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The Kings Bay Plowshares members prior to breaking into a nuclear facility in April 2018. Ithaca native Clare Grady is on the far left. (Photo: Provided)

Point In Time

s the City of Ithaca and Tompkins County deal with what seems to be a significant uptick in the homeless population, the annual estimation of homeless people spending cold nights on the streets is taking a different form this year. The Point in Time Count (PITC), as it’s known, is the required yearly count of the homeless population spending the night outside, always held at the end of January as required by the federal Housing and Urban Development (HUD) department. Normally, the PITC would include an on-the-street component, during which volunteers might ride around with law enforcement officials on their nightly rounds and use the opportunity to count homeless people sleeping on the streets instead of utilizing housing or shelter services. “We did a scaled-down version of it,” said Danielle Harrington, housing services director for TCAction. “Every year HUD requires a sheltered count, so that stayed the same, all the agencies providing housing or emergency shelter, [and] we complete these forms and submit them. But the unsheltered street count changed a little this year. We don’t have to report the numbers to HUD the way we used to in other years, but we thought it was important to still collect that information locally.” Accompanied by community outreach workers from Family and Children’s Services of Ithaca and the Tompkins County Department of Social Services, Harrington and outreach worker Tammy Baker walked through the Jungle, Ithaca’s homeless encampment, on Tuesday morning, asking people staying there where

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Clare Grady

Film screening educates on Ithaca’s connection to nuclear disarmament movement

ince the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, through the days of the Cuban Missile Crisis, and lasting throughout the years of the Cold War, nuclear weapons have been a hot-button issue for many people. Considering that some of these weapons have the power to destroy great centers of population, for years many people have been fighting to see them disappear. That fight has been going on for years, and now it seems to be creating the dialogue people both want and need to hear. Among most vocal opponents of nuclear weaponization are members of the Plowshare movement, whose name is derived from a passage in the Bible, Isaiah 2:3-4, which says, “And He shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares,

and their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.” A Plowshare member and local Ithacan, Clare Grady, has made a name for herself over the decades with numerous actions against the military-industrial complex, though she is facing consequences now as her trial approaches for a break-in at a nuclear facility in Georgia. She’s held events over the last few weeks to rally support for her cause, including a march around downtown Ithaca that included dozens of anti-war supporters on Saturday, Feb. 2 and a movie showing and speech the following day at Cinemapolis. The movement has sparked protests that have led to people breaking into nuclear storage facilities and damaging military weapons and other

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and Hot Cayenne, Richie Stearns and Friends, the Burns Sisters Band, Pine Box, the Notorious String Busters and Venissa Santi 4Tet. The event is being held at The Haunt in Ithaca on Thursday, Feb. 7 with doors opening at 7 p.m. and the show starting at 8 p.m. There’s a $7 donation suggested at the door.

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property. Two of these protests were chronicled in the documentary “The Priests, The Nuns, and the Bombs,” which was shown over the weekend. The event was hosted by King’s Bay Plowshares, with donations being made to the Free Clare Grady fund. Grady was arrested for leading a group into Naval Submarine Base King’s Bay, a U.S. Navy base. The documentary starts off talking about Sister Megan Rice, an 84-year-old nun who led a small group into the Y-12 Facility in Tennessee in 2012. During hearings about the break-in and how it could have happened, more often than not, the greatest concern was how the numerous security measures that the federal government put in place failed. This bothered Rice, because most media coverage as well as hearings about the break-in were about the inefficient security measures, not about the protesting of nuclear weapons. However, this wasn’t all Rice’s idea, but rather the result of seeing a similar series of events unfold 2,000 miles northeast in Tacoma, Washington. Five people (Father Bill Bichsel, Sister Ann Montgomery, Father Steven Kelly, Sister Susan Crane, and Lynne Greenwald) took the adventurous step of breaking into the former Naval Submarine Base Bangor, home to several nuclear submarines. Most of

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INQUIRING PHOTOGRAPHER By C a se y Mar tin

YOU’VE WON A CONTEST AND GET TO SPEND THE AFTERNOON WITH A CELEBRITY. WHO DO YOU PICK AND WHAT DO YOU ASK THEM TO DO?

“Do they have to be alive? I would hang with Robin Williams for the day. We’d just freestyle – no big plans or anything…just see what comes to him!” -Plaidy

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Community members voice Carpenter Park concerns

he new Carpenter Business Park development, near Route 13, is almost finished its preliminary design phase but is still facing criticism from members of the public, particularly the vocal Northside United neighborhood group. The group held their monthly meeting Monday night at the Quaker Meeting House to discuss the proposal. One part of the design that people are concerned with is the location of the affordable housing building, which has become the proverbial half empty/half full glass of water. For some members of the community they are looking at the buildings location as towards the front of the site, while many others see the building as another segregated affordable housing building. Since the other buildings on the site, like a downtown

location for a Cayuga Medical Center (CMC) office and some other mixed-use buildings, are centered more towards the middle and rear of the site, many residents want to ensure that the affordable housing building isn’t going to be built in a way that separates it from the rest of the complex. Some residents gave suggestions on how to fix this issue, but the design team, Whitham Planning and Design, has run into a few constraints. One problem is that the site borders the Community Gardens and is near several NYSEG power lines which render several sections of the site either unbuildable, or strictly height-limited. The designers have worked around that and are still tinkering with the layout of the design, planning to submit them to the City of Ithaca some time next week.

Water Mains

City dealing with rash of water main breaks

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n Tuesday, the morning of Feb. 5, the City of Ithaca reported a water main break at the intersection of Valley Road and Cornell Walk. The break was listed as reported at 9 a.m., and a crew would likely have to spend the remainder of the work day repairing it. It’s one of the most common Sights in Ithaca over the last few months: news alerts flash across the city’s website and into the inboxes of residents all around the area detailing emergency construction that has to be completed to stop a water main break. Assistant Superintendent of Public Works Erik Whitney said the city is currently seeing an average of four to five water main breaks per week, a significant increase over years

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prior; Whitney said most years the city would see an increase around this time of year, but not to this extent. Each break, he said, costs the city thousands of dollars in repair and labor costs. A normal year would probably see about 30 water main breaks, most of which would happen in the cold-weather months. “Soil underneath the streets has moisture in it, and the freeze/thaw cycle produces an expansion and contraction which even when its down four or five feet, the expansion and contraction exerts pressure on the cast-iron pipes,” Whitney said, which can cause them to eventually break. “That’s typical of movement above pressing down on the pipe.” The rollercoaster nature of this season’s temperatures,

Since the buildings are supposed to be market rate, which one resident said was “slang for luxury housing,” some of the community members are worried about gentrification and how this could adversely affect their neighborhood. Many urban centers have been over-run with overpriced housing that has impacted and changed the monetary landscape of neighborhoods, with attendees noting the new City Centre development as an example of market rate housing secretly meaning luxury housing. Designer Scott Whitham said that rental price hasn’t been determined Wyet. Despite this reassurance, one resident was concerned about the requirements that will be implemented for people to be eligible for the affordable housing building. The salary requirement is going to be somewhere between families and people who earn $29,000 and $34,000, though this may shift throughout the design process. Another question about the affordable housing building was about who will be living there. While the design

calls for multi-use apartments, many people wanted to ensure that families who are eligible for affordable/low-income housing will be able to get it with ease. Other questions and comments related to whether or not the design shown last night was going to be the one presented to the City of Ithaca. Whitham responded no, saying that in the coming days, the design will be changing to iron out any flaws, but also so that any changes community members have will be taken under consideration. Despite their concerns, it did seem that most community members at least appreciated the amount of community outreach Whitham and his team have done during the process to garner feedback. Throughout the design process, they have been routinely consulting the community on the layout of the buildings to best ensure that the community gardens will remain unaffected by the development and any construction that goes on.

emphasized by last week’s two-day swing from highs in the teens to Monday’s balmy 60 degrees, makes the freeze/ thaw cycle worse on pipes as opposed to just consistently icy temperatures. Whitney said he thinks that though the city’s sewer infrastructure is aging (and is in the very long-term process of being replaced with new pipes, as evidenced by the months-long construction seen over the summer on East State Street), that probably can’t be considered a universal cause for the uptick in breaks. “I don’t think that would be much of a factor,” Whitney said. “Some of the pipes are in great condition, some aren’t.” Each water main break takes a crew of city workers about 8-10 hours to repair entirely. Whitney also estimated that the City of Ithaca has to spend between $5,000 and $10,000 to fully address each water main break, meaning that expenditure has likely already reached above $100,000 this year. Though the worst of Ithaca’s winter might be over, as it’s tough to imagine

many more nights of negative temperatures, Whitney said the frequency of water main breaks normally doesn’t slow down until April. He said 80 percent of a year’s breaks normally occur between December and March. Despite that, Whitney said so far the city has not run into a situation this year in which they haven’t had the workforce to properly address several main breaks occurring simultaneously, though that might be challenged as the months wear on. “So far, so good,” Whitney said. “We can deploy two crews to any two breaks at any hour of the day. If we’re looking at a third break simultaneously, we might be able to do it. [That] hasn’t happened this year, but it’s happened in the past.”

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Neighborhood Plan

Southside next in line for Neighborhood Plan

fter over two years of work and several months of community input and tweaking, the Greater Southside Neighborhood Plan is now heading into consideration by the City of Ithaca. The neighborhood plan is part of the City of Ithaca’s ongoing Phase II of its Comprehensive Plan, which mandates that all neighborhoods in the city will receive neighborhood plans that can serve to guide development over the foreseeable future. After watching several other neighborhoods receive either plans or design guidelines over the previous few years, Southside was next on the Planning Department’s docket. Generally speaking, there don’t appear to be a ton of significant changes at first glance, though certain definitions that were previously stated for Southside have either been tweaked or refined since they were first articulated for the land. “Housing is and will remain the predominant land use,” the plan states. “While much of the Southside is already built out and few vacant lots exist, there are opportunities to provide additional housing units on underutilized parcels and surface parking lots. In addition, existing homes could incorporate more accessory housing units. These added units will offer more opportunities for people to live within the city while also making home ownership more affordable. These are significant benefits for the community, but it will be important to ensure that this new construction is architecturally compatible with existing buildings to maintain the desired neighborhood character.” Under the current formulation of the plan, the vast majority of Southside would stay as traditional residential, which sticks to much of what is seen in the neighborhood now anyway. In terms of new development, it looks like that would be restricted to “traditional residential building

style,” even with multi-family structures and accessory apart-

As for land use recommendations, the plan outlines eight points of interest it specifically calls for consideration. As is customary with a city that still craves housing of all kinds, many of them have to do with encouraging housing in a variety of ways, though it does employ the phrase “architecturally

Proposed Plan for Southside Neighberhood future land use

ment additions that would be allowed to gradually foster density development. As stated several times throughout the document, the actual new development for Southside is likely moderate, unlike the more obviously significant plans in downtown or elsewhere in the city. Surrounding the center of the neighborhood, which is entirely slated for traditional residential, is residential transition and more mixed-use options further away from the center, which is defined here as basically the intersection of Plain Street and Center Street.

compatible” to describe how infill development should be handled. That’s actually a consistent theme of the land-use suggestions: pushing for some density and infill development, but with an eye to ensuring the character of the neighborhood is preserved, particularly in the Henry St. John Historic District. Perhaps this was always the desire, but with all the lamenting of “neighborhood character” that Ithacans do, often as an indirect resistance to infill development, it’s easy to think the Planning Department wanted to spell that out on the front-end before any

development or zoning controversies arise. A minimum green space requirement is also suggested. To its credit, the city also addresses the topic of gentrification in Southside, an ongoing occurrence that speaks not only to the city’s widespread housing shortage issues, but also to the pricing out of poor, often black people in Southside who are forced to move farther out of the city as higherincome people move in. Yet outside of keeping affordable housing developments properly funded with city assistance on grant applications and the like, actual solutions are scarce. “Gentrification became a concern of many residents in the early 2000s and remains a concern of long-term residents today,” the plan states. “Sale prices for single-family homes in the neighborhood have risen by more than 265% in the past twenty years. For rental units, fair market rents for two-bedroom apartments in the city have increased by 71% since 2000. In contrast, the median family income has increased by 64% over the same period. Many individuals and families who have lived in the neighborhood are being forced to seek housing elsewhere, often outside of the city.” While the statistics are specific, the actual steps the City of Ithaca plans to take to facilitate the affordability of the neighborhood are far more vague. Housing recommendations include encouraging accessory apartments and simplifying the approval process for them and making sure the neighborhood’s already available affordable housing remains financially stable and open. But perhaps the most salient point of the recommendations is also its least detailed. “Work with private property owners to maintain affordability of existing units within the study area,” it states, without explaining how or by what mechanism that could be achieved.

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▶▶ Thumbs Up - The local National Public Radio affiliates have announced new broadcast format changes, with WSKG switching over to all news talk while WSQX will now solely broadcast classical music. Prior to this, both stations had alternated between talk radio and classical music offerings. WSKG is 90.9 FM on the Ithaca dial, WSQX is 92.1. ▶▶ Thumbs Down - Look for a full story on this later this week, but National Book Auctions has been hit with another lawsuit in Tompkins County. It’s another episode in the fallout after the auction house’s owner, David Hall, was arrested and charged with one count of larceny over allegations he didn’t compensate hundreds of thousands of dollars he made off of auctioning other people’s property. The question has to be asked: while he is jailed or on trial, why is National Book Auctions allowed to keep operating? ▶▶ Heard - In another story we’ll be updating on our site this week, Gary McCaslin had his charges dropped this week. If that name doesn’t sound familiar to you, for shame! If it does, thank you for reading the Ithaca Times. McCaslin was the Corning resident who was accused of stealing one of Republican Congressman Tom Reed’s “Extreme Ithaca Liberal” signs that was embedded with a GPS device. McCaslin claimed he was only clearing out political signs in the wake of the June Democratic primary. Sanity reigns, for now at least.

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Have you kept your New Year’s resolutions?

17.6% Yes! Be the change. 17.6% No! Change sucks. 64.7% Mind your own business.

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YOUR LETTERS On the 46 South Street affordable housing project

he Trumansburg Board of Zoning Appeals is holding a legally required Public Hearing on Feb. 19 at 6 p.m. at the Trumansburg Fire Hall. The agenda includes a request for a Use variance for the former Millspaugh lumberyard site on Cayuga St. Since it has been unoccupied for more than 2 years it has lost its “grandfathered” commercial use and will require a use variance to allow a new business that is interested in purchasing the property. The agenda also includes requests for Area variances by INHS for the 46 South St. aka Hamilton Square project. For over 2 years the applicant has proposed a project that doesn’t meet zoning regulations, all the while assuring all that it did. Now the developer admits that they need variances for both the parking requirements and the front yard setbacks! INHS is asking to be allowed to reduce the required parking spaces by almost half! This request is due to the fact that the project is too large for the site and the only way the applicant can comply with existing zoning requirements is to put parking in the front yard. INHS is also asking for a variance to reduce the required front yard set-back from 50’ to 25’. While both if these changes may have

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SURROUNDED BYREALITY some potential value in certain circumstances they need to be addressed through legislative changes not zoning variances. Granting these variances would be precedent setting for the entire village! A welldesigned project would not need them. Ask the BZA to deny the variances and require the developer to go back and design a project that meets current zoning requirements. Plan to attend this meeting! Sarah Adams, Trumansburg resident

On the possibly racist actions by Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam Virginia Governor Ralph Northam lacks any credibility. First, he apologized for being either the Klansman or student in blackface shown on his yearbook page. Hours later, he claimed upon closer examination that he was neither. Northam went on to say he never purchased or viewed his graduation yearbook until this issue came to light several days ago. He also admitted wearing black face as part of a Michael Jackson costume dance contest in 1984. Is it credible to believe that no classmate ever brought his yearbook page photo to his attention? If Northam was a Republican, there would have been a political lynching. He would have already resigned from office. Democrats

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rigid caste system of junior high schools everywhere, way too high. Imagine a sweaty Untouchable approaching a Brahmin princess. Back then, our dances had a live rock band of high school guys whose skills were honed by weeks of practice, and I sort of remember them playing what might plausibly have been “Mama Told Me Not To Come”. That might not have been the song, but in any event the music was really loud and it’s possible I may have been shouting at her. I’ll never know for sure, because she did the prudent thing and fled to the bathroom before I could finish. I have it on pretty good

minefield. “20 Reasons Valentine’s Day Leads to Clinical Depression.” “12 Things St. Valentine Sucked At.” These days, being single by choice (not mine, but still a choice), I am somewhat removed, but I get it. In fact, my very first stab at romance actually occurred at a junior high school Valentine’s Day dance, and ended badly. As I look back, I see it was destined to fail, but the trauma lingers. The year was 1970, and after hours of intense rehearsal, at home and in the boys’ bathroom, I had felt more or less ready to ask my victim, who shall remain anonymous, to dance. Actually, her name was Sue. Anyway, a fairly simple transaction, in theory. Agonizingly, at the moment of truth, with my heart pounding, I approached her and proceeded to stammer uncontrollably. It wasn’t just that she wasn’t interested; to my dismay she seemed to exhibit all the symptoms of being intensely alarmed. It’s kind of a blur now, but drenched as I was in a medley of flop sweat, Hai Karate after-shave lotion and Clearasil, I must have given the appearance of someone who was at best deathly ill and at worst and more likely, highly contagious. Plus, I was aiming, in the

authority that she’s still there. It was an inauspicious beginning, and I’ve advanced my knowledge of Valentine’s Day (and women) very little since then. I’ve never been able to get a good handle on the rules. Kanye West can become obscenely rich with lyrics such as “You’re such a $^%# ho, I love it” but if I said that, I’d get arrested. Napoleon can ditch Josephine the minute she gets too old to keep trying to have a son, yet theirs is one of the great romances in history. A $60 arrangement of cut flowers certain to wilt within 72 hours is an acceptable gift, but a Home Depot gift card in the same amount is not. This I do know for sure: If you are in a relationship, ignore Valentine’s Day at your extreme peril. The temptation is to rail against the manipulating corporate big shots at Hallmark and FTD, but really, some of us need this holiday. It’s true. Sure, it’s a little forced and one is best advised to play it safe, but I’d miss it if it were gone, and besides, what else is going on this time of year? Just tough it out. Soon February will be a memory and March, the 11th-most-glorious month of the year, will be here.

hy complain about February? In addition to the dedication of the shortest month of the year to Black History Month, there is much to celebrate. For one thing, there are people who take the month of January to abstain from the consumption of alcohol. They’re officially out of the woods now. Also, there was Groundhog Day. Last Saturday, Mayor Myrick poked his head out of City Hall, saw his shadow, and now the Harold’s Square project will take another six months to finish. Then there’s Valentine’s Day. Currently, our news arrives not in articles, but in clickbait lists, and judging by those, the holiday is a

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ev. Gary McCaslin, a resident of Since there were no permits issued for Corning, was accused of illegally the signs to be allowed on the state land, taking a political sign that belonged McCaslin got the signs and cleaned up to Congressman Tom Reed last July was the abandoned political clutter. Following cleared of all criminal charges. According this, McCaslin received a visit from Reed’s to Christina Sonsire, the attorney who campaign staff saying that the sign that represented McCaslin, the charge of petit read “Extreme Ithaca Liberal” had a GPS larceny, a Class A device embedded misdemeanor was in it. dismissed in the McCaslin Town of Corning returned the sign Court. but held onto the “A no-stringsGPS device in attached dismissal order to turn it of the charge over to the proper against McCaslin authorities. He was absolutely wasn’t sure if the appropriate under device was legal the circumstancor not, but before es, and is somehe had the chance thing we were to do so, he was pushing for from arrested in his the time of his arhome that night. rest last summer,” According to Sonsire said in a Sonsire, McCaslin press release. was just trying to On July 2, clear away politi2018, five days cal clutter. after the Demo“We are Rev. Gary McCaslin cratic primary for pleased the Steuben Congress, McCaslin County District was driving back Attorney’s Office deto Corning after a cided to dismiss the vacation when he saw several political charges but are profoundly disappointed signs lying on the ground and assembled it took this long,” a statement from Mcin a loose pile within the triangular grassy Caslin’s lawyers said. “Rev. McCaslin and median between State Route 352 and Old his wife are upstanding citizens who have Town Road in the Town of Corning. Since served our community for decades in this land is state-owned land, candidates numerous ways. The idea that friends and are not allowed to place signs on it withneighbors may believe Gary committed out a valid permit. a crime has been exceedingly difficult for After pulling over to the side of the them to come to term with. We brought a road, McCaslin found that five different motion to dismiss at the start of this case signs were abandoned, representing two because we knew then the charge had no NY23 Democratic candidates, a general merit.” sign telling people to vote, and one of Rep. -E dw i n J Vi er a Tom Reed’s Extreme Ithaca Liberal signs. YOUR LETTERS Contin u ed From Page 7

tolerated former KKK member late West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd . He held both office and leadership positions for decades. Let us see if Democrats practice what they preach. -Larry Penner

On LegalizingW Marijuana

YS seems to be on the road to legalizing “marijuana.” However, the reality is that it will (in effect) actually legalize THC which is the active component of the marijuana plant used recreationally. The risk is that commercial corporations will market THC in forms and concentrations far beyond what is prudent for public health and beyond

what has been studied medically. Like “big tobacco” these corporations will likely stay within the law but, in effect, market to our children and young adults in their aggressive pursuit of profit. Should NYS legalize THC, it should follow the pattern of legalization of alcohol. The product must be regulated in form, concentration and packaging. Marketing practices and advertising in particular must be regulated. To do less is to invite corporations to once again prey upon our people. Dr. William Klepack Medical Director Tompkins County Health Department

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the protests that had been held were about how having nuclear arms so near to urban hubs like Seattle is nerve-wracking. Should something go wrong an entire city could be wiped out in seconds As in the case of Megan Rice, the immediate concerns of the government, as well as the focus of the media after finding out about the break-in, was about the failure of several security measures to find the group. For four hours, the group walked around the base until they finally made it to the nuclear bunkers, where the weapons were stored. Once they were found, they were arrested and soon began awaiting lengthy trials. In this case, all five people were thought of as outstanding members of the community whose motivations seemed clear, considering they were not intent on harming anyone. However, their defense of doing the protest out of necessity did not convince the jury and they were found guilty on all charges. While the maximum the group would have received on their sentences was at least 10 years, they instead received reduced sentences, with the longest one being 15 months in prison. Despite this, though, they were all released several months early. After Rice heard about this, she felt that this was what needed to happen at Y-12. Rice was also convicted after she used a similar defense to the Bangor

Five and was convicted to six months in prison, though she was released after two months because the charge of sabotage was dropped. The film is a journey through the hearts and minds of a weary movement who have been fighting for some kind of denuclearization treaty to be adopted not only by the United Nations but also by the nine other countries that currently possess nuclear weapons. Other moments in the film are peppered with information about how some of these people joined this movement after seeing the effects of the Cold War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the detonation of the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Grady, along with six other religious peace activists, broke into the King’s Bay facility in Georgia for just such a protest. Grady spoke about the importance of the plowshares movement once the film ended and why it’s important to spread the word. She said that this weapon doesn’t know how to discern between those people that are fighting and the innocent lives that are taken. She went on to say that these protests need to continue to ensure that the movement sees strong growth. Having no regrets about what she did, Grady was open about her experiences in breaking into the King’s Bay facility. She ended the discussion saying that they should feel comfortable about speaking about this topic and that the dialogue must keep growing. -E dw i n J. Vi er a

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they had spent Monday night. Addition“We couldn’t convince a few folks to ally, they stationed someone at the Loaves come in, but we know who they are and & Fishes community meal in order to we have relationships with them so we can find anyone coming in from some of the check in,” Harrington said. “Throughout farther reaches of Tompkins County who the really cold couple of days, we did a lot may have spent Monday night outside. of checking in. It’s brutal. It’s really cold Harrington said the PITC data is out.” valuable information to asThe actual data culled semble, even if not required from the PITC won’t be by HUD. Local homefinalized until later this week, less service agencies, like though Harrington said anTCAction, for example, use ecdotally she believes there the PITC data to apply for are more homeless people Local homeless than usual in Tompkins grants they can use for new projects and initiatives they service agencies County. Even with TCAcwish to fund; plus, it’s one tion’s plentiful rental asuse the data to method of keeping track of apply for grants. sistance programs designed overall trends in the hometo lower barriers to finding less population. They were apartments, the sheer availcomfortable with a scaledability of housing units limits back effort since Harrington the agency’s effectiveness. said more work has been “The problem is we can’t done this year to work on find housing to move people outreach to the homeless population at into,” Harrington said. “Not even because other times of the year already. they’re not eligible, it’s just not available. “We felt like we had a good handle on One- and two-bedrooms, they’re hard to who was sleeping outside and why,” Harfind, especially on a bus route. It doesn’t rington said. surprise me that there’s more. It’s harder Timing was a factor as well for the to keep jobs, it’s harder to stay around [...] operation, Harrington said, as they placed And after a while, when you get noes all an emphasis on talking to as many people the time, you stop asking.” as possible before the polar vortex of late -M att Butler last week arrived. F e br ua ry

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ive young area adults from different institutions in the business and academic world— but with a similar energy and community spirit—have been announced as this year’s Fab Five honorees. The awards annually focus on people in the community who have made an impact on the area’s overall well-being either through their jobs or through the activities they use to fill their free time.

of Taste Food Tour, running from February to April. Private, custom tours are also available year-round. Barden said the goal was to create an experience that was dedicated to recognizing people working to enrich the area’s food scene, and using local food-sourcing to do so. One of the

Sarah Barden started Ithaca is Foodies in order to educate people about the wide array of food cultures that have found popularity in the area, whether they are native to central New York or from the far corners of the earth. The company has found early success since being founded in 2017, rotating two different tour options for different times of the year: the Downtown Ithaca Food Tour, which runs from May to October, and the more weather-accommodating Science 8 T

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for a restaurant; we want them to be a locally owned small business, we want them to be community focused [and] we want them to have awesome food.”

presence around the community. Warren Real Estate has grown during her 12 years at the office, blossoming from a single office to five, serving 13 counties with 110 real estate agents. Warren said she has gradually stepped up her community involvement, becoming president of the Friends of Ithaca College Executive Committee, which aims to bridge the gap between the community and the college. She is also currently serving on the steering committee for Love Living at Home, an organization that helps aging adults who want to continue living on their own instead of in a senior living facility. Though a real estate agency might not be the most conventional leader in community service, Warren explained that the connection is really quite simple: If Ithaca and the rest of Tompkins County thrive, it lifts up everything in the area. That sentiment, plus the agency’s deep roots in the community (having operated for over 60 years), motivate its efforts to facilitate growth. “We always say that with the health of our community, we’re very invested in that,” Warren said. “When the community does well, we do well as an organization [...] It’s something we take very seriously, and it’s a big initiative for us.” Warren said she was interested in continuing her community engagement, particularly by working in conjunction with organizations like Habitat for Humanity and other groups doing vital work in the area. Being born and raised in Ithaca, she said she takes personal enjoyment and enrichment from knowing she’s helping the community that she grew up in.

BUSINESS LEADER OF THE YEAR: TAM-MARION WARREN - WARREN REAL ESTATE

NON-PROFIT LEADER OF THE YEAR: MICHAEL BERLIN - CAYUGA MEDICAL CENTER

Tam-Marion Warren, the vice president of business operations at Warren Real Estate, was selected as business leader of the year after years of working her way up through the ranks of Warren and expanding her

In an effort to lower the difficulty of accessing quality healthcare in rural areas, hospitalist/internist Dr. Michael Berlin has spent the last two-and-a-half years helping Cayuga Medical Center (CMC) become

Fab2019 Five

This year’s winners are: Sarah Barden, TamMarion Warren, Michael Berlin, Cheyenne Gorton and Jessie White. Mayor Svante Myrick was also named the Recipient of Awesomeness, a special sixth addition to the awards list this year. The awards are presented every year to celebrate local community members between the ages of 25–40 who are making a positive contribution in a variety of different ways. This year’s awards were given to people from a range of occupations and organizations, from a real estate agency to the largest local hospital. ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR: SARAH BARDEN ITHACA IS FOODIES

that represents Ithaca’s ‘70s spirit and our co-ops and collectives. We wanted a restaurant that represented a more adventurous culinary approach. As we fleshed out that tour, we said ‘Alright, these are our categories,’ and then we looked at restaurants that would fit into those categories. There’s a number of criteria

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strengths of Ithaca’s culinary environment is its wide range of options, which is something Barden wanted to highlight specifically, particularly with the downtown tour. “For our downtown Ithaca tour, the theme of that is variety and history,” Barden said in an interview with the Ithaca Times in November. “We knew we wanted to have a restaurant that was a dessert shop. We wanted something that represented the variety of international cuisine that we have here. We wanted a stop

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an academic hospital by establishing a new That’s not necessarily how I view it, but it is kind of what happened.” residency training program for internal medicine doctors. ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Berlin’s hope is that having an instituCHEYENNE GORTON tion like CMC in the area, now that it is TOMPKINS CORTLAND accredited and generating interest from COMMUNITY COLLEGE medical students looking for post-gradThe term “wearing many hats” is often uate school residencies, will heighten the used to describe someone handling a wide chances that more young doctors can be variety of duties, often stretching across a retained in the Ithaca area. multitude of different aspects of “In Tompkins County, life. It still doesn’t seem to much like all of rural adequately describe how America and most of much Cheyenne GorAmerica in general, ton is doing. there’s a primary Gorton is the care workforce interim assistant shortage, so we’re director of stunot going to be dent activity at able to meet the Tompkins Cortneeds of our comland Community munity starting now College (TC3), which and getting worse every consists of organizing year,” Berlin said. “So, it student programming, was to help train and remost of which deals with Michael tain primary care physicians in “getting out of the Berlin our community for the years to classroom” types

enjoys. from Alzheimer’s. “At institutions where students are White said volunteerism was instilled coming in a lot more prepared, the differin her at a young age, growing up in Florence that you make in their life might only ida. Despite how thankless it can be, she be a small tick,” Gorton said. “The students said for her it has been a natural way to that I work with here—something as simbuild a relationship with the community, ple as getting them involved in SGA moves particularly since she was not born and them a mile. Even though they might not raised here. She added that she’s also inbe starting at the same place, they’re terested in ways to inspire others ending so much stronger beto do more volunteer work, cause they’ve grown so but finding exactly what much from being here.” it is that drives and Gorton holds a engages people to do master’s degree in the work without student affairs, and compensation is she said her deep difficult. interest in the topic “People need to helps her stay entap into what motigaged with the job. She also mentioned vates people to do it,” wanting to stay on the White said. “What moinnovative edge of keeptivates people to get out ing students interested and and not get paid? What motihappy at school. vates people to wake up early on Jessie “That’s what keeps Wh i t e a Saturday when they don’t have me going,” Gorto? [...] I was definitely lacking ton said. “Now, come. So, that really took develof activities, being involved in the community in terms of keeping oping a process and a program and overseeand some fulfillment. I’d work 40 hours, it all together? That that wasn’t just going to meet the letter of ing student clubs but not having [a] family and stuff tying just kind of hapthe law for accreditation but was going to and organizations. me down, I had a lot of free time. So, natupens.” meet the needs of our community.” She also serves as rally, I just started going out and doing Berlin said he thinks the hospital will an advisor to the VOLUNTEER more things to fill that need.” be able to attract more professionals to the school’s Student OF THE White has stayed involved through orregion, but that it won’t be fully known for Government AsYEAR: ganizations like Tompkins Connect (who three years—until their first trainees comsociation and the JESSIE also organizes the Fab Five awards), and plete the program. Initially, Berlin thought National Society for WHITE said receiving the award is validating— of his time at CMC as more of a stopover Leadership and Success CORNELL given the thankless nature of the as he pursued work at an acaat TC3, and comUNIVERSITY work—that despite the fact demic hospital, somewhere piles and organizes Jessie White is the Sarah that volunteer work can he could fulfill his career the Student Life coordinator Barden aspirations of being a often go unnoticed, she calendar. for campus physician educator. “I’ve alknows her involveactivities But during his time ways been good at ment with the projat Cornell Univerat the hospital, the the student life, stu- sity, which entails ects is making some effort to become an dent activity side advising student amount of differacademic instituof things,” Gorton organizations like ence. She also said tion began to pick said. “I was a stuthe Cornell Concert she hopes awards up momentum and dent here, so it helps Commission, which like this inspire other Berlin joined in to that I have a backbrings groups to campeople to either get help lead. ground from a student’s pus for performances, as involved with volun“The success will be perspective. Now I work well as assisting with speteer work or stay involved, measured in its impact on the here, so I have the staff percial events like Slope Day or because even contributions that Cheyenne community,” Berlin said. “I spective. [...] It feels like I sort Ta m - M a r i o n Senior Days. seem small can have an effect. G o r t o n Wa r r e n sold myself on my own vision, of built myself up to a more As for her volunteer work, “I don’t think I’ve had a huge professional role.” of decreasing health inequity, White spends time volunteering impact on the community, but I At other local colleges like that aspect of primary care for groups like United Way, helpthink I’ve done little things that will hopeIthaca College and Cornell workforce shortage in rural ing them organize their yearly Fat Tuesday fully help the organizations I’m a part of,” University, there’s probably a specific staff communities and what’s been done wrong event. White is also on the board for MuWhite said. “It is nice to know that even over the last three decades, and what I can member assigned to individually handle sicians for World Harmony, which raises each of Gorton’s duties. But due to TC3’s do to improve that for our community though you do volunteer and it’s for free money for music-based help and therapy smaller size, staff members have to be here. The joke is like ‘I wanted to work for and can sometimes be thankless, people are for groups that use music to feel connectmore flexible, an aspect Gorton actually an academic institution, so I built one.’ ed, like refugees or elderly people suffering watching and people are noticing.” F e br ua ry

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n New Year’s Eve, many people just at the NWC but around the country. look towards the evergreen When she is not helping clients, Alexangoal of losing weight and beder is giving one of her monthly talks about ing healthier in the new year. However, any number of topics on health. In a few this is usually being said in the presence weeks, she will do one called “All About of a tantalizing array of unhealthy foods. Sex,” which will deal with how to enhance While this tradition has blossomed from a libido and deal with sexual dysfunction, commitment and testament of willpower and nutrition’s role in each. In addition to a yearly joke and the greatest example of to this, she has several other talks in the Einstein’s definition of insanity, there are works, with one coming to Greenstar about certain places determined to help people stress and fatigue, along with a unique one stick with their goal, despite the challenges in March about pulsed electromagnetic it always presents. One such place is the field therapy (PEMF). Nutritional Wellness Center (NWC) at 520 “[PEMF] is really about how there are W Green St. in Ithaca. these certain electromagnetic fields that the For 14 years, the NWC has been not earth gives off that help microstimulation only helping people attain their yearly in the body, and can help detoxification goal of better health but trying to provide and can help tissue repair,” Alexander said. a program that works best for them. The “It’s a therapy that we’re going to be bringcenter’s owner, ing into the office.” Sophie Alexander, The NWC has been a guidwill be having a ing force for the mini-reopening to institution. With welcome Alexa background in ander as the new clinical nutrition, owner. In her she has been part time giving talks, of the NWC since Alexander said she was a client in that some of her 2009. After seeing more successful her own health ones were about improve, Alexanbalancing horder came aboard mones naturally and began helping and clean beauty. clients as well. For the most She attributes the part, Alexander center’s success to wants to ensure the method of Nuthat people have trition Response an understandTesting that helps ing that nutrition the center’s clients applies to several figure out what different parts of it is they want to human health. work on. “I know people “Nutrition hear nutrition response testing and they think of is a non-invasive digestive problems system that uses and things like Sophie Alexander applied kinesiolthat,” she said. ogy-based muscle “[What’s importesting,” Alexander said. “It analyzes the tant is] just understanding the scope of body and we analyze these certain reflexes the types of things that we cover: asthma, and get to the root cause of what are certain eczema, acne, focusing for kids at school, people’s health concerns. And then [we] hormone balance, and women’s menstrual identify if there are nutritional deficiencies: cycles. And it’s really a wide variety of are there whole food supplements that are health concerns that are affected by the necessary and are their dietary changes that state of one’s nutrition. […] [W]e have a are needed to help the person rebuild and range of people that come to us who want regain their health.” to optimize their health and people who This system, according to Alexander, have hit a dead end [and] doctors have no was created by Florida-based chiropractor answer. It’s for all walks of life. I work with Dr. Freddie Ulan. She attributes the ability pregnant women, babies, and I think my of his technique to use applied kinesiology oldest client just turned 95.” with the success this program has had not

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Senior Night Success By Steve Lawrence

I won d e r how m any time s Ith a c a C oll ege wome n’s ba sk e tball se nior Annie Gi annone we nt ove r thi s fanta s y sc r ipt in he r he a d whil e g row ing up.

Peter Ezema and Annie Giannone both had outstanding senior game performances as their careers wind down at the school. (Photos provided)

t’s Senior Day, it’s a home game, a Liberty League contest against rival RPI, and it’s a close one. Your team lost the night before, and another loss will seriously impact your chances of hosting your conference tournament. There are four seconds left in the game, and you’re down 62-59. Your teammate inbounds the ball to you, and you take it up the court. You can’t believe that RPI is not contesting you at all. You take one step past half-court, there is one second left, and you launch the ball. The clock hits double zero, and the net dances. Bedlam ensues. You’re featured on ESPN’s SportsCenter Top Ten Plays later that night, and the video on your college’s website gets 10,000 views in two days. After that memorable moment, I spoke to Jim Mullins, Ithaca College’s men’s basketball coach, and he said, “Man, that was crazy! Annie is a really reliable player, and she missed a couple of easy ones, then she buries a halfcourt shot to tie it and she scores six of the team’s ten points in OT

[overtime] to win it!” I said to Mullins, “Jim, you sound as excited about that game as you do about your team, which also won in overtime on senior day.” “Dan [Raymond, the women’s coach] and I are close,” Mullins said. “The teams enjoy watching and supporting each other.” I said, “It sounds like it’s the Bomber Family?” He answered, “Yes, it sure is.” “We desperately needed that,” coach Dan Raymond said of Giannone’s gametying half-court heave. “Having lost on Friday, a two-game losing streak would have been detrimental to one of our main goals, which is always to host the league tournament. Had we lost, it would have put us in a more precarious position, for sure.” The Bomber men also won in overtime on Saturday’s senior night, but they had a different experience on Friday. Mullins said, “Our win on Saturday was an ugly one, but like (football coach) Dan Swanstrom said, ‘All wins are good wins.’ I think we might have had a ‘hangover’ of sorts after our big win over Skidmore on Friday, and that’s understandable. They are the league’s top team, [but] they came into our place and we trucked them.” Indeed, the Bombers steamrolled Skidmore 94-62, handing the visitors their most lopsided loss in eight years. Mullins talked about a very special senior night for Peter Ezema, who notched his 33rd career double-double with 15 rebounds and 13 points. He went 5-for-10

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on the night, including a crowd-pleasing fast break monster dunk in the second half. Ezema also recorded six steals to push him over 200 for his career (a school record). Mullins conveyed how impressed he is with Ezema who hails from Nigeria and has been in the country on his own since he was 15, according to Mullins. “His is really a neat story,” Mullins said. “On senior night, the parents usually come and are recognized, but Peter’s parents are still in Nigeria. His high school coach and guidance counselor came, as did someone from here on campus who has been a great support for him, and he had an excellent game.” In Mullins’ words, “We also got a big game from Matt Flood, who always does the important things that might not get noticed. He draws charges, things like that, and his senior leadership helps us immensely.” Mullins also mentioned freshman George Sikoryak, saying “He’s like the Energizer Bunny. I never saw a kid smile so much. He’s a tough kid, and he grabbed some big rebounds.” For senior night, the Bomber men recognized Matt Flood, Peter Ezema and Jake Mitchell. Senior night for the Bomber women included Annie Giannone, Allie Turnick, Meghan Pickell, Meghan Mazzella and Sara Jackson. Giannone’s ESPN-worthy shot (and the upcoming schedule) can be viewed at www.ithaca.edu.

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The Official 2019 Chili Cook-Off Preview

By M att Bu tler

here are countless varieties of chili, and they come from just about everywhere imaginable, whether it’s the pages of a cookbook or handed down over generations by family members who swear they’ve perfectly refined their recipe. There will be dozens of them on display this weekend at the 22nd annual Chili CookOff, held in downtown Ithaca on Saturday, Feb. 9 from 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m. The competition will be joined this year by a comedy festival,

which will feature a show on Friday and Saturday night at 8 p.m. at the Hilton Garden Inn. As of this week, 42 different participants have registered to enter their chilis, each of them looking to unseat Taverna Banfi of Cornell University’s Statler Hotel, which took home the top prize last year in the meat division with its “Burning Hog Chili.” In the separate vegan division, Gorgers nabbed the top spot with its chipotle lime quinoa chili. Another top finisher from last year was Cayuga Medical Center (CMC), which was awarded second place for their “medicine man beef short rib” chili. They’ve put together a string of successful performances since first joining the competition in 2008, hauling in three overall victories, and this year they’ll be bringing a T-bone chili by hospital chef Jim Durkee that’s light on beans but with extra shredded meat, according to CMC’s Nathan

Peter Browning of Viva Taqueria at Last year’s Cook-off (Photo: Casey Martin)

Scheer. It can be challenging to overcome the stigma against food in healthcare, but Scheer said participating in the cook-off came naturally as the hospital tried to improve its food quality for patients. “In 2004, the hospital really started focusing on our food service, trying to get away from the views that people have on healthcare food,” Scheer said. Despite their burgeoning chili reputation, Scheer said he still hears surprise from people continued on page 14

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every year who haven’t been introduced to Durkee’s chili prowess. Yet Scheer did not take any of the bait, declining to engage in trash talk towards other participants. Fortunately, other competitors were more willing. CMC’s reputation has bought them one thing: a target on its back, per se. One example is Bickering Twins, which will be competing in the cook-off for the first time since moving to its downtown location. They’re cooking up a perfected version birria, the same dish they used two years ago but weren’t satisfied with how it came out. This year, though, they’ve tweaked the recipe and would put it up against any of the other chilis that will be entered. “I think we could [win],” said Kevin Adelman, co-owner of Bickering Twins. “It’s going to be a pretty awesome dish. Is it Cayuga Medical Center that has won so many years? I want to be able to beat them. I think we could do it. They do well.” Brian Maloney, Gorgers’ chili chef, said they will once again be entering both vegan and meat divisions. For the meat, he’s got a Gorgers classic: chipotle andouille sausage. But for the vegan entry, he’s debuting a new chili, one featuring bourbon, butternut squash and pinto beans, called the “Kentucky Monk Chili.” Over the years, of course, some rivalries have accumulated. Gorgers has been in the competition for four years, and now

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Maloney’s settled on his target, at least for this year. “We want to take Ithaca Bakery down,” Maloney said, smiling. As for one of this year’s newcomer teams, from the new Your CBD Store, Maloney does not seem to be intimidated by their listed special ingredient: watersoluble CBD oil. “Not worried,” Maloney said. In its debut year, Your CBD Store manager Chelsea Newton said the store would have staffers there who are well-versed in CBD use, in order to assuage any concerns attendees might have about ingesting the ingredient. “I think it’ll add an experience that people won’t get in any other chilis. They’re not going to get CBD anywhere else,” Newton said. “Other than that, it shouldn’t alter the taste any.” Newton said the Your CBD Store booth will provide the option to add the CBD, or not, to an old family chili recipe, but she would not divulge any ingredients. This being their first year in the competition, Newton said they don’t have any rivals yet, but also that it would be foolish to count out the store just because it’s new to the competition. “There’s never a long-term winner, there’s not like some outstanding run [of success]. Everyone slides in there last minute and takes over the leaderboard,” Newton said. “There’s nobody I’m gunning for particularly, not yet. We might need a couple years to dig our way in there and figure out the secrets of everybody else.”

The Roommate

Kitchen production a mid-February vision By Ross Haarstad F lut te r.

hat’s the word that springs to mind in describing the first moments of Susannah Berryman’s wondrous comic journey through the life changes of one Sharon, a 50-something divorcee long immured in Iowa City, if originally from Illinois: a distinction Sharon makes that flies by her new roommate Robyn, of the Bronx. Mutt and Jeff, oil and water. At first, “The Roommate,” Jen Silverman’s genial and touching romp now playing at the Kitchen Theatre, seems headed in the welltrod direction of mismatched relationships—in this case of rural and urban, the good girl and the bad girl. Then it takes a sharp pin-turn, as the story becomes the story of one woman’s mid-age metamorphosis. The genre, while still rooted in realism, verges on whimsy, which has its

own rich national tradition (“Arsenic and Old Lace,” for instance.) Robyn, curt and a bit dismissive, keeps dodging questions about her past until she seems, well, dodgy. Shady. And as straight-laced Sharon pushes her for the truth, we find out just what has driven her to seek the wide skies of Iowa to start over (she imagines raising sheep, and a cow.) Beginning with a sharing a toke of her home-grown marijuana, Robyn, a somewhat reluctant Mephistopheles, begins her unintended seduction of Sharon. In sum, Sharon begins to carry a crush on this bad girl. Everything has been about rules and roles defined by others in Sharon’s life: daughter to a controlling mother, wife to a dismissive husband, mother to a son who has fled to NYC to design women’s clothes.

So, flutter. Berryman leans forward on her toes, a nervous shy rabbit. She employs smiles, a flurry of random chatter. She hovers behind her counter, as Maureen Keiller’s Robyn strides onto the set, like some giant into a child’s garden. With astute physical comedy, Berryman dances about, approach and retreat, yet always in some fascination, twirling her foot at one point in unconscious flirtation. A first taste of marijuana brings on a virtual ballet, as she slinks down the refrigerator, floating serenely to her kitchen chair, buoyant and finally released. Sharon gains in bravado and Berryman swerves into each new escapade as Robyn begins to coach her. In turn Keiller performs a slower arc, of shedding layers of distrust. Yet something else dawns on Keiller’s face: not quite resignation, not defeat, but a recognition of a pattern, the past not so easy to elude.

An incredible sadness has crept into both of these women’s lives, not only of choices made or not made, but of the loss to distance, to time, to the inevitable growth of their children. Fantasies cannot last forever, and it brings a maturing sadness to Sharon’s frolic as Robyn is forced to make her own choices. Frank J. Oliva provides a handsome, open-structure house with a square naturalistic kitchen space to play in (though it doesn’t attempt much in the way of character), lit sweetly by Sarah Gosses. Amanda Galdue provides apt costuming, having fun with Sharon’s increasing boldness, and Lesley Lisa Greene’s sound design keeps the play moving along. Jesse Haron provides a big assist with some important props. Caitlin Lowans’ direction has a light, empathetic touch, adding a few flourishes of character and comedy in the quick scene transitions. She neatly finesses the abrupt shift in mood for a poignant ending. Release, joy, a sense of new possibilities, dazzling acting of comedy and depth. What more can one ask for in dreary February?

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partner. “I had been interviewed by a magazine based out of New York and connected to NYU called OFNOTE Magazine, where I was highlighted as one of ten female artists making work about gun violence in America,” she notes. “Their emphasis was focused [on violence] against women and during the interview process I learned this statistic that every 16 hours a women is shot and killed. Because I had already been working on gun violence, I figured I have to make something about this subject

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Every 16 Hours Kadie Salfi Addresses Gun Violence in Brooklyn Show By Ambe r D onof r io

ach of the handguns pops with bright color, painted against plywood. Some are placed beside wooden panels of vibrant colors exhibiting a constellation through golden dots. Below the guns, in small handwriting, phrases are penciled in cursive. “This gun was used to kill our child,” it says. Or, “This gun was used to kill her cousin.” The works are inviting from a distance, like a refreshing splash of light. But up close, their innocuousness fades. Through the words, the guns reveal that however visually appealing they may appear from afar, they are ultimately bound in violence masked as something pretty. They’re “terror,” as the show’s statement describes, “commingled with allure.” Local artist and printmaker Kadie Salfi has been busy. A strong advocate against gun violence, she’s spent the past eight years focused on the subject, producing five distinct bodies of work exploring multiple categories of violence, from trophy hunting to mass shootings in schools. She’s spoken at Cornell, exhibited at the Tompkins County Public Library, and distributed over 2,000 postcards of her gun imagery for individuals to disperse to their senators, mayors, the administration, and beyond. She’s organized to speak at Ithaca College in March, has work up at Corners Gallery now as part of the group show Transparent Memory, and will soon

Kadie Salfi’s evocative work is on display in Brooklyn until March 10. Pleasant from a distance, they present uncomfortable truths when examined more closely. (Photo provided)

take part as one of 100 female artists in Fahrenheit 213, a collective activist art show taking place in San Francisco this spring. Meanwhile, Salfi has accomplished another feat. Every 16 Hours, her most recent work, is a series of gun imagery on display now at A.I.R. Gallery in Brooklyn. Up through March 10, it is her first solo exhibition in New York City. According to Salfi, every 16 hours in the United States a woman is shot and killed by a former or current romantic

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as well.” Painting handguns, the weapon most often utilized, Salfi chose to use makeup as her medium rather than traditional paints. “I used blush and lipstick and eyeliner, nail polish and eye-shadow and lip gloss and painted the guns,” she says. “For me, the hope is that when people see and hear the title of the show—there are 16 guns in the show—and see the guns from a distance, they might actually think they’re very cool and beautiful and pop-y, because

in some cases they really are. And then I write in pencil, pretty small, ‘This gun was used to kill your mom,’ so it’s this contrast in perspective: from a distance this thing looks blingy and cool, and when you’re close up and intimate with it, you’re struck with the idea that this gun was used to kill a woman. I hope the viewer will think about this and have a discussion—not necessarily with me, but with someone they’re seeing it with or with themselves or with someone else—that will continue this dialogue that needs to happen in the United States.” Salfi’s juxtaposition of guns with constellations also carries its own significance and artistic intent. “I used those constellations for a work I made in 2013 and 2014,” she explains. “One day I had one of those constellation pieces that I was making. I was moving some of the gun pieces around and I had one of the guns next to one of the constellations just randomly and I started looking at it and thinking, ‘Wow, those look like bullet holes.’ [...] There are so many different cultures over time that have used the stars to tell stories to remember. So I thought this feels like a wonderful way, yet again, to honor this woman’s life. She’s been shot; now, there’s a constellation.” Salfi said while the goal of the new display is to push an anti-gun violence message, it should also serve as a remembrance of the victims, in the same vein as previous work she has done about the Sandy Hook shooting in 2012. Salfi’s goal in creating and exhibiting this work, therefore, is bound in a dual purpose of honoring victims and continuing to spread and reassert awareness of this ongoing issue of violence. “ “I will say,” she says, “that someone has pointed out, and I thought about this too, that in most cases I’m probably preaching to the choir.” But even so, she continues, “Even if I’m preaching to the choir, there’s still a lot of work the choir needs to do.”

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Steven Wright

Comedian talks “Tonight Show” inspiration By Bryan VanCampen

omedian Steven Wright returns to Ithaca for another show at the State Theatre on Feb. 9. Wright started doing comedy in the late 1970s, and due to an amazing twist of fate, found himself on “The Tonight Show” with Johnny Carson in 1982. He’s been making audiences laugh with his alien deadpan take on the world ever since. Film buffs know him best as “K-Billy’s Super Sounds of the ‘70s Weekend’s” radio D.J. (“The station where the ‘70s survived”) in Quentin Tarantino’s “Reservoir Dogs” and the laconic guy on the couch in Dave Chappelle’s stoner classic “Half Baked.” We began by talking about Wright’s friend, comedian and political activist Barry Crimmins, who died last year. Steven Wright: Barry changed my life, really. He started the Deng Ho comedy club in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was from Upstate New York and he came to Boston. There was a music place, Springfield Street Saloon, and they became part of a Chinese restaurant, and he talked them into doing comedy there, and so it was half-Chinese restaurant, half-comedy

club. And he became one of my best friends right from the beginning. That was like 1979 or ’80. And he ran the club and he was an amazing comedian. And then someone wrote an article about this weird Chinese restaurant-comedy club, and then the article went into the L.A. Times and then the guy from “The Tonight Show,” Peter Lassally, saw the article. Then when he went to Massachusetts the summer of ‘82 to look at schools for his kids, he came into the club, and he watched the comedians and he saw me, and I ended up going on “The Tonight Show.” So, really, if you trace it all back, it’s because of Barry starting that comedy club. [It] affected my whole life. And many other people’s lives, too. IT: Which came first, “The Tonight Show” or “The HBO Young Comedians All-Star Reunion?” SW: First “Tonight Show” was in August ’82, and then the HBO was at the end of ’85.

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and minimalist. Who did you like when you were a kid? SW: You know, I wanted to be a comedian from watching “The Tonight Show” stuff. And there was another club in Boston before the Deng Ho. So, I went to the open mic to watch, and then I thought, I’m gonna come back in two weeks and try to do it. So I had to write stuff. I never wrote jokes at all, ever. So I had to write stuff to go to the open mic night. And I loved Woody Allen’s comedy albums, and I loved Kurt Vonnegut, and I loved Monty Python, too. I went to Middlesex Community College in 1975, and a friend of mine went to Cambridge, Harvard Square, and he saw their movie “And Now For Something Completely Different,” which was even before their main movies, and he said, “You gotta go see this movie.” So, I was into weird, odd things. Anyway, when I wrote the jokes, they just came out—abstract, little, couple sentence jokes. That’s just how they came out. I learned how to write jokes from listening to Woody Allen’s albums. He had stories, long stories, but within the stories, he would tell jokes. IT: Like the story about the moose. SW: Yeah, and there were jokes inside of the stories. But I didn’t tell stories. That’s just how I did it.

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2/10 Sunday Jordon Wolkon | 12:00 PM, | Agava, Ithaca Lynn Wiles Jazz | 1:00 PM, | Red Newt Bistro, Hector Ithaca Folk Song Swaps | 2:00 PM, | Tompkins County Workers’ Center, Ithaca Marc Ryan | 2:00 PM, | Six Mile Creek Vineyard, Ithaca Horns and Ivory | 4:00 PM, | Scale House Brewery, Hector Ithaca Jazz and Blues Jam | 4:00 PM, | Mix Kitchen and Bar, Ithaca Richman & The Poor Boys | 4:00 PM, | Americana Vineyards, Interlaken Joe Gibson | 7:00 PM, | The Westy, Ithaca

ANNUAL FIREFIGHTER WINTER GAMES Saturday, Feb. 9 beginning at 7:45AM | Greek Peak Mountain Resort, 2000 NY-392, Cortland | More than 300 volunteer firefighters from across NY, dressed in full turnout gear, will participate in a variety of events and races throughout the weekend. Some crowd pleasers include: Tubing, Tug-O-War, Hose Race and Broomball (Sunday at SUNY Cortland). The games’ fierce Fire Department competition allows firefighters to hone in on important training skills. (photo courtesy of FASNY)

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2/6 Wednesday Canaan Jam Session | 7:00 PM, | Canaan Institute, Brooktondale The Dennis Winge Trio | 7:00 PM, | Monks on the Commons, Ithaca

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Folk ‘n’ Kava | 7:30 PM, | Sacred Root Kava Lounge & Tea Bar, Ithaca

Purple Valley | 6:00 PM, | Americana Vineyards, Interlaken

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Local Composers Showcase | 7:30 PM, | Argos Warehouse Lounge & Event Space, Ithaca

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Steve Southworth and the Rockabilly Rays | 7:00 PM, | Cortland Country Music Park, Cortland

The Uncommons | 6:00 PM, | Americana Vineyards, Interlaken

Open Mic | 8:30 PM, | Agava, Ithaca

Bob Marley Birthday Tribute Benefit | 8:00 PM, | The Haunt, Ithaca | $7

The Auroras | 7:00 PM, | The Westy, Ithaca

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Scythian | 8:00 PM, | The Haunt, Ithaca | $15 - $20

Brian Spencer Blues Project Smoking Power Trio | 6:00 PM, | Hopshire Farm & Brewery, Freeville

Sophistafunk with Junkyard Theory | 9:00 PM, | The Range, Ithaca

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Big Sister Tokyo Orbital Album Update and Galactic Tea Ceremony | 9:00 PM, | Casita Del Polaris, Ithaca

Open Mic Night | 8:00 PM, | Silver Line Tap Room, Trumansburg Open Mic Night | 9:00 PM, | Lot 10 Lounge, Ithaca Concerts/Recitals Midday Music in Lincoln: etc | 12:30 PM, 2/7 Thursday | Lincoln Hall Rm B20, Ithaca | Midday Music: etc, experiments with music by Barry Sharp and Sergio Cote Barco A Far Cry with Simone Dinnerstein | 8:00 PM, 2/7 Thursday | Bailey Hall, Cornell, Ithaca | A Grammy-nominated, self-conducted string orchestra collective of 17 young professional musicians join forces with pianist Dinnerstein. | $19-$36 An evening with Andy McKee | 8:00 PM, 2/7 Thursday | Center For the Arts of Homer, 72 S Main St, Homer | OSFL Musicians’ Choice Chamber Concert | 7:30 PM, 2/8 Friday | The Park Church, 208 W Gray St., Elmira | The Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes presents this concert. Grand Funk Railroad | 8:00 PM, 2/8 Friday | del Lago Resort and Casino, 1133 NY-414, Waterloo | Lucy Fitz Gibbon, soprano, and Ryan MacEvoy McCullough, piano | 8:00 PM, 2/8 Friday | Barnes Hall, Barnes Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca | Songs of mid-twentieth century Polish composers Roman Palester, Aleksandre Tansman, and Grazyna Bacewicz, including a US premiere of a work by Tadeusz Zygfryd Kassern. The songs reflect on exile, war, and community. Root Shock | 8:00 PM, 2/8 Friday | Auburn Public Theater, 8 Exchange St, Auburn | | $15-$18

Leni Stern | 7:30 PM, | 6 On The Square, Oxford

Professor Tuesdays Jazz Quartet | 6:30 PM, | ZaZa’s Cucina, Ithaca

New York Young Men Sing | 4:30 PM, 2/9 Saturday | Sage Chapel, Cornell, Ithaca | New York Young Men Sing: performance led by guest clinician Rosalind Hall, associate professor and director of choirs at Brigham Young University.

Bob Roberts Calamity | 8:00 PM, | Silver Line Tap Room, Trumansburg

El Ten Eleven | 8:00 PM, | The Haunt, Ithaca | $15-18

J.I.D. | 6:00 PM, 2/9 Saturday | Emerson Suites, Ithaca College, Ithaca

Dennis Winge Trio “One Small Step” CD Release Party | 7:00 PM, | Sacred Root Kava Lounge & Tea Bar, Ithaca | $35/$25

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Andrew Collins Trio | 7:30 PM, 2/9 Saturday | Clemens Center, 207 Clemens Center Parkway, Elmira | Canadian Folk Music Award winning mando-maestro Andrew Collins celebrates a CD release.

Cornell Jazz Ensemble | 3:00 PM, 2/10 Sunday | Kulp Auditorium, Ithaca High School, 1401 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | Paul Merrill, director, with Ithaca College Jazz Ensemble; Mike Titlebaum, director, and Ithaca High School Jazz Band; Mike Treat, director.

Symphoria Pops Series: My Funny Valentine | 7:30 PM, 2/9 Saturday | Crouse Hinds Theater, 411 Montgomery Street, Syracuse | Jazz classics, pop ballads, classical masterpieces and unforgettable numbers from stage and screen performed by Ireland’s foremost trumpet player and vocalist Shona Henneberry. | $88-$20. College $5. 18 & under $0

Ithaca Gay Men’s Chorus Does Broadway | 3:00 PM, 2/10 Sunday | First Baptist Church, 309 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | Special guest artists will be the St. Paul’s Festival Chimes, directed by Dorothy Preston, and joining in the Broadway show tune celebration.

Frank Vignola’s Hot Jazz Guitar Trio | 8:00 PM, 2/9 Saturday | Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts, Congress at McLallen St, Trumansburg | Featuring Vinny Raniolo and Gary Mazzaroppi, some of the most extraordinary guitarists performing before the public today. Beethoven to Bach, Paul Simon to Frank Zappa. | $17 online, $20 at the door

Flute Recital: Allison Parramore, Second Flute, Cayuga Chamber Orchestra | 7:00 PM, 2/10 Sunday | First Unitarian Church Ithaca, 306 N Aurora St, Ithaca | Solo flute recital featuring Allison Parramore, second flutist of the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra;†Mary Holzhauer, piano; Kyle Armbrust, viola; and Nicholas Walker, double bass. Includes music by Casella, Karg-Elert, Schulhoff, Revell, and local composer Dana Wilson.

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Gin Blossoms | 8:00 PM, 2/10 Sunday | Center For the Arts of Homer, 72 S Main St, Homer |

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Shanghai Opera Symphony Orchestra | 7:30 PM, 2/12 Tuesday | Anderson Center, 4400 Vestal Parkway East, Binghamton |

Stage The God of Carnage | 7:30 PM, 2/7 Thursday | The Cider Mill Stage, 2 Nanticoke Ave, Endicott | by Yazmina Reza. Runs thru Feb 17, 2019. Thurs thru Sat at 7:30; Sundays at 5:30. Winner of the 2009 Tony Award for Best Play. The Roommate | 7:30 PM, 2/7 Thursday | Kitchen Theatre, 417 W State St, Ithaca | Runs thru Feb 17, 2019. A laugh-out-loud comedy of moving boxes, new beginnings, questionable business ventures, and a little bit of marijuana. EPAC Rock Project presents! The DOORS | 8:00 PM, 2/8 Friday | Endicott Performing Arts Center, 102 Washington Ave, Endicott | February 8th - 10th, Fri & Sat @ 8pm, Sun @ 3pm. Live on stage with local musicians, vocalists, and dancers in this annual Multi Media Event. | $12 - Adults $10 Seniors and Children

Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki | 2/7 & 2/10, 7:00PM | A look at the famous Japanese animator following his retirement in 2013. Burning | 2/7, 8:45PM; 2/9, 9:15 | Jong-su bumps into a girl who used to live in the same neighborhood as him, who asks him to look after her cat while on a trip to Africa. When back, she introduces Ben, a mysterious guy she met there, who confesses his secret hobby. Persepolis | 2/8 & 2/9, 7:00PM| A precocious and outspoken Iranian girl grows up during the Islamic Revolution. Ralph Breaks the Internet | 2/9, 2:00PM; 2/10, 4:30PM ($5/$4) | Ralph and Vanellope discover a wi-fi router in their arcade, leading them into a new adventure.

Comedian Kerry Coddett | 8:00 PM, 2/9 Saturday | Auburn Public Theater, 8 Exchange St, Auburn | | $10-$17

Zero for Conduct plus 2 | 211, 7:00PM | Three short films from director Jean Vigo.

Steven Wright | 8:00 PM, 2/9 Saturday | State Theatre Of Ithaca, 107 W State St, Ithaca | A legendary master of the one liner, his standup is packed with tightly crafted jokes that he pumps out with the efficiency of a comedy machine. | $25-$45

I Am Not a Witch | 2/12, 7:00PM | Ithaca Premiere * w/ panel discussion. Following a banal incident in her local village, 8-year old girl Shula is accused of witchcraft. After a short trial she is found guilty, taken into state custody and exiled to a witch camp.

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella | 7:30 PM, 2/12 Tuesday | Landmark Theatre, 362 S Salina St, Syracuse | This lush production features an incredible orchestra, jaw-dropping transformations and all the moments you love, the pumpkin, the glass slipper, the masked ball and more, plus some surprising new twists!

Film Cornell Cinema All films are shown at Willard Straight Hall on Cornell campus. The Hate U Give | 2/6, 6:45PM (w/ panel discussion); 2/8, 9:15PM | Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her

Week of Friday, February 8 through Thursday, February 14, 2019. Contact Cinemapolis for showtimes. New films listed first. * Destroyer* | In the 1950s, a music director falls in love with a singer and tries to persuade her to flee communist Poland for France. | 121 mins R They Shall Not Grow Old* | In the 1950s, a music director falls in love with a singer and tries to persuade her to flee communist Poland for France. | 99 mins R Cold War (Zimna Wojna) | In the 1950s, a music director falls in love with a singer and tries to persuade her to flee communist Poland for France. | 89 mins R

On The Basis Of Sex | The story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, her struggles for equal rights, and what she had to overcome in order to become a U.S. Supreme Court Justice.|120 mins PG-13 The Favourite| In early 18th century England, a frail Queen Anne occupies the throne and her close friend Lady Sarah governs the country in her stead. When a new servant, Abigail, arrives, her charm endears her to Sarah. |119 mins R Regal Ithaca Wednesday, 2/6 through Tuesday, 2/12. Contact Regal Ithaca for showtimes. New films listed first. * The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part* | It’s been five years since everything was awesome and the citizens are facing a huge new threat: LEGO DUPLO invaders from outer space, wrecking everything faster than they can rebuild. |106 mins PG What Men Want* | A woman is boxed out by the male sports agents in her profession, but gains an unexpected edge over them when she develops the ability to hear men’s thoughts. | 117 mins R The Prodigy* | A mother concerned about her young son’s disturbing behavior thinks something supernatural may be affecting him. | R Second Act | A big box store worker reinvents her life and her life-story and shows Madison Avenue what street smarts can do. | 103 mins PG-13 Miss Bala | Gloria finds a power she never knew she had when she is drawn into a dangerous world of cross-border crime. Surviving will require all of her cunning, inventiveness, and strength. Based on the Spanish-language film. | PG-13 Serenity| The mysterious past of a fishing boat captain comes back to haunt him, when his ex-wife tracks him down with a desperate plea for help, ensnaring his life in a new reality that may not be all that it seems. |106 mins R

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The Haunt, 702 Willow Ave., Ithaca | Robert Nesta Marley would have turned 74 on February 6th this year. Celebrate his life and legacy with a host of local musicians playing tribute to the “Legend” himself, including L’il Anne and Hot Cayenne, Richie Sterns, The Burns Sisters, The Notorious Stringbusters and more. Proceeds from the show will go towards the protection of Cayuga Lake. (photo: bobmarley.com)

Hilton Garden Inn, 130 E. Seneca St., Ithaca | Billed as “2 Days, 2 Shows, featuring the best of New York and Upstate Rising Comedy Stars.” Friday is The Carolina Reaper Comedy Show and on Saturday get ready for a New York City Comedy takeover with The Ghost Pepper Comedy Show. (photo: provided)

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The Kid Who Would Be King| A band of kids embark on an epic quest to thwart a medieval menace. |PG Bohemian Rhapsody| The story of the legendary rock band Queen and lead singer Freddie Mercury, leading up to their famous performance at Live Aid in 1985. |134 mins PG-13 Glass| Security guard David Dunn uses his supernatural abilities to track Kevin Wendell Crumb, a disturbed man who has twenty-four personalities. |129 mins PG-13 The Upside | A comedic look at the relationship between a wealthy man with quadriplegia and an unemployed man with a criminal record who’s hired to help him. | 125 mins PG-13 A Dog’s Way Home | A dog travels 400 miles in search of her owner. |96 mins PG Escape Room | Six strangers find themselves in circumstances beyond their control, and must use their wits to survive. |100 mins PG-13 Vice | The story of Dick Cheney, an unassuming bureaucratic Washington insider, who quietly wielded immense power as Vice President to George W. Bush, reshaping the country and the globe in ways that we still feel today. | 132 mins R Mary Poppins Returns | 130 mins PG Aquaman | 143 mins PG-13 Bumblebee | 113 mins PG-13 Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse | 117 mins PG

free to bring all any decorative items you want to use. Please sign-up. I See You (IC/CU) 2019 | 12:00 PM, 2/8 Friday | Ink Shop Printmaking Center The, 330 E State St Ste 2, Ithaca | A joint show of prints by students of two strong printmaking programs at Ithaca College and Cornell University. Thru 3/29. 25th Annual Little Gems - Art Exhibit | 5:00 PM, 2/8 Friday | West End Gallery, 12 W Market St, Corning | A beautiful collection of small artwork Opening Reception Fri., February 8th 5-7:30 pm. Winter Landscapes in Acrylic Workshop | 10:00 AM, 2/9 Saturday | Seneca County Arts Council Gallery, 109 Fall Street, Seneca Falls | Learn the basics of painting a winter landscape in acrylic. | $40 Registration Required Drop-In Art Series | 5:30 PM, 2/12 Tuesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | At these drop-in sessions, people can stop by to see what artist Laura Rowley has planned. These hands-on sessions do not require registration, and are first come, first served. Ages 12 to 15 are permitted with an adult, and ages 16 and over are welcome solo. Drawing Class at the Ulysses Philomathic Library | 6:00 PM, 2/12 Tuesday | Ulyssess Philomathic Library, 74 East Main Street, Trumansburg | This class is for adults and independent teens, and will focus on basic drawing skills, drawing a still life, and developing an artistic eye with group critiques and individual time with the instructor.

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Art The Flood of ‘72 - Opening Reception | 5:00 PM, 2/6 Wednesday | Chemung County Historical Society, 415 E Water St, Elmira | (Rescheduled from 1/30.) This exhibit was created entirely by a team of 44 6th-grade students at Horseheads Intermediate School. Craft Night: Valentine’s Card Making | 6:00 PM, 2/7 Thursday | Newfield Public Library, 198 Main St, Newfield | All materials are provided, but feel

Watkins Glen Area Chamber of Commerce’s February After Hours Mixer | 5:00 PM, 2/6 Wednesday | Schuyler County Hospital, 220 Steuben St, Montour Falls | Join your colleagues and fellow Chamber members for this complimentary event, available to members of the Chamber for the purpose of networking and making connections with one another. Chili Cook-off Comedy Festival | 8:00 PM | Hilton Garden Inn, 130 E

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Cuddle-up Infant & Toddler Library Time | 10:00 AM, 2/6 Wednesday | Southworth Library, 24 W. Main Street, Dryden |

Teen Takeover: Movie Night | 7:00 PM, 2/8 Friday | Southworth Library, 24 W. Main Street, Dryden | The movie “AXL” and pizza For grades 6-12.

Annual Firefighter Winter Games | 7:45 AM, 2/9 Saturday | Greek Peak Mountain Resort, 2000 NY-392, Cortland | More than 300 volunteer firefighters from across the Empire State, dressed in full turnout gear, will participate in a variety of events and races throughout the weekend. Sunday Events include a Broomball Tournament at Park Center Alumni Arena at SUNY Cortland

Sciencenter Science Together | Sciencenter, 601 1st St. , Ithaca | Tue/ Th @ 10:30AM and Wed/Fri @ 3:00PM. | General admission fees apply

Playtime at Southside Community Center With Finger Lakes Toy Library | 10:00 AM, 2/12 Tuesday | Southside Community Center, 305 S Plain St, Ithaca | Parents are welcome to bring their children to play with others and enjoy the toys brought by the Toy Library.

21st Annual Chili Cook-Off | 11:30 AM, 2/9 Saturday | The Commons, East State Street, Ithaca | Bigger and better than ever with more than 40 participating restaurants sharing their extremely tasty concoctions along with a myriad of fun activities going on during the celebration. Perform 4 Purpose: Winterfest 2019 | 4:00 PM, 2/10 Sunday | Auburn Public Theater, 8 Exchange St, Auburn | Four stages, over 30 performers! | $10

Books The Richard Cleaveland Memorial Reading by Robert Morgan & Ernesto Quinonez | 4:30 PM, 2/7 Thursday | Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium, G70 Klarman Hall, 232 East Ave., Ithaca | The Resistance: The Dawn of the Anti-Trump Opposition Movement | 4:30 PM, 2/12 Tuesday | Olin Library, Room 106G , 161 Ho Plaza, Cornell University, Ithaca | Sidney Tarrow, Emeritus Maxwell Upson Professor of Government and Adjunct Professor at Cornell Law School, will present his new co-edited volume. Tarrow and David S. Meyer bring together both younger and senior scholars to unearth the origins and dynamics of different sectors of the anti-Trump movement.

Teen Writing Workshops | 4:30 PM, 2/7 Thursday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | These one-hour workshops will be led by Writopia-trained students from Ithaca College, and they will involve a variety of prompts, exercises, and opportunities to workshop pieces. These workshops are appropriate for people in grades 6-12. Preschool Storytime at Southworth Library | 10:00 AM, 2/8 Friday | Southworth Library, 24 W. Main Street, Dryden | A different theme every week! Baby Storytime | 10:30 AM, 2/8 Friday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Additional session† at 3:30 to 4:00 pm. Caregivers and babies up to 24 months embrace early literacy through books, music, movement and rhyming. The 10:30 storytime is followed by an hour-long ìBaby & Toddler Playtimeî at 11:00 am. Storytime | 10:30 AM, 2/8 Friday | Edith B. Ford Memorial Library, 7169 N Main St, Ovid | All ages enjoy stories, songs and fun activities. Infants, toddlers, and school-age children are welcome. MakerSpace event for Teens: 3D Printer | 3:30 PM, 2/8 Friday | Newfield Public Library, 198 Main St, Newfield | Curious what a 3D printer does? Come see it in action! This event is for middle & high schoolers to learn more about this cutting edge technology.

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Families Learning Science Together : Physics of Flight | 1:00 PM, 2/9 Saturday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Cornell University’s Center for Materials Research will deliver a program exploring kinetics. At this intergenerational, hands-on science program, families will explore Bernoulli’s Principle by performing some fun demos. They will then construct a hoop and/or paper airplane and see how far they can get it to fly. Sciencenter Showtime! | 2:00 PM, 2/9 Saturday | Sciencenter, 601 1st St, Ithaca | “All About Dogs” | General admission fees apply Ithaca Children’s Garden Annual Festival of Fire & Ice | 3:00 PM, 2/9 Saturday | Ithaca Children’s Garden, 121 Turtle Lane , Ithaca | Enjoy ice sculptures, sledding, hot chocolate, snow fort and den building, bonfires, and so much more! | Suggested $15 family donation or $5 individual donation. LEGO Building Program | 3:00 PM, 2/9 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.

Teen Writing Workshop (Fridays) | 4:30 PM, 2/8 Friday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | The Friday workshop will run from February 1 through April 26. Movie Night: Small Foot | 6:30 PM, 2/8 Friday | Newfield Public Library, 198 Main St, Newfield | Rated PG. A Yeti is convinced that the elusive

Maker Mondays for Teens | 4:00 PM, 2/11 Monday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Tutorials will be provided for the

Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E. Green St., Ithaca | The panelists include: Liddy Bargar, director of the Samaritan Center of Catholic Charities of Tompkins/ Tioga; Anna Gardner, president of Ithaca College Feminists United; Tatiana Jorio, president of Ithaca College Planned Parenthood Generation Action; and Tracy Mitrano, educator, lawyer, and 2018 political candidate. (photo: provided) Ithac a T imes

Family Storytime | 11:00 AM, 2/9 Saturday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Children of all ages and their caregivers are invited to celebrate reading and build their early-literacy skills. We meet each Saturday for stories, songs and family fun.

Dorothy in the Land of Oz! | 2:00 PM, 2/10 Sunday | Cortland Repertory Theatre, 24 Port Watson St., Cortland | For the Kids! Frank Baum’s beloved children’s story re-imagined for two actors and participation from the audience! | $7

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Seneca St, Ithaca | 2/8: The Carolina Reaper Comedy Show. 2/9: The Ghost Pepper Comedy Show. Eat chili during the day, on The Commons. Then stay warm inside in the evening with Comedy on The Commons. | $10-$15

Tuesday Morning Story Hour | 10:15 AM, 2/12 Tuesday | Candor Free Library, 2 Bank St, Candor | No Story Hour during holidays, School Closings or Bad Weather. Family Story Time | 10:30 AM, 2/12 Tuesday | Newfield Public Library, 198 Main St. , Newfield | Join us every Tuesday for stories, songs and fun. There is a different theme each week. Toddler and Preschool Storytime | 11:00 AM, 2/12 Tuesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Children ages 24 months to 4 years, along with their caregivers, meet for early literacy-based stories, songs, finger plays, and much more. After storytime, there is an hour of play and social time. Frank Einstein Book Club | 3:30 PM, 2/12 Tuesday | Southworth Library, 24 W. Main Street, Dryden | Science & books with the Frank Einstein series.

Notices Cabin Fever Writing Month | 6:00PM, 2/6 Wednesday | Candor Free Library, 2 Bank St, Candor | Winter is the perfect time for writing ñ but even writers get cabin fever. So Candor Free Library is opening its doors to scribblers and scribes of all genres. The idea is to join other writers while working on your novel, short story, poems, or childrenís books. Bring your coffee, your laptop, your pencils, and spiral-bound notebooks. Ithaca Rotary Club Luncheon Speaker Series | 12:15 PM, 2/6 Wednesday | Coltivare, 235 S Cayuga St, Ithaca | February 6: Lara Jennifer Parrilla, Silas Conroy, and Audrey Baker: Tompkins County Farm to School Project: New Markets for Regional Farmers | $15

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D&D Adventure | 3:00 PM, 2/6 Wednesday | Edith B. Ford Memorial Library, 7169 N Main St, Ovid | Join Library Luke for an imaginative Dungeons and Dragons adventure. Ages 10 and up. Open Hearts Dinner | 5:00 PM, 2/6 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

Workforce Forum: First Impressions | 2:00 PM, 2/7 Thursday | Tompkins County Workforce Center, Center Ithaca, Suite 241, | Community Game Night | 6:30 PM, 2/7 Thursday | First Presbyterian Church, 315 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | Community Game Night is a welcoming, inclusive gathering for people to play board games and card games. All ages are welcome. Survivors: Up Close with Living Fossils - Exhibit Opening | All Day 2/8 Friday | Museum Of The Earth, 1259 Trumansburg Rd, Ithaca | Come explore the fascinating world of organisms seemingly forgotten by time.

Newfield United Methodist Church Lasagna Dinner | 4:00 PM, 2/11 Monday | Newfield United Methodist Church, 227 Main Street, Newfield | Includes Meat Lasagna, Salad, Bread, Beverage and Dessert. Proceeds benefit the Church. | $9 Eat in or take out

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Homeschool Writing Club | 12:00 PM, 2/12 Tuesday | Edith B. Ford Memorial Library, 7169 N. Main Street, PO Box 410, Ovid | Learn writing techniques and grammar tips as we create fictional stories and share ideas in this five part class.†Please contact the library to register.

Wednesday Night Ithaca Women’s Basketball Association | 7:00 PM, 2/6 Wednesday | Lehman Alternative Community School, 111 Chestnut St, Ithaca | The league is non-competitive and fun and involves pick-up style playing. Check out the league’s website for more information.

Moms All Striving Together | 9:30 AM, 2/7 Thursday | Candor Congregational Church Parsonage, 134 Main St, Candor | A group for all moms for fellowship and encouragement. Child Care is provided. Contact Mary Wheeler at wheeler8386@yahoo.com or 659-5067.

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Dryden Community Center Cafe Annual Membership Meeting | 7:00 PM, 2/11 Monday | Dryden Community Center Cafe, 1 W Main St, Dryden | Rescheduled from 1/21.

Ithaca Sociable Singles | 6:00 PM, 2/6 Wednesday | 2/6: Dinner: Ciao! Host: Jon H., RSVP: jon.h.humphrey1@ gmail.com

Crafting Your 60-Second Pitch Workshop | 9:00 AM, 2/7 Thursday | Tompkins County Workforce Center, Center Ithaca, Suite 241, | In this workshop, you will learn about the 60-Second Pitch, how to use it and begin creating and practicing your very own!

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FRANK VIGNOLA’S HOT JAZZ GUITAR TRIO Saturday, February 9 at 8:00PM | Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts, 5 McLallen St., Trumansburg | Frank Vignola’s Hot Jazz Guitar Trio features Vinny Raniolo and Gary Mazzaroppi, some of the most extraordinary guitarists performing today. Hear a wide repertoire of unique fresh arrangements as this astounding trio covers works from Beethoven and Bach to Paul Simon and Frank Zappa as only they can. (photo: provided)

Why and how have these plants, animals, and microbes -- from horseshoe crabs and spotted gar to stromatolites and dawn redwoods -- changed so little over millions of years? Advanced English as a Second Language Classes | 1:00 PM, 2/8 Friday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Students will develop skills in speaking, listening, reading, and writing. To register, please contact Lifelong Learning at (607) 273-1511. Dungeons and Dragons Guild | 3:00 PM, 2/8 Friday | Southworth Library, 24 W. Main Street, Dryden | Join Dungeon Masters from the Cortland Area Gamer’s guild to begin your adventure. BEGINNERS meet on the 8th and 22nd. ADVANCED players meet on the 1st and 15th. Beginner Bird Walks | 8:30 AM, 2/9 Saturday | Cornell Lab of Ornithology,

159 Sapsucker Woods Rd, Ithaca | Guided bird walks every Saturday and Sunday morning, starting at 8:30 a.m., sponsored by the Cayuga Bird Club. Targeted toward beginners, but appropriate for all. Binoculars available for loan.

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Women as Leaders: Four Local Activists Panel | 10:30 AM, 2/9 Saturday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Prompted by the book Make Trouble: Standing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding the Courage to Lead by Cecile Richards.

Metrix Overview | 10:00 AM, 2/11 Monday | Tompkins County Workforce Center, Center Ithaca, Suite 241, | Metrix is an online skill and job-related training program that contains over 24,000 courses. Courses range in topics covering accounting, leadership, healthcare, computer programming, and more.

Sunday Night Alive! | 6:00 PM, 2/10 Sunday | McGrawville Church, McGraw | Sing with the SNA praise band and hear an encouraging word. More details on Facebook.

Dryden Senior Citizens Lunch | 11:45 AM, 2/11 Monday | Dryden VFW, 2272 Dryden Rd, Dryden | Speaker will be Ms. Orinthia Montique, President of Tompkins Cortland Community College. She will speak about her job and the new programs she has started.

Tai Chi | 2:30 PM, 2/7 Thursday | Lansing Community Library, 27 Auburn Rd, Lansing | Contact Lifelong for specific days and times. Take off Pounds Sensibly | 6:00 PM, 2/7 Thursday | Candor Town Hall, 101 Owego Road, Candor | Contact Jean Dewey 659-9969 or jmdewey@ frontiernet.net Diabetes Prevention Through Exercise | 7:00 PM, 2/7 Thursday | Southworth Library, 24 W. Main Street, Dryden | Presented by Dr. Bill Shang, author of The FIRST Program: Fighting Insulin Resistance with

The Rise of Business in Schuyler County | 4:00 PM, 2/12 Tuesday | Watkins Glen Area Chamber of Commerce, 214 N. Franklin St., Watkins Glen | The Watkins Glen Area Chamber of Commerce will host its February Think Tank on this topic.

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Ithaca Children’s Garden, 121 Turtle Lane (Cass Park), Ithaca | An annual celebration of winter outdoor play, the festival provides time and space to remember the winter games we love and to discover new ways to play through the coldest season. Enjoy ice sculptures, sledding, hot chocolate, snow fort and den building, bonfires, and much more. (photo: provided)

First Baptist Church, 309 N. Cayuga St., Ithaca | Join the IGMC for their annual fundraising concert. This year they will be joined by St. Paul’s Festival Chimes, Ithaca’s own bell choir. The program features music from West Side Story, Newsies, Phantom of the Opera, Cabaret, Rent, Dear Evan Hansen, and more! It’s an afternoon of song not to be missed. (photo: Facebook)

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