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t is no secret that accessible childcare, for immigrants, refugees and other undergroups seeking a foundation, really isn’t that accessible. But Ithaca Welcomes Refugees (IWR), along with the local chapter of the Boards of Cooperative Educational Services of New York State (BOCES), wants to change that, starting a childcare center that, on Sept. 6, will look after kids of immigrant and refugee families from the ages of 18 months to five years old. The cost of childcare will go off of a sliding-scale cost system, which means that the cost of the childcare is based on the parent’s ability to pay. “There’s just not a lot for preschool type options, for kids under three especially, and we wanted to provide the widest range we could,” Bronwyn Losey, IWR board member and Global Roots director, said. The childcare center came as a reaction to people asking both people at BOCES in Ithaca and IWR members about a gap in childcare options for them, one that has prevented immigrant parents to attend their english as a second language classes for lack of someone to take care of their kids. “BOCES says that in us [IWR], they saw an organization that was mobilized and was willing to give them support, and that they were willing to support too,” Losley said. Julie Petrie, Interim Board Chair at IWR, added that both BOCES and IWR were running into the same problem: students were not going to ESL, and kids were falling behind in their english. “They had reached out to Ithaca Welcomes Refugees and they wanted some sort of partnership to do something right next to the BOCES classrooms,” explained Petrie. “It worked out for us because Losey has a background in childhood education and we wanted to do something similar was well.”
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artha Gioumousis, the Community Beautification Program Manager for Cornell Cooperative Extension, has a smart sense of humor. Responsible for CCE’s extensive downtown network of planters permanent and movable, Gioumousis takes a great pride walking down the Commons, naming every unique floral and plant array in each of the Commons’ 78 planters. There are marigolds and petunias, pansies
left over from the spring, ornamental grasses and eye-popping patches of zinnias. Stopping in front of one of the planters, she cracks a smile. “This one is kind of my little joke,” she grins, pointing to a kale plant poking out of the flowerbed. “It’s kind of funny here in ‘will work for kale Ithaca.’” In the treacherous stretch of concrete at the base of East State Street, a small, tranquil triangle wedged between two humming thoroughfares buzzes with life as honey bees f lit from f lower to f lower and volunteers from the Beautification Brigade – the team of volunteer gardeners Gioumousis oversees – bend over the soil, hard at work. This is the group that, starting every April since 2002, has been responsible for planting and maintaining the flowers and shrubs that keep the parks, sidewalks and intersections of Ithaca full of life and
T a k e ▶ The Best Event Of The Summer Is Coming Up... The final of the Trumansburg Fair’s annual demolition derby is this Sunday at the T’Burg Fairgrounds. If you’ve never gone, this event is one of the awesomest, dirtiest annual traditions we have in the area and, in our book, is one of the best events you will ever spend $7 admission on. The event starts at 5 p.m. ▶ The Ithaca Peace Festival Is Coming Up Located at Saint Catherine’s Parish at 309 Siena Drive (just off
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color. They choose bold colors – oranges and yellows – over purples and whites, situating each group of plants according to location: shaded triangles get different themes and species than others. The Aurora Triangle, just off the Commons has yellow Marigolds, purple Salvia and Nepeta; the State Triangle, just down the way, a mix of Zinnias, sunflowers and various types of shrubbery. For 15 years, their mission was purely aesthetic and for the most part, still is. But this year, they decided to do something a little different. In the summer of 2016 the kale was, for the most part, an edible joke. However, there was a teachable moment sort of inherent in the joke: people could pluck a leaf from this garden continued on page 5
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We’ve seen a bunch of new murals going up around downtown Ithaca. What would YOUR mural depict?
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“I’ve been a singer-songwriter and acoustic guitar player my whole life. It would have to incorporate my love of all types of music.” —Biannica Dominguez
“The Eclipse!” — Cynthia Henderson
“ Storm Troopers! It’d be a huge Star Wars mural.” — Christopher Haakanson
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IT: You’ve worked in a variety of markets and positions, but how do you fit into the head job at INHS? The beautiful part about this is that I’ve done real estate development and I’ve done housing education and housing counseling piece and I’ve done residential lending, so when there’s a chance for me to combine all of these things into one organization is such a great feeling. INHS is doing wonderful and unique things, incredibly innovative things, they’re all lines that I
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ohanna Anderson – the newest Executive Director of Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services – has been all over, from her birth in Minnesota and growing up in Colorado, to working in different development organizations in Minnesota, just outside of Washington, D.C., Maine and Syracuse. Her career to this point has taken her through each of the three main sectors of affordable housing development work, including financial education, rental counseling, and residential and consumer lending. She first dabbled in the affordable housing side of things in Denver, then when she moved back to Minnesota she began working with immigrant and refugee families and going on to helping Native American tribes in Maine at a Community Development Financial Institution. Her career has now brought her to Ithaca, where she will be the first new face at the helm of INHS in more than two decades. The Ithaca Times caught up with her to ask about the new job.
T h e i d e a s pr ou t e d b a c k between April and May, and it was as simple question of whether IWR would be able to take care of some amount of kids, for some amount of time in some space. “It was broad, and we had to narrow it down quickly,” Losely said. Now, the three-hour-a-day childcare will be held in one of the classrooms at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church with an 18 student enrollment cap and will be a play-centered learning
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feel like I have a level of comfort with, which is very nice. IT: You started your job with Home Headquarters, Inc., in Syracuse in April. That’s a pretty quick turnaround to leave a job, what made this position so attractive? I went down to Ithaca in May of 2016, I had always heard about INHS through my work, it’s a pretty well-known organization and very well-respected. I travelled down to Ithaca to meet with the NYS Community Development Financial Institution Coalition director – she was working out of Ithaca – and that was my first time down there. And we had lunch and walked around the Commons. There’s a vibrancy to that town, and I remember leaving there and calling my husband and saying “Oh my gosh, we need to get to Ithaca, we have to figure out a way to get down here.” It’s just an amazing town, it’s beautiful, the environment is gorgeous, people are so friendly. It was an amazing feeling. It was active, it was inspiring. And earlier this summer I saw that Paul was retiring and I thought it was a once-in-alifetime opportunity. I had to try. And it worked out really well. I’m so grateful for this opportunity, I’m so impressed the more I have learned about the organization and meeting the Board and seeing their leadership and dedication and meeting the staff and being able to feel their energy and passion.
that you want to bring here? It’s really encouraging others, being supportive. I believe in pushing and rewarding my staff, when it comes to the work that we do in community development, it’s really hard work and challenging, and making sure that you know that you’re supported and that you have someone that wants to see you succeed, it really goes a long way and makes a huge difference.
IT: Your previous jobs are in this same vein. Did you bring a certain philosophy to those jobs
IT: In terms of replacing Paul Mazzarella, are there certain aspects of his tenure that you are specifically interested in continuing? Paul is a true pillar in that community and I say that it’s
environment. Losley and Petrie added that there is an enrollment priority for immigrant and refugee families and those who are going to ESL classes and kids who need ESL preparation, but the program will be open to those in the broader Ithaca community as well. “We’re going to be play-based, so really following the children’s needs as they play…so they can start exploring their world and start to feel safe outside of the family,” Losley explained. There will be a common language of English – not specifically english classes – but the constant expo-
sure to the language that will make it easier for the kids to be able to learn. Since the childcare is only two blocks away from BOCES – where parents and adults usually go for ESL classes – and the Tompkins Learning Center – where english tutoring happens – it is an easy way for parents to be able to attend classes while leaving their kids in childcare. The proximity of all three centers also makes it easy for immigrant and refugee families who have to come from further out of central Ithaca to come into the city to take their ESL classes
impossible to fill his shoes; I just don’t think that one person can do it. But what gives me comfort is that I’m not going to be filling his shoes alone, I’ve got the Board, I’ve got the staff and we together, we can do this. We’ll be able to honor his legacy and moving along the path that he has worked for. He has been the voice and heart of the organization for 26 years, and I can’t imagine that it would be a good idea to change too much of what he was doing, because he’s just been wonderful. Read more online at Ithaca.com –Matt Butler
because it means that their kids will be close and they can all come and go together. It is a safer and more convenient option than leaving their kids at home or not being able to come to lessons at all. “We’re hoping that we can eventually expand, if the need is great enough we can expand with as second classroom, but we have to see how it goes,” said Losley. “We definitely need to attract and continue to attract people who need these resources.” –Is a be l l a Gru l lon Pa z
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Of the seven groups in attendance, only two – the jail staff a nd OA R – reque sted tot a l funding increases of less than $100,000 which, like for all but one of the proposals, were recommendations for improved staffing. The largest appropriation requested was by District Attorney Matthew Van Houten, who requested a funding increase of $195,000 per year to fund the creation of two additional assis-
on the Commons and, if they chose to do so, eat it. The thought was, by offering free kale, the Beautification Brigade could offer a teaching moment through people’s stomachs; that urban horticulture could be viable and delicious. Except they didn’t promote it and the idea never caught on. So this year, the group decided to put their land to use as a source of greens for the local Loaves and Fishes. With limited space to work with (and their funding coming from the hotel tax, which is meant to fund various tourism applications) the idea of donated food being farmed and cultivated on the city’s sidewalks and planters is still a long way off: the plantings need to be aesthetically pleasing, after all, and the volume of their harvest needed to make the planting program a real pillar for local kitchens seems somewhat unsustainable at best: so far, the only edibles to make the cut have been ornamental squash in their garden by Purity Ice Cream and some winter squash, planted late in the season. But the program has potential and, recognizing their role in the community, the Beautification Brigade is making strides to up their ambitions. Just last month, they cut the ribbon on the Esty Street Community Garden, a partnership CCE had forged along with Greenstar and CFCU to bring even more freshly grown vegetables to Loaves and Fishes. They are currently working on a new sponsorship program, to allow even more businesses to sponsor their plantings (at a special fee of course) in different areas of the city, giving the group more funding to try new things. They’ve found their first takers already, working with NYSEG on a new planting by Island Health And Fitness, and hope that down the road they will be able to take on more ambitious projects and teach more people the finer points of urban horticulture, like they’ve done for numerous student groups coming down from Cornell looking for service hours. Until then, Gioumousis is just reveling in the freedom of doing what she loves. “Ever y t h i ng h a s to lo ok good,” she says, in between her rapid listing off of each individual plant along the Commons. “But other than that, I can pretty much do whatever I want.”
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f ter dominat ing last we e k ’s Pl a n n i ng a nd Economic Development Committee meeting, South Hill residents and an area developer gathered once again at City Hall last week to negotiate a resolution. Some of t he teet h were taken out of the debate early: Modern Living Rentals’ Charlie O’Connor, who purchased the property, announced at the meeting that the community’s feedback had persuaded him to change his plan for the property-- instead of aiming for students, he said he is now going to market the property’s new duplex to “families and professionals,” though South Hill residents had mainly raised the concern last meeting that the student population in the neighborhood has gotten out of hand, and another property with more construction (for another dwelling) would invite more students. “With everything I’ve heard from the community, I decided it would be best to not put any more students there,” O’Connor said. W h i le he d id com m it to avoiding students at the new duplex, he said he has not yet made that type of decision about the current house that sits on the property at 217 Columbia Street,
leaving neighbors’ concerns partially answered but not totally allayed. As for keeping just the single dwelling on the property, and forgetting the second house altogether, as was argued throughout t he meet i ng? O’Connor asserted the price he paid for the land demanded another rental structure to make it financially worthwhile. O’Connor made an opening statement that highlighted one of the points he has tried to push throughout this process: he cares about the community, something he is trying to show
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embers of the Tompk i ns C ou nt y Publ ic Safety and Jail Study Committees met in consecutive sessions Thursday afternoon to hear the potential costs of several initiatives to streamline the criminal justice system, improve reentry and reduce recidivism r ate s w it h i n t he Tompk i n s County Jail. In a series of presentations reminiscent of those experienced during the upcoming marathon budget sessions of the fall, Tompkins County legislators met with representatives from the Tompkins County Sheriff’s Office, the District Attorney, the Tompkins County Department of Mental Health and the reentry nonprofit Opportunities, Alternatives and Resources of Tompkins County (OAR) to consider a number of proposed budget items put forth
to meet recommendations produced by research firm CGR in its evaluations of the Tompkins County Jail population. The total cost of $781,500 for these eight proposed items is still preliminary and could end up being lower than proposed when they come to a vote in November. Of that amount, $646,700 would be funded on a recurring basis and would go against the tax levy while three additional proposals would amount to a one-time expenditure of $135,000 from the county’s reserve funding. Last year’s budget amounted to approximately $171 million. While a plan has already been submitted to the state based on CGR’s recommendations and numerous committee meetings over the past several months, Jail Study Committee Chair Rich John said Thursday’s sessions
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217 Columbia Street. (Photo: Matt Butler)
through attending community meetings like Thursday night. Otherwise, he would simply go to the Planning Board, jump through whatever hoops they presented to get approved, and be on his way. The developer also said the discussion has become tainted by people who support more housing in Ithaca in general but only when it doesn’t directly affect them (Not In My Backyard-ism, or NIMBYism as it is continued on page 12
were to learn more about the department’s recommendations in reducing the jail population: the chair listening to proposals for the most efficient, cost effective moves each department could take to have the greatest impact on the jail population. “When you get a new report with all these recommendations, you just want to go crazy with it,” John said. “But these are the principal ones.” The Proposa ls
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Ups&Downs ▶ Kangaroos On Monday, a kangaroo apparently escaped near the Trumansburg Fairgrounds and had its run of the town making for what was probably the strangest sight locals have seen in the quirky little town since Grassroots ended. Good on you for chasing freedom, Rocky! ▶ Long Lines In The Grocery Store, Terrible Parking Jobs And Beer Cans In The Bushes Well everyone, it’s that time of year again and, while the town gets a little more exciting, we do have to take the good with the bad. Let’s get this school year started.
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Heard&Seen ▶ After You Finish Reading This Newspaper, consider dropping it off at the SPCA along with some of the other papers you are no doubt hoarding for future reading: They apparently need more of it for their animals. ▶ Top Stories On Ithaca. com This Week Are...
1) Update: Police and fire respond to incident at Taughannock Falls 2) We watched The Emoji Movie so you didn’t have to 3) Ithaca resident places 20th at CrossFit Games 4) Businesses want one troubled corner to get cleaned up 5) Who’s keeping watch on the area’s creeks?
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ust before 3:00 o’clock on a sunny Saturday the makings of party are observed: A few folks arrive and start rearranging odd pieces of furniture—a scuffed up table, some mismatched chairs, an aged metal cabinet is wheeled out, an unopened box of Thin Mint Girl Scout cookies are opened. While Bruce, Lennie, Roger, Sarah, Susanna do not consult with each other, they all appear pleased, expectant, engaged in their preparations. Right at the stroke of three, a wannabe Fixer arrives at the Finger Lakes ReUse Center on Elmira Road. She brings her basket w it h t wo much loved watches, a pack of unopened batteries, and a watch repair tool kit with many mysterious tools held neatly in a zippered case. Lennie Rosentiel moseys over. After many years behind the scenes – fixing, creating, maintaining order at Wilcox Press – Lennie is a heavy hitter at the Fixers’ Collective, which assembles every Saturday in a spacious bright section of the downtown ReUse Center. (The sister ReUse Center is on Triphammer Road.) Bruce Johnson, the master of ceremonies, runs interference while Lennie reaches into his gym bag and pulls out a much used, but still hifi, meter reader. Lennie pronounces the soon to be inserted watch battery “good,” but after careful yet swift battery insertion, he pronounces the watch crystal “bad.” Nonetheless, with command, he opens the customer’s
watch maker’s’ toolkit and pulls out a tiny crowbar. He pops off the leather watchband, showing the “customer” how that is done, and puts the good battery in her second watch, which will be her mainstay for now. Before he moves on to the next Fixers’ project, he advises the enchanted first-timer that she can email Timex and inquire re their reworking the crystal, if her old Timex means that much to her. And it does. As t he Girl Scout cook ies a re passed around with the delicacy of High Tea, Roger – the headmaster of the second long, battered table – cannot be tempted. He holds up his current objet d’art: A tiny carved miniature comprised of many birds on a central branch. Some of the quarter inch wooden birds must be repaired and replaced. Bruce and Roger chat about “special glue” Lennie has brought along to test. While Roger cheerfully secures the birds, he also advises a small group who come and perch near him with pieces of wood they are refinishing for their own projects: “My goal is to refinish and resell enough discarded merchandise to earn the ReUse Center $20,000 so that the ReUse Center’s visionary work can be carried far and wide,” he says. “I came of age in the ‘60s and I practice the principles of the Center: Reduce (what you use); Reuse contin u ed on page 7
“What about the alt left?” -President Donald J. Trump, August 16, 2017
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round noon on September 13, 1862, in a meadow outside of Frederick, Maryland which had recently served as the site of a Confederate camp, Corporal Barton Mitchell of the Federal (Union) Army found a piece of paper wrapped around three cigars. The document was entitled “Special Order No. 191, Headquarters, Army of Northern Virginia,” and it contained the battle plans and the disposition of the Confederate Army immediately before the Battle of Antietam. I tell that story because the following document was found (also, perversely, wrapped around three cigars) by senior presidential advisor Jared Kushner this past weekend, just outside the main entrance to the 8th Avenue headquarters of the New York Times in New York City. Pretty explosive stuff, though no surprise, I’m sure, to our far-sighted head of state. Of course the liberal media won’t report it, but the Ithaca Times has bravely chosen to print it in full… Alt Left Action Items
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Make America join the European Union. Dismantle all statues of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Pander to Kim Jong-un. Disseminate fake news. Get Michael Flynn, Sean Spicer, Steve Bannon, James Comey, Katie Walsh, Reince Priebus, and Anthony Scaramucci fired. Turn the keys of the country over to people of color. Give away the store. Tax. Spend. Kill Christmas. Impose Sharia law. Mandatory gender reassignment surgery for all military personnel. Don’t give President Trump a chance. Translate U.S. Constitution into Hebrew. Be soft on crime. Free airfare for undocumented immigrants. Find a bad picture of Melania. Ban pizza for being a cultural appropriation. Let other countries boss us around and generally tell us what to do. Secretly strengthen the Administrative State. The Deep State, too. Undermine the president’s base by making moonshine illegal. Drive a wedge between the United States and the former Soviet Union. Keep America from being great again. Dismantle Western civilization and strew the pieces across the land. Refuse to win. Surrender to globalism. Outlaw gender-specific pronouns.
Charley Githler is a columnist for the Ithaca Times. His column, Ithaca Notes, appears biweekly.
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’ve been in this community for over 20 years. My life is here. My family is here. My struggles are here. I believe my purpose is here as well. Two and a half years ago, my ancestors and creators put me in a path to lead the Multicultural Resource Center (MRC). A path that has taught me valuable lessons that I will never forget and will take with me everywhere. This path has brought me together with the abovementioned family and friends to start the work of realizing my vision for a better future. As an indigenous woman who has
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and continues to experience many kinds of struggles, violence, trauma, poverty, and other injustices by society, I felt ready to work with and alongside folks that, like me, understand that their liberation is tied to mine and mine to theirs. We have brought together people with lived experience and most impacted by systems of oppression to work together and model the needed change in behaviors and practices. I hear folks asking for change. But, do folks fully understand the amount of time, energy and resources it takes to bring about change and to do it right the first time? Does everyone grasp the first step of investing in authentic relationship-building with folks with lived experienced and
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most impacted by systems of oppression, taking the time to listen and get to know one another as unique human beings who bring something valuable and necessary to the table. It requires a special type of leadership style and I invite you to learn with us how such a non-oppressive leadership approach could work in practice. We don’t need academics to remind us that, if this community does not change its daily business-as-usual patterns of behavior, it will continue to perpetuate the same top-down systems, structures and processes producing the violence we are trying to resist and dismantle. Continuing to support of a top-down style of leadership generates the high levels of distrust that exist in our community, leaving behind, yet again, the people who need to be at the center and forefront of the movements to create change. Let us walk “our talk” together and recognize that, if we support and protect the organizing spaces of those most impacted by systematic oppression, and support different types of leadership, their successes will benefit everyone. I too hear and see fear. Leaving one’s comfort zone is challenging. Too often, we think from a zero-sum game perspective, believing that stepping back or sharing privilege and resources means that we must give up or lose something ourselves. I do understand the unsettling, scary feelings that come with change. Our culture and system elevates these fears to the forefront of our everyday lives, and make them feel so real and true! But we need to wake up and stop being paralyzed! We need to develop trust, which means working through our own vulnerabilities, so that we stop being imprisoned by them. Don’t fear. We will be there with you and support you if someone takes advantage of your vulnerability. Our focus is on working together, building a better future for all. Working together will require us to redefine and reconceptualize our roles and responsibilities and how we will become compensated. New collaborative opportunities will appear as traditional “social work” jobs become obsolete. There is enough for each and everyone of us. Don’t doubt that. –Fabina Colon Director, Multicultural Resource Center
An Endorsement For Henry Granison
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enry Granison is the best choice for District 3 Tompkins County Representative. I have known Henry for over 10 years. He has raised his two daughters in Ithaca and his family returned to Ithaca because of their love for the area. They all have contributed their talents in church, school and community in a non
self promoting way. He is the best choice because he has the time and energy to serve and the ability to do so well.. He is not running to push a pet interest that is of personal benefit to him but to push what is best for the community. When discussing policy, he has done the research and has the facts. He also not only listens but takes other’s opinions seriously. Most importantly he has a sense of humor that pairs well with his strong support for issues like living wage, affordable housing and counteracting federal cuts at the local level. He will be able to work with others to get things done. When Henry Granison is a member of the county legislature I will know that there is someone there who will represent the best interests of everyone in the county.
– Barb Rauschenbach, Ithaca
An Endorsement For Reed Steberger After living in Ithaca and teaching at Tompkins Cortland Community College for the past four years, I have developed an intense love for this area and the people who make it such a wonderful place to live. My first years in Ithaca were spent living in the apartment directly above Reed Steberger. I believe that Reed Steberger’s perspective, intellect, and genuine interest is exactly what Tompkins County District 4 (The Commons, Collegetown and West Campus) should seek out and value as indispensable in a new county legislator. Reed possesses a strong dedication to matters affecting marginalized groups and social injustices. In recent months I have attended several campaign events, intended to get to know residents and conduct political education. During these gatherings, discussions with Reed were always informative and quite honestly, exciting. But what really left an impression on me is the genuine, humble way that Reed conducts the campaign at large, with a real interest in advocating for all persons regardless of sex, race, SES, religion, etc. Reed is always, very clearly, interested in listening rather than speaking, and in hearing what people have experienced. A deep concern at an individual level, and the ability to engage with people’s lived experiences is essential in a county legislator. I have noticed that the campaign is not simply about championing Reed’s own proficiency in local matters; there is a great interest in learning as well. What Reed is hoping to accomplish and change is an example of certain magnanimity, and how it is being done is what leaves me excited and moved. Reed Steberger has surely secured my vote for county legislator of District 4.
–John Troyer, Ithaca
CorrecTions You’ve Got The Wrong Guy!
In last week’s Newcomer’s Guide, the author mistakenly credited the poet David Lehman with founding the Lehman Alternative School. That was actually a different David Lehman entirely. If anyone was interested, the poet David Lehman actually lived on Valentine Place before, according to one source, moving onto the New School in New York City. The other, an educator, retired in 2004. Lo siento, Mr. L.
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(our landfills are crowded); Recycle (what you can’t reuse, so less materials have to be manufactured).” The Fixers spent weeks recreating a stately oversize wooden desk. Under Roger’s tutelage missing desk pieces were recreated. A collective cheer greeted the news that “their desk” had been sold to a happy customer. Bruce relates that many of his Fixers Collective colleagues wandered in as first-time “customers” had so much fun and learned so much, that when they returned the next Saturday and the next, they transformed into Fixers themselves. Next up for the Fixers: a thermos jug which was in need of special rubber band (fixed with a clean piece of a vacuum cleaner ring), then a ‘70s portable boom box fixed with Lennie’s Five Minute Express Glue. Liz Huntley arrived with a vacuum cleaner, in need of some work. She and the Fixers whip the older vacuum into shape and is pleased that she will leave her apartment’s vacuum in better shape than she found it. In the meantime the owner of the vintage Timex watches (with Indiglo to light up the face of the dial in the dark) has given the toolkit to Fixer Susanna who has been examining all the tiny, ingenuous watchmakers’ tools. As it turns out the heavily battered and much loved file cabinet is the treasure trove of neatly stored tools for every type of repair. Fixers have triumphed with a pneumatic metal pogo stick (which had its own built in pump), two matching silver ‘40s samovar-shaped percolators and many other oddities. In the cavernous space of the former TST BOCES building on Old Elmira Road (alongside many supportive merchants), the downtown ReUse Center is a local treasure. Much sought after new model computers, furnishings, everything one needs to set up housekeeping, are neatly organized and priced very low. Judging by the constant f low of Ithacans and out of towners who have heard about two Ithaca’s two ReUse Centers, these centers are wildly popular. Open seven days a week the busy crew picks up what would otherwise be discarded, and delivers purchased items to one’s abode. As little kids happily wander around fascinated by vintage and hifi toys, home owners snatch up a sunshade for their new window, a tall elegant vase for their budding Forsythias stems. Everyone seemed to find something as folks wandered around. All this went on as backdrop to the Fixers’ Collective. As the new Fixers’ Collective enthusiast wanders out dazzled by how much has been crammed into a an hour and a half soiree at the Ithaca ReUse Center she passes a young family and an elderly man coming in. Those leaving and those entering are joining the league of people who are reducing, reusing, and recycling while having a blast on a bright Saturday afternoon. Who could could ask for more?
Marjorie Olds is a columnist for The Ithaca Times. Her column, Community Connections, appears monthly.
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Last week in the Ithaca Times, you may have stumbled across an article in our Newcomer’s Guide describing several “secret spots” throughout the area. Intended to be a piece to highlight some of the aspects of our community that make us special, the article was intended to be something fun, to stoke curiosity and remind us that there are surprises to be found even in our own backyard. Out of those locations highlighted, one in particular – Ezra’s Tunnel – has drawn quite a bit of criticism from not only city and Cornell officials, but members of the community as well. The site is notably dangerous and – with the recent death of two Cornell students in that very gorge – more sensitivity could have been had in its publication. In our rationale for the piece, the tunnel itself had been highlighted in a Cornell student blog associated with a Cornell.edu URL. (the site has since been removed.) The piece itself was written well in-advance and largely informed by a step-by-step slideshow presented in City Hall giving a “tour” of the tunnel, onethat was not only presented in a public forum for anyone to hear, but has been submitted as part of the public record and is accessible to anyone. Nonetheless, the timing of that piece’s publication was in poor taste given the recent context of the tunnel. It is a dangerous place, and to understate the danger of not following the signs in place for your own protection for was a regretable editorial decision. So, for the record, we will say this: We do not advocate trespassing and, while Ezra’s Tunnel could have a lot of potential as a tourist draw and probably, should have been made off-limits long ago, the place is dangerous and the risk of seeing it far outweighs any views you might get. Admittedly, the bad optics of seeing a mistake in hindsight printed 18,000 times on every newsstand in the city – accompanied with the marked criticism of city and Cornell officials that swiftly followed – has been quite the humbling experience. Hopefully it will be a valuable one as well. –Nick Reynolds, Editor
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wo weeks ago in New York City, economists from the New York State Federal Reserve Bank briefed members of the national business media on a recent survey of the regional economy outlining wage inequality in the State of New York, Northern New Jersey and – because of its close ties to the New York City metropolitan area – Fairfield, Connecticut. Outlining a number of changes to the economy – from increased reliance on automation and a globalized workforce to the disappearance of strong unions, a languishing “real value” behind the national minimum wage, and the rise of hyper-consolidated agglomeration economies focused around large cities – the economists outlined a regional economy that, while featuring low levels of unemployment, has grown a widening divide several decades in the making between its highest and lowest earners: a trend that has only gotten worse since its origins in the 1980s. Using a metric comparing the 90th percentile of earners to the 10th percentile, the economists produced a number – referred to as the 90-10 index – which can be used to evaluate the level of wage inequality within a certain area. For the region, 2015 produced
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a 90-10 index of 5.3., a signifier that today’s wage distribution has become much more inequitable than it once was in 1982, when that ratio was somewhere around 4.0. This is a number which for many cities without the good-paying industries that once supported them – Binghamton, Rochester, Syracuse – has stayed fairly stable despite slow-growing wages at the bottom of the wage distribution, largely thanks to a loss of good-paying jobs to balance out the middle and high salary jobs at the very top. But other communities, particularly large cities, are much more inequitable than that index of 5.3: the top three metros for inequality being Fairfield (8.0), New York City (7.0) and… Ithaca, New York, at 6.5. The reasons why some economies are more unequal, NYSFR economist Jaison Abel said, lie with three primary regional factors: Differences in local demand for workers, agglomeration economies – the efficiency friendly practice of clustering certain industries in cities, leading to higher wages for highly skilled workers – and migration, particularly of skilled workers, to other markets, oftentimes leading to higher levels of wage inequality in larger cities. “These activities are often happening
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in distinct, local labor markets,” Abel said. “The demand for skilled workers has been particularly strong in some metros, leading to particularly outsized wage gains at the top of the distribution in those places. Likewise, stifled wage growth has followed a geographic pattern as well affecting wage distribution in those places.” The news comes at an interesting time for Ithaca: the following week, Alternatives Federal Credit Union released its semi-annual study on the Tompkins County Living Wage; a figure produced every two years which takes cost of living in the county into account in order to accurately gauge what hourly wage is actually needed to get by in Ithaca. In a press conference last Friday hosted by AFCU and the Tompkins County Worker’s Center, it was announced that the 2017 living wage – which takes savings plans, health insurance and other costs of living into account – was $15.11, assuming the recipient did not have a workplacesponsored health insurance plan. (with one, the wage is somewhere in the $13 per hour range.) Though the median wage in Ithaca is somewhere in the ballpark of $21.23 an hour, the volume of service industry workers in Tompkins County – as well as the inequal-
ity metric itself – lend to activist arguments some people should be making more money even as the area’s employment grows at a significantly faster clip than the rest of the region – it is projected job growth in Tompkins County will rise roughly 1.3 percent growth each year through 2035 largely in the education and health sectors as well as, to some degree, advanced manufacturing. But the raw numbers of jobs signify that some are being left in the dust: according to 2017 figures from the Cornell Program on Applied Demographics, approximately 5,400 households – 14 percent of Tompkins County’s households – make between $15,000 and $30,000 per year in total income – not just wages. (because of the potential for student and contract workers to skew the numbers, those making less than $15,000 – about 6,300 households, according to Cornell’s numbers – are left out here.) For reference, one’s annual salary under a living wage, assuming a 35 hour workweek with no vacation is $27,5000 and, at median wages under the same conditions, $38,600 per year. (For a 40 hour calculation – which is used in the Living Wage Study – that stands at $31,428 per year to $44,150 at median wage). Yet, despite this, the poverty rate for those between the ages of 35 and 64 – 9.3 percent –
is about two points below the national average, helped in part by the more than 13,000 households in Tompkins County bringing in more than $75,000 per year in total income, according to Cornell. Some of this gap, anecdotally, may have to do with the changing nature of the jobs at the top of the wage scale as well as traditionally high earnings in education and some areas of healthcare, even as the minimum wage begins to creep upward. “Anecdotally with the technology park and the founding of REV, high tech has been another area that has gotten a lot of attention here,” said Karl Graham, an outreach coordinator with AFCU. “I think it’s more the high-skilled people are being paid more for their jobs while the service industry workers really hasn’t.” Even as higher paid jobs are added and the minimum wage is increased, other sectors of the economy mirror a trend noted by the NYSFRB economists: a significant difference in wage growth at different areas of the wage distribution curve, a trend that began sometime in the mid-60s. In 1965, average annual wages in the United States for full time workers at the 90th percentile was $60,000 in today’s wages; today, that has increased to a little more than $100,000 per year. Compare this to the wage growth at the 50th percentile ($30,000 then to about $45,000 now) and the 10th percentile ($15,000 in 1965 to $20,000 today): a signifier that at many levels of the wage distribution, annual increases in wages have been lopsided as compared to others. “We’ve actually had minimum wage increases here for the last couple of years from New York State,” said Tompkins County Worker’s Center organizer Pete Myers, one of the chief drivers of the living wage campaign. “There’s a hell of a lot of people working minimum wage though.” “I think it mirrors the society we’re in,” he added, “and – not to be too simplistic – but the divide between the haves and the havenots, we sort of have this history of seeing certain industries as being inherently low wage.” The real question now is, is the bottom far from the top? Or is it the other way around? Though the argument in fighting for a living wage now is rooted largely in making up for this lost time, critics of a locally imposed living wage say that economically, we may have dug ourselves in too deep a hole as a society to quickly dig ourselves out. “There’s no question wages should have gone up proportionate to inflation quicker and earlier than they have,” said Jennifer Tavares, the President and CEO of the Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce. “I really believe these policies are best set at the
state and federal level – I do think the federal had at least an associate’s degree (37 percent minimum wage is too low, and there’s a lot of had a bachelor’s). So does this simply reflect people who think there should be no mini- the county’s demographics of being one of mum wage – I would never say anything like the most educated locales in the country? that. But I do think there’s a risk to setting a Or does this speak to the type of work that minimum wage in our county that is differ- quantifies an organization’s ability to pay a ent from all of our neighboring counties or living wage? By the survey results, it’s hard to tell. other upstate New York counties.” “People with bachelor’s degrees or more Last month, Tavares penned a bulletin for the chamber opposing a living wage in tend to get more excited about doing surTompkins County, taking the position that veys,” TCWC organizer Rob Brown said. the local minimum wage should equal the “People who haven’t been through the hazstate minimum wage. In her piece, she argued the initial costs of raised wages – as well as the initiation of a trend of “wage compression” that would raise wages across the board, not just at the bottom – could lead to stress not only on the area’s small businesses and nonprofits, but have unintended impacts on the area’s school districts and municipal offices as well. “It’s simply a matter of how much revenue and how much funding there is available to not only increase the wages of the entry level workforce, but to do so congruently for every next level up to reward people for their experience, their tenure and their education,” said Tavares. “That’s all part of how the job market works and how wages and salaries are determined.” On a moral ground some, like Deborah Dietrich of Opportunities, Alternatives and Resources of Tompkins County, say that given today’s wage inequality, it is time to seriously discuss considering a more level wage for all employees across an organization. “I think that we have to start discussing the issue,” she said. “This huge wage inequality is just unsustainable in a democracy. Are we going to take a leadership position on this, or are we going to A l o o k at t h e c h a n g e b e t w e e n t h e l a s t l i v i n g wag e s t u dy a n d t h e argue that those with an education and current one. experience are going to make so much more than those at the entry level? [...] I don’t think wage compression is a dirty ing ritual of the collegiate experience.” word. I think what we’re not talking about “From the characterizations of the oris wage inequality, and the way you address ganizations that responded, we can’t make that is through compression.” the direct connection to what their overall One might make the argument that natu- requirements across the workforce are,” he rally, Tavares’ arguments on compensation continued. “For example, some of the noncommensurate to education and experience profits that responded were some of the speak to how the labor market works for the highest responding employers. Some may current living wage employers as well. require social work degrees for some posiThough an imperfect measurement, this tions, others may not. A law firm will preyear’s Living Wage Study included with it sumably require most employees in the a study of the certified living wage earning office to have a law degree, while others may workforce, a survey attempting to document not need one.” the type of people who earn a living wage. But one number said a lot: for workers Out of 104 members queried, 53 percent moving from minimum wage to a living answered and the profile of the 215 workers wage, 66 percent said it made a difference in followed common trends: Most, 82 percent, their lives. Th e
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Both Myers and Tavares are the titular heads of a fairly progressive living wage movement in Tompkins County: though it’s all voluntary, many employers within Tompkins County do pay a living wage. (Some, Tavares notes, actually pay above it). On one side of the issue, Myers stands as the bleeding heart, grounded in the ideals of living wages being “the right thing to do” and citing national examples to prove it. Tavares, meanwhile, works with local studies and insight, plays the role of pragmatic foil: stating some of the consequences rapid wage increases intended to make up for lost time and missed opportunities by previous generations to “do the right thing” can have on employers in Tompkins County. “On some level, we don’t disagree with that,” Myers said. “But we actually have a number of living wage employers here in the community, so we know it’s not impossible.” In a way, he has a point: In a recent survey of the Chamber of Commerce’s membership, it was found entry-level wages across the board from chamber respondents are actually quite high commensurate to the living wage. However, when asked, 75 percent of the 60 respondents said that if asked, they would not sign a petition in support of a living wage – citing the overhead incurred by benefits and training costs – despite the fact only 53 percent were opposed to the idea. There are still plenty of anecdotal arguments for the living wage: namely, loyalty. At AFCU’s last press conference two years ago, the owner of Jillian’s Drawers – a living wage employer – said that higher wages could incentivize staff to stay on longer, raising productivity and lowering turnover, an argument that poses the argument the more intangible benefits of a living wage are what really make for a payoff and, at this year’s press conference, 45 percent of all employers said a living wage was a factor behind reduced turnover – 66 percent said it improved overall office morale; a side effect of people presumably feeling valued for their work, Graham said. “That’s a fairly consistent benefit we hear from employers that pay a living wage,” said Graham. “As much as some businesses dread a rise in the minimum wage, others really see the benefit of it.” To that, Tavares said it should really up to businesses themselves to gauge the potential benefit. “Most people are paying a living wage already and don’t think this will will impact them,” Tavares said. “I think that’s wonderful.”
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said Robeson. “I think we’ve all been through the jail, and we all know it’s needed.” Creating this new space would entail the removal of 8,000 to 9,000 square feet of office space housing the civil division and road patrol and – prospectively – creating a new f ter mont hs of study, Tompk ins 13,000 square foot structure County heard from consulting firm adjacent to the jail on land CGR in July that its long-overcrowd- currently owned by the Ithaca ed jail would not need to be expanded but Tompkins Regional Airport rather, made better equipped to have a posi- to house the sheriff ’s office’s various locker rooms, confertive impact on those incarcerated there. At last week’s meeting of the county’s ence rooms, administrative public safety committee, a picture of what offices and investigative units. that improved jail might look like was dem- The remaining square footage onstrated to members of the county legisla- of the former office space in the jail building would ideally ture for the first time. In a conceptual drawing of the county’s be dedicated to locker rooms dream facility, Tompkins County Under- and an internalized arraignsheriff Brian Robeson presented a walk- ment court and central bookthrough of a re-oriented jail calling for the ing facility. It is unclear how this proreplacement of office space within the curposed facility would jive with rent public safety facility (which currently houses both the jail and the Tompkins recommendations to come County Sheriff ’s Department) to create f rom a cou nt y w ide police 5,500 square feet of sorely needed program- consolidation study also being conducted ming space within the jail, an aspect of the by CGR. The consultants are still fielding facility that has been called for repeatedly public input on that study and, as of yet, throughout the jail study process. The plans no date of when results are expected to be also call for converting several other spaces released has been announced. While not a formal proposal, the Tompwithin the jail – such as a storage closet for kins County Jail Study Committee is currently under mandate from the state “I hope we do continue to be to come up with a permanent solution transparent with the public. Just to overcrowding within the jail and, to to let people know that if we have decrease recidivism rates, it has often 5,500 square feet of new space been said in discussions surrounding the we’re not going to change the use of jail that more programming space within it later.” the jail – beyond its small, crowded classrooms and minuscule meeting rooms – was required in order to be effective. uniforms – to other uses, including making room for a bigger nurse’s station and a prop- At present, Count y Administrator Joe er office for corrections officers, which is Mareane said architecture, engineering, currently a claustrophobic jumble of cubicle environmental and planning firm Labella Associates is “waiting in the wings” for the space tucked into the facility. “The jail is in real need of program space,” Jail Study Committee to come together, see
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if they would look into the proposal and, if interested, move forward with a proposal. District 4 legislator Rich John, head of the committee, said they should look into it, as did committee member Jim Dennis who said, as a solution, this was “clearly the cheapest way” to deal with the problem of finding more programming space without needing to re-evaluate the cell count: as noted by fellow legislator Martha Robertson, any change in the total square footage of the jail structure may prompt a review by the New York State Department of Corrections, which may end up requiring the construction of more cells or raising the jail’s capacity. Though the concept of what the 5,500 square feet of programming space would eventually become is vague, legislator Anna Kelles said that any new structure should be “built for the future” and that cautious evaluation and openness with the commu-
A 3D view of the Tompkins County Jail. The area to the left would (ideally) be the site of a new headquarters for the Sheriff’s Department’s road patrol and civil division, which is currently located in the left side of the building. (Photo via Google Maps)
nity is key to the proposal’s success. “I hope we do continue to be transparent with the public,” said Kelles. “Just to let people know that if we have 5,500 square feet of new space we’re not going to change the use of it later. We want to communicate this is program space so we can support people inside and reduce the need for jail cell space in the future.” “Just because we’re researching it doesn’t mean we’re committed, it means we’re leaving no stone unturned,” she added. “We should continue to look at our other options.” –Nick Reynolds
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ver the years, I have written a handful of columns about the Ithaca Cooperative Softball League, and those columns have been about – no big surprise here – softball. I have always liked the fact that the teams are co-ed, and they play really hard, and they feature some high-level play, but I do recall that some players were annoyed with me when I peered through my “dad lens” and pointed out that I thought some of t he la ng uage wa s a bit rough sometimes and that drinking during games was a bad idea. (League rules do not allow drinking, but some people did so anyway.) That said, league organizers do a great job in keeping things flowing smoothly, and the league is a real asset to our softball-deprived community. Given the league’s “family friendly” reputation, I was drawn to a controversy that stirred up quite a bit of attention on social media last week. One of the teams – Empire Mechanical, also known as “The Evil Empire” (self-designated) – decided to test the limits of our society’s sacred Freedom of Expression, and they showed up to play this year with shirts that featured an image of President Trump wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat, and shorts emblazoned with an image of the President grabbing a bikiniclad woman where he has stated he likes to grab women. The league had no uniform regulations per se, but I learned that the Board of Directors told the Evil Empire team that the shorts could not be worn. I showed up to get some perspective from both sides, and Empire’s Jesse Brady asked me, “Are you here to write about us being discriminated against?” I said “Is that how you guys feel?” Pat Casselberry replied, “Definitely. I contacted my attorney, but he is out of town.” I asked on what basis he reached out for legal advice, and he stated, “Given this is a public organization, overseen by the City of Ithaca, I feel being told what I can and cannot wear is a violation of my citizen’s rights.” His teammate Derek Barr added, “The shorts are a little iffy, but I see no problem with the shirts.” One of the female team members said, “We have been wearing these uniforms all year, and we just wonder ‘Why now?’” I also spoke with Jeff Goodmark, who is the league’s Co-Commissioner and serves as the liaison between the players and the Board, and Jeff said, “It’s true that there are presently no rules in place regarding uniforms, but the issue officially came to light when a player filed a formal complaint, so the Board of Directors had to get involved.”
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The Board, Jeff added, “is comprised of five senior league members who have played in the league for a minimum of 7 years, and it was determined that the shorts were so inappropriate and offensive and misogynistic that wearing them violated the league’s stand on sportsmanship.” Goodmark said “the ‘Why now?’ question is a valid one,” and he went on to explain that “the current political climate” prompted the Board to dictate that any politically-oriented uniforms will be banned and that the Board will meet in February (as they do every year) to implement any new rules for next season and beyond. He added, “The shirts were given the benefit of the doubt, and we as a Board do appreciate the fact that they are not wearing them tonight.” (Monday was the first round of the playoffs.) I also spoke to a female player (on another team) named Amanda, and she made a statement that, in my opinion, puts a clearer focus on why the Board made its move regarding the shorts. She said, “When I see an image of a man grabbing a woman by the genitals, yes… I see it as inappropriate and immature and offensive, but I also feel threatened by it.” *** I dedicated a recent column to the memory of my friend and softball teammate Thommy Grady, and I have had many people ask me if there would be any memorial gathering. Indeed there will be, and it will be this Saturday at 3 p.m. at the Cass Park softball fields. It is a BYOB event.
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often termed). People support the benefits that more housing brings with it, such as increased density and a more robust tax base, but when it comes to their neighborhoods the support turns. O’Connor is balancing keeping the peace with potential neighbors with the fact that he’s already purchased the land, and turning a profit on a valuable piece of property. The neighbors at the meeting seemed suspicious, many noting that if O’Connor ended up selling the property there would be a replay of the current dispute. As it stands, he does still intend to build an additional duplex on the property which, he pointed out, is his right as the property owner. Alderpeople Cynthia Brock and George
McGonigal, who represent South Hill and had previously met with O’Connor, were also in attendance. Brock served as a sort of unofficial moderator. She addressed the dueling solutions that were discussed last week at PEDC: either a full zoning change for the area to prevent future situations like this (Brock’s suggestion), or a building moratorium on South Hill while a study is conducted and a neighborhood plan is contemplated. Zoning changes were not a topic, though, as O’Connor’s proposal meets all current zoning requirements. O’Connor also announced another meeting this upcoming Tuesday, August 22, again to gather more public reaction. –Matt Butler
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smaller, municipal courts which representatives from the D.A.’s office are obliged to visit twice monthly. “These are busy courts,” he said. In second place, the Tompkins County Department of Health which, under a new restructuring of county reentry programs, would become the chief point of contact for inmates once they enter – and leave – the jail. Currently committing three full-time staffers to 21 hours in the jail per week, the department called to replace their workload with two, full-time staffers committed to the jail at a cost of approximately $171,000 – only $90,000 of which will likely come from taxes, County Administrator Joe Mareane said, after some fund source shifting takes place. Mirroring an FBI-approved program already in place at the Erie County Holding Center, the department plans to request the addition of committed mental health staffers to focus exclusively on re-entry and in-jail services: one to care for the inmate population upon intake and during their time within the jail, and another to focus primarily on re-entry, connecting them to programming within the community directly from when they leave jail. ““Continuity of care is critical here, we want to start this process from when the inmate comes in to when they leave,” said Deputy Commissioner of Mental Health Services Sharon MacDougall. “These needs to start immediately when they come in.” This shift would the mental health department’s the defacto overseer of inmate reentry, which would then connect people reentering society to programming already funded and in place, like OAR which, recently, has helped to get 41 former inmates into college. “I don’t see this being done in place of URO,” said John. “If anything, I think we’ll be able to better connect people to services we’re already doing. We’re more complicated than we think we are, and to connect people to these programs as quickly and effectively as we can, that’s a good thing.” To ensure all these plans come together, the County Administrator’s office will spend a one-time sum of $127,000 on planning expenses: $107,000 for an 18-month Criminal Justice Coordinator (as per CGR recommendations) and $22,000 to hire a consultant to carry out a sequential mapping study to essentially map out who’s doing what: a true audit of what services are currently being offered, what’s being replicated by multiple services that could be streamlined and what could be done further to improve the criminal justice system from a bookkeeping standpoint. Rounding out the recommendations is $88,600 to support the cost of an additional nurse within the jail to supplement the single staffer currently within the jail, $107,600 for an additional senior probation officer and $90,000 in funding to OAR – $84,000 in regular funding for its college initiative which, this past year, sent 12 formerly incarcerated individuals to TC3 and $6,000 in one time funding for an advisor at its new service supported transitional housing home, Endeavor House. “We don’t k now if [t he house] w i l l decrease the jail population,” Dietrich explained when introducing her request. “What we do know housing is a key part of reducing recidivism.” –Nick Reynolds
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t was former president John F. Kennedy who once astutely observed that the very word “secrecy” is “repugnant in a free and open society,” that we as a society have historically been opposed to its practice in the form of secret societies, secret oaths and secret proceedings.
Yet, for as long as humans have existed, so has secrecy and the societies sworn to it: the very idea of exclusivity and the mythical intrigue generated by it as readily adopted by humanity as it is objected by those on the perimeter of the so-called “in the know” crowd. Some secret societies have garnered for themselves a weighty reputation, whether by their actions or through speculation on their activities fuelled by uncertainty from the outside. Others seem to be all in good nature – secret for the sake of secrecy – in the form of academic scholarship groups, fundraising organizations or other similar fraternities whose appeal lie solely with the fact that nobody for sure will know what is going on within the organization. Said former President Rutherford Hayes, a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in an 1887 address to the secret society in Fremont, Ohio: “The beneficial societies, commonly known as secret societies (in fact, they are secret chiefly in name, and secret only to guard against imposture) gather under the same friendly roof in close intimacy persons differing widely in occupation, politics, religion, and conditions of life and fuse them
easily and naturally into complete harmony and cordial friendship.” In the Ivy League and, particularly, at Cornell, the concept of the “secret society” – some of which are truly secret while most just carry out their proceedings, instead of their existence, incognito – has been one that serves as the backbone of an already elite society – a secret society within a secret society for a chosen few of an already carefully curated set. But one could also say the very concept of a secret society is a myth: that they are just honor societies, plain and simple. Who Are… Quill And Dagger?
The meetings are carried out in secret and its activities are usually anonymous but earnestly, the shroud surrounding the society of Quill and Dagger is fairly thin. Founded May 23, 1893, the group seems to be recognized as something toutable and recognizable on a resumé – secret society lite with the prestige of similarly prominent social groups like Yale’s Skull & Bones or the highly secretive ranks of the Seven Society at the University Of Virginia: in fact, The New York Times declared in 1929 that membership in the group constituted “the highest non-scholastic honor within reach of undergraduates.” Now there’s a resume builder. (And, it should be mentioned, the society even has a LinkedIn page.) Since 1899, Quill and Dagger has more
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or less been considered an “open” entity, a Cornell Daily Sun article from the time announcing this new policy stating the society “believes that a society of this kind, which any man elected to membership may feel free to join, cannot fail in the long run, to further the best interests of the University.” In that way, it has: every year, its newest members were published publicly (as was its leadership), their service activities were well-known (the group most notably raised funds for the War Memorial on campus) and, for a time, there even was a directory of all living members of the society available to purchase on Amazon. If you really wanted to know what went on behind the closed doors of their meeting spot in the top floor of Lyon Hall, you can even get a bound volume of the group’s meeting minutes from the first half of the 20th Century. Who Are… Der Hexenkreis?
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a sort of governing board that focuses on bettering Greek life within the community: advocating for chapter philanthropy events while “discouraging and shunning the negative aspects of our community that prevent us from representing ourselves and our peers in a positive light,” according to its mission statement. Who Are… Scabbard And Blade?
The top tier honor society of the University’s Reserve Officer Training Corps, whose history at the university dates back to the Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862 and the criteria for constructing land grant institutions – including a requirement to provide for military instruction. Founded in 1906, the organization is the most elite collection of all three branches of ROTC programs at Cornell and their weekly meeting is one of the most frequent of all Cornell’s societies. Just six new members – two from each ROTC branch – are selected each spring.
Another fairly open group, Der Hexenkreis is the university’s second oldest secret society (founded in 1892) though their aura as “secret” isn’t wholly accurate Who Are… Sphinx Head? though the etymology of the group’s name The oldest senior honor society at – hexenkreis is German for “witches circle” Cornell University (founded in 1890 – it – lends the organization some sort of has outlived Chancery and Aleph Samach, mystique. Founded as the first honor society which were actually among the University’s for women, by women, the organization first), Sphinx Head is often considered to be became co-educational in 1970 and has a secret society in line with that of the Skull since blossomed into one of the nation’s And Bones at Yale – just don’t tell members most influential. The society was one of four of their rival organization, Quill and Dagger, founding members of the national honor that. Its membership each year consisting of society, Mortarboard, which today includes 228 chapters as well as 50 alumni chapters less than 40 of the “most respected” of the senior class, the organization is itself the nationwide. most elite of the senior Their meeting societies, just so that space is located in the the membership Flora Rose House on – until 1930 – was campus and, of course, posted in the New are by invitation York Times. only (though they do More of a organize quite a few “The very word social group, the lectures and put out organization was ‘secrecy’ is a newsletter every so famous for the often). construction of an repugnant in a Egyptian-style “tomb” Who Are… overlooking the Fall free and open Order Of Creek Gorge in 1925 at 900 Stewart Ave.: society; and we Omega? a structure which This one hardly are as a people at one point served seems secret, but as home to famed anecdotally the Order inherently and astronomer Carl of Omega has been Sagan. They occupied referred to as a secret historically that space until 1969 society for whatever and, after 30 years of reason. opposed to secret dormancy, returned Founded at the prominence in societies, to secret to University of Miami the early 2000s. in 1959, Cornell’s founding the oaths and to secret Since Order of Omega is Society, Sphinx Head sort of an all-star members have been proceedings.” team of Greek life behind numerous –John F. Kennedy on campus: officially Cornell traditions known as an honor including Dragon society recognizing Day and Spring Fest, particularly notable the precursor to the members of the Greek current Slope Day community at Cornell celebration. There is a University. Located in rumor, writer William Willard Straight Hall, the group doesn’t “tap” West wrote in 2005, Sphinx Head is wont people to join, but does accept applications. to take credit for the infamous prank of the All the members are known, and the group’s pumpkin placed atop McGraw Tower but, he mission, ultimately, is to bring together the notes, there is no proof. “top 3 percent” of the Greek community as
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radio program produced by kids. Jumping into Ithaca College’s scene as well, Diehl also found his way into local radio. “WTKO was hiring college kids,” he said. “Now they were dirt cheap- nobody was making a lot of money- but we could do it all.” He vividly describes his Ithaca College days in his recently released memoir- “Stay Tuned: My Life Behind the Mic,” where he recalls the goofier shenanigans of being a young man on the local journalism scene. “I was doing early morning news. I could walk across the street, up the fire escape, climb into the window and into the station. It was a real rinky-dink station. WTKO was the kid’s station,” Diehl said. He stuck around Ithaca for almost a year before he grabbed his first position at WTOP
assistant in that same newsroom. Then, when he arrived at the college in 1991, it didn’t’ take him long to get himself in front of a camera. “Part of what drew me to the journalism program there is the hands-on nature- that you dive into the craft of journalism from the moment you arrive,” Muir said. Now in high-stakes reporting assignments such as his exclusive interview with Pope Francis, his coverage of the famine in Somaliland, or multiple reports from the front lines of the refugee crisis in the Middle East Muir has no room for mistakes. That’s a stark contrast to the reporting he did while a studentwhich Muir admits is riddled with gaffs that are likely still well documented in ICTV’s tape library. Now, Muir can’t completely recall the exact details of his mistakes on Ithaca’s news
become a Pulitzer winning documentarian and eventually the senior international video correspondent for the New York Times, where he is now. That worldly guise wasn’t always Ellick’s premiere goal, but rather the local scene fit at time. “My goal was simple: try as much as possible to help sharpen my feelings of what is most fulfilling. So, I utilized my access to the college’s equipment and resources, while also learning by immersing myself inside the unique community of Ithaca.” The list of his Ithaca ventures includes working as a columnist for I.C.’s newspaper, “The Ithacan,” a producer for Ithaca College Television, a sports freelancer for the Associated Press, and as an independent documentarian.
scene, but does note the impact this had on his development in the trade. “In this industry, as we all know, you learn from your mistakes, you pick yourself up and you go at it again- and that helps to shape you as a journalist,” Muir said. By his senior year, Muir developed such a well-respected reporting profile that he was hired as a full-time reporter and weekend anchor at the same station in Syracuse he had worked at years before. He would commute to Syracuse and cut packages for the station almost daily- all on top of his course work. He says this was exhausting and rewarding in a professional sense, but in a general sense advises young people to savor those moments even more. “. I often tell people who are studying journalism, who hope to do this one day and the opportunities are endless in journalism,” Muir said. “There has been no more important a time than now to be a journalist, I believe, but I would encourage a young me to just enjoy it a little more and savor those lectures a little more.” Though he refuses to be “chained to the desk” in New York, Muir doesn’t often get to make a special pilgrimage back to Ithacasomething he dreads from a near spiritual standpoint. “I think Ithaca College is a unique place that becomes home. Even though you arrive in the fall and you’ve left your family and you’ve left your home- Ithaca will become your home,” he said. “When you move on years later people talk about going ‘home’ to Ithaca, and I can almost guarantee you will feel that about your time in Ithaca.”
In one project, he drew criticism for the seemingly lenient nature of disciplinary action against Ithaca College’s football players after cases of violence. He remembers receiving verbal abuse from classmates and coaches, but it was in that relatively small atmosphere that he learned to embrace the true pillars of his trade- to question truth and put fears aside. “Looking back,” he said. “It’s a useful microcosm for how much of society today sees the role of the press.” Almost a decade later he would receive threats and criticism from a much more daunting audience. “I was soon the rare journalist in the world who could say he’s been threatened by Ithaca College athletes and the Taliban,” Ellick joked during his 2016 commencement address to the college. His exploits had eventually taken him to Afghanistan where his curiosity, another one of his mantras, was peaked on the issue of school girls being barred from schools by the Taliban. That curiosity led him to a daughter of a local school teacher who would become the Nobel Peace Prize winner- Malala. Ellick, the man often credited with discovering and telling Malala’s story to the world, was never an activist from the start, but discovered that side in Ithaca. “I remember learning about Ithaca Hours, observing town hall meetings, covering local environmental initiatives, and witnessing protests against the prospect of chain stores,”Ellick said. “And regardless of politics, I recall being somewhat wowed by the tenacity and passion among local activists, who were constantly on the frontlines of raising their voice for change.” Today, Ellick continues to work on the front lines of news wires- pursuing stories that students on South Hill can only dream of covering.
Ithaca can be a springboard to the big time. By Vaughn Golden
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thaca is famous for a lot of things: gorges, its mayor, the ice cream sundae, but it can’t be overstated that many famous people have associations with the city and its two institutions of higher learning: Cornell and Ithaca College, which is known as one of the finest media-focused colleges in the country. Here’s the story of three major names in media who got their starts right here in Ithaca. Bill Diehl 1958 was the dawn of an era for Ithaca College. It just unveiled its brand-new television facilities, the first of its kind anywhere across the country. It was that innovative edge that brought Corning native, Bill Diehl to Ithaca rather than choosing the journalism powerhouse of Syracuse’s Newhouse School or the metropolitan giant New York University. “I had heard that Ithaca was starting a television radio department and the school even had its own T.V. station- now this was 1958.” But, though television was just breaking through as the new mainstream medium, it was the still ever powerful radio airwaves that called to Diehl even before he arrived to college. As a boy growing up in Corning, New York, Diehl discovered his passion for radio at the Corning Evening Leader, which hosted a
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in the nation’s capital and later, the New York independent news powerhouse, WNEW. Years later, Diehl would go on to become one of the leading voices at ABC Radio News, serving as the network’s lead entertainment correspondent. Looking back on his time in the town he recognizes the importance of making mistakes and that the relaxed “college town” atmosphere provided that. “We could make our mistakes. We were almost playing radio. We could make our mistakes and do funny stuff,” Diehl said. Luckily, those mistakes came early for Diehl and not later in his career, which’s success can ring off of interviews with stars from Playboy founder Hugh Heffner to comedian Robin Williams to singer songwriter Neil Diamond. Diehl always had the passion for radio, but always credits his success to the kick start in Ithaca. Even today he makes a heartened effort to return to the hill for class reunions and stay up to date with the happenings of the college and community. David Muir David Muir is the host of the most watched newscast in the U.S.- ABC’s World News Tonight- a title that has garnered him near-god status at the hill he still calls home. Muir was dead set on a career in news since he started watching local T.V. newscasts in Syracuse. “I had written a letter to the anchor and had asked him what it would take for me to have a job like his one day,” Muir said. “I remember at the time they still had the newsroom typewriters and he typed a letter back to me that said, ‘Competition in television news is keen. There’s always room for the right person. It could be you,’” Muir said. A year later he would go to work as an
Adam Ellick In a journalism career that would take him to almost every corner of the globe, Adam Ellick’s humble beginnings grew off of South Hill. In time, he would go on to Th e
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These deep-rooted groups were born of necessity By Charley Githler
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hen Cornell University was founded in 1865, virtually all private eastern colleges and universities were church-affiliated, providing a traditional classical education almost exclusively to white male students. Cornell was supposed to be an exception - a university where “any person can find instruction in any study.” Its charter explicitly stated, “persons of every religious denomination, or of no
religious denomination, shall be equally eligible to all offices and appointments.” It hasn’t always lived up to its promise. Before the great wave of immigration in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Jewish presence in the United States was relatively small, and the number of Jewish students at Cornell was also correspondingly modest. While at least one Jewish student, Walter Rosenblatt, matriculated with the
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A l p h a E p s i l o n P h i (f r o m t h e 1 9 2 7 C o r n e l l i a n y e a r b o o k) wa s e s ta b l i s h e d i n 1 9 2 0 a s t h e second Jewish soror ity on ca mpus. first Cornell class in 1868 (though he stayed only one year), between 1878 and 1900 only 30 students out of a total of about 4500 graduating seniors specifically identified themselves as ‘Jewish’ or ‘Hebrew’. Because of their small numbers, they did not yet form a distinctly recognizable or separate element. Then Eastern European Jews began to immigrate to the United States in large numbers after about 1880, and between then and the passage of restrictive immigration quotas in 1924, millions of Jews from Russia, Austria-Hungary, and Romania came to America. The character of American Jewry was transformed, and the Eastern Europeans became the majority. In 1880, in a Jewish population of approximately 250,000, only one out of six American Jews was of East European extraction. (Before that, most
were of German heritage.) 40 years later, in a community that had reached four million, five out of six American Jews came from Eastern Europe. Those new immigrants were concentrated in urban areas, especially northeastern cities. Unlike earlier immigrants from Western Europe, many of these people were poor refugees from persecution and frequently perceived as different and threatening. By the 1920s, a climate of intolerance toward immigrants had developed, and anti-Semitic propaganda and attitudes appeared. Indeed, in October 1925, the Ku Klux Klan, standard-bearers of these attitudes in the 1920s, staged a rally at ‘circus flats’ (roughly where the Titus Flats skate park is today) and a parade through the “business section” of downtown Ithaca. The procession, several city blocks long, complete with floats, a band and nearly 500 marching Klan members was met with “frequent applause as well as occasional expressions of disapproval”. The exact route is difficult to pinpoint 92 years later, but the proceedings concluded with the burning of a large cross. At the same time, colleges and universities were growing quickly: between 1890 and 1925 enrollments rose almost five times as fast than the population. This, along with Jewish cultural traditions of respect for learning and an impulse toward upward social and economic mobility in America, led Jewish families to send their children to colleges and universities. By 1920, Jewish students accounted for about nine percent of the student population at Cornell. College and university administrators began to respond to those larger numbers. They spoke of a “Jewish problem” and attempts were made to limit the number of Jewish students through ethnic quotas, such as those established at Columbia and Harvard (though not specifically at Cornell). More commonly, admissions became more ‘selective’ and new criteria were established: appearance, background, extracurricular achievements, and ‘character’, all judged by mostly Gentile admissions personnel and alumni. Discrimination had become commonplace in housing and social life at American universities. To the extent that all that happened at Cornell, the university did not hold to the high standard of its 1865 charter. Fraternities had historically served an especially important housing function at Cornell, which opposed the construction of
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or many students college is the first chance to be truly involved in managing their own finances. I’m not talking about student loans, which are a separate crushing millstone, but the Art of Budgeting. Allocating scarce resources. Microeconomic decision-making. It’s a process fraught with pitfalls, and here are some of the pitfalls with which it is fraught:
Pl astic Getting plastic is one of those turning points in life. It’s very tempting, when first possessed of a debit or credit card, to believe that it is an object imbued with wonderful magic. One need merely present a small polyvinyl rectangle and merchants cheerfully render goods and services! It’s seems like a miracle … but do not be fooled, as so many before you have been fooled. With a debit card, of course, real money comes out of your real bank account, and the (sort of) good news is that when that money runs out, merchants stop with the cheerful rendering. You can only go broke. With a credit card, on the other hand, you are borrowing money with every transaction, and they’ll follow you forever until you pay it back, with usurious interest and whatever other charges they can tack on. They actually have people who enjoy hounding you to the ends of the earth. It was once thought that credit cards were inherently evil, but that was largely disproved in 1998 by Dr. L. Voldemort and his minions in a study sponsored by
Mastercard. There’s actually no shame in paying for things by cash or check, and it has a kind of exciting, old-school cachet. Bear in mind Isaac Newton’s fourth Law of Motion: the less it seems like you’re paying with money, the more likely you will overspend.
Living Arr angements Dorm? Apartment? Fraternity/ sorority? Back of a car? Ithaca has something like ten million rental units, so availability isn’t an issue. Cost is, though. One constant of college life, unless you’re rich, is a distinct lack of privacy. In a word: roommates. Great care should be devoted in selecting them. To paraphrase Confucius: the ability to party enthusiastically is a poor indicator of a person’s suitability as a co-signer on a lease. The Dorm vs. Apartment debate: while you can usually save money by sharing an apartment off campus, the cold, hard world of leases and landlords is less forgiving than the warm, nurturing cocoon of college housing services.
Food Examples are legion of students who subsist on a menu comprised exclusively of popcorn, toast and ramen noodles. Others swear by the beer-and-calzone diet. Nourishment, being necessary, must somehow figure into your budget. The college dining hall experience has
If you’re squeamish about selling one or more of your organs, and reluctant to plunge deeper into debt, it might be time to consider gainful employment. Sadly, the types of part-time jobs that tend to be available to students in our current economy generally require dealing with the public, and they Food is a major expense in a student budget. (Photo: Ed Dittenhoefer) don’t pay very well. On the plus side, literally any sign of undergone a transformation in recent years. As part of the effort to entice applicants, stable emloyability looks good on a resume college food has become downright for when Armageddon arrives, i.e. when palatable. No more mounds of readi-mix college ends and reality arrives to take up mashed potatoes and C rations from the permanent residence in your life. Your issue will be time management. Vietnam War. These days, you might find an early-exit contestant from Top Chef Jobs require time and energy, and many whipping up some sesame-crusted tuna employers seem oddly uninterested in with ginger cream. exam schedules and project deadlines. It Meal plans can be a little pricey, but seems that Life is full of trade-offs. you’re set for the semester and won’t have With common sense and a little luck, to worry about your next meal. If anything, managing a college budget is an excellent food is too available. You might find yourself learning experience in itself. Life is broken looking forward to Second Breakfast more into semesters, or at least academic years, than is healthy. which gives you a sort of periodic Reset If you know what you’re doing and Button. And PS … if you’re debating with have some self-control, making your own yourself whether you need something or meals can be less expensive. There are risks, not … you probably don’t need it. though. The dangers of fending for yourself foodwise are: running out of money, which is the medium of exchange for groceries,
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A look at some of ithaca’s more “unusual” clubs By Vaughn Golden
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s with any college campus, Ithaca College plays host to a boatload of student organizations, most of which are the standard music, career and interest based groups, but some tend to go against that grain. According to the Office of Student Engagement and Multicultural Affairs, the college department which oversees all of the student organizations, 208 groups are currently signed up as of Spring 2017. Those groups range in categories from student government to environment to media to professional. With the diverse span of interests prevalent on the campus, it’s no wonder that some of those 208 organizations were conceived somewhere a bit outside the box. Here’s a few of I.C.’s more… “unusual” student clubs and organizations. Humans vs. Zombies Club I.C.’s own rendition of “The Walking Dead” has been in existence for almost 10
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years, starting from one students love of Nerf blasters. The premise of the game is that a few days are designated as “Humans versus Zombies days” where the entire campus is a playing area, challenging the “humans” to ward off “zombies” with Nerf blasters. During this week students, clod in bandannas and bandoliers of foam darts are often seen running throughout the campus quads, weaving in-between unsuspecting non-players trying to do battle with their peers. “I.C. tour guides have told me that part of their training is learning how to explain the game to prospective students because they get so confused about what’s going on,” Justin Rouzier, recording secretary of the club said. He said most non-players eventually learn to live with the commotion for a week and that the group has taken steps to ensure everyone is safe and isn’t impeding on classes. Gameplay is barred from buildings and stairs on campus and the group tells campus police when they’ll be playing.
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The game is not just unique to Ithaca, other campuses across the country have similar clubs. Sometimes they even host large gatherings of up to 300 Nerf blaster wielding students who have even started becoming more of a regional community. “I’m known as ‘Cakeman’ across many schools because at a game at Penn State university in 2016, I tripped over a chain link fence and face planted into a cake I was delivering in front of 300 plus people,” Rouzier said. “It’s Humans versus Zombies lore now.” Ithaca College’s group includes around 30 to 40 members each semester and hold several games The I.C. Trombone Troupe I.C.’s Trombone Troupe gives a whole new meaning to Meredith Wilson’s “76 Trombones.” The group doesn’t have all 76, but it’s not uncommon for upwards of 36 students to comprise the chamber group. “I believe the Trombone Troupe is one of the oldest student clubs at the college, if not the oldest,” Harold Reynolds, advisor of the organization said. He began working with the group seven years after its founding in 1981. Since then the trombonists keep busy with performances at college and community events as well as other events like clinics held at local schools each year. They also collaborate with similar groups at Penn State University and Eastman School of Music in a revolving concert series. “We believe the Trombone Troupe is the most active chamber ensemble in the School of Music,” Reynolds said. “We love what we do
and I think we do it very well.” Gamer Symphony Orchestra This group of musically inclined video game enthusiasts was started in 2012 for the purpose of practicing and performing the soundtracks from video games. “Video game music is not as followed as classical, jazz, popular, and even film scores, yet it still evokes strong emotions in the listener and player, “Frankie DiLello, the group’s head of public relations said. “The nature of video game music makes it unique from other forms of music, as it can often turn an alright video game into a great one.” The symphony orchestra puts on two concerts every year in the music school’s Ford Hall performing music from games such as Super Smash Bros., Pokemon, Shovel Knight, Portal 2, The Legend of Zelda, and Assassin’s Creed. Most of those pieces are arranged by students specifically for the ensemble. “While at a glance, it may seem that we only attract music nerds,” DiLello said. “We actually have a large number of non-music majors in our ensemble. Additionally, we have many people who may not be huge into video games, but just want to play some really awesome music.” Last year, the ensemble is one of largest student organizations on campus, boasting a 55-student orchestra, 20-person choir and group of four student conductors. Though students are only returning to the hill now, the next concert date is already set for November 1.
How To Get Around Ithaca’s Transit Experts tell you how to get from A to b By Norma Gutierrez, Way2Go Community Educator It can be stressful coming to a new place and learning your way around. Way2Go, a local transportation education program, in partnership with 211 provides 24/7 easy access to transportation information to help you find your way. Three Ways To Get Transportation Information • • •
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Biking Need a Bike? Affordably adopt and repair a used bike through Recycled Ithaca Bikes (RIBS) or Finger Lakes ReUse Center. Bike rental and electrical bikes through Boxy Bikes are a great option for getting up the many hills in Ithaca. Try Big Red Bikes if you live on or near Cornell campus or explore the Farmer’s Market, Waterfront and Black Diamond trails on a bike from Ithaca’s Bike Rental. When biking, wear a helmet and bright attire in order to be visible. Anyone under the age of 14 must wear a helmet. It is important to ride along with traffic and use hand signals when turning or changing lanes. Use bike lanes or boulevards whenever possible. Remember to bring a reliable lock to secure your tire and bike to a bike rack. Local bike maps can be helpful to planning your route for a safe commute. If you prefer to skate, skate safely and slowly (with proper gear) along with traffic while cautious of people walking on pedestrian ways and cars backing out of driveways. Drive When driving keep your eyes on the road and DON’T TEXT AND DRIVE. Drivers should share the road, be mindful of people on foot and bike, and make it a priority to give them the right of way to ensure the safety of all. It is recommended to minimize the amount you drive to reduce congestion, stress, time and costs associated with gas and parking. There are some great alternative options to driving if you don’t have a car or wish to leave your car behind. Go to ParkIthaca.com for local on-street, metered and garage parking information. Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit The local TCAT bus service is an affordable option to get around campus, to downtown shops and to some of Ithaca’s natural places like Buttermilk Falls. You can also take your bike with you! For how to videos on riding the bus and using the bus bicycle rack go to http://ccetompkins.org/community/way2go. TCAT buses are wheelchair accessible. If you are an individual with a disability, you can also arrange a ride with Gadabout paratransit service by calling 607-273-1878. Local Cabs & Taxis
8888 or Ithaca Dispatch (607) 277-7777 at least a half an hour in advance to ensure you arrive to your destination on-time. Whenever possible go together with friends, classmates or roommates to share or lower the cost. There are other cab companies available as well. Ithaca Carshare Membership Plans When in need of a car for short trips sign up to use Ithaca Carshare. You can opt for a plan that works for your needs and budget. Learn more about the Just in Case, It’s My Car and Easy Access plans and more by calling (607) 277-3210 Lyft and Uber Ride-hailing Apps Lyft & Uber are new ridehailing services to the area and currently in a “trial period”. Those of you who are used to finding a quick ride through Lyft or Uber in other areas, may find these ride-hailing options have limited available drivers in this area. Go to Lyft.com or Uber.com to sign up as a driver or to find a ride.
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dormitories initially (the first dormitory for men was not built until 1914). Sororities were slower to develop, as Cornell was an overwhelmingly male institution into the early 1900s. And Greeks dominated important aspects of student life. Members were disproportionately represented in student government. Their parties and dances were important events on social calendars and were covered even in the Ithaca Journal. The very establishment of ‘Jewish’ fraternities and sororities at Cornell is an indication that Jewish students were being deliberately excluded from the existing Greek system. In response, Jewish students established parallel systems. Sigma Delta Tau became the first Jewish sorority at Cornell in 1917, and a chapter of Alpha Epsilon Phi was established in 1920 as the second Jewish sorority on campus. (The freshman handbooks in the 1920s specifically identified the two groups as “Jewish sororities”.) By 1930, there were ten Jewish fraternities in addition to the two Jewish sororities on campus. With their relatively small memberships, the Jewish sororities remained highly competitive, even through the Depression years. Most Jewish students, however, did not join fraternities or sororities, remaining independent and participating in other university activities. The 1920s was also a decade when other outlets for Jewish identity began to develop. In 1924, the Jewish communities of Ithaca and Cornell combined as Congregation BethEl. At the same time, the fledgling national B’nai B’rith Hillel Foundation, seeking to create a welcoming environment for Jewish students on their respective campuses, organized a chapter at Cornell. Joining forces, the congregations agreed to build a temple large enough to accommodate students, and the Hillel Foundation agreed to sponsor a rabbi who could serve both students and community. Difficulties in cracking the Greek world did not mean that all campus life was closed
to Jewish students. There was participation in the 1930s on the boards of the Cornell Daily Sun, the Cornellian, the Law Quarterly and the literary magazine The Columns. In addition, there was significant Jewish representation in the literary societies, honorary societies and athletics. After World War II, attitudes on campus began to turn, but change was slow in coming. A 1947 Cornell Daily Sun poll found that 43 percent of Cornell students would “not like to have a Jewish roommate”. There were still questions about Cornell’s true commitment to its charter. In an April 22, 1953 letter to the Sun, Robert and Jean Spitzer were able to detail a number of ways that Cornell had abandoned its purported non-sectarianism and favored Christian beliefs and traditions over Jewish (not to mention other) beliefs and traditions. The Greek system, perhaps because of the nature of local chapters being part of national organizations, proved to be an intractable quarter of discrimination. Nearly 50 percent of undergraduate men were members of the 57 fraternities on campus in 1950, 21 of which had explicit restrictive clauses excluding Jews and African Americans from membership. It was a hotly debated issue of the time. By 1952, all 13 of the campus’ sororities had agreed to have no restrictive clauses, though the fraternities as a group declined to do so. Still, It wasn’t until 1961 that the executive board of the Student Council voted 5-3 to end “categorical discrimination” in all undergraduate organizations. In 1968, Cornell’s Board of Trustees instituted a policy requiring all fraternities and sororities to comply with an antidiscrimination pledge. By the late 1960s, though, the Greek system was in trouble for other reasons. The wave of antiestablishment feeling sweeping American universities weakened fraternal societies. The conservatism of the Greeks stood in contrast with the tenor of the times. When militant African Americans occupied Willard Straight Hall in 1969, for example, members of Delta Epsilon fraternity broke
into the building to try to remove them. The political activism of the Jewish student community in the 1960s and ‘70s was also a factor. The B’nai B’rith Hillel Foundation estimates that nationwide, Jewish students represented about one-third of students involved in campus protests, although they accounted for only about ten percent of the total college and university population. By the 1980s many of the formerly “Jewish” fraternities on campus had folded. With the end of restrictive clauses, Jewish students could join any group. These days, Cornell Hillel estimates that 22 percent (3500 students) of Cornell’s population is Jewish, and there are many outlets for Jewish culture and identity. The Jewish Campus Service Corps provides staff for outreach activities. Nearly thirty Jewish student organizations, ranging from cultural to political to social groups, sponsor more than four hundred events and activities a year. Kedma (Orthodox), Koach (Conservative), and Kesher (Reform) groups belong to their national organizations. Chabad House at Ithaca is part of the national Chabad Lubavitch movement. In the late 1980s, the former Young Israel House was renovated as the Center for Jewish Living. In 2000, Cornell Dining and the Cornell Jewish Life Fund partnered with the Orthodox Union and the Jewish Learning Initiative to run 104 West!, which offers kosher dining for Jewish students and others with special dietary requirements. Greek life remains an integral part of student life at Cornell. Currently, one-third of the undergraduate student body belongs to one of the 64 recognized fraternities or sororities that make up the community. Thought the days of segregated rushing are over, it bears remembering that not so very long ago, Jewish students had to carve out a niche for themselves.
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don’t have any memories of The Firehouse at 136 West State St. when it was an actual firehouse, but I have lots of memories of the building when Tom Newton converted it into a theater. The first production in 1994 was Nunsense, and over the next seven years, I acted in many productions there. It was at the Firehouse where I did my first ever Shakespeare with another actor named David Dietrich, and between the Firehouse, Black Umbrella Shakespeare and the Ithaca Shakespeare Company, I’ve done more stage work with Dave than any other actor. I even directed a pair of Woody Allen one-act plays right at the turn of the millennium. Fond memories are putting it lightly. So, it’s nice that the building’s current owner wanted to leave something of a mark, in the form of a giant mural depicting the notion of “firemen,” covering the Firehouse as it faces the Commons. The team making it happen comprise a unique collaborative venture. A local Ithaca artist has paired up with artists from Dripped On The Road, a a traveling artist residency program focused on street art and illustration where the artists live, travel and create in an RV. DOTR is dedicated to enhancing the visual atmosphere of communities through public art installations and murals while fostering a unique creative environment for its resident artists. Out of their RV, the artists host discussions at colleges and universities, create artwork on paper and found objects, camp in State and National Parks/Forests and paint murals in the communities they stop in throughout the trip. The program culminates in a gallery exhibition featuring the work created during the program. Emily Patrina, owner of the Firehouse
Architecture Lab currently occupying the building, wanted the mural to preserve something about its past. She and local artist Jim Garmhausen had been trying to get one going for some time and then, suddenly, this partnership presented itself. “He’d [Garmhausen] always been looking out for people to collaborate with, and found these guys,” said Patrina. “I think being downtown, you’re part of the community already, so why not be a bigger part of it?” Patrina is very interested in the Firehouse’s previous incarnations. “We have firemen that stop by sometimes and knock on the door,” she said. “They were volunteer firefighters in the ’60s and ’70s, and they just have memories of it. The pole is still here. You can see a stain on the floor where the trucks leaked oil.” Last Tuesday, anyone walking on the street could see two men working on pieces of the mural perched up high on articulating boom lifts. One of the pieces being filled was is a white backing that looks something like a totem pole. The other artist worked on a fireman to the right that seemed to have been assembled from pebbles, stones and shapes, reminiscent of Charles Crumb’s “wrinkle” technique. They descend to street level to talk about their art. The Firehouse was a clock museum when Long Island native Jim Garmhausen moved to Ithaca. He had been busy painting the white outline. “I’m working from a real loose sketch,” he said. “They’re pretty simple characters in terms of their structure. I kind of start out, there are a couple of pieces I stick together each time. I’m working off a general idea off a sketch, but I don’t work my sketches past a certain point, because I wanna do it on the wall.”
B y B r y a n Va n C a m p e n Jonathan Neville, one of the directors and owners of DOTR, had been working on the “pebble/wrinkle” firefighter. “We take resident artists on the road to different cities to paint murals that are commissioned or with local non-profits in the community,” Neville said. “And we enjoy collaborating with local artists — that’s how we hooked up with Jim. The program is made for street artists, muralists and graffiti artists, and there’s no other program like it in the U.S. or abroad. Our goal is to not only expand our own artistic abilities and to meet other people and share our artistic skills with one another, but also to learn from the communities we’re visiting, and to give something back that hopefully reflects their history, past and future.” The New York City–based company’s summer program is a nearly three-week trip to paint murals in Ithaca; Boston; Worcester, Massachusetts; and Hamburg, New Jersey, where the artists were before coming to town. There, they painted a 50-plus foot wide mural standing about one story tall. “The building we were painting was a rug store,” says Neville. “So, we kind of did a pattern in the background of our interpretation of ‘rugs,’ with a bunch of characters. The guy really wanted it to be kinda out there and cartoony, so we could do whatever we wanted.” They also spent two days at Hamburg’s mural and healthy eating festival called Get Juiced. Once they finish the Firehouse mural and rinse out their brushes, they travel to Boston to paint a mural collaboration with local artist Merk Those at 565-567 Massachusetts Ave., in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Then they go on to “Pow! Wow! Worcester” in Worcester, Massachusetts, to render a live mural painting during the opening party, and then another mural at Electric Haze on 26 Millbury St. Now I’m beginning to wonder if this project will inspire people to become mural watchers and go on tour, as it were. (It worked for the Grateful Dead and Phish.) Going into each city, do the building owners have ideas or are the artists left to their own muses? Looking at the work in progress next to us and citing it as an example of their work, Neville said, “We’ll ask about the history of it, what the people inside do, and we’ll try to reflect that if that’s something that interests them. And sometimes the owners or businesses will be like, ‘No, we just want to you to express what you think when you look at the wall.’ We get permission and sometimes we have to send sketches before we get there. Sometimes we just freestyle.” • For more information on this project, visit drippedontheroad.com. Th e
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The Hangar cleverly adapts Shakespeare’s R&J By Ros s Ha ars ta d Shakespeare’s R&J, written by Joe Calarco, Hangar Theatre through Sept. 2
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he Hangar caps off a strong season with a production of Shakespeare’s R&J, rendered with ferocious clarity and passion. Twenty years since he first penned it, Joe Calarco’s adaptation of Romeo & Juliet remains fresh and capable of producing astonishing moments. Sticking with the highlights (gone are Paris and quite a bit of Acts 4 & 5), while sampling bits of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a clutch of sonnets, and schoolboy recitations, Calarco’s adaptation attempts to reignite the sense of danger and eros he finds in the play. He restricts his players to four boys, sets them in a regimented religious school (suggested by costumes and an opening set of routines, including parsing Latin phrases, and bits of catechism, prayers and advice on the roles of men and women) and then ignites their curiosity with the discovery of an illicit
copy of Shakespeare’s play, wrapped in a long red cloth. They begin to read it aloud, playing out the roles. Other than the cloth and book, the play’s props are few: primarily old wooden rulers and flashlights. Shakespeare’s text enchants these students, and the two who elect to play the lovers find themselves caught in a deep attraction that is alarming to the patriarchal world and the masculine roles they’ve known. At one point their schoolmates try to stop the play in progress, fearful of its power of erotic transgression. R&J has seen scores of productions, and a few have been cast with women, (Calarco requires that all the actors are the same gender). That is the Hangar’s choice here, featuring four superb young actors under Melissa Kievman’s fearless direction. A superlative design backs them up. Scenic Designer Daniel Zimmerman sets the central playing area on an oakenplanked disc upon which sit four desks
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and chairs with a maple sheen, the entire back wall has been transformed to the inside of an old school auditorium, complete with wainscoting, an old portrait, a tall wooden ladder and a working clock (which lights up as the moon in the balcony scene.) The clock serves as a central metaphor (the regimentation of the student day, the “two hours’ traffic of our stage”) augmented by the distant clackclack of its progress. The severe symmetry is offset by diagonal lines of writing on wall and floor. Sound is integral to Kievman’s production, in an amazing design from Broken Chord. Propulsive martial percussion rushes us into the fight sequences, plaintive pop songs play as romance grows, the clock ticks, the bell jangles, sounds rumble, sigh and breathe. The subtle lighting by Barbara Samuels tends to a cool crispness to the scene, rather than a gauzy romance: a sculptural effect, rather than painted. The apt school uniforms by costume designer Megan Rutherford slyly allow for playful transformations, layered with jacket, sweater vest, tie, shirt and skirt. Kievman keeps the cast in swirling motion, but always to a purpose. They leap atop desks (and curl asleep on them), charge with rulers, scatter and return, as they are caught in the story’s rhythm.
They also stop stock still, overwhelmed, and fall into each other in schoolgirlish comfort. It took some of the audience a little time to orient themselves (Calarco keeps his school setting more abstract than literal), but as the actors delve into Shakespeare’s language, they leaned forward, caught in a simultaneous act of imagination. Nicole Villamel plays the instigator, a slightly roguish Romeo, already tetchy and dawdling into poetry, then delighting in the power of her assumed masculinity. (I couldn’t help but flash on Little Women, and Villamel is a perfect Jo.) Villamel’s ardor and pacing is drawn into the still well of Juliet played by Eunice Akinola (who doubles as Benvolio) rendered with blossoming awareness and a sense of awe at the doubling of passion she feels. Nicole King has both swagger and lethalness as Tybalt, while neatly playing the Nurse with sassiness and caring. Tripling as Mercutio, Lady Capulet and the Friar, Amanda Kristin Nichols uses a precisely calibrated physicality with sharp comic timing yet with entirely different effect for each. This is a production to be savored, rich in language and action, beautifully imagined. Brava. •
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Defending the Land of Marvel The Defenders Expands the Marvel universe By Br yan VanC ampe n The Defenders, now streaming on Netflix.
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nce again, Netf lix has dropped a new series that I have to watch, and once again, I didn’t see light (or people) for an entire business day. Marvel’s The Defenders is the culmination of phase one of their Netflix deal: four separate series comprising 52 episodes that establish Daredevil (Charlie Cox), Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter), Luke Cage (Mike Colter) and Iron Fist (Finn Jones) — and a second season of Daredevil — and now an eight-episode story that unites all four NYC heroes against Sigourney Weaver, a new and imposing player within the evil criminal cabal established as The Hand. At this point, Finn Jones’ wooden and whiney Iron Fist has proven to be the runt of the litter; it didn’t help that he dressed like Pee Wee Herman, and most of Jones’ fight sequences weren’t very well-stage — certainly not up to the level of Daredevil’s first season. Jones benefits from being part of the ensemble — I call that “The Thor Effect” — but the new series depends too much on him as the core of the story, and Jones just isn’t as interesting, defined or well-written as the other three Marvel True Believers. I dig Krysten Ritter’s surly self-loathing as Jessica Jones the most; she may be the best reluctant hero since Bruce Willis in the Die Hard series. (For you Jessica Jones fans, a second season is on the way.) One thing I’ve come to appreciate about Netf lix’s Marvel shows, aside from their more grounded and, frankly, adult milieus is that they haven’t settled into any kind of story formula. Sometimes we don’t meet the bad guy until episode four and sometimes, they’re among the first characters
we meet — and usually with smarter and more nuanced notions of crime drama. Weaver is about as far from a typical villainess as you’d expect, more of a troubled matriarch and a better and wiser adversary than she might seem to be at first. S ome e pi s o de s h ave short, punchy pre-credits sequences, while another
Dawson is the MVP of this entire series. More than any other actor, she has helped convince the world that all these disparate heroes could live in the same city. Just when I was really beginning to tire of how silly the whole notion of Iron Fist feels, Dawson entered the story, began making the kind of sardonic comments I was
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will kick off with a much longer and involved flashback that generally shed interesting light on events happening back in the present. The difference between eight episodes and 13 is significant, and I think it takes a good direction. The Defenders offers a solid story that would have felt padded were it any longer. And considering how many characters have to be woven together from four series, The Defenders is now a true ensemble. It was fun seeing now-beloved characters return to the narrative, and with actors like Elden Henson, Jessica Henwick, Simone Missick, Deborah Ann Woll, Carrie-Anne Moss, Élodie Yung and Scott Glenn, the Netflix MCU is populated with some very well-defined characters. And even with all the great ta lent I just mentioned, it’s clear Rosario
making as a viewer, and raised the whole enterprise a letter grade. If you’re familiar with Final Draft, a software program that formats screenplays, I have a hunch that future editions will have a new command key: Command R means “Rosario Dawson enters.” By the way, comic book af icionados like my old buddy Ken Pardee know that Netf lix’s crew aren’t even the actual original Defenders. For you casual fans, that lineup consisted of Doctor Strange, Hulk, Namor (AKA The Submariner) and the Silver Surfer. If Marvel can rescue Namor from the depths of development hell, that means that Marvel’s movie arm could have another version of The Defenders. When is enough going to be too much? Not yet, obviously.•
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Judy Collins and Stephen Stills share a laugh together. The pair have been friends and musical partners for decades. (Photo provided)
Steven Stills & Judy Collins — 8 p.m. Monday, Aug. 28 at the Anderson Center’s Osterhout Theater at SUNY Binghamton.
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udy Collins says the best thing about touring with her friend Stephen Stills is that she is now a “rock ’n’ roll guitar player.” The chestnut brown canary, as Stills immortalized her in the classic “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes,” when the two were a couple in the late 1960s, is in the middle of 50-concert tour with her old beau. Although they maintained a friendship for 50 years, this is the first time they’ve taken a show on the road together. It stops in Vestal Aug. 28 at the Anderson Center for the Performing Arts on SUNY Binghamton’s campus. Collins, whose career started in the late 1950s as a classical pianist and vocalist, is best known for her ballads, “Send in the Clowns,” “Suzanne” and “Both Sides Now” that at 78, she still sings in a flawless crystalline voice. The New York Times has called the singer “the ageless wild angel of pop.” 28
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But Stills, 72, a member of the legendary bands Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills and Nash and, most recently, The Rides with Kenny Wayne Shepherd, comes out of a guitar master’s history (he is ranked 28th on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 100 best guitarists of all time) that began with his performances with Jimi Hendrix in the late ’60s. Put simply, he rocks, and Collins is happily going right along with it. “I love what we’re doing. It’s so much fun; we talk and we laugh, and we never really did that when we were together,” said Collins in a phone interview last week from her hotel in Alexandria, Virgina, where she and Stills had a two-night engagement. She jokes that they should have gone straight to being recording and touring partners and skipped the tumultuous romance — no surprise, Collins said, when two people with rising careers, who are both “hungry, ambitious and bossy”; it’s impossible to manage that in the same room, let alone in a relationship. She has said it didn’t stand a chance.
During a concert in Atlanta early in the tour, Stills offered the wry comment that “the secret to our chemistry is that we married other people.” On the road, Stills has been a “warm, sweet, kind and loving person,” Collins said. “He takes my guitar every night, and brings it back tuned.” The tour, and the pair’s new album Everybody Knows, (due out Sept. 22 on Collins’ label, Wildf lower/Cleopatra) is something that Collins and Stills talked about a lot and meant to do for a long time. “We knocked this around for a few years, but both of us had big projects that all rolled together, and now, we finally have time to do it,” Collins said. They would have liked to have the album ready for when the tour began in late July, but will settle for the late September release and will have it to sell on the road at that point. S o, how d id t he y decide what to record? She knew she wanted a Leonard Cohen song, a tribute to her friend who died in 2016 and whose career she helped launch by recording “Suzanne.” She chose “Everybody Knows,” for the new album and Stills quickly agreed that it should also be the title. They looked to Bob Dylan for “Girl from the North Country,” to the Traveling Wilburys for “Handle with Care,” and the first song that Stills and Collins ever wrote together, “Who Knows Where the Time Goes.” Collins also included “Houses,” which she wrote for Stills after they broke up and a new song, “River of Gold.” Stills’ “So Begins the Task,” “Judy” and “Questions” are also on the album. And what can the audience in Binghamton expect to hear? If the show in Atlanta was any indication, some of the songs will come from the new album. Stills will also offer up “What it’s Worth,” “Treetop Flyer” and “Bluebird,” which promises a soaring guitar solo. And Collins, with a nod to Joni Mitchell, will sing “Both Sides Now” and “Chelsea Morning.” Fifty shows between the end of July and early November might tire out performers decades younger than Stills and Collins, but is a lifestyle they are used to. Collins insists that her manager and her agent put together the tour so it would be enjoyable and not exhausting. “We have about a 10-day break at one point,” she said. Besides, the word “retirement” is not in Collins’ vocabulary. When the journey with Stills is over, she will jump into a tour to promote her new book, Cravings, about her struggle with eating disorders and addiction. She also has another new CD out, A Love Letter to Stephen Sondheim, and will do some shows in New York City, where she lives with her husband, designer Louis Nelson, and several cats. The couple has been together since 1979 but married in 1996. “Artists, musicians, writers, we don’t retire,” Collins said. “There is no reason to retire; especially when we are getting better and better and keep learning new things.” •
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Nana’s Naughty Snickers Nana’s Naughty Knickers showcases hilarity By Br yan VanC ampe n Nana’s Naughty Knickers, by Katherine DiSavino. Directed by Ryan S. Gibbs; scenic design by Shelley Barrish; costume design by Ricky Lurie; lighting design by Eric Behnke; props design b y Te r r y B a k e r ; s o u n d design by Seth Asa Sengel. At Cortland Repertory Theatre through Aug. 26.
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t’s a long-standing tradition that CRT Artistic Director Kerby Thompson introduces the evening’s fare clad in costumes tied in theme to the show. As the lights dimmed for a performance of Katherine DiSavino’s Nana’s Naughty Knickers, I wondered what Thompson would be wearing. Well, not to be a tease — in keeping with the show — but you’ll just have to see for yourself. And remember: Dignity. Always dignity. There’s not much dignified going on this farce guaranteed to put a smile on your face. All the action takes place in the spacious New York City rent-controlled apartment occupied by Sylvia Charles (Peggy Lewis), who inherited the place with her late husband from a prosperous bootlegger. Her granddaughter, Bridget (Jennifer Brunker), is moving in for the summer under the watchful yet affectionate eye of beat cop Tom O’Grady (Tom DeMichele). Bridget soon discovers t hat her Na na, who worked at Ma idenform for decades, is running an illegal boutique out of the apartment — just the kind of information that Sylvia’s cheapskate landlord Gil Schmidt (Charles Baran) would love to use against her to evict her. A very big — and very wrong (and I do mean wrong) shipment of merchandise is delivered, Sylvia’s biggest client is due imminently and the cop and the landlord keep popping in at t he most
inopportune moments. All this is set up: Act Two pic k s up t he ver y moment where we left the action, and the comedy really ratchets up. As with all good farces, part two is all pay-off. I picture the cast backstage, rubbing their hands like the Joker in Batman: “Wait’ll they get a
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load of us.” There are three doors and an arch onstage, which is a lways a good sign, and Shelly Barish’s homey and innocuous set hides some of the most jawdropping surprises you’re likely to see. Aficionados of deft physical comedy will agree that the way Brunker “helps” DeMichele exit his first scene in Act Two is about as good as it gets. The entire cast clicks, though Lee’s rhythms as Sylv ia seemed a bit of f. Brunker makes the most of Bridget’s logical resistance to topics like jail time and tax evasion, getting drunker as things go from bad to worse. The supporting players are pure comedy gold. Sebast ia n Ryder pret t y well steals the show as Sylvia’s sarcastic but game bestie, Vera Walters. Clad
that he didn’t use in CRT’s last production of Appointment With Death. Blustering around in a ver y unfortunate green-checked jacket — kudos to costume designer Ricky Lurie, who had a Herculean task to do for a show like this — Barish seems to have stormed in from a great old Frank Tashlin movie. Caiti Marlowe is a sassy, funny and sexy standout as the slinky and ambitious Heasther Van Pree; like all great support players, you want to peel off with her and see what her life is like. Nancy Kane, last seen in CRT’s Footloose, is also terrific in a role best left unspoiled, and Josh Apker has a nice bit as an amorous UPS man. Too bad he didn’t show up for the curtain call. •
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The Notorious Stringbusters | 7:00 PM-10:00 PM, 8/23 Wednesday | Stonecat Café, 5315 Rt 414, Hector | (Dance)
8/24 Thursday
David Graybeard | 6:00 PM-9:00 PM, 8/24 Thursday | Two Goats Brewing, 5027 State Rte 414, Burdett | (Blues, Folk, Roots, Rock) Richman and the Poor Boys | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, 8/24 Thursday | Six Mile Creek Vineyard, 1551 Slaterville Rd, Ithaca | (Covers, Classic rock ‘n’ roll) Robin Burnett & Friends | 6:00 PM-9:00 PM, 8/24 Thursday | Grist Iron Brewing, 4880 State Route 414, Burdett | (Rock, Country) Triple Down | 7:00 PM, 8/24 Thursday | Ransom Steele Tavern, 552 Main St, Apalachin | (Jazz, Funk, R&B)
8/25 Friday
NEO Project | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, 8/25 Friday | Americana Vineyards, 4367 E Covert Rd, Interlaken | (Soul, Jazz, Funk) The Hilltoppers | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, 8/25 Friday | Felicia’s Atomic Brewhouse and Bakery, 45 E Main St, Trumansburg | (Neo-traditional bluegrass) Sandbox | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, 8/25 Friday | Hopshire Farm & Brewery, 1771 Dryden Rd, Freeville | (Folk, Covers) JackTwoOffSuit | 7:00 PM-10:00 PM, 8/25 Friday | Heavily Brewing Co., 2471 Hayes Rd, Montour Falls |
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The Hilltoppers | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, 8/26 Saturday | Americana Vineyards, 4367 E Covert Rd, Interlaken | (Folk) The Six Mile Creek Boys | 6:00 PM-9:00 PM, 8/26 Saturday | Boathouse Beer Garden, 6128 State Route 89, Romulus | (Acoustic, Folk, Blues) Paul Kempkes, Dr. K | 6:30 PM-9:30 PM, 8/26 Saturday | Seneca Harbor Station, 3 N Franklin St, Watkins Glen | (Acoustic) The Overrrated | 7:00 PM-10:00 PM, 8/26 Saturday | Heavily Brewing Co., 2471 Hayes Rd, Montour Falls | (Rock, Dance) Qwister | 7:00 PM-10:00 PM, 8/26 Saturday | Grist Iron Brewing, 4880 NY-414, Burdett | (Reggae) Common Railers | 8:00 PM, 8/26 Saturday | Silver Line Tap Room, 19 W Main St, Trumansburg | Novak Nanni Duo | 8:00 PM-11:00 PM, 8/26 Saturday | Two Goats Brewing,
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Cayuga Blue Notes | 11:00 AM-2:00 PM, 8/27 Sunday | Stonecat Café, 5315 Rt 414, Hector | (Blues, Folk) Pat Comstock & Scott Muir | 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, 8/27 Sunday | Grist Iron Brewing, 4880 NY-414, Burdett | (Singer-songwriter) Portajohn Blackout | 4:00 PM-7:00 PM, 8/27 Sunday | Two Goats Brewing, 5027 State Rte 414, Burdett | Laila Belle | 4:00 PM-6:00 PM, 8/27 Sunday | Americana Vineyards, 4367 E Covert Rd, Interlaken | (Country, Folk)
8/29 Tuesday
Adam Clark | 9:30 AM, 8/29 Tuesday | The Range, 119 E State St, Ithaca | (Pop, Rock, Singer/songwriter) ongoing
8/23 Wednesday
Djug Django | 6:00 PM-9:00 PM, 8/23 Wednesday | 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, 8/23 Wednesday | Ahimsa Yoga Studio, 215 N Cayuga St., Ithaca | (Spiritual)
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Reggae Social Club | 9:00 PM, 8/23 Wednesday | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | (Reggae)
Sunset Music Series: Richman and the Poor Boys | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, 8/24 Thursday | Six Mile Creek Vineyard, 1551 Slaterville Rd, Ithaca | (Blues, Oldies) Billy Strings | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, 8/24 Thursday | East Side Park, 1 East Main St., Norwich | (Bluegrass) The Chris Robinson Brotherhood | 8:00 PM, 8/24 Thursday | The Haunt, 702 Willow Ave, Ithaca | (Southern Rock, Blues, Psychedelic Rock)
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Ryan MacEvoy McCullough, Lucy Fitz Gibbon | 8:00 PM, 8/26 Saturday | Barnes Hall, Cornell, Ithaca | Pianist Ryan MacEvoy McCullough and soprano Lucy Fitz Gibbon present a recital in advance of their appearance in the Wigmore Hall/Kohn Foundation International Song Competition. Program includes works by Schubert, Harbison, and Clara Schumann.
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8/24 Thursday
Who Let the Cats Out | 6:00 PM-7:30 PM, 8/24 Thursday | Collegetown Bagels, East Hill Plaza, Ithaca | (Jazz)
8/29 Tuesday
Tuesday Bluesday with Dan Paolangeli & Friends | 6:00 PM, 8/29 Tuesday | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | (Blues, Rock, Every Tuesday) Irish Music Session | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, 8/29 Tuesday | Argos Inn, 408 E State St, Ithaca | (Hosted by members of Traonach) Professor Tuesday’s Jazz Quartet | 8:00 PM-10:00 PM, 8/29 Tuesday | Madeline’s Restaurant, 215 E State St, Ithaca | (Jazz) I-Town Jazz Jam | 9:00 PM-11:59 PM, 8/29 Tuesday | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | (Local jazz jams, improv) concert
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Robert Randolph | 2:00 PM, 8/23 Wednesday | Chevy Court, New York State Fairgrounds, Syracuse | Robert Randolph and the Family Band will be playing at The Great New York State Fair. 3 Doors Down | 8:00 PM-, 8/23 Wednesday | Chevy Court, New York State Fairgrounds, Syracuse | 3 Doors Down will be playing at The Great New York State Fair as part of a series of concerts.
Terry Plater has new oil paintings on display at Ithaca’s Eye Gallery. Entitled “Family Values,” the exhibition showcases familial bonds both in a personal sense and in a universal sense. (Art: Terry Plater)
Chevelle | 8:00 PM, 8/24 Thursday | Chevy Court, New York State Fairgrounds, Syracuse | Playing at The Great New York State Fair.
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The Fabulous Thunderbirds | 2:00 PM, 8/25 Friday | Chevy Court, New York State Fairgrounds, Syracuse | The Fabulous Thunderbirds will be playing at The Great New York State Fair as part of a concert series. Tailor Made | 6:00 PM-9:00 PM, 8/25 Friday | King Ferry Winery Treleaven Wines, 658 Lake Rd, King Ferry | Part of the Treleaven Garden Concert Series. The Beach Boys | 7:00 PM, 8/25 Friday | Chevy Court, New York State Fairgrounds, Syracuse | The Beach Boys will be playing at The Great New York State Fair as part of a concert series.
Post Malone | 2:00 PM 8/27 Sunday | Chevy Court, New York State Fairgrounds, Syracuse | Post Malone will be playing at The Great New York State Fair as part of a concert series. James Spinazzola and Friends Jazz Combo | 7:00 PM, 8/27 Sunday | Carriage House Cafe, 305 Stewart Ave, Ithaca | Musicians from Ithaca, New York City, Rochester and Syracuse present an eclectic set of new music for jazz combo. James Spinazzola, saxophone & compositions; Paul Merrill, trumpet; Melissa Gardiner, trombone; Lizzy Lyon, cello; Julian Garvue, piano; Peter Chwazik, bass; and Tom Killian, drums. Earth, Wind & Fire | 8:00 PM, 8/27 Sunday | Chevy Court, New York State Fairgrounds, Syracuse | Earth, Wind & Fire will be playing at The Great New York State Fair.
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8/28 Monday
Herman’s Hermits Starring Peter Noone | 2:00 PM, 8/28 Monday | Chevy Court, New York State Fairgrounds, Syracuse | (Beat, Pop) Peter Noone | 2:00 PM-, 8/28 Monday | Chevy Court, New York State Fairgrounds, Syracuse | Peter Noone will be playing at The Great New York State Fair as part of a concert series. Kansas | 8:00 PM, 8/28 Monday | Chevy Court, New York State Fairgrounds, Syracuse | Kansas will be playing at The Great New York State Fair as part of a concert series.
8/29 Tuesday
The Marshall Tucker Band | 2:00 PM, 8/29 Tuesday | Chevy Court, New York State Fairgrounds, Syracuse | The Marshall Tucker Band will be playing at The Great New York State Fair as part of a concert series. Daya | 8:00 PM, 8/29 Tuesday | Chevy Court, New York State Fairgrounds, Syracuse | Daya will be playing at The Great New York State Fair as part of a concert series. ongoing
8/27 Sunday
Marc and Tom | 12:00 PM-3:00 PM, 8/27 Sunday | Hosmer Winery, 6999
State Route 89, Ovid | Live music from Tribal Revival Duo: Marc & Tom. Serving up fresh mimosas as well as wine and beer by the glass and bottle.
Film The Great White Trail | 8:00 PM, 8/26 Saturday | Taughannock Falls State Park, 2221 Taughannock Park Rd, Trumansburg | The Seventh Annual Silent Movie Under the Stars this year will be The Great White Trail, which is a film made about a hundred years ago that was filmed in Robert H. Treman Park. Live music and the original score will be performed. Cinemapolis
Friday, 8/25 to Thursday, 8/31. Contact Cinemapolis for Showtimes An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power | A decade after An Inconvenient Truth (2006) brought climate change into the heart of popular culture comes the follow-up that shows just how close we are to a real energy revolution. | 98 mins PG | Brigsby Bear | Brigsby Bear Adventures is a children’s TV show produced for an audience of one: James. When the show abruptly
ends, James’s life changes forever, and he sets out to finish the story | 100 mins PG-13 | The Glass Castle | A young girl comes of age in a dysfunctional family of nonconformist nomads with a mother who’s an eccentric artist and an alcoholic father who would stir the children’s imagination with hope as a distraction to their poverty. | 127 mins PG-13 | Good Time | A bank robber finds himself unable to evade those who are looking for him. | 100 mins R | Ingrid Goes West | An unhinged social media stalker moves to LA and insinuates herself into the life of an Instagram star. | 97 mins R | Patti Cake$ | Patti Cake$ is centered on aspiring rapper Patricia Dombrowski, a.k.a. Killa P, a.k.a. Patti Cake$, who is fighting an unlikely quest for glory in her downtrodden hometown in New Jersey. | 108 mins R | Step | Step shows the senior year of a girls’ high-school step dance team against the background of inner-city Baltimore. | 84 mins PG | Regal Ithaca
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Logan Lucky | Two brothers attempt to pull off a heist during a NASCAR race in North Carolina.| 119 mins PG-13 | Spider-Man: Homecoming | Several months after the events of Captain America: Civil War, Peter Parker, with the help of his mentor Tony Stark, tries to balance his life as an ordinary high school student in Queens while fighting crime as his superhero alter ego Spider-Man as a new threat, the Vulture, emerges. | 133 mins PG-13 | The Hitman’s Bodyguard | The world’s top bodyguard gets a new client, a hit man who must testify at the International Court of Justice. They must put their differences aside and work together to make it to the trial on time. | 118 mins R | War for the Planet of the Apes | After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind.| 140 mins PG-13 | The Nutjob 2: Nutty By Nature | Following the events of the first film, Surly and his friends must stop Oakton City’s mayor from destroying their home to make way for a dysfunctional amusement park. | 91 mins PG | The Big Sick | A couple deals with
their cultural differences as their relationship grows. | 120 mins R | Dunkirk | Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire and France are surrounded by the German army and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II.| 116 mins PG-13 | Girls Trip | When four lifelong friends travel to New Orleans for the annual Essence Festival, sisterhoods are rekindled, wild sides are rediscovered, and there’s enough dancing, drinking, brawling, and romancing to make the Big Easy blush. | 122 mins R | Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets | A dark force threatens Alpha, a vast metropolis and home to species from a thousand planets. Special operatives Valerian and Laureline must race to identify the marauding menace and safeguard not just Alpha, but the future of the universe. | 137 mins PG-13 Atomic Blonde | An undercover MI6 agent is sent to Berlin during the Cold War to investigate the murder of a fellow agent and recover a missing list of double agents. | 115 mins R | The Emoji Movie | Gene, a multiexpressional emoji, sets out on a journey to become a normal emoji.| 86 mins PG | The Dark Tower | The last Gunslinger, Roland Deschain, has been locked in an eternal battle with Walter O’Dim, also known as the Man in Black, determined to prevent him from toppling the Dark Tower, which holds the universe together. With the fate of the worlds at stake, good and evil will collide in the ultimate battle as only Roland can defend the Tower from the Man in Black | 95 mins PG-13 Kidnap | A mother stops at nothing to recover her kidnapped son.| 81 mins R || Detroit | Amidst the chaos of the Detroit Rebellion, with the city under curfew and as the Michigan National Guard patrolled the streets, three young African American men were murdered at the Algiers Motel.| 143 mins R || Annabelle: Creation | Several years after the tragic death of their little girl, a dollmaker and his wife welcome a nun
Stage The House of Merlot Fundrager | 9:00 PM, 8/24 Thursday | The Range, 119 E State St, Ithaca | The House of Merlot will be hosting a show at The Range to benefit Dewitt Middle School. Donating any one pre-packaged item (paper, pencils, notebooks, etc.) will give you $1 off entry. For more information about discounts and what The House of Merlot is accepting, visit The House of Merlot on Facebook. Moving Landscapes: Innovative Dance | 7:30 PM, 8/27 Sunday | CRS Barn Studio, 2622 North Triphammer Road, Ithaca | By Triphammer Arts, this dance showcase will feature innovative dance choreography outdoors — rain or shine. ongoing The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas | 7:30 PM, 8/23 Wednesday | Merry-Go-Round Playhouse, 6877 E Lake Rd, Auburn | It’s the 1970s in a fictional town of Gilbert, Texas. Miss Mona and her girls are under fire from the religious televangelist Melvin P. Thorpe and, well, all hell breaks loose on the chicken ranch! Based on the true story of a legendary Texas brothel, this funny, sexy, high energy song and dance comedy about the oldest profession will laugh you right out of your seat. Comedy Night | 7:00 PM, 8/24 Thursday | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | (Improv, Stand up. Hosted by Comedy FLOPs) Nana’s Naughty Knickers | 8/26 Saturday | Cortland Repertory Theatre, Dwyer Memorial Park Pavilion, Preble | This comedy is written by written by Katherine DiSavino and features a young woman excited to visit her grandmother — until shenaniga ns ensue. Evening showtimes at 7:30 p.m. and matinees at 2 p.m. Shakespeare’s R & J | 8:00 PM, 8/26 Saturday | Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Shakespeare’s language has never felt so contemporary in this retelling of the most famous romance ever told. Fall in love all over again with this timeless story of fate, chance, and star-crossed
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Doctoral pianist Ryan MacEvoy McCullough and soprano Lucy Fitz Gibbon present a recital in advance of their appearance in the Wigmore Hall/Kohn Foundation International Song Competition in London in September. The two will perform three sets of songs by a range of composers including Franz Schubert, Clara Schumann, and John Harbison. (Photo provided)
The Clay School of Ithaca celebrates its second birthday with clay and cake. The school opened in 2015 after Cornell University’s Ceramics Studio closed in 2011. The owners of the Clay School filled the void left behind from Cornell, and that void has now been filled for two years. (Photo: Michael Nocella)
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throughout the day. Every hour will feature a lecture on another woman in history. Corn Festival and Tractor Show | 12:00 PM-6:00 PM, 8/26 Saturday | Klumpp Park, , Village of Windsor | Don’t forget to bring a canned or boxed food item for Windsor Human Development. There will be many food offering from BBQ chicken, roasted corn, walk away tacos and more. There will also be a Corn Hole tournament and face painting. Medley on Linden | 4:00 PM-7:00 PM, 8/27 Sunday | Downtown Geneva, Linden Street, Geneva | Thirty restaurants, wineries and breweries will offer tastes of their food and drinks. Smith Center for the Arts brings Medley on Linden back to downtown Geneva this year. The Great New York State Fair | Beginning 8/23 | New York State Fair, 581 State Fair Blvd., Syracuse | Visit nysfair.ny.gov for listings, events, vendors, and more.
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Tea Bar, 139 W State St, Ithaca | Tarot Salon Ithaca is a co-manifested space for all who are drawn to, enchanted by and create with Tarot. Come share your insights, engage in discussion, exchange readings, and explore Tarot in a supportive community setting. The Ultimate Purpose Rap Session: A Free Speech - Open Forum Discussion | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, 8/29 Tuesday | Room #3, 2nd Floor, Above The Mate Factor Cafe, 143 Center of the Commons, Ithaca | We have tea, cookies, and a lively open discussion on the deep issues concerning humanity and our future.
Special Events Women’s Equality Day | 9:30 AM-4:30 PM, 8/26 Saturday | Women’s Rights National Historic Park, 136 Fall St, Seneca Falls | A continuous program
The Great New York State Fair, 581 State Fair Blvd, Syracuse Wednesday, Aug. 23, to Monday, Sept. 4
The Great New York State Fair is back again for another year full of food, music, rides and more. Featuring bands such as 3 Doors Down and The Beach Boys, the fair is also celebrating its 171st birthday. (Photo provided)
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Kids Outdoor Adventure Camp | 8/23 Wednesday | West Hill, , Ithaca | From Aug. 21-25. This outdoor adventure camp is bilingual in German and English. The camp will feature fire-pit baking, hikes in the woods, games, crafts, puppet shows and more. Contact Marion Gunderson for more information at marigun1@verizon.net, 607-227-5362. Science Together: Making Observations | 10:30 AM, 8/24 Thursday | Sciencenter, 601 1st St, Ithaca | Make observations about ice. Engage with your toddlers and preschoolers as you explore science through stories and self-guided, hands-on activities. Learn a different science process each week and discover ways to keep the science fun going at home. First Day of Kindergarten Storytime |
11:00 AM, 8/24 Thursday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Children beginning kindergarten this fall are invited to shake out their first-day-of-school jitters before the school year begins during Tompkins County Public Library’s My First Day of Kindergarten Storytime. Creek Walk for Kids and Families | 10:00 AM, 8/26 Saturday | Thayer Preserve, 1 Townline Road, Ithaca | Hosted by the Finger Lakes Land Trust, join the Land Trust for an exploration of what lives under the rocks and in the streambed of Lick Brook at the Thayer Preserve. More info and directions at www.fllt.org/events Baby Signs With Jill Barbuti van Leuken | 12:30 PM-1:00 PM, 8/26 Saturday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Baby Signs With Jill Barbuti van Leuken is a weekly program designed to help caregivers communicate with their pre-verbal infants. Packed with baby play time, Baby Signs programs will teach gestures specially modified from American Sign Language for young learners. ongoing Summer Sprouts | 10:00 AM-11:00 AM, 8/23 Wednesday | Ithaca Children’s Garden, South End of Cass Park, Route 89, Ithaca | Story time at 10 a.m. in the garden. Experience the wonders of gardening through stories and hands-on gardening projects. Learn about gardens and the creatures that live there, then dig in with your own two hands! Summer Baby Storytime | 10:30 AM-11:00 AM, 8/25 Friday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | These fun filled programs will include stories, songs, rhymes, baby sign language and early literacy tips. Baby Storytime sessions will be immediately followed by an hour-long Baby and Toddler Playtime, designed to encouraged socialization and hands-on learning through informal free-play. For more information, contact the Library’s Youth Services Department at (607) 272-4557 extension 275. Stories in the Park | 11:30 AM-12:00 PM, 8/29 Tuesday | Dewitt Park Farmers Market, , Ithaca | Children and families are invited to join library staff for lively stories, music and family fun, and stay for lunch and shopping at the Market. For more information, contact the library’s Youth Services Department at (607) 272-4557 extension 275.
The Chris Robinson Brotherhood,
The Haunt, Ithaca, Thursday, Aug. 24, 8-11 p.m. Hailing from California, The Chris Robinson Brotherhood meshes psychedelic guitar licks with hints of folk and blues. The band also thrives on the unexpected, constantly changing things up between albums and shows. They’ll be on a national tour until the end of January 2018, stopping in Ithaca on Thursday before continuing to Woodstock. (Photo provided)
Health The Dragon’s Way | 5:30 PM-6:30 PM, 8/23 Wednesday | T-Fit Studio, 61 W Main St, Trumansburg | A six-week fitness program designed for weight loss. For more information call or text Shawn Tubridy at (607) 279-6543. Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous Weekly Meeting | 8:00 AM-9:30 AM, 8/26 Saturday | Just Be Cause Center, 1013 W. State Street, Ithaca | Twelve-step recovery program for those who can’t control their eating. No dues, fees, or weigh-ins. Long-term help for overeaters, undereaters and bulimics. Sacred Sunday Community at Yoga Farm | 9:00 AM-11:15 AM, 8/27 Sunday | Yoga Farm, 404 Conlon Rd, Lansing | Sacred Sundays Community at Yoga Farm. All are Welcome.Discover Your Self & Awaken Your Kindest HumanityPray. Move. Sit. Connect. Mid-Day Mindfulness Sessions | 12:00 PM-12:30 PM, 8/29 Tuesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Facilitated by psychotherapist and Certified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Teacher Anna Salamone, RN, LCSW, these sessions will encourage participants to shift out of automatic pilot mode and observe the workings of the mind, body and emotions. Yoga Mind and Body Meditation Series | 5:00 PM-6:00 PM, 8/23 Wednesday | WSH Art Gallery, 136 Ho Plaza, Ithaca | In this class we will explore yoga through movement, breath work, and meditation. We will awaken and invigorate the body & mind through breathing techniques and a sequence of gentle active postures and soothing stretches. Then we will move towards more passive postures and meditation to relax and rejuvenate the body and mind. This class is open to all levels and all bodies. Take off Pounds Sensibly | 6:00 PM, 8/24 Thursday | Candor Town Hall, 101 Owego Road, Candor | Contact Jean Dewey Leader 659-9969 or jmdewey@ frontiernet.net
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Heads Up Raging Funds
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The House of Merlot fundrager to benefit Dewitt Middle School, Thursday, Aug. 24, 9 p.m., The Range
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Science Showtime! Science of Social Media | 2:00 PM, 8/26 Saturday | Sciencenter, Ithaca | Find out what scientists can learn from social media posts with Professor Drew Margolin from Cornell’s Department of Communication. Garden Tours | 2:00 PM-3:00 PM, 8/26 Saturday | Cornell Botanic Gardens Nevin Welcome Center, 125 Comstock Knoll, Ithaca | Go on a guided tour and discover the Herb Garden, Flower Garden, Groundcover Collection, Tropical Container Display and more. Science Together: Problem Solving | 10:30 AM, 8/24Thursday | Sciencenter, 601 1st St, Ithaca | Build and test your own roller coaster! Engage with your toddlers and preschoolers as you investigate how to build and engineer through stories and self-guided, hands-on activities. Live Demo: The Coolest Science | 1:00 PM, 8/24 Thursday | Sciencenter, 601 1st St, Ithaca | Join the Educators to discover how
Athena Merlot struts her stuff before an audience. Backup artists complement her performance. (Photo provided) ing notebooks, art supplies, pencils, pens, non-toxic markers, backpacks, rulers — anything that will help a student learn in the classroom. Hand-me-down supplies will also be accepted but are not preferred. While this rager will be benefitting Dewitt Middle School, it’s not The House of Merlot’s first fundrager. In the past, the team has raised money for both Planned
different items react to the extreme temperatures of dry ice and liquid nitrogen. ongoing Tree Phenology Walk Series | 10:30 AM-11:00 AM, 8/24 Thursday | Cayuga Nature Center, 1420 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Join the Cayuga Nature Center for the series of weekly citizen science walks to observe and collect data on seasonal changes in trees. Garden & Arboretum Hike | 10:00 AM-12:35 PM, 8/26 Saturday | Brian C. Nevin Welcome Center, 124 Comstock Knoll Drive, Ithaca | Take it outside on this extended hike through the diverse plant collections and landscapes of the Cornell Botanic Gardens. Guided Gorge Hikes | 11:00 AM-1:00 PM, 8/26 Saturday | Fall Creek Gorge, across from Johnson Art Museum; Cascadilla Gorge, Treman Triangle Park, University Avenue or Linn Street, Ithaca | Come explore Ithaca’s gorges with Cornell’s knowledgeable Gorge Stewards. Drop-In and Volunteer! | 5:00
Parenthood and the Trevor Project. Robby Brown-LaBar, one of the headmistresses in The House of Merlot who goes by Athena Merlot when in drag, said the house will be hosting more fundraisers in the future since many house members find it important to benefit the Ithaca community. Like other fundragers and The House of Merlot shows, each of the drag
PM-7:00 PM, 8/29 Tuesday | Brian C. Nevin Welcome Center (Parking Lot), 124 Comstock Knoll Drive, Ithaca | Stop by and unwind from your day with some evening weeding therapy.
Art Family Values: Terry Plater | 8/23 Wednesday | Eye Gallery, 126 E State St, Ithaca | In Family Values, an exhibition by Terry Plater, a contemporary classicist premieres over a dozen new oil paintings celebrating familial bonds and how personal, yet universal they are. Emily Gibbons & Glen Sanders | 8/25 Friday | Zaza’s Cucina, 622 Cascadilla St, Ithaca | The exhibit will feature photographs from Nancy’s floral and wildlife series. Friday, August 25th between 5 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. will be her opening event. Brook Long | 8/25 Friday | Madeline’s Restaurant, 215 E State St, Ithaca | Brook Long uses simple methods to fragment, arrange, construct and abstract architectural space. The use
performers will take the stage in ornate costume and makeup. Performing Thursday are Cassanova Theking, Coraline Chardonnay, Dizzy DeScretion and Kat Von Riesling; featured performers will be Andy Le King, Dragon Phoenix, Kitana, Ty Herdown, Vanilla Rose and Veston Kuff; the house will also present special guest Jizelle Ovah. •
of transitional shifts evoke ambiguity within the spaces. Angelo Paradiso | 8/25 Friday | The Vape Flavourium, 79 E Market St, Corning | Angelo will be showing his new series Space Fruit. Brian Keeler | 8/25 Friday | North Star Art Gallery, 743 Snyder Hill Road, Ithaca | Brian Keeler’s collection of paintings called On the Water will be on display until Aug. 31 at North Star Gallery. Leah Armstrong | 8/25 Friday | Lot 10 Lounge, 106 S Cayuga St, Ithaca | Leah will be exhibiting her series from the GrassRoots Art Barn. Ariana Olsen | 8/25 Friday | Waffle Frolic, 146 E State St, Ithaca | Set of paintings. Artwork on display on both floors of Waffle Frolic. Mariana Sforza | 8/25 Friday | BellaCapelli Salon and Day Spa, 28 W Market St, Corning | Sforza will be showing her Funky Flower series. Peter Fortunato | 8/25 Friday | CAP ArtsSpace, 171 The Commons, Ithaca | Selected works by Peter Fortunato. Painted Pottery Night | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, 8/25 Friday |
Got Submissions? Send your events items – band gigs, benefits, meet-ups, whatever – to arts@ithacatimes.com.
Showtime! Science of Social Media,
Cornell Cinema, Willard Straight Hall, Ithaca Wednesday, Aug. 23, 7-10 p.m.
Sciencenter, Ithaca, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2 p.m.
This documentary dives into the importance of sustainable living — especially in a time of climate change deny. It may seem overwhelming to live each day knowing the damages that have been done to the planet, but this film urges its viewers to think on the future today to build a better life for tomorrow. (Photo provided)
Ever wonder what your friend’s social media post means? This showtime at the Sciencenter explores the science behind social media, breaking down what different posts may mean from a scientific standpoint. This event will feature professor Drew Margolin from Cornell’s Department of Communication. (Photo provided)
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South Hill Business Campus Suite 28, 950 Danby Road, Ithaca | The Clay School of Ithaca will provide four choices of pre-made ceramic forms: plate, mug, heart bowl or vase. After you paint a design on them, they will be fired and ready to pick-up one week later. Eva M. Capobianco | 8/26 Saturday | State Of The Art, 120 W State St Ste 2, Ithaca | Sculptures by Eva M. Capobianco on display through Aug. 27. The Clay School of Ithaca’s Second Birthday Party | 4:00 PM-6:00 PM, 8/26 Saturday | South Hill Business Campus Suite 28, 950 Danby Road, Ithaca | The Clay School is turning 2! Come play and eat cake.
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without cost to workers who cannot reasonably return to their permanent residence at the end o the 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, $12.38 per hr. Applicants apply at Franklin/Hampshire Career Center, One Arch Place, Greenfield, MA 01301, 413-774-4361 or the nearest office of the SWA. Job order #9183543. May perform any combination of tasks related to the planting, cultivating, and processing of fruit and vegetable crops including, but not limited to driving, operating, adjusts and maintain farm machines, preparing soil, planting, pruning, weeding, thinning, spraying, irrigating, mowing, harvesting, grading, packing. May use hand tools such as shovel, pruning saw, and hoe. 1 month experience in duties listed required.
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Guilford, CT needs 2 temporary workers 9/1/2017 to 11/1/2017, 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. $12.38 per hr. or applicable piece rate. 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 #97998. Diversified fruit and vegetable farm. General duties include: seeding, transplanting, writing labels for transplants, weeding, thinning, cultivating and pruning, less than 15% of the season; planting 15% of the season; harvesting, picking and packing by hand various crops such as leafy vegetables, legumes, squash, tomatoes, root crops, berries apples, peaches and pears 70% of the season. Other duties include weeding, cutting, and arranging cut-flowers, use of hand tools, setting up, operating and/or repairing farm machinery and fencing. Ability t o 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 %’s listed are estimates. Workers may spend 0-100% of their time performing any of the activities listed.
City of Ithaca
is accepting applications for the following: School Lunch Manager #60-282:Currently, there is one vacancy in the Ithaca City School District. Min. Quals: Visit website. Salary $29,940. Residency: Tompkins County or one of its 6 contiguous counties. Application Deadline: 9/14/17. Exam Date: 10/28/17. Sidewalk Program Manager #69-885: Currently, there is one vacancy in the Department of Public Works. Min Quals: Visit website. Salary: $52,043. Residency: Tompkins County. Application Deadline: 9/14/17. Exam Date: 10/28/17. City of Ithaca HR 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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Rogers Orchard
Southington, CT needs 7 temporary workers 9/1/2017 to 10/28/2017, 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, $12.38 per h,. or applicable piece rate. 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 #97427. 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
The City of Ithaca
is accepting applications for the following: GIAC Program Assistant: Currently, there is one vacancy in GIAC. Min. Quals: None. Spec. Req: Valid driver license. Salary: $17.0352/hour. Hours: 25 hrs/wk. Deadline: 9/7/17. City of Ithaca HR 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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Four Seasons Landscaping Inc.
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Available Now Downtown 1 Bedroom in Historic Building. Intercom/Security/DW. Carpeted, Furnished, Bus near by. Heat Included. Carol, CSP Management, 277-6961. CSP Management.com
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Portable sawmill service, making usable lumber from your very own logs. Visit us today at sawitcoming.net or call 607-220-7242
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Priced right townhouses for first time home buyers! $112,000 to $145,000. Downtown Ithaca - Hancock St. and Lake Ave. Two or three bedroom units. Income qualification required. Please call 607-277-4500 x503 for more information. Open house: August 24 from 5:00 to 7>00.
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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
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CLINICAL INSTRUCTOR OCM BOCES Cortlandville Campus in Cortland, NY has the need for a part-time Clinical Instructor - Health Occupations Program on Thursdays and Fridays, from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Work with high school juniors and seniors teaching basic
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Open House 8/24 - 2-6,
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607-319-4002
108 Asterlane, Ithaca
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