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Flanked by an architect from local firm Holt Architects and representation from business law firm Phillips Lytle, the developers behind the proposed Ithaca Townhomes project for Route 96 in gave members of the town board an update on a proposed 105 unit townhome project for Ithaca’s West Hill, adjacent to Cay uga Medical Center. Representatives from Cleveland-based developer NRP Group were at Ithaca Town Hall on Monday with an update on the middle income housing project, reflecting new feedback received from neighbors and the community. Consisting mostly of two-story townhomes with garages, the proposal has remained largely unchanged since it was first introduced several months ago (though an original proposal for the site was made by the developer – and received subdivision approval – in 2012) but after feedback on the “visual impact” of the project from the community, NRP and Holt resubmitted a design to take the hilly topography of the development’s siting into account, building single-story homes on the high side of the road while utilizing the low areas of the site to compensate for the misplaced story. The design has also been updated with a centralized community center, featuring everything from a clubhouse and a playground to laundry facilities, conference spaces, reuse center, tool exchange and even a library/community lab. To fit in with the desires of the town, the developer reaffirmed the structure will have units made available to those with incomes in
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that changed that would be a good idea.” Now, Bu i ld i ng Br id ge s i s involved in the ongoing maintenance of that network of people, facilitating their work for the community and “putting equity and sustainability at the center of what we do,” Edmonds said. The network has grown to include 65 organizations around the area. The work is challenging, he said, especially because Building Bridges initially set out to connect groups all around Tompkins County, a county that includes complex differences in demographics and interests even just while moving geographically; a farmer in Lansing has different concerns than a professor in Ithaca, who has different concerns than a business owner in Groton, and so on, with constantly shifting issues and people that Edmonds needs to keep track of. This can all be a tough message to communicate, Edmonds said, but he doesn’t let that discourage the mission of Building Bridges. For him, it all goes back to showing people that the collective impact tactic is the more efficient and more effective way to instigate change in a community, moreso than the efforts of any single group. The more people he can impart that upon, the more results will show. If those results are indeed positive, the message will spread naturally. Currently, Edmonds’ organization is looking at the returns of what Edmonds calls an “experiment,” and it could end up being
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▶ Dig murals? Each Sunday this month, community members are welcome to join local artist, Lachlan Chambliss to complete a mural celebrating Muslim culture and community in Ithaca Volunteers are invited to drop in between 8:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. at the entrance of the continued on page 4 Green Street Garage. ▶ Just Be Cause holding
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Stage ..................................................... 14 Film ....................................................... 15 Stage...................................................... 16 Kirby Edmonds, speaking at a TedX Talk at Music . ................................................... 17 Cornell last year. TimesTable ..................................... 18-21 Classifieds..................................... 22-24 a crucial time period to analyze the fruits of their efforts. Building Bridges distributes a small monthly stipend to six select organizations, called Community Educator Organizers, for projects or initiatives they are working on with check-ins every three months to update progress. This, Edmonds said, is a way to shift decisionmaking to people who are more directly involved in the everyday struggle to reach economic and environmental goals. Edmonds describes Building Bridges’ efforts as having no endpoint, but differentiates that from having no actual goals. But Building Bridges is meant more to try to change the system. He thinks the outcomes of efforts for social justice will remain essentially the same as long as people make no effort to create connected structures that work together in order to solve society’s problems. When they don’t work in congress with each other, the different interests of each group can become tangled and counterproductive. Then it’s back to square one. “If we really want to solve these problems, then we’ve got to find new structures to work on them,” he said. “It’s about really trying to figure out how to make people able to work across our organizational silos in a way that’s more effective.”
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irthdays, while significant milestones, can often serve a greater purpose: a time to be together, a time to give thanks, a time to reflect. When it’s the Dalai Lama’s birthday – a moment of grace and jubilation amid a modern day fog of terse uncertainty – that annual moment of peace takes on even greater significance. It was this date last week – July 6 – that brought 100 or so people from all over the nation to the sanctuary of Namgyal Monastery on Ithaca’s South Hill, sharing with each other a moment of joy and peace amongst a community which, 25 years ago, did not exist. It’s difficult to imagine such a crowd jammed into the monastery’s former home, a rather nondescript house on Aurora Street, but that Thursday morning dozens of students, families and local officials could be found seated on pillows across the wooden floor of the monastery’s inner sanctuary: a richly furnished, high-ceilinged room of red-tinged gold and bright woods, sunlight streaming on the silent congregation below. This was a special day for the local Buddhist community, a moment where supportive locals and far-traveled practitioners on pilgrimage for the Kalachakra were joined together, side-by-side, in His Holiness’ honor. The monks at the room’s center initiated the procession, swaying to a pulsing, droning rhythm led by the chant master – a powerful voice keeping time to the chant as, with each shift in rhythm and timbre, members of the monastery distributed cups of Tibetan butter tea and small bowls of drisil – the ceremonial sweet rice dish consisting of sugar, dri (female yak) butter and a rich, nutty tasting root called droma, a miniscule tuber found on grasslands throughout Tibet. Like any good birthday party, the cake came afterward, cut with the help of Mayor Svante Myrick and Ithaca Town Supervisor, Bill Goodman. “This ceremony is very important,” Ngawang Dhondup, the monastery’s administrator, said in his remarks to those assembled. “But more important is rememberJu ly
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ing his kindness, after so many years remembering what he did for all over the world.” His remarks called on those in attendance to draw on the Dalai Lama’s teachings of respect and compassion, to treat the lives of our fellow man as we would our own and to, at all times, make decisions with the well-being of humanity at its focal point, defying any conventions of race, nationality or religion. Ceremonies such as the one held Thursday, he said, are intended to perpetuate an example of peace and religious harmony in the hope one day, the world may know it as they know it. It’s curious – yet somewhat appropriate – that such a resounding statement should come from Ithaca which, despite its diminutive size, bears significant standing in the Tibetan world. This is a central home of the annual ceremony of the Kalachakra, a two week ceremony marking the passage of time involving days filled with meditation and guided study of Vajrayana Buddhist philosophy. The event is all about finding “world peace through inner peace,” where monks from the Dalai Lama’s monastery in Dharamsala arrive to do the full ceremony without His Holiness directly involved. Once a secluded event – one where participation required a an entire lifetime of study – the event has since been opened to larger audiences, the current Dalai Lama having played host to thousands of believers hoping to witness and participate in one of the religion’s most sacred traditions. The event’s prestige has grown considerably since the 2010 arrival of Tenzin Choesang, the leader of the monks on South Hill. Choesang first came to Ithaca as a visiting teacher on a three year term. In 2011, he was appointed director, tasked with building up the monastery and raising the profile of the monastery and continu-
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ing the purpose of Namgyal: to serve as the spiritual and cultural home of Ithaca’s Tibetan population that had existed since their arrival in the community decades before. Today, he says his goal has nearly been achieved. Just recently, the monastery had moved from its former home on Aurora Street into an authentic monastery, a four building complex high above Cayuga Lake in the southern end of the town. Even more recently, the Dalai Lama himself said he would be locating his personal library here, pledging to make a visit to Ithaca sometime within the next year. As meaningful as it may be for the city, raising its profile among scholars, scientists and academics the world over, it is moreso meaningful to the local Tibetan community, a small but tightly-knit group of 40 or so people who’ve long been part of Ithaca’s unique cultural profile. This, for them, is not just a cathedral, but the seat of their community, a place for families where that day, parents smiled as students of the monastery danced to Tibetan music and children ran about uninhibited: the adults giving the freedom to let kids be kids. As a Tibetan hip-hop song played and two teenaged girls whirled onstage in a flowing, pirouetting romp composed in traditional style, Peter Fortunato – a poet and longtime student of the monastery – smiled, clapping and laughing at the joy of the performance. He’d been a student at the monastery more than twenty years, sitting out every evolution of the monastery as it grew from a small house to its current home. “These kids grew up here,” he said. “And just look at them now.” –Nick Reynolds
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At the conclusion of a public hearing attended by nobody, the Ithaca Town Board voted to once again override the tax levy limit for the 2018 fiscal year. A formality to an action that has generally been treated as an inevitability since first enacted in 2011, the action allows the town the freedom to override the state’s tax cap of 2 percent. Last year, the voted to override the tax cap to accommodate a 3 percent increase in the town budget. The vote eventually resulted in an increase to the property tax levy of 2 percent, outpacing the town’s overall property tax decrease of 1.7 percent; coming to an average tax reduction of approximately $24 for a typical property worth $190,000. Cou l d pu bl ic a rt be regu l ated u nder tow n zon ing?
Looking to potentially modify its town code, the Town of Ithaca is considering provisions to the local laws to regulate murals and other public art installations within the town. The proposed law would limit the creation of murals to artwork that comprise a “unique medium of expression” serving “the public interest,” the law would formally limit the size of murals in town as well as the content they can depict, including murals that can violate existing zoning code. One amendment or interpretation of the law discussed by the board was the restriction of content others may find offensive, a piece which could potentially fit within First Amendment concerns. “We live in a new world,” said continued on page 5
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hings have been a little cluttered in the offices of the Southern Tier AIDS Program lately. Behind the reception desk, Rubbermaid bins are stacked one on top of another, clothes racks shoved in the corner with cycling jerseys hanging – neatly pressed – in a row. “Sorry about the mess,” Cindy Rotella, special events coordinator of STAP offers. “It always gets this way during ride season.” The bins – all nine marked with a location around Cayuga Lake – were filled with provisions for a daylong odyssey around the lake, the jerseys meant to be worn on the journey. And the stress and fevered enthusiasm of the staff that will be a constant within the office over the next few months will be for STAP’s annual AIDS Ride For Life, the organization’s annual fundraiser with a planning process as meticulous as any charity ride in the Southern Tier: they even consulted a nutritionist to decide which supplies should be included at each waypoint along the 102 mile route for optimal rider performance. (though, Rotella said, you can ride as little as 14 miles if you’d like.) Accessibility – and fun – after all are key to the event’s success: This is STAP’s biggest fundraiser of the year, with three to four hundred cyclists on the road at any given time raising about $220,000$250,000 for the organization each year. The money they raise is unrestricted, allowing the organization the liberty to use the money to close any funding gaps there may be in the organization’s budget $6.2 million: approximately 6 percent of which comes from public donors, according to the organization’s 2016 annual report. “It’s a very important piece of our development and fundraising efforts,” said Rotella. W here It A l l Bega n
The story of the AIDS Ride For Life actually began more than two decades ago with local property manager turned philanthropist Jerry Dietz and a full page advertisement in the New York Times. Back in 1994 (five years before the race started), Dietz saw a call to action in the newspaper for an organization called Pallotta Teamworks, the advertisement calling for 2,000 riders willing to ride 370 miles over the course three days,
from Boston to New York, to raise money for AIDS support groups; each rider needing to commit to raising $1,200 to participate. He signed up to ride along with his brother-in-law and, on the way, met a fellow local in Russ Traunstein; then a social worker with the Van Dyke Addiction Treatment Center (he’s now director). The ride actually ended up doing better than expected, ending up with 3,800 participants who collectively raised $6.5 million for three different organizations: one in Boston and two in New York. “It was an incredibly empowering, inspiring event,” said Dietz. “What we also learned was the power of enlisting an army of fundraisers,” he added. “It’s a very powerful concept. It’s what Hospicare does with Women Swimmin’, and it’s certainly what we do.” In 1998, Traunstein – who, according to a 2008 Tompkins Weekly article saw his cousin test positive for AIDS at its peak in 1989, dying a decade later – keyed Dietz in on an idea he was presenting to the local organization AIDSWork – a prerequisite to the Southern Tier AIDS Program: a ride for charity around Cayuga Lake, founded in the vein of that first ride down the coast four years previous. The minimum stake for fundraisers would be $500 they said and – seeing the power of a group in action on their own time – knew they could make it work locally. “That was really the beginning of it all,” Dietz said. That first ride left town 65 riders strong, raising about $30,000 in its first year – a one day model of that nationally targeted race that did such good for AIDS organizations in Boston and New York. This being the inaugural year, the crew was sparse, with just a handful of volunteers and a couple of pit stops. Today, the event has evolved to a massive undertaking, with nearly 1,000 people – riders, volunteers, support drivers and vendors – com-
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ing together to make the event a success. The payoffs have been massive as well: Since its start, the ride has raised more than $3.7 million for STAP, enthusiasm growing to the point where now, the organization employs an individual whose sole purpose is to organize and promote the race, an example Dietz uses to urge nonprofits to invest in people: to “spend money to make money,” as he put it, not allowing this golden goose of a fundraising event to whither on the vine. After a down year, STAP hired Anne Carter, Rotella’s predecessor, to ensure that dip in support never occurred again. Carter did whatever it took, hustling in the truest sense of the word for every dime. Dietz recalled one episode where she would sit on her bike in the Farmer’s Market for hours on end with a donation basket, refusing to get up until it was full. Another time, she walked the Commons with a sandwich board strapped around her neck, promoting the ride. “Whatever it took,” Dietz said. The results were immediate. The f irst year she came on, proceeds from the ride went from $30,000 to $75,000. The following year, they broke $100,000. By the end of her fourth year, they finally broke $150,000, more than making up for her $30,000 annual salary. “If I told you, ‘you give me $30,000 and I will bring you back – in less than a year – $175,000,’ you’d say that’s a pretty good deal, right?” Dietz said. “That’s all this organization has done. They’ve made it someone’s job to make this successful… that’s intelligence. That’s the wisdom behind this. Most nonprofits don’t do this. They’re afraid to do it. That’s why this nonprofit has continued to thrive.” Read more online at Ithaca.com
board member Pamela Bleiwas, who named the example of someone painting a massive Confederate f lag on their home as a potential loophole that could be taken advantage of. “We live in a time where people don’t care who’s offended by something.” Though she stated afterward it could raise issues with the First Amendment and the conversation didn’t go any further, board member Eric Levine said it might not be anything to worry about, adding the opinion of their neighbors may dissuade people from painting anything lewd or offensive on the sides of their homes. “Sunlight is the best judge,” he said. The public hearing will be August 7 at 5:30 p.m. at Ithaca Town Hall. Pu bl ic hea ring set for extension of du pl ex mor atoriu m
In its continued efforts to legislate duplex housing largely geared toward student renters, the Town Board set a public hearing date in the next step to extend its ban on the construction of new duplexes and accessory units as it works on related legislation and a rental registry to help track the dynamics of duplex renters. Looking to pare down on short term renters creeping into the town’s more established residential neighborhoods, the town has been working for a number of months to establish laws and initiatives to give itself a stake in the direction of housing within the town. First would be a specific law outlining the size and functions of accessory use apartments, a line in the zoning code allowing for homeowners to supplement their income or house an aging parent, for instance. To most effectively push for the extension of the moratorium, legislation would likely need to be produced from the town’s planning committee by September in order, board member and planning board member Rich DiPaolo said, to legitimize the moratorium to the public.
Ups&Downs ▶ The flowers downtown because come on, these are pretty freakin’ nice. It took a few weeks for the “Beauty Brigade” to get everything settled up and truly, it looks great and almost distracts us from the fact the sidewalk outside of our office is currently getting torn up. ▶ Fireworks another spectacular job was done this year putting together the annual spectacle in Stewart Park last week. It was an incredible time, and we were once again reminded how rad it is to live here.
Heard&Seen ▶ County Administrator Joe Mareane just announced his retirement this week. The defacto manager of Tompkins County government since 2008, Mareane plans to cap his 37 year career off on February 1, 2018. One of the most accessible, receptive and knowledgeable public servants we’ve ever worked with, he will be sorely missed. (Not to say we’re not going to continue calling the office multiple times a week any time soon.) ▶ Top Stories on Ithaca. com this week: 1) 2018 Congressional Challengers: Max Della Pia 2) Who’s Taking On Tom Reed? 3) Shortness of breath during exercise: It’s not always asthma 4) Proposed changes to Taughannock Farm Inn met with pushback 5) 2018 Congressional Challengers: Edward “Eddie” Sundquist
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were an added bonus. After hours, journalists occasionally like to hang out with each other. Oftentimes, no matter how hard we try, we usually end up talking about work. Media literacy – how people process and evaluate the trustworthiness of the news they’re receiving – is a popular topic. What we don’t talk about enough, maybe out of good manners, is each other. Since the first printing press knocked over the first domino toward the information age, individuals and communities have created a market for knowledge. Naturally independent with an immovable marketplace to cater to, the first media outlets were naturally profitable, self-sustaining enterprises, holding onto their business models for several centuries and publishing up-to-date, on-the-ball information on a daily basis. This was a practice that, for a long time, fulfilled the first and foremost tenet of our democracy: The right to free speech and a truly independent press, one separate from government oversight and financial control. The United Nations’ 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights even states: “Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference, and impart information and ideas through any media regardless of frontiers.” We just didn’t expect insufficient funds to
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une, 2017, Ithaca, New York A $466,000 fountain, designed by Sasaki Associates and opened at a fancy ribbon cutting in May, is shut down by the Tompkins County Health Department. The configuration of the fountain seems to invite children to play in it, exposing them to untreated, recirculated water and the fountain’s slippery surface. The Health Department tells city officials that it considers the city to be “effectively operating” a recreational aquatic spray ground without a permit. After a week of negotiations, the fountain is re-opened, enclosed by protective flower planters, apparently fashioned in the style of North Korean traffic barricades, and a sign reading “Please enjoy the relaxing sight and sound of our fountain. However, please note that the surface is very slippery and the water is not suitable for contact.” June, 1969, Cleveland, Ohio City
health commissioner Bud Flanksteak notices children making s’mores in the f lames of the Cuyahoga River, which had spontaneously combusted in downtown Cleveland earlier in the month. He orders the waterway closed for eleven days to allow for the placement of 8-foot floral barriers and a sign reading “Please enjoy the relaxing sight and sound of the river. However, please note that the flames are not appropriate for the cooking of marshmallows, hot dogs or other foodstuffs.” August, 1961, Berlin After observing a number of citizens ignore signs warning against partaking in capitalist stoogery in the western half of the city, the Politburo of the German Democratic Republic opts to halt the nonsense by installing a series of barricades topped with a delicate bouquet of edelweiss and barbed wire. Helpful contin u ed on page 7
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worry about uncontested elections, including in the District that I currently represent. I believe it is essential that voters have choices. Bring on the competition. But I have serious concerns about a central issue my opponent is using to campaign on, a purported expansion of the Tompkins County Jail. These claims are not true. In response to demands last year by the New York State Commission of Correction, the Tompkins County Legislature undertook a review of our Jail operations and the criminal justice system that surrounds the Jail. In particular, the Commission required an answer as to how the County was going to deal with long term overcrowding. As a result, the Legislature formed the Jail Study Committee to figure out how we could reduce the inmate population, hoping to improve outcomes for people in the system and reduce recidivism long-term. I am the Chair of that Committee and our work is underway. We want and need an engaged public and need to hear from the community on this important topic. However, mis-
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information is not helpful. My opponent has tirelessly indicated opposition to “the proposed jail expansion,” stated a position of being “unequivocally not for the jail expansion,” and offered that “Tompkins County may not be able to stop the jail expansion.” Last week, my opponent went further, using a community not-for-profit where they are employed, the Multicultural Resource Center, to organize people to write letters to the Tompkins County Legislature objecting to the “proposed jail expansion.” In the background information handed out to letter writers includes the following: We oppose jail expansion because… Expansion is financially irresponsible. With an estimated cost of $18-22 million, this new facility would expand the county’s debt and undercut the county’s own investments in alternatives to incarceration. This literature claims there is a proposal to expand the jail, and that we even have a price tag for it. These statements are false. There is no “new facilcontin u ed on page 7
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signs warning “Achtung - Minen” are also placed at appropriate intervals. It works. May, 1818, Ithaca, New York A municipal hog wallow, designed by Milo Cornstarch and designated for public use near the corner of Aurora and Owego (now State) Streets, turns out to be a gathering place for loafers and other idle ne’er-do-wells, who would entertain themselves by knocking each other into the mud and other unseemly activities. Village elders cite the slippery surface of the wallow, as well as the presence of swine, and place a ring of flower planters around the site, along with a sign saying “Waller [sic] for hogs only”. October, 1793, Paris A guillotine is erected by the Committee of Public Safety Place de la Revolution (now Place de la Concorde) as an apparatus designed for efficiently carrying out executions by beheading. It quickly becomes clear that executions by guillotine are a popular form of entertainment, attracting great crowds of spectators, with vendors selling programs listing the names of the condemned. Citing concerns about the slippery surface of the cobblestones near the device OurOpinion
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be the frontier to take that away and give it to those who mislead us. Locally, a lot is falling through the cracks. Our local daily newspaper, if not for corporate interference, likely would be long gone and even then, the whims of the corporate structure have left it gutted, attempting to fulfill its traditional function with little time to build sources or commit time to the relentless pursuit of the truth that, at one time, won the paper a Pulitzer Prize citation. Our local online-only outlet and us – the humble alt-weekly – are attempting to fill the void left behind, yet are often limited by our own resources. There are several other outlets in town to fill the gaps, true, but oftentimes prove just as small and at times, redundant in the news they provide. As such, you’ll see three reporters in a courtroom, but none at a school board meeting. You’ll see a Finger Lakes Community Newspaper reporter at a Newfield Town Board Meeting for a public hearing on a massive tax hike, for instance, that will go unattended by the outlet the person most affected might subscribe to. In that regard local media – which is still local, save for several corporateowned outlets – and all we miss, is a failing system. The consequences of this, not just the loss of culture, but the loss of an ally to the public, is an
and the danger of rolling heads, executions are halted for several days while the Revolutionary Tribunal places tri-color flower planters two meters in front of the guillotine and a sign that says “Blood of the Enemies of the Revolution not suitable for contact.” August, 79, Pompeii Based on recovered mosaics and other archaeological evidence, a ring of potted decorative olive trees surrounding Mount Vesuvius failed to protect city residents from the hazards of building a city in the pyroclastic flow zone of an active volcano. February, 408 B.C., Sparta A bottomless pit in the downtown area, for throwing captured enemies and convicts, is deemed to be a municipal hazard when children are observed falling into it. The Council of Elders is informed that they are “effectively operating” a steep gradient amusement venue without a permit. Use of the pit is suspended until a protective ring of hyacinth urns is placed around it, and a parchment reading “Get close to your enemies, but not this pit.” Charley Githler is a columnist for the Ithaca Times. His column, Surrounded By Reality, appears biweekly. issue; one that needs to be discussed and soon. In his Pulitzer Prize-winning history of the media, Paul Starr, a Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University, wrote extensively on the politics and inf luence of the media, outlining how power, control and public opinion can be dictated not just legislatively, but from the influence and permeation of corporate interests. There is a pledge all journalists take: to tell the truth, to work diligently for it, and to do so with bravery and integrity. We’d love to do so. But we need to eat. W hen our lifeblood no longer comes from our communities, it comes from up top. Whether the Faustian bargain comes in the form of “mustrun” segments or a dedication of all our resources to stories on crime and chaos, the conditions of that bargain always come down to who holds the checkbook. And as Sinclair, owner or operator of 176 TV stations, including Syracuse’s NBC 3 (WSTM-TV), CW 6 (WSTQ) and CBS 5 (WTVH) has shown, when those holding local coverage accountable are no longer local – no matter what their reporters see or hear in the community – only one voice goes over the airwaves. And it’s certainly not yours.
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ity.” There are no costs. There is no building plan. We are emphatically not secretly working to build a big expensive jail, as some have said. Why would someone mislead people that way? At our first meeting of the Jail Study Committee I explained the limited scope of our review and have repeated it often over the months. We have started from the premise that building more beds in our Jail should be the last option. We need to first look at the alternative programs, both that are in place and may be possible. My opponent has attended several of those meetings. Members of the public can (and do) say whatever they want during public comment at our meetings. We welcome their input at these meetings, online, and through phone conversations and email. While opinions are welcome, if someone makes a factually incorrect statement, it is our responsibility as legislators to correct the misinformation. Similarly, it is the responsibility of a candidate for the Legislature to know the facts and present them honestly. The Jail Study Committee has received and studied a large amount of information about the many programs operating within and outside our Jail. We have had some great presentations and discussions about possible directions, and none of them have suggested expanding our Jail beds. The County retained a consultant, CGR, to examine the many programs we have in place to help people return to the community successfully. CGR’s report will be completed soon. I acknowledge that a politician running for office may characterize issues as they wish. Perhaps “Stop the Jail Expansion” makes a good bumper sticker. It is an easy slogan on a complicated subject, and has been effective in rallying people who are rightly concerned about the issue. But spreading misinformation does not promote a useful public dialogue or help us come to the best possible decision as a community. And, of course, the reasons are obvious why a community not-for-profit organization which receives local public funding should not make misleading statements or provide campaign support to a political candidate-employee. Trust is hard earned and easily spent. I understand that this is an important issue that many are passionate about. I am passionate about it as well. Thanks to our alternatives to incarceration we have in place, we have kept jail population remarkably low – among the lowest per capita in the state and about a third of the national average, but I believe we can always do better. How we address criminal justice, including how we run our Jail is a reflection of our community values. Of course, we want and need an engaged public and we read all letters received. I only wish that the people being asked to write these letters by my opponent were provided with an accurate picture of what we are actually doing.
Rich John is the incumbent Tompkins County legislator for District 4 representing a large swath of the City of Ithaca and chair of the legislature’s Jail Study Committee. He will be facing community organizer Reed Steberger in the election this Fall. Th e
Week Of 6/25-7/1 By Vaughn Golden Tom Reed U.S. Congress All of congress was out of session last week, but will resume session for another four weeks before a long recess for the entire month of August. Congressman Reed will host two town hall events in the western and south-central reaches of the district this coming Saturday July 15.
Chuck Schumer and Kirsten gillibrand - U.S. Senator Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, along with Senator Claire McCaskill, published a letter to Secretary of Education, Betsy Devos, regarding her agency’s recent rollback of Obama era policies regarding the handling of sexual assault cases at public schools and college campuses. The Department of Education’s Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights sent a memo to regional offices in early June discouraging regional of f ices from following the existing procedure of thoroughly investigating sexual assault complaints. “We believe that limiting investigations into campus sexual assault is an improper way to clear the current backlog and does not uphold the Department’s responsibility to enforce Title IX,” Gillibrand writes in the letter. The Civil Rights Office also established several policies scaling back reporting guidelines including no longer requiring regional offices to report cases to Washington. The 2018 budget for the department of education removes 40 positions from the office as well. Senator Schumer and Senate Democrats are gearing up for a combative week in Washington as the GOP continues to rework the American Healthcare Act to attempt to pass the repeal and replace sometime this week. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other leadership spent last week’s recess trying to curtail the 10 republicans dissenting from the vote at this point. Schumer previously offered to work with the GOP to give the bill an overhaul through committees and hearings. McConnell says he may enter in similar negotiations with Schumer and the democrats should efforts to pass a fully Republican plan fail. Editor’s note: This is the last edition of the Capitol Project for a while. Submit ideas you have for this space to editor@ithaca.com . Or, you can always write more letters.
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Editor’s Note: To protect the identity and safety of the farm workers in this story, the names of all subjects interviewed have been changed and the location of the farm they work on kept anonymous. All sources live in/around Tompkins County and have been verified independently by the editor. Relationships were formed over the course of several interviews and off-record discussions with sources for background and trust-building.
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itting in the small dining room of a t wo - b e d r o om mo bi le home, Juan* waits for one of his 10 roommates to cook dinner. He’s come off a 12-hour work shift milking cows at a local dairy farm, home to relax and call his wife before the rest of the milkers come in and he has to go for another shift. The door to the house is broken, there are holes in the walls, the two bedrooms are cramped with the depression of five men per room. There’s a small television in the top right corner of the living room showing some Spanish-language movie. Juan is used to the hectic schedule of not sleeping, sharing a room, giving up personal space and sleep for the sake of a job; he’s been working on dairy farms in New York since 2005, a long ways from
where he crossed the Mexican-U.S. bor“[American workers] were not that inder in search of a means to provide for his terested and they didn’t stay very long and wife and kids back in Puebla, Mexico. the workers who were good seemed to be “It’s hard. It’s hard to remember cross- few and far in between, and if you lost one ing,” he said. “Who likes talking about it was hard to get another one,” Maloney the hard stuff. I know talking about it is said. At this point, most produce farms, not going to fix anything, remembering. as well as vineyards in the area, were Most people just think we have it hard, employing Hispanic workers, mostly of most don’t understand.” Mexican descent. Dairy farmers needed a Juan has been deported a total of six more stable workforce, one that wouldn’t times from the United States; four times get tired after a few months and that could at the border and twice while working on stand the 24/7 model of a dairy farm, and dairy farms in New York. The first time immigrant workers wanted a non-seasonaround, there was a raid at the farm he al, year-round job. Seeing that half of all was working in. dairy workers in the U.S. are immigrants, “Police arrived at the farm, or at least it is safe to say that there are many peoI thought they were police until they said ple in the area who find themselves in a they were with the FBI,” Juan said. “They constant fear of deportation and who are detained us for two days in an apartment both geographically and systematically and then handed us over to Immigrations isolated from the outside world. and Customs Enforcement.” Maloney described that jobs began The second time happened three years opening up in a “rural networking sort ago while Juan was on his way to a talk on of way,” one that led to the farmworkers immigrant rights at Cornell landscape we have today. “For me, University, headed there to According to a study done there’s no share his story and learn how in 2016 by Ma loney a long need to go to protect himself against with the College of Agriculback because ture and Life science at CorICE and Customs and Borwork is der Patrol. In a sadly ironic nell, about 70 percent of the scarce, turn of events, the car taking farms sur veyed in upstate here we’re him from the dairy farm onto New York had Latino imwanted.” campus was stopped midmigrants make up 50 to 100 route. Juan was asked for papercent of their workforce. pers he did not have and, caught, was sent Latinos occupy the grunt work; milking home once again. cow and moving rocks to cover the fields, Undeterred, he recrossed the border protecting the cows’ food supply. Most eight months ago and came back to work Americans on the farms are mechanics, on the same farm, one of the thousands provide veterinary services or are the diof people who have crossed the border ary owners themselves. to end up in a dairy farm in New York Juan said that he had never seen an where he, like his brother and nephews, American worker endure the harsh hours found work on dairy farms in and around and conditions of milking cows for more Tompkins County. than a month and that there is an apparent divide between the Americans and the L e t ’ s g e t d ow n t o b u s iMexicans on the farm. ness According to the United States DeCow’s milk is New York state’s biggest partment of Agriculture, dairy producagricultural commodity. The state’s dairy tion has turned to larger farms in the last production and processing industry gen- two decades. Small family farms are diserates $14 billion a year and is the star appearing. In 2014 the median point for sector of the state’s agricultural economy dairy farm size were 900 cows, a far cry largely thanks to its backbone of undocu- from 1992, when the average farm countmented workers. ed just 102 cows. This shift to a smaller “The trend towards Hispanic dairy number of large farms created a need for workers was started in New York in the a larger workforce, one which farmers late 1990s,” said Thomas Maloney, farm could not fill with the workforce tradimanagement extension specialist in the tionally available to them: they needed to Dyson School of Applied Economics and fill their positions however they could in Management at Cornell University. He an effort to keep pace with the demands explained that dairy farms began to grow, of the market. but there wasn’t much of a workforce who That solution came by way of people was willing to do the work. like Juan.
“We didn’t come to take any thing tory — the only place that would employ away, we came to make who lives easier, someone so young. A year later, his father we came to do a job that no Americans left Los Angeles because of lack of work want to do,” said Juan. and personal depression, so Sergio set It’s not a trend unique to New York: about looking to find someone who would Nationw ide, t he U.S. dair y industr y drive him and his brother from the warm has a has a deep dependency on immi- climate of Southern California to Schuygrant labor, enough so that 79 percent of ler County. Rigoberto*, their uncle, lived the nation’s milk supply is immigrant- here here and wanted to make sure that produced,according to a study done by they had a job and a roof over their heads, the Center for North American Studies two things dairy farms provide. at Texas A&M University. As much as we Since the boys were alone, they were depend on immigrant labor, we also find essentially raised by the other dairy workit indispensable: The same study high- ers, never went to school. They began lighted that eliminating immigrant labor their careers picking rocks on the dairy would reduce the U.S. dairy herd by 2.1 farm, the pair too young and too little to million cows and retail milk prices would milk the cows and posed a great risk of increase by an estimated 90.4 percent, re- being injured. ducing US economic output by $32.1 bilTheir father eventually joined them lion and reduce employment by 208,208 but, after a few years passed, their fajobs. ther left for Mexico again, leaving Sergio, Despite a clear significance to the who was approximately 17 years old at state’s dairy economy,most undocument- the time to fend for his brother and their ed immigrants live in perpetual fear of future in a country he had just recently deportation to paralyzing extents; the learned to live in. Since Sergio and his constant threat of deportation or feeling brother crossed the border so young and helpless can sometimes overshadow ev- were abandoned by their father, they were eryday tasks such as telling an employer eligible for Special Immigrant Juvenile that a stove in their house broke or that Status, a visa category that gives those they ran out of milking gloves. The only who have been been abused, neglected, factors keeping them here being the need or abandoned by one or both parents the to provide for their families back in Mex- chance to get a green card. ico or not having anything to come back “Creating a case against my father had to at all. They also endure tense relation- to be one of the hardest parts, rememberships with farm owners who although do ing everything that happened, that he did not discriminate against workers head on to my mother and me and telling a judge also do not make it easy for undocument- my life story for papers, papers that I ed workers to go through a day-to-day didn’t even get,” Sergio said. routine without second guessing certain When cases like this happen, parents actions, like going out in public. across the border have to sign abatement This description fits many of those like papers for the children to get adopted. FilJuan, who finds himself hidden away on ing for a green card is a slow and arduous the dairy farm, too scared to go to Wal- process as-is, but the fact that both brothmart for weekly groceries because of the ers needed a signature from their aloof risk of being rounded parents for abandonment “We didn’t come to up in the parking lot. papers made the trial drag Juan has two nephews take anything away, on even longer. Since the we came to make who live in the city of papers had to be signed Ithaca and says that he who lives easier, we across international borcannot even visit them came to do a job that ders, lawyers from both because the risk of be- no Americans want the U.S. and Mexico had to do.” ing deported again is to be bilingual and docutoo high, especially unments had to be transder the new presidential administration. lated so they could be notarized in both Sometimes, that’s safer than going countries. back to their home country. This was the The process dragged on so long that case for Sergio and his brother. Sergio’s father sent the signature after his Sergio crossed the border with his 21 birthday, making it impossible for him brother and father at the age of 14, mov- to get adopted and being left without a ing to a predominantly Latino neighbor- green card. Now, Sergio has to wait three hood in Los Angeles with his brother and more years for his brother to become a abusive father for a year working in a fac- citizen to get sponsored for a green card. Th e
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“The only reason I would go back is to ers on the farm had been sick, others see my grandmother, but my brother and kicked by the cows or hurt by machinery. I have already made a life here,” said Ser- The other farmworkers do little to help gio. “I’m not sure if I want to risk crossing other than maybe give them some money the border again.” to get to a doctor, the problem with that For other immigrants, like Pablo* the being that most immigrants do not know reason to stay is because there is nothing where to go or if they can get treated in to go home to. He has been in the U.S. for the first place. approximately nine years, working on the “We get scared of sometimes going same dairy farm about 20 minutes out to the hospital because we do not know from Ithaca. what questions we’re going to be asked,” “The fear is that once you get to Mexico, Pablo said. There is also the added factor there is no one and everything you know that most undocumented immigrants do is gone,” Pablo said, taking a five-minute not have health care even though they do break from milking a very temperamen- qualify for emergency Medicaid plans. tal cow. Work is scarce in Mexico, he There was an instance where Rigosaid, and what a dairy worker makes in berto*, an undocumented immigrant an hour working on a farm, they make who has been working on dairy farms in half a day doing another odd job back throughout the U.S. since 1999, wasn’t over the border. “For me, there’s no need even sure if he could go to the hospital for to go back because work is scarce, here his wife to give birth. we’re wanted.” “My daughter was born in the back Although there is a constant cloud of of a car because we spent so much time deportation looming over these men’s debating going to a hospital,” Rigoberto head, Pablo does explained. He and his not let that stop him wife were on the farm when it comes to exwhen her water broke “My daughter was ploring areas around unsure of where the born in the back of a the dairy farm, he reclosest hospital would car because we spent fused to hide but for so much time debating be or if they would most people, even the treat her at all. going to a hospital.” simplest act of going O t he r c a s e s a re into town for dinner muc h d i rer. T he can come at a great financial cost. Ithaca Free Clinic received a patient a He uses raiteros, a network of drivers few months ago who had been suffering who charge undocumented immigrates to from appendicitis for about two weeks. get them where they need to go; to explore Luz Rivera, the clinic coordinator, exthe city of Ithaca, to meet more people plained that this man arrived at the clinic and stay connected with the community. asking for help. The farm owner, Rivera The cost for a ride into the city is about said, barely paid attention to the worker’s 50 dollars per person, mostly to cover the needs, but Rivera sent him to the emercost of assumed risk and anonymity. gency room and helped him with the pa“I rather go down to the city and be perwork. His appendix was about to burst treated like a person than stay all day on a thanks to a mix of negligence, fear and farm where the cows are worth more than now, knowing his basic rights and the duwe are,” he said. ties of his employer. Pablo describes instances where workGrassroots organizations such as the Workers Center and the Immigrants Rights Coalition as well as Cornell’s Farmworkers Program are trying to alleviate rries and U-pick sour che and empower dairy workers in the area lya1d4y re u w J o y n a s d ie ri rr F and neighboring counties to avoid human e b g p s rain d rt reta S rie er ch es urea nc ra so d cl an t es an rri pl e be rights violations, exploitation as well as or edthra farm st RAt e sp sh orerefre st ls ia rm fa nn e th pe At l . Al w . to simply better the relationship between adalysno renu now $1 each all r ncean an earaet ant cl it. Plhe s dofou ed fru dg ga pick% n f. tc % 25 off. Kid shrubs now 25ua nowre ni lsq pe nnialsman hica y.. cc nesh zu d ho an er lo d m an su se n ee ow ch at River R
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farmer owner and worker because “a lot of the time, the fear to communicate with a farm owner is self-promoted,” explained Rigoberto. In his eyes, it’s not farm owner who makes every-day working on a dairy farm hard; it’s the climate around immigration and the inability, or laziness, by part of the immigrants to educate themselves on their rights. That’s where workshops hosted by people like Carlos Gutierrez from the Workers Center or Mary Jo Dudley from the Cornell Farmworkers program come in. Gutierrez hosts workshops in dairy farms around the area to educate farmworkers on their rights: wage rights, living rights, and health rights. “The goal is to empower them enough to do something about their situation if they find themselves in an unsafe or threatening one,” Gutierrez explained. There have been instances where farm owners do not respond well to immigrant workers standing up for their rights. Gutierrez describes an incident where a farmworker asked for the pay that he was due; he was kicked out their house in the middle of winter, all for demanding a wage that was rightfully owed. Dudley tries to help farm workers and owners be able to better communicate within the farm and create ways in which the farmworkers can, for example, tell the owner of the farm that the stove in their kitchen is broken without getting scolded for it. She explained that through studies and focus groups, the Farmworkers program has tried to pin down what everyday issues they can tackle, what challenges to prepare for, and then develop tools to ease communication and language barriers, whether it’s helping workers learn how to speak English and helping families of mixed status — undocumented parents of U.S. born children — navigate the legal world. This means helping appoint legal guardians in cases parents get deported and have to leave their child behind. “Parents talked about being caught in terrible situations where they wanted to go to the school play or a sporting event, or even a parent-teacher conference. If they leave their house they’re running the risk of facing deportation,” Dudley said.
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“So when you have chosen between supporting your child in their day to day activity of being separated from your child, it’s a very difficult decision to make… These are they day-to-day issues they have to be worrying about.” So W hy Don’t They Become Citizens?
While produce farm workers are eligible for H2-A visas – a temporary work visa that allows workers to be in the country legally while a certain crop is in season – alleviates the farm owner’s stress of hiring undocumented workers, dairy farms cannot apply for H2-A visas because dairy farms are not seasonal: therefore requiring workers to have permission to be in the country for more than just a couple of months. Up until a few months go, the current Congress had been stalling reforms to the H2-A visa program, one that is rigid and does not protect workers who are already in the U.S. Sandra Bruno, an immigration attorney at Miller Meyer in Ithaca, explained that for a worker to be eligible for an H2-A visa, an employer has to file extensive paperwork showing that no Americans would take the job. Also, the worker has to come to the country legally. “They would have to travel back to their countries of origin and then apply for the visa there,” Bruno explained. This is unrealistic seeing that when an undocumented immigrant goes back to their country of origin, they can be denied reentry into the U.S. for up to 10 years. At that point, applying for a visa is moot.” Applying for the visa also involves a lot of legal fees. “Employers are not necessarily going to be interested in doing that especially when they can just hire undocumented workers,” Bruno said. “There should be some way for workers to work on farms to be here legally, safe, with free movement,” Dudley said. There are currently two bills on the House floor that seek to alleviate the legal burdens of H2-A visas, and that also seek to expand the visa to dairy farms so that they can hire workers year round and protect the workers that are already in the country working on farms. These bills might bring the dairy industry piece of mind, but chances are the process will continue to be hard enough for anyone to want to go through it, leaving wages low, milk cheap and undocumented workers hiding in the shadows.
Who to look for at the 2017 festival
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avigating GrassRoots’ expansive hodgepodge of stages and activities can be a daunting task, especially for music lovers. While some may seek out different stages solely for the vibe — some preferring the cozy confines of the Cabaret versus the big festival feel of the main stage or the infield — others find themselves wandering in a constant rotation of the festival’s four different stages, aiming to have more of a “box of chocolates” type of experience. If you’re looking to sit for an extended period, here are a few “can’t-miss” sets that should stand up to a full hour of entertainment (though we should note, exclusion from the list doesn’t make any group less awesome).
Aaron Lipp And The Slack Tones
Home Base: Naples, New York/Ithaca Sounds Like: Traditional Bluegrass with a hint of Rockabilly and American Blues Set Time: Friday at 5 p.m. in the Dance Tent An accomplished musician with experience touring with the likes of big names such as Robert Randolph and Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad — Naples native Aaron Lipp has lived squarely in the world of bluegrass and traditional American music since 2013. A talented instrumentalist, Lipp is well-versed on everything from the organ and pedal steel to the banjo and guitar but, in this role, serves as bandleader, guitarist and vocalist of an insanely hot three piece. Check them out if you’re feeling keen on
stompin’ around a dance floor for a spell. IF YOU LIKE THIS, CHECK OUT: Los Texmaniacs (12 p.m. Friday, Dance Tent) Walter Mouton and Scott Playboys (6:30 p.m. Friday, Dance Tent) Bobby Henrie and The Goners (6:30 p.m. Saturday, Dance Tent) Del McCoury Band (8:30 p.m. Friday, Grandstand)
Bess Greenberg Home Base: Binghamton, New York Sounds Like: Passioninfused singer-songwriting Set Time: Thursday, 3:30 p.m. on the Grandstand
A former member of area stars Milkweed, Greenberg has been going it solo for a little Bess Greenberg while now and so far, (Photo provided) has put together a catalogue of real poetry with a lot of heart. If you’re looking to sit back, listen and reflect a moment in the heat of day one, you can’t afford to miss out on Greenberg. IF YOU LIKE THIS, CHECK OUT: Tenzin Chopak (3 p.m. Saturday, Dance Tent) Uniit Carruyo (1 p.m. Saturday, Grandstand)
The Small Kings
Home Base: Ithaca, New York Sounds Like: The best jam band from your college days with a Reggae-soaked tinge.
he GrassRoots Festival of Music and Dance is a beloved summer event, drawing 13,000 people last year. For most, the four days of music are pure enjoyment. But the vulnerabilities created by a large gathering result in opportunities for danger, too. While specific data on the number of sexual assaults at GrassRoots is lacking, news from similar events is chilling. By the end of one large music festival last year, the Associated Press reported police were investigating five alleged rapes and more than a dozen suspected sexual assaults — and there were likely more. According to the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN), two out of every three sexual assaults in the U.S. are believed to go unreported to police. GrassRoots, like many other large music festivals, has begun to address the problem of sexual assault and rape. Grassroots co-coordinator Lissa Farrell and the Advocacy Center of Tompkins County’s Educational Director Kristi Taylor are working together in creative ways to address the issue of safety at GrassRoots. Since 2013, The Advocacy Center has staffed a booth at GrassRoots, focused on education. This year, GrassRoots will be adding a new booth called GrassRoots C.A.R.E.S., an acronym for Community Awareness and Resource Engagement Services. Located along the track between the Infield and Grandstand stages, the booth is designed to be highly visible. “Our overarching message is, of course there are risks out there, and having awareness is really important. It’s also important to know that if something happens, there are resources in place and we are ready to help. It’s not your fault, and you are not alone,” said Taylor. N e w Mob i l e Volu nt e e r s at Gr assroots
In addition to the booth, GrassRoots C.A.R.E.S. will organize volunteers who will walk the grounds and offer “an active base of support for a healthy and safe environment,” according to Farrell. These volunteers will wear violet shirts labeled “GrassRoots C.A.R.E.S.” “Our idea is not to add more layers of security — we have security — but to provide more eyes and ears who can look out for people who might need attention. The volunteers will make sure people know Continued on Page 13
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Tom Grady, second from left. (Photo: Steve Bowman)
knew the news was coming, but it broke my heart when I learned that Tommy Grady died last week. I was “late to the softball party,” so to speak. I been playing baseball until I was in my late twenties, but I eventually switched leagues. I had some fun playing for Frank’s Plumbing , and I – out of a sense of loyalty – played a season for the Cornell Coaches (where I was employed), but when Mike Richmond approached me in 1985 and asked me to join him on the Slotteo’s Shoe Repair team, I instantly accepted. Mike had told me they needed a leftfielder, and he pointed out his proposed right fielder and said, “That’s Gary Canter. He’s a grad student at Cornell. Next to him will be Billy McComb – a local painting contractor, and in left center will be Tommy Grady. Do you know him?” I had crossed paths with Grady a few times, and like everyone else, I wondered about that prodigious ponytail, the one that took three rubber bands – a foot apart – to keep it under control. The one that Tommy could tuck into his belt if he so desired. Ponytails on dudes were rare in the ‘80s… Was there a bet in place? What was up with that thing? I came to understand that the ponytail contributed to Tom’s superpowers, and as he tore across the field to track down a long fly ball, it trailed out behind him like those streamers we put on our bicycles as kids. When he caught a two-hopper and unleashed a throw to the plate, that long ponytail (or braid) whipped around mightily. I even recall seeing it covered with dirt, or grass stains. Yes, Tom Grady played hard. Steve Bowman was on that team, and he recalled, “Tommy was a really distinctive character. He was a rocksteady presence. We all stayed close after that unlikely city league championship in 1989. When you share that ‘One Shining Moment’ with a group of guys, it tends to create a bond.”
That unlikely championship came at the expense of Pete’s Cayuga Bar – the perennial favorites – and their big, brash, boisterous, bullying pitcher, Roger Schnock. That was icing on the cake for Grady, as Schnock had ridden him mercilessly for years. Schnock was – and is – a good guy, but he really took pleasure in getting under the skin of his opponents. I was aware that Tom was facing a very serious health challenge, and I always loved running into him around town. That bond was still there, and last year, Tommy and I sat together in the stands to watch a Senior League game, and Schnock was on the field. Like the good old days, he was jawing about Grady, but this time, he was saying things like “You guys are slow as hell! We need Tom Grady out there!” Tom was too ill to play any softball, but he loved being at the field and he got a laugh out of that. Tommy’s legacy around town will forever extend well beyond the softball fields. He was a very skilled builder, and he worked with people to uncover and enhance their vision, and then make it a reality. There was often a very long wait to engage his services, and I felt fortunate to get on his schedule a few years ago. He chopped a hole in the side of my house to put a door into my addition, and what at one point looked like a disaster turned out to be a fine piece of work. Tom was proud of his craftsmanship, his athleticism and his friendships, but when he became a dad in 1995, his son, Mackenzie, took his place at the center of Tom’s life. Tom was a little bummed when it was clear that his son did not share his passion for baseball, but when Mackenzie worked his tail off to become a fine runner and wrestler, and when he earned a journalism degree this spring, his dad was exceedingly proud. I knew how serious Tom’s illness was, but I had no doubt he’d hang in there to see his son graduate. That’s what guys with Superpowers do.
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Body (10:30 p.m. Saturday, Cabaret)
Described as an American Sacred Steel gospel, this family band has been on the gospel charts and cooking heat since 1997. Technically proficient and intensely catchy, these guys can switch up from pew-shaking soul tracks to cool, jazzy passages on a measure’s notice (they’ve been known to cover John Coltrane on occasion – with a pedal steel). Expect to shake around a little bit with these guys. IF YOU LIKE THIS, CHECK OUT: Stone Cold Miracle (12:30 p.m. Friday, Infield) Barroom Philosophers (6 p.m. Friday, Cabaret) Flying Clouds of South Carolina (8:30 p.m. Friday, Dance Tent) Thunder
Other Goodies Worth A Mention:
Viva Mayhem (10:15 p.m. Saturday, Cabaret) Hank Roberts (11 a.m. Sunday, Infield), Jonny Dowd (9 p.m. Saturday, Cabaret), Sihasin (7:15 p.m. Saturday, Cabaret), Morgan Heritage (8:30 p.m. Saturday, Infield) Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad (10 p.m. Thursday, Grandstand) Cat’s Elbow (10:30 a.m. Sunday, Cabaret) Gunpoets (6:15 p.m. Friday, Grandstand)
Stepping up Festival-goers gather for a performance. (Photo: Dave Burbank)
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Set Time: Saturday at 4:15 p.m. in the Cabaret A longtime local favorite, The Small Kings have truly hit their technical stride in the last few years. Expect some catchy, danceable tunes with an occasional foray into extremely spacey passages that will leave you slack-jawed. IF YOU LIKE THIS, CHECK OUT: Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad (10 p.m. Thursday, Grandstand) Kevin Kinsella (5 p.m. Friday, Infield) Mosaic Foundation (3 p.m. Saturday, Infield) Thunder Body (10:30 p.m. Saturday, Cabaret) John Brown’s Body (Midnight Saturday, Infield)
Ithaca Bottom Boys Home Base: Ithaca, New York Sounds Like: Hard Rompin’ Bluegrass Set Time: Sunday at 3:30 p.m. in the Cabaret
You may have caught these guys at this year’s Ithaca Festival. If you didn’t, you seriously missed out. A local band of brothers who’ve played together since their mid-teens, these local guys play a unique blend of old-timey, bluegrass and soul. Coming at you with the same ingenuity of the group they checked their name from in Oh Brother, Where Art Thou, these guys are just fun: plain and simple. IF YOU LIKE THIS, CHECK OUT: Ithaca Underground Showcase (10:30 p.m. Saturday, Cabaret) Bobby Henrie and The Goners (6:30 p.m. Saturday, Dance Tent)
Jamestown Revival
Home Base: Magnolia, Texas Sounds Like: Soulful Country/Blues With Pop Sensibilities Set Time: Saturday at 10:00 p.m. on the Infield A rock duo on the rise, Jamestown
Revival is a predictable set to highlight. They’ve picked up quite a bit of momentum since forming in early 2014, getting mentions in publications such as Rolling Stone and the Wall Street Journal. If you’re late to the party, pick up a copy of their debut, ‘Utah,’ and prepare to chill hard. This set should be a good time. IF YOU LIKE THIS, CHECK OUT: Travis Knapp (1 p.m. Friday, Cabaret) Driftwood (8:15 p.m. Saturday, Grandstand)
Drive-By Truckers
Home Base: Athens, Georgia Sounds Like: Alt/Country with a Southern Flair Set Time: Sunday at 4:30 p.m. on the Infield
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where the resources are, and they can go get help if needed,” said Farrell. GrassRoots is actively recruiting volunteers for GrassRoots C.A.R.E.S. Volunteers will be trained in conjunction with the Advocacy Center; you can sign up at https://festi-groots.herokuapp.com/. Bysta n ders M a k e a Dif f er ence
Another safety feature added this year by GrassRoots organizers, with the Advocacy Center, is bystander intervention trainings for GrassRoots staff. The goal is to intervene before a situation escalates to sexual assault “A bystander has a tremendous power to be a helper just by noticing and helping someone who might be in need,” said Farrell. Bystanders also need to know how to respond if someone confides that they have been sexually assaulted or raped, Taylor said. “If somebody ever approaches you, say, ‘I believe you, I’m sorry this happened to you, and there is help.’” The Advocacy Center booth at GrassRoots will be open 8 p.m. on Thursday, 4-8 p.m. and on Friday and Saturday from 12- 8 p.m. The booth will have information about Affirmative Consent and ways to be a positive bystander should you hear or see anything that could lead to sexual violence. A hotline is also available 24/7, with trained Advocacy Center staff on call to respond: 607-277-5000. The GrassRoots website’s comprehensive Health and Safety section also includes tips on how to stay healthy and safe, information about EMS, security and law enforcement, and their drug and alcohol policy.
A renowned name in the scene since ‘96, DriveBy Truckers may have had a heavily rotating cast of characters since its founding in one of America’s most excitDrive-By Truckers ing college (Photo provided) towns and today, have cemented their legacy after two decades of touring and consistent musical evolution. Likely to draw a crowd, you’d be best off not missing this one if you’re looking for one of those signature “big name” Grassroots performances you’ll talk about for years to come.
It ’s N ev er the Victim’s Fau lt
IF YOU LIKE THIS, CHECK OUT: Sim Redmond Band (2:30 p.m. Sunday, Infield) The Ladles (2:45 p.m. Friday, Cabaret)
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The Campbell Brothers
Home Base: Rush, New York Sounds Like: Bona fide Soul with a seriously bluesy edge Set Time: Saturday at 10:30 p.m. at the
Keeping safe at GrassRoots is complicated by the presence of alcohol and drugs. While festival attendees should do their best to prevent an assault by staying in safe situations, this should not be confused with blaming the victim if he or she is assaulted, Farrell emphasized. “Sexual assault happens because offenders offend. It’s not because somebody dressed wrong, or had too many drinks. It’s because offenders actually take that action.” Victims often take responsibility for the crimes they’ve endured, which, according to Taylor, is due to our culture, which “can be so victim blaming, it silences survivors to come forward, which then gives the perpetrators a free pass and leaves the victim with all this trauma that they have to process and heal from.” One volunteer for the Grassroots C.A.R.E.S., herself a rape survivor, said she’s glad to be involved, because “the more we talk about this issue, the less it will happen. The more we are silent about the pervasiveness of sexual assault, the more we give permission to perpetrators to continue to assault. Silence reinforces the shaming and blaming of women and men for the crimes they suffer.” Hel pf u l Tips a n d R esou rces for F esti va l Atten dees
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Identify where to get help in case you need it – including the location of Security, EMS and other GrassRoots Staff — pick up a flyer at the GrassRoots C.A.R.E.S. booth with resources. Program the Advocacy Center Hotline, your Emergency Contacts and 911 in your cell phone. Form a buddy system, so individuals and groups can keep tabs on each other. If you are using alcohol or drugs, stay with a trusted group: predators can exploit the vulnerability of being alone. Trust your intuition: if you feel uncomfortable with a situation or a person, put your safety first and don’t worry about embarrassment or awkwardness. Help create the community you want to be a part of by intervening if you see a risky situation: Speak up if you see someone engaging in sexually harassing or harmful behavior- let them know it’s not ok. Create a distraction to interrupt the situation Check-In with someone who may look at risk and offer them an “out”- invite them to your campsite or to see the next band Don’t go it alone- enlist friends, bartenders or other Grassroots staff to help intervene Ask for help from security or call 911 if necessary — the goal is for everyone to be safe, including you!
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Parade flawlessly tackles social inequality By Barbara Ad am s Parade. Book by Alfred Uhry; music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown. Directed and choreographed by Brett Smock. With Aaron Galligan-Stierle and ensemble. At MerryGo-Round Playhouse, Auburn, through July 26. For tickets call 1-800-457-8897.
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verybody loves a parade — unless you’re a Brooklyn-raised Jew living in Atlanta in 1913, and the flag-filled parade celebrates Confederate Memorial Day. Leo Frank, a young Cornell-trained mechanical engineer who moved south to manage a relative’s pencil factory, married a Georgia gal, but he’s far from adapted to local ways. Lamenting “How Can I Call This Home,” Leo fulminates against the backward thinking of those he lives among. Hard-working to a fault, Leo has resisted his wife Lucille’s pleas for a day off; he’s in his office going over the accounts when 13-year-old Mary Phagan, an employee, comes to collect her $1.20 pay. Within hours Mary is found violated and strangled to death in the factory basement; Leo finds himself a suspect and eventually on trial. That’s the premise of Parade, a dark musical based on disturbing historical events — the nationally publicized trial of Leo Frank and his ultimate lynching in 1915. It’s the third in Alfred Uhry’s trilogy of plays about Atlanta Jews, the first being the well-known Driving Miss Daisy. Both his book and Jason Robert Brown’s resounding score won 1998 Tony awards
murkily, in yellow and red tones, shaping haunting effects on the backdrop outline of an enormous, thick-branched tree. There’s no escaping the horrific outcome, as the rousing drums in the score repeatedly suggest. Under Jeff Theiss’ able direction, the orchestra drives the action forward, as do the townspeople, with their swelling anger. In “Real Big News” and other numbers, the community becomes a mob, manipulated and manipulating, a chorus of group-think. Awash with lies, bribery and coercion, the jury can only convict.
for the Harold Prince original. Currently at Auburn’s Merry-GoRound Playhouse, artistic director Brett Smock (assisted by Robin Levine) excellently directs and choreographs this provocat ive mu sic a l . I t ’s a powerhouse production, creatively staged: many of the s h o w ’s 31 characters (perfectly costumed by Tif fany Howard) are onstage simultaneously. Czerton Hugh Dorsey (Jamison Stern) speaks to the jury in the Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival’s Lim’s threeproduction of “Parade.” (Photo: Ron Heerkens Jr.) t iere d wo o d and metal set is grim a nd But Frank has been historically exonforeboding, opening with eight straightbacked chairs and one table suspended erated, and if you listen closely to the over the bare boards like strange fruit. Jose lyrics, you’ll discern the actual murderer. Santiago lights the action emotionally, Still, at least two people leaving the theater
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last weekend were heard to say “it’s open to interpretation” whether Frank was guilty. When the entire point of a show about the miscarriage of justice can be so misread, it’s a marvel that verdicts can ever be fair. In Parade, the emotional, prejudicial mindset of the Christian populace, along with the pervasive self-interest and opportunism of some, is chilling, even sickening. And it’s no stretch to say this century-old story’s themes of mistruths, political distortions and regional and religious chauvinism have equally distressing echoes in today’s America. Ever sensitive to the uneasy Southern system of forced accommodation between black and white, Uhry also shows us daily racial and class insults, whether in a lady neglecting to pick up her dropped hairpins because “the maid will do it,” or through an overt complaint, “A Rumblin’ and a Rollin’,” with two servants cynically noting the hypocrisy of the hoopla over a white man’s trial and a white child’s death in a society where injustice to blacks is standard. Men’s arrogant, assumed authority is also depicted, most movingly in the Franks’ relationship. Lucille, negotiating Southern customs as Leo cannot, courageously becomes his advocate even to the governor, who ultimately commutes Leo’s death sentence. Leo’s coming to know and appreciate Lucille, whom he’d neglected and undervalued, adds a tender love story — a glimpse of hope — to this bleak tale. Their duet, “All the Wasted Time,” is exquisite, as they share a make-believe picnic on the f loor of Leo’s jail cell. As Leo, Aaron Galligan-Stierle is simply superb, in voice and character, from indignant to humbled; his imperfect humanity anchors the production. Kristen Wetherington supports him handsomely as Lucille. As outgoing governor Stanton, who crashes his career by re-investigating the evidence, Dave Schoonover is a welcome relief (both morally and humorously, in the ball scene); Adrien Swenson has presence as his wife. Antagonists are complexly delivered: Jamison Stern as shifty prosecutor Huge Dorsey; Jake Mills as racist editor Tom Watson; Scott Guthrie as yellow journalist Britt Craig. Shannon Beel plays Mary Phagan, with a dynamic Brendan Jacob Smith as Frankie Epps, her friend and later frenzied avenger. A gorgeously voiced Marcus Johnson portrays night watchman Newt Lee, who’s entangled in the factory drama, along with janitor Jim Conley, an ex-con pressured into fabricating damning evidence. Fergie L. Philippe delivers him as powerful, threatening, unrepentant, even in chain gang servitude — his blues song alone should stop the show. Frank’s haunting prayer, “Sh’ma Yisrael,” before he’s hung, actually does. This production will reverberate for a long while — with its insights into the nature of prejudice and the damage of hysteria. Barbara Adams, a regional arts journalist, teaches writing at Ithaca College.•
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The Little Hours and GLOW impress By Br yan VanC ampe n The Little Hours, directed by Jeff Baena, opening 7/14 at Cinemapolis; GLOW, now on Netflix.
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t drives me crazy when people say comedies don’t have to look good. I was a kid just starting to fall in love with film, and Woody Allen’s sci-fi man-outof-time comedy Sleeper was a huge influence. The film was designed and shot like a silent movie, and all the sets, costumes and futuristic props obviously required a lot of thought and imagination. Jeff Baena’s The Little Hours isn’t like most modern comedies. The first images we see are of Aubrey Plaza in a nun’s habit, leading a donkey through muted, green woods. Atmospheric medieval music fills the soundtrack, and we feel like we’re looking at some lost classic by Ingmar Bergman or Pier Paolo Pasolini. Then Plaza arrives at her convent, and she and Kate Micucci begin hurling insults at the local handyman, sounding as if they had just stepped out of the latest teen high school comedy. Strongly reminiscent of Monty Python
and the Holy Grail and Life of Brian, The Little Hours is further proof that the more you play the spine of your movie seriously, the comedy of contrast is made infinitely stronger. Baena adapted his film from The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio, written at a time when millions of people had survived the plague. Here, all the nuns and religious personages are obsessed with sex, alcohol and having a little fun in the face of death. Dave Franco plays a servant who has been cuckolding his master and flees to the convent, where John C. Reilly as Father Tommasso offers him sanctuary, provided he pretends to be deaf and mute. Plaza, Franco, Rei l ly, A lison Brie (Community) and a fine supporting cast including Molly Shannon, Fred Armisen, Jemima Kirke, Nick Offerman and Paul Reiser play all their scenes straight, but in contemporary language. The Little Hours plays like a ribald Mel Brooks f lick, but with more discipline. Plaza is one of the film’s producers and certainly could have played Brie’s role, but her sarcastic, vanityfree comedy is perfect support stuff, the essence of ensemble.
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I’m a huge Community fan and a huge Alison Brie fan by extension. Brie is back with the 10-episode Netflix series GLOW, very loosely based on the true ’80s saga of The Glorious Ladies of Wrestling. (If the show intrigues you as it did me, Netflix also has a documentary on GLOW that tells the true Hollywood story.) In GLOW, created by Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch, Brie plays a dedicated but struggling actress somewhat reminiscent
fact that she slept with her best friend’s husband. The former best friend (Betty Gilpin) shows up at the gym ready to kill, and suddenly the show has conf lict and drama. GLOW boasts a fine ensemble cast: Sydelle Noel plays a pro stunt woman in charge of the choreography, Gayle Rankin is a real find as a messed-up Goth girl who winds up dubbed “Sheila ‘the She Wolf.’” Pairing her and Brie as roommates generates some of the series’ best humor — and
Kate Micucci, Alison Brie and Aubrey Plaza star in “The Little Hours,” now playing at Cinemapolis. (Photo provided)
of Dustin Hoffman’s character in Tootsie. A casting director tips her off about an audition for a ladies’ wrestling TV show, directed by Marc Maron and financed by a coked-up rich kid played by Chris Lowell. At first, Brie is well out of her element, but her passion for creating characters is what pro wrestling is all about. Add to that the
Britney Young is the sweet heart at the center of the show, as the daughter of a famous wrestler, which makes her royalty within the group. And the show is scored with great ’80s tunes; you’ll hear everything from Generation X’s “Ready Steady Go” to “Life in a Northern Town” by The Dream Academy. •
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The Cherry Arts Space prepared for “The Messenger,” part of the Hangar’s Wedge season. Audience members gather in the intimate setting for experimental theater. (Photo: Samuel Buggeln)
ew art has found a home with a view on the Cayuga Inlet. This summer, the long-anticipated Cherry Arts Space swings its doors open to the arts community — in all broad senses of the arts. Built from the ground up by the Cherry Arts team, the new space is equally intimate for experimental theater and open enough to pass through from the inside to the Inlet, a versatile space limited only by one’s imagination. Samuel Buggeln, arts director of the Cherry Arts Space, found a need for art and the theater to intermingle in Ithaca.
Theaters have been reserved for plays, cafés and bars for music, and galleries for fine arts. While arts in the area are thriving, they aren’t becoming acquainted with one another; they don’t intertwine. “We call it the Art Space rather than the Cherry theater because we really want it to be multi-disciplinary,” Buggeln said. “You can go there and play music, burlesque, opera, circus, puppetry — it’s a place where all sorts of media will try and find ways to cross-pollinate.” Cherry Arts has put on theatrical productions for years, but as part of the art
of it is pretty conventional and some of it is more out there.” Each song showcases Bunge’s original writing, a collection of 20 pieces he’s put together over the course of several years. For the Cherry Arts Space show, Bunge has revamped his work further, mastering and arranging his pieces for a solo performance. And Bunge will be using the new space to his advantage — and to the advantage of those visiting the performance. “We’re going to have the door open
[to the water] so you don’t have to sit there for hours and listen to just me playing the banjo — that can be a bit much,” Bunge said, and then laughed. With the doors open, the Hangar Lab Company will be joining in the arts scene. The Cherry Arts Space has become the home for the Hangar’s Wedge season, a series of plays led by new directors found through a national search. Next in the series is The Danube, a play following the lives of two lovers in the backdrop of war: Paul, an American, meets Eve in Budapest. “The play takes place along the Danube river in Budapest, and the back wall of the Cherry Arts Space faces the Cayuga Inlet,” said Jillian Carucci, director of The Danube and a Drama League Directing Fellow. “The location has definitely informed how we’ve approached this production. … Though stylistically, all four shows are very different.” Similarly, Tom Costello, another Drama League Directing Fellow along with Carucci, experimented with his project, The Messenger, in the space. “The Wedge has historically been a place of artistic experimentation,” Costello said. “It tends to be very thought-provoking work with directorial vision that are designed to excite and entice the audience with bold work.” Kicking off with music and theater, the Cherry Arts Space will prepare for the grand opening in the fall of this year. Along with experimental art, the space will also create a domain for international theater. For decades, rich plays have been written and performed — yet, they haven’t met the stages of America. Different shows have been hidden across continents with little international shows performed in the U.S. Saviana Stanescu, an AmericanRomanian playwright now living in Ithaca, will have one of her pieces performed at the space to open the forum to international theater. “There’s not much international work in the American theater scene, so we’re bringing that to the space as well,” Buggeln said. “We’re working together to make more international and experimental-type theater work. There are also shows that need a different configuration and want to set up a room for their artwork — that’s not a thing many spaces are able to provide, but the Cherry Arts Space can.” •
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n July 16, Asheville musician Ben Phan will play a benefit concert for the Advocacy Center at the Unitarian Church in Ithaca. Phan plays original folk music; his guitar playing is a cross between Tony Rice and Django Reinhardt, combining bluegrass flatpicking with gypsy jazz guitar. His singing and songwriting
find out who he is and why he’s coming to Ithaca. Ithaca Times: Why Ithaca? Ben Phan: I’ve always felt that Ithaca is a unique, supportive place with a really great progressive culture. I’ve had ties to Ithaca for a long time, through family who lived at Ecovillage. When I tour I want
there’s a lot of room in terms of culture awareness that we have to go in this area. I think advocacy groups and organizations that create safe spaces for people to tell their stories are very important because they help us overcome the shame and the stigma of going through some of those things. They also create a community of support, which I think is really necessary for building resilience. I feel strongly that it’s important for people to speak up — especially as a man because we don’t often think of men as being survivors. IT: What’s the road you’ve traveled to get to this new album? BP: There’s a lot of not-so-pretty and not-so-happy parts to my life story, and the message that I carry now is basically one of resilience. I’ve been through hardships, abuse, addiction, depression, mental illness and I wouldn’t say I’ve completely overcome all those things, but I’ve learned how to live with who I am. The message that I carry in my experience in songwriting is it’s possible to live a really happy and fulfilling life no matter what you’ve been through. IT: What inspired your new album, “Fear Is the Teacher”? BP: Every song on the album is connected to a fear of mine in some way. For example, there’s a love song, which I connect to the fear of not being able to love and let somebody love me. Not every song is dark, though; there’s a variety of tunes. But in some way they’re all connected to how I’ve grown as a person and as a musician this year by leaning into my fears. Even though the album is about my
personal experiences, it’s very relatable. For example, there’s a tune called “Worse Than This,” with the chorus, “We’ve been through worse than this.” It’s a song about resilience that came out of my personal struggle, but it can definitely be applied to other things, whether cultural or political. People have told me widely varying things that this song meant to them, and that’s my intent. A song can have multiple meanings. IT: You hiked the entire Pacific Crest Trail in 2014. What impact did the time on the trail have on you? BP: What’s interesting about spending months at a time in the woods is that you stop seeing nature as something separate. For example, when you go on a day-hike to an Ithaca gorge, you look out and say, “Oh, this is so beautiful!” and then you go home. But living out there for months, I got the sense of something so much greater than me. Being a part of that, and being able to exist within it and experience all of its ups and downs, is where I found my voice as a songwriter. IT: What’s different about your solo shows? BP: The thing I love most about performing is connecting with the audience. I give a different take on the songs from the album, and I use a loop pedal which lets me loop different chords over to create a full sound, totally live. There’s a lot of intricate guitar playing and looping. It’s not just another guy and a guitar, singing: it’s dynamic and upbeat and we all have a lot of fun. •
Ben Phan with his guitar. He will be playing original songs at his concert to benefit the Advocacy Center of Tompkins County. (Photo provided)
have been compared to popular names in the scene including Ray LaMontagne, the Head and the Heart, and Passenger, in the new folk vein. At the benefit Phan will play songs from his new album, “Fear Is the Teacher,” recorded in the studio of two-time Grammy Award winner Matt Williams. The Ithaca Times spoke to Phan to
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to play in the places that I want to be and Ithaca’s one of those places I want to be. IT: Why the Advocacy Center? BP: I identify as a survivor; so for me, the Advocacy Center is a really important cause. It’s important to create safe spaces for victims who can then become survivors and help other people. Compared to other social justice issues,
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7/13 Thursday Music bars/clubs/cafés
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Djug Django | 6:00 PM-9:00 PM, 7/12 Wednesday | Lot 10 Lounge, 106 S Cayuga St, Ithaca | (Hot Club Jazz, Blues, Swing) Sean Dillman | 7:00 PM-10:00 PM, 7/12 Wednesday | Stonecat Café, 5315 Rt 414, Hector | (Folk) Sacred Chanting with Damodar Das and Friends | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, 7/12 Wednesday | Ahimsa Yoga Studio, 215 N Cayuga St., Ithaca | (Spiritual) Wednesday Live Music | 8:00 PM, 7/12 Wednesday | Rulloff’s, 411 College Ave, Ithaca | Hidden Hospitals | 9:00 PM, 7/12 Wednesday | The Range, 119 E State St, Ithaca | (Eclectic, Psychedelic)
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The Hilltoppers | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, 7/13 Thursday | Six Mile Creek Vineyard, 1551 Slaterville Rd, Ithaca | (Acoustic, Bluegrass) Robin Burnett & Friends | 6:00 PM-9:00 PM, 7/13 Thursday | Grist Iron Brewing, 4880 State Route 414, Burdett | (Rock, Country, Covers) Phil Way | 6:00 PM-9:00 PM, 7/13 Thursday | Two Goats Brewing, 5027 State Rt 414, Burdett | (Pop, Soul, Jazz, Blues, Funk) CTB Jazz Thursdays with Who Let the Cats Out | 6:00 PM-7:30 PM, 7/13 Thursday | Collegetown Bagels, East Hill Plaza, Ithaca | (Jazz) City Limits | 6:30 PM-8:00 PM, 7/13 Thursday | Myers Park, 1 Lansing Park Road, Lansing |
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Alice Detrick | 6:00 PM-10:00 PM, 7/14 Friday | Wagner Vineyards, 9322 State Route 414, Lodi | (Country) UpSouth with Mac Benford | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, 7/14 Friday | Felicia’s HiVE 45, 45 E Main St, Trumansburg | (Old Time) Ted Walsh | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, 7/14 Friday | Ithaca Bakery, 400 N Meadow St, Ithaca | (Blues, Singer/songwriter) C-4 | 7:00 PM-10:00 PM, 7/14 Friday | Grist Iron Brewing, 4880 State Route 414, Burdett | (Classic Rock, Covers) Pat Comstock | 7:00 PM-10:00 PM, 7/14 Friday | Heavily Brewing Co., 2471 Hayes Rd, Montour Falls | (Acoustic) Kitestring | 8:00 PM-11:00 PM, 7/14 Friday | Two Goats Brewing, 5027 State Rt 414, Burdett | (Alternative, Americana, Soul) Merkley & Morgan | 9:00 PM, 7/14 Friday | Ransom Steele Tavern, 552 Main St, Apalachin | (Blues, Folk, Country) The Tarps | 9:00 PM, 7/14 Friday | Silver Line Tap Room, 19 W Main St, Trumansburg | Analogue Sons | 9:00 PM, 7/14 Friday | The Range, 119 E State St, Ithaca | (Psychedelic, Jazz)
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Pelotones | 11:00 AM-2:00 PM, 7/16 Sunday | Stonecat Café, 5315 Rt 414, Hector | (Jazz) Stratcat Willie and the Strays | 2:00 PM-5:00 PM, 7/16 Sunday | Grist Iron Brewing, 4880 State Route 414, Burdett | (Blues)
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Gary Reynolds | 2:00 PM-4:00 PM, 7/16 Sunday | Six Mile Creek Vineyard, 1551 Slaterville Rd, Ithaca | (Acoustic, Covers) Uncle Uku & The Guise | 4:00 PM-7:00 PM, 7/16 Sunday | Two Goats Brewing, 5027 State Rt 414, Burdett | (Rock ‘n’ Roll) Rand-i CD Release, Rural Delivery | 5:00 PM, 7/16 Sunday | Silver Line Tap Room, 19 W Main St, Trumansburg | Al Hartland Trio | 6:00 PM-10:00 PM, 7/16 Sunday | Maxie’s Supper Club & Oyster Bar, 635 W State St, Ithaca |
Sunset Music Series: The Hilltoppers | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, 7/13 Thursday | Six Mile Creek Vineyard, 1551 Slaterville Rd, Ithaca | (Bluegrass) Live Music at the Market with Richie Stearns & Friends! | 6:00 PM-9:00 PM, 7/13 Thursday | Brookton’s Market, 491 Brooktondale Road, Brooktondale | Come out and enjoy
27 West Main St., Norwich, NY. Change in location will be announced on our website and Facebook and Twitter pages. Navytrain | 8:00 PM, 7/13 Thursday | The Haunt, 702 Willow Ave, Ithaca | (Alternative, Folk Rock) Baroque Music Concert | 8:00 PM, 7/13 Thursday | St Mary’s Parish Center Chapel, 59 N Main St, Cortland | Professors Alex Rakov, Alan Giambattista and Alex Korolov will present a concert of Baroque music for Viola da gamba and Harpsichord.
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Gerard Burke | 6:00 PM-10:00 PM, 7/18 Tuesday | Maxie’s Supper Club & Oyster Bar, 635 W State St, Ithaca | Tuesday Bluesday with Dan Paolangeli & Friends | 6:00 PM-, 7/18 Tuesday | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | (Blues, Rock, Every Tuesday) Irish Music Session | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, 7/18 Tuesday | Argos Inn, 408 E State St, Ithaca | Hosted by members of Traonach. Professor Tuesday’s Jazz Quartet | 8:00 PM-10:00 PM, 7/18 Tuesday | Madeline’s Restaurant, 215 E State St, Ithaca | (Jazz)
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Sunny Weather @ Ithaca Beer Co. Summer Music Series | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, 7/12 Wednesday | Ithaca Beer Co, 122 Ithaca Beer Drive, Ithaca | It’s our Summer Music Series! Every Wednesday we will be joined in our Beer Garden by local musicians playing original tunes. This week we are
“Spider-Man: Homecoming” follows Spider-Man’s story several months after “Captain America: Civil War.” Spider-Man works with Tony Starks to balance his life as a high school student and super hero. (Photo provided) some old time bluegrass and folk music in beautiful Brooktondale! John Brown’s Body | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, 7/13 Thursday | East Side Park, 1 East Main St., Norwich | Bring a chair or blanket to sit on unless you plan to be on your feet dancing! Coolers welcome though open container laws will be in effect. *Rain location - Chenango County Council of the Arts Auditorium,
PM, 7/14 Friday | King Ferry Winery Treleaven Wines, 658 Lake Rd, King Ferry | Part of Treleaven’s Garden Concert Series. This week will feature food from Smokey Legend BBQ Diana Leigh and the Savoy Stompers | 7:00 PM, 7/14 Friday | Cornell Arts Quad, Cornell University, Ithaca | Dynamic vocalist and world-class musicians deliver tight
emerges. | 133 mins PG-13 | Despicable Me 3 | Gru meets his long-lost charming, cheerful, and more successful twin brother Dru who wants to team up with him for one last criminal heist. | 90 mins PG | The House | A dad convinces his friends to start an illegal casino in his basement after he and his wife spend their daughter’s college fund.| 88 mins R | Baby Driver | After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail. | 113 mins R | 47 Meters Down | Two sisters vacationing in Mexico are trapped in a shark cage at the bottom of the ocean. With less than an hour of oxygen left and great white sharks circling nearby, they must fight to survive. | 89 mins PG-13 | Transformers: The Last Knight | Humans and Transformers are at war, Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history of Transformers on Earth. | 149 mins PG-13 | Cars 3 | Lightning McQueen sets out to prove to a new generation of racers that he’s still the best race car in the world. | 109 mins G | Wonder Woman | Before she was Wonder Woman she was Diana, princess of the Amazons, trained warrior. When a pilot crashes and tells of conflict in the outside world, she leaves home to fight a war to end all wars, discovering her full powers and true destiny. | 141 mins PG-13 | War for the Planet of the Apes | After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind.| 140 mins PG-13 |
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arrangements of swing, blues, and R&B tunes. Sam Roberts Band, Maybird | 7:00 PM, 7/14 Friday | Lost Horizon, 5863 Thompson Rd, DeWitt | (Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative, Psychedelic)
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Incubus, Jimmy Eat World, Atlas Genius | 8:00 PM, 7/15 Saturday | Lakeview Amphitheater, 490 Restoration Way, Syracuse | (Rock, Alternative Metal, Punk, Funk, Pop Punk)
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Dr. K: Paul Kempkes | 12:00 PM-6:00 PM, 7/16 Sunday | Treleaven Winery, 658 Lake Rd, King Ferry | Dr. K: Solo guitar with attitude. Favorite songs by Steely Dan, Supertramp, Springsteen, to The Ramones. Bring a frisbee, a lawn chair and snacks. Buy some beverages. Music & Mimosas | 12:00 PM-3:00 PM, 7/16 Sunday | Hosmer Winery, 6999 State Route 89, Ovid | Live music from Tribal Revival Duo: Marc & Tom. Serving up fresh mimosas as well as wine and beer by the glass and bottle. Jazz Greats at Glenora Wine Cellars | 2:00 PM, 7/16 Sunday | Glenora Wine Cellars, 5435 State Route 14, Dundee | Spend the day listening to great jazz musicians, overlooking the vineyards and Seneca Lake. Info at glenora.com/ Jazz
Outlaw Music Festival with Willie Nelson, My Morning Jacket, Sheryl Crow, Margo Price | 4:00 PM, 7/16 Sunday | Lakeview Amphitheater, 490 Restoration Way, Syracuse | (Outlaw Country, Alternative Folk, Psychedelic, Indie Rock, Pop) Concert to Benefit Advocacy Center | 4:00 PM, 7/16 Sunday | Unitarian Church Of Ithaca, 306 N Aurora St, Ithaca | Asheville musician Ben Phan believes deeply in the mission of the non-profit Advocacy Center, which works on behalf of victims of sexual abuse and domestic violence. On tour after the release of his new album, Fear Is the Teacher, Phan will come to Ithaca for a benefit concert for the Advocacy Center.
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Music in the Hollow: Small Kings | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, 7/18 Tuesday | Ellis Hollow Community Center, 111 Genung Rd, Ithaca | (Roots Rock) Falling Waters Sampler | 7:30 PM, 7/18 Tuesday | Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, Cornell University, Ithaca | Fiddlers Judy Hyman, Tim Ball, and Rick Manning demonstrate a variety of traditional fiddle styles.
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Summer Jewish Film Festival: Temple Beth El Arts Committee | 6:30 PM, 7/12 Wednesday | Temple Beth-El, 402 N Tioga St, Ithaca | The Summer Jewish Film Festival will feature Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber. Cinema Under the Stars: Singin’ in the Rain | 9:30 PM, 7/12 Wednesday | Willard Straight Terrace, Cornell, Ithaca | Part of Cornell Cinema’s Cinema Under the Stars series, this week will feature the movie musical Singin’ in the Rain. Featuring actors Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds, musical numbers and laughout-loud comedic scenes tie the film together. Beneath the Surface: The Storied History of Onondaga Lake | 6:00 PM, 7/13 Thursday | The MOST, 500 S Franklin Street, Syracuse | Beneath the Surface: The Storied History of Onondaga Lake is back! Learn about the history of Onondaga Lake through this film. Cinemapolis
Friday, 7/14 to Thursday, 7/20. Contact Cinemapolis for Showtimes Beatriz at Dinner| A holistic medicine practitioner attends a wealthy client’s dinner party after her car breaks down. | 83 mins R | The Hero | An ailing movie star comes to terms with his past and mortality. | 93 mins R |
The Beguiled | At a girls’ school in Virginia during the Civil War, where the young women have been sheltered from the outside world, a wounded Union soldier is taken in. Soon, the house is taken over with sexual tension, rivalries, and an unexpected turn of events. | 93 mins R | The Little Hours | A young servant fleeing from his master takes refuge at a convent full of emotionally unstable nuns in the Middle Ages. Introduced as a deaf blind man, he must fight to hold his cover as the nuns try to resist temptation. | 90 mins R | Moka | A grieving woman pursues a couple who she suspects of killing her son in a hit-and-run.. | 89 mins R| Regal Ithaca
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Spider-Man: Homecoming | Several months after the events of Captain America: Civil War, Peter Parker, with the help of his mentor Tony Stark, tries to balance his life as an ordinary high school student in Queens while fighting crime as his superhero alter ego Spider-Man as a new threat, the Vulture,
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | Through July 15 | Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Based on the book by Burt Shevelove & Larry Gelbart with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Parade | 7:30 PM, Through 7/26| Merry-Go-Round Playhouse, 6877
Annual Pride Picnic
The Clay School of Ithaca, 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, Fri, July 14
Yaman Park Pavillion, Kennedy Parkway, Cortland, 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM Sat, July 15
Come paint at the Clay School of Ithaca! Providing four choices of ceramic forms (plate, mug, heart bowl or vase), visitors will design and paint with their own glazes. Once the pottery is made, the school will fire them, and guests will pick them up within the next week. This activity is great for all ages — perfect for tiny toddler hands or for adults — so don’t hesitate to bring the family and the friends. (Photo provided)
Celebrate LGBTQ pride at the pride picnic! The Cortland LGBTQ Center will be hosting this picnic, which is part of an annual tradition. All are welcome, and all are invited to this event. There will be food, fun and even a waterballoon toss! Picnic is rain or shine, so come prepared. (Photo provided)
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opportunity to immerse oneself in an intimate learning experience and to enjoy a few extra days of fun before the festival begins.
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Notices Candor’s Farmers Market | 3:30 PM-6:30 PM, 7/13 Thursday | Candor Town Hall, Candor | Fresh local garden produce, cheeses, meats, eggs, baked goods, handcrafts and more. Candorfarmersmkt@gmail.com Beginner Bird Walks | 8:30 AM, 7/15 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. Meet at the front of the building. For more information, go to the club’s website, http://www.cayugabirdclub.org/calendar Knit & Chat | 2:00 PM-4:00 PM, 7/17 Monday | Edith B. Ford Memorial Library, 7169 N Main St, Ovid | A social knitting club open to all skill levels.
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participants create their own world and incorporate their creations into some of their favorite RPG platforms. Modular Synth Performances and Discussion | 7:00 PM-10:00 PM, 7/12 Wednesday | Sacred Root Kava Lounge & Tea Bar, 139 W State St, Ithaca | Each performance is followed by a brief discussion about the synthesizer and how it is patched. A fun evening of experimental electronic music and a look at the unique instruments that make it. Talking with Friends & Family Across the Political Divide: A Skills Workshop | 5:00 PM-8:00 PM, 7/14 Friday | Town of Ithaca Town Hall, 215 North Tioga Street, Ithaca | Feeling stressed from the political divide and polarized public conversation? Learn and practice 18 evidence-based skills for talking with someone you care about who differs from you politically so you can better understand the other person accurately, better
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Build a Better World Fantasy Gaming Intensive | 10:00 AM-2:00 PM, 7/12 Wednesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | A fun-filled opportunity for teens interested in role-playing games, LARPing and fantasy writing to tap into their creativity and learn new skills. Designed for students ages 13 through 18, this is a four-day workshop series. Filled with writing, gaming, three-dimensional design and crafting, each session will include writing exercises and prompts designed to help
City Limits brings the swing, the funk, the blues and the rock. Join them not once but two times this week at the Myers Park in Lansing and the King Ferry Winery. They’re no strangers to the Central New York music scene, and they’re ready to bring their high energy to each venue. (Photo: Casey Martin)
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Game on Summer: Worldbuilding | 3:00 PM-5:00 PM, 7/17 Monday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | In celebration of Summer Reading 2017, Tompkins County Public Library will host Game On Summer: Worldbuilding, a special program for tween and teen role-playing game enthusiasts. Hosted by Teen Services Librarian Regina DeMauro and Library Page Joah Bierkamper, these free sessions will focus on worldbuilding for RPGs, such as Dungeons and Dragons, Pathfinder, Burning Wheel and World of Darkness. Teens will have an opportunity to run and join games while connecting with other gamers. GrassRoots Culture Camp | 7/16 through 7/19 Tuesday | Trumansburg Fairgrounds, 2150 Trumansburg Road, Trumansburg | Four days of music and dance workshops leading up to the 27th annual GrassRoots Festival. The workshops, along with themed nightly dinners and dances, provide an
Hidden Hospitals, The Range, Wed, July 12, 9:00 p.m.
Hidden Hospitals gained a following online before beginning to tour. They’re making their way to The Range this Wednesday, and their sound is anything but hidden. Based out of Chicago, the band is an alternative, progressive rock band. They’re originally formed from band members in both Damiera and Kiss Kiss. (Photo provided)
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Sterling Renaissance Festival is one of the oldest and most successful producers of professional interactive entertainment in the world. Thrill to the excitement of over 100 stage and street performers, professional actors, comedians and musicians who whimsically recreate an authentic English Renaissance village for you to experience. HeForShe Global Solidarity Movement | 7/15 Saturday | Women’s Rights National Historic Park, 136 Fall St, Seneca Falls | Elizabeth Nyamayaro will be giving her presentation, HeForShe Global Solidarity Movement. HeForShe is inviting people around the world to stand together to create a bold, visible force for gender equality. Annual Pride Picnic | 11:00 AM-2:00 PM, 7/15 Saturday | Yaman Park Pavillion, Kennedy Parkway, Cortland | Celebrate LGBT pride at the pride picnic! All are welcome and all are invited.
Kids Yoga Storytime | 10:00 AM, 7/12 Wednesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Children ages 3 through 10 are invited to join the Tompkins County Public Library and yoga instructor Diane Hamilton for a special, weekly Yoga Storytime. Yoga Storytime will delight active young book lovers by bringing favorite stories to life with yoga poses. No yoga experience or mat is required, but comfortable clothing is recommended. Lily Silly Puppet Theater | 3:30 PM, 7/12 Wednesday | Van Etten Library, 83 Main Street, Van Etten | Join us at the library for Lily Silly Puppet Theater! Kidstuff: The Journey of Lewis and Clark and Other Tales from Way Out West | 10:00 AM, 7/14 Friday | Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | (Runs 12:00 p.m. also) Seize the adventure! Explore Native American legends, jump on The Pony Express, and take a chance on the Gold Rush in this historical expedition to the Wild West. Summer Baby Storytime | 10:30 AM-11:00 AM, 7/14 Friday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | These fun filled programs will include stories, songs, rhymes, baby sign language and early literacy tips. Baby Storytime sessions will be immediately followed by an hour-long Baby and Toddler Playtime, designed to
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Cortland Repertory Theatre , Through July 29 Footloose is directed by Mark Reynolds, who helmed last summer’s The Kitchen Witches and CRT’s children’s shows Pinocchio and this year’s The Velveteen Rabbit. This explosive rock ’n’ roll musical sizzles with the same spirit of youth, rebellion and romance as the hit film starring Kevin Bacon! City boy Ren thinks his life is over when he is forced to move to Bomont, a rural backwater town. (Photo provided)
encouraged socialization and hands-on learning through informal free-play. For more information, contact the Library’s Youth Services Department at (607) 272-4557 extension 275. Summer Family Storytime | 11:00 AM-11:30 AM, 7/15 Saturday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street, Ithaca | Children of all ages and their caregivers are invited to celebrate reading and build their early-literacy skills at Summer Family Storytime. Toddler Play Group | 10:30 AM-12:00 PM, 7/18 Tuesday | Edith B. Ford Memorial Library, 7169 N Main St, Ovid | Enjoy free-play and parent chat time at Lodi Point. Bring a snack or lunch. In the event of rain, the group will meet at the library. Telephone 607-869-3031 for information. Stories in the Park | 11:30 AM-12:00 PM, 7/18 Tuesday | DeWitt Park Farmers Market, , Ithaca | Children and families are invited to join library staff for lively stories, music and family fun, and stay for lunch and shopping at the Market. For more information, contact the library’s Youth Services Department at (607) 272-4557 extension 275.
Health Cardiac Connections: Heart Smart Tips for Staying Healthy in the Heat | 7:00 PM-8:30 PM, 7/12 Wednesday | Cayuga Medical Center At Ithaca, , Ithaca | The mercury is rising now that summer has officially started, which can affect your heart health in different ways. On the plus side, you may be more motivated to be active, but as the temperature climbs so does your risk for certain cardiac complications. Join Cardiac Connections, and learn to enjoy the summer without compromising your heart health! Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous Weekly Meeting | 8:00 AM-9:30 AM, 7/15 Saturday | Just Be Cause Center, 1013 W. State Street, Ithaca | Twelve-step recovery program for those who can’t control their eating. No dues, fees, or weigh-ins. Long-term help for overeaters, undereaters and bulimics.
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’ve been hiding in the smallest space / I am dying to go / This is not my home,” sings Laetitia Tamko, lead singer and proprietor of the name Vagabon, in her just-released album “Infinite Worlds.” The lyrics of her songs, poetic and soul-searching, speak to her own personal story and connects her to others. Her voice ethereal and simple, never overwhelmed but complemented by light guitar, synth, keyboard and drums. She sings honestly, sharing herself and her story with her audience/listeners. “Infinite Worlds,” in itself, is a masterpiece. Under the name Vagabon, Tamko sings about what it’s like to be different: to find yourself in a place where people don’t see you for who you are, where you aren’t allowed to take up space or where you don’t necessarily feel like you belong. When asked what messages she’s trying to convey in her most recent album, Tamko said, “I write music to heal myself
Rock and Ride | 9:00 AM-7:30 PM, 7/15 Saturday | King Ferry Winery Treleaven Wines, 658 Lake Rd, King Ferry | Rock and Ride, previously known as the Ride for Heart Health, is an event featuring a bike ride through the beautiful Finger Lakes followed by a night filled with music, wine and great food, all while promoting heart health and fitness! Mid-Day Mindfulness Sessions | 12:00 PM-12:30 PM, 7/18 Tuesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Facilitated by psychotherapist and Certified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Teacher Anna Salamone, RN, LCSW, these sessions will encourage participants to shift out of automatic pilot mode and observe the workings of the mind, body and emotions.
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and I share it to allow for a community of people who find solace in knowing they aren’t alone.” “A lot of it is about finding a space for myself, whether it is physical, emotional, social,” Tamko said about “Infinite Worlds.” “It’s about finding that place where I feel most comfortable. And also finding that the confidence within myself can continue to grow. And finding what it takes for me to feel whole through making music.” Growing up in Cameroon, a country in West Africa, Tamko left with her family to live in New York just when she was about to start high school. “I’ve been singing for as long as I could remember but only started teaching myself instruments at the age of 17 and writing my own songs about three years ago,” Tamko said. Growing up around music, and despite pursuing engineering, she started seriously working with music her junior
of Rt13/34/96, , Ithaca | As part of New York Invasive Species Awareness Week (July 9-15), this hike will explore the beautiful Lick Brook natural area to examine hemlock wooly adelgid infestations, as well as trees that have been successfully treated and saved, and some that are healthy and uninfested. Learn what our Natural Areas crew and others are doing to slow the spread of this destructive insect. The hike is short but with steep and rugged terrain; not recommended for young children. Reptiles & Raptors | 6:30 PM, 7/13 Thursday | Mill Park, Newfield | Cornell Raptor Center will be here with a great selection of hawks and other birds of prey and Grey Biological will be here with reptiles and amphibians. Stop in to learn about both. Rain location is at Newfield Public Library. Smith Woods Walk with Marvin Pritts, Kurt Jordan & S. K. List | 11:00 AM-12:30 PM, 7/15 Saturday | Smith Woods Forest, 8825 Falls Rd, Trumansburg | Join The History Center for a guided walk around the historic Smith Woods, following up on a recent
year at the City College of New York, emerging into Brooklyn’s DIY indie rock scene. As a young black woman speaking to inspire people who don’t necessarily belong, she stands out in the predominantly white and male-dominated crowd that is indie rock. Tamko will be performing at The Haunt alongside indie rapper Sammus and punk rock band Pleistocene. “It’ll be my first show in Ithaca ever!” Tamko
publication of Smith Woods: The Environmental History of an Old Growth Forest in Central New York State. Just outside the Village of Trumansburg, in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York, is Henry A. Smith Woods, a 32-acre plot that is one of the largest remaining flat tracts of old growth forest in the area. Garden Tours | 2:00 PM-3:00 PM, 7/15 Saturday | Cornell Botanic Gardens Nevin Welcome Center, 125 Comstock Knoll, Ithaca | Enjoy a guided tour and discover the beauty and diversity of our numerous gardens, including the Herb Garden, Flower Garden, Groundcover Collection, Tropical Container Display, and more. Tours are offered every Saturday and Sunday, rain or shine. Actual tour content will vary from week to week, depending what’s in bloom and the interests of the group. Moth Night | 9:00 PM, 7/15 Saturday | Roy H Park Preserve: North Entrance, Irish Settlement Road, Freeville | Several lights will be set up for moth and other insect observation and we will discuss the identification and natural history of the species that
Vagabon (Photo provided) said with excitement. Tamko will be continuing her tour over the next coming months in Germany and Europe. “[Touring and playing music] is all I like to do,” Tamko said. “And I can’t wait to keep doing it more and more.” •
come in. More info and directions at www.fllt.org/events. Hosted by the Finger Lakes Land Trust. Drop-In and Volunteer! | 5:00 PM-7:00 PM, 7/18 Tuesday | Brian C. Nevin Welcome Center (Parking Lot), 124 Comstock Knoll Drive, Ithaca | Tuesdays are drop-in volunteer nights this summer at Cornell Botanic Gardens! Stop by and unwind from your day with some evening weeding therapy. Meet new people, learn about plants from a knowledgeable staff horticulturist, and help keep our gardens looking beautiful. Wear comfortable clothes and bring your own garden gloves and hand tools, if you have them.
Art Book Presentation and Art Opening with author Annie Campbell | 6:00 PM, 7/12 Wednesday | Ulysses Philomathic Library, 74 E Main St, Trumansburg | Please join local author and artist Annie Campbell in the Melvin Room for a presen-
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GrassRoots will feature four days of music and dance workshops leading up to the 27th annual GrassRoots Festival. The workshops, along with themed nightly dinners and dances, will immerse attendants and prepare them for Trumansburg’s famous music festival. Many of the GrassRoots performers will be giving lessons, including Donna The Buffalo, Driftwood, The Horseflies, and more. (Photo: Dave Burbank)
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