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The current set-up at the entrance to City Hall, which includes security footage, one security guard and a metal detector. (Photo by Casey Martin)
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IPD investigating possible overdose death in West Village
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he Ithaca Police Department, accompanied by Bangs EMS, responded to 150 West Village Pl. to investigate an incident involving two unresponsive people on August 21, according to a press release. Once police arrived on the scene, they found Bangs EMS administering CPR to the two patients. One patient was able to be revived and was transported to Cayuga Medical Center for treatment, but the second patient was deceased at the scene. She was identified as Kelly Martin, a 42 year old female resident of the City of Ithaca. An investigation is ongoing at this time. While the deaths appear to have been caused by an overdose, according to police, the Medical Examiner has not ruled on the official cause of death at the time of the writing. “There are no significant updates to release,” IPD spokesperson Jamie Williamson wrote in an email on Monday. “It is still an active investigation.” In the initial press release from police, there were no indications that charges would be filed in connection with the incident. This is the first publicly reported overdose death in recent memory, though there have been small spikes at times in the last few years that have resulted in long-term investigation by police. For instance, in spring of this year several people reported being drugged at bars on the Commons during weekend nights out. After an initial warning to bar patrons, no further information has been released from that investigation. Staff R eports
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Photo IDs
Ithaca mulling photo ID mandate for City Hall
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rought this week before the City Administration (CA) Committee, Ithaca’s city government is discussing whether or not it wants to change its security protocol at City Hall, changes that could impact the ease and extent of access to the building for members of the general
public. The discussion was had in response to a memo sent by the city’s Chief of Staff Dan Cogan, who outlined the potential benefits and drawbacks such a law would have and detailed the background of how the city came to its current security protocol at City Hall, which
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involves one security guard stationed at the front entrance, a set of security cameras throughout the building and around its perimeter, and a metal detector for each person who enters (except City employees, appointees and elected officials, who also don’t have to pass through the building’s metal detectors as long as they show their badge). An official proposal has not been discussed or advanced yet, just Cogan’s memo. The meeting’s discussion didn’t clear much up, but did show that the City of Ithaca understands at least some of the pitfalls that could accompany actual legislation requiring IDs for entry. Another alternative the memo mentions, which would theoretically be less obtrusive, is ensuring that people sign-in when entering the building. “Our current security protocols try to strike a balance between maximum safety for City employees and the public’s desire for unfettered access to local government,” reads the memo. “However, while we do not have uncontrolled public access to City Hall, we also do not have a reliable way to ensure that members of the public who have been flagged as security risks are identified at the security desk. Checking IDs would help with this.” The memo lists other benefits as discouraging problematic meeting attendees through heightened interaction with building security, and allowing security more opportunity to continued on page 11
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p.m. to 9 p.m. and depart from the Allan H. Treman Marina. Tickets are $20 for two people and $25 for adults. ▶▶ Sweet Music - As a part of the 2019 Summer Concert Series, Ithaca-based quartet, Honey Cave will be opening with harmony and strings. They’ll be opening for Staten Island-based
Local Rivalry gets venue bump
hip hop musician Heesun Lee on Aug. 29. The concert will be held at 6 p.m. at the Bernie Milton Pavilion located at 198 N. Tioga St and is free for all to attend. A concert bar will provide local brews from Seneca Beverage Corporation, Wines by Wagner Vineyards and Italian sodas.
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N e w s l i n e Appeals (BZA), had not been applied for or reviewed by the BZA, etc. The residents have also argued that allowing a gathering area, like the project’s parking lot, in the “fall zone” of a cell phone tower, which is the case in this project, violates city code. s the students make their anThe suit asks that the project be Planning Board Chair Robert Lewis denual trip back to Ithaca before the precluded from final site plan approval ferred comment to Lisa Nicholas, the city school semester begins, a legal until the lawsuit is resolved, vacating the Planning Department’s deputy planning battle may be brewing to stop the develop- Planning Board’s preliminary site plan director, who said she couldn’t comment. ment plans of another student rental spot approval on the grounds that it was “arbiA request for comment to City Attorney on South Hill. trary and capricious” (the general standard Ari Lavine went unanswered, as did a The proposed project, which would for Article 78 legal actions seeking relief) request for comment from Visum head be built at 815 S. Aurora St., is currently and arguing that the Planning Board did Todd Fox. before the Planning Board, which may opt not follow proper protocol to determine “These are good people,” said Mike to give the plan final site plan approval the project’s environmental impact (which Belmont, who is acting as the plaintiffs’ at its meeting this week (which will take it gave a “negative declaration;” in other spokesperson in the matter. “I’m sure place after press time for this the Visum people are good print edition—check this story people too. This isn’t an issue online for an update). But the over good folks and bad folks. board has also been named as It’s about what are the best a defendant in the lawsuit, filed practices that comply with the by neighbors of the project last kind of municipal codes and week, that seeks to appeal the regulations [...] and consider board’s decision to award the fully the environmental impact plan preliminary site plan apof a project.” proval in July. The project hasn’t been free The proposal calls for three of controversy before now, as it buildings at the site, which has drawn ire throughout the would hold 66 units and 150 planning process for being illbeds of student housing once placed and unnecessary, in the they are constructed. words of critics, some of whom Developers Visum Developare surely now involved in this ment, the City of Ithaca, Comlawsuit. As mentioned before, mon Council, other city bodies there’s also long-simmering anand other parties associated ger over what South Hill resiwith the project are all named dents have repeatedly called as defendants alongside the the “student rental creep” that Planning Board. The plainhas slowly eliminated their tiffs are listed as Brian Grout, family neighborhood. Susanne Dennis and James Other developments in the The proposed development at 815 S. Aurora St. is the subject Rogan, who are being reprearea have been the subject of of a lawsuit filed last week. (Photo provided) sented by local attorney Russell lawsuits, so this sort of suit Maines. All three own property isn’t totally unprecedented. To adjacent to the project’s site on cite one example from earlier words, the project will not have a signifiSouth Aurora Street. this year, the DeWitt House project, at the cant environmental impact, according to Among other charges, the suit alOld Library site on Cayuga Street, was the board), focusing on the increase in leges that the Planning Board “violates the subject of a last-minute Article 78 suit impervious surfaces the project will bring. during the uproar over that project’s asbesthe petitioner’s rights and threaten the It further alleges a variety of procedural health, safety and welfare of their residentos remediation tactics. The remediation violations, like that the preliminary site tial neighborhood,” language that will be continued, and the suit was withdrawn a plan approval could not have been validly familiar to anyone who has followed the month later. granted given that variances, which are anti-student rental efforts from South Hill M att Butler often approved by the Board of Zoning residents over the last few years.
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Lawsuit filed to stop South Hill student rental project
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Study finds 38% of Dryden residences substandard
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Richard Cunningham, of Thoma Development Consultants, speaks in front of the Dryden Town Council.. (Photo by Andrew Sullivan)
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he Dryden Town Council discussed at a meeting Aug. 15 the findings from a housing condition survey of the town’s properties that was conducted by Thoma Development Consultants. Richard Cunningham, President and Senior Consultant at Thoma Development
Consultants, was present at the meeting and shared the data and conclusions from the study to the councilpersons and the audience. The Town Council chose to fund a survey back in 2017 for the purpose of validating or disproving its concern that there are a high number of residents living in substandard housing. The survey would help inform whether or not the town would need housing rehabilitation funding. The conditions of housing were determined by a survey team, who examined nine building components and listed them as being either “sound” or having “minor,” “major” or “critical” deficiencies. continued on page 12
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Thumbs Up - The Green Building Policy could finally be coming, as local municipalities will begin gathering feedback on the policy over the next few weeks. It’s been a long road, but approving the policy could be crucial to moving toward the city’s climate goals. The first public feedback meeting date will be on Sept. 12 at Ithaca Town Hall at 6:00 p.m. and again at Ithaca Town Hall on Sept. 16 at 11:30 a.m. Both meetings are free and open to the public.
Bus Drivers
ICSD facing bus driver shortage with school arriving
Thumbs Down - Always sad to see a business in the heart of town heading out of business, but that’s just what we saw this week when Decorum-Too mounted signs on their door that they’d be closing down soon. The visible DeWitt Mall antique dealer will be missed by downtown shoppers, and frankly we’re hoping a similar business comes in since that seems like such a good fit there.
School districts are having trouble attracting new bus drivers, with long-time employees like Larry Park leaving the workforce and limited bodies to replace them. (Photo provided)
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he first day of school is merely days away, yet local school districts are still searching to fill some of their most important positions: bus drivers. As it stands now, Ithaca City School District (ICSD), for example, has about 10 less bus drivers than it would like, meaning former drivers and staff members are needed to handle routes as school begins. While it doesn’t look as if there’s any chance of a service disruption or significant delays, the district is mounting a recruiting effort to try to attract more people to apply for bus driver jobs. Their current roster of drivers sits at 75, and ideally the district would have 85 going into a school year. “I don’t think we’ve had to actually scale back the services that we provide for kids, we don’t ever want to do that,” ICSD’s Bob Van Keuren said. “We’re set to go Day 1, Hour 1, but this is going to be a constant recruitment effort moving forward for a few years.” Larry Park is one example of the kind of person the district could use more of. Parks has driven a bus for three decades after responding to a newspaper ad seeking bus drivers. “‘All the stuff I did on the bus, to the bus driver, with my colleagues on the bus, I ain’t going to have 60 kids behind me doing that to me,’” Park remembered saying at the time, laughing. “[But] I went down, applied, 30 years ago, and here I am. I’ll be retiring in June of 2020 with 31 years. Out of my 30 years, I haven’t had a bad route, at all.”
Park has had children with special needs on his buses over the last several years. He starts his days at around 6 a.m., finishing his morning route arund 8:30 a.m. He then makes mid-day runs, smaller trips reserved for students who have to go home early for whatever reason (most drivers starting out would have a four hour break during this time). Following that, he makes two trips from Caroline to take students home from there, then finishes with a trip to DeWitt Middle School and back out to stops after that. His day finishes around 5:30 p.m. “Larry’s a great example of it, you can come here early and if you want to drive for a career, you can stay,” Van Keuren said. “We have state retirement, health insurance, you’re paid a percentage of your salary for life, it’s not bad.” Despite that, the district is falling victim to statewide factors that have seen interest in a job as a bus driver decline. The need for bus drivers is not just an ICSD phenomenon, either. Signs can be seen throughout Tompkins County advertising open positions in different districts, often in the form of large banners scrolled across an idle school bus. “We’re not just competing with other school districts for drivers, its other businesses in general,” Van Keuren noted, saying that Tompkins County’s generally healthy economy and low unemployment have made it difficult at times to attract potential drivers. There were also recent changes made to the certification test that have made it more difficult to obtain
proper licensing for the job, another hurdle potentially interested candidates must deal with. “We just want people that care about kids and want to make a difference,” said Liz Berner, ICSD’s director of transportation. The last two years or so have seen a more significant downturn in bus driver applications, Berner said, which has unfortunately paired with several retirements from the company as aging drivers move out of the workforce, like Park will soon do. “As a department, we try to make the first and last people that [the kids] see [positive], as well as making education accessible to kids.” Park has been able to stick with the job long enough and was able to make it a viable career. He’s had a positive enough experience over his career that he’s willing to serve as a substitute after his retirement next June, something he has already agreed to do. The district’s hope, of course, is now to find a next generation to replace people like Park, who can connect with students and find rewards in those relationships as he has. “I’ve had students at the end of the school year ask me, ‘Are you going to be our bus driver again next year?’” Park said. “I’m up in seniority enough now that I can tell them, ‘Yeah, I will be your driver next year. That’s rewarding to me, because they have that smile on their face and they’re looking forward to that.” M att Butler
Seen - So, it looks like Rose De Groat’s charges weren’t dropped? While her lawyer had previously said that an agreement was in place with the District Attorney, District Attorney Matt VanHouten disputed that from the start. Now she has a trial set for November, and it looks like her original charges will stick. It’s messy.
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hen the Lehman Alternative Community School (LACS) community garden had to be uprooted for construction in 2009, Katrina Baxter of the Southside Community Center suggested LACS create a U-Pick Garden where young people could participate in growing healthy food. Katie Church, Dan Flerage, Ann Piombino, and Katrina Baxter laid the groundwork for the Youth Farm Project we know and love today. Located on Nelson Road on land owned by and adjoining the Ithaca Waldorf School, every summer since 2010 young people have planted and harvested fruits and vegetables for distribution to young people and families facing food insecurity. Ann, Katie and Dan have all been entwined with the YFP from the inception; others who work or volunteer stay on for years. The Tompkins Workforce New York Career Center and the City’s Youth Bureau’s Employment Service staff recruit young people to work on the YFP team. Volunteers come to the Farm via college work-study programs and internships. New Roots students returned for the 2019 Spring Intensive Week. Andrew Anderson Frankel, who will be a senior soon at LACS and Ezra
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here aren’t many situations where you spend money you don’t need to with the distinct possibility of getting nothing in return, but gambling is one. Most times you spend money because you want or have to, in return for goods or services you will receive in what is essentially a contract. With gambling you are hoping for a return of something you want, namely someone else’s money, but you don’t have any right to it, and more often than not you won’t get it, so it better be something you just want, not need. (Of course, you better not really need the money you’re offering in the first place.) This month New York made it possible to engage in this non-essential spending in new, alluring fashion with the opening of legal sports betting facilities. Four of them are sanctioned by the state, with a fifth, owned and operated by the Oneida Nation, made possible by the new law. They’re all in upstate counties, a situation that reminds me of a scene in The Godfather where an up-and-coming gangster offers Don Corleone a partnership in a new line of business, drugs. “Why do you come to me?� the Don asks. “What have I done to deserve such generosity?� The answer, which of course the fellow gangster will not utter, is “I come to you to ask that with this venture you risk your money and well-being.� Neither will New York make any such admission in explaining why all these casinos are upstate. The Don had the resources and capacity to refuse a risky offer. Upstate counties lack the money and muscle. In New Jersey and other states with legalized sports gambling, you can make bets on your phone from anywhere in the state. In New York, you have to be physically present at a casino. Assuming that most “gamers� (the industry does not call them “gamblers�) will come from within two hours away, and that the house generally wins, this makes a big shift of money from upstate citizens to legal bookies and the state. Ithaca has three of these emporia within ninety miles. The closest, Tioga
Downs, is within forty. This is earth-shaking news for a few local guys I know who, as part of their lifestyles, enjoy forecasting results of athletic competitions and expressing confidence in their predictions by offering something of value, generally money, if they are wrong, and accepting it if they are right. It might also be grave-making for the finances of these and other people who are so avid in this pursuit as to be practically heedless, and are known among sports fans as “having the sickness,� among other less sympathetic characterizations. Such people are certainly at risk with the proximity and ease of legal gambling. I know someone in Ithaca who currently is sort of vaguely wondering if there are any luxury condos available for purchase near Tioga Downs which he can finance with his prodigious future winnings, so he can spend less time commuting to and from the casino, or perhaps even take early retirement there with this golden economic opportunity for his prognosticating skills. I will admit to being a sports fan who will occasionally contemplate in advance the possible outcomes of contests and the odds of various results. With the arrival of the sports books this month, I took a considered look at some betting propositions with the intent of making faux conjectures, just to see how I would do. In the course of three days, I wrote down twelve hypothetical projections in an area of theory called the moneyline. I was correct each time, which is similar to calling a coin toss correctly a dozen times in a row, or actually considerably better, due to mitigating factors in sports (neither heads nor tails can go out of competition due to injury, but star players can; umpires can make wrong calls; etc.). But I am not looking into condos or timeshares at the Tioga Downs Hotel. Instead I am looking into locking up my 401-K. I know that another three days of such projections might well bring reverse results of no wins, twelve losses. Albany will have to make its budget with no help from me other than mandatory, not elective, payments.
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firsthand how important agriculture is to every one of us; also how unevenly healthy food is available and distributed,” Frankel said. “We’ve seen how people who receive Food Stamps to promote healthy families often live in neighborhoods
crops. Perennial medicinal and culinary herbs were also added, accessible to the public in the U-Pick garden. Food as medicine reinforces what a smart investment, we make by growing and sharing healthy food. Healthy bodies correlate with reduced health care expenses, better attendance by kids and their families at school and at work. Where does the produce go that the
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ith regard to Ross Haarstad’s review of Katrina, A New Musical, Haarstad made erroneous presumptions. He wrote, “But for this show to have a future, a critical flaw must be addressed: a white-centered narrative about black people.” First, David Frumkin and I were telling a story bigger than one about black people and race relations; our show was about class disparities, effects of natural disasters, lawlessness, political indifference, and impacts of rescuers on both white and black populations in New Orleans during and after Hurricane Katrina. Second, David, Priscilla Hummel, and I invited black people from all quarters of Ithaca—the colleges, high schools, the Dorothy Cotton Jubilee Singers, theater people, and civic leaders—to participate in 10 workshops this winter, and many welcomed the opportunity. They gave lots of valuable input on racial issues, culture in African American communities, and ways of speaking. I personally recruited several African American participants, and two of them played leads in the premiere production. As a matter of fact, my family happens to be multiracial. Liz Bauman, book writer and co-lyricist, Katrina, A New Musical The Youth Farm Project team, pictured here recently. (Photo provided)
where the prices are hiked up, and they still can’t find fresh food to buy nearby.” “I know that the problem of world hunger is about distribution,” Baptist said. There are enough resources to feed everyone in this country and around the world. The problem is that food is not distributed to the people who are hungry; and so much usable food is wasted rather than being shared…Food injustice impacts the whole world. We can start right here and combat food waste and share what we grow. In our class we read up about this issue and many years ago started a club. The kids in that club no matter where they go in life will always be advocates for food justice.” Summer at the Youth Farm begins around July 4th. This year the teens worked from 8 a.m. until noon each day on Nelson Road growing “zukes and cukes”, and lots more. The fall crop, ending with Brussel Sprouts gets harvested mid-November. This summer the Youth Farm did two-to-three acres of annual crops and two-to-three acres in cover
teens grow? Fruits and vegetables go to Headwater Food Hub which buys and distributes bulk NYS produce and prepares the Fresh Snacks. Restaurants buy veggies the Youth Farm has delivered. Weekly YFP brings veggies into 2 local senior living centers through its Harvest Box program and sells to the public out of the Mobile Market at Pete’s Grocery on Wednesdays from 3-5 p.m. Much of the produce lovingly tended by the YFP team is also distributed to the Ithaca City School District’s Central Kitchen. ICSD’s Beth Krause Childhood Nutrition program has provided energetic and generous support for healthy food for all children in this region. YFP is part of a much larger blueprint to create distribution of healthy food for all. More plentiful fresh food can be available if community members advocate with their school district Administration and School Board to invest more in fresh snacks and healthy meals for all the children in the region.
Exotic Animals in the Traveling Zoo at Trumansburg Fair
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ur family always looks forward to attending the Trumansburg Fair, but our visits have also been marked by discomfort and sadness due to concerns about the wild animals at the traveling petting zoo. We believe it is our community’s ethical responsibility to ensure that safety, comfort and respect extend to the animals, as well as fairgoers. Giraffes, wallabies and kangaroos, antelopes, zebras, big cats, non-human primates, lemurs, and camels are all deemed by experts to be inappropriate “entertainment” in this environment. As a member of the agriculturally-rich community of Trumansburg, I see the value of promoting interaction with farm animals from our area. Encouraging our local farms to bring their own domesticated animals is both educational and consistent with our community values and interests. I am lucky to have kind neighbors who encourage my my children to visit their donkeys, horses, sheep, and cows. I think that the Trumansburg A u gu s t
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Fair is a wonderful opportunity for other children to experience these species of animals and their place in our agricultural community. Many wild animal exhibitors that appear at state, county, and town fairs have a history of violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act. In fact, two companies that the Fair Association has contracted with in the recent years have accumulated their own violations of the AWA. The first, Wild Animal Park, has been cited several times since 2012. The second, Eudora Farms, has been cited by the USDA for more than 115 violations since 2001 and animals from this Farm have injured members of the public. The AWA establishes only baseline standards of care for licensing exhibitors. These standards set a low bar and are widely considered to be sub-par in protecting animals. It is common for USDA licensees to keep animals in grossly inhumane and unsafe conditions, yet still be in compliance with the AWA. The AWA is enforced by the USDA, and there are only about 120 USDA inspectors responsible for inspecting more than 10,000 diverse facilities. Enforcement actions are rare and typically result in mere warnings or small fines. The USDA rarely revokes licenses or confiscates animals. Starting in 2017, USDA enforcement declined dramatically under the new administration. With the USDA failing to protect animals regulated by the AWA, there is a greater need now more than ever for stronger local laws and direct action from communities. I have been informed that this year a contract has been agreed upon with a company called Records and Burpee Traveling Children’s Zoo who intend to bring a baby camel, a kangaroo, a coati (South American raccoon) and a tortoise. In addition to animal welfare concerns, exotic animal exhibits present a significant public safety risk and liability, and they also distract from the fair’s educational objectives and devalue the wholesome family entertainment provided by accepting the animal cruelty and exploitation inherent in such attractions. I urge the public to support the Trumansburg Fair Association in establishing a policy that reflects our community values by prohibiting wild animal displays at the Fair. Sincerely, Molly Wadzeck Kraus Trumansburg, NY
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All for the Jug
Scrappy local rivalry moves to MetLife Stadium. How did that happen? By Andrew Sulliva n
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York City Chapter of the National Football Foundation (NFF). It was a luncheon hosting the College of the Holy Cross and Fordham University prior to the annual Rams-Crusaders Cup match between the rival schools, which would take place on the grounds of Yankee Stadium that season. Both Division I-AA institutions, Holy Cross and Fordham are small private
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schools whose football programs compete in the Patriot League. The rivalry nearly dates back to the turn of the 20th century in 1902 when the first squabble was held between both teams. The 2016 cup would be Fordham’s to hoist, as the Rams would romp the Crusaders 54–14 that year at Yankee Stadium. Prior to Fordham’s throttling, though, Hudak, an Ithaca College alumnus and a
key cog along the Bomber’s offensive line that won the Division III National Championship in 1988, a four-year participant in the 89-year-long grapple between IC and SUNY Cortland, sat at the luncheon, listening to members of the Holy Cross and Fordham programs speak before their small-school duel at one of professional sports’ most cherished cathedrals, and had a thought.
“We should do something like this for Ithaca College.” Thus was the birth of an idea that lead to the NYC Chapter of the NFF thrusting the Cortaca Jug game into the national spotlight by hosting this year’s game at MetLife Stadium, the home of the NFL’s New York Giants and Jets, in East Rutherford, NJ. The game, which will close out each team’s regular season on Nov. 16, will serve as the largest stage either team has likely ever seen, putting an exclamation mark on the 2019 season that will begin in the coming week. “I wanted to fight for it, and other people around me wanted me to fight for it,” Hudak said. “I think it’s really going to be a great day for the game and for both schools. It’s really turning out to be something special.” Hudak said he spent the spring of 2017 reaching out to various entities about hosting the game. He had shared his idea with the rest of the Board of Directors for the NYC Chapter of the NFF, which featured Ithaca College alumni Robert M. Garone, Jim Bradley and J. Ethan Medley. Also on the board was Neil Glat, the President of the New York Jets. It was Glat who introduced Hudak to Ron VanDeVeen, the CEO of MetLife Stadium. In May 2018, Hudak arranged a meeting with VanDeVeen and pitched him the idea of hosting the Cortaca Jug game at the stadium. VanDeVeen expressed cautious interest and Hudak subsequently set about drawing up a plan and getting other parties on board. In June 2018, Hudak called Ithaca College Athletic Director Susan Bassett, gave her the scope of the proposed project and asked her what her thoughts were on the overall idea. “I said, ‘I love it. Let’s see if we can move it forward,’” Bassett recalled from her phone call with Hudak. By that time, Ithaca College President Shirley Collado had just finished her first year in office. There was a new leader at the helm, and some changes to the college’s administration were still pending. William Guerrero, vice president of the Division of Finance and Administration, and Le Jerne Terry Cornish, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, were not going to start their jobs until July. Guilherme Costa, vice president, general counsel and secretary to the college’s Board of Trustees, was not going to start until fall. Bassett said because of all of the transition, Collado wanted to wait until September to discuss the proposal, when
P u b l i c i t y p h o t o f o r t h i s y e a r s G a m e at M e t L i f e s ta d i u m all of her senior staff arrived on campus. In the meantime, Bassett said she spent the majority of the rest of the summer examining the feasibility of the proposal as well as convincing SUNY Cortland to accept the invitation to play in the game at MetLife Stadium, which was not a hard sell. Hudak said the contract was executed somewhere between September and October and the project was finalized in early November with just enough time to announce the news at last year’s Cortaca Jug press conference on Nov. 7. Even though Hudak thought of the idea of hosting the Cortaca Jug game at a professional sports arena back in 2016, the project did not truly begin until May of last year. Bringing a project of this magnitude to fruition in a seven-month span was a tall order. Keeping it under wraps was equally as challenging. “The people that were involved in communications, I don’t think we started talking to them until late October,” Bassett said. “Similar with the alumni office. We had to keep it very confidential because the worst thing would’ve been to have it out there and then not be able to do it, or decide we weren’t going to do it.” After the announcement was made on Nov. 7, tickets sales opened up in December. Bassett said the college sold 19,000 tickets in the first weekend. In the past, she said the college usually sells out at 10,000 tickets for Cortaca Jug games at Butterfield Stadium. Overall, she estimates 28,000 tickets have been sold between both schools. The goal is to break the single-
game attendance record Division III football game of 37,355 tickets, which was set in 2017 at a game at Target Field, home of the Minnesota Twins, between the University of St. Thomas and St. John’s University. While the majority of the outpouring over the news has been positive, not everyone is pleased with the fact that this year’s game will not be played at either Ithaca College or SUNY Cortland. Local residents took to social media to express their displeasure, complaining that it is too far of a distance for them to travel and wondering why a closer venue such as the Carrier Dome at Syracuse University wasn’t chosen. Hudak said other venues aside from MetLife Stadium were considered during the process, but declined to say the names of those venues. Some replied to the news postings on Facebook saying that hosting the game at a further location is not fair to the alumni from both institutions that currently reside in upstate New York. That may not be the case for Ithaca College alumni, though. According to Dave Maley, Director of Public Relations at Ithaca College’s Division of College Communications, about 17,000 alumni currently live in what the college describes as the “Greater New York City area,” which includes New York City, New Jersey, Connecticut, Long Island and the Hudson Valley Suburbs. As for “Upstate New York”—the rest of the state, not including the “Greater New York City area”—Maley said there is an estimated 17,000 alumni living there as well. (The Ithaca Times reached out to SUNY A u gu s t
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Cortland in regards to the school’s alumni demographics in those areas, but did not receive a response.) David Colin graduated from Ithaca College in 1987 and currently lives in Ridgewood, NJ. Colin, who will be attending the game this November, said while he understands that not playing the game in a local venue could be upsetting to those that live in the area, he still thinks it was a great choice due to the large number of alumni living nearby. “It draws from the local community finances,” Colin said. “The hotels aren’t going to fill up that weekend […] you don’t get that extra visiting day, parents weekend. But for the alumni at large, I can tell you, from the reaction to people talking about it and stuff like that, I think they are very excited about it.” “This will be the largest gathering of Ithaca College alumni in one place ever in the history of the college,” Bassett said. “This goes well beyond a football game. This is really a college event, an Ithaca College event. We have every corner of the college engaged and participating.” One of the most common issues taken by some is the game is a “local tradition,” and it should remain so. When asked what her response would be to that argument, Bassett said it would not be fair to deny athletic training and broadcast/print journalism students, along with those on the football, cheerleading and dance teams, the opportunity to play, perform and work in such a high-profile environment. Hudak said this will be an opportunity to share a local tradition nationally. When asked why more premier college football rivalries don’t do similar events more often (there might be one or two per year at a neutral site), such as the University of Michigan versus the Ohio State University, he said an event like this would be far more fruitful for institutions like Ithaca College and SUNY Cortland. Programs with nationwide fanbases don’t need the exposure, and wouldn’t “The National Football Foundation strives to promote and support amateur football at all levels,” he said. “Michigan and Ohio State, Alabama and Auburn, they don’t need help. The entertainment value for a game like that is there. Cortland-Ithaca is a perfect game to play here because there’s going to be a lot of people coming to the game that have never seen a high quality Division III football game. […] It’s good to give the little guy a chance.”
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Fake News
Ithaca College offers new media literacy minor
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thaca College is offering a way for many who are looking to cut through the fake news, “alternative facts” and provide ways to evaluate information throughout the rapidly changing digital landscape. A new interdisciplinary minor in media literacy, based in the School of Humanities and Sciences at Ithaca College, seeks to empower students by giving them this ability, according to a press release from the school. Fake news has become increasingly pervasive over the last several years as sites like Facebook continue to neglect their responsibility to users, leading for calls of expanding media literacy programs to help people sift through the noise and nonsense. Professor Cyndy Scheibe is the coordinator of the media literacy minor and a professor in the Department of Psychology. She wants students to begins critically looking at media and news rather than accepting it at face value. “Media literacy is just literacy in today’s world. If all you can do is read and write in print form today, then you’re not literate,”Scheibe said. “You have to be able to understand, evaluate and analyze information coming from digital media —
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The minor centers around a course called Media Literacy and the Psychology of Inquiry. During the course, students will get in the habit of asking key questions about authorship, target audience, and purpose when consuming or creating media messages. “Part of media literacy is being able to understand how different fields approach the evaluation of information within their field,” says Scheibe. “This is why it’s so relevant as an academic program.” One major part of the minor is for students to learn about creating different forms of media. While traditional literacy means the ability to read and write, Scheibe has said that being media literate requires a person to be able to create multiple forms of media. All students who take the minor will be required to complete either an internship, independent study or other experiential course related to media literacy. Once the course requirements have been met, the students will have to present a multimedia portfolio reflecting their coursework and a project. Scheibe thinks this minor will aid students who are Client: tackling today’s competitive job market. “There is a growing interest in media literacy as an indication that you can evaluate media messages, think critically, reflect, and communicate effectively,” she says. “No matter what field you’re going into, that’s likely to look like a strong set of skills.”
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assess someone’s mental state as they enter a meeting. Cogan also references a 2016 survey of city employees, which showed that the majority of employees would prefer to have a photo ID or sign-in system of some kind for City Hall visitors. Other than one incident in 2009, which involved a member
“I’m very concerned about trying to implement an ID system, there’s voter suppression and all kinds of perspectives that come up here,”
primarily marginalized communities, most evidently people of color and the impoverished. Much of the research on the topic has been done through the lens of the controversial debate over voter ID laws and correlated voter suppression in the United States, but a Washington Post article from 2016 showed that it’s historically more difficult for minorities to obtain photo IDs even when they have the required paperwork for a myriad of reasons. In the proposed resolution, the city does acknowledge those points, noting that some people who wish to access City Hall might not have photo IDs, or might not have one on their person when they go to enter the building; that could preclude them from accessing some of the impor-
tant services in City Hall, like building permits or marriage licenses, etc. CA Chair Deb Mohlenoff noted the validity of both sides of the argument at last week’s meeting. The memo also notes the hesitation some people might feel to show their IDs, especially if they are immigrants, because of fears that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will be notified of their whereabouts if there is a problem with their citizenship status. CA member George McGonigal further noted that if people are forced to show photo IDs, it could slow down entrance to public meetings significantly, which could in turn discourage the public from showing up even if they do have IDs; one compromise in Cogan’s memo was only having
the requirement during business hours, which would exempt most public meeting times, especially ones that can tend to be crowded like Common Council. “I’m very concerned about trying to implement an ID system, there’s voter suppression and all kinds of perspectives that come up here,” fellow CA member Graham Kerslick said. “We have to have a strong justification for doing this [...] If we’re going to try something, we need to be very clear about what the reasons are, and also alternatives: if you don’t have your driver’s license [...] It’s challenging to have that environment where people don’t feel threatened by trying to get into the building. It’s a tough one.”
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of the public hurling a shoe at then-Mayor Carolyn Peterson, Cogan does not list any actual security threats that have stemmed from public presence in City Hall, although police have certainly been called to meetings in City Hall to remove certain members of the public deemed overzealous. Later in 2009, the city contracted with a private security firm to provide guards at City Hall’s entrance and began restricting entry to just the building’s east entrance and formed the Workplace Violence Prevention Committee, in accordance with state law. “One of the issues that’s come up a number of times when discussing members of the public who potentially pose a threat or a risk to people who work in or visit City Hall or come to public meetings is we pretty much rely on visually IDing people,” Cogan said during last week’s meeting. “If someone has been identified as a security risk, we trust the security guards to identify them and follow some sort of security protocol [...] It’s been pointed out that that’s a fairly unreliable approach.” Intentional or not, there are other implications that would accompany implementing a photo ID requirement for City Hall entry. For a city that touts the accessibility of its elected officials and city staffers, blocking people without photo IDs from the city’s headquarters is at least shaky optics, although providing alternatives could mitigate that impact. Lack of photo ID is also something that impacts
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According to the study, there are a total of 3,260 properties in the Town of Dryden: 2,976 (91.3 percent) one-unit properties, 197 (6.1 percent) two-unit properties, 14 (0.3 percent) three-unit properties and 73 (2.2 percent) mobile homes. Cunningham said he and the rest of the team examined about 3,000 of those properties in person, while the rest were not inspected in person because “based on discussions with the planning committee, they were places in subdivisions that it was pretty assumed that those were all going to be substandard properties.”
Sixty-two percent (2,033) of the overall total properties were classified as “standard” housing, while 38 percent (1,227) were labeled as “substandard” housing.” A 38 percent overall substandard rating is “moderate to high,” according to the study. Out of the 1,227 substandard housing, 765 were categorized as “moderately substandard,” 452 as “severely substandard” and 10 as “dilapidated.” A little more than 64 percent (1,914) of one-unit properties were classified as standard, while 35.7 percent (1,062) were classified as substandard. For two-unit properties, 53.8 percent (106) were found to be standard properties, while 46.2 percent (91) were labeled as substandard. Half of the three-unit properties were cat-
egorized as standard, while the other half were categorized as substandard. With mobile homes, though, only 8.2 percent (six) were classified as standard, while 91.8 percent (67) were categorized as substandard. Out of those substandard mobile homes, 26 were labeled moderately substandard, 38 were severely substandard and three were dilapidated. “Basically, we did a drive-by and an assessment from the exterior,” Cunningham said. “We look at the roof, the foundation […] all of those types of things, and clump those into a database. From that, we compared that to the New York State definition of substandard properties.” Some properties that were not publicly accessible were not inspected, since those
“Basically, we did a drive-by and an assessment from the exterior, We look at the roof, the foundation […] all of those types of things, and clump those into a database.” -Cunningham
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conducting the survey did not want to enter an owner’s private property. Councilwoman Alice Green asked if the majority of the substandard homes were categorized so because of one particular building component that was examined, to which Cunningham said that there was no particular building component that stood out as substandard in those homes, and that “it’s pretty much the full gamut.” Because the prevalence of substandard properties is higher in properties that contain a greater number of housing units (substandard conditions are seen more often in two-unit properties than in oneunit, three-unit properties tend to be in worse condition than two-unit, and so on) the study said “this is an indication that renters are more apt to live in substandard housing conditions.” The study mentioned that it did not include mobile home parks, though “based on a general visual survey, the rate of substandard mobile homes in these parks is likely as high or higher than in the community as a whole.” Overall, based on the findings from the study, Thoma Development Consultants concluded, “with so many substandard properties and so many lower income households, the Town would be an ideal candidate for housing rehabilitation funding.” Moving forward, Cunningham suggested that the town get a head start on conducting an income survey of its residents for a housing rehabilitation funding application in order to see how many residents receive low income. “As part of an application, you need to be able to show you have an existing waiting list of eligible people that want assistance that’s about two and a half times more than you can help,” he said. “You can make a list of 40 or 45 property owners. To get that waiting list, you would do some kind of an income survey where you do it through direct mail…and compare that to the condition survey to see whether they have low income performance and have a house that’s substandard.” A n d r e w S u l l i va n
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“My vision was, rather than ‘Let’s raise money then build a palace and then fill it,’” Smalls said, sitting in his second floor office above West State Street. “‘Let’s fill it, and then slowly build around it.’” Smalls’ vision wasn’t an immediate success, as the acts he wanted to bring to the State Theatre didn’t mesh perfectly with
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do that, he’s encouraged them to emphasize building relationships with artists with the end goal of creating a more positive environment both for performers and for paying customers, and trusting that ancillary things like money will be there in the end. “When money becomes your motivator, the artist experience and fan experience suffer, because you just care about putting it in your pocket,” Smalls said. “I think if you take care of people better, the money will take care of itself.” Smalls points to Ommegang specifically as one of the best examples of the type of experience DSP tries to bring their artists. With the Baseball Hall of Fame nearby, he feels like it allows artists to relax and avoid the anxiety
that might normally accompany a performance. It’s a good mesh between location and what they want to provide. “That’s a perfect example of when we built something with our mentality,” Smalls said. “The artist feels like it’s an off day when they play a show.” Smalls said when he returned to Ithaca in the mid-s, the city didn’t carry much buzz among musicians, but that’s gradually changed over the years as more artists decide to spend longer time in the area for rehearsals, or make it a point to visit Ithaca when they start a tour. The last several years have vaulted Ithaca into the same realm as larger markets in the area like Rochester, Syracuse, etc. There have been other beneficiaries of DSP’s success too. The State Theatre, maybe the most iconic venue in Ithaca, now holds livelier shows,
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Ithaca College - Lee Gordan, the cofounder of Hand in Hand: Center for JewishArab Education, will be visiting Ithaca College’s campus this fall to talk about his organization’s vision and the overall state of Jewish-Arab relations among youths in the Middle East. Gordan helped start the organization in , and it has grown since then to include six schools in Israel and , Arab and Jewish students enrolled in the schools. Balancing the tension of the ongoing conflict between the Jewish and Arab peoples, while trying to build a more peaceful future through coeducation with the two groups, will also be a focus of Gordan’s lecture. A vegetarian lunch will be available for those interested. M o n d a y , September at :-: p.m. in the Taughannock Falls Room in the Campus Center at Ithaca College. C o r n e l l University A A T M’ , David Lazer from “T P I A,” S C’ Northeastern . (P ) University will come to Ithaca to schedule in more depth. Hell, there’s always discuss all of our favorite topic: fake news. The a chance an unexpected guest shows up, like lecture, title “Democracy, Today: Fake News, Representative Tom Reed’s rather impromptu Social Networks, and Algorithms,” will give forum earlier this year on the Ithaca College an in-depth look into the methods by which we consume news and the different ways that campus, invited by the College Republicans. Cornell University - Toni Morrison can impact our worldview, as well as the roles is an American legend, and even though and responsibilities that social media companies her connection to the Ithaca area was a bit should bear. Lazer is a professor of political tangential, there’s still plenty of reason to science and information science, and has built celebrate the late author’s life after she passed his research on the intersection of network and away in August. You can do just that at the social science. The event is free and sponsored screening of “The Pieces I Am,” a documentary by Cornell’s Communications, Computer about Morrison’s path to becoming one of the Science and Information Science departments. most prominent and influential authors in the Thursday, October at : p.m. at the Statler country’s history. Thursday, September at Auditorium on Cornell’s campus. Cornell University - Our th president, : p.m. and Sunday, September at : p.m. at Cornell Cinema in Willard Straight Theatre. Abraham Lincoln, is known for a lot of things: Ithaca College - Gabrielle Calvocoressi commonly placed among the upper eschelon will serve as the first lecturer in the annual of the presidential hierarchy, reunited the Distinguished Writers Series at Ithaca College, counry after the secession of Southern states, performing a reading at the school this was extremely tall. But was he also a believer September. Calvocoressi is an acclaimed poet, in psychics? “Lincoln, the Clairvoyant: her most notable book being “The Last Time Representations of Spiritualism During I Saw Amelia Earhart,” which won the the Civil War, -Present” will explore Connecticut Book Award. She has followed that the topic, a lecture presented by Dr. Cheryl effort up with two more book publications. In Spinner. She’ll examine evidence that Lincoln particular, Calvocoressi has been commended consulted with psychics during the Civil War for her representation of lesbians in poetry, and and how elements of Lincoln’s spiritualism is currently writing both a novel and a non- have manifested themselves in his latter-day fiction book. She teaches at University of North depictions. Thursday, October at : p.m. Carolina. Thursday, September at : p.m. in Morrill Hall on Cornell’s campus. in Clark Lounge on Ithaca College’s campus. ne of the advantages of living in a college town is that there are nearly always things to see and do, particularly if you’re someone who enjoys some continuing education. Thus, here is our guide to some of the more interesting lectures and speakers we see coming to Ithaca College and Cornell University in the coming months. This is by no means an exhaustive list, though, and the Ithaca Times encourages its readers to do some Googling and check out the
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thaca is a world of culture, with a thriving music and theatre scene. With events going on around the clock, there is never a dull moment. The iconic State Theatre is known for having a variety of performances, from musicals to hosting stand-up comedians and every point in between. Another great place that brings entertainment to Ithaca’s nightlife, the Ithaca Underground, hosts great musical acts at venues across the city. Considering there are so many choices, Ithaca never has a dull night.
Sept. 12-13: Guerilla Toss, Empath, BRIAN!. The amazing Guerilla Toss returns to Ithaca, with noise poppers and bassoondriven Avant-rock from BRIAN! at the Haunt. Doors open at 7 p.m. on the 12th, with the show starting at 8 p.m. The show begins at midnight on the 13th. Ticket prices range from $12-15. Sept. 26: Olivia Gatwood. Singer Olivia Gatwood will perform at The Haunt as part of her national Life of the Party Tour. Doors open at 7 p.m., the show begins at 8 p.m, and ticket prices range from $12-15.
ITHACA UNDERGROUND: Aug. 29: Izzy True + Tbd. Chicago-based rock and roll group Izzy True will perform at The Haunt, performing guitar songs for the confused and dissatisfied. Izzy True will be joined by the enthusiastic chef Curt Oren on the bass and horns, and the lovely Sam Goldstein on drums. Ticket prices range between $8-12, with doors opening at 7 p.m.
Aug. 30: HIRS, Bastard Noise, Deathrun, Escuela Grind. The Chanticleer Loft will be hosting these musicians, performing songs for anyone to jam to. Ticket prices range from $1015. Doors open at 7 p.m. Sept. 7: Stud1nt (Discwoman), Kilamanzego, Your Mystery Guest, Hop hop. These groups will take over The Haunt for Ithaca Underground’s Summer School, the Finger Lakes region’s premier electronic music and hip hop performance and education festival. Doors open at 2 p.m., with ticket prices ranging from $12-15.
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Oct. 5: Qinfolk Festival; Ithaca Underground is co-sponsoring this festival which will have a short film festival, workshops, art exhibitions from artists across the country and the globe. All films and art exhibitions are by queer and transgender people of color. A complete schedule of the events is available online. The Qinfolk Festival starts at 10 a.m. and concludes at 9:30 p.m. Ticket prices range from $15-$25 with the events scattered around downtown Ithaca in numerous venues. Oct. 8: The Aspiring Me (TAME); Quickwitted rapper TAME will be coming to Ithaca on October 8. Details have not yet been released about where he will be performing.
Nov. 10: Square Peg Round Hole; The Philly-based indie rock band will be performing their selections of ambient and contemporary classical music at 1201 N. Tioga St. Ticket prices are $10 with the concert starting at 7 p.m. Dec. 7: Big Day In; Ithaca Underground’s end of the year celebration at The Haunt allows people to see great groups at such a low price. The event is sponsored by The Watershed, Angry Mom Records, McNeil Rentals, Electro Harmonix, WordPro, Fingerlakes Beverage Center, and more. Ticket prices are $10 for anyone under 18 and $15 for anyone over 18. The event starts at 12 p.m.
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MF: That’s right, especially not with live organ accompaniment by silent film composer/ accompanist Dennis James performing a free screening of it in Sage Chapel. We’ve teamed up with the Department of Music to present the show on Tuesday, Oct. as a Halloween event, but it will also be a tribute to Notre-Dame Cathedral.
ornell Cinema is back with more than films and special events scheduled until Thanksgiving break. The semester brings two big changes. First, Cornell Cinema will no longer print hard copies of the much-beloved Flicksheet calendars, so the best way to stay up to date on what’s playing is to check in regularly with CC’s website. The second development is the introduction of the all-access pass, which gets you into most screenings except for concerts and special events. If you’re a CU grad or professional student, the pass costs $; all other students can get passes for $, and community members for $. Cornell Cinema’s Mary Fessenden talked with the Ithaca Times about some of the coming semester’s highlights. These answers have been edited for brevity and clarity. IT: There are more than premieres between now and Thanksgiving break. Can you spotlight a few happening in each month?
IT: I’ve seen Fritz Lang’s “Metropolis” with the Alloy Orchestra playing live, and they’re coming back in November. Which version of “Metropolis” will we see? MF: There’s really no point in showing anything other than the definitive restoration
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Mary Fessenden: We do have an eclectic and impressive slate of Ithaca premieres, but they’ve all been scheduled as part of one of our thematic series, so that context is important. Our most extensive series this fall is “Human Flow: Stories of Global Migration.” It includes premieres and is being presented in conjunction with the Johnson Museum exhibition of “how the light gets in”—contemporary artworks that look at the movement of people across the globe and the cracks that develop in our notions of borders and nation states. Human migration is a topic on everyone’s mind these days, so the series is very timely and offers portraits of migrants from Africa, Asia, Central America, and the Middle East. The series includes both documentaries and feature films, and I highly recommend all of them, but a few stand-outs
that came out in after minutes of missing footage was found in Argentina in . The previous, chopped up versions of the film pale in comparison, and the Alloy’s expanded score for the restoration is a master work in itself. It’s a thrilling experience, whether you’ve seen it before or not. But I’m equally excited about the Alloy’s new score for the recently-restored, but little-known French silent, “Gallery of Monsters,” which was commissioned by Indiana University Cinema and the Indiana University Office of the Bicentennial. Following the screening on Saturday, Nov. , the Alloy will talk about the film and their composing process, and take questions from the audience. include “The Citizen,” “Island of the Hungry Ghosts” and “Eldorado.”
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Our “Art & Architecture Docs” series features five premieres, including “Bauhaus Spirit: Years of Bauhaus and The Proposal,” a fascinating film made by artist and Cornell alum Jill Magid about her project to try and break the strangle-hold on the legacy and archives of Mexican architect Luis Barragán, whose materials are locked away in a Swiss bunker.
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IT: Halloween is always fun. You’re not only showing “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” but also Lon Chaney in the silent version of “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” which doesn’t happen every day.
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MF: We’ll be hosting Ithaca native and Ithaca College alum Zia Anger on Oct. with her multimedia performance “My First Film,” in which she interacts live with media on screen and the audience using real-time text, spontaneous Google searches, audience directives and AirDrops. Through the performance she probes and dissects her “abandoned” works to reimagine the relationship between the audience, the filmmaker, the movie theater, and cinema. The performance has been widely praised on the festival circuit for its innovation, so we’re very excited to be just one of a dozen or so cities to be hosting it during its theatrical run. Finally, as part of our series “Recent Digital Restorations,” we’ll be presenting Russian filmmaker Sergei Bondarchuk’s epic masterpiece “War & Peace,” based on the Tolstoy novel, which won the Oscar for best foreign language film. The seven-hour long film will be offered in four parts, which can be viewed on four different dates or in one epic binge session on Sunday, Nov. . There will be a corresponding discussion of the film organized by Professor Olga Litvak on Nov. , followed by a reception.
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he Hangar Theatre winds up its strong summer season with a delightful experiment: over a two-week period, three classic plays for the price of one. This “Big Play Festival!” offers not full productions but rather “lightly staged readings.” The festival runs until Aug. 31. But don’t confuse “lightly staged” with “theatre lite” –– Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun” is several punches to the gut; Tracy Letts’ “August: Osage County” throws you to the floor and pounds you; and George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart’s “You Can’t Take It with You” giddily tosses you to the heights of the human comedy. In staged readings, the story, characters and dialogue dominate; there’s minimal but convincing staging (beautifully handled here in all three shows), a few props, and probably costumes (again, right on point). Actors have scripts in hand or music stands to hold them
(you’ll be surprised how much is conveyed as the actors raise or lower or move those stands). In short, you’ll be swept up in the emotional tangle of these three family dramas, spanning much of the last theatrical century. One special treat: most actors are splendid local talent or recently featured at the Hangar. And these plays offer multiple meaty roles (one cast as large as 18). Because they’re costly to produce, we seldom see such large plays here in Ithaca. And whereas new plays tend to be short, without intermission, these venerable dramas provide a full evening’s entertainment, running two to three hours in the grand old style. Mathew Kornegay’s simple sets, lit by Caitlin Brown, nicely suggest each ambience. Godfrey Simmons (whom we’re sadly losing to Hartford’s Hartbeat, where he’s the new artistic director) shapes the familiar and beloved 1959 “A Raisin in the Sun.” Hansberry based it partly on her own family’s experience moving into an all-white Chicago neighborhood, enduring “hellish hostility.” The crux of the play is how to spend the deceased father’s life insurance money: his wife Lena Younger wants to move her family out of their roachinfested apartment into a real home, while her
son Walter seeks a prosperous entrepreneurial future, investing in co-owning a liquor store. In the film version (all three shows have memorable movie adaptations), Sidney Poitier ensured that the story is as much about Walter’s vision for black Americans as his mother’s. But in Simmons’ production, a troubled Walter (Anthony Merchant) doesn’t evoke much sympathy. This show belongs to the quiet and thoughtful Lena, stunningly rendered by Cynthia Henderson, who sums up worlds in every word, gesture, and pause. On opening night, the few days’ rehearsal time left less experienced actors stumbling a bit over lines, but the play’s power came through, still freshly and painfully accurate after 60 years. Particularly engaging were Ashley Bufkin as Walter’s long-suffering wife, Ruth; Robert Edwards as the pragmatic yet idealistic Nigerian student wooing Lena’s daughter; and Laurence Drozd as the community representative delicately trying to bribe the Youngers into not moving to his neighborhood. Fast forward to 2007 and the Oklahoma plains, where another family struggles over its patriarch’s inheritance: once-celebrated poet Beverly Weston has gone missing, leaving his
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Alice and Tony, in “You Can’t Take It With You,” played by Sandrinne Edstrom and Joshua Sedelmeyer. (Photos by Rachel Philipson)
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hen I last told Michael Joseph’s story in this column—20 years ago—he had just been called “safe” by the Great Umpire in the Sky after months of uncertainty. Joseph had just made a comeback from a devastating illness known as Guillian Barre Syndrome (defined by Wikipedia as “a rare disorder in which your body’s immune system attacks your nerves.”) Before that diagnosis and treatment, Joseph had been preparing for the worst. “One doctor told me he was almost sure I had ALS,” Michael told me. “Another doc did a spinal tap, and they learned I had Guillain Barre Syndrome. I contracted it after stomach surgery, and there was a time they thought I was going to die. I was paralyzed, and I spent seven months in St. Joseph’s in Elmira and three months at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester.” The fact that Joseph had been athletic throughout his life might have saved him. He was a three-sport athlete at Trumansburg in the 1980’s (football, basketball and baseball), and if you count bowling (he was a two-time state champ) we can say he was a four-sport guy. “I had plans to play baseball at TC3 and go on to Cortland State,” Mike said, “but I got hurt and I decided to get certified to umpire baseball and softball.” He added, “This is my 39th year of umpiring, and I am a member of the association for Cal Ripken, AAU Baseball and the ASA.” While Joseph has been living in Florida for the past 16 years, he has been in Ithaca for a few months, attending family matters. I caught up with him this week, hoping to learn more about his newest endeavor. Since moving to Florida, Michael has worked around baseball and softball in various capacities, and he offered, “I was the President of the Manatee/Sarasota Softball Association for a while, and now I am a subcontractor at the IMG Academy, in Bradenton.”
What was initially the Nick Bolliterri Tennis Academy has grown in a sprawling complex that hosts athletes from around the world, offering high-level instruction in baseball, lacrosse, football, soccer, tennis and golf. When asked how big the organization is, Joseph replied, “It’s huge. The baseball facility has 11 lit fields, and the place has an $8 million locker room, paid for by Under Armour.” There are over 100 young players enrolled in the baseball program at IMG, and Joseph said, “The kids are from sixth grade through high school, and some Major League Baseball teams bring in kids from the academies in Puerto Rico, Venezuela of the Dominican Republic. The rules are different when it involves kids from outside the U.S., and the teams pay for travel, housing and high-level coaching.” Joseph has also worked as an umpire at Perfect Game (another baseball mecca), and he said, “We are brought in, they pay for our hotel and food, and we umpire three to five games per day. At times, I have done up to thirty games a week.” As an umpire, Joseph sees hundreds of players and he is parlaying that fact into another opportunity. He plans to work as a liaison of sorts, working with parents, players and coaches to help kids find the right match moving forward, both academically and athletically. “When I return, it’s in the works for me to start my own scouting business in Central Florida,” Joseph said. “I’d like to see more players from the south playing for colleges up north, instead of the other way around.” As stated, Joseph has been in Ithaca for the past few months, as he left his umpiring and scouting duties (and his job at Publix) to return home to be with his sister, who needed his help in the last stages of an illness. Bonnie Joseph passed on last month, and while he has been in town, Michael has stayed—as always—
Michael Joseph, pictured at left here, has stayed deeply involved in baseball since overcoming Guillain Barre Syndrome two decades ago. (Photo provided)
connected to sports. “I set up the Michael Joseph Baseball Academy,” he stated, “and we gave lessons to kids, teaching fundamentals and mechanics. We ran two events, they were free, and we drew 58 kids.” He has also been helping his old buddy Julian Munoz prepare Trumansburg’s 8-Man football team for the upcoming season. When asked what his future plans
are, Joseph said, “I enjoy running coaching clinics, and I’m hoping to eventually go into coaching myself.” Any umpire that has been screamed at by a few hundred coaches will definitely have an advantage when coming out of the dugout.
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s a painter and art-writer friend once pointed out to me, contemporary art, in the most literal sense, is simply whatever is going on now. And while those who occupy influence in the more fashionable and intellectually-driven quarters of the (so-called) artworld may presume to dictate the true art of our time, elsewhere artists of the most diverse stripes continue to follow their own paths. A graduate of the prestigious Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Groton painter Kevin Mayer is a former instructor at SUNY Cortland and a professional artist of nearly three decades’ experience. Currently, he teaches painting and drawing at the Community School of Music and Arts in Ithaca and through his home-based Atelier Arts. (Starting next month, he will be part of a faculty exhibit at the CSMA. The school would do well to give him a solo show.) Through the end of the month, Mayer is showing a selection of his oil paintings at the Lansing Community Library. Working in the tradition of the 19th century French Barbizon School, Mayer creates tightly conceived visions of countryside and wilderness that press and flicker with light and feeling. Mayer is showing three large canvases interspersed with numerous smaller ones. “Evening Moosewoods, Freeville” and “Edge of the Woods #5,” provide bravura demonstrations of the show’s most characteristic approach: framing delicate staccato dashes and less agitated smudges of trees, grass, and flowers against smoothly painted, sweetly luminous areas of cloudless sky. “Goldenrod” animates an open field in subtle twists that create swaying, particularly the carpet of pale orange flowers that traverses the middle distance. These larger paintings provide the show with a compelling rhythm while ably capturing a sense of openness, of room to roam. But it is in some of his smaller, even miniaturist paintings that the artist appears most himself. Two kindred scenes, among Mayer’s strongest here, “Lake Ninevah, Vermont” and “Quiet Woods” hang side-by-side; perhaps they could be closer, abjuring the evenly-spaced presentation. They hew closer to impressionism, bathing their modest forest settings in evocative, alien light. In the former, tall, stiffly upright trunks flank our view to the left and right, pressing the central clearing into further distance (a compositional device known as repoussoir). Shadows and highlights, animated mottles and dashes give way to more flatly painted background: a patch
722 South Meadow Street, Ithaca, NY Groton artist Kevin Mayer’s canvas-sized interpretation of “Evening Moosewoods, Freeville.” (Photo provided)
of purple-blue water, distant shoreline and hillside above, pressing into gently clouded sky. “Woods” feels like even more of a departure from Mayer’s familiar tidy farm scenery. A procession of dark and red-brown trunks, again severely vertical, accent an otherwise amorphous space drowned in shadowy clay red strokes. Two felled trees in the middle-ground further measure out distance. A horizontal patch of yellow and yellow-green further back offers us a release from this daydream (should we want it) while dark green leaves swarm like birds. Two paintings appear incongruously here with their incorporation of manmade structures. The fuel tank infrastructure of “Piedmont Biofuels, Pittsboro“ calls to mind the 20th century Italian still-life master Giorgio Morandi while hinting at a less pastoral view of nature. Similar to Morandi’s signature tabletop ephemera or his lesser-known architectural landscapes, the blocky buildings and cylindrical tanks are subtly constructed from intricate little passages of beige and gray. Sandwiched between a solid gray-blue sky and a foreground lush with a cascade of greenery, they occupy a space distant and out of reach yet surprisingly solid. “Garden Shed” has a slightly unreal quality. The red-roofed shed has been set uneasily in one of Mayer’s hazy fields. Its scale is ambiguous although it seems delicate and toy-like, a solid block lacking visible openings. The front façade, shadowed and slightly atilt, sets off an angled wall to the right that glows with a golden yellow echoed in flecked impasto of the field flowers. Silhouetted dark trees fill the distance while a strip of luminescent purple-blue—a distant hillside—pours out between it and the solid sky above: cool gray with accents of yellow and rose. For those willing to look beyond of-the-moment “relevance” and seek out compelling voices in humble venues, this is an exhibition of distinctive accomplishment and sensitivity. Mayer packs a complex sense of the familiarity and strangeness of nature into these unassuming, deceptively genteel canvases.
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Cortland Community College, which was discussing ways of honoring families who would be leaving their children at the center for the first time. When the topic turned to gifting families a copy of “All Are Welcome,” and Clarke-Maynard volunteered from there. “I like action,” Clarke-Maynard said. “I believe in leading by example. A lot of people talk about issues like equity and access, but that is all they do is talk. I like to support the beautiful people in our community who make things happen. I hope others will step up to the plate so that more schools and child cares and children can experience ‘All Are Welcome’ together.” The book’s aforementioned theme rang true with Clarke-Maynard, especially in 2019, and she decided it was a message everyone should at least have a chance to consume. “I have always believed in creating access, and I wanted all of the children and their families to have this book in their lives, and as part of their experience in childcare at Tompkins Cortland Community College,” Clarke-Maynard said. “I like that the book is part of welcoming all families with open arms. [...] Right now there are families who don’t feel welcome, and who are afraid, so to say those words with open arms, in a way that is non judgmental really resonated with me.”
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9/1 Sunday Diana Leigh Trio | 2:00 PM, | Six Mile Creek Vineyard, Ithaca Frank Raponi | 2:00 PM, | Grist Iron Brewing, Burdett Bob & Dee | 3:00 PM, | Boathouse Beer Garden, Romulus Gabe Stillman Band | 4:00 PM, | Two Goats Brewing, Burdett
Music
Dean’s Kids at Funk Night | 9:00 PM, | The Range, Ithaca
Bars/Bands/Clubs
8/30 Friday
Ithaca Jazz and Blues Jam | 4:00 PM, | Mix Kitchen and Bar, Ithaca
8/28 Wednesday
City Limits | 6:00 PM, | Americana Vineyards, Interlaken
Off the Rails | 4:00 PM, | Americana Vineyards, Interlaken
Bob Young and the Union Jacks | 6:00 PM, | Union Tavern, Groton
Diana Leigh Trio | 6:00 PM, | Prosecco Italian Restaurant, Farmington
Newfield Music Series at Mill Park: Kitestring | 6:00 PM, | Mill Park, Newfield
Delta Mike Shaw | 6:00 PM, | Treleaven Wines, King Ferry
Royal Enfield Blues Band | 6:00 PM, | Maxie’s Supper Club & Oyster Bar, Ithaca
The Small Kings | 6:00 PM, | Ithaca Beer Co., Ithaca Los Finestros | 7:00 PM, | Stonecat Cafe, Hector Open Mic | 7:00 PM, | Ithaca Coffee Company, Ithaca
Neil Young Tributes | 7:00 PM, | Boathouse Beer Garden, Romulus
Perfect Strangers | 7:00 PM, | Flynn’s Roadhouse Cafe, Lansing
El Caminos | 8:00 PM, | Two Goats Brewing, Burdett
The Crucials 40 | 9:00 PM, | The Range, Ithaca
Quail’s Back to School Boogie w/ special guest Abby Sullivan | 8:00 PM, | Sacred Root Kava Lounge & Tea Bar, Ithaca | $5
2019 CFCU Summer Concert Series: HeeSun Lee w/ Honey Cave | 6:00 PM, | Bernie Milton Pavilion, Ithaca Marv Williams | 6:00 PM, | Two Goats Brewing, Burdett Robin Burnett & Friends | 6:00 PM, | Grist Iron Brewing, Burdett Radio London | 6:00 PM, | Six Mile Creek Vineyard, Ithaca Neville Jacobs | 7:00 PM, | East Side Park, Norwich Izzy True w/ Kyra Skye + Motherwort | 8:00 PM, | The Haunt, Ithaca | $8-10
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Bad Alibi | 7:00 PM, | Grist Iron Brewing, Burdett IU/Astralands: HIRS, Bastard Noise, Escuela Grind, Deathrun | 7:00 PM, | Chanticleer, Ithaca
8/29 Thursday
Horns and Ivory | 4:00 PM, | Scale House Brewery, Hector
9/2 Monday Canaan Jam Session | 7:00 PM, | Canaan Institute, Brooktondale Open Mic | 8:30 PM, | Agava, Ithaca
9/3 Tuesday Professor Tuesdays Jazz Quartet | 6:30 PM, | ZaZa’s Cucina, Ithaca
9/4 Wednesday Janet Batch | 6:00 PM, | Ithaca Beer Co., Ithaca
Dead Night w/ Terrapin Station | 9:00 PM, | The Haunt, Ithaca | $5
Concerts/Recitals
Root Shock | 9:00 PM, | The Range, Ithaca
Chevy Court Concerts at NYS Fair | 2:00 PM Shows | New York State Fair, 581 State Fair Blvd., Syracuse | 8/28 The Mavericks; 8/29 - Why Don’t We; 8/30 - Country Swagg; 8/31 -Atkins Riot; 9/1 - Sheila E
8/31 Saturday Feed the Fire | 5:00 PM, | Boathouse Beer Garden, Romulus Radio London | 6:00 PM, | Americana Vineyards, Interlaken Nick Kody & The Creek Road Band | 7:00 PM, | Grist Iron Brewing, Burdett St. Vith | 8:00 PM, | Two Goats Brewing, Burdett
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Chevy Court Concerts at NYS Fair | 8:00 PM Shows | New York State Fair, 581 State Fair Blvd., Syracuse | 8/28 - Ice Cube; 8/29 - Vince Neil; 8/30 Granger Smith; 8/31 - Theory of a Deadman; 9/1 - The Roots
Cinghiale: Ken Vandermark, Mars Williams, and Steve Marquette in concert | 8:00 PM, 8/29 Thursday | Sacred Root Kava Lounge & Tea Bar, 139 W State St, Ithaca | The Reed Duo ‘Cinghiale’ is Mars Williams & Ken Vandermark. There will also be a solo performance by Steve Marquette on guitar. Ken Vandermark was awarded a 1999 MacArthur Fellowship; Mars Williams is a Grammy Nominated Musician; &Steve Marquette is a guitarist, improviser and organizer based out of Chicago. | $5 s.d./student & educators free Pat Metheny Side-Eye | 8:00 PM, 8/29 Thursday | Smith Center for the Arts, 82 Seneca St, Geneva | w/ James Francies & Marcus Gilmore. Pat Metheny is launching a new playing environment called “Side Eye”for this upcoming season. Pat† wanted to create an ongoing setting to feature a rotating cast of new and upcoming musicians who have particularly caught his interest along the way. | $35-$75 Brantley Gilbert | 7:00 PM, 8/30 Friday | Darien Lake Amphitheater, 9993 Allegheny Road, Darien Center | Hellcat Maggie | 7:00 PM, 8/30 Friday | Earlville Opera House, 22 E Main St, Earlville |A high energy Celtic rock ensemble. | $20 General / $18 Member / $10 Youth 17 and under Hearing Visibilities | 7:00 PM, 8/31 Saturday | Lincoln Hall Rm B20, Cornell, Ithaca | Composer Piyawat Louilarpprasert presents “Hearing Visibilities”, music and multimedia compositions with Sergio Cote and saxophonists Guillermo Presa and Pisol Manatchinapisit. Chevy Court Concerts at NYS Fair | 1:00 PM, 9/2 Monday | New York State Fair, 581 State Fair Blvd., Syracuse | lovelytheband Chevy Court Concerts at NYS Fair | 6:00 PM, 9/2 Monday | New York State Fair, 581 State Fair Blvd., Syracuse | Gavin DeGraw Chamber Music at New Park |7:30 PM, 9/6 & 9/7| 1500 Taughan-
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nock Blvd., Ithaca, NY | Experience superb artistry in the heart of the Finger Lakes. World-class musicians from the International Tchaikovsky Competition, Sphinx Competition, National Symphony Orchestra, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Richmond Symphony, Cayuga Chamber Orchestra and more. | http://www.chambermusicatnewpark.com Keyboards in Conversation | 8:00 PM, 9/6 | Cornell, Ithaca, NY | Annette Richards (Aeolian Skinner and Vicedomini organs) and Richard Valitutto, Aditya Deshpande, Andy Sheng, and Thomas Reeves (Bechtstein and Schweighofer pianos). Includes music by Franck, Messiaen, Alain, P‰rt, Sierra, and a premiere by Miles Friday. | http://music.cornell.edu Jukin’ Bone | 7:30 PM, 9/7 | Auburn Public Theater, 8 Exchange St, Auburn, NY | Keyboard Collaborations | 8:00 PM, 9/7 | Barnes Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY | Malcolm Bilson; Miri Yampolsky and Xak Bjerken); Roger Moseley and Rachel Schutz; Roger Moseley and Malcolm Bilson; Richard Valitutto and Xak Bjerken | http:// music.cornell.edu
Stage Million Dollar Quartet | 7:30 PM, 8/30 Friday | Little York Lake Pavilion, 6799 Little York Lake Rd, Preble | Thru 9/13. A musical inspired by one night in 1956, when Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis & Carl Perkins ended up jamming together. Big Play Festival! | 8:00 PM, 8/30 Friday | Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | August Osage County Big Play Festival! | 7:30 pm, 8/28 Wednesday; 3:00 PM, 8/31 Saturday; | Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | A Raisin in the Sun | $40gets you tickets to all 3 plays Festival24 | 7:30 PM, 8/31 Saturday | Cornell Performing and Media Arts, 403 College Ave, Ithaca | Festival24 features an array of various original artistic works written, cast, directed, rehearsed, and performed by students, in just 24 hours!† Big Play Festival! | 7:30 PM, 8/29 Thursday; 8:00 PM, 8/31 Saturday | Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | You Can’t Take it With You | $40-ticket gets you all 3 plays!
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Working, A Musical | Opens 7:30 PM, 9/4 Wednesday | Merry-Go-Round Playhouse, 6877 E Lake Rd, Auburn | The hopes, dreams, and joys of the average working American are the focus of this unique, genre-defining musical. With songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda, James Taylor and Stephen Schwartz and based on Studs Terkel’s best-selling book of interviews with American workers.
Art The Other Side: Charles, Caesar, Harry, Sam, Pompey, Lon, and Isaac | Ongoing | Women’s Rights National Historic Park, 136 Fall St, Seneca Falls | Ivy Stevens-Gupta, Infinite Hues | Ongoing | The Bookery & Gallery, Dewitt Mall, 215 N. Cayuga Street, Ithaca |
Botanical Mosaics by Marjorie Hoffman at Museum of the Earth | Ongoing | Museum of the Earth, 1259 Trumansburg Rd,, Ithaca | Larger than life, three-dimensional interpretations of plant forms. Hand-sculpted ceramic elements are combined with stained glass, stone, seashells, fossils and insect galls. Textures - Paintings by Ileen Kaplan and stitched fabric remnants by Patricia Brown | 12:00 PM, 9/4 Wednesday | State of the Art Gallery, 120 W Martin Luther King, Jr./State Street, Ithaca | The artists will be in the gallery each Sunday of the month to host conversation, music, reading and stitching demonstrations.
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Summertime | Ongoing | North Star Art Gallery, 743 Snyder Hill Road, Ithaca | The newest exhibition of Brian Keeler’s works of Summer.
Week of Friday, August 30 through Thursday, September 5. Contact Cinemapolis for showtimes. New films listed first*.
Urban Arts Crawl | 5:00 PM, 8/30 Friday | Downtown Corning, Corning |
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Luce* | A married couple is forced to reckon with their idealized image of their son, adopted from war-torn Eritrea, after an alarming discovery by a devoted high school teacher threatens his status as an all-star student. |109 mins R The Nightingale* | Set in 1825, Clare, a young Irish convict woman, chases a British officer through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. |136 mins R After the Wedding*| A manager of an orphanage in Kolkata travels to New York to meet a benefactor. |111 mins PG-13 The Peanut Butter Falcon | Zak runs away from his care home to make his dream of becoming a wrestler come true. | 93 mins PG-13 Maiden | The story of Tracy Edwards, a 24-year-old cook on charter boats, who became the skipper of the first ever all-female crew to enter the Whitbread Round the World Race in 1989. | 97 mins PG The Farewell | A Chinese family discovers their grandmother has only a short while left to live and decide to keep her in the dark, scheduling a wedding to gather before she dies. |100 mins PG Finger Lakes Drive-In Movies will start at 8:45 PM. This is the last weekend of the Drive-In’s season. Toy Story 4/Good Boys | Friday, 8/30 & Saturday, 8/31 Cornell Cinema All films are shown at Willard Straight Hall on Cornell campus. The River and the Wall| 8/29, 6:45 PM | Five friends set out to document the borderlands and explore the potential impacts of a wall on the natural environment. Us| 8/29, 9:45 PM; 8/31, 9:25 PM | A family’s serene beach vacation turns to chaos when their doppelgängers appear and begin to terrorize them.
Booksmart | 8/31 & 9/1, 7:00 PM | On the eve of their high school graduation, two academic superstars and best friends realize they should have worked less and played more. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (3D) | 8/30, 7:00 PM | Teen Miles Morales becomes Spider-Man of his reality, crossing his path with five counterparts from other dimensions to stop a threat for all realities. Captain Marvel | 8/30, 9:45 | Carol Danvers becomes one of the universe’s most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races. Hyenas | 9/3, 7:00 PM| Dramaan is the most popular man in Colobane, but when a woman from his past, now exorbitantly wealthy, returns to the town, things begin to change. The Citizen | 9/4, 7:00 PM | A security guard in Budapest desires to acquire Hungarian citizenship, but he keeps failing the exams that are required for his application. In preparing for the next exam, he is helped by a Hungarian woman of roughly the same age who is a history teacher. Regal Ithaca Wednesday 8/28 through Tuesday, 9/3. Contact Regal Ithaca for showtimes. Angel Has Fallen | Secret Service Agent Mike Banning is framed for the attempted assassination of the President and must evade his own agency and the FBI as he tries to uncover the real threat. |120 mins R Ready or Not | A bride’s wedding night takes a sinister turn when her eccentric new in-laws force her to take part in a terrifying game. | 95 mins R The Angry Birds Movie 2 | |96 mins PG Good Boys| Three sixth grade boys ditch school and embark on an epic journey while carrying accidentally stolen drugs. |89 mins R Where’d You Go Bernadette? | A loving mom becomes compelled to reconnect with her creative passions after years of sacrificing herself for her family. |PG-13 47 Meters Down: Uncaged| Four teen girls diving in a ruined underwater city quickly learn they’ve entered
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Bernie Milton Pavilion, Ithaca Commons | Honey Cave is made up of four powerful women who invoke the deepest wisdom through their divine enchantments: Angie Beeler, Alyssa Duerkson, Jessie Gray , and Lora Pendleton. HeeSun Lee (pictured) has released four albums, featuring precise rap skills, hard-hitting beats, and flawless collaborations. (photo: Facebook)
Sacred Root & Kava Lounge & Tea Bar, 139 W State St., Ithaca | An evening with some musical virtuosos: the reed duo ‘Cinghiale’ is Mars Williams and Ken Vandermark (pictured) as well as Chicago-based guitarist, improviser and organizer Steve Marquette playing solo guitar. Ken Vandermark was awarded a 1999 MacArthur Fellowship; Mars Williams is a Grammy Nominated Musician; Donations will be shared with local libraries. (Photo: provided) Au gu s t
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GIAC Festival of Nations | 11:00 AM, 9/7| 710 N. Union St., Ithaca, NY | GIAC’s Festival of Nations returns alongside the new outdoor Gus Macker 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament and will finish with a special Tompkins Chamber Movies in the Park, a screening of ‘Space Jam’ in the Ithaca High School stadium.
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located in the basement of Willard Straight Hall. The aspiring DJ started out spinning vinyl, but he soon added live performances by local musicians to the mix. In 1969, “Bound for Glory” began airing live from the coffeehouse at Anabel Taylor Hall, where it has remained. Shapiro’s promotional savvy and word of mouth soon made “Bound for Glory” a household name on the folk music circuit. Today, it’s a major tour stop for any folk singer–established or unknown. That’s an accomplishment in itself: no one gets paid money for appearing, or working, on Bound for Glory–including Phil Shapiro, the many loyal volunteers that help run the show, and the performers. Bound for Glory performers do get compensated with an element
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that is all too rare these days, according to the show’s genial host. “They get paid in magic,” says Shapiro. “Our live audience is known far and wide as the best folk audience in the country. We have famous performers come back again and again.”
This season kicks off with a performance by The Flywheels, an old-timey, traditional bluegrass band. Check them out this Sunday and plenty of great folk music to follow this season.
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the territory of the deadliest shark species in the claustrophobic labyrinth of submerged caves. |89 mins PG-13
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Blinded by the Light| In 1987 Britain, a teenager learns to live life, understand his family and find his own voice through the music of Bruce Springsteen. |117 mins PG-13
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Special Events The Great New York State Fair | All Day thru 9/2, Monday | New York State Fair, 581 State Fair Blvd., Syracuse | Thru 9/2. Kitten Karnival | Wednesdays | SPCA of Tompkins County, 1640 Hanshaw Rd., Ithaca | Weekly Wednesday Kitten Karnival† through September from† 4-7 PM. | $25 per Kitten Blancpain GT World Challenge America | All Day 8/30 Friday thru 9/1 Sunday | Watkins Glen International , 2790 Cty Rte 16 , Watkins Glen | A weekend full of action will feature GT and Touring Car races.
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Movies in Stewart Park: SpiderMan Into the Spider-Verse | 8:30 PM, 8/30 Friday | Stewart Park, 1 James L. Gibbs Dr., Ithaca | Movies in the Park is our annual summer movie series, hosted in Stewart Park on Friday nights in August. Movies are always free and family-friendly. Food trucks and activities will be available for mark your calendars for the final one of the summer. Big Mouth Music Presents: Howlfest 2019 | 2:00 PM, 8/31 Saturday | Howl Studios, 1607 Trumansburg Rd, Ithaca | Howlfest 2019 will feature 13+ musical acts on 2 stages, Thousands of One, Road Man, Papa Muse, DJ EVO Evolution, The Sunny Weather, The Ilium Works, The Darts, Bob Roberts Calamity, Common Railers, Vicious Fishes, Late Night acoustic sets with Vinegar Williams, Angela Marion & others, Turntablism Dance Party with DJ Balacktus Rush and more. | $10 -$20 Sliding Scale. Kids
15 and under are admitted free with guardian. Treleaven’s Fifth Annual Field Day | 4:00 PM, 8/31 Saturday | Treleaven Wines, 658 Lake Rd, King Ferry | Take in the sounds of the local area’s most prominent rock country, swing & funk musicians.Tailor Made will get the party started at 4pm with their rock country followed by headliner, The Destination, starting at 7pm. The 9-piece dance band will keep you singing and dancing with their swing, funk and R&B songs. | 5 Special Contra Dance with David Kaynor, Tim Ball, John Wobus, and Nancy Spero | 8:00 PM, 8/31 Saturday | Community School Of Music And Arts, 330 E State St, Ithaca | Contra dance and benefit with David Kaynor (fiddle), Tim Ball (fiddle and guitar), John Wobus (keyboard), and Nancy Spero (teaching dances). Beginners of all ages are welcome. Simple steps can be done at a walk, each dance is
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Stewart Park, 1 James L. Gibbs Drive, Ithaca | Movies in the Park, like the summer, is coming to an end. Enjoy one last hurrah with the film that many consider to be the best of all the modern Spider-Man movies. (photo: Facebook)
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briefly taught, and experienced dancers are happy to help. No need to bring a partner, but please bring clean, soft-soled shoes to protect the dance floor. Info: www.hands4dancers.org. | $9 HFDI members, $12 nonmembers, $5 students/limited income. Children 12 and under free. Follow the Water! Bike Ride | 2:00 PM, 9/3 Tuesday | Children’s Garden - meet in the parking lot near the purple gate at main entrance to garden, Ithaca | Bicycle along the waterfront trail, stopping a few times to rest, drink, snack, and talk about the history of Ithaca’s water. This is a gentle flat ride suitable for adults and children who can bicycle 3 miles. Join Bike Champ Tziona and Naturalist Adrianna (Community Science Institute) for a ride flowing with new connections, sunshine, and nature. Hilliard United States Vintage Grand Prix | Begins 9/6 | 2790 Cty Rte 16 , Watkins Glen, NY | The Trans-Am
The Edible Home Landscape: A Garden-to-Table Program | 4:00 PM, 9/7 | 1 Plantations Rd, Ithaca, NY | Join our horticulturists for a tour of the Herb Garden and Vegetable Garden to learn about edible plants that also make lovely ornamental additions to your home landscape. Participants must be 21 or older and prepared to show proof of age.
Books Antiracist & Anticolonial Struggles, Then and Now A Conversation | 4:00 PM, 8/31 Saturday | Buffalo Street Books, 215 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | Built around the publication of the new book Insurgent Empire: Anticolonial Resistance and British Dissent (Verso, 2019) by Dr. Priyamvada Gopal of Cambridge University, this event is a conversation about the history of anticolonial struggles and how they are related to our contemporary struggles against racism and for social justice.
Kids Maker Thursdays for Teens at TCPL | 3:00 PM, 8/29 Thursday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | These drop-in hours provide people aged 12 to 17 the opportunity to express their
CONTRA DANCE WITH DAVID KAYNOR, TIM BALL, JOHN WOBUS, AND NANCY SPERO
SATURDAY, AUGUST 31 AT 8:00 PM
Community School of Music and Arts, 330 E. State St., Ithaca | This is a special contra dance and benefit with David Kaynor (pictured, fiddle), Tim Ball (fiddle and guitar), John Wobus (keyboard), and Nancy Spero (teaching dances). Beginners of all ages are welcome. Please bring clean, soft-soled shoes to protect the dance floor. Info: www. hands4dancers.org. (photo: provided)
creativity while becoming familiar with the equipment in the Libraryís Makerspace. Each week will include a short tutorial on the Makerbot 3D Printer, Epilogue Helix Laser Cutter, or Arduino programming. No registration required. Lego Club | 5:30 PM, 8/29 Thursday | Edith B. Ford Memorial Library, 7169 N Main St, Ovid | All ages welcome. Weekly challenges provided. Toddler Free Play | 9:30 AM, 8/30 Friday | Edith B. Ford Memorial Library, 7169 N Main St, Ovid | Kids can enjoy the Toddler Play Space.
architecture and decor via a tour of the theater. Ithaca Sociable Singles | 6:00 PM, 8/28 Wednesday | 8/28 Dinner: The Commons Kitchen (124 E State Street, Ithaca); Host: Nadine L., RSVP: nlem1155@gmail.com. 9/5, Dinner: Old Mexico. Host: Jim H., RSVP: jrhaustein@yahoo.com Public Invited to Decorate TCPLís Sidewalk at Chalk Art Extravaganza | 2:00 PM, 8/29 Thursday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | The whole community is invited to contribute to the fun
goods, jams, maple syrup, honey, tea, herbs, plants, soaps, hand crafts, tool sharpening and more!
Ovid Farmers Market | 3:00 PM, 8/30 Friday | Papa Bear Building (Ovid Courthouse), 7175 Main St., Ovid |
Extinction Rebellion (XR) Ithaca - Informational Talk & Social Gathering | 7:30 PM, 8/29 Thursday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green St., Ithaca | The recently formed local chapter of the Extinction Rebellion movement will be holding its first large public gathering and informational talk entitled “Heading For Extinction (And What To Do About It).”
Beginner Bird Walks | 8:30 AM, 8/31 Saturday | Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd, Ithaca | Guided bird walks every Saturday and Sunday morning, sponsored by the Cayuga Bird Club. For more information, go to the club’s website, http://www. cayugabirdclub.org/calendar HistoryForge Data Entry Bee | 11:00 AM, 8/31 Saturday | Tompkins Center for History and Culture, 110 N
Free Adult Tutoring Services | 10:00 AM, 9/3 Tuesday | Seneca Falls Library, 47 Cayuga Street, Seneca Falls | Learn reading, writing, math and job-related skills.† Drop-ins welcome. Teachers provided by the Literacy Volunteers of Seneca County. Car Pride of Ithaca Open Club Meet | 5:00 PM, 9/3 Tuesday | Ithaca Wal-Mart parking lot, Memorial fairgrounds parkway, Ithaca | Domestic, import, old, new, cars, trucks, r.v.s, & more. CAR PRIDE is an open club that is free to join.
Club of Ithaca for a survey of comic book movie stars! Open Hearts Dinner | 5:00 PM, 9/4 Wednesday | McKendree UMC, 224 Owego St., Candor | Come and join in the fun. Whether you are looking for fellowship or a free meal this one’s for you. Contact: Denice Peckins denicepeckins@hotmail.com
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Preschool Storytime at Southworth Library | 10:00 AM, 8/30 Friday | Southworth Library, 24 W. Main Street, Dryden | A different theme every week!
Tuesdays & Thursdays | Newfield Public Library, 198 Main St. , Newfield | Take off Pounds Sensibly | 6:00 PM, 8/29 Thursday | Candor Town Hall,
Baby Storytime | 10:30 AM, 8/30 Friday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Caregivers and babies up to 24 months embrace early literacy through books, music, movement and rhyming. This storytime is followed by an hour-long Baby & Toddler Playtime at 11:00 am.
101 Owego Road, Candor | Contact Jean Dewey 659-9969 or jmdewey@ frontiernet.net Sacred Sunday Community at Yoga Farm | 9:00 AM, 9/1 Sunday | Yoga Farm, 404 Conlon Rd, Lansing |
Story Time | 10:30 AM, 8/30 Friday | Edith B. Ford Memorial Library, 7169 N Main St, Ovid | All ages - songs, games, & crafts, too.
Open Meditation | 10:30 AM, 9/1
LEGO Building Program | 3:00 PM, 8/31 Saturday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | The Library provides building bricks, and all creations are displayed at the Library for one week.
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Family Story Time | 10:30 AM, 9/3 Tuesday | Newfield Public Library, 198 Main St. , Newfield | Join us every Tuesday for stories, songs and fun. There is a different theme each week.
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Cuddle-up Infant & Toddler Library Time | 10:00 AM, 9/4 Wednesday | Southworth Library, 24 W. Main Street, Dryden |
Notices Smith Opera House Tours | 10:00 AM, Wednesdays | Smith Center for the Arts, 82 Seneca St, Geneva | The public is invited to experience a bit of Smith lore and enjoy its unique
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of chalk art, right at the entrance into the Library. Chalk will be provided. Candor Farmers Market | 3:30 PM, 8/29 Thursday | Candor Town Hall Pavilion, 101 Owego Road, Candor | 18 Vendors with fresh produce, baked
MUMC Check-It-Out Thrift Shoppe | 9:00 AM, 8/30 Friday | Check It Out Thrift Shop, 6609 Turnpike Road, Mecklenburg | High quality used items at reasonable prices. Each Friday and Saturday this summer.
Tioga St., Ithaca | Come volunteer at our next transcription bee! We make Ithaca history come alive within new open-source software. Learn more and sign up for meeting reminders here. Bring a laptop if possible.
Comic Book Club: Comic Book Movie Stars! | 7:00 PM, 9/3 Tuesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Bring a list of your own favorite actors from movie adaptations, and join the Comic Book
Just Be Cause Center, 1013 W State St, Ithaca | Alzheimer’s Association Support Meeting | 5:30 PM, 9/4 Wednesday | Lifelong, 119 W Court St, Ithaca |
ANTIRACIST & ANTICOLONIAL STRUGGLES, THEN AND NOW A CONVERSATION
SATURDAY, AUGUST 31 AT 2:00 PM
Howl Studios, 1607 Trumansburg Rd., Ithaca | The live music begins outside at 2pm and continues on two stages until about 12:30am, followed by a drumming circle, acoustic round robin sets and a DJ Dance Party. Featuring performances from Thousands of One (pictured), Road Man, Papa Muse, DJ EVO Evolution, Sunny Weather, Vicious Fishes, and more. Food, activities, vendors and more fun! (photo: Facebook)
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Buffalo Street Books, DeWitt Mall, 215 N Cayuga ST., Ithaca | The panel discussion with include Aziz Rana (Cornell Law) and Pete Meyers (Coordinator, Tompkins County Workers’ Center) and Dr. Priyamvada Gopal (pictured) of Cambridge University, this event is a conversation about the history of anticolonial struggles and how they are related to our contemporary struggles against racism and for social justice. Photo: provided) Au gu s t
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