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Citing Religion, Parents Question ICSD’s Unique Vaccination Policy

n recent years, the New York State Department of Health has shown it has begun to take vaccinations seriously. Taking place everywhere from the pediatrician to the school nurse’s office, a number of efforts to elevate disease prevention in New York State, by most measures, have achieved great success: rates of vaccination among school age children, statewide, have soared and, despite a noteworthy flu outbreak this winter, the long-term impacts of widespread vaccinations have all but eliminated diseases like measles and whooping cough, which made a small resurgence locally this past year. The Centers For Disease Control even honored New York State for its vaccination efforts last summer, noting the fact New York’s immunization rates far exceeded national averages, in some cases by more than 10 percent. But some parents loca lly, who have requested anonymity for this story due to the sensitive nature of the debate, have begun to speak out on the rollout of a recent vaccination effort in the Ithaca City School District they see as a violation of their religious rights, described by them as a form of “coercion” to

get them to vaccinate. On Monday afternoon, 13 parents met with three members of the ICSD Board of Education to discuss the district’s process for granting religious exemptions to required immunizations in New York State, which locally presents a unique take on what is otherwise considered common practice in 47 other states around the country. While New York State has a standard procedure for granting religious exemptions to vaccination for children, it also allows certain entities – like school districts – to apply their own standard in line with state policy to determine whether a particular student is eligible for such an exemption. For the school district, this vetting process is handled by a tribunal of three principals from schools within the district and the school’s attorney, with no guarantee the family will have ever met them. Though this process was noted by the board members in attendance – Robert Ainslie, Sean Eversley Bradwell and Eldridge Harris – to be completely legal and within their right to implement, many of the parents in attendance described the vetting process behind granting these religious exemptions as highly invasive and unfair to their children who, without the exemption, are not allowed to attend school without their required vaccinations. Some mothers in attendance said their kids had come home from school in tears, saying they would need a shot or they wouldn’t be allowed to attend school, all while leaving their parents unsure of where they’d received that information. Some parents complained of a lack of consistency in how the district granted their exemptions, saying

that while some parents had their exemptions accepted others, even with previous success in gaining exemptions for their children, were denied. One parent, who sought to appeal a denial of their exemption, said they had employment problems and, in tears, said they couldn’t afford the legal representation needed to allow them to uphold their religious exemption under a vaccination policy they argue is largely arbitrary. The school district, meanwhile, is in a tricky situation: Though, according to recent NYSDOH figures, several schools within ICSD counted religious exemption rates among the highest in the state, the district has made a concerted effort to boost vaccination rates within the district wherever possible. This, the parents argue, has led the district to implement a process where the school’s legal counsel will interrogate parents on their religious beliefs in order to deem whether they’re valid or not. If denied, parents would appear before a panel of three principals and a lawyer, who one parent said “grilled her” about her religious beliefs before ultimately, denying her exemption. Before the meeting, she said it wasn’t clearly explained what would be needed – in this case, a lawyer – to prove her family’s religious sincerity, a personal topic for many, especially to discuss with a panel of people they might not even know. “It was disconcerting for me to see a higher lawyer driving policy[...]” she said. “That made it very hard for me to go to bed that night.” From the district’s perspective, it’s about what quantifies religious freedom in this sense: Many religions were invented well

before vaccines, and religious and legal interpretations can clash in interesting ways. For the district, the real question is how you define the eligibility of an individual’s beliefs to qualify for religious exemption, and whether or not one’s spirituality actually dictates whether vaccinations go against their belief systems. This is a very gray area: people’s religious beliefs are very personal and, through a tribunal process, where vaccination fits in one’s belief system is generally an arbitrary decision. “The issue is really how does your decision to not vaccinate your child intersect with your religious beliefs,” said Ainslie. “And the state has given us the right to ask that question, and that’s certainly not going to go away.” Down the road, district officials said they want to find some way to answer the question of how to get children denied exemptions back in school and more importantly, how to adapt to the bureaucracy. The topic, added Bradwell, might be brought up at the February 6 Policy Meeting, where it will likely be the main conversation and the intent of the policy, reexamined. “This was not something we’re looking for,” Harris said. “This is an issue we came around to because we were challenged, that we’d ‘threatened these kids because of X, Y and Z.’ And we take that seriously. Now you’ve got our attention, and we’re going to go back and look at this. We’re going to have to do an autopsy on this and figure out what happened. This did not happen because we’re some robots that don’t care.” –Nick Reynolds

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ithin the walls of the Cl i nton House on North Cayuga Street, New Roots Charter School has operated for just under a decade providing high schoolers with an alternative learning experience. The option has proved popular among parents and, this month, the school has announced plans to expand into an even larger facility – to cater to grades 6-8 – in the years to come. However, the proposal has been met w it h apprehension from the the Ithaca City School District board, which in turn stated they would be demanding more accountability from New Roots, especially if the proposal is approved since more kids would then be subjected to New Roots’ education methods at a younger age. In the words of board member Eldredge Harris, “The elephant is going to stop ignoring the flea.” It’s unclear exactly how that could be achieved, though. New Roots reports to their charter organization, the SUNY-Charter School Institute (CSI), which is currently mulling the school’s expansion request, and doesn’t have any hard performance or other thresholds to meet regarding the school district. Transparency will basically come down to whether or not the New Roots administration feels its necessary or beneficial. The proposal requests an allotment for an additional 60 middle school students, and would include an additional downtown space that would house the middle school program, outside of the Clinton House location of the high school. Founder and New Roots leader Tina Nilsen-Hodges said they have been approached by several landlords who are interested in renting space to the school. New Roots is a public school that resides in the Ithaca City School District, which makes continued on page 4

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amantha McBean noticed there was something missing. A diminutive woman of simmering intensity, McBean – a program leader at the Greater Ithaca Activities Center – was well aware of the symptoms. A mentor to the city’s most vulnerable, McBean had dedicated years to helping those who’d lost touch with the means to help t hemselves, ra isi ng up young women from the depths of addiction and prostitution to a place of empowerment and self-sustainability. But for these women to fall so far, she realized, meant a lack of support beneath them. There was something lacking for the young women of Tomp-

T ▶ Activist Tarana Burke, founder of the ‘Me Too’ movement will be speaking by the courtesy of the Cornell University Program Board in Bailey Hall on Sunday, Jan. 30 from 7-9 p.m. The timing is tough, but look at it this way: You can always tape the Super Bowl for later. ▶ The annual Festival of Fire and Ice is this weekend with families and people of all ages invited to the Ithaca Children’s Garden from 3-6 p.m. on Saturday. Food and drinks will be available, and the fire performance ignites at

kins County, she felt, no room for them to truly learn about themselves and accept their true selves in a setting away from toxic inf luence and the vapid adolescent impulses toward peer acceptance. But, she said, no such place existed. “Just to have a place where we can let young women sit down, let their hair back and be free, to talk and not feel like they’ve got to get back out there with this weight on their backs... it’s just empowerment,” said McBean. “Nobody’s doing that in Ithaca. Nobody.” In 2014 McBean – working as a super visor in a summer employment program through Work forc e N Y – br o a c he d the topic with three girls who, through their own paths, had

nightfall. ▶ An Extremis Film Screening and Panel Discussion will take place on Tuesday, February 6 from 4:306:00 p.m. at Cinemapolis. The 2017 Academy Award-nominated film takes us to the front lines of a public health crisis that touches us all. Directed by Dan Krauss, Extremis follows patients and families grappling with the thorny decisions associated with serious illness.” The following panel discussion will feature Dr. Suzanne Anderson, MD, Medical Director, Hospicare and Palliative Care Services, Emilee Lawson-

ended up work ing w it h her. There was Angel Young, a quickto-smile girl from Trumansburg, and Tyshi Howard, a quiet but kind voice with a particular talent for doing hair. Then in 2015 Katrina Davis, an impassioned and sharp-witted young woman seeking a second summer job, joined the organization. And McBean got plotting. It started off with lunches and, with a growing membership, eventually evolved into regular gatherings and attendance at Sister-Friends events, a community group focused on the celebration of relationships between women of all ages. The group soon moved on to regular trips, both educational and recreational. They went to the continued on page 11

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F “Well, since I’m in marketing, I’d have to promote where I work! (Sheridan’s Jewelry in Cortland!)” —Jennifer Reminick

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our years after the issue was raised as something worthy of study, the Town Of Ithaca Deer Management Committee had its inaugural meeting Tuesday evening, holding the first of what are anticipated numerous discussions on ways to address a rising deer population in the town and the environmental impacts they’d had on the area’s farms and forests. Comprised of members of the Town Board and its Planning, Agricultural and Conservation Committees, the seven-member board’s 90 minute meeting consisted of preliminary discussions on deer control methods, ways to study the deer population and its impact, and how – when the time comes – to sell the public

on the sometimes controversial practice of population management. Ideas discussed generally followed the framework of proven deer management programs in place in areas like Cayuga Heights and Trumansburg, delving at points into some proposals suggested in a policy sheet of Deer Management Recommendations released last spring. Members of the committee included Ithaca Town Supervisor Bill Goodman, Board Members Pamela Bleiwas & Eric Levine, Town Planner Mike Smith, as well as Lisa Ferguson (Agriculture Committee) and Lindsay Dombrowski. (Conservation Committee)

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the district can use to monitor what goes on in New Roots classrooms, which is both part of the point of charter schools and part of the discomfort the district, and its Board, have with New Roots expanding. Part of the accountability the district would ask for is to see New Roots’ effectiveness, ensuring students are actually receiving a quality education from the school. Over the last three years, New Roots’ graduation rates have bounced between 79 percent in 2015, 70 percent in 2016 and 87 percent for four-year cohorts in 2017. New Roots’ small student body can cause volatile bounces in rates; Nilsen-Hodges acknowledged the school’s requirement to SUNY-CSI is a 75 percent graduation rate. The school spent about

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that the school’s home district, though New Roots draws its student population from 20 other school districts as well (according to the school’s 2017 annual report to its charter organization, about 54 percent of the school’s enrolled students are from ICSD). This draws some ire from ICSD, as they are forced to provide services like transportation to the school, but do not receive the money allotted by New York State for students at New Roots. The money for the 80 New Roots students from ICSD goes directly to New Roots itself. That’s standard for a charter school, though. A far more pressing issue, it seems is that there’s currently no mechanism in place

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lowing the suit of multiple communities around the county, the Ithaca Town Board began to look into ways the town could go about managing its rapidly growing deer population, which local farmers claimed were having detrimental effects on their crops and livestock. A final document – drafted by the town’s conservation board – was completed in May of 2017, listing a number of recommendations toward actions the town could take. Recommendations included: • Forming an official Town Sub-committee tasked to draft, implement, and administer a deer management plan that complements initiatives of adjacent municipalities. • Amending the current firearm discharge law to make exceptions for the $14,383 per student in 2015-2016, compared to $21,603 per student during the 2015-2016 school year in ICSD. New Roots receives funding per student based on a formula calculated by the state, which usually depends on how much the district where a student is from spends per pupil, and is usually significantly less than the districts receive. Ainslie said even though the figure is lower, it puts a burden on the school district and the local taxpayers, since most school funding comes from property taxes in that area. “If New York State really wants to support Charter schools, then they would take the onus of funding them off the local taxpayer, who’s already paying for the student to go to the local public

use of archery (bow and crossbow) equipment to directly support landowners. • Utilizing DEC Deer Damage Permits to maximize impact of management activities in areas closed to hunting. • Measuring impacts of deer, not deer population numbers, to assess effectiveness of the management program. • Coordinating efforts with adjacent municipalities, Cornell University, and Ithaca College to leverage resources. The plan seems to be a natural progression of local policy, especially given the efforts of continued on page 12

school and put it on Albany,” Ainslie said. “But Albany doesn’t to that, it pushes back and forces the local taxpayer to pick up the bill.” Nilsen-Hodges, meanwhile, said the school will meet a demand that has been voiced since day one of New Roots. That breakdown in communication was no more apparent than at the public hearing held for New Roots, where ICSD Board members were taken aback by the revelation, to them, that New Roots had been operating a LEAP Program, approved by SUNYCSI, which is a preparatory program designed to prepare 12-15 year olds for high school, different from a traditional school experience. Nilsen-Hodges said continued on page 5

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Meet The Candidate: Linda Andrei

he latest person to declare themselves as a prospective candidate against the Republican Congressman for New York’s 23rd District, Tom Reed, Linda Andrei believes, even relatively late to the race, she is entering while the iron is hot. Though she had only filed with the Federal Elections Comm i s sion i n m id-D e c emb er, Andrei has already built a sizeable campaign infrastructure, boasts a sizeable war chest and – despite the recent efforts of regional Democratic committees to pare down the seven-person field as the primary approaches – Andrei said she feels she is arriving at a time where public interest is reaching a point where she can make an impression on voters across the Southern Tier. An Ithaca resident of 17 years (she moved here with her husband, Cornell Computer Science Professor Emeritus Dr. Tim Teitelbaum, who owns local technology firm Grammatech), Andrei spent 30 years of her life as a practicing interventional cardiologist in communities across the Southern Tier, after which she left medicine to gain a MFA in painting (anatomy and printmaking, according to her CV) from the New York Academy of Art in 2012, which has led to an art career where her work has been displayed in galleries both nationally and internationally. Af ter severa l quiet years, Andrei said she was spurred to run following her attendance at the 2017 Women’s March where, after a successful spring in her art career, she began to contemplate what impact she could have in the political realm. Despite an already crowded field coming forth that spring, Andrei began to conduct some research on New York’s 23rd District and decided a run for Congress might prove feasible, gleaning her confidence from the demographics of residents across the district to the vulnerabilities of her prospective opponent, Congressman Reed. In November, she attended the National Women’s Conference in Detroit, Michigan and, after a few additional meetings, filed her ini-

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tial paperwork with the Federal Elections Commission in midDecember, becoming the eighth overall candidate this cycle to put themselves in the running for the Democratic nomination this spring. Since then, she said she’s put aside everything in her life in order to focus on one goal: Winning the Democratic Primary this June. “I looked at myself, and asked other people who were very close to me what they thought,” said Andrei. “With their encouragement, I decided ‘okay, I have to do this now. I have to serve my country.’” T hou g h e a r l y on i n h e r campaign, she does have one immediate advantage over other candidates in the race: finances. According to a press release from her campaign, Andrei boasted approximately $131,000 in cash on hand to start her campaign, a significant amount of which was self-supplied. (Some donations, she said, were in the maximum allowable amount of $5,400 for an individual while others were smaller, in the $10 range.) That inf lux of funding has allowed her to build necessary campaign infrastructure rather quickly, already counting a campaign

manager, finance director and several other staffers even in her first full month of campaigning. “Before I could ask ot her people to make a financial commitment, I had to show that I was making a financial commitment,” said Andrei. “And if I was going to get this campaign going, I had to show I had the money to pay the people who would be working on the campaign with a fair living wage.” As for how she plans to define herself among Democrats as the primary approaches, Andrei said she brings a generally progressive, but unconfined ideology to the race. “Broadly, I’m a person who cares about other people,” said Andrei. “Without any political label, I’m a fierce advocate for the well-being of others. If you want to pin me down, I’m a Democrat. Within the party, I would say I’m a progressive, in the way I want to see progress happen.” The Ithaca Times recently spoke to the candidate on a number of different areas of policy and perspective she brings to the table:

she was surprised at the Board’s reaction, since the school had publicized the program according to its “standard protocol.” “We are happy to be transparent, and we are fully accountable,” Nilsen-Hodges said. “Charter schools are always evaluated every three years, and if we’re not meeting our goals we risk closure. [...] I would be interested in seeing, as we move forward, greater communication and collaboration between us and the school district.” Nilsen-Hodges said starting a middle school is not supposed to be a comparison to the education ICSD is providing, but rather providing more options for students who may need it. Ainslie said he could understand the need and demand for New Roots when it initially opened in 2009, but as Ithaca High School has improved and the district has continued to address its own issues, he believes the need has dissipated. That assertion was certainly rebutted at the meeting by New Roots students, but Ainslie doesn’t deny that for some students, New Roots fills an invaluable role. “New Roots can be anywhere, but why does it have to be in Ithaca? That’s always been the question,” Ainslie said, arguing the school would be better suited in a district with less options. “I don’t deny that there’s kids in a lot of districts with no alternative, but we have [Lehman Alternative Community School] that kids have access to, there’s many districts that do not have alternatives, the kids are lost and they do not feel that their schools fit them. That’s what New Roots is built for.” Part of what seemed to disturb the board about the proposal was the thought that middle school students, guided by their parents, would be unable to experience any school in the rest of ICSD before immediately entering the New Roots curriculum. “I have no apprehension of this type of education for that group,” Nilsen-Hodges said. “I do not share that fear, I am excited for the opportunity. [...] Next year will be our 10th year, and a middle school would be a great way to celebrate. I think that every student’s experience is unique to that student, if there’s anything I’ve learned in 30 years, it’s that.”

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Ups&Downs ▶ Sophisticated Police Work Multi-jurisdictional task forces? Whatever that means, it rounded up two alleged thieves last week in connection with five robberies in the area, so good on them. Also a bonus thumbs-up to Cornell Men’s Hockey. Congrats on being numero uno. ▶ Bad Dog In a stunning development, a dog started a small kitchen fire by jumping onto a counter, the first bad thing ever done by a dog in recorded history. The Ithaca Times’ official editorial stance is that the dog is being unfairly scapegoated.

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Heard&Seen ▶ So Long To Several Downtown Businesses Goodbye, Subway and Le Commons Bistro. It’s always sad when a business can’t find success on the Commons, where the economic environment is advertised as so vibrant. The vape capital of the city holds strong, though. ▶ Top Stories On Ithaca. com This Week Are...

1)UPDATE: IHS theatre program to host new play after controversy 2) A debate on race lights up ICSD’s theater program 3) 2018 Congressional Challengers: Tracy Mitrano 4) Police announce arrest in two Ithaca bank robberies 5) Outbreak: Ithaca And The 1918 Flu Epidemic

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hen we think about our mental health, realists comment that “We live by a thread.” We can feel confident and optimistic one day and insecure and pessimistic the next day, even the next hour. Mental illness is equal opportunity; Psychiatrists and other observers will confide how many professionals – doctors, lawyers, accountants, and all the other fields – have at least occasional desperate struggles with their own mental health and well-being. The Mental Health Association in Tompkins County, snuggled inside the historic Henry St. John’s Building on the corner of Geneva and Clinton Streets, has an open door for everyone and a colorful array of offerings to help us stay as mentally healthy as we can be. Josephine Cohen, Executive Director of the Mental Health Association, radiates goodwill. Josephine, adopted into a loving family as a young child, grew up in a delightful house (moved on a f latbed from Lodi Point) where she still lives, embedded in a rural community. Josephine has worked at the MHATC for 18 years while acting as a single mom to Gabriella, a senior in college. Josephine loves her family, her work and this region. As a biracial student, some of Josephine’s school years were challenging in a rural school system with only a few children of color. “I often felt angry and sad,” she recalls. “As a

child, things happened t o m e out of my control. I didn’t know why and I never could express it to anyone. The sadness and anger inside got worse. The bullying led my parents to arrange for me to attend school in Ithaca. I thought that if I was among a more diverse population, I would not be targeted. However, I found that being biracial for me meant that I didn’t fit in anywhere. I felt very alone and became depressed. I began to spend a lot of time in my room.” Josephine’s victimization by bullying and racism, and her struggles with isolation and mental illness, inform her work at MHA. Even strong kids with loving families suffer mental and emotional distress and everyone needs extra support sometime. Josephine believes that for individuals with mental health issues, their recovery is greatly enhanced by social connection. “Many people with mental health issues are not engaged in their communities, and many remain socially isolated and excluded,” she said. “Negative perceptions, prejudice, stigma and discrimination contribute to the social exclusion of people living with mental health issues. I love to come to work in a place where my colleagues, our community guests, clients and interns talk to each other, support each other, take care of each other. No one need feel alone.” The heart of the MHA is its drop-in psychocontin u ed on page 7

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Editor’s note: Last week, the Ithaca City School District cancelled its spring play after protests from the local community. A few people wrote in with opinions before the decision, but here’s one piece:

iven our current political climate, conversations about racial bias have been more common. But that doesn’t mean these conversations are comfortable to have. No matter how many times we engage in dialogue, there’s always more to learn. Such a conversation happened last Tuesday evening, January 23, at the Ithaca City School District Board of Education meeting. People of all races involved in the community came out to support the growing movement started by students a few weeks ago when the casting decisions of the high school musical were announced.

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A white student was cast as Esmeralda in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, a role specifically for someone of color. As a woman of color, I experienced similar practices in my own educational upbringing. I was immersed in theatre and had planned on pursuing it as my career. After being pushed out of the shows my high school put on, I decided to only minor in it in college. The heartbreak of racial bias in the theatre world made me feel as though every where would be like this and to try and have a career in this field would only lead to more heartbreak. The overall conversation was not so much about the casting of the musical as it was about institutionalized racism in general, especially within the educational system. The poor casting choices made for this musical is just one example of an aftereffect of peoples’ unchecked biases. Every person is subject to racial biases whether they like it or not. Until

On the line below, translate the following sentence into Norwegian: “Where in Odin’s name can a person get decent lutefisk at this late hour?” _____________________________________________________________ Why do you want to come to the U.S? Select the one that best applies to you: ____ My country of origin still hasn’t recovered from an earthquake 8 years ago; it has a shoddy infrastructure, crushing poverty and rampant corruption; in the past 6 months it has had four hurricanes in as many weeks, and a cholera outbreak. Less than 50% of households have access to safe water. ____ The MS-13 gang will kill me if I go back to my country of origin. ____ My country of origin has an elaborate social safety net, free education, universal healthcare, generous public pension plans, low levels of corruption and collective bargaining at the national level, but I find all the darkness in winter to be mildly depressing and reindeer creep me out. Who would win in a UFC cage match? ____ Leif Eriksson ____ Toussaint L’Ouverture Which description bests describes your country of origin? ____ Poophole ____ Land of fjords Have you or any member of your immediate family ever worked in food service, grounds maintenance or housekeeping at the Mar A Lago Club and Resort in Palm Beach, Florida? ____ Yes ____ No Have you or any member of your immediate family ever placed an official of the U.S. government under a voodoo curse and/or evil spell? ____ Yes ____ No

Charley Githler is a columnist for The Ithaca Times. His column, Surrounded By Reality, appears biweekly we can all examine ourselves truthfully for any biases we may hold, intentionally or otherwise, we cannot move forward as a society. In my theatre community experience, being profiled, slighted, and having micro aggressions thrown at me started as early as sixth grade, the first year you were allowed to participate in the drama club. I was cast as a Pink Lady in Grease but I was the only Pink Lady without any lines. In seventh grade I was cast as Sylvia in All Shook Up, a role for a black woman. I am Latin. In eighth grade I was cast as Ariel in Footloose, to the dismay of parents and students. The minority was given center stage with a lead part usually held by white women. This was a shake up for my tiny town. In high school I wasn’t cast at all. I auditioned for all nine shows I was there for and received ensemble every time. I knew I was talented, but I constantly lost out to exceedingly white casts. This was so heartbreaking for me that I decided not to pursue theatre as a career. If I can be judged by my ethnicity and skin color rather than by my talent in a high school, then I definitely could in college and in the real world. Why risk more heartbreak? In college I am minoring in theatre and similar practices are held here too. I’ve also been tokenized. It’s a hard balance to live by. Was I cast because I’m brown and they needed a diversity credit? Was I not cast because I’m brown? This is

what it’s like for a person of color in the theatre world. There’s this false perception that theatre is a liberal field and that Ithaca is a liberal town. Unfortunately, biases can be held by anyone in any field in any town. The myth that racism doesn’t occur in Ithaca or in theatre in general is harmful to those that it does affect. I endured schooling in a liberal area of New Jersey. That didn’t change my experience or discredit it, which happens all too often with the argument that “other places or fields have it worse.” Experiencing racial bias isn’t a competition and shouldn’t be treated with such flippancy. I only wish I was more cognizant in high school as these IHS students are. I never said anything, and although other people of color I know had similar experiences, we never rallied together like the IHS students have. For me, the educational system I went through growing up was an unchecked machine that couldn’t be swayed. With entirely white teachers in my elementary and middle school and almost entirely white teachers and faculty in my high school, I didn’t know there was anyone to turn to. I didn’t know if I’d be supported if I spoke out.

Courtney Ravelo, Ithaca College Want more? A piece by local activist Barbara Regenspan is available on Ithaca.com, under the ‘Opinion’ tab.

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social program called the Jenkins Center for Hope and Recovery, named after the agency’s past director, Beth Jenkins. The Center is open Tuesday through Saturday for those who seek mental health services. The Jenkins Center provides a safe environment where mental health consumers can relax, have fun with peers, and share information and support among a staff of peers – not healthcare professionals or government administrators – who are trained to help promote recovery and improve the quality of life for individuals and their families. This happens by sharing their own recovery stories, providing encouragement, instilling a sense of hope and teaching skills. Maybe someone just wants to catch the news on tv or join others enjoying a movie. Some folks come for the weekly Dungeons and Dragons game. Some of the people who stop in are caregivers. Sometimes those who enter arrive at the end of their rope – overwhelmed and agitated. For all they provide, Josephine said, no one is billed. “New people come in all the time,” Josephine said. “Everyone is welcome to come in and have coffee, tea. There are always snacks and on Wednesdays we serve dinner.” So, what kind of help can we get at MHA, after we’ve had a warm drink and snacks? We can use the MHA computers, or stay for a computer literacy class. We can come back when someone from the Workforce Employment Center stops by weekly to speak about employment opportunities and assist with filling out forms to apply for jobs of interest. We can join other parents to swap good ideas for parenting, especially if we are wrestling with mental illness or someone we care for is struggling. Maybe we are caretakers of elderly relatives and need a break and a place to vent about the weariness and loneliness of caretaking. We can join a depression support group, or if we are young adults, a transition age support group. This is a group recently developed out of the unique needs of young adults 18-26, who are done with school and need support to figure out what comes next. “Everyone who walks in has different needs. So, our services are flexible,” Josephine said. “Maybe someone just needs to get out of a bad environment for a breather. Or they are living in temporary housing, and want to check their email.” We have a wide array of terrific services in Tompkins County – lawyers, doctors, housing specialists – who we turn to in the Emergency Room, in the courthouse, on the street every day. But what happens to vulnerable persons when they are discharged from the ER? When someone’s custody trial is finished, and they are bottomed out, feeling depressed, with no place to go? How do they feel? Josephine said that what is unique about MHA is that many of the folks who are talking together in parts of the building are talking about how they feel. In the rush and bustle of daily life, she said, there are not enough places where all of our needs, including our feelings, are addressed. For many people, being able to make connections in a relaxed environment may improve mental health.

Week O f 6/25-7/1 B y Vaughn G olden Barbara L ifton NY State A ssembly This week, the Assembly Ways and Means committee published its “Yellow Book” analysis of Governor Cuomo’s proposed budget. Following the new federal tax code, Cuomo said, in his proposal this year’s, “is going to be the most challenging budget that we’ve had to do.” The plan calls for a 2 percent increase in overall spending, but proposes cuts and spending caps to stem the state’s $4.4 billion deficit. Cuomo’s looking to new taxes on opioid prescriptions, cigars, vapor products and e-commerce to plug the budget gap. One area that does not see cuts in the governor’s proposal is education, an area where Assemblywoman Lifton has advocated continued investment. This week, Lifton sat on the joint budget hearing for Higher Education where she used her allotted time to ask witnesses if they had the capital funds available to retrofit buildings with renewable energy sources. Tom O’M ara – NY State S enate The Senate was also wrapped up in budget hearings last week. Its Monday session only lasted eight minutes. Senator O’Mara took time to emphasize a piece of legislation he’s cosponsoring that would bar the state from issuing mandates onto local governments and school districts without provided funding. “The state enacted the local property tax cap in 2011 with a promise to localities and school districts to roll back the heavy burden of unfunded state mandates. We still have a lot of work to do to lift that existing burden on local governments and local property taxpayers,” O’Mara said in a press release last week. The legislation passed the Senate Local Government Committee, and now proceeds to the Finance Committee where it will likely also succeed. The same bill passed the Senate last year, but was never taken up in the Assembly. Tom R eed – U.S. Congress The House had to hunker down in Washington while the Senate deliberated to reopen the government early last week. After another continuing resolution was passed Monday afternoon, Congressman Reed and his colleagues headed back home for the week. Reed spent his time touring businesses, promoting the newly passed tax plan. It’s a super short week in Washington for House Republicans. Following Tuesday’s State of the Union address, the House GOP makes a mad dash for the Greenbriar hotel in West Virginia for their annual retreat to align policy ideas for the coming year. When they return next week, they’ll have to pass another continuing resolution or a spending bill to keep the government open, though the real fight will likely occur in the Senate.

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Hellen A. (i m ag e : C a s e y M a r t i n) tract services Challenge holds elsewhere. Those barriers can vary widely: around a third of their clients face some sort of economic or educational barrier to getting a job, about a quarter have a developmental disability, another 15 percent have a mental health issue along with a developmental disability, about five percent are dealing with a physical disability and the rest is a menagerie of people who face all types of different circumstances that have forced them out of gainful employment, according to Executive Director Joe Sammons. Sammons said some workers use Challenge to re-establish themselves in the workforce, only joining for a few days or weeks before matriculating out to work elsewhere. Others have found a community within Challenge worthy of a decadeslong mutual embrace. Helen A., who lives with a developmental disability and whose last name was withheld at Challenge’s request, has been part of the Challenge workforce for 44 years, currently working as a paper shredder in the in-house facility. Helen’s been nicknamed “Steam-Engine,” she said, because of the speed at which she works, a claim bolstered by her receiving the Steam Engine Award last year at a company event. Working gives her a chance to get out of her living facility and allows her to interact with other people. Of course, the money doesn’t hurt, either. “I like working down on the shred-

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By M att Bu tler o witness a normal Friday afternoon at Challenge Workforce Solutions in the South Hill Business Campus is not to see an organization that was recently on the brink of peril. Workers bustle about the imaging and shredding stations, located downstairs, before heading upstairs to the staff offices for a conference room lunch. Director of Marketing and Develop8 T

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ment Kim Pugliese’s dog, Georgie, roams the office to the delight of Challenge workers, and staff members hover around the table in case someone needs assistance. It’s a quick, happy pause before returning to a few more hours of work and then adjourning for the weekend. Challenge is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people with employment barriers enter the workforce, either through jobs at Challenge itself or via con-

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ders,” Helen said. “I’m in my 60s, so I don’t like to leave here to just stay home and lay around. I have lots of friends here [...] I like coming to work because you can make money and use it for lots of things.” Having been there for so long, Helen has seen the best and worst of Challenge. Peaks and valleys are an incumbent part of existence for all nonprofit organizations, with their fates routinely bending to

exterior factors like national elections or state funding decisions— things the organizations themselves typically have no control over. It makes for a roller-coaster existence for most nonprofits, the highest of highs often followed by dips, repeated essentially into institutional tradition. Pressure from outside makes self-inflicted problems all the more significant. As Challenge enters its 50th year, it is still trying to emerge from one of those many valleys, though this trough lasted two years and critically damaged the organization. In 2014, the previous Challenge administration spent millions to buy a building in Groton, intending to jumpstart another social enterprise with a Fresh Food Hub business which could employ Challenge workers, bring in additional revenue for the company and serve as a local resource for farmers. But Challenge soon found itself in over its head. The nonprofit lost at least a million dollars to the failed business, and eventually abandoned the effort, selling the facility to Old Chatham Creamery in 2016. The organization is now working to place some of their participants in the creamery to satisfy its packing and cleaning needs. During that same two-year span, New York State funding shifts led to budget cuts and a 16-month vacancy between the last Executive Director’s departure and Sammons’ entrance both contributed to a perfect storm that ended with $2 million in losses — around a third of the company’s total value. Though of lesser impact, Pugliese also said that she believes Challenge’s move from downtown, out of their iconic “Pink Building” on State Street, to the nondescript South Hill Business Campus caused some in the community to forget about the organization, or assume they had shut down. The food hub turned out to be a miscalculation, but a move that was well intentioned as the next step in the Challenge’s ongoing quest to expand services and, with expansion, provide more opportunities for its clients. That overarching mission has been consistent since the organization was founded by Bob Sprole in 1968 with the goal of providing a space for programs aimed at helping people with disabilities gain education and job training. Initially, the workers were housed in a Challenge facility only, but the program quickly adapted to the desires of its workforce. Much like the general population, Challenge participants don’t want to be

isolated from the rest of society, they want to feel as much a part of the local community as possible, Sammons said. Challenge quickly pivoted, and within two years of opening it was deploying its workers out into businesses and workplaces throughout Ithaca, while retaining its in-house programs to accommodate those who prefer that or may need more intense supervision or guidance. “We had to create opportunities to get people out into workplaces, even if they had a disability or some other barrier,” Sammons said. “You find that people who have a disability or face other barriers are not different from you and I, they still want to grow and show their skills and graduate to different jobs, just like all of us do.” Challenge now serves over 1,000 people and works with 150 employers across Tompkins County. Its own businesses, started in the 1970s but gaining more importance in the 1990s, have grown to include contracted services to businesses around the county such as janitorial cleaning workers, imaging, food co-packing and general staffing, known as social enterprises. Hilton Garden Inn manager Teri Tarshus is one of Challenge’s biggest supporters in Ithaca, contacting Challenge shortly after she became manager of the Hilton three years ago to build a working relationship between the two. These kinds of relationships are mutually beneficial and particularly valuable for Challenge. Its workers hone versatile skills that can be used in a variety of different positions and the organization can tout relationships with local economic pillars like the Hilton, Wegmans, Cornell University and Ithaca College to help extend their reach to other businesses. “For us, it’s an extremely positive relationship,” Tarshus said. “The value is huge, it’s something that you can’t even measure. [...] It is so invaluable to this community that coming back and growing the relationship that I have for myself, but also for my business, it was a no-brainer.” Tarshus said she has four employees who have been hired by Hilton from Challenge, then another team of four workers from Challenge and two people who are being trained by Challenge supervisors at the Hilton to learn skills for work either at the hotel or elsewhere. It’s a microcosm of Challenge’s goals, which are built on providing five ingredients (skills building and training, work experience, community and employment placements, support

S u p e rv i s o r F r a n k l i n M o s h e r , w i t h G l e n n J o r d a n , To m B e l l , C h a r l e s C h i l s , R o b e r t Tat e , a n d A l f r e d Va n d e rv e e r i n t h e O l d C h a l l e n g e w o o d a n d m e ta l w o r k s h o p (i m ag e : It h ac a J o u r n a l) and coaching, and assessment) to workers and employers, which can help both reach their goals. Officially, their mission statement is to “connect people who want to work with employers seeking a diverse, trained and reliable workforce.” “When people come in, we can take them into one of our businesses and give them some work experience and get them some training they’ve never had,” Pugliese said. “The idea isn’t for people to be hired by our social enterprises and stay there forever. It’s to get them there, get talent and skills and then move them out into other jobs in the community.” With that in mind, Sammons is look-

ing to ensure Challenge stays stable enough to effectively pursue those primary goals. He freely admits that while Challenge is out of imminent danger, it is not quite “out of the woods,” as acknowledging the flaws of the last several years is a long way from actually being able to fix the damage that was incurred. “Challenge has been through its ups and downs, financially we’ve had some really tough years because business opportunities have either grown or shrank,” Sammons said. “What we really have to do is build a really solid, sustainable infrastructure that can navigate the ups and downs of the economy, no different than

any other employer in town.” The construction of that infrastructure is one of the more confounding parts of the organization, though they have settled on a set course of action. In October 2017, the organization’s Board of Directors approved a five-year strategic plan, listing four imperatives that include keeping Challenge’s commitment while evolving, growing more community-based and employment-focused social enterprise businesses, rehabilitating from the 20142016 nadir into a healthy organization and engaging the community. Accomplishing these goals would cost the company an estimated $800,000. Complicating matters, Challenge is unable to rely on as much state assistance as some of its other nonprofit counterparts receive, with about half of its funding coming from New York State compared to far more for some other nonprofits. Challenge fills the resulting gaps in a myriad of other ways, from the revenue of their social enterprise businesses to regular fundraising like their annual Krispy Kreme doughnut selling campaign that has become popular around town, perhaps foremost with Mayor Svante Myrick (“That guy loves the doughnuts,” Sammons said). “People with disabilities don’t necessarily rise to the top of the government priority list, we have to constantly remind state lawmakers and people running the budgets that money spent in this area makes for a stronger community,” Sammons said. “This is a part of the population that’s a little hidden [...] We have to fight for every dollar we get.” Even with all the obstacles Challenge has faced in the past and at present, it has found comfort in the bosom of a consistently supportive and loyal community. Sammons and Pugliese both say without that community, there’s a decent chance Challenge would not still be standing today. There have been massive fundraising efforts in the past, and the list of employers willing to work with Challenge includes some of the biggest and smallest businesses around. “I don’t think the community would have let it happen, Challenge might have looked different but it would have still been here” Pugliese said. “As we push that boulder up the hill, it gets smaller and smaller.” To p : Wo r k e r s i n t h e k i t c h e n at It h ac a C o l l e g e . B o t t o m : G r e g F ry, J o e Sa m mons, and K im Pugliese. (i m ag e : C a s e y M a r t i n)

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investigate those society makes invisible. Ironbound’s subject is Darjya, a Polish immigrant scrapping by on menial jobs in a factory and later as a housecleaner. Playwright Martyna Majok paints her picture through a series of crisis moments over two decades of Darjya’s life, all occurring at “a bus stop at night, a quarter mile from a factory in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Or where there used to be a factory, depending on the year.” David L. Arsenault’s set of broken asphalt and concrete, with a utilitarian bus stop complete with fluorescent light, backed by a faceless brick structure behind chain-link fencing (scenic artist Ruth Barber) creates the drab Ash Can reality through which Darjya navigates. Yet over time, this place of waiting, for a bus that rarely arrives, attains a gravid beauty of its own, especially under Arsenault’s lighting. Lisa Boquist’s apt costuming (including a parka that actor Kate MacCluggage maneuvers like a shell of defense), and Lesley Greene’s evocative sound design (traffic, crickets, blaring metal, mournful rap, Chicago blues and Springsteen) complete the environs. Basics define Darja’s world: money to support a child, a car to get to work and at the top of the play, $3,000 from her cheating boyfriend, so she can search for her drugaddicted son, recently run away. MacCluggage is astonishing in the role: tightly wound, perennially suspicious, cautious of giving away even an ounce of independence. The actor creates this shell about the tender inside of a woman who obviously dreams and has passions, yet who must always calculate costs, especially after surviv-

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Wells’ Birding Survival Guide New book on birding tackles the ABC Islands By C hr i s tie Cit rang l o

From Left: The beaches of Aruba as a few birds look out onto the ocean (Photo: Jeffrey Wells); One of the many birds of the ABC Islands (Photo: Jeffrey Wells); The cover of Birds of Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao (Photo provided)

xploring the white, sandy beaches of the ABC Islands (Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao), a couple pulls out their binoculars — not to get a closer look of the ocean’s horizon, but to explore the hidden creatures in the trees. From the ruby-topaz hummingbird to the bananaquit, the birds of the ABC islands are just as warm and vibrant as the islands themselves. And when former Ithacans Jeffrey Wells and Allison Childs Wells traveled over the years to the islands for jazz band performances, they finally crafted a field guide bursting with detailed maps, alluring photos, helpful details and anything else necessary for birding experts and beginners. Birds of Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao was just released at the end of 2017. Jeffrey and Allison penned the book by combining Allison’s creative writing skills and Jeffrey’s background in ecology and evolutionary biology — and their love for birds. Growing up in Maine and living in Ithaca for nearly two decades, getting caught up in the birding culture didn’t just become a hobby for the two but also a lifestyle. The book itself, as Jeffrey describes it, is four books in one. Him and Allison put together a comprehensive guide for the birds of each island with large photos and maps with exact directions for bird watchers new to the area. In addition to these aspects, the guide delves into the ecology and climate of the places, which is not limited to discussions on environmental conservation. Jeffrey noted how disorienting traveling to a new country can be — especially when trying to bird watch. Signs are in

different languages, and asking directions from locals can be difficult if you don’t speak the native tongue. But with Birds of Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Allison and Jeffrey have created maps to overcome those hurdles. With the book, the two also seek to heighten awareness on conservation, as efforts in preserving the animals and wildlife have diminished over the years. And with tourism more accessible through the

field guide, it continues the conversation on the topic. The idea of writing the book came after the couple published two previous books, also on birding: one on Sapsucker Woods (The Birds of Sapsucker Woods) and one on Maine (Maine’s Favorite Birds). Jeffrey has published a few books about birds on his own as well. After covering the two places they’ve lived together, they sought to cover some-

They’d practice and play music together, and they’d also travel to the woods and peek at the birds flying between the trees. They’d create music, and they’d go outside to listen to the songs of the birds. “Sometimes I think the interest in music and sounds translates into some interest with birds, just because they sing and make music and you identify them by their sounds,” Jeffrey said. “Both Allison and I were interested in birds from junior high

where they’ve traveled together: the ABC Islands. Jeffrey and Allison are a part of a big-band jazz ensemble and have played at hotels in Aruba since 1993. “We would get up in the morning and look at the birds, and we kind of fell in love with the birds and the islands,” Jeffrey said. “Then we started going to the other islands at different times of year, so on and so forth.” Over the years and through their education at Cornell University, their interests in music and birding began to intertwine.

school age from parents who got us hooked on birds a bit.” And this interest in birding hasn’t waned over the years. With three books completed as a team, Jeffrey and Allison’s newest guide breaks ground for the birding community they love and the creatures in the wildlife. “We still have great memories of the community and that just kind of fosters a wonderful connection of science things and birds and all kinds of things in that area,” Jeffrey said. •

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College Hockett Family Recital Hall, 953 Danby Road, Ithaca | Bill Tiberio Band, with Vinnie Ruggiero, Scott Bradley, Geoff Smith, Phil Lake. Sub-zero Olatuja-Sweet Honey Package | 8:00 PM, Wednesday, January 31, 18 | Lincoln Hall Rm B20, Cornell, Ithaca | An African-American a capella group.

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Jesse Collins Quartet | 6:00 PM-9:00 PM, Wednesday, January 31, 18 | Monks on the Commons, 120 S.Aurora St, Ithaca | (Jazz, Swing) Djug Django | 6:00 PM-9:00 PM, Wednesday, January 31, 18 | Lot 10 Lounge, 106 S Cayuga St, Ithaca | (Hot Club Jazz, Blues, Swing) Sacred Chanting with Damodar Das and Friends | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Wednesday, January 31, 18 | Varying Locations, , | Refer to Damodar Das Kirtan on Facebook for location schedule. Ithaca Community Chorus and Chamber Singers Spring Concert | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Wednesday, January 31, 18 | St. Pauls United Methodist Church, 402 N Aurora St, Ithaca | The concert will be a performance of Anton Reicha’s Requiem. Middle Eastern Music and Dance Night | 8:00 PM-11:00 PM, Wednesday, January 31, 18 | Sacred Root Kava Lounge & Tea Bar, 139 W State St, Ithaca |

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3, 18 | Barnes Hall, Cornell, Ithaca | An evening of vocal chamber music featuring Tamara Acosta, soprano; Andrea Merrill, piano; Elizabeth Simkin, cello; and Elizabeth Shuhan, flute. Livingston Taylor | 8:00 PM, Saturday, February 3, 18 | Auburn Public Theatre, 8 Exchange St., Auburn | (Folk, Jazz, Gospel)

Alternative, Reggae) Aquarius Dance Party | 9:00 PM, Saturday, February 3, 18 | Casita Del Polaris, 1201 N Tioga St, Ithaca |

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Portajohn Blackout | 4:00 PM-7:00 PM, Sunday, February 4, 18 | Two Goats Brewing, 5027 State Rte 414, Burdett | The Mary Ott Band | 4:00 PM-7:00 PM, Sunday, February 4, 18 | Americana Vineyards, 4367 E Covert Rd, Interlaken Ithaca Jazz and Blues Jam | 4:00 PM-7:00 PM, Sunday, February 4, 18 | Mix Kitchen and Bar, 205 Elmira Road, Ithaca | All jazz and blues instrumentalists and vocalists welcome. Hosted by Dennis Winge Trio.

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Noah Gunderson, Aaron Gillespie | 8:00 PM-, Monday, February 5, 18 | The Haunt, 702 Willow Ave, Ithaca |

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Bill Tiberio Band | 7:00 PM, Wednesday, January 31, 18 | Ithaca

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Student Showcase Recital | 7:00 PM, Friday, February 2, 18 | Ithaca College Hockett Family Recital Hall, 953 Danby Road, Ithaca | A variety of music performed by students. Music of Gordon Stout, Liszt, Beethoven, Granados and others on piano, guitar, percussion, voice, oboe and marimba. Malcolm Bilson, fortepiano: CU Music | 8:00 PM-10:00 PM, Friday, February 2, 18 | Barnes Hall, Cornell, Ithaca | Malcolm Bilson, fortepiano, and Ariana Kim, violin perform an all-Schubert program.

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After Dinner Mint: A Faculty Showcase | 7:00 PM, Monday, February 5, 18 | Ithaca College Hockett Family Recital Hall, 953 Danby Road, Ithaca | An Evening of Sondheim, performed by Ithaca College faculty.

Film Groundhog Day | 7:30 PM, Friday, February 2, 18 | The State Theatre of Ithaca, 105 W State St, Ithaca | The real nightmare begins when Phil ends up reliving the same day (Groundhog Day) over, and over again. 2nd Annual Ithaca Student Film Festival | 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Saturday, February 3, 18 | Cinemapolis, 120 E

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Green St, Ithaca | A student-only film festival hosted in Ithaca NY, with live screenings and an award ceremony. We provide student filmmakers with an opportunity to showcase their work to a public audience and get feedback from our panel of judges. Extremis Film Screening and Panel Discussion | 4:30 PM-6:00 PM, Tuesday, February 6, 18 | Cinemapolis, 120 E Green St, Ithaca | Extremis is a powerful tool for both personal reflection and cultural transformation. This 2017 Academy Award-nominated film takes us to the front lines of a public health crisis that touches us all. Directed by Dan Krauss, Extremis follows patients and families grappling with the thorny decisions associated with serious illness. (jessicazitter.com/extremis) Cornell Cinema Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story | 7:15 PM- Wednesday, January 31, 18 | Willard Straight Theatre, Cornell, Ithaca | Hedy Lamarr was not only a gorgeous, taboo-busting actress in the 30s and 40s, but also a brilliant inventor: devising radio technology that formed the conceptual basis for cellphones and Bluetooth technology. Also showing 7:15 p.m. Feb. 2. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | 7:00 PM, Thursday, February

1, 18 | Willard Straight Theatre, Cornell, Ithaca | Grieving mother who publicly challenges the local police department, including the beloved police chief (Woody Harrelson) and a young officer with a penchant for violence (Sam Rockwell), to solve her daughter’s murder. Also playing Feb. 2 and Feb. 3 The Killing of a Sacred Deer | 9:30 PM, Thursday, February 1, 18 | Willard Straight Theatre, Cornell, Ithaca | Dr. Steven Murphy is a renowned surgeon presiding over a spotless household with his ophthalmologist wife Anna and their two exemplary children. Also showing Feb. 4. Live Action Films from Children’s Film Festival Seattle 2017 | 2:00 PM, Saturday, February 3, 18 | Willard Straight Theatre, Cornell, Ithaca | This collection of six live action shorts show how kids all over the world long for the same things: to love, to laugh, to share time with their families and find their passions. Ex Libris: The New York Public Library | 5:30 PM, Saturday, February 3, 18 | Willard Straight Theatre, Cornell, Ithaca | In his 42nd documentary, the venerable Frederick Wiseman explores one of the country’s great treasures: the New York Public Library. Also showing Feb. 4. Yesterday Girl | 7:00 PM, Monday,

February 5, 18 | Willard Straight Theatre, Cornell, Ithaca | Alexander Kluge’s first film casts his sister as a young East German crossing the Berlin Wall in search of career opportunities, drifting from job to job on the fringes of her new home. Cinemapolis

Friday, 2/02 to Thursday, 2/08. Contact Cinemapolis for Showtimes and for Fantastik Film Screening times Call me by your Name | In Northern Italy in 1983, seventeen year-old Elio begins a relationship with visiting Oliver, his father’s research assistant, with whom he bonds over his emerging sexuality, their Jewish heritage and the beguiling Italian landscape. | 132 mins R Phantom Thread | Set in 1950’s London, Reynolds Woodcock is a renowned dressmaker whose fastidious life is disrupted by a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, who becomes his muse and lover. | 130 mins R The Shape of Water | In a 1960s research facility, Elisa, a mute janitor, forms a relationship with a mysterious aquatic creature. | 123 mins R Lady Bird | In the early 2000s,

an artistically-inclined seventeen year-old comes of age in Sacramento, California. | 94 mins R I, Tonya | Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the activity is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes. | 120 mins R Darkest Hour | During the early days of World War II, the fate of Western Europe hangs on the newly-appointed British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Hitler, or fight on against incredible odds. | 125 mins PG-13 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | A mother personally challenges the local authorities to solve her daughter’s murder when they fail to catch the culprit. | 115 mins R Regal Ithaca

Wednesday, 1/31 , to Tuesday, 2/06. Contact Regal Ithaca for Showtimes Hostiles | In 1892, a legendary Army captain reluctantly agrees to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory. | 134 mins R

PG-13 Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | Four teenagers are sucked into a magical video game, and the only way they can escape is to work together to finish the game. | 119 mins PG-13 The Greatest Showman| Inspired by the imagination of P.T. Barnum, The Greatest Showman is an original musical that celebrates the birth of show business and tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation. | 105 mins PG The Last Jedi | Rey develops her newly discovered abilities with the guidance of Luke Skywalker, who is unsettled by the strength of her powers. Meanwhile, the Resistance prepares for battle with the First Order. | 152 mins PG-13 Coco | Aspiring musician Miguel, confronted with his family’s ancestral ban on music, enters the Land of the Dead to find his great-greatgrandfather, a legendary singer. | 105 mins PG Insidious: The Last Key | Parapsychologist Dr. Elise Rainier faces her most fearsome and personal haunting yet - in her own family home. | 103 mins PG-13

Stage Next To Normal | Wednesday, January 31, 18 | Syracuse Stage/Drama Complex, 820 E Genesee St, Syracuse | At the center of this acclaimed Pulitzer Prizeand Tony Award-winning musical is a family at once familiar and recognizable, but also coping with its own particular dysfunction. Ironbound | Thursday, February 1, 18 | Kitchen Theatre, 417 W State St, Ithaca | Over the course of three relationships, two decades and three presidential administrations, Darja must decide how hard she’s willing to fight for what she loves most. Comedy Night | 7:00 PM, Thursday, February 1, 18 | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | (Improv, Stand up. Hosted by Comedy FLOPs) Drag Show with The House of Merlot | 9:00 PM, Thursday, February 1, 18 | The Range, 119 E State St, Ithaca | The bi-weekly drag show with The House of Merlot. The Vagina Monologues; A Memory, A Monologue and a Prayer | Friday,

Sixth Annual Festival of Fire and Ice,

Bailey Hall, Cornell University Sunday, Feb. 4, 7 p.m.

Ithaca Children’s Garden Saturday, Feb. 3, 3-6 p.m.

The founder of the #MeToo movement will give a lecture this Sunday at Cornell University. Her social media movement has inspired women around the world to share their stories of sexual assault, harboring a community of support and also safety. (Photo provided)

Now in its sixth year, the annual Festival of Fire and Ice at the Ithaca Children’s Garden will celebrate the winter months with events and activies for all ages. This event will include bonfires, sledding, hot chocolate, s’mores, snow fort and den building, fire spinning and so much more. (Photo provided)

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Maze Runner: The Death Cure| Young hero Thomas embarks on a mission to find a cure for a deadly disease known as the “Flare.” | 142 mins PG-13 12 Strong | 12 Strong tells the story of the first Special Forces team deployed to Afghanistan after 9/11; under the leadership of a new captain, the team must work with an Afghan warlord to take down for the Taliban. | 130 mins R Den of Thieves | A gritty crime saga which follows the lives of an elite unit of the LA County Sheriff’s Dept. and the state’s most successful bank robbery crew as the outlaws plan a seemingly impossible heist on the Federal Reserve Bank. | 140 mins R Forever My Girl | After being gone for a decade a country star returns home to the love he left behind. | 104 mins PG The Post | A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country’s first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between the press and the government. | 116 mins PG-13 Proud Mary | Mary (Taraji P. Henson) is a hit woman working for an organized crime family in Boston, whose life is completely turned around when she meets a young boy whose path she crosses when a professional hit goes bad. | 89 mins R The Commuter | A businessman is caught up in a criminal conspiracy during his daily commute home. | 105 mins PG-13 Paddington 2 | Paddington, now happily settled with the Brown family and a popular member of the local community, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy’s 100th birthday, only for the gift to be stolen. | 103 mins PG All the Money in the World| The story of the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother to convince his billionaire grandfather Jean Paul Getty to pay the ransom. | 132 mins R Pitch Perfect 3| Following their win at the world championship, the now separated Bellas reunite for one last singing competition at an overseas USO tour, but face a group who uses both instruments and voices. | 93 mins

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February 2, 18 | Center For the Arts of Homer, 72 S Main St, Homer | These shows contain adult themes. 90 percent of Proceeds to Benefit Cortland YWCA Aid to Victims of Violence. Aid to Victims of Violence provides comprehensive services to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse and more. CabarETC: Nashville Gal | 8:00 PM-, Friday, February 2, 18 | Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | NASHVILLE GAL showcases the lives and music of Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette, Dolly Parton and many others. Asad Mecci with HypnoHype | 7:00 PM, Saturday, February 3, 18 | Schorr Family Firehouse Stage, 48 Willow St, Johnson City | Master hypnotist Asad Mecci will perform HypnoHype, a hypnosis comedy show. Tickets availableÂ by calling the Box Office at (607) 772-2404, ext. 301. Bound for Glory | 8:30 PM, Sunday, February 4, 18 | Anabel Taylor Hall, Cornell Univeristy, Ithaca | Bound for Glory’s weekly live show. The Bud Light Comedy Club | 8:00 AM, Monday, February 5, 18 | Clemens Center, 207 Clemens Center Parkway, Elmira | A trio of hot comics entertain adult audience members in an intimate theater/night-club setting with both table and tiered seating.

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What’s New at Corners by Christie Citranglo

orners Gallery on Hanshaw Road in Ithaca welcomes its newest exhibition: The Weight of the Mark. This art display showcases the works of several different artists, tackling one common theme in a variety of ways : the theme of marking and signatures in the creative process. This collection of work is a part of a juried exhibition, with the works presented only the best of those that were submitted to Corners. Among the jurors for the showcase are Amber Lia-Kloppel, Visual Artist, MFA New York Academy of Art and Carla Stetson, Assistant Professor of Art, Ithaca College. Focusing on the theme of signature in the form of art, the following artists will have their works on display at Corners: Doug Baird, Bill Benson, Laura Glenn, Ileen Kaplan, Diane McPherson, Margy Nelson, Diane Newton, Barbara Page, Allen C. Smith, and Carol Spence.

Lehman Alternative Community School, 111 Chestnut St, Ithaca | The league is non-competitive and fun and involves pick-up style playing. Check out the league’s website for more information: https://ithacawomensbasketball. wordpress.com/Â Salsa Night at Agava | 10:00 PM-1:00 AM, Wednesday, January 31, 18 | Agava, 381 Pine Tree Road, Ithaca | Join an awesome dance crowd at Ithaca’s signature Latin dance party. Arrive early, 10pm, for introductory Salsa dance lesson and workshops. Networking@Rev: Hardware | 6:00 PM-8:00 AM, Thursday, February 1, 18 | Rev Ithaca Startup Works, 314 East State Street, Ithaca | Networking@Rev is a great way to get to know Ithaca’s startup community, meet startups looking to hire/collaborate and form valuable connections with local startups and potential investors.Â We support hardware entrepreneurs - people who want to turn their product ideas into businesses. Home Buyer Education Class | 6:30

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2018 Local Food Network Gathering | 5:30 PM-8:00 PM, Wednesday, January 31, 18 | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Meet grassroots innovators from Tompkins County’s vibrant local food scene, learn about 10 local programs that support food justice and food security and find out how you can get involved. Ithaca Sociable Singles | 6:00 PM, Wednesday, January 31, 18 | Ciao’s, 2 Hickory Hollow Ln, Ithaca | Host: Carolyn LaF, RSVP: clondonlaforge@verizon.net Game Night: Learn to Play Illimat | 6:00 PM-9:00 PM, Wednesday, January 31, 18 | The Loft, 305 Stewart Ave ( 2nd floor) , Ithaca | Do you like classic card games & secret societies? Join us for the founding gathering of the Ithaca Society of Luminaries and learn to play Illimat, a game designed by The Decemberists and Keith Baker. Wednesday Night Ithaca Women’s Basketball Association | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Wednesday, January 31, 18 |

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PM-8:30 PM, Thursday, February 1, 18 | Henry St. John Building, 301 South Geneva Street, Ithaca | Home Buyer U will show you how to be a successful and happy homeowner. Come to further explore the amount of money you need to buy a house and the types of houses that you can afford. Square Dance and Other Dancing | 2:00 PM-4:30 PM, Friday, February 2, 18 | Lifelong, 119 W Court St, Ithaca | Everyone Welcome (members and non-members). No experience or partner needed. For more information call 273-1511 Cornell Men’s Hockey vs. Union College | 7:00 PM, Friday, February 2, 18 | Lynah Rink, Cornell Univ., Ithaca | Cornell University Men’s Basketball vs. Dartmouth College | 7:00 PM, Friday, February 2, 18 | Newman Arena at Bartels Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca | Winter Farmers Market | Saturday, February 3, 18 | Ithaca Farmers Market, 545 3rd Street, Ithaca | The Ithaca Farmers Market, indoors during the winter months.

Second Annual Student Film Festival, Cinemapolis, Ithaca Saturday, Feb. 3, 2-5 p.m.

A student-only film festival hosted in Ithaca NY, with live screenings and an award ceremony. We provide student filmmakers with an opportunity to showcase their work to a public audience and get feedback from our panel of judges. (Photo provided)

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Beginner Bird Walks | 8:30 AM, Saturday, February 3, 18 | Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd, Ithaca | Targeted toward beginners, but appropriate for all. Binoculars available for loan. Meet at the front of the building. http://www.cayugabirdclub. org/calendar Ithaca Women’s Track & Field vs Ithaca Bomber Invitational & Multi | 10:00 AM-1:00 PM, Saturday, February 3, 18 | Ithaca College Athletics and Events Center, 953 Danby Road, Ithaca | Ithaca Men’s Track & Field vs Ithaca Bomber Invitational & Multi | 10:00 AM-1:00 PM, Saturday, February 3, 18 | Ithaca College Athletics and Events Center, 953 Danby Road, Ithaca | Ithaca Women’s Swimming & Diving vs Union College | 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Saturday, February 3, 18 | Ithaca College Athletics and Events Center, 953 Danby Road, Ithaca | Cornell University Men’s Basketball vs. Harvard University | 6:00 PM-, Saturday, February 3, 18 | Newman Arena at Bartels Hall, Cornell University,

One of the featured artists’ work. (Art: Doug Baird)

Ithaca | Cornell Men’s Hockey vs. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 7:00 PM-, Saturday, February 3, 18 | Lynah Rink, Cornell Univ., Ithaca | Ithaca Women’s Track & Field vs Ithaca Bomber Invitational & Multi | 10:00 AM-1:00 PM, Sunday, February 4, 18 | Ithaca College Athletics and Events Center, 953 Danby Road, Ithaca | Ithaca Men’s Track & Field vs Ithaca Bomber Invitational & Multi | 10:00 AM-1:00 PM, Sunday, February 4, 18 | Ithaca College Athletics and Events Center, 953 Danby Road, Ithaca | Spring Open House at Elizabeth Ann Clune Montessori School of Ithaca | 2:00 PM-4:00 PM, Sunday, February 4, 18 | Elizabeth Ann Clune Montessori School of Ithaca, 120 E King Road, Ithaca | Learn what draws families to EACMSI, what makes them stay and how to know if we are the right school for your child and your family. Teachers and staff will lead family tours of classrooms featuring Montessori materials that are specially designed for each age group, from

toddlers through eighth grade. Ithaca-Cortland PFLAG | 4:00 PM, Sunday, February 4, 18 | Interfaith Center, 7 Calvert St, Cortland | The next Ithaca-Cortland PFLAG (Parents,Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) Meeting. All are welcome. For more information please visit http://www. pflagithacacortland.com. Teen-Only Gaming Sessions | 4:00 PM-6:00 PM, Monday, February 5, 18 | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Middle and high school-aged students (and homeschooled equivalents) are invited to participate in after school gaming sessions. Use our space to play your favorite board games, tabletop RPGs and collectible card games. Cornell University Women’s Hockey vs. Syracuse University | 7:00 PM, Tuesday, February 6, 18 | Lynah Rink, Cornell Univ., Ithaca |

Free African-Americans in Pre-1827 Tompkins County Discussion with Carol Kammen, The History Center in Tompkins County, Ithaca Saturday, Feb. 3, 2-3:30 p.m. February is African American History Month. To celebrate, the History Center is looking back on free African-Americans before the end of the Civil War. This discussion will be led by historian Carol Kammen. (Photo provided)

Special Events 6th Annual Festival of Fire & Ice | 3:00 PM-6:00 PM, Saturday, February 3, 18 | Ithaca Children’s Garden, 121 Turtle Lane, Ithaca | Families and fun-loving folks of all ages are invited to join us at Ithaca Children’s Garden for a celebration of winter, community and outdoor play. Finger Lakes Frost Fest | 5:00 PM-9:00 PM, Saturday, February 3, 18 | Ramada Geneva Lakefront, 41 Lakefront Drive, Geneva | An adult celebration of winter in the Finger Lakes, along the shores of Seneca Lake.

Science DIY Succulent Planting - Tu B’Shevat | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, Wednesday, January 31, 18 | Ithaca College Williams Hall Green House, 953 Danby Road, Ithaca | Come celebrate Tu B’Shevat with us: the Jewish New Year for the Trees. This festival involves eating exotic foods, exploring our relationship to the earth and planting trees. Each celebrant will leave with their own home-made tiny terrarium, to bring back to your room and nurture all year long. Science on Tap: What’s in your gut? | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Wednesday, January 31, 18 | Casita Del Polaris, 1201 North Tioga Street, Ithaca | Graduate Women in Science present Science on TapÂ Aimed to make science accessible and exciting to everyone, we will bring a diverse set of speakers studying a range of research topics from Cornell into the community who will strive to present their research in an authentic but also engaging and understandable way. Saturday Educational Hike | 9:30 AM-12:30 PM, Saturday, February 3, 18 | Buttermilk Falls, , Ithaca | Meet at the main entrance parking lot on Rt. 13. The hike will go up the Rim Trail to the Bear Trail, out to Lake Treman and back to the main parking lot. Total hike mileage 3.5 miles. Hike length and exact route subject to change due to weather conditions. Discovery Sundays | 1:00 PM-2:00 PM, Sunday, February 4, 18 | Cayuga Nature Center, 1420 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Learn about exoskeletons, butterflies, skin and skulls, whooping cranes and much more. Visit www.cayuganaturecenter.org for details.

Learning Jewelry Stamping Workshop | 4:30 PM-5:45 PM, Friday, February 2, 18 | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | In this free program, teens will make a customized piece of stamped metal jewelry. All supplies will be provided. Readying Our Farms and Foodshed for Climate Change | 10:00 AM-3:00 PM, Saturday, February 3, 18 | Just BeCause Center, 1013 West State Street, Ithaca | It will cover both urban and rural landscapes, and include information on crop production, soil health, water conservation and farm design, as well as strategies for increased urban food production and the connections between climate change and food justice. Cornell Society of Women Engineers | 1:00 PM-2:00 PM, Saturday, February 3, 18 | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | The Cornell Society of Women Engineers strives to bring an excitement for engineering to all ages of our community in hopes of inspiring young individuals to pursue fields relating to science, technology, engineering and math. Tarana Burke: Me Too | 7:00 PM, Sunday, February 4, 18 | Bailey Hall, Cornell, Ithaca | The simple yet courageous #metoo hashtag campaign has emerged as a rallying cry for people everywhere who have survived sexual assault and sexual harassment and Tarana’s poignant story as creator of what is now an international movement that supports survivors will move, uplift and inspire you. Seed to Supper Volunteer Information Session | 6:00 PM, Monday, February 5, 18 | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County will train volunteers to become Seed to Supper educators to lead free gardening classes in their own communities. There will be an information session about Seed to Supper. How to Spot Fake News | 6:00 PM, Tuesday, February 6, 18 | Just Be Cause Center, 1013 W State St, Ithaca | Reputable media are accused of twisting the truth: whom should you trust? Cornell librarian and news expert Michael Engle will share best practices for assessing the news in the Feb. 6 Dinner Conversation Series hosted by the Ithaca Coalition for Unity and

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Cooperation in the Middle East (ICUCME), a local non-profit founded in 2015. The evening’s discussion will conclude with Middle Eastern music by members of MidEast Eclectic. Free African-Americans in Pre-1827 Tompkins County | 2:00 PM-3:30 PM, Saturday, February 3, 18 | History Center, 401 E State St, Ithaca | Discussion with Carol Kammen. In 1818, nine years before slavery ended in New York State, Peter Webb purchased his freedom from John James Speed for $384.00 Honey Bee Expert Dr. Thomas Seeley | 6:00 PM, Tuesday, February 6, 18 | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | The author of several books, including Bee Democracy, and most recently Following the Wild Bees: The Craft and Science of Bee Hunting, Seeley will present a talk about the craft and science of finding wild colonies of honey bees. Queering Colleges, Transforming Campuses: Intersectionality, Action, and Change | 6:00 PM,

Tuesday, February 6, 18 | Ithaca College, Klingenstein Lounge in Campus Center, 953 Danby Rd, Ithaca | A Center for the Study of Culture, Race and Ethnicity Discussion Series talk by Luca Maurer, program director of the Ithaca College Center for LGBT Education, Outreach and Services

Kids K-2 Acting Classes | 9:30 AM-10:30 AM, Wednesday, January 31, 18 | Cortland Repertory Theatre, Dwyer Memorial Park Pavilion, Preble | Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig! We’ll work together to tell this funny take on a famous story. We’ll present this funny tale to family and friends on the final day of class! Third to Sixth Grade Acting Lessons | 11:00 AM-12:30 PM, Wednesday, January 31, 18 | Cortland Repertory Theatre, Dwyer Memorial Park Pavilion, Preble | Cinderella Bigfoot: Cinderella

Art Snow Sculpted Paintings and Portraiture | Wednesday, January 31, 18 | North Star Art Gallery, 743 Snyder Hill Road, Ithaca | This exhibition will showcase some of the works of local artist Brian Keeler.. Tompkins County Public Library Art Exhibitions | Wednesday, January 31, 18 | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Various exhibitions from local artists. On exhibition through Feb. 14. John Lyon Paul | Thursday, February

1, 18 | Kendal At Ithaca, 2230 N Triphammer Rd, Ithaca | John Lyon Paul’s latest artworks will be on exhibition, featuring recent paintings on glass. On exhibition through Feb. 28. Salon de Fleurus & Collective Weave Andrea Geyer | 5:00 PM-7:00 PM, Thursday, February 1, 18 | Handwerker Gallery, Job Hall, IC, Ithaca | Opening Reception for the exhibition Salon de Fleurus & Collective Weave by Andrea Geyer The World Bewitch’d: Visions of Witchcraft from the Cornell Collections | Friday, February 2, 18 | Hirshland Exhibition Gallery, Kroch Library, Cornell University, Ithaca | The exhibition features rare and unique books and documents from 15th-century witch hunting manuals to 20th-century movie posters. Ezra’s Gorge(s): A Historical Perspective on Ezra’s Tunnel by Dan McClure. | Friday, February 2, 18 | History Center, 401 E State St, Ithaca | A look at the history of Ezra’s tunnel. Modern Riffs on Ancient Mythology by Brian Keeler | 11:00 AM-4:00 PM, Friday, February 2, 18 | North Star Art Gallery, 743 Snyder Hill Road, Ithaca | North Star Art Gallery presents the allegorical works of award-winning artist Brian Keeler. This exhibition juxtaposes images of mythology with modern life in whimsical commentary. Just a Kid from Akron by Adam Brazil | 5:00 PM-9:00 PM, Friday, February 2, 18 | Grayhaven Motel, 657 Elmira Rd, Ithaca | Adam Brazil evokes memories of a blue-collar upbringing through media-based assemblages. First Friday Gallery Night | 5:00 PM-8:00 PM, Friday, February 2, 18 | Downtown Ithaca, Center ithaca, Ithaca | Downtown Ithaca explodes with talent in different shops, restaurants and hotels. Birds of Chicago Opening | 8:00 PM, Friday, February 2, 18 | Smith Center for the Arts, 82 Seneca St, Geneva | Greater Ithaca Art Trail First Saturday | 11:00 AM-4:00 PM, Saturday, February 3, 18 | The Weight of the Mark | Sunday, February 4, 18 | Corners Gallery, Ithaca | A juried exhibition. Jurors: Amber Lia-Kloppel, Visual Artist, MFA New York Academy of Art and Carla Stetson, Assistant Professor of Art, Ithaca College. On view through Feb. 24. Artist’s Reception Friday, Feb. 9, 5-7 p.m.

The Second Annual Post-Groundhog Day Musical Variety Show,

The State Theatre of Ithaca Friday, Feb. 2, 7:30 p.m.

The First Unitarian Church, Ithaca Saturday Feb. 3 7-9 p.m.

The real nightmare begins when Phil ends up reliving the same day (Groundhog Day) over, and over again. Unable to leave the town due to a severe blizzard, and with no end in sight, Phil struggles to find a way to escape (and ultimately make the best of) his seemingly hopeless situation. (Photo provided)

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