children’s illustrators Johanna van der Sterre, Katie Vaz, Wynn Yarrow, Annie Zygarowicz, & Marie Sanderson Madis Senner | 2:00 PM, 7/11 Saturday | Buffalo Street Books, 215 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | Author will discuss his book Vortices and Spirals, Unlocking the Mystery of Our Dynamic Relationship with Mother Earth, which is about his personal journey on how he came to understand our dynamic relationship with Mother Earth to co-create a new birth, an energy vortex, with Her. Buffalo Street Books After Dark | 7:00 PM-10:00 PM, 7/13 Monday | Buffalo Street Books, 215 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | BSB team up with the folks from Ithaca Underground for “BSB After Dark- Featuring authors Mike Faloon and Michael Fournier, and acoustic performances by Izzy True and No Good Doll Wells Book Arts Summer Institute | 12:00 AM-11:59 PM, 7/13 Monday | Wells College, 170 Main St, Aurora | The Institute presents the 10th annual program of week-long intensive workshops presented by some of the most notable names in their fields. Participants may choose from 11 different courses over 3 weeks. Learn more at wellsbookartscenter. org/summer-institute-courses. Accommodation and catering on campus; admission by reservation only--no free public component. Jake Kaida | 5:30 PM, 7/14 Tuesday | Buffalo Street Books, 215 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | Author returns to discuss his new book, Blue Collar Nomad. Blue Collar Nomad is a serene collection of meditations on self, time, and place in the 21st century American landscape. Evoking the spiritual quests of Jon Krakauer, Jack Kerouac, and Henry David Thoreau, this collection of narratives affirms one’s faith in the power of language to root and restore a world of one.
Art Art in the Heart Opening Downtown Ithaca | 5:30 PM-7:00 PM, 7/10 Friday | Press Bay Alley, 118 West Green Street, Ithaca | Featuring free food, free beer tastings, and circus performances by Circus Culture. The show features stunning murals and sculptural works by Barron Naegel (State and Cayuga), Kadie Salfi (Press Bay Alley), Kristin Dutcher and Bryan Riek (Tompkins County Public Library),
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hen it comes to my thoughts on Terminator Genisys, I’m of two minds, and I wish I could leave it at that. About the best I can say about it is that it moves fast, has a lot of surprises, and that I wasn’t bored while it unspooled past my eyeballs. (I certainly can’t say the same about Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, which was so awful that I skipped Terminator Salvation, and I have yet to meet anyone who liked that one, either.) Whatever pleasures the new film achieves, it’s all superficial and all surface. The spectacle will dissolve and disperse by the time you pull your car keys out of your pocket in the parking lot. Basically what Terminator Genisys does is spend its first half hour remaking the first minutes of the first Terminator, and then at a certain point switches to lots and lots of reversals and alternate time lines through the device of time travel. In terms of tone, it reminded me of the frenetic pace of Back to the Future II, and the plot gets so frenzied that I would have appreciated a cameo
Jim Garmhausen (Green Garage Exterior), Mary Beth Ihnken (Sunny Days -City Hall Alley), Rob Licht (City Hall Lot), and Michael Sampson (Green Garage Exterior.)The exhibit runs through November 5, 2015. All pieces (with the exception of Pinter’s free cutouts) are available for purchase with prices ranging from $1,000 to $11,500. Mary Roberts | 5:00 PM-8:00 PM, 7/10 Friday | CAP ArtsSpace, 171 The Commons, Ithaca | In Flight will feature two ceramic installations and a series of mixed media drawings/forms. Gallery Reception. Diane W. Newton, Leslie K. Brill | 5:00 PM-8:00 PM, 7/10 Friday | State Of The Art, 120 W State St Ste 2, Ithaca | Engaging the Edges. An Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings from two premiere Artists. Gallery Reception. Leslie Peebles | 5:00 PM-8:00 PM,
by Doc Brown, whipping out a blackboard and explaining everything. Arnold Schwarzenegger is the only actor to reprise his role here; Linda Hamilton and Michael Biehn have been tossed aside and replaced by Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) and Jai Courtney (Divergent), so if this is your first rodeo with the series, you won’t feel emotionally betrayed. J.K. Simmons gets a lot of laughs as a sympathetic cop. I only wish he had a bigger role. For years, I’ve had a wild hair in the usual spot about the Terminator movies. I realize that in this day and age, the Terminator franchise is just a commercial property that can be bought and sold and re-run and rebooted until the end of time. I realize that James Cameron abandoned the whole thing almost 25 years ago, and like John Carpenter, is probably content to sit back and cash all those royalty checks every time the concept gets sold. But I also feel that Cameron’s first two films are so well thought out and iconic that if Cameron doesn’t want to make any Terminator movies, then no Terminator movies should be made. There’s no point in tilting at that
7/10 Friday | Ink Shop Printmaking Center The, 330 E State St Ste 2, Ithaca | Floridian Leslie Peebles’ show Animal Kin and Standing People will be rich with animal life. In her prints she celebrates the landscape and all the life forms it nourishes. Gallery Reception. ongoing QUALIA / The Essence of Transitional Light | 8:00 AM-2:00 PM, 6/24 Wednesday | Creek Side Cafe, 4 West Main St., Trumansburg | Nicholas Down showcases his Oil Paintings. Wednesday through Saturday 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM, Sunday 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Runs through July 31. Corners Gallery | 903 Hanshaw Road, Ithaca | Tuesday-Thursday, 10:00 AM5:30 PM; Friday, 10:00 AM-5:00 PM;
This town’s annual festival is an amazing combination of small town warmth and old-time fun. Enjoy live music by bands including The Ringtones and Stressful Bliss, amazing local food, a spectacular parade in the theme of “Ship of Fools”, swimming and running competitions, and much, much more. Experience it for yourself!
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wafflefrolicking.com Stella’s | 403 College Avenue, Ithaca | Lea Freni, Mixed Media, Fashion Design. July 1-August 31 | 607.277.1490 CAP ArtSpace | Center Ithaca, The Commons, Ithaca | Mon-Thu 9:00 AM-7:00 PM, Fri-Sat 11:00 PM-7:30 PM; Sun 12:00-5:00 PM | In Flight, Mary Roberts, ceramic installations and mixed media drawings and forms. Runs through July | www.artspartner. org Gallery at FOUND | 227 Cherry Street, Ithaca | 10:00 AM-6:00 PM, closed Tuesdays | Makers Gonna Make, Highlighting the creativity of FOUND’s dealers. July 1 through July 26 | www. foundinithaca.com Community School of Music and Arts | 330 E.State / MLK Street, Ithaca, NY 14850 | Joyce Stillman-Myers, Real-
Super-Real-Real Inspired, new work on display through July 31 | www. csma-ithaca.org Damiani Wine Cellars | 4704 Rt. 414, Burdett | 10:00 AM-5:00 PM TuesdaySunday | “A Closer Look: Independent Visions of the Natural World” Robin Botie, Dan Finlay, Ray Helmke, Elizabeth Hedrick, David LaParco, Susan Larkin, Connie Thomas, Allie deBrigard, Jane Walker, and Nancy RidenourOn display: Now – July 12th | www. damianiwinecellars.com The Ink Shop | 330 E.State / MLK Street, Ithaca, NY 14850 | Tuesday to Friday 12 -6 PM, Sat 12-4 PM | Animal Kin and Standing People, Leslie Peebles July 3 - August 1, 2015 | Floridian Leslie Peebles prints celebrate the landscape and all the life forms it nourishes. | 607-277-3884 | www.ink-shop.org
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The Haunt, Saturday, July 11, 9:00 p.m. This modern Funk, Trip-Hop, Psychedelic, Hip Hop, and Dub band from Miami make a special stop at The Haunt, bringing their positive vibes and progressive mindset with them. Get lost in the Bass and Trance and be transported into another realm. Experience the music and message with this colorful group for yourself. Fun awaits!
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Saturday, 10:00 AM-2:00 PM. Closed Sun & Mon | Tim Merrick, Dispositio, Solo Exhibit of Recent Work | www. cornersgallery.com State of the Art Gallery |120 West State Street, Ithaca | WednesdayFriday, 12:00 PM-6:00 PM, Weekends, 12:00 PM-5:00 PM | Engaging The Edges, Leslie K. Brill, Diane W. Newton, Paintings and Illustrations | Runs July 1 through August 2 | For information: 607-277-1626 or gallery@soag.org Silky Jones | 214 The Commons (E. State St.), Ithaca | Daily, 4:00 PM1:00 AM | Page Satchwell, Abstract Paintings, July 1 through July 31. | www.silkyjoneslounge.com Waffle Frolic | 146 East State/MLK Street, Ithaca | Eric Draper and Peter Thompson, Abstract Paintings and Black and White Photography. July 1 through end of August| www.
have been brought to bear. If this is indeed the first of a projected new trilogy, the “creative team” has already exhausted itself. Likewise, the director is Alan Taylor, a journeyman director who has helmed some very fine episodic TV—credits include The Sopranos, Mad Men, Boardwalk Empire, and Rome—and the lackluster Thor sequel. Taylor manages to pull off some pretty cool action sequences here, and finds enough humor to keep Terminator Genisys from taking its ridiculous plot too seriously, but he’s no Cameron. •
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particular windmill, but I never said I was reasonable or pragmatic. Say what you want about Cameron’s Terminator films, but he did write and direct them; they work from a singular intelligence and epic skill set as smart science fiction. Terminator Genisys was written by Laeta Kalogridis and Patrick Lussier (and, I’m sure, a Cyborg squad of other scribes), and all they’re able to do is scramble all the series’ greatest hits moments and reshuffle what is by now a very familiar deck; the result is nothing more than mega-budget fan fiction, and it’s disheartening how few new ideas