’s hopeful for a resolution with a public statement from New Roots clearing the air, but if that doesn’t happen “I am confident you will hear much more from me.” The alleged victim – who says she is not a victim at all – and her family, on the other hand, fiercely defend Ferreira and deny the accusation. They call Ferreira a close friend, someone the 16 year-old student deemed a “father figure” who served as a safe space for students in the music programs at the school and an effective buffer between students and the administration. The student’s mother has also been involved in small protests outside the school since Ferreira was placed on leave around the beginning of the month, while band students organized a small sit-in to call for Ferreira’s reinstatement. Other New Roots community members have rallied around Ferreira as well. Multiple sources from the New Roots community 18 –24 ,

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said they believe Ferreira is being purposefully alienated as a result of a disagreement with the administration several years ago over the use of the band’s practice space. The student, making a statement to the Ithaca Times with permission from her family, said she never made any accusation toward Ferreira, nor did an incident ever occur, and that she told the police the same when interviewed about the situation on April 4. Specifically, when she arrived at the police station, they asked if Ferreira had ever touched her breast, to which she responded that he had not. “David Ferreira has NEVER [emphasis theirs] been inappropriate with me, nor have I ever seen him being inappropriate with anyone else at New Roots or anywhere else,” the student’s statement said. “David is one of the most respectable, honest and caring people I’ve ever met, and he would never do anything to make any of us feel uncomfortable, much less do anything to risk his job or his honor.” She, along with her mother, both describe in their statements that Ferreira is “the definition of what New Roots is supposed to be.” Meanwhile, the girl’s father said in a third statement to the Ithaca Times that when he was

ew York Cit y a nd t he Ithaca Commons both have something in common: the Subway doesn’t work. In a similar fashion to the Big Apple’s harshly criticized mass transit system, the ubiquitous sandwich chain just didn’t seem to catch on with the tourist centric vibe of downtown Ithaca, shuttering operations just over one year of operation. But for the past several months, there has been a f lurry of activity inside those walls that promises to bring something to Ithaca’s downtown core that expects to bring home a more savory piece of New York City – its dining scene. This summer, Thompson & Bleecker – a local-centric Neapolitan-style pizzeria and wine bar – will open its doors at 220 East State Street, becoming the third Ithaca business in two years for local entrepreneurs George and Milany Papachryssanthou, proprietors of Ithaca Wine And Spirits and the Chatty Cathy Café in Collegetown. George is a local kid, born of the family who for 45 years has contacted by the police concerning the accusation, he wanted it investigated but, at the same time, quickly believed it was false and dismissed it as “not a chance.” The student’s statement goes on to detail her experience with IPD during their investigation. She said she was told by police the investigation stemmed from a request made by the school after two current New Roots classmates reported the alleged incident to Jhakeem Haltom, New Roots’ Dean of Student Life. The student said she is unsure why the other students would have made the report. When asked by the interviewing police officer, she denied that she and Ferreira had any sexual contact at all, consensual or otherwise, calling the notion “disgusting.” There’s a certain amount of cloudiness that still surrounds the investigation: while New Roots claims they are allowed to share only that an investigation is ongoing, the family said they have been told the case would be closed as a result of the former student’s statement. A request for comment on the status of the investigation from the Ithaca Police Department went unanswered. A n ema i l s ent by Ni l s enHodges on April 13 addressed to

owned the Collegetown staple that is the Souvlaki House. After college, he spent six years in New York City working for a larger hospitality group owned by a Cornell alum who, ironically, lived above the restaurant as a student. He worked managing various restaurants, nightclubs and bars until he eventually met his partner in business (and life) and decided, when it came time to raise a family, that they would do so in Ithaca. Though their time in New York City was finished, the couple’s passion for hospitality was far from depleted. George is a guy constantly on the look-out for opportunity, seeking out whatever available real estate comes on the market (under the right terms, of course) for any room to make something happen. Seeing opportunity in a newly-constructed apartment block on Eddy Street, the couple set up shop right down the road from his childhood home away from home and set to a life as small town businesspeople. “We’re more i nterested i n smaller, more intimate mom-andpop restaurants like our café,” Papachrysanthou said. “We like continued on page 13

the New Roots community sheds a bit more light on the school’s current thought process, though not very much. She said she has been instructed to ask members of the New Roots community to stop discussing the matter in person or online in an attempt to stop “the spread of misinformation that may be damaging or inf lammatory.” She said doing so would protect the “privacy, reputation, safety and wellbeing of all members of our community.” Nilsen-Hodges further commits in the email to sharing “whatever information that we can in the interest of transparency and support for you as parents in providing your young people with support and guidance during this challenging time.” “Rumors are circulating that the music teacher who is on leave has been suspended and will be fired, and that he is being treated unfairly,” the email states. “Limits on what schools can say about any personnel matter can create fertile grounds for rumors and misinformation, compromising trust in school leadership. This is painful for all involved, especially the young people in our music ensembles.” –Matt Butler

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he Ithaca Times took home eight awards, including two first place finishes, in the New York Press Association’s 2017 Better Newspaper Contest over the weekend at its annual conference in Albany. The contest, which featured nearly 3,000 entries from more than 156 newspapers across New York State, featured winners in 65 different categories spanning everything from editorial excellence to the quality of a newspaper’s design or its advertising prowess. “This year’s showing is a testament not just to the hard work and talent of our winners, but our entire staff,” Managing Editor Nick Reynolds said in a statement. “Awards like this might exist to show off the best of a newspaper, but it only hints at the excellence exhibited by each and every one of our committed freelancers and staff members week in and week out, especially with the Finger Lakes Community Newspapers. Each and every one of them deserves so much more credit, money, you name it for the work they do and without them, this newspaper would be nothing. These people care so much for their communities and for the field of journalism, and our community is a better place because of them.” Winning their first NYPA awards this year were Reynolds, who contributed to two awards as well as taking home the NYPA’s top prize for coverage of the environment; staff reporter Matt Butler, who won several prizes including a nod for best feature story; and contributing writers Isabella Grullón Paz (Ithaca College) and Austin Lamb (Lehman Alternative Community School) who each, notably, will be award-winning journalists at a professional level before entering college or the workforce. The prizes are as follows: 1. EDITORIAL PAGE – Second Place 2.NEWS WEBSITE – Second Place 3 . C O V E R A G E O F H E A LT H , HEALTH CARE & SCIENCE – Second Place (Butler, Reynolds, Lamb) 4. COVERAGE OF EDUCATION – Second Place (Butler, Reynolds) 5. COVERAGE OF THE ENVIRONMENT – First Place (Reynolds) 6. COVERAGE OF AGRICULTURE – Second Place (Butler, Grullon Paz) 7. FEATURE STORY DIVISION 7 – First Place (Matt Butler) 8. BEST COLUMN – Honorable Mention (Charley Githler)

▶ To our colleagues and semirivals at the Ithacan, Ithaca College’s student newspaper, for their continued domination of the New York Press Association’s Better College Newspaper contest, taking home the top prize for the 17th straight year last weekend in Albany.

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▶ Allow us a moment of self-pity. The mind-splittingly loud piledriver work being done on the Masonic Temple, merely feet from the Times’ office, is bound to drive the staff all to such depths of insanity that we are hauled off and institutionalized. This will be the last issue of the Ithaca Times..

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ornell University senior Baba Adejuy igbe f irst learned of the site in 2016, during the summer before its launch. His close friend and classmate Jordan Abdur-Ra’oof, a member of the Cornell men’s basketball team, had been following the 2016 Supreme Court case Fisher v. University of Texas which upheld affirmative action as constitutional. Motivated by the case’s proceedings, AbdurRa’oof wanted to create an online website where Ivy League minorities—whether through racial, cultural, religious, LGBTQ+, or socioeconomic lenses—could share their stories of discrimination and have their voices heard, with the intention of challenging prejudices and stereotypes. Abdur-Ra’oof then proposed the idea to Adejuyigbe to hear his input on the need for such a platform and its potential. Adejuyigbe, a native of Nigeria who attended private school in

South Africa during his youth, had struggled to feel accepted on the Cornell campus because of the unwanted attention his distinct South African accent attracted. Thus, he offered his full support for the website, and was eager to eventually contribute his own story. “I was really pleased that there would be a relatable platform for people to share their truths,” he said. “I was really excited at the prospect of it all.” Over the next six months, Abdur-Ra’oof assembled a staff for the website, fittingly called IvyUntold. Troy Whiteside ‘19, another close friend and teammate of Abdur-Ra’oof, had also played a key role in the idea phase of the website, and joined him as

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bout two years ago, Cornell systems engineering instructor Sirietta Simoncini posed a challenge to her students: Go out and redesign transportation in Ithaca in a way to set a new standard in Upstate New York. While a plethora of ideas

resulted, two years later, one prong of a multifaceted vision will be realized this spring, when Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit – or TCAT – will install nearly 560 bus stop signs inspired by the work of those students and the design team Simoncini advises called the Cornell Uni-

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a co-founder. To construct and manage IvyUntold, they called upon the services of Kyle Brown, an information science major and another member of the Cornell men’s basketball team. Later, as an editor-in-chief of the website, English major Katie Kilbourne ‘18 was added to the team. In January of 2017, IvyUntold launched with a mission to “eliminate prejudices by cultivating a more accepting environment for minority students through the sharing of personal stories and experiences.” The website’s design is clean and simple—a

If you care to respond to something in this column, or publish your own grievances or plaudits, write upsanddowns@ithacatimes.com, with a subject head “U&D.”

Heard&Seen ▶ After four years of being one of the premier live music venues in town, The Dock’s not hosting musical shows anymore. All concerts after May 11 will be held at The Haunt, also owned by Jason Sokoloff. It’s one less live music location in the city, and thus we will mourn. ▶ Top Stories on Ithaca. com this week are...

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versity Sustainability Design (CUSD) group. The new bright blue-andwhite signs promise riders consistency, clarity and – through text messages – the time when the next bus arrives, a development that came after years of bus rides, numerous conversations and good old fashioned design intuition. But the story behind it all speaks volumes to the power of teamwork and cross-disciplinary collaboration. In the Fall of 2016, CUSD, looking to take on Simoncini’s challenge, began to interact with the Ithaca community, looking to gain a better sense of its needs and desires for its transit system. Through directly interacting with its ridership, the group worked to build a comprehensive understanding of the user experience through riding all the TCAT routes and studying the habits of its ridership, with the eventual

1) UFOlogy: Inside a local man’s lifelong quest to find the truth in our stars 2) In Support Of New Roots’ Music Teacher 3) Taking The Helm: Our Wide-Ranging Chat With Tompkins’ New Fiscal Leader. 4) Libertarian candidate for Governor challenges Cuomo to debate at Cornell 5) Ballot for primary season in NY-23 finalized

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Do you pay closer attention to city political issues or county political issues? Please respond at the Ithaca Times Web site www.ithacatimes.com. L ast Week ’s Q uestion : D o you attend at least one concert a month locally ?

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thaca’s various schools start spring break in March, which sets the calendar in a town where education is the biggest enterprise. For many non-academic citizens, however, spring break comes when chosen: generally, when the weather is no longer a worry, but a pleasure, and suitable for traveling. This is just starting to happen this year, in mid-April. Ithaca is far enough away from anywhere you’d want to go that most trips are long. You might as well get used to it. Long train trips have a romantic reputation, but of course Ithaca hasn’t had train service in a long time. It’s too bad, as there’s much to commend a form of transport that can rock you to sleep, lets you get up and walk, and has a café. Bus service in Ithaca has improved, with new competitors recently, but the bus station hasn’t. It has parking for about a dozen cars, and room inside for about that many people, so passengers have to wait outside for buses, which is not so great in cold weather, which of course can mean half the year here. It closes at night although buses keep coming, which is not very hospitable. But the buses themselves have wifi and plug-ins. Some offer premiums such as free drinks and snacks. This is a long way from the days when food and beverage on buses meant whatever people brought, which somehow seemed always to include food that

smelled, and such items as blackberry brandy. Air travel takes longer than it used to, with fewer non-stops or direct flights as carriers try to pack planes as full as possible for maximum profit, and security rituals require your presence long before you leave. The procedures at Ithaca’s airport, however, are as fast and non-intrusive as anywhere I’ve been. The facility is pleasant and manageable. There’s plenty of parking and it’s just minutes from downtown. Maybe the best mode of transportation from Ithaca, or at least the easiest, is driving. The nearest three-lane highway is an hour away, but at least you know when you’ll get there. I have friends in Boston, New York City, and DC who have to tack an hour of potential time on travel schedules for the likelihood of mind-boggling delays simply leaving city limits. Usually when I am driving out of Ithaca it’s with company, someone I know, but something about car travel promotes conversation, so after almost any car trip with anyone, even someone you know well, you will know them better than before. Ithaca’s remoteness gives plenty of time for this. Some old Cornell friends of mine vacation together every summer in Maine and sometimes I join them. When I do, I drive

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earned money to upgrade her electric guitar with a used Fender Telecaster from Ithaca Guitar works. David has not only taught her about music as a vocation and creative outlet, but selfactualization, responsibility, teamwork and joy. Students in NRRB have mentioned that their lives have been changed by the experience. I am a musician in a working band myself and I wish I had been introduced to someone like David when I was a teen! What a treat for our kids and asset for New Roots Academy he is. If you see David, please thank him for what he does! He rocks!

In Support Of David Ferraira This is in response to a letter submitted by two New Roots parents in the wake of his disciplining by the school.

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hris and Diane, Thanks for the shout out in recognition and support of David Ferreira! I was not aware of his formal training, but that makes so much sense. He is so effective at working with kids in the realm of musical performance. He has been an awesome instructor and mentor to my daughter. She loves school and learning, but New Roots Rock Band is often the thing that gets here up and going in the morning. She just used her ha rd

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with my friend Tom, one of the gang. He drives here from his home in Pittsburgh so we can make the trip together. It’s a long drive from Ithaca to Maine, at least ten hours, depending on conditions on the Massachusetts Turnpike. The first time we drove it I brought plenty of music to play for times we couldn’t find radio, or got tired of it. I brought the New York Times so one of us could read while the other drove. We could pass time doing the crossword. Tom picked me up at my house on Plain Street. We stopped for the necessities, gas and coffee, and left.

We drove and talked. It turned out this summary described the whole trip. It took fifteen hours (diner stops; Mass Pike delays): a long time, but we never played music, never read, never turned on the radio. We just talked. I suppose we also rested, but only to talk more. Now I know better. I don’t need all that stuff to travel, just lozenges, maybe. Any trip out of Ithaca is a long one, but with preparation (at least of attitude) it can be time well spent, enjoying yourself and others; learning about others, and maybe yourself. Stephen P. Burke is a columnist for The Ithaca Times. His column, Ithaca Notes, appears biweekly.

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ear Members of the Ithaca City Planning and Economic Development Committee, I expect to attend and comment at your meeting of this evening, but want you to have my thoughts about the “GBPR” ahead of time. First, I understand the issue before you tonight is whether to move the Report forward to the full Council for consideration. I urge you to do so. T he pr i ma r y reasons a re t hat a bui lding boom is occurring in t he City and under your auspices. Unhappily, much of the building has used natural gas. Natural gas is 80 times more powerful a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide over a 20 year period-the period during which we must mitigate climate change. Locally our GHG emissions have increased rather than decreased when one uses up to date accounting methods. This means that the City’s building boom is defeating rather than supporting both the City and the County’s own goals for climate change mitigation. Should this Policy be codified by the City AND made more rigorous as I suggest, it can begin to reverse what the City’s building boom is currently causing. Therefore, the Report needs to move forward so that it can be adopted, codified, and put in practice ASAP . As mentioned, the recommended Policy needs to be made more rigorous--because our time is running out. Below I comment and suggest areas for improvement: General Comment: The Report is clear enough to be understood by laymen such as I am.

It is thorough in the identification of potential issues, in supplying substantive and up to date information, and in explaining the rationale for many of the decisions leading to the recommendations. The underlying surveys, the studies of local buildings and practices, and the application of the Policy to existing buildings to demonstrate its likely effects make the relevance and practical quality of the Report undeniable. T he Pol ic y represents a wor t hy attempt to make concrete goals in the City and Town’s comprehensive plans regarding energ y conser vation and emissions reduction as they apply to building and renovation projects. All of those who participated in any way in creating the Draft deserve the thanks of the community because the Report is a major public service. The standards must be more rigorous—either require more points for a building permit or shorter time lines to reach the more rigorous 2030 and 2050 standards or both. The reasons are: 1.1. As the graphs in Section 1.5 demonstrate, the Policy does will not cause a reduction in the use of energy (or emissions) until 2030 at the soonest. Thus the Policy does not contribute to the goals of the City, Town, and County until then. Moreover, it is commonly accepted that 2030 represents a make or break point globally in the fight to combat climate change, and it is the fight to combat climate change which has caused the City, Town, and County to adopt their energy and emission goals. 1.2. Adopting California’s timelines because California has adopted

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them is not a reason in and of itself to do the same. The building boom in the City and the Town is occurring NOW. It will be over very soon. Too many buildings have already been built during this boom, especially in the City, which have locked us into “business as usual” for the next 50 to 100 years. Therefore, to adopt the 2030 and 2050 timelines without any apparent effort to address the local reality of a building boom nearing completion is unacceptable. The Policy should include the recommendation that CEQR and TEQR be amended to incorporate the DEC’s “Guide for Assessing Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in an Environmental Impact Statement, 2009.” 2.1. As the DEC says in the relevant policy statement, the Guide “provides instructions for reviewing an environmental impact statement (EIS) pursuant to the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQR) when the EIS includes a discussion of energy use or greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Local agencies may choose to use relevant parts of this guide when serving as SEQR lead agency for a project subject to an EIS that includes a discussion of energy use or GHG emissions.” 2.2. Recently when the Town’s Planning Board applied the Guide in its EIS for the Maplewood project, two things occurred which are consistent with and would enhance the impact of this Policy: (1) the amount of emissions to be generated during construction and during the operation of the project were each quantified and made public; (2) the developer changed its plan to use natural gas and substituted renewable-driven heat pumps coupled with a highly efficient building envelope. Fossil Fuel use should be directly discouraged as part of the Policy when it is first implemented. The reasons seem obvious: 3.1. It is universally understood that natural gas and other fossil fuels generate GHG emissions which exacerbate climate change. 3.2. As the Report convincingly demonstrates, there are cost-effective and viable alternatives to powering buildings with alternatives to fossil fuels for most if not all projects likely to be constructed in the City and Town. 3.3. Using gas to power new buildings and major renovations directly contradicts the currently applicable goals of City, Town, and County. The comprehensive plans of the City and Town have the force of law. The City and Town laws which are to be modified to put the recommended Policy into effect should be specified. The reasons are: 4.1. Providing such specification can be done. This is demonstrated by the authors having done so in Section 2.12.2 of the Report regarding CEQR and TEQR. 4.2. Providing such specification will speed the process of drafting and adopting the codification. There should be a time line and process described for the codification of all provisions of the Policy. The reasons are: 5.1. Experience suggests that until the Policy is codified, both developers and staff can choose to label the Policy as “aspirational,” optional, and not enforceable. 5.2. Each delay in enforcing in codification means more energy being consumed and more GHG emissions occurring than would be the case if the Policy governed construction and renovation in the City and Town. Ap r il

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The state legislature has been out of session since it pushed through t h i s ye a r ’s b u d g e t b i l ls at the end of April. A number of legislative items were left out of the budget bill, leaving lawmakers poised to tackle those issues and others during the remaining 27 working days in Albany. Tom R eed - U.S. H ouse of R epre sentatives

Both houses of Congress returned to Washington last week after their spring break. The House took up a measure to propose a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution. The amendment would effectively require the President to propose a budget in which spending would not exceed revenues. Congress would still have to power to pass an unbalanced budget, but only with three-fifths approval from both chambers. Democrats widely opposed the budget amendment, arguing it would lead to cuts in mandatory spending programs like Medicare and Social Security. Proponents, like Reed, a steadfast deficit hawk, argue the amendment would force Congress into a fiscal balance. The vote was carried out largely along party lines, falling well short of the two-thirds majority needed to pass. The House also passed a narrow banking reform bill to consolidate oversight of banks under the Federal Reserve. Proponents believe the current oversight rules for different financial institutions are too confusing and by consolidating regulatory agencies, those institutions would have to navigate less red tape. The bill passed 300-104 with Reed voting in favor. It now makes its way to the Senate where it may be included in a larger, more controversial, banking bill being debated by the Senate. Last Wednesday, news of Speaker Paul Ryan’s announcement that he would not be seeking reelection came as Republicans were already making their way to their weekly conference meeting- sending the House side of the Capitol into a frenzy. Reed told multiple news outlets that he fully supports and understands Ryan’s decision and respects the job the Speaker’s done.

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he Park Center for Independent Media at Ithaca College will present its tenth annual Izzy Awards, recognizing outstanding achievement in independent journalism, on Tuesday, April 24. It will be Professor Jeff Cohen’s final turn presiding amiably over the Izzys as the Park Center’s founding director. His retirement after a decade at IC caps a remarkable career of sustained and entrepreneurial engagement in the civic realm. “I’m very humbled that I was able to be a professional do-gooder,” Cohen, an associate professor in the Journalism department, said

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based in New York City. In his many television appearances as a news commentator, he staked out positions well to the left of anything TV viewers are accustomed to hearing. “There’s a lot of institutional reasons in mainstream media and even in academia where some of these points of view are slighted,” said Cohen. “So I would say the thread line of my whole career has been trying to get the progressive point of view more airway, more airtime.” L ife-sav ing Independent Medi a

Independent media set the direction of Cohen’s political beliefs and provided the spark for his career. Born in 1951, he grew up in a middle-class Jewish family in Detroit and was precociously interested in the news from an early age. The influence of mainstream newspapers and network TV newscasts imprinted a default “Cold War liberal” orientation on his young mind which, in 1965, led him to support the Vietnam War as President Lyndon Johnson was widening it. Not long afterward, a friend’s brother pointed him to Harper’s and Ramparts magazines, alternative sources that exposed him to radical views on the war and other issues in the 1960s. By the time he discovered the local underground paper Fifth Estate, he was a

committed anti-authoritarian. “Not only did independent media change my worldview, it might have saved my life,” Cohen recalls, “because there were people like me who believed in the war who actually enlisted.” His politics had become clear, his career notions not so much. He dropped out of the University of Michigan after only a few weeks, impatient to organize the working class. He got a post office job and became involved in the postal workers’ union. Colleagues were impressed by his gift of gab and suggested he consider becoming a lawyer. He thought the idea had merit but doubted he could find a law school radical enough for him. On this score he was wrong. The Peoples College of Law had just opened in Los Angeles, offering a unique public interest program geared for racial minorities and countercultural young people like himself. It was “the only law school in the country,” he says, “where an arrest record helped you get admitted.” Cohen studied with the left-wing attorney Leonard Weinglass, who had defended Daniel Ellsberg and the Chicago Seven. While going through school he worked as a journalist, publishing a long investigative article on the murder of civil rights organizer Fred Hampton in The Nation in 1976. He was also an activist, involved in the effort to expose FBI surveillance and harassment of civil rights and New Left organizations. Groups such as the Campaign for Democratic Freedoms that were targeting the spies responsible for COINTELPRO inevitably became targets themselves. Cohen later learned his tennis partner was an undercover police officer assigned to infiltrate his group. Before long, Cohen was working with the ACLU, suing the LAPD over the spying—and was a plaintiff in the same case. The lawsuit made big, embarrassing headlines for Los Angeles in 1984, just as the city was preparing to host the Summer Olympics. When the department settled the case, Cohen received a portion of the settlement on top of his legal fees. He pocketed this loot, but realized the life of the law would rarely get as gratifying as this triumph. He decided to retire undefeated as an attorney and concentrate on his journalistic activism. Medi a M a rti a l A rts

He took some time to travel. In Nicaragua, he observed how life under the Sandinistas differed drastically from its depiction in the U.S. media. In London, he came across the Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom, which defended the rights of journalists and challenged the BBC and the mainstream papers on issues of diversity and pro-government bias. In Cohen’s mind, the idea for a U.S. media watch group was planted. It would take a little time for this seed to germinate into FAIR, but the concept was

clear and its originator, tenacious. According to Norman Solomon, Cohen’s longtime friend and colleague: “He was the classic bulldog with the bone. Once he had the idea, he wasn’t going to let it go.” He made the difficult decision to leave his activist network in L.A. and move to New York, the media’s nerve center. With some startup funds, FAIR opened its first office in 1986, and solicited support from other groups on the left, such as anti-nuclear and Central American solidarity activists. “Part of Jeff’s insight and really his genius was, if FAIR reached out to constituencies that weren’t getting their views represented in the media, they would get behind it,” Solomon says. Through its newsletter and activist alerts, FAIR helped popularize progressive critiques of media coverage on a panoply of issues, including corporate mergers in the rapidly consolidating media industry. Cohen and Martin A. Lee, FAIR’s co-founder, communicated with allies inside the biggest news organizations and irritated their bosses by use of an emerging communications tool, the fax machine. Lee says Cohen “wanted to challenge the media not as an intellectual exercise but

Jeff Cohen, speaking on an unknown capacity in his role with FAIR in this undated photo.

as an activist enterprise. The idea was using media channels, using the media to criticize itself. For him media criticism was kind of like a martial art.” FAIR commissioned a pair of scholars to comb through the list of guests on two TV news shows, ABC’s Nightline and public television’s MacNeil/Lehrer Report. Quantitatively, the analyses proved both shows relied overwhelmingly on white, male, U.S. government and corporate sources to interpret the news, giving short shrift to advocates for the public interest. The studies marked an early success for FAIR in getting a radical critique of elite media covered seriously and accurately in those same outlets. In the 1990s, as the digital era dawned, FAIR helped lay the foundation for a burgeoning movement encompassing issues of media ownership, communications policy, the fu-

ture of investigative journalism, and independent media. In 2003, the scholar and activist Robert McChesney founded Free Press, a national civic advocacy group whose slogan was “media IS the issue.” “Today there is an astonishing array of media reform activism,” McChesney said in 2006, “and FAIR’s work has been a key reason for its development.” Much of this success was directly attributable to Cohen’s acuity and audacity. Lee credits him as “an effective communicator, not just a publicist or a PR guy, but really a strategist. He had that gift of expressing ideas that were against the grain and presenting them clearly.” After years of being an occasional media commentator on TV news, Cohen became a regular guest on CNN’s Crossfire in the mid-1990s. Here begins the period of his life narrated in the book Cable News Confidential: My Misadventures in Corporate Media (2006). Cohen’s television years ultimately represented a major step sideways in his career. On-screen, he was quick on his feet, skilled at debate, mid-mannered and witty. Even in the hostile formats of cable TV, he was extremely effective jabbing from the left, introducing the fresh air of a perspective rarely ventilated with gusto on the tube. But he was not hired to be Robert Nov a k ’s c o -ho s t “from the left” on C r o s s f i re . That job was reserved for someone who was not a leftist, but simply played one on TV. It was the same story a little later, when Cohen was working with Phil Donahue on his ill-fated return to TV in 2002. MSNBC squashed the program and sacked Donahue immediately before the Bush administration attacked Iraq in 2003. An internal memo revealed that management was concerned such a forthrightly progressive host would make “a difficult public face for NBC in a time of war.” Ironically, the most positive experience of Cohen’s cable TV years was on the Murdoch channel. For five years he appeared on the weekend panel show Fox News Watch. He relished the sweet irony in Cable News Confidential: “I savaged the corporate media week after week and got paid for it...by Darth Murdoch. Life doesn’t get much better than that.” Nu rtu ring Jou rna l istic Heroes

On the strength of these paychecks, Cohen withdrew from the executive director position at FAIR and retired from its board in

2002. Living in Woodstock with his wife and daughters, he wrote the memoir of his pundit days and stayed active as a columnist. “I was at sort of a crossroads but happy with what I was doing,” he recalls. “And they heavily recruited me because they had a great idea.” The “they” in this instance is the Park Foundation, the Ithaca-based philanthropy that funds many independent publications and media reform organizations, and the idea is what became the Park Center for Independent Media. Adelaide Park Gomer, the foundation’s president, had already been funding the Roy H. Park School of Communications at Ithaca College, sponsoring a speaker series and internship program. Gomer and Dianne Lynch, dean of the Park School, developed the concept for a program with an endowed chair in independent journalism. McChesney, perhaps the country’s foremost progressive media scholar, told Gomer Jeff Cohen was the only choice to fill such a position. “I just wasn’t interested in moving part of my life to Ithaca or being in an academic setting,” Cohen says. Yet he hasn’t regretted letting himself be recruited. “It took some arm twisting to get me to come to Ithaca and be the founding director. It’s been ten of the greatest years of my life.” “Jeff Cohen has proved to be the perfect person to take this program to a much higher level,” says Gomer. “He renamed the program the Park Center for Independent Media (PCIM) and propelled it into a loftier stratosphere...His presence on the campus has provided the journalism students with an impressive role model. Moreover, his courage has been contagious.” He continued commuting from Woodstock but came to enjoy Ithaca. Most importantly, he says, the job “allowed me to be positive for a change....Instead of bashing, talking about what’s wrong in media, this job for a decade gave me the ability to talk about the journalistic heroes, and to bring them to Ithaca.” In addition to the annual Izzy Awards — named for one of those journalistic heroes, I. F. Stone — the Park Center has hosted lectures by some of the country’s preeminent progressive media voices. It has also sponsored student internships in settings ranging from The American Prospect magazine in Washington to Ithaca’s WRFI Community Radio. “Perhaps the most satisfying part,” says Cohen, “is to get people who are socially conscious students at Ithaca to understand that they don’t have to aspire to work at NBC News or the New York Times or Time magazine, that there’s this alternative career path that is actually paying real salaries with benefits.” “A L ong -dista nce Ru nner”

piece of civic enterprise: the online activist network Roots Action, which he and fellow journalist/media critic Norman Solomon cofounded in 2011. “Jeff and I talked a lot in the first several years of this century about how progressive media had taken off,” Solomon says. “We saw many outlets springing up, a growing strength of truly progressive sources for news, analysis, opinions—such media websites had come to the fore. But in terms of online action arms, there was nothing comparable.” The group’s organizing model is more or less based on the example of Move On, an American progressive public policy advocacy group founded by the likes of George Soros and several others in the wake of President Bill Clinton’s impeachment in 1998. The difference is, Cohen and Solomon vowed their group would not muffle its voice when there was a Democrat in the White House. The pro-Democrat groups such as Move On were quiescent, Cohen contends, during the years Barack Obama presided over the nation’s seemingly endless wars. “We can learn from these young people in their technique of how to build an email list,” he concluded, “but let’s do the issues that they’ve punted on.” RootsAction.org sends out action alerts on issues of human rights, social and economic justice, climate and environment, reining in militarism and Wall Street’s excesses, defending whistleblowers such as Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning, and pressuring mainstream media. It was one of the earliest groups to call for the impeachment of Donald Trump. In fact, the web petition impeachdonaldtrumpnow.org went live on the day of his inauguration. Amid the constant outrage of the Trump era, Roots Action has swiftly doubled its enrollment to 1.4 million active members. Cohen’s retirement from Ithaca College will give him more time to focus on galvanizing activism through Roots Action. He also plans to work on producing documentaries, having already assisted on All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I. F. Stone, a tribute to today’s investigative journalists, and Jen Senko’s The Brainwashing of My Dad, about the living-room impacts of right-wing media such as Fox News. At 66 years old and feverishly energetic, he likely has still more projects in the pipeline. “Jeff is a long-distance runner,” says Solomon. “He’s always deeply understood that social justice is an enduring quest, it’s a marathon, and he’s still in the race.”

Roger K. Smith is a freelance writer based in Ithaca and board co-president of WRFI Community Radio. As a young adult he was an activist organizer with FAIR.

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increase in landlords offering 10-month lease deals or free first month rent offerings as indicators) there might be more potential for developers to bring on properties they can actually sell than ones they can rent.” Yet, condominiums have issues attached to them that have stalled prices across the affordable housing market from falling. As noted in a 2016 study by the Danter Company commissioned for the Downtown Ithaca Alliance, it was noted that the development of condominiums in the proper effective market area of downtown – where the target demographic for condominiums most likely want to live – could likely not be developed without public subsidy, especially difficult given the majority of demand for for-sale units in the City of Ithaca are for properties under $250,000. These issues have been clear in development patterns over the years: according to the DIA study, Between 2000 and 2010, Tompkins County added 2,950 new housing units; nearly 60 percent of which were singlefamily and 40 percent were multifamily. Virtually all of the multifamily units were rental, the report noted, with few condominiums. (Edward Cope’s Ithaka Terraces, a 12-unit condominium development that began construction on Spencer Street in 2017, breaks this trend.) Part of this may be due to the market environment for condominiums. According to the 2016 report by the Danter Company, in the decade since 2006 the condominium market has seen a significant nationwide downturn,

with most conventional markets declining by nell graduate student who has been studying as much as 70 percent. However, given Ithaca’s the issue in Tompkins County, meetings with hot housing market and its sheer lack of sup- 30 individuals – including developers, lenders ply for condominiums, the demand model and government officials – to find out why for Ithaca had declined just 30 to 35 percent there has been a hesitation to develop conduring that period, leaving room for develop- dos in Tompkins County, yielded a sense of ment opportunities. Observing the existing unease with the status of the market in Tompmarket, they observed the typical condo- kins County, particularly when most banks minium unit require conin Tompk ins dos to be sold County averat 50 percent aged a resale occupancy price of about for financing. $229,000, leav(Successful ing it within condominithe range most ums like for-sale housLehigh Valley ing is sought House or Ithafor. k a Te r r a c e s However, were financed that price point using ot her is still too high developments for a number owned by the of prospective developer as ow ners: Con- Ithaka Terraces, one of Tompkins County’s few condominium developments. liens to a llow sidering t he for s t a r t-up realistic numbers, the study estimated total financing without prior sales.) Add to that the maximum annual support base to be just the lack of incentives: The City’s economic 47 homes annually when considering price development policy for tax abatements – CIIpoints above $200,000. And that’s not just TAP – only covers rental properties and, even in the city, either: 20 percent of the support then, the financial risk of starting something for any new condominium development in without guaranteed monthly income is nothIthaca, Danter noted, would come from out- ing short of a fiscal uncertainty for many side the city. developers. This environment also comes with a culThere’s also the detriment to the tax base ture among banks and in the county’s residen- to consider, even if temporary. Franklin said tial population that has led many developers he considers condos to be a bad idea, because to be wary of entering the local condominium as an assessor that means the county is losing market. According to Adam Bronfrin, a Cor- out on taxes due to an obscure real estate law

passed under pressure from the New York City market early in the decade, allowing condos to get preferential treatment under New York State law. “The owners of the condo don’t own the land,” the thinking goes, “so why should they pay taxes on it?” In a 1982 ruling handed down by the State Department of Taxation and Finance, condominiums were deemed to only be valued properly as that of their previous use by local assessment offices, rather than their sale price, opening the door for a property that sold at $1.3 million to be assessed at $200,000, for example. Reversing this section of the New York State Tax Law has been a subject of interest of the New York Conference of Mayors for some time now, however, the idea has garnered little political appetite at the state level. Martha Robertson, the chair of the Tompkins County Legislature, met with the New York State Association of Counties to discuss the issue in February and lobby for a home rule clause on condominium development, but said it didn’t catch much traction due to the fact Tompkins County is one of the few counties in New York State with an affordable housing problem, lacking politicians whose constituents have direct ties to the New York City real estate market. While it may alleviate pains for the housing market downstate, she said, it does few favors for locals’ bottom line in a more compartmentalized housing market. “It’s not that the cost goes away,” Robertson said. “It just goes to the rest of us.” –Nick Reynolds

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Turf War On The Diamond By Ste ve L aw re nc e

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aving spent a few hundred hours around youth and high school softball fields over the past 15 years, and having seen how mightily the Ithaca High program has struggled at times, I can tell you that despite the fact that the Little Red beat the team for which I was cheering last weekend, I was very pleased to see them take home the tournament trophy. Trumansburg hosted the four-team tourney on Saturday, but the weather made it feel more like a late-November football game. Truth be told, most of us in attendance actually would have preferred such a contest, given football games are over in 2-plus hours. This tourney started at 9 a.m., ended at 4:30, and we were all frozen. After Spencer-Van Etten beat the host Blue Raiders to open the tournament, Ithaca High started off strong with a convincing win over South Seneca, setting up the championship game against S-VE. The win over South Seneca was the first victory of the season for Ithaca, and the team carried the momentum. Coach Gordon Begent made sure to do his part to keep the energy level high – “C’mon, bench! Pick it up!” – and when the Little Red fell behind 2-0, they did not panic. The team is accustomed to playing from behind – as they face a very challenging STAC schedule on a regular basis – and when senior catcher Jessica Plue blasted a drive over the leftfield fence to put her team up 3-2, Ithaca never looked back. Dawn Plue is Jessica’s mom, and she pointed out that her other daughter, Jenna (an 8th grader), is also on the team. I asked Dawn if she appreciates the fact that she does not have to choose between games this year, and she said, “Yes, and given they are 4 years apart, it’s a nice surprise.” Al Plue is one of the assistant coaches, and Dawn said, “When we moved here a few years ago, our daughters had played travel ball and we were disappointed to learn there was no travel team in Ithaca.” The Plues signed the girls up to play for the

Elmira-based Lady Rebels, and the family has also been involved with the Little Red Softball Club, a relatively new organization formed to give the players more innings every summer. Having been connected to travel ball, Dawn knows how important such teams are for a school team to be competitive. “We play against many really good STAC teams,” she offered, “and it’s so obvious that they have these great feeder leagues and that many of their players are on travel teams. It makes a big difference.” Indeed it does… if a high school player also plays travel ball, and they get an extra 30-40 games in per summer, that translates to about 2 school seasons in terms of the number of innings and at-bats a player sees. If a player just wants to enjoy the high school seasons, and is not interested in playing in college, natural talent and a good attitude might suffice. Conversely, college coaches know what they are looking for, and there is a certain level of “game intelligence” (not to mention bat speed) that can only be acquired by playing enough softball, and the same applies to virtually any athlete hoping to play any collegiate sport. As for the here and now, the Little Red got a taste of victory, and they like it. “I am proud of all the work my husband and Gordy and the girls are putting in,” Dawn stated. “For them to be able to play at a competitive level is very motivating, and even if the outcome isn’t what they hope for, the fact that they are improving is exciting. They have been making great strides, and we’re so pleased that the hard work is paying off.” *** 40 years ago, the Cornell men’s lacrosse team won 42 consecutive games (and two national titles), an NCAA Division 1 record that still stands. On Saturday, many of the players from those legendary teams will return to campus, where they will be honored during halftime of the Cornell/Brown game. Those guys brought a lot of pride to this town, and they’d love to see a big turnout. Faceoff is at 1 p.m.

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ornell’s College of Human Ecology has been rewarded a grant aimed at incorporating the community into high-level opioid research with the hopes of generating innovative strategies of addressing the growing opioid epidemic. While the nation has grappled with the opioid crisis, Tompkins County has been hit particularly hard. Cornell’s team will receive $650,000 over three years, with the opportunity to apply for a two-year continuation grant after that. The grant is through the William T. Grant Foundation, its first Institutional Challenge Grant. The College of Human Ecology’s effort will be led by Cornell researches Rachel Dunifon and Laura Tach, joined by Cornell Cooperative Extension Ap r i l

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in the last gubernatorial race in 2014. Cuomo has a ways to go before considering the opposition from third party candidates or even his anticipated Republican opponent, Marc Molinaro. After earning a spot on the ballot earlier this week, Democratic challenger Cynthia Nixon will take on Cuomo in an upcoming primary election on September 13. Though early, Cuomo remains an overwhelming favorite in the primary race, polling at a 68 percent clip among New York Democrats versus a paltry 21 percent for Nixon, according to a recent media poll assisted by Marist College. This was not Ithaca’s first appearance in the conversation surrounding prospective candidates for governor. In an interview with New York Times Magazine earlier this week, Nixon, the former Sex and the City actor, weighed in on the debate over the definition of “Upstate New York,” saying the region begins north of Ithaca. Cuomo has also been to Ithaca recently: Last July, he visited Cornell’s campus to sign a bill to bolster the industrial hemp industry. –Nick Reynolds

program coordinator Anna Steinkraus. According to a press release that accompanies the grant announcement, the group is looking to “attempt to understand the association between opioid use and child maltreatment rates; examine the role of family drug treatment courts in mitigating child maltreatment; and evaluate evidence based interventions that may reduce the risk of opioid abuse for low-income youth and families. Findings from each study will be used to improve local practices and programs.” “Typically, universities reward faculty members for publishing articles in academic journals,” said Adam Gamoran, foundation president. “This grant challenges universities to reward faculty members whose research is directed to public service. The winning application will support research on one of our most vexing social problems, the opioid crisis, in a partnership that is poised to take action on the basis of the findings.” Research fellows on the project will be chosen by a combination of Cornell faculty and CCE staff members.

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goal to determine ways in which the existing system could be improved upon and better serve its riders. Originally working with one concept – improving the quality of TCAT’s bus shelters – the group later discovered that even more could be done, that the rider experience was about more than just the quality and functions of the bus shelter. They saw issues with information accessibility and with safety, with system aesthetics and TCAT’s role in community development they saw as having room to grow. Earlier this year, the team released the culmination of its years of efforts, produc-

ing a 116-page report outlining a number of initiatives the students identified as possible improvements to TCAT’s status quo. From improved payment methods to “smart” bus shelters with real-time maps and anticipated arrival times, the students identified numerous infrastructurerelated ideas that could potentially lay the groundwork for TCAT’s future. As far as viewing the problem from a systems-engineering perspective, the group looked at the dynamics of the bus routes themselves, even finding ways to improve the Lansing routes – Routes 36 and 37 – to better serve its riders. “TCAT is facing a very large problem,” said Kristen Vilcans, a former student and team member. “They’re not just serving the

condensed population of the City of Ithaca, resorting to a technology-based solution they’re also serving the more rural parts like so many other problems are addressed, a nd t he surrounding the team decided the best towns. So our challenge s olut ion m ig ht b e t he “They’re not just serving was developing a system the condensed population most simplistic – better here t hat fa i rly ser ves signage to replace the 560 of the City of Ithaca, all people who need it in or so dotting Tompkins they’re also serving the Tompkins County. It’s a County’s roadways. more rural parts and broader issue than bus “Users wanted a simple the surrounding towns. shelters , but it ’s what way of looking at informaSo our challenge was we’ve been looking at.” tion,” said Vilcans. “They developing a system W hat t hey a lso saw wanted to be able to look here that fairly serves was potential to improve up and know what the bus all people who need it in on information accessiwas going to be doing or Tompkins County.” bility, and better informknow where it was going. ing TCAT’s riders of how to get from Point The current system, especially hearing A to Point B in a simpler fashion. And from people from different countries on their solution was surprising: rather than our team, also presented other issues. One girl on our team, for example, didn’t realize the TCAT signs were for a bus, because she didn’t recognize the ‘cat’ logo. So we DERMATOLOGIST decided an easy fix would just be to put a bus on the sign to indicate ‘yes, this is a bus stop.’ Everything on the new signs was done in the interest of clarity.” The signs also tell you exactly where each the buses on each stop are going, rather than forcing riders to navigate a printed route map or access the TCAT app Accepting new patients on a smartphone. While just two of the ideas offered by Areas of specialties include treatment of: the students – the signs and the text alerts – will actually be adopted, the students • acne came up with numerous proposals includ• rashes ing a dot matrix to tell exactly when a bus • excessive sweating will arrive or incorporating LED displays on each of the signs to inform riders of • infections when their bus will actually arrive. They’ve • itching even suggested ideas picked up from TCAT • moles employees who, through experience, know the system’s quirks and intricacies in ways • rosacea no study could pick up. • skin cancer including melanoma “One of the drivers we were talking to • urticaria (hives) suggested we made a reflective bus pass, so instead of somebody having to wave down • comprehensive patch testing a bus that’s coming they could just put for contact allergies their bus pass in the air and the light would reflect off the pass, which is something very Areas of surgical specialties include: easy to implement,” Vilcans said. But above all, the accomplishment of the • skin biopsies and cancer surgery project is the revelation that working across disciplines can produce results that work in • cyst removal fascinating ways. CUSD’s roster represents • mole removal all seven of Cornell’s colleges, from the • skin tag removal university’s schools of hotel administration, agriculture and life sciences, architecture and planning… you name a major, and they had it. This allowed them to explore the complicated webs of systems – from human needs and habits and the mechanics of bus facilities and ridership statistics – and dismantle the problem at the component level, finding exactly what aspects of the system were holding it back. “Systems engineering is about connecting all those people together,” said Vilcans. ITHACA CORTLAND “It’s an interesting opportunity when you can bring the designers together with the M-W 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Th 1 p.m.-5 p.m. mechanical engineers to try and produce Th-F 8 a.m.-12 p.m. something new.”

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white background with vibrant photos accompanying the text — but that’s intentional, as the focus is on the articles, the stories they tell, and the issues they highlight. “The conversation of people’s minority status may often be an uncomfortable one for people to have, but bringing it to the forefront of people’s attention creates a positive conversation around the topic,” said Abdur-Ra’oof, who, along with Brown and Whiteside, has received high praise for the website. Since IvyUntold’s first story was published — a personal reflection on peer pressure by a student at Yale University— the website has heatured 26 additional stories written by Ivy League students, with Cornell accounting for the majority of the submissions. Among those is a piece by Adejuyigbe published on Feb. 3, 2017. Titled “African American,” it discusses his feelings of isolation and insecurity at Cornell as a result of his African identity, which other students would repeatedly make a focal point of their interactions with him, in addition to the stereotypes that people of color are already subject to. “It would be accurate to say that in America, I am a minority within a minority group,” wrote Adejuyigbe. But as he details in the article, Adejuyigbe later began to draw a sense of pride from his African heritage. He then translated this newfound confidence into a fearlessness to pursue his interests—however challenging they may be—from walking onto the Cornell varsity football team without any prior experience in the sport, to enrolling in a premed curriculum, to co-founding Cornell’s Athletic Pre-Health Society. “The concept of

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our customers and build relationships. That’s important when we’re looking for space.” One year later, a similar opportunity opened up on The Ithaca Commons that would allow the couple to pursue their culinary interests, relying on three major concepts: Approachable, affordable, and high-quality food that truly represents the gastronomic spirit of the Finger Lakes. “My take on hospitality is that it should always be affordable and approachable in a modern aesthetic,” he said. “That’s what we hope to bring to The Commons. Not to take away from the more complex or refined approach to hospitality in town, but I prefer a more simplistic approach, avoiding the type of restaurant that offers something like 15 different types of cuisine. People spend almost an entire lifetime trying to perfect one type of cuisine, so for me it’s important to be simple, to work on making that perfect pizza or that perfect salad.” The craft of baking Neapolitan Pizza is sacred, to the degree the method is actually designated by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation. By rule, the pies must be made with San Marzano tomatoes, which grow on the volcanic plains to the south of Mount Vesuvius, and Mozzarella di Bufala Campana, a highly specific type of cheese made with the milk from water buffalo raised in a semi-wild state

perception is hugely remarkable,” he wrote. “In changing mine, every social interaction where my African roots were highlighted (and there were/are many) became a source of pride and strength.” When Adejuyigbe’s article was published online, he was overwhelmed by the positive responses he received from his peers, who he said appreciated the vulnerability and authenticity of his story. Reflecting and writing about his experience was also a catalyst for personal growth. Another Ivy League student to share their story through IvyUntold was Lydia Anglin, a senior in Cornell’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations. In 2016, Anglin fulfilled her childhood dream by interning in the Obama White House, an experience with the administration that she says—as a person of color—served as a “tangible example that even positions that were historically ‘not meant for us’ were actually attainable.” On May 4, 2017, Anglin’s article “A Seat at the Table” was published, which she describes as a “call to action” for fellow minorities to become more politically involved. “We simply do not have the luxury to be bystanders in a system that we can influence with our participation,” she wrote. After her article was published, Anglin received warm feedback from family, friends, former co-workers at the White House, and peers asking how they could be more politically active in their own communities. As for Anglin, conveying her message to others provided the impetus for others to find their own personal strength. “There is so much power in putting your experiences down on paper and outlining your hope and dreams for the future,” said Anglin. “I frequently revisit my article as a physical representation of the goals I have set for myself and feel incredibly proud

when I have made progress.” All but one of the current IvyUntold team will depart from the Cornell campus in May: Abdur-Ra’oof will intern as a wealth management analyst with Morgan Stanley this summer, Brown will work as a software development engineer for Amazon, and Kilbourne will graduate in 2018 as well. Abdur-Ra’oof says he and Brown will continue to be heavily involved with IvyUntold, even with Whiteside assuming day-to-day operations. Their aim, they say, is to expand the website’s base beyond Cornell University. “I want IvyUntold to be at all Ivy League schools,” said Abdur-Ra’oof, who is in the process of reaching out to students at other Ivy institutions. “I want to have ambassadors at each school who can essentially do what I do

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The Search For Better Soap Leads To A Career How a newfield couple turned losing their favorite soap into a cottage industry with national reach.

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endy Ives wanted better soap, plain and simple. The year was 1998 and Ives, a connoisseur of sorts, thought she had found the perfect bar of soap, one that lathered perfectly, smelled incredible and more importantly, lasted long enough to justify the price. It was a magical moment for her, one that would establish an appreciation for the cleaning substance that would last a lifetime. Or so she thought: months later, that company went out of business and Ives, now left wanting again, found herself coping with other types of soap, ones that didn’t lather well, didn’t smell good and, even when inexpensive, were not worth their asking price. So she decided to make her own. She was living in a tiny house on her partner (and eventual husband) Andy’s 170-year-old family dairy farm, perfecting her soap each day in the 8’ by 8’ kitchen every day for two years, tweaking the recipe until she finally came up with one she was satisfied with. Then she took that soap to the market. Wendy seemed suited for business from the start, running various businesses since she was 9 years old. She and her father, an engineer, made Jacob’s Ladders, which she sold at her mother’s stand off a makeshift, cardboard box “booth” at the Westhampton Beach Outdoor Art Show, a long-running and exclusive art show in the Hamptons. When Ives was older, she ran a catering business for a decade, an experience which ended itself to her own approach of bulk soap production. Ives always had a pattern, her process consisting of coming up with an idea, selling it immediately, and seeing where it takes her. But this time, Andy got involved. Working as a sound engineer at the time, Andy recalled when Wendy first took some of the soap she made to a craft show at a college. But then, he had a revelation that would change both of their lives. “When she came home with a paycheck that looked a little better than the one I take home as a sound guy, I sat down and did the math,” Andy said. “That’s when we decided ‘this could work.’ I wouldn’t have to travel all

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over the place anymore, that I could sleep in my own bed, eat good food and not have the road life. And that, for us, was the turning point.” Andy, as it turns out, was the business partner Wendy always needed. Where Wendy was the brains of the operation, Andy was the analytical guy; a former physics student able to transfer ideas into weights and numbers. Working together, they were able to turn Wendy’s original ideas into something repeatable and consistent beyond the artesian approach founded by Wendy – creating a true recipe for success. Ten years later, it’s paid off: the couple, operating out of Booth 22 at the Ithaca Farmer’s Market, have their own

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company – 17th Century Suds – and numerous product lines, including Ithaca Soap and LiXTiK Lip Balm, which today have customers all over the world. All of which was done without serious promotion. “We never really concentrated that much on expansion... it’s been pretty organic,” Wendy said. We have a very good outlet at the Ithaca Farmer’s Market, so we really do have the ability to meet people from all over the world. Our mail order is pretty good, and we do have a few retail outlets in places like California. I did actively try to get more around New York State in the last couple of

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years, but that was more because I saw a window there.” Doing all the production out of their home in Newfield, the couple ships soap and creams to places like Japan, Russia, and even a steady customer in Germany, who buys their products in bulk. They once even had a small group of mail order customers drive all the way up from Missouri to visit them at their booth. The couple processes close to 2,000 lbs of material each year into their extensive line of soaps and lip balms, very little of which goes to waste. Describing themselves as a a “value-added, mom & pop, Main Street business,” the couple gets to make a living while simultaneously living their values. When they first began their relationship in the late-’90s, they joked that they “had met 300 years ago” because of their values of simplicity and sustainability. It seemed, at that point, to be only natural to name their soap company after an era where people in the Western Hemisphere started using soap on a more regular basis. (Prior to that in Europe and among non-natives in the Americas, soap was only for the rich, and each household had a soap maker.) “The 1700s was a time where people realized regular bathing could be good for your health,” said Andy. “And so more common people started making soap and it began to become popular with the masses.” But the name isn’t just meant to be taken literally: it’s meant to invoke thought, speaking both to the couple’s business ethics and their perspective of the world around us. “We look at the world in many aspects, in an old fashioned way,” Andy said. “I find myself, throughout my whole life, wondering about what it was like before we had cars and all this new technology, and whether or not we should go back to that. That somewhat informs the way we do business. We keep things as simple as we can. It’s old-fashioned beyond most people’s recollection of old fashioned.”

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undre Seals has joined Tompkins Trust Company as a Marketing Communications Business Partner, according to Abby Peter-

son, Marketing Communications Manager. Aundre joined the company in February of 2018. His responsibilities include coordinating marketing initiatives, events management and community relations in the Tompkins Trust Company market of Central New York. In addition, he will provide marketing support for other community banks throughout Tompkins Financial Corporation. Seals holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting from SUNY Fredonia. He lived and worked in New York City for 8 years, managing events and marketing/social media for a diverse range of companies in the hospitality

and retail industries, including Dylan’s Candy Bar, My Cooking Party, Analogue and Professor Thom’s. He has directing credits OffBroadway, with the National Comedy Theatre, and is an active and passionate theatre artist in Ithaca, with credits working on stage with both the Kitchen Theatre Company and the Hangar Theatre. Seals has lived in the Ithaca area since September of 2015.

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indsay Hart, with RE/MAX In Motion, has recently been presented with the RE/ MAX Hall of Fame Award, which honors successful agents who have earned more than $1 million in commissions during their careers with the company. Less than twenty-three percent (23 percent) of all RE/MAX Affiliates have earned this prestigious award. Lindsay is a 2002 Graduate of Ithaca College’s Park School of Communications with a Bachelor of Science in TV/Radio with concentration in Ad/PR. Hart has been working in the real estate industry for more than 11 years and has extensive experience in the Residential and raw land market. Among her list of achievements, she has earned Ithaca Journal’s Reader’s Choice Award for one of the best real estate agents two years in a row, has received the Ithaca Board of REALTORS President’s award & 2017 REALTOR Lindsay Hart of the Year, and RE/MAX’s 100% club award. Lindsay also actively supports and is involved with the Trumansburg Area Chamber of Commerce as a board member and is the 2018 Vice President. She is a member of the Ithaca Downtown Business Women. She supports Habitat for Humanity of Tompkins and Cortland Counties, Cancer Resource Center of the Fingerlakes, Food Bank of the Southern Tier, NY State Association of REALTORS Housing Foundation and Education Foundation. She serves on numerous state and local association committees, was the 2014 Secretary/Treasure, 2105 President Elect, 2016 President and the 2017 & 2018 Past-President of the Ithaca Board of REALTORS. She has served as the New York State Association of REALTORS (NYSAR) Southern Tier RPAC Trustee. In addition to growing her career and expanding her real estate team (Hart and Homes Real Estate Team at RE/MAX In Motion), Lindsay also homeschool her two children, ages 6 and 8.

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he Ithaca Business Index edged downward to a level of 173.25 in February from a revised mark of 173.53 in January. This amounts to a slip of 0.2 percent. Retail sales slumped after a strong showing in January. Rising home sales helped drive the index higher but were not enough to get into positive territory. The labor force, employment, hours worked, and help wanted advertising held steady. Compared to February 2017, the index was up 1.2 percent. The number of jobs in the Ithaca metropolitan area, which is the same as Tompkins County, held steady at 65,100 in February. Compared to February 2017, the number of jobs in the County was higher by 1,100. The unemployment rate stood at 4.7 percent. Comparable rates for New York State and the nation are 5.1 percent and 4.4 percent, respectively. The Ithaca labor force rose 200 persons to 51,000. Anyone residing in Ithaca with a part-time or full time job is in the labor force. In addition, anyone residing in Ithaca without a job, but actively seeking employment, is also included in the labor force. A larger labor force means more economic potential. Retail sales generated in Tompkins County tumbled 3.5 percent in February over January. As with all our indicators, retail sales are seasonally adjusted. Additionally, the retail sales figure is adjusted for inflation so that it reflects the volume of retail sales. Compared to February 2017, retail sales were up 2.3 percent. The average work week in Ithaca ticked up to 33.5 hours in February from 32.9 in the prior month. This figure is indeed an average that includes both full and part- time employees in the private sector. Compared to February 2017, the work week was 0.3 percent higher. Home sales in Ithaca climbed 34.2 percent in February. This is a typical change for this volatile indicator. Compared to February 2017 home sales were up 14.3 percent. Home prices appreciated nicely over the year. The median home sold for $231,250 compared to $208,400 in February 2017. Help-wanted advertising improved 9.0 percent in February over January. Compared to February 2017, help-wanted advertising was up 15.9 percent.

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omy expanded by 2.2 percent. That growth rate may not seem robust, but it beats the average annual growth rate for the prior 20 years of 1.7 percent. That history makes 2017 all the more remarkable. The local economy grew by 3.6 percent last year.

In January 1985 the Ithaca Business Index stood at 100.00. In February 2018 the Index reads 173.25. This means that the Tompkins County economy has grown 73.25 percent in those 397 months. From 1985 until 1989, the Ithaca metro region grew at a rapid clip. The average annual growth rate was 5.7 percent. The Ithaca Business Index reached a peak of 130.78 in April 1989. A recession brought the Index down to a level of 111.70 in April 1992. This 36 month slide was much longer and more severe than the national recession which lasted only 8 months. Since then, the County economy has recovered, but annual growth rates of 1.0 percent are more typical these days. There was a less severe version of the Great Recession here in Ithaca that started in April 2008 and ended in July 2009. The most recent recession began in March 2014 and ended in March 2015. There was no national recession during this time, but economic activity in Ithaca fell 0.2 percent in 2014 and 1.4 percent in 2015. 2017 registered a growth rate of 3.6 percent. The all-time high for the Ithaca Business Index is 173.53, its reading in January 2018 Ap r i l

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B usiness T imes hand, steel-cut oats. It was surprisingly good. Experimentation began with the steel-cut oats, but eventually moved to a combination of whole oats, red quinoa, and sorghum, a combination more likely to retain its structural integrity as well as a bit of crunch. Her roomy development kitchen displays a wall of spices and natural flavorings, a gourmet’s dream including everyfounder and chief food officer Jeannine Sacco, under the aegis of both the hotel school and the thing from your basic salt and pepper to dried with developing the recipes, beginning in 2012, Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park. mango powder and the full palette of fresh and officially launching the brand in 2014. Sac- His engineering know-how makes him well Indian, Thai, and Mexican spices As we toured the premises, Pajerski opened co and Pajerski crossed paths at Cornell when suited to deal with the production equipment Sacco was studying at the Hotel School and end of things. He credits Cornell with teaching the door to the shipping room, releasing a Pajerski was working in business development him how to problem solve and work hard, and delicious whiff of cumin and other fragrances for KensaGroup, a company that creates and his year on Cornell’s hockey team may have associated with Southeast Asian and South-andlaunches startups to address needs in the mar- provided lessons in fortitude. And then a small Central American cuisine. The facility itself, ketplace. Pajerski’s group of local Itha- like many others in the complex, is spacious, KensaGroup tencans provided seed with high ceilings and narrow, blond fir factory ure provided much financing to get the flooring, and could easily accommodate a roller of the k nowledge pair’s idea off the rink or basketball court. Some shipping is done needed to found a ground. He refers from the office, but mostly the South Hill facility start-up. Ultimatet o h i s b u s i n e s s is Grainful’s development, marketing, and sales ly, the group was partner, Sacco, as headquarters. The products are manufactured also interested in “a culinary genius.” and distributed by contract manufacturers in providing support “Everything starts Pennsylvania. However, there is some talk Grainful went through a couple of developfor the Pajerski and with Jeannine and Sacco’s project. They her creativity and ment phases before arriving at the current modhad actually begun c u l i na r y sk i l ls ,” el, first experimenting with new ways to present working on an oat he said. “As chief oats as a breakfast food, then as a dinner food. breakfast product in food officer, she is “The idea was to provide food that’s healthy, 2011 with support responsible for all nutritious, and great tasting,” said Pajerski. and encouragement culinary aspects, Along the way, they attracted the attention of from Tony Prudence from research and the Chobani yogurt folks who awarded them a The Grainful team. (Photo: Casey Martin) of the local F&T Disdevelopment to pro- $25,000 grant targeted to aiding businesses taking the food industry along new, more healthful tributors, and from duction.” the KenzaGroup. Their roots in the Ithaca As do many great inventions, this one started paths. It was one of only seven granted to more community are strong. There’s the Cornell con- as a fluke – Sacco said she had run out of rice than 500 applicants. Chobani helped them with nection – both studied there, he in mechanical for a jambalaya, and took a chance at substi- their products as well as their packaging. The engineering and she in a joint culinary program tuting another grain she happened to have on small Grainful team began offering samples in local grocery stores, East Hill Plaza’s P & C Fresh and the Lansing Market, seeking customer feedback. Staff and family contributed their two cents as well. “My kids always want Grainful,” he said. From that and other testing, Sacco developed eight meals and sides, some with meat, some vegetarian, some vegan. All are high in protein and fiber, low in sodium, and 100 percent whole grain. And they run the gamut from the Indian, tomato-based Chana Masala – oats, sorghum, and red quinoa, with garbanzo beans, tomatoes, peas, and those exotic Indian spices, with pleasant heat, 12 grams of protein, and ten of fiber, at 300 calories – to Ranchero Chicken, with the same grain blend plus chicken, tomatoguajillo pepper sauce, black beans, and cilantro, weighing in at a mere 280 calories, with 17 grams of protein and seven of fiber. Chef Sacco is gluten intolerant, which gives her a personal incentive to render all products gluten free. Recently Grainful shifted from steel-cut The Ithaca Electricians Joint oats, which, says Pajerski, had too runny a consistency, to whole oats, red quinoa, and Apprenticeship Training sorghum. “Whole oats have a risotto-like Committee is recruiting texture,’ said Pajerski. “We found they had some crunch as well.” And the company just Apprenticeships Apprentice Electricians. upgraded its packaging to a brighter and Earn while you learn zingier version, evoking a sense of culinary and globe-trotting adventures. But you may Begin a real career with good wages and benefits right away. Attend classes and still find some of the lower-key original packearn college credits toward an AOS degree with no student loans to pay back! aging and formulas at Wegmans. Perhaps one day those boxes will be collectors items. Hurry! For an opportunity to interview in June, applications must be in by Tuesday, May 1st “Our goal is to be a national brand and Apply online at Ithacajatc.com ultimately a world-wide brand,” said Pajerski. Please Call 607-272-2809 or 607-342-8267 with any questions. “Grains have fed humanity for millennia. We want to be the brand that gives people Applicants must be a minimum 18 years old, amazing food from grains. We want to have a High School grad or have a GED and completed re-invented the frozen [food] category.”

Oats: Not Just for Breakfast Anymore Grainful Wants to redefine the most important meal of the day... all of them. By Peggy Haine

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fter a hard day’s work, how many of us have the time, energy, or inclination to prepare a full-nutrient meal? Is your fallback salt-and-fat-heavy take-out, or a frozen pizza? A better option, invented and marketed on Ithaca’s South Hill gives health-conscious people with four minutes and a microwave a no-fuss dinner or side. The products, under the name “Grainful” are non-GMO, gluten-free, and 100 percent whole grain, with a bit of spiciness and a range of international flavors. And they taste good. Jan Pajerski, president and co-founder of Grainful, interviewed in his sun-drenched office in the bustling South Hill Business Campus, has a driving goal: to get Grainful whole-grain meals and sides into as many supermarkets and, ultimately, into the microwaves of as many rushed, health-conscious Americans as possible. Eventually, he sees distributing the company’s products internationally. The four-year-old Ithaca-based company’s success is snowballing, and you’ll find their products in hundreds of supermarket frozen food aisles from coast to coast, including those of Giant Eagle, Whole Foods, Publix, Safeway, ShopRite, WinnDixie, and most of the hundred-or-so Wegmans supermarkets in the eastern United States. You’ll find

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Ithaca City of Asylum’s first short-term writer-in-residence Short-term writer-in-residence for Ithaca City of Asylum Raad Rahman will lead lectures and public readings through May 9. She will present a seminar at Cornell’s South Asia Program on Monday, April 23 at 12:15 p.m. in G08 Uris Hall. During her residency she will work on a novel.

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aad Ra hma n returned to her home country, Bangladesh, in 2012 after living abroad for several years. Coming home she felt disconnected from her childhood friends, having lived a different life and experiencing different cultures. A friend of hers from the U.S. told her to meet with a man named Xulhaz Mannan, to get her reacquainted with the country and to be welcomed warmly with extravagant parties. Rahman and Mannan became close friends over the years, attending parties together, chatting over tea and — as writers — sharing story ideas. Mannan sought to create his own magazine in Bangladesh, reaching each facet of the community he belonged to. He called the magazine Roopbaan and co-founded it with his friend. Rahman pitched a few English-language story ideas to him — to which he turned down for being “too opaque” for the community — but she still continued to support the magazine and Mannan’s passion for writing. On April 25, 2016, Mannan and his friend Mahbub Rabbi Tonoy were murdered at Mannan’s house, in front of his mother. Roopbaan was an LGBT magazine, and Mannan was a member of the LGBT community. In Bangladesh, where homosexulaity is prohibited by law, Mannan became a target. Six jihadists in tailor-made courier-service outfits pretended to deliver a package to Mannan; Tonoy — a theater artist and LGBT activist — was visiting his house at the time and was killed by association. The two men were hacked down by the jihadists for being loud voices in the LGBT community. The Bangladeshi government claims the murder stemmed from a homegrown extremist group, while al Qaeda, ISIS and other extremist groups also claimed responsibility. With nearly two years since the murder, only one arrest has been made. The arrestee claims to be innocent. Rahman was living in Brooklyn during the murder. She knew Mannan received several death threats after the first publication of Roopbaan, but at the time, she didn’t think anything would come of them. Then she got the news. She began to search for the other co-founder of the magazine. “Finally about five hours later, I found the [other] co-founder of Roopan. He had just escaped into India, with $500 in his pocket and a backpack,” Rahman said. “He called me up and he said, ‘I need your help, I need you to write about us.’” After the call, Rahman began to write. She

published an article in The Guardian about Mannan and Tonoy, telling their stories and raising awareness for the LGBT community in Bangladesh. Rahman worked for several human rights organizations globally, becoming an expert in the tribulations of marginalized communities. She continued to write about the murder of her best friend, sharing the story with publications like The New York Times and VICE. Seemingly overnight, Rahman became an LGBT advocate for the people of Bangladesh. “I want to make sure that when the community is doing something important or just trying to stay afloat, I do have a voice that they can use or a resource to get their messages across,” Rahman said. “They’re some of my close friends, some of these boys. Then thinking back about people and security concerns and how to write when there’s such a huge clap down on free expression — it’s been a journey in terms of working it out as it’s going along.” Her stories gained traction. Like Mannan, she also received death threats and subsequently hid her byline behind a pseudonym. Her pieces were shared internationally, eventually reaching the eyes of Azaduzzaman Khan Kamal, the Home Minister for Bangladesh. A fierce proponent of Article 377 — the article criminalizing homosexuality, a law leftover from British colonization in the 20th century — he indirectly targeted her in a press conference. Following the murders of Mannan and Tonoy, Kamal held a press conference in Dhaka after meeting with U.S. Ambassador and Under Secretary of State. Both representatives were visiting Bangladesh to discuss security concerns in the wake of the murders. Kamal went on the record, speaking about illegal movements and criminal activity. At this point, Rahman was the only Bangladeshi to have worked with international media to cover the murders — and her stories became instrumental in policy discussion. Disappointed and frightened by how the Bangladeshi government treated Mannan’s case, herself and the rest of the LGBT community, Rahman does not plan on living in her home country. Rahman said she will continue to be an advocate for the LGBT community. While she never envisioned her personal life mixing so closely with her professional work as a writer and advocate, Rahman said she will step up for the community — even through the violence and threats. “I never saw myself as an advocate for the community. Circumstance made me realize that the space for advocacy is so small and there is so much shrinkage in the scope that people have to step up,” Rahman said. “For me, I made the decision to step up primarily because one of my best friends was murdered. He was being vilified by the press in the wake of his murder for being gay, and I just couldn’t stand that.” •

By Christie Citranglo

Top: Ithaca City of Asylum’s writer-in-residence, Raad Rahman; Middle: The funeral service held for Xulhaz Mannan and Mahbub Rabbi Tonoy; Bottom: Rainbow Rally 2015, a pride festival held in Bangladesh. (Photos provided)

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Honoring Natural Monuments Painter Nicholas Down Displayed in CAP ArtSpace By Ambe r D onof r io

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f lash of light fills your vision, a skittering of colors that reverberate like seismic waves, erupting shapes and surfaces. Unearthing textures. Brushstrokes of paint lay visible against wood, creating layer upon layer of movement that alludes toward action and dimension. Mountains reveal crags and nooks and caps of snow. The earth stands out a mossy green or the sun-burnt

One of Down’s paintings (Art provided)

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and familiarities, careful to not include minute or figurative details in favor of more vague, expressive mark-making. What’s left is a room of color, of unique style and distinct intent. Each painting is an acknowledgement of what is seen or being depicted, paired with the stubborn insistence of revealing such sights through the eyes and memories of the artist. “I feel a powerful urgency to reveal so much that is ‘out there,’” the artist writes of his work, “but which is refracted and altered by the inner world of memory and recollection.” The paintings that are being referred to here are those of artist Nicholas Down, whose show of work, entitled The Treasures of Wilderness, is on display in the Community Art Partnership’s ArtSpace (attached to Center Ithaca’s Visitor Center) through the end of April. Inspired by various National Parks and the wilderness, Down also lauds the works of such naturalist writers as John Muir and Edward Abbey as inspiration behind his creations. “At a time when these sanctuaries are increasingly threatened,” Down remarks of the natural lands, “it is my artistic intention to raise awareness of their beauty and to inspire the viewer to see that such places are, indeed, treasures to be cherished.” Each of the ten paintings included in the show are indeed love letters to nature and its inherent grandeur. In most, mountains are depicted under a stormy or colorful sky. Each layer of paint that is added or chipped away provides its own level of vibrancy and contributes to the textural quality of the collection as a whole, wherein paint erupts from each two-dimensional scene, beckoning viewers to acknowledge its (the medium’s) presence in physical space. In One Endless Form into the Other, blue mountains stand epically behind a

green and purple landscape, the colors varying in shades as they move across the image. One stroke of bright pink paint cuts horizontally through the scene: an added boost of brightness. Fierce Spring is beautifully done, as a majestic purple sky overlooks what could be desert floor that’s illuminated in many areas (near glowing) by setting or rising sun. The painting is captivating and the perfect shades of yellow and orange contribute toward an inner warmth. Primavera is the brightest of the paintings with active strokes of a deep blue, and in Sacred Renewal, green and aqua drip together topped by surprising and sensible flicks of orange. Falling Water, a painting of a waterfall with a strong white stream, is smartly placed alongside another work entitled Meltaway. The latter depicts a white flood, the water textural and haphazard in its forward f low, enveloped or channeled between landmasses that jut out and are highlighted by astutely made marks. Overall, Nicholas Down’s work is better seen in person than described. Even photographs of the work, such as the one included with this article, do not wholly present the dimensions of each painting, in particular the textures. The pieces are abstract in many ways, but slowly too begin to develop figures that are identifiable in context, like the slowly recovered shapes of a remembered experience. My one critique, coming from a place of expectation once finding out the show was about National Parks and Monuments, would be to perhaps be informed a bit more, through works’ titles and descriptions, about the specific places Down traveled to and is recollecting in his work. Select quotes by the likes of Muir or Thoreau would be welcome as well, although in this case the intention might be to purely absorb viewers in the visual.

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Present-Day Vulnerabilities The Kitchen: world premiere of play ‘Brawler’ By Barbara Ad am s

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went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out.” That Rodney Dangerfield quip echoes what many ice hockey fans find essential to the sport: its violence. Fast-paced, brutal, often bloody, the game on ice doesn’t seem like it could be captured onstage, but Brawler, the world premiere of Walt McGough’s play, guided by Kitchen Theatre artistic director M. Bevin O’Gara, does just that. The Kitchen has been turned into a small sports arena, with tiered seating on all four sides of the action — straightforward design by Cristina Todesco. With aptly stagey lighting by Evey Connerty-

Ma rin a nd crowd sou nd by A ndrew Duncan Will, the opening moments pull us into the frenzy of competition. Two sweating hockey players crouch and yell in fierce choreographed combat (terrific movement by Misha Shields). When the match subsides, we’re washed up into a locker room that’s just been trashed — debris-strewn, with broken, upended benches. The havoc has been wreaked by Moose, a frustrated player and former Boston Bruin who’s been sent down to the minor

Greg Maraio, Anthony Goes, Gigi Watson in “Brawler.” (Photo: Kalman Zabarsky)

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Son of a Zappa

Dweezil Zappa to perform at the State Theatre By Br yan VanC ampe n

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weezil Zappa, son of the late Frank Zappa, has dedicated his life to playing his father’s songs and he’ll be bringing his latest tour of Zappa music to the State Theatre on Thursday, April 19. He spoke to the Ithaca Times about the tour. Ithaca Times: Everyone here is very curious about what you’ll be playing this time around. With over 50 albums of Frank’s music out there, there’s a lot to choose from. Dweezil Zappa: Well, we call this tour the “Choice Cuts Tour”. It’s a combination of really deep tracks and then of course some of the expected fan favorites. More than any other tour, it’s less of the idea of playing anything that’s super-familiar. We’ve learned arrangements that my dad did. For example, there’s maybe three or four songs that he played only a handful of times in the middle 70’s with this particular arrangement. Some of them are things that never got released as an official release. There’s a few songs that people will not know at all, and some people may think, “Oh, they re-arranged that song”,

but I make sure to tell people that this is my dad’s arrangement. That’s something I don’t do. I don’t take his stuff and just do my own thing to it. IT: What did you think of the recent documentary Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words (2016)? DZ: It’s a good documentary. Anything where Frank is the only narrator, it’s gonna be good. Ultimately, to do something that would be all-encompassing, you’d need an eight-part mini-series, to really cover everything that he did. My dad was multifaceted, he did a lot of things at different points in his career. So that [film] was kind of a tip of the iceberg documentary. It was well done, but it certainly didn’t cover all the bases. IT: Was there a particular moment growing up with Frank where it changed from “That’s what my dad does” to “I like that song”? DZ: Well, I always was a fan, so I was interested in how he created the music, and what inspired certain things. Now that I’ve been learning the music and playing the music, I have way more questions

than I did back then [laughs] but I think that the stuff I grew up really liking back then, the song “St. Alphonso’s Pancake Breakfast”, I remember asking him about that one because the marimba parts really stood out. And that comes from a song called “Rollo”, it’s a classical piece; he did multiple different versions of that song. On this tour, we actually play various different versions and put them into one arrangement. We do the whole thing in a way that Frank never actually did, put together as one song. We do a hybrid arrangement where it sort of brings the whole composition full circle. So that’s one where I got

Dweezil Zappa (Photo provided)

to dig deep and find pieces and put it all together. IT: How many musicians do you tour with to get that sound? DZ: There’s seven of us, but we’re able to do orchestral arrangements because we have a couple people playing keyboards. Three of us can play keyboards, and with the keyboards you can trigger sounds from orchestral libraries and stuff.

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league. His berserk action — in fact the play’s entire storyline — was inspired by a classical Greek drama, Sophocles’ Ajax. McGough found, in this damaged-warrior play, a metaphor for today’s sports heroes. As an enforcer, who distracts, harasses, and even roughs up opponents to protect his team, Moose, while in the majors, shielded his best friend and high scorer, Odie. So Ajax, legendarily huge and powerful, protected Achilles and fought by his side. When Achilles fell and Ulysses,

not Ajax, was unjustly awarded his armor, Aja x went mad (courtesy of Ulysses’ defending goddess), slaughtering sheep and cattle, believing them to be his own biased Greek generals. When he came to his senses, shame and loss overwhelmed him, and despite his wife’s pleading, he surreptitiously took his own life. But the dramatic tale of Ajax — unlike the story of Oedipus or even Ulysses — is hardly familiar to audiences today. Luck ily, you don’t need even a passing acquaintance with the prototype to appreciate Brawler, which stands on its own as a reflection of our society’s values: entertainment and extreme accomplishment first, whatever the cost. And t he persona l cost for hockey

enforcers, like football players, has been high: Moose suffers from repeated concussions and doubtless has chronic traumatic encephalopathy, which his coaches ignore by supplying endless drugs to keep him performing. He shows several symptoms of C.T.E.: impulsiveness, mood swings, memory loss, addiction. The position of enforcer has recently be en el i m i nated f rom hocke y, now spreading physical risks across the entire team. This followed a series of publicized cases, that of Minnesota Wild and New York Rangers player Derek Boogaard perhaps the most famous. In McGough’s play, both Moose and Odie — tough, rowdy, and hyper-masculine, as the game demands — are largely

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in denial about the mental damage the game has inf licted on them, with occasional glimpses of recognition. The main scene begins with Moose having locked himself in the bathroom, wailing, refusing to emerge until his girlfriend Trisha has persuaded Odie (whom he hasn’t seen in weeks) to come to him. Trisha seeks help from Jerry, Moose’s ad hoc trainer and minder, and eventually Odie arrives — the two players’ confrontation forming the dynamic center of the play. In the story’s final quarter, without the towering presence of Moose, the action wanes, and dialogue dominates — on Moose’s ultimate choice, its consequences and meaning. Here the two hockey players are average size but so bulked up by their uniform gear (thanks to designer Penney Pinette) and loud, aggressive posturing that they seem like pro players. Moose, compellingly acted by Boston native Greg Maraio, is the more extreme, more desperate — having lost his team, friend, and protective purpose. Maraio makes him both scary and lovable, an overgrown puppy gone wild with terror. Anthony Goes’ complex Odie is far more measured, smarter, strategic; he holds back emotionally (to a point), in contrast to Moose’s emotional excess. He reasons he’s got the Bruins’ NFL bid to prioritize, not helping a self-destructive has-been. But finally he too engages, responds out of angered love to Moose’s taunting — and we see he’s also suffering from the game’s ravages. Moose has his own guardians, but both fail him. Marc Pierre’s Jerry is a quiet, caring but passive presence, savvy about the game’s history but grieving at its price. Trisha is the other concerned careta ker who’s also enabled Moose, keeping him play ing. (Gigi Watson’s portrayal, at least on opening night, was so quietly voiced that portions of her dialogue were unfortunately lost, even from the third row.) The play allows both of them and Odie to re-examine and question the wisdom of their choices, each coming to different recognitions. These conflicted characters are still a bit unevenly written and the ending scene remains too expository, but Brawler tackles a vital issue intriguingly. Brawler by Walt McGough. Directed by M. Bevin O’Gara. At The Kitchen Theatre, 417 W State St., Ithaca. Tickets at 607.272.0570 for performances through April 22. Barbara Adams, a regional arts journalist, teaches writing at Ithaca College.

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Right-Wing Comedy

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omedian Nick Di Paolo brings his “Nick is Right” tour to CRT Downtown Friday, April 20. A comedy veteran for more than 30 years, DiPaolo also has his own political comedy talk show on Sirius XM, and has worked on almost everything Louis C.K. has done, including “Louie”, “Lucky Louie” and the recent web series “Horace and Pete.” Nick Di Paolo spoke to the Ithaca Times about his tour, how heckling is usually related to alcohol intake, and working with Louis C.K. Ithaca Times: Your tour is called “Nick Is Right”. In what ways is Nick right? Nick Di Paolo: You know, it’s sort of a double entendre. As far as this business goes, I’m a little to the right in my politics, that’s all. But I’m not a real political comic. I’m not like a right-wing Bill Maher or anything. But as the great Colin Quinn said, “When you tell a joke about McDonalds, people can tell how you voted.” IT: [laughs] ND: So that about kind of sums it up. But there’s a lot of stuff in there about my marriage. So, it’s not only political, but in this business, if you lean right on two of ten issues, you’re a f**kin’ Nazi. IT: With a title like that, is it more letting the audience know: “Buyer Beware”? ND: Yeah. Well, I’ve been doing this long enough, that’s what people like about me. It’s taken me a while to cultivate a following, but there’ll be some shows where people, five, ten minutes in, will get up and walk out. And I’ll berate them on the way out, saying “Did you do your research before you came to the comedy show?” You know…open-minded people. IT: Oooh. ND: They know what they’re getting for the most part. IT: I wonder. I saw Maria Bamford take down a couple of hecklers, and she did it in a very sweet Maria Bamford way, but I was wondering how people end up at the wrong show like that. ND: Yeah, I’ve had that happen before. I’m known for that. I used to play the Comedy Cellar every night in New York. IT: Do you have people gunning for you? ND: In the audience? IT: Yeah. ND: No, they don’t. [laughs] Like what you just described with Bamford, it’s usually alcohol-involved, and they’re just being loud. Not even heckling, just being loud and obnoxious, and they’re like f**kin’ children, you know. They put their feet on the stage, and you tell ‘em to take their feet off, and they won’t, and

it’s f**kin’ disgusting. I’ve seen tables of women cry that were f**kin’ obnoxious. I’ll tell ya, one of my favorite scenes in Louis C.K.’s FX show, he confronts one of these female heck lers outside, and explained to her why she was being so f**kin’ rude. IT: You’ve been in almost everything he’s done except Pootie Tang (2001). Why weren’t you in Pootie Tang? ND: [laughs] I saw the dailies and I said, “Nah, I’m not interested.” IT: [laughs] ND: We were friends, we started in Boston, he started a little before. After [“Horace and Pete”], he said to me, “I want you know that I didn’t put you in that because we’re friends. I knew you could play with the big boys, acting-wise.” It was the best compliment ever. IT: This whole sexual harassment thing with Louie, what do you make of that? ND: It was outrageous behavior. I have a radio show and someone thought I was soft on Louie. If he did that to my sister, or wife or girlfriend, I’d punch him in the face. That being said, I don’t like the way they’re conf lating what he did with Harvey Weinstein. But Louis is so smart. He’ll navigate this. He’ll hide out for a while. When you’re a stand-up comic, especially at his level, tonight, if he announced he wanted to play Madison Square Garden, he’d sell out, just because people wanna hear all that.

Nick DiPaolo shows off his American pride. (Photo provided)

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Benefit Auction 6:00pm / Concert 7:30pm Ford Hall, Ithaca College Featuring: Tamara Acosta, Ivy Walz, Nathaniel McEwen, Marc Webster, Ithaca College Choir (Janet Galván, director) PLUS Vivaldi Flute Concerto w/Wendy Herbener Mehne

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Music 4/18 Wednesday

Jesse Collins Duo, Molly MacMillan | 6:00 PM-9:00 PM, Wednesday, April 18, 18 | Monks on the Commons, 120 S Aurora St, Ithaca | (Jazz) Djug Django | 6:00 PM-9:00 PM, Wednesday, April 18, 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 18, 18 | Varying Locations, , | Refer to Damodar Das Kirtan on Facebook for location schedule. Folk ‘n’ Kava | 7:30 PM-10:30 PM, Wednesday, April 18, 18 | Sacred Root Kava Lounge & Tea Bar, 139 W State St, Ithaca | (Nate Marshall and Friends play Traditional and Original Folk, Jazz and Gospel Music) dRachEmUsiK | 8:00 PM-11:00 PM, Wednesday, April 18, 18 | Sacred Root Kava Lounge & Tea Bar, 139 W State St, Ithaca | Wednesday Live Music | 8:00 PM Wednesday, April 18, 18 | Rulloff’s, 411 College Ave, Ithaca | (Local bands, Soloists) The Crucial Reggae Social Club | 9:00 PM Wednesday, April 18, 18 | The Dock,

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4/19 Thursday

Tim Ruffo | Thursday, April 19, 18 | Ransom Steele Tavern, 552 Main St, Apalachin | (Classic Rock) The Vinyl Showcase | 7:00 PM-10:00 PM, Thursday, April 19, 18 | Atlas Bowl, 61 W Main St, Trumansburg | Each week a new local DJ, collector or vinyl enthusiast spins a fresh of of vinyl cuts. Alan Doyle, Fortunate Ones | 8:00 PM Thursday, April 19, 18 | The Haunt, 702 Willow Ave, Ithaca | (Folk) Mike Titlebaum, Catherine Gale Quintet | 8:00 PM-10:00 PM, Thursday, April 19, 18 | Madeline’s Restaurant, 215 E State St, Ithaca | Â (Jazz, Swing)

4/20 Friday

Free Music Happy Hour | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, Friday, April 20, 18 | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | (Check thedockithaca.com for band schedule) GoGone | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, Friday, April 20, 18 | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Bob & Dee | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, Friday, April 20, 18 | Americana Vineyards, 4367 E Covert Rd, Interlaken | Rachel Beverly | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, Friday, April 20, 18 | Ithaca Bakery, 400 N Meadow St, Ithaca | Not From Brooklyn | 8:00 PM-11:00 PM, Friday, April 20, 18 | Two Goats Brewing, 5027 State Rte 414, Burdett | (Jazz) Guided by Voices, Park Doing | 8:00 PM Friday, April 20, 18 | The Haunt, 702 Willow Ave, Ithaca | The Tarps | 8:00 PM Friday, April 20, 18 | Silver Line Tap Room, 19 W Main St, Trumansburg |

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4/21 Saturday

R & B Show | 10:00 AM Saturday, April 21, 18 | The Nines, 311 College Ave, Ithaca | Big Mean Sound Machine & The Comb Down | 6:00 PM Saturday, April 21, 18 | Ransom Steele Tavern, 522 Main St., Apalachin | Zydeco Trail Riders | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, Saturday, April 21, 18 | Americana Vineyards, 4367 E Covert Rd, Interlaken The Purple Valley | 7:00 PM-10:00 PM, Saturday, April 21, 18 | Heavily Brewing Co., 2471 Hayes Rd, Montour Falls | (Blues, Swing, Rock) IU’s Record Store Day: Zero Mean, Water Bears, Spazzare, RVSNST | 7:00 PM-10:00 PM, Saturday, April 21, 18 | Chanticleer, 101 W State St, Ithaca | Aqueous | 8:00 PM Saturday, April 21, 18 | The Haunt, 702 Willow Ave, Ithaca | (Rock, Groove) The Hilltoppers | 8:00 PM-11:00

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PM, Saturday, April 21, 18 | Two Goats Brewing, 5027 State Rte 414, Burdett | (Bluegrass) Duppree: A Night Of Steely Dan Music | 8:00 PM Saturday, April 21, 18 | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | All Strung Out | 8:00 PM Saturday, April 21, 18 | Silver Line Tap Room, 19 W Main St, Trumansburg | The Fly Rods, Hudson Underground | 9:00 PM Saturday, April 21, 18 | The Range, 119 E State St, Ithaca | (Rock) Thru Spectrums | 10:00 PM Saturday, April 21, 18 | Lot 10 Lounge, 106 S Cayuga St, Ithaca |

4/22 Sunday

Mary Ott Band | 11:00 AM-2:00 PM, Sunday, April 22, 18 | Stonecat Cafe, 5315 Rt 414, Hector | (Jazz) Devinne Meyers | 4:00 PM-7:00 PM, Sunday, April 22, 18 | Two Goats Brewing, 5027 State Rte 414, Burdett | (Psychedelic) Ithaca Jazz and Blues Jam | 4:00 PM-7:00 PM, Sunday, April 22, 18 | Mix Kitchen and Bar, 205 Elmira Road, Ithaca | All jazz and blues instrumentalists and vocalists welcome. Hosted by Dennis Winge Trio. Dirt Farm | 4:00 PM-7:00 PM, Sunday, April 22, 18 | Americana Vineyards, 4367 E Covert Rd, Interlaken | Cornell University Jazz Combos Showcase | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Sunday, April 22, 18 | Carriage House Cafe, 305 Stewart Ave, Ithaca | Jazz Combo Showcase. Bound for Glory | 8:30 PM Sunday, April 22, 18 | Anabel Taylor Hall, Cornell Univeristy, Ithaca | Bound for Glory’s weekly live show.

Tuesday Bluesday with Dan Paolangeli & Friends | 6:00 PM Tuesday, April 24, 18 | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | (Blues, Rock, Every Tuesday) Irish Session with members of Traonach | 7:00 PM-9:30 PM, Tuesday, April 24, 18 | Argos Inn, 408 E State St, Ithaca | (Irish, Traditional) Professor Tuesday’s Jazz Quartet | 8:00 PM-10:00 PM, Tuesday, April 24, 18 | Madeline’s Restaurant, 215 E State St, Ithaca | (Jazz) I-Town Jazz Jam | 9:00 PM-11:59 PM, Tuesday, April 24, 18 | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | (Local jazz jams, improv) concerts

4/18 Wednesday

Midday Music for Organ 4/18 | 12:30 PM-1:15 PM, Wednesday, April 18, 18 | Anabel Taylor Chapel, Cornell University, Ithaca | University organists Annette Richards and David Yearsley: Music of J. S. Bach and his sons, on the Cornell Baroque Organ. Momenta Quartet | 8:00 PM-10:00 PM, Wednesday, April 18, 18 | Barnes Hall, Cornell, Ithaca | Momenta Quartet Residency: Premiere of works by Mexican microtonalist Julia¡n Carrillo. Suzy Bogguss | 8:00 PM Wednesday, April 18, 18 | Auburn Public Theater, 8 Exchange St, Auburn |

4/19 Thursday

Cornell Oboe Studio Recital | 8:00 PM-9:30 PM, Thursday, April 19, 18 | Barnes Hall, Cornell, Ithaca | Oboe studio senior recital. Keller Williams | 8:00 PM Thursday, April 19, 18 | Center for the Arts, 72 S. Main Street, Homer |

4/20 Friday

Symphoria Spark Series: Film & Music | 7:30 PM-9:00 PM, Friday, April 20, 18 | Palace Theater, 2384 James Street, Syracuse | Silent film meets symphonic masterpieces in this performance, at the Palace Theater on James Street. Symphonic and chamber

music selections are featured on this performance. Shin Hwang, fortepiano | 8:00 PM-9:30 PM, Friday, April 20, 18 | Barnes Hall, Cornell, Ithaca | Shin Hwang, fortepiano: Schubert’s Drei Klavierstcke, D. 946 and Schumann’s Etudes Symphonique, Op. 13. Genitor, Kurt Riley, Wagner 3000 | 8:00 PM-11:00 PM, Friday, April 20, 18 | Center for the Arts, 72 S. Main Street, Homer |

4/21 Saturday

The Binghamton University Symphony | 3:00 PM Saturday, April 21, 18 | Anderson Center, 4400 Vestal Parkway East, Binghamton | The Binghamton University Symphony is a 70-piece symphonic orchestra composed of music majors, minors and dedicated non-majors drawn from throughout the student body. Stirrings of Spring and Love | 4:00 PM-6:00 PM, Saturday, April 21, 18 | North Star Art Gallery, 743 Snyder Hill Road, Ithaca | Bass-Baritone Kurt Lichtmann sings songs of Spring and love at the North Star Art Gallery. Paganini & Pie! | 4:00 PM-6:00 PM, Saturday, April 21, 18 | First Presbyterian Church of Ithaca , 315 N. Cayuga St., Ithaca | A concert by string ensembles from Ithaca Talent Education School, followed by a reception featuring pies and desserts. Fanfare & Filigree | 7:30 PM-9:00 PM, Saturday, April 21, 18 | First Unitarian Society, 306 N. Aurora Street, Ithaca | Geoffrey Burgess and Meg Owens, oboes; Stephanie Corwin, bassoon Rebecca Humphrey Diederich, cello and viola da gamba Leon Schelhase, harpsichord; Deborah Fox, baroque guitar and theorbo. Palonegro | 8:00 PM-10:00 PM, Saturday, April 21, 18 | Klarman Auditorium, 232 East Ave, Ithaca | Join us for a musical journey through Latin America and the Caribbean, in our annual blockbuster concert, this time at Cornell’s Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium in Klarman Hall (232 East Avenue). Hawktail | 8:00 PM-11:00 PM, Saturday, April 21, 18 | Center for the Arts, 72 S. Main Street, Homer | Hawktail is a collection of four of the most exciting young voices in acoustic music today.

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Cornell Chamber Orchestra | 3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Sunday, April 22, 18 | Barnes Hall, Cornell, Ithaca | Cornell Chamber Orchestra; Chris Younghoon Kim, conductor. Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring features Elizabeth Shuhan, and Lucy Fitz Gibbon sings in Barber’s Knoxville, Summer of 1915. The Devon Allman Project | 8:00 PM-11:00 PM, Sunday, April 22, 18 | Center for the Arts, 72 S. Main Street, Homer | Devon Allman returns to the Center for the Arts with his new six piece band, The Devon Allman Project. The Decemberists | Monday, April 23, 18 | Smith Opera House, 82 Seneca St, Geneva |

4/23 Monday

Organist Michael Plagerman | 8:00 PM-9:30 PM, Monday, April 23, 18 | Sage Chapel, Cornell, Ithaca | Organist Michael Plagerman presents a program including Vierne’s Symphony No. 6.

4/24 Tuesday

Pianist Silvia Lucas | 8:00 PM-10:00 PM, Tuesday, April 24, 18 | Barnes Hall, Cornell, Ithaca | Cornell Contemporary Chamber Players present Silvia Lucas, piano, with a repertoire of music for

piano and electronics.

Film

Keep the Change film screening | 7:00 PM-9:30 PM, Tuesday, April 24, 18 | Cinemapolis, 120 E. Green Street, Ithaca | A romantic comedy casting actors with autism to play characters with autism, the film offers a refreshingly honest portrait of a community seldom depicted on the big screen. 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. 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. Cinemapolis

Friday, 4/20 to Thursday, 4/26. Contact Cinemapolis for Showtimes and for Fantastik Film Screening times Isle of Dogs | Set in Japan, Isle of Dogs follows a boy’s odyssey in search of his lost dog. | 101 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 Ismael’s Ghosts | The story follows a filmmaker whose life is sent into a tailspin by the return of a former lover just as he is about to embark on the shoot of a new film. | 114 mins R The Leisure Seeker | A runaway couple go on an unforgettable journey in the faithful old RV they call The Leisure Seeker. | 112 mins R Regal Ithaca

Wednesday, 4/18, to Tuesday, 4/24. Contact Regal Ithaca for Showtimes I Feel Pretty | A woman struggling

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 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

Stage Comedy Night | 7:00 PM Thursday, April 19, 18 | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | (Improv, Stand up. Hosted by Comedy FLOPs) The Loneliness Project (AGIT Lab) | 7:30 PM-9:30 PM, Thursday, April 19, 18 | Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, Cornell University, Ithaca | A tale of fierce activism, profound loneliness, and remarkable resilience, The Loneliness Project employs the documentary method as not only a mode of artistic creation and preservation but also as a mode of collaborative problem-solving. Cabaret | 8:00 PM-10:00 PM, Thursday, April 19, 18 | Ithaca College, Clark Theatre in Dillingham Center, 953 Danby Rd, Ithaca | Ithaca College Theatre production of the acclaimed musical Cabaret, depicting the unconventional

Tenth Annual izzy awards Ceremony,

The State Theatre of Ithaca Saturday, April 21, 8 p.m.

Emerson Suites, Ithaca College Tuesday April 24, 7 p.m.

Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Izzy Award, the Park Center for Independent Media at Ithaca College has announced that this year’s award is being shared by four journalists who published path-breaking and in-depth reporting in 2017 that exposed political corruption, environmental hazards and militarism. (Photo provided)

A ’90s-themed dance party, with all proceeds going to the State Theatre of Ithaca. DJ ha-MEEN will lead the night with dancey tunes and funky melodies, taking everyone back 20 years to an era filled with sitcoms and Tamagotchis. (Photo provided)

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with insecurity wakes from a fall believing she is the most beautiful and capable woman on the planet. Her new confidence empowers her to live fearlessly, but what happens when she realizes her appearance never changed? | 110 min PG-13 Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero |A stray dog - Sgt. Stubby - gets adopted by a soldier while training for World War I. For his valorous actions, Sgt. Stubby is still recognized as the most decorated dog in American history. | 54 min PG Super Troopers 2 | When a border dispute arises between the U.S. and Canada, the Super Troopers are tasked with establishing a Highway Patrol station in the disputed area. |R 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 Ready Player One | When the creator of a virtual reality world called the

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love story of American writer Cliff Bradshaw and Berlin nightclub singer Sally Bowles as the Nazis begin their rise to power. Rogue Comedy Night | 10:00 PM Thursday, April 19, 18 | The Nines, 311 College Ave, Ithaca | Brawler | Sunday, April 22, 18 | Kitchen Theatre, 417 W State St, Ithaca | Adam was the scariest man in the NHL, but that was all last season. Now he’s down in the minors and high on pills, and he just trashed the Dunkin’ Donuts Center locker room. Artifice | 2:00 PM-4:15 PM, Sunday, April 22, 18 | Hidden Falls Barn, Rocky Dock Road, Trumansburg | Artifice is a hilarious romp packed with intrigue, relationships, near disaster, and art.

Notices Nexamp’s Sip and Save Community Solar Groundbreaking Celebration | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, Wednesday, April 18, 18 | Six Mile Creek Vineyard, 1551 Slaterville Rd, Ithaca | All are welcome to join us for complimentary wine and appetizers at Six Mile Creek Vineyard, a short 5 minute drive from downtown Ithaca. Men’s Group | 6:00 PM Wednesday, April 18, 18 | The LGBTQ Center, 73 Main Street, Cortland | Men’s Group is a group for gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and straight ally men to get together to support one another. Wednesday Night Ithaca Women’s Basketball Association | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Wednesday, April 18, 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. wordpress.com/ QuizBowl Trivia Showdown | 7:30 PM-9:30 PM, Wednesday, April 18, 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. Open Mike Night | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Friday, April 20, 18 | Dryden Community Center Cafe, 1 W Main St, Dryden | Come share your songs, stories, poems and enjoy your favorite coffee or tea and delicious homemade baked goods.

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he Cherry Artspace continues to break boundaries with art installations, channeling a multimedia experience with the latest exhibition, “From Land to Land.” The installation explores what it means to be an undocumented immigrant — what it means to be a human in a land you don’t belong to on paper. “From Land to Land” is a video and sound installation created by filmmaker and Cornell Assistant Professor Dehanza Rogers. It explores the vulnerabilities of status, and will be on display at The Cherry Sunday, April 22, through Sunday, April 29, from 2–7 p.m. daily. The opening reception will be at 2 p.m. on Sunday. The last day of the exhibit at 3 p.m., The Cherry will host a panel discussion on the state of the U.S. immigration system and what you can do locally to help those at risk. “From Land to Land” tells stories through two installation segments.

Dryden Senior Citizens Spring Bazaar | 11:00 AM-1:00 PM, Saturday, April 21, 18 | Dryden Fire Hall, 26 North St., Dryden | There will be crafts, baked goods, a raffle, a white elephant sale, and many new vendors. Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous Free Information Session | 3:00 PM-3:00 PM, Saturday, April 21, 18 | Ithaca Community Recovery, 518 W. Seneca Street, Ithaca | Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA) is offering a free information session for anyone in the community who may be suffering from overeating, food obsession, under-eating, or bulimia. Swing Dance with The Pelotones | 8:00 PM-11:00 PM, Saturday, April 21, 18 | St. Pauls United Methodist Church, 402 N Aurora St, Ithaca | Swing Dance open to all! Free beginner swing dance lesson (included with admission to the dance). Come dance on a wooden floor to this band. Mudder Earth 5k Mud Run at Ithaca Beer | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM, Sunday, April 22, 18 | Ithaca Beer Co., 122 Ithaca

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| First Unitarian Society of Ithaca, 306 N. Aurora Street, Ithaca | Farm to School Earth Day Dinner to benefit Coalition for Healthy School Food, honoring former ICSD Food Service Director Denise Agati.

Special Events IC New Voices Festival | 5:30 PM, Wednesday, April 18, 18 | Buffalo Street Books, Buffalo Street side of DeWitt Mall, Ithaca | This year’s authors are Stephanie Powell Watts, Chris Santiago, Hermione Hoby, Sonya Chung, Emily Fridlund, Sarah DeLappe, and James Allen Hall. See www.ithacanewvoicesfestival.com for more information. Journey to Unifier | 6:00 PM, Saturday, April 21, 18 | Sacred Root Kava Lounge & Tea Bar, 139 W State St, Ithaca | Journey to Unifier is a gathering intended to catalyze the awareness of Unifier Festival here in Ithaca. 2018 Izzy Award Ceremony | 7:00

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In the foreground, an oversized video screen shows undocumented families in crisis. But to get the full experience of the installation, the audience must participate. Viewers have to lean in and listen at a door, hearing the story of an undocumented Cornell student. Other stories of undocumented immigrants are being forced — literally — behind closed doors. Rogers is a filmmaker and assistant professor in the Performing and Media Arts department at Cornell University. Her work has screened nationally and internationally, winning awards for her narratives and documentaries. Rogers herself is a PanamanianAmerican, and her work often explores the struggles of marginalized groups. She has created films and art about African diaspora, race, statehood in relation to identity and youth culture. •

State Theatre of Ithaca Thursday, April 19, 8 p.m. There’s no stopping Dweezil Zappa from continuing his mission to unlock the mysteries held within the superabundance of Frank Zappa’s iconic music. For over a decade, the guitarist has been honoring his father by touring the world with his Grammy-winning project, now named Dweezil Zappa. (Photo provided)

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PM-9:00 PM, Tuesday, April 24, 18 | Ithaca College, Emerson Suites, 953 Danby Rd, Ithaca | Izzy Award for independent journalism presentation ceremony, featuring remarks by award winners Lee Fang, Dahr Jamail, Sharon Lerner and Todd Miller.

Books Paint Chip Poetry with Tompkins County Poet Laureate Zee Zahava | 6:00 PM Thursday, April 19, 18 | Buffalo Street Books, Buffalo Street side of DeWitt Mall, Ithaca | Play this new game that uses color chips to inspire poetry during a fun hour with Zee. Carolyn Clark | 5:30 PM Friday, April 20, 18 | Buffalo Street Books, Buffalo Street side of DeWitt Mall, Ithaca | Come in as we welcome back local author Carolyn Clark with her latest poetry book Choose Lethe: Remember to Forget. Jaimee Wriston Colbert Book Reading | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, Friday, April 20, 18 | Riverow Bookshop, 187

Front St, Owego | Jaimee Wriston Colbert will be at Riverow Bookshop to read from and discuss Vanishing Acts, her sixth novel. The Healing Muse | 2:00 PM Saturday, April 21, 18 | Buffalo Street Books, Buffalo Street side of DeWitt Mall, Ithaca | Upstate Medical comes to the bookstore with their annual journal of literary and visual art The Healing Muse. See http://www.upstate.edu/bioethics/ thehealingmuse/ for more info. Victor Tiffany Book Signing | 3:00 PM-4:30 PM, Sunday, April 22, 18 | Buffalo Street Books, Buffalo Street side of DeWitt Mall, Ithaca | The founder of the Bernie or Bust movement, Victor Tiffany, will be available for a book signing at Buffalo Street Books. He will explain the political strategy of leverage, answer questions and sign copies of his book, Bernie or Bust: Pioneers of Electoral Revolt. AK Thompson | 5:00 PM Monday, April 23, 18 | Buffalo Street Books, Buffalo Street side of DeWitt Mall, Ithaca | IC Professor AK Thompson joins us for

New Voices Festival,

Ithaca College, Buffalo Street Books April 18-20 This year’s authors are Stephanie Powell Watts, Chris Santiago, Hermione Hoby, Sonya Chung, Emily Fridlund, Sarah DeLappe, and James Allen Hall. See www. ithacanewvoicesfestival.com for more information. (Photo provided)

the paperback release of Spontaneous Combustion: The Eros Effect and Global Revolution which provides answers to one of the enduring paradoxes of mass social change. Reading & Discussion Program for Adults on James Baldwin’s America | Tuesday, April 24, 18 | 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, who will be joined by Kimerly Cornish, Education and Outreach Coordinator, Office of Human Rights, and Marquis Bey, Ph. D. Candidate, Cornell University.

Health 6-week Dragon’s Way Qigong Program | 6:00 PM Wednesday, April 18, 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. Self-Healing with Essential Oils | 7:00 PM-8:15 PM, Wednesday, April 18, 18 | The Space at GreenStar, 700 W Buffalo St, Ithaca | Certified aromatherapist Luciana Camy teaaches which essential oils are best for emotional and physical balance. Open Meditation | 10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Sunday, April 22, 18 | Foundation of Light, 391 Turkey Hill Road, Ithaca | All are welcome to meditate according to their own practice. Beginners are welcome and instruction in basic meditation will be provided. Overeaters Anonymous 12-Step meeting | 7:00 PM-8:00 PM, Monday, April 23, 18 | Just Be Cause Center, 1013 W State St, Ithaca | Open “Big Book” OA 12-Step meeting. Contact Leigh 379-4858. No matter what your problem with food, we have a solution. No dues, fees, weigh-ins. Chair Yoga | 11:45 AM-12:45 PM, Tuesday, April 24, 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! Food in Foyer: Mornin’ Sunrise Smoothie | 12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Tuesday, April 24, 18 | The Space at GreenStar, 700 W Buffalo St, Ithaca | Health Coach Deborah Allison will demonstrate how to make her own recipe and offer samples of this colorful and nutritious drink.

Tai Chi for Arthritis | 1:00 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday, April 24, 18 | Candor Emergency Squad building, 58 Main Street, Candor | Basic class (falling prevention course) Tuesdays and Thursdays 1-2 pm at Candor Emergency Squad building, 58 Main Street. Contact 607-659-3022 or sueheaven@gmail.com. Advanced class from 2-3 pm. Live Music Restorative Yoga | 7:00 PM-8:15 PM, Tuesday, April 24, 18 | Yoga Farm, 404 Conlon Rd, Lansing | This restorative class will include singing and chanting accompanied by acoustic instruments.

Learning Writing Through Rough Spots | Wednesday, April 18, 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. Propagating and Growing Culinary Herbs | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, Wednesday, April 18, 18 | Cornell Cooperative Extension, 615 Willow Ave, Ithaca | Karma will cover growing annual and perennial herbs from cuttings and seeds and how to process and dry herbs. Southside Neighborhood Evolution: HistoryForge 1900-1930 | 9:30 AM-11:30 AM, Saturday, April 21, 18 | Southside Community Center, 305 S Plain St, Ithaca | We will hear from individuals, including Nydia Blas, Executive Director of the Southside Community Center, and Gibrian Hagood, Energy Educator at Cornell Cooperative Extension, whose families settled in the neighborhood during that period. Blues Guitar Lessons | 7:00 PM Monday, April 23, 18 | Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts, Congress at McLallen St, Trumansburg | Please

The Mosaic Foundation will perform at 9 p.m. Friday, April 20, at The Range. (Photo provided)

contact billgregg@harmonic-resources. com. New York Deer Stories and Deer Impact Assessment | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Wednesday, April 18, 18 | Unitarian Church Annex, 2nd floor, 208 E. Buffalo St., Ithaca, Ithaca | Tom Rawinski will be returning to the epicenter of deer knowledge to preach to the choir about white-tailed deer impacts. Sustainable Tourism in Costa Rica | 7:30 PM-9:00 PM, Wednesday, April 18, 18 | Ithaca College, Hill Center 104, Ithaca | Jose Rogelio Vargas Camacho is founder of Ruta Verde Nature Tours, a family company committed to practicing responsible travel that benefits local communities, culture and environments. Conversation with Eran Efrati: What are American Police Forces Learning in Israel? | 6:15 PM-9:00 PM, Thursday, April 19, 18 | GIAC, 301 N Albany St, Ithaca | Eran Efrati was a combat soldier with the Israeli military, which opened his eyes to the realities of the military occupation in Palestine.

Kids Sciencenter Science Together | 3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Wednesday, April 18, 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. Science Cabaret | 7:00 PM Wednesday, April 18, 18 | Sciencenter, 601 1st St, Ithaca | Lego Literacy | 3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Thursday, April 19, 18 | Interlaken Public Library, 8390 Main Street, Interlaken | 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. Free Dental Day for Kids | 8:30 AM-5:30 PM, Friday, April 20, 18 | Ovid Community Health Ovid | For one day only, free dental care is being offered to children ages 1-17 at Ovid Community Health. Children may receive dental screenings, cleanings, dental treatment and emergency care. Appointments are necessary so please call (607) 403-0065. Shakespeare: Unrehearsed | 10:00 AM-4:00 PM, Friday, April 20, 18 | Cortland Repertory Theatre, Dwyer Memorial Park Pavilion, Preble | This exciting new workshop introduces some of the fundamental rules of performing the First Folio edition of Shakespearean scripts without rehearsal. Baby Storytime | 10:30 AM-11:00 AM, Friday, April 20, 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. Children’s Book Festival | 10:00 AM-12:00 PM, Saturday, April 21, 18 | Seneca Falls Library, 47 Cayuga Street, Seneca Falls | Meet Nancy Rose, author of The Secret Life of Squirrels books! Enjoy crafts, receive two free gently-used books, and participate in the book basket raffle. Tough Turtle | 10:00 AM-1:00 PM, Saturday, April 21, 18 | Ithaca Children’s Garden, 121 Turtle Lane, ITHACA | The race course sprawls along the Cayuga Waterfront Trail by the Garden and features obstacles generously given or lended by a variety of local community partners that will challenge and delight even the most seasoned racers. Nature Journaling for Kids: Stream

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Inner Worlds/Outer Worlds Two Views | Wednesday, April 18, 18 | State Of The Art, 120 W State St Ste 2, Ithaca | Painting and sculpture by Jane Dennis and Diana Ozolins. New Wings and Shy Dinosaurs | Thursday, April 19, 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. The Veil of Veronica | Thursday, April 19, 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. Artwork of Mynderse Academy Students and Teachers | Thursday, April 19, 18 | Women’s Rights National Historic Park, 136 Fall St, Seneca Falls | Women’s Rights National Historical Park

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Hangar Theatre, Ithaca Sunday, April 22, 8 p.m.

The Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell Univeristy April 21, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Todd Snider will perform at the Hangar Theatre in Ithaca as a part of his tour. Snider has been creating music since 1986, crafting his first album and beginning to tour in 1994. Since then, Snider has released several albums, crafting music he’s been using to tour around the country. (Photo provided)

The Johnson Museum was officially dedicated on May 23, 1973. Celebrate our most-loved works of art and discover new favorites in the exhibition Highlights from the Collection: 45 Years at the Johnson at this special event. (Photo provided)

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Safari | 1:00 PM-2:30 PM, Saturday, April 21, 18 | Mulholland Wildflower Preserve, Giles St., Ithaca | Join Phil Koons on a Stream Safari to learn about the insects, fish and other organisms that live beneath the water’s surface. Spring Break Camp: Circus Superstars | 9:00 AM-3:00 PM, Monday, April 23, 18 | Center for the Arts, 72 S. Main Street, Homer | Trapeze! Stilt Walking! Juggling! Plate Spinning! Aerial Arts! and More! Monday Storytime | 10:30 AM-11:30 AM, Monday, April 23, 18 | Interlaken Public Library, 8390 Main Street, Interlaken | Early literacy education thru reading, writing, talking, singing and playing.

is pleased to present a special art exhibit featuring the work of both students and teachers from Mynderse Academy. The World Bewitch’d: Visions of Witchcraft from the Cornell Collections | Friday, April 20, 18 | Hirshland Exhibition Gallery, Kroch Library, Cornell University, Ithaca | The exhibition features rare and unique books and documents from 15th-century witch hunting manuals to 20th-century movie posters DE - CONSTRUCT / RE- CONSTRUCT | Friday, April 20, 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. Who Is Me? | Friday, April 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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. Stirrings of Spring | 11:00 AM-4:00 PM, Sunday, April 22, 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 23, 18 | Gimme Coffee, 506 W State St, Ithaca | The beginning progression from inception of developing 12 residential acres in the nearby Town of Homer. Many beautiful black and white photographs depicting the architects’ on site work. Stop in and learn how the art of dowsing successfully directed the location of the newly dug pond. June Szabo: Earth Stories, Wood and Wire Sculpture | Tuesday, April 24, 18 | Leidenfrost Vineyards, 5677 State Route 414, Hector |

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Applecrest Farm Orchard

Hampton Falls, NY needs 10 temporary workers 5/10/2018 to 12/19/2018, work tools, supplies, equipment provided without cost to worker. Housing will be available without cost to workers who cannot reasonably return to their permanent residence at the end of the work day. Transportation reimbursement and subsistence is provided upon completion of 15 days or 50% of the work contract. Work is guaranteed for 3/4 of the workdays during the contract period. $12.83 per hr. or applicable piece rate. Applicants to apply contact Kevin Myers, NH Employment Security at 603-229-4407. Or apply for the job at the nearest local office of the SWA. Job order # 169866. May perform combination of tasks related to the planting, cultivating, harvesting and processing of all fruits, vegetables in the field and in greenhouses, including but not limited to driving, operating, maintenance and adjusting of farm machinery, tractors and vehicles, preparing soil,planting, pruning, weeding, thinning,spraying, irrigating, mowing, harvesting, grading and packing. May use hand tools, such as shove pruning pole, pruning saw and other farm implements. 1 month experience required in work listed.

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OPWDD Broome Developmental Disabilities State Operations Office (DDSOO) will be administering the Department of Civil Service exam for Direct Support Professionals for positions in Chenango, Delaware, Otsego, and Tompkins Counties. Minimum qualifications: a high school diploma or GED and a valid driver’s license. Exam dates and locations: Thursday, May 3rd at 5 p.m. at the Broome DDSOO - Chenango Regional Center, 119 Kemper Lane Norwich, NY 13815, & Saturday, May 5th at 10am at the Broome DDSOO - Tompkins Regional Center at 1257 Trumansburg Rd., Ithaca, NY 14850, contact: Broome DDSOO, Office of Human Resources:607-240-4786 or opwdd. sm.broome.jobs@opwdd.ny.gov NYS Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD), Office of Human Resources, 249 Glenwood Road, Binghamton, NY 13905. An Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)

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Outpost Farm

Holliston, MA needs 1 temporary worker 5/01/2018 to 12/17/2018, work tools, supplies, equipment provided without cost to worker. Housing will be available without cost to workers who cannot reasonably return to their permanent residence at the end of the work day. Transportation reimbursement and subsistence is provided upon completion of the 15 days or 50% of the work contract . Work is guaranteed for 3/4 of the workdays during the contract period. $12.83 per hr. Applicants apply at: Employment & Training 201 Boston Post Rd., Suite 200. Marlborough MA 01752 or apply for the job at the nearest local office of the SWA. Job order #10312439. General farm work on a diversified farm, including but not limited to planting, harvesting, and processing fruits and vegetables. Clearing land, cleaning fruits and vegetables, felling trees, burning brush, picking stones, splitting wod, some poultry work. May use hand tools such as shovel, pruning saw, hoe,one month experience in duties listed.

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Peachblow Farm

Charlestown, NH needs 3 temporary workers5/1/2-18 to 10/31/2018, work tools, supplies, equipment provided without cost to workers who cannot reasonably return to their permanent residence at the end of the work day. Transportation reimbursement and subsistence is provided upon completion of 15 days or 50% of the work contract. Work is guaranteed for 3/4 of the workdays during the contract period. $12.83 per hr. or applicable piece r ate. Applicants to apply contact Kevin Myers, NH Employment Security at 603-229-4407. Or apply for the job at the nearest local office of the SWA. Job order #169788. May perform any combination of tasks related to the planting cultivating, and processing of fruit and vegetables for sale including, but not limited to, preparing soil, planting,pruning weeding thinning, spraying, mowing, harvesting grading packing , perform general farm labor such as picking rocks, hoeing weeds, pruning. May use hand tools such as shovel,pruning saw, and hoe. Work is performed out of doors sometimes under extreme conditions of heat, cold and rain. 1 months agricultural experience required.

Rogers Orchard

Southington, CT needs 2 temporary workers 4/25/2018 to 11/4/2018, work tools, supplies, equipment provided without cost to worker. Housing will be available without cost to workers who cannot reasonably return to their permanent residence at the end of the work day. Transportation reimbursement and subsistence is provided upon completion of 15 days or 50% of the work contract. Work is guaranteed for 3/4 of the workdays during the contract period. $12.83 per hr. Applicants to apply contact CT Department of Labor at 860-263-6020. Or apply for the job at the nearest local office of the SWA. Job order #131409. May perform any combination of tasks related to the production and harvesting of apples, pears, peaches, nectarines, plums, and apricots including pruning, thinning, hoeing, baiting,irrigating,mowing, fertilizing, and harvesting. Workers will be using straight and stepladders and will be required to lift approximately 50lbs while descending and ascending ladders on a sustained basis. At least two months experience in duties listed above required.

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Littleton, MAneeds 3 temporary workers 4/22/2018 to 11/5/2018,work tools, supplies, equipment provided without cost to worker. Housing will be available without cost to workers who cannot reasonably return to their permanent residence at the end of the work day. Transportation reimbursement and subsistence is provided upon completion of 15 days or 50% of the work contract. Work is guaranteed for 3.4 of the workdays during the contract period. $12.83 per hr. or applicable piece rate. Applicants apply at, JobNet at 800-5jobnet or apply for the job at the nearest local office of the SWA. Job order #10267787. Plant, cultivate and harvest various crops such as, but not limited to, vegetables, fruits,horticultural specialties and field crops. Use hand tools such as but not limited to,tilling the soil, applying fertilizers, transplanting, weeding, thinning, pruning, applying pesticides under the supervision of a licensed applicator, picking,cutting,cleaning, sorting,packing,processing and handling harvested products. May set up,operate and repair farm machinery, repair fences and farm building, also may participate in irrigation activities. work is usually performed outdoors sometimes under hot or cold conditions. Work is physically demanding requiring workers to bend,stoop,lift and carry up to 50lbs on a frequent basis. 1 month experience is required in work listed.

Steere Orchards

Greenville,RI needs 1 temporary workers 4/23/2018 to 11/12/2018, work tools, supplies, equipment provided without cost to worker. Housing will be available without cost to workers who cannot reasonably return to their permanent residence at the end of the work day. Transportation reimbursement and subsistence is provided upon completion of 15 days or 50% of the work contract. Work is guaranteed for 3/4 of the workdays during the contract period. $12.83 per hr. or applicable piece rate. Applicants to apply contact Department of Labor Maria Pilon 401-462-8828. Or apply for the job at the nearest local office of the SWA. Job order #788099. Plant, cultivate,prune, clear brush, and harvest fruits and vegetables using 18-20 foot ladders, carry up to 50n lbs on a frequent basis. Work is performed outdoors. Duties may include pruning, picking, and handling harvested products. May operate farm machinery and repair farm buildings and machinery. One months experience in work listed required.

New Braintree, MA needs 3 temporary workers 5//1/2018 to 12/1/2018, work tools, supplies, equipment provided without cost to worker. Housing will be available without cost to workers who cannot reasonably return to their permanent residence at the end of the work day. Transportation reimbursement and subsistence is provided upon completion of 15 days or 50% of the work contract. Work is guaranteed for 3/4 of the workdays during the contract period. $12.83 per hr. or applicable piece rate. Applicants apply at, North Central Career Center, Gardner, MA 01440 (978)632-5050 or apply for the job at the nearest local office of the SWA. Job order #10289424. Diversified fruit and vegetable farm. General duties include: seeding, transplanting, writing labels for transplants, weeding, cultivating and pruning, planting harvesting, picking and packing by hand various crops such as legumes, squash corn, berries, applies, root crops and potatoes. Other duties including weeding, cutting, and arranging cut-flowers, use of hand tools setting up,operating and/or repairing farm machinery and fencing. Ability to withstand prolonged exposure to variable weather conditions; also required to bend, stoop or stand for extended periods and lift and carry 50 pounds on a frequent basis. 1 month experience required in work listed.

The City of Ithaca

is accepting applications for the following: Financial Clerk: Currently there is one vacancy at IPD. Salary: $32,753. Minimum Qualifications: visit website. Application Deadline: 4/25/18. Seasonal Laborer: Vacancies throughout the City of Ithaca. Minimum Qualifications: None. Applications accepted until positions are filled. Recreation Program Assistant: Currently one vacancy in the Youth Bureau. Salary: $31,624. Minimum Qualifications: visit website. Application Deadline: 4/25/18. Lifeguard: Vacancies at Alex Haley pool. Salary: $10.65$13.00/hr. Spec. Reqs: visit website. Applications accepted until positions are filled. Recreation Attendant: Vacancies with GIAC summer camp. Salary: $11.00/hr. Application Deadline 4/25/18. City of Ithaca HR Resources Dept., 108 E. Green St., Ithaca, NY 14850, (607)274-6539. www.cityofithaca.org The City of Ithaca is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversifying its workforce.

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I am looking to join or start a band. I am an experienced singer in mostly Country and Rock & Roll! I live in Ithaca. Please contact me at 607-262-1818 or even text me. Butch Perfetti

LENDER ORDERED WATERFRONT LAND SALE!

APRIL 28th! 1 DAY ONLY! 7 Waterfront Parcels/Finger Lakes-Ithaca Area! Ex: 6 acres - 150’ Waterfront - $49,900. 8 acres - 600’ Shoreline $69,900. Owner terms avail! Call 888-905-8847 to register. NewYorkLandandLakes.com (NYSCAN)

SEEKING LARGE ACREAGE

Serious cash buyer seeks large acreage 200 acres and up in the Central/Finger Lakes/ So. Tier & Catskills Regions of NY State. Brokers welcome. For prompt, courteous, confidential response, call 607-353-8068 or email Info@NewYorkLandandLakes.com (NYSCAN)

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90’s Dance Party 8th Annual Benefit NY State Concert Tickets on sale now All Proceeds Benefit

Can’t control your eating?

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

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AAM ALL ABOUT MACS

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Macintosh Consulting http://www.allaboutmacs.com (607) 280-4729 Affordable Collegetown Apartment 2 Bedroom with short walk to Cornell Campus. Living Room, Galley Kitchen, Heat Included Call Tracy 379-2776

1&2 BR Apartments for Seniors 55+ Conifer Village at Cayuga Meadows (Across from Cayuga Medical Center)

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Recently Renovated Large Rooms

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Ithaca’s Turkish Kitchen

430 W. State St. (607)882-9038 Open Every Day!

snow removal

It’s Audition Season for the Vitamin L Singing Group! For youth currently in 5th-11th grade who like to sing, perform, and make a positive difference in this world. For audition info go to http://vitaminl.org/auditions/ or call Vitamin L’s director, Janice Nigro at 273-4175

Community CashCoupon Save $1.00 to $5.00 213 Fulton St. or 2309 N.Triphammer Rd.

No Rent til May

RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL Janitorial Service * Floor/Carpet High Dusting * Windows/Awnings 24/7 CLEANING Services 607-227-3025

April 22nd with artist Colleen McCall Downtown Ithaca (607)273-9400 More info: www.handwork.coop Spring Sale Ithaca Guitar Works

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

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