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“Services that are available outside most of the time are not available to the people who are incarcerated, and those people are probably in the most need of assistance.” –Ray Bunce
Judge Scott Miller at a meeting of the Tompkins County Legislature Jail Committee March 16. Miller, responding to an invitation from Jail Committee Chair Rich John to speak at the meeting, explained to the board that there are many instances in which he finds himself sending someone to jail knowing that the inmate will likely undergo detox with limited medical supervision. He said he recently ruled on the case of a man in his 30s who had overdosed and survived; his wife also overdosed, but she died, leaving behind their young child. As is often the case with drug users, Miller said he had an obligation to send the man to jail because he violated his probation and had new criminal charges. “He was a flight risk,” Miller said. “When you’re ingesting things that are likely to make you die, that makes you a flight continued on page 4
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g roup of fou r lo c a l high school students recently returned from a trip to the United Nations, attending a Student Leadership Conference on Development and presenting action projects on remedying domestic abuse worldwide. Faith de Castro, Berk ley Sawester, Marie Griswold and Anna Sutherland, all seniors at Trumansburg High School, were among students from a wide range of countries who convened in New York City for t he con ference, wh ich dealt with three topics from the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. They were led by Gertrude Noden, founder of Words into Deeds, a local education company that strives to make community connections a curriculum priority. The group researched and
created a presentation showing what they had found surrounding domestic violence, and broke their work down into the normal UN resolution format, which is succinct clauses that are either introductory or operative. All of them were picked for leadership roles at the event as well, an impressive feat considering the short amount of time they had to prepare for the conference. The group approached the topic from a variety of different angles, researching the correlation between substance abuse and domestic violence, its role in the LGBT community, how empowerment can help fight domestic violence, and the legal representation available to victims. The girls began their work through Femtastic, a student
T a k e ▶ Ithaca College is hosting an Education Tech Day, its 27th such event, at the college on Thursday, March 23 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the campus center. The event, which is the largest multi-platform, multi-vendor technology showcase for higher education in upstate New York, is free and open to the public. The regional event attracts over 1,600 people each year and will feature sessions with nationally
Trumansburg seniors stand with Global Education Motivator’s Sabrina Cusimano outside of the UN, in New York City.
gender- equ a l it y advoc ac y group at Trumansburg. Though this trip was not affiliated with the school, they credited THS for creating an environment in which participating in this type of education-oriented student group didn’t subject them to mockery or lead to them being labeled, always a possibility in the adolescent atmosphere. “We focus a lot on domestic abuse, and it’s something that is really important to me but it doesn’t get a whole lot of attention, and so I think that being able to do something that was fun and enjoyable, but something that I really cared about as well,” de Castro said. “It was a chance to actually do something for once, that might actually change something,” said Sutherland –Matt Butler
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recognized thought leaders and other experts on topics such as Women in IT, Makerspaces and startup entrepreneurship. ▶ A symposium on water law hosted by the Sierra Club will be held Saturday, March 25 in Room G90 of Myron Taylor Hall at the Cornell Law School in Ithaca. Intended for activists, the event is free and kicks off at 9 a.m. Lunch is available for $10. ▶ Cornell is set to host a
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ust past the Ithaca Falls on Lake Street, there stands a house that has seen better days. Its door and first-f loor windows are boarded over from the inside, with a duct-taped ‘X’ visible through the front screen door. A demolition notice is taped just above a three-foot drop where presumably there used to be stairs. This property, downtrodden as it seems today, once was a gateway of tourism Ithaca, serving as the entry to the industrial area of Ithaca’s colonial past. That was some time in the 1870s, but Ithaca College physics and astronomy professor Michael Rogers, also known as “Bodhi,” is using cutting edge laser-imaging technology to create a lasting model of the house digitally. The machine shoots thousands of lasers every five millimeters and creates a blueprint of the surfaces that those lasers hit. The lasers bounce off of pre-placed scanning devices, then travel to the imaging subject and return back — the speed of which can help determine distance and scale. Rogers and his team, which consists of two IC students, manually move the laser around each side of the house before setting up inside to create the threedimensional digital model. The whole process, both inside the house and outside, takes about a day for a house the size of the Lake Street location. Rogers’ interest in the new technology’s capabilities comes from a desire of preservation, but also laser scanning’s general usefulness as a tool to help with safety and
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development. As Ithaca continues developing at a rapid rate, there may be more pressure to move on from its historic roots. “Situations like t his are going to continually come up, there are going to be reasons to remove a historic building, accidents happen or natural disasters,” he said. “So preserving things digitally is my core interest because you don’t know what’s going to happen.” He also said it could be practically used for monitoring of structural problems with houses, to see if a building is “slumping” or deteriorating in dangerous ways. Rogers decided to take action at Lake Street when he heard that the house had been condemned. He contacted his Common Council representative and asked for permission to examine the house and make records for research purposes. Historic Ithaca, a non-profit dedicated to preserving the historic integrity of the city, will be receiving a copy of the scan when Rogers is finished. At first, Rogers and Bill Brauninger, another area resident, thought the house might have been built sharing some structural pieces from the historical building, though this was disproven. In addition to some level of professional curiosity, it gives Rogers a chance to work with his students in the field, engaging them in something outside the classroom and with real results. The laser apparatus, which includes a tripod that is adjustable for uneven surfaces or inclines, costs $95,000, funded
by Ithaca College for Rogers’ research. It also takes horizontal and vertical pictures in order to provide area context for the images. These pictures can also be manipulated later to examine processes like remodeling. For example, Rogers said, someone could digitally move trees or show different sunlight patterns when looking to change landscaping or to modify the structure of a house. Rogers has worked on these kinds of historical properties before, including at Trim Castle in Ireland and Abraham Lincoln’s cottage in Washington, D.C. Rogers got involved in 3D laser scanning after 20 years of below-ground imaging, which has been around for decades. As above-ground scanning was introduced and evolved, he caught on with the trend and has cultivated a cadre of scanning instruments at Ithaca College, with the school’s help. Aside from an expansive program at the University of Missouri, IC’s scanning, powered by Rogers, is one of the more innovative of its kind across the country. He said as normal computers become more powerful, things like “virtual tours” could become more common: the next avenue for 3D imaging. “Instead of having my hightech software, can we create a version of this where, on your browser at home, you can zoom through the wall and walk around, and that’s what’s coming next,” he said. “The technology has changed, just within the last five years. It’s going so fast now.” –Matt Butler
risk.” The days just after an overdose are the best time for an intervention, he said, but at the jail this man would have to quit cold turkey without the intensive aftercare that might have allowed him to take the first steps toward recovery. “You miss that key window of opportunity,” Miller said. The judge explained that in these cases he is not able to order someone to go to a regular detox center because the inmate must be sent to a secure facility where he or she is under the supervision of the jail and (unlike a detox center) cannot leave. The legislators present all appeared to be in favor of examining the possibility of designated jail beds for this purpose. Currently an outside firm is in the process of conducting a study on the jail, and in the coming months it will make recommendations designed to decrease the jail population if possible while increasing efficiency. Captain Ray Bunce, administrator of the Tompkins County Jail, agreed that beds for individuals in the midst of a medical problem are a good idea, though it could be costly. “To have twenty-four-hour medical super vision would mean hiring more nurses,” said Bunce. Still, he believes it’s a potentially worthwhile expense. Currently the jail institutes a 24-hour watch on inmates if they fear there may be a medical problem, but it’s by a regular prison guard, not a medical professional. For very serious cases a jail employee has to accompany the inmate to the hospital, where they must stay with the inmate until he or she is released, monopolizing that employee’s time. The jail has one nurse who works 40 hours per week. Alcoholics Anonymous meetings are offered by community volunteers once a week, but other than that there are no programs offered to drug addicts and alcoholics. Bunce added that he believes adding a medical wing or beds for those who need to detox is a doable proposition, and it’s not an uncommon thing in jails these days, he said, citing Broome County’s recently expanded medical unit. –Jaime Cone
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aul Mazzarella, Executive Director of affordable housing developer and purveyor Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services (INHS), has announced he will retire at the end of 2017. The Ithaca Times took some time to sit down with Paul and ref lect on the successes and impact he has had on the community and what he anticipates for the organization in the future. Ithaca Times: When you started, INHS was more or less about community renewal: the same mission these neighborhood housing service organizations were founded in the vein of. When you inherited leadership here, what did the housing picture look like in Ithaca? Paul Mazzarella: Ithaca was facing a lot of the same problems lots of cities in the northeast and midwest were facing in that there was a loss in homeowners moving to the suburbs... So when I started here, a big part of our effort was to try to promote home ownership, whether by supporting existing homeowners through home improvement projects or recruiting new homeowners to move back into the city. People can’t imagine that today because every neighborhood in the city seems like a vibrant place and people want to live here, but 25 years ago it was a hard sell to try to get people to buy homes in the Southside and Northside neighborhoods. That’s completely f lipped over time: now we’re facing a problem where we’re rea l ly desirable, housing prices have gone up and we’re facing a real housing affordability problem. That’s the issue. We do a lot of trend analysis on what’s going on in the City of Ithaca and, just for example, we’ve found t hrough track ing t he number of houses available at less than $150,000
-- an easy threshold to decide if it’s an affordable house or not for a lot of people -- we found there are very few houses at that price. Last year, there wasn’t a single one except for those INHS bought and sold. So we’re finding lower-income people are being forced out of the city, out of the urban areas and are finding housing in much more remote areas. IT: And what exactly were the selling points you had to go on in the early ‘90s? PM: We were saying “hey, wouldn’t it be great to live in a community where you know your neighbors, hang out on your front porch, walk from place to place, close to stores and entertainment…” It was just better than living in a rural place where you had to use your car every time you wanted to go somewhere. And now Ithaca’s become known for those traits -people love living here because it’s such a small city and quite accessible for p e o ple. IT: It’s interesting
that you had to use something that seems so in demand today as a selling point to get people to move here. PM: Well, if you don’t have a longer term perspective as a newcomer, it’s almost hard to believe we were ever at that point. We also had a series of things happen that were kind of distressing. In the mid-90s, t here was actua l ly a crack cocaine epidemic here and in a lot of other places, and that resulted in a lot of really negative perceptions in the City of Ithaca for many people. They thought it was a dangerous place to live. We overcame that, and things actually got better. We still have issues with drugs and crime here, but nothing like what we used to have. IT: Well today’s Ithaca is a far cry from yesterday’s Ithaca in plenty of ways. For INHS too, the last few years seem to really have been heating up for you guys, having 210 Hancock pass and consolidating with Better Housing For Tompkins County. Is there anything else you see that has begun to accelerate in the last couple of years? PM: What people see is what we build. What they don’t see is how our organization is changing internally. The big changes are our business model has become much more sophisticated and complicated, primarily because we’ve gotten involved in much bigger real estate projects. When I started, for example, our real estate development consisted of renovating and then selling five or six houses a year to firsttime home buyers. That was what we ca lled our housing recycling program. It was a lot of work to do that then. Now we’re building these really expensive and sophisticated projects. Right now, we have about $35 million in real estate projects under construction and another $20 million poised to start..It’s much different than the business model we used to use. –Nick Reynolds
A public information session on the progress of an ongoing report was held Monday, yielding reaction from the public on the possible restructuring of local law enforcement. The Law Enforcement Shared Services study began in early January and its targeted date for final publication is currently some time in June, though that is subject to change. The report is still in its early stages, essentially reviewing the policies and practices of police departments in Cayuga Heights, the City of Ithaca, Tompkins County, Dryden and Groton and gauging public opinion. It was announced at the meeting that Trumansburg Police Department had declined to participate in the study. Some departments have already begun implementing aspects of shared services just on their own, Bishop said. Police in Groton and Dryden no longer respond 24/7, having decided to pass calls on to the better-staffed county police at certain times. Audience reaction was fairly muted, with most happy that there was a venue to voice opinions but without the proper amount of information to support or reject the potential consolidation. General police reform suggestions were heard, but it is unclear how much those would actually be factored into the conducting of the study, at least at this early stage. There were also concerns raised about what consolidation might do to community policing and the recently enacted sanctuary legislation, specifically whether the county’s bill or Ithaca’s own legislation, which contain some differences, would be adopted. The next meeting was not announced, though Bishop said there would at least be more information sessions during the next stage of the study, called the ‘options phase’. These will be held when CGR is ready to present the public the options moving forward for consolidation, and the effects it would have, positive and negative.
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Ups&Downs ▶ Newfield and Moravia boys basketball and Watkins Glen and South Seneca girls basketball deserve a hearty congratulations for their performances in the state tournament this winter. Moravia and Watkins Glen each won titles, Newfield were state runner-ups and South Seneca, defending state champs, had a deep run. Well done to all of them. ▶ The Chanticleer and the Watershed for being open during the worst of the blizzard last week. We at The Ithaca Times still had to work on laying out the issue last Tuesday, and it was particularly nice to cap off a hectic production day with good company instead of cooped up at home.
Heard&Seen ▶ On Monday night, the Downtown Ithaca Alliance’s director, Gary Ferguson, said his team will be traveling to Rochester and Albany to recruit a prospective replacement for the recently-closed kitchen supply store, Now You’re Cooking, downtown. Word has it, they’re looking at eight such candidates, four of which are in those two cities. We’ll see how things go, and fingers crossed. ▶ At that same meeting, we got an update from Cornell University representative Joel Molina regarding the university’s next president, Martha Pollack. Word has it, she and her husband Ken are super stoked to move here and look forward on having a close relationship with the downtown Ithaca community. Vague, but we’ll take it.
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enlightened government works to resolve racial tension, it favors diplomacy to military solutions in international dispute, it taxes the wealthy to provide education, healthcare and environmental protection, it prioritizes equality, justice and the rule of law. A government and mixed economy focused on creating a healthier place to raise our children is rewarded for this investment twenty years later with better governors, better innovation and better businesses. Conversely, a corporate government focuses on quarterly returns for shareholders. It has no vision of future generations and thus should have no place at the table. The social contract is fragile and the current administration is demonstrating aggressive attempts to break it. When it breaks, a functional civilization works to right the ship with acts of resistance, if not rebellion. To chant “this is what democracy looks like” is a slight misrepresentation. Rather, this is what rebellion looks like — when tempered with civility. Prior to the town hall, plenty of individuals and organizers decidedly encouraged civil discourse. However, there were as many others who sought to disrupt contin u ed on page 7
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heard local celebrity Amy Dickinson interviewed by Scott Simon on NPR last week. It was about her new memoir, Strangers Tend to Tell Me Things. Being interviewed on national radio with hundreds of listeners seems like it would be a dream come true. Weird as it may seem, we here at Surrounded By Reality receive solicitations for all kinds of advice, too. We’re no Ask Amy. In fact we’re utterly unqualified to give (and not much good at taking) advice, but here goes: Dear SBR: I have an issue that is creating a real problem in our family. My husband and I are grandparents of two beautiful children, ages 3 and 6. Our difficulty is our daughter. Whenever we visit, she imposes the most restrictive rules for the sake of “protecting” the children. Don’t smoke, use a car seat, leave the guns at home. Last weekend, she actually said, “haven’t
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so appreciate the Ithaca Times saluting the efforts of Louisa Riley who organized the Ithaca Woman’s Club in 1895 and I am glad that we have other “mothers” who saw the need for women to vote and participate in our civic life and who agitated for equal participation. Let’s not forget Marietta Benchley who in the 1870s organized and ran the Radical Party in Ithaca, and the women who wrote the 1878 petition to the New York State Assembly requesting the vote for women, a petition signed by 68 men and women. Especially, we should remember to honor the women of the Political Study Group which emerged from the Woman’s Club who explored the
you had enough to drink?” My question is, should we insist on our rights or respect the rules of her household, no matter how unreasonable? -Nana and Gompy
Dear N and G: It’s really important that you listen to me here. If you don’t nip this thing in the bud ASAP, your daughter will soon be running every aspect of your lives. As grandparents, you are entitled to a relationship with your own grandchildren completely free of meddling interference. Who does she think she is, anyway? Who raised her with all her high and mighty ways? Her generation hands out trophies for mouth-breathing, for goodness’ sake. You march over there right now and make it crystal clear that you will stand for no more of this nonsense.
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responsibilities of citizenship and worked to bring about suffrage. That group functioned from 1899 and its local leader Juanita Breckenridge Bates was also a Vice President of the New York Suffrage Association. She is honored in the naming of Breckenridge House, erected by Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services at the corner of North Cayuga and Seneca Streets, the site of the Women’s Community Building. There were suffrage groups elsewhere in the county, two in the Town of Groton. These less remembered efforts are the shoulders upon which we all stand. There have been other mothers of our efforts to bring equality and fairness and justice to our county, state and nation. Let’s honor them all. Carol Kammen, Ithaca
Corrections Due to an editing error in the cover story of last week’s issue of the Ithaca Times, it was said in the second paragraph of the story that Tompkins County was the only county to back Bernie Sanders in the Democratic Presidential Primary. While Tompkins County did give Sanders one of his highest margins of victory at the county level and, at several points, was home to the ZIP code which led the way for donations to the Sanders campaign in the state, even earning a New York Times article on its level of support, it was actually one of many counties in New York State to prefer Sanders over his opponent at the time, Hillary Clinton. We regret the error.
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Dear SBR: A while back everybody was all concerned about climate change and energy consumption. These days, not so much. My question is this: is it OK to bring my Toyota Sequoia SUV out in the open again, or do I risk getting the stink-eye from Ithacans as in days of yore? -I Love Fossil Fuels
Dear Fossil: You are cleared for takeoff, my friend. Gas is cheap again, and the head of the EPA himself says it’s all a big misunderstanding! Dear SBR: I’m in a bit of a quandary, and I hope you can help. I’m in a relationship with a wonderful man. Well, to be totally accurate, I had a conversation with a wonderful man and he said he’d call me. I’ve kept my phone charged and ready, and I keep it on me at all times, but he hasn’t called yet. It’s going on four years now, and my friends and family are telling me to move on with my life, but there may be a perfectly good reason he hasn’t called. I’m sure I gave him the right number. What should I do? -Fingers Crossed
Dear Fingers: Did President Trump give up on winning when the polls said he’d lose? Did Muhammad Ali quit boxing after the Thrilla in Manila? I think not! You hang in there and keep yourself available. He’s sure to call. Dear SBR: Last week we ate at Agava. What is this farm-to-table thing all about, anyway? -Just Curious
Dear Just: Who knows? I can’t keep up. But, as long as we’re talking food, here’s my favorite recipe: take fine a cut of aged Emperor Penguin meat (use White Rhinoceros in a pinch), stuff it with French truff les, wrap it in Ceylonese parchment with a North Korean shallot tapenade, slow-roast it for four hours and serve it with a garnish of Caspian Beluga Caviar on a mahogany plank from the Amazon rain forest. It’s to die for. Dear SBR: About two weeks ago, I met an amazing man online. It feels like that for the first time ever, someone gets me. The problem is that he lives in
Florida, and I live in Ithaca. We’ve agreed that I will quit my job and move down there to be close to him. What’s making things complicated is that he’s still married and living with his wife and four children. Also, he thinks I’m a woman (I’m not). He desperately loves me and promises to get a job and leave his wife as soon as I get there. My question: when I sell my house, should I simply send him the cash for safe-keeping or should I have it put in a certified check in his name? -Red Flags
Dear Red: Either one is fine. Because their face value is guaranteed, certified checks are as good as cash. Dear SBR: My grandfather told me that every generation of Americans since 1970 has been living off the fruits of the efforts, ideas and hard work of the Americans from the previous hundred years. Is this true?
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and protest, to disallow a perceived tyrant to speak. They see themselves as patriotic protesters defending their nation. The oped frames this protest, however, as a typical argument between Democrats and Republicans, as passionate and perhaps uninformed noise, but this misses the core of what is happening. We are at the onset of a nonpartisan political revolution that rejects corporate governance and refuses disabling nationalist propaganda. The ideology of trickle-down economics is an inhumane rationale devised to steal labor and resources to enrich an upper class. It is a con game. It is the Slave power donning a smirking mask. Market failure and subsequent profiteering from crisis is inevitable under this scheme. It is built on the premise that instability creates business opportunity.
Week Of 3/15-3/22 By Vaughn Golden Barbara Lifton NY State Assembly A $7.6 billion spending increase is what Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton and the Democrats are proposing for the state budget this year. The assembly’s proposed budget summary was released last week and exceeds the governor’s spending proposal by $1.5 billion. All in all, the plan calls for a total of $163.6 billion in spending for the 2017-2018 fiscal year which runs from April to March. The Assembly’s plan calls for a $1.8 billion increase in education funding, raises the cap on grants from the Tuition Assistance Program for SUNY schools, and several million dollar increases to infrastructure funding. Hearings to unify the proposals from the senate, assembly and governor continue through next week where legislators hope to turn out successful budget by the March 31st deadline.
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-Disbelieving
Dear Dis: While that is almost certainly true, America’s on the verge of becoming great again. Be patient. Dear SBR: I’m an elderly widow, and I’m very upset. Do we get mail on Saturdays any more? Sometimes I see the postman, but he doesn’t leave any letters on the weekend. Once I got my mailorder medicine package from India on Saturday, though. I’m so confused! What is the world coming to?
“We are at the onset of a nonpartisan political revolution that rejects corporate governance and refuses disabling nationalist propaganda. The ideology of trickle-down economics is an inhumane rationale devised to steal labor and resources to enrich an upper class. It is a con game.”
-Upset Elderly Widow
Dear Upset: Set your mind at ease, dear. We’re going back to the America we used to know. In fact, here in Ithaca, we’re going a step further in being faithful to the old ways: cops will be required to wear handlebar moustaches, trolley rides will be a nickel, the milkman will bring dairy products for your icebox every day and garbage pickup will be free again with no more messy recycling! Note to Scott Simon: You can reach me care of this newspaper. You might want to get on this sooner rather than later. I just glanced at it, but I didn’t see NPR in the president’s proposed budget… Charley Githler is a columnist for the Ithaca Times. His column, Surrounded By Reality, appears biweekly.
Send Letters to the Editor to editor@ithacatimes.com. We do not publish unsigned letters.
The Senate also proposed its proposed budget plan this week. The Senate did not release a formal document like the assembly, but Senator O’Mara’s office did provide several highlights including several billion dollars in funding to increase quality water initiatives, sustained full funding for the state Environmental Protection Fund and a reject of the governor’s plan to cut $12 million in agricultural programs. Both the senate and the assembly plans share a great deal of common ground including funding for clean energy solution, increases to education funding and infrastructure spending.
Tom Reed U.S. Congress
If people are yelling at Tom Reed it is because they hear his support for this failed model of civilization. To his credit, he doesn’t hide his convenient faith in trickle-down economics —he touts it. His folly is that more people are aware of the con than ever before. Nobody wants to admit they’ve been conned, so it will take more than pointed intelligent criticisms alongside these noisy protests. No matter how sloppy it might appear the intention is to build bridges within the middle and lower classes and between a cleverly divided citizenry. There is little ignorance to be found in a movement whose legacy is ancient and continual. Joel Blizzard is an Ithaca resident and an organizer with the local chapter of the national progressive action group Indivisible.
Congressman Reed announced he would be supportive of changes that would New York to lower property tax levies by requiring Medicaid funding to be lifted from the county level up to a state level expense. Medicaid is the largest line item on Tompkins county’s budgetary expenses, making up 25 percent of the county’s tax levy altogether. Action on the legislation itself has not yet made public. Reed also cosponsored legislation this week that acknowledges the negative impacts of climate change and to support efforts to mitigate those effects moving forward. Sixteen other Republicans were also signed as initial supporters of the legislation, which is moreso symbolic rather than a teeth-baring plan for action. The house will continue looking over President Trump’s proposed budget blueprint which preludes the full budget release in May. Additionally, the house intelligence committee is continuing to investigate claims from the White House that former President Obama had Trump Tower’s “wires tapped” during the election. Reed touched briefly on the matter at his last town hall a week ago in Pulteney. See the rest online at Ithaca.com
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Like most colleges in the country, 20112012 was a big year for TC3. The college gave out 748 degrees that year – its largest class ever – and boasted an enrollment of more than 5,200 students across its various programs, be it summer school or certificate programs, associate’s-track degrees or concurrent enrollment classes in local high schools. Five years later, that picture has changed significantly. Where 2011-12 was the cap of several years of growth for the college, Haynes said, the past five years have seen overall enrollment (including those in for-credit classes in the area high schools and summer school, which have done quite well in some cases) decline nearly 12 percent while core enrollment – i.e. the students attending in the fall and spring semesters – has dropped 30 percent to 3,700 students. The reason why this is a problem is tied to the complex financial picture for community colleges, moreso than their competing sectors of the higher education landscape. For TC3’s $41.6 million budget, 40 percent of all support is supposed to derive from state aid, which is dispersed based
Photos: Casey M a rti n on a full-time student equivalency basis, or how many credit hours taken by all students combined translates to full-time students. (example: eight students taking one credit is the same as one student taking eight credits.) However, the proportion of state aid going to support the budget has, for the most part, changed very little, with the base level aid rate sitting at just $22 higher than it was nine years ago, for a total of just $2,697 in funding per full time equivalent student, for a total of $10.5 million: just 23 percent of TC3’s budget. From there, you have the funding the school gets from its sponsoring counties, each of which gets charged based on the number of its residents who decide to attend school at TC3, each county’s bill based on a formula set by the state. Then there’s the lump sum of cash given by the primary sponsoring counties – in this case, Tompkins and Cortland Counties – based on an arbitrary 60-40 balance which changes, traditionally, with the fiscal health of either county at that given time and the amount of
money available from each county’s respective property tax levies, typically growing up to three percent per year. Last year, Cortland paid 34 percent of that share while Tompkins paid approximately 66 percent of the $4.6 million appropriated to TC3. “There have been a couple years where the counties had frozen their contribution,” said Joe Mareane, the Tompkins County administrator. “Last year, in fact, the amount of money contributed by the two counties was the same as it was the year before.” Currently, just about 11 percent of the
be needed to get a job, may dissuade some senting their degree programs in a way that from pursuing that associate’s degree or be- does what, for years, wasn’t considered necessary: the selling of people on the value of a ginning the pursuit for a bachelor’s. “That media portrayal has a chilling ef- college education. fect on the type of families and students who will be coming to a community col- C o m m u n i t y C o l l e g e ’ s lege, particularly lower income families,” Place In Society Haynes said. “They may already be nervous Traditionally, community colleges serve about having any debt at all or in some case, one primary function: they exist to be a may not be able to take out any money due cost-effective pathway to a good job, a trade to credit circumstances or whatever… the school for the occupations requiring slightcombination of media questioning the value ly more than reading, writing and ‘rithmeof higher education has this chilling effect.” tic. But even in a strong economy (for now), The effect may have a part in dissuading$4,130,665 the fast pace of technology is$13,885,474 changing the $9,425,953 797 2827 $4,254,915 $9,492,509 $16,285,981 a poorer portion of the population, but what world too quickly to keep up. 839 2959 $4,254,915 $9,124,623 $16,645,481 900 2848 $4,254,915 $8,669,975 $17,364,561 it also does is reduce the pool of prospective Many of the lower-skill jobs in growing 904 2580 $4,297,464 $9,383,530 $17,857,620 791 years because, 2480 $4,426,388 $9,948,789 students, a problem in recent sectors today are the types of$18,053,469 jobs that don’t 860 2275 $4,559,180 $10,046,308 $18,049,293 to bolster enrollment at four year schools, require associate’s level training. 786 2129 $4,650,364 $10,161,623 $19,235,947 There’s ENROLLMENT
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larger colleges have been competing for students they once otherwise wouldn’t have. State-operated campuses and four year campuses in general have been lowering their SAT requirements (some have even done away with them) in order to allow students in. As a result, many colleges are boasting their “largest classes ever” comprised, in part, by students who were once likely going to an open enrollment community college. Because of this, community colleges now have to compete with larger schools for the students who were – as short a time as five years ago, Haynes said – once considered to be sure bets. “We know this is happening. The SUNY provost even admitted that is happening,” Haynes said. “Community colleges are kind of a sector at the start of the higher education hierarchy, and we’ve been hit with a sort of perfect storm that all hit us disproportionately to any sort of sector.” Recruitment and marketing has become a big part of addressing this, the college taking on social media campaigns and pre-
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demand for nurse’s aides, which are taught through non-credit level training courses at the school. There are the traditional blue collar jobs, working in trades or in warehouses, even as truck drivers, all jobs that don’t need associate’s degrees. To stay relevant to the needs of the market, the community college almost has to be a mirror to the labor force, keeping pace with the demand for trained, qualified graduates in fields pertinent to the needs of “right now.” To try and meet these ever-changing demands, the college supports degree programs outlined by an advisory board, which takes pulse of the local and state economy to determine what areas would best serve – and be best attended by – the community. A course in applied technology, for instance, has been proposed by the board and is set to be approved by SUNY as part of TC3’s efforts to meet a rising demand for lab science technicians in the biotech and 3D printing fields. They opened Coltivare in downtown Ithaca as a banner culinary teaching lab, and have created majors in things like wine Th e
marketing and medical research to meet the demands of local employers. But, technology moves fast and – like the whims of the market – what catches on and what doesn’t is unpredictable. “The operative end of this is whether or not something will work, and you never know,” said Haynes. “You just have to try things and see what happens. That’s sometimes the best market research there is. It doesn’t cost a lot of money to put together a curriculum and begin to offer it.” One sample of this would be one of TC3’s newest associates programs in entrepreneurship, which began as a single course and eventually grew into a multi-section offering that eventually developed into a whole suite of courses, from marketing and accounting to base legal knowledge. To meet the demand of some newer biotech firms like Kionix over the past decade, the college brought on a researcher in biotechnology from Cornell to develop a curriculum for them and head a certification program in the field. Back in the ‘80s and ‘90s, the college offered degrees in things like travel tourism, back when a thing called travel agents were still in existence and later, fields like computer forensics, before cybersecurity took over the field and made those lessons obsolete. To help diversify the revenues of small college and boost their versatility, SUNY is looking to bring about something called micro credentials, a small but very specific set of courses to prepare people for a very specific skill set, such as building familiarity in a certain type of software or in an emerging area of the criminal justice field. While still extremely early in its development as the state seeks a means to accredit these fast-moving curricula, these programs have promise in that, with “get it while you can” sources of revenue, colleges like TC3 can remake themselves into something akin to a regional training center and, in part, an additional vehicle of economic development for an area. Even today, Haynes said something similar could be put together “in a day” if they wanted to, offering training programs to say, a local business’s employees, in a certain skill over a several week seminar conducted by the college. It’s a quick way to pick up occasional revenue here and there in small pieces but – fundamentally – the college’s overall, longterm enrollment in popular majors is still the magic bullet to the college’s sustained fiscal health. “Ultimately, if there isn’t a need, we can’t do it,” Haynes said. “We have a business to run too.”
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was perusing the Ithaca College Athletics website, and a look at the men’s lacrosse page made me flash back to my Little League career. My dad’s boss was the coach of the local “dynasty,” so when I was old enough to play, I was “drafted” by and suited up for the team that often steamrolled its opponents. As a new player, I was plunked in the outfield, and when the score was 10-0, and
our pitcher was dominant ... well, let’s say I picked a lot of daisies. When I saw that the (undefeated at 6-0) Ithaca College laxers were beating teams by scores of 19-1, 19-2 and 19-3, I decided to call Winston Wenham, the Ithaca High grad who is a starting defenseman for the Bombers. I asked Winston if it was boring to stay on the defensive side of the field and watch the offense light it up, and he
said, “Actually, in the RPI game we were behind by a couple of go a l s (IC won 14-9), but our team philosophy dictates that it’s always about making the next play. Certainly, it’s easier to play with a lead, but we’re focused on what we need to do next.” I jokingly asked We n h a m i f t h e attackmen lighting up the scoreboard were getting all the attention — like, say, Tom Brady — and if he and his fellow defensemen were languishing in obscurity, like many supporting casts. He
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laughed and said, “Last year we had a really good defense and we got plenty of publicity, but even if we didn’t, the people that matter — like our coaches — know how important we are to the team.” He added, “I think I speak for all my teammates when I say we don’t play for the accolades.” Winston was a member of the powerhouse Ithaca High teams (he graduated in 2012), and after a year of prep school, he followed his father, Mark Wenham, to suit up for Syracuse. (Mark was a member of Syracuse’s 1983 national championship team.) Winston redshirted his first year at Syracuse, played some the next year and then made the decision to transfer to Ithaca College. While he joins fellow Ithaca High alumnus Grant Osadchey on the Bombers’ roster, the two never saw the field together at IHS. (Though they did play a lot of tournaments together.) “Grant transferred to Ithaca prior to his senior year,” Wenham offered, “and I was gone by then.” Wenham is having a lot of fun, and not just because the Bombers keep putting up the big numbers and piling up the wins. He also loves the way Jeff Long runs the program, as evidenced by his assertion that “Even when the ball in in our end of the field, we’re all encouraged to make a play, start a fast break or take a shot if it’s there. Our style of play involves all ten players, and for example, in the game against Bowdoin, (fellow defenseman) Keith Morrissey got within 8 or 10 yards of the goal before getting an assist, and I got an assist from nearly behind the goal.” He continued, “It’s great to know that such plays are not just an option, the coaches encourage us to play fast and take chances. They know we’ll do more good than harm. It also helps to have that element of surprise, as they (opponents) are expecting us to just dump the ball off.” Given he sat out a year, Wenham is only a junior from an eligibility standpoint. He will get his Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration in May, and since the Empire 8 allows graduate students to compete, Winston plans to get his M.B.A. next year and play his final season. “That was a big consideration for my parents and me,” he said. “They said there was no way they were paying for a year of college just so I could play lacrosse, so the fact that Ithaca College has an M.B.A. program was super important.” Sounding like a young man who has had plenty of conversations with a former collegiate player, Winston said, “I definitely want to use all of my eligibility, because I know that when it’s over, it’s over.”
Simrit visits The Hangar
Simrit, Tuesday, March 28, 8:00 p.m, The Hanger Theatre
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istening to the music of Simrit Kaur is like journeying through the vast depths of inner space: the humanness keeps you grounded and the mystical resonance marks your ascension. This is world music with discernment and vision. There are psychedelic angles to it, funk bits and spiritual layers, and a haunting warmth that opens your heart. Your mind escapes, but is resonant. There’s meaning and freedom here. The talented musician, producer, yoga and Reiki practitioner is a force of positivity. Her energy, like her voice, is all lighting and smiles, authentic and infectious. “I feel like a walking recording studio,” Simrit recently mused. “I’ll hear a song in my head or some sort of orchestration, and I’ll quickly record it. Music is a constant force. It’s one of the most crucial things in the world right now. It has the power to unite people under a universal language, and we all need that special connection right now.” Simrit’s music is pure feeling: a sensuous nature rules its divinity. It’s technically and structurally rigid as well, and this is where the magic takes place. Music has been part of Simrit’s totality since childhood. A classically and modern trained musician, she’s developed a sound and radius unique unto itself. You won’t mistake this stuff for your typical new age beat. There are infinite shadows at work here. “When I hear the term new-age, I walk the other way,” Simrit explained. “Our music is actually progressive and filled with a lot of different forms of world, fusion and spiritual music. The ancient Byzantine music I studied as a kid has been really fundamental as well. There’s a real darkness to that stuff. Not a negative darkness, just this really intense mystical vibe.”
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Typically cloaked in an acute white veil, and sparkling with a direct intensity, Simrit is amazingly down to earth and transparent. The positivity of her demeanor is honest and true, and this comes across tenfold in her musical output. As
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(Above and below) The musician and producer Simrit (Photos: Artist’s website)
sioned spirit. “My lifestyle has a big role in my music,” she explained. “Yoga in general keeps me clear and grounded, it gives me vital energy, and exercises the brain. It’s like doing push-ups and jumping jacks for the mind. We all experience an exquisite reality, and music is something that exists positively in everyone.” As a world traveler and truly modern individual, Simrit’s take on duality and separatism, particularly here in the United States, is both encouraging and logical. Born in Greece, and raised in a rich Greek culture in South Carolina, her mindfulness sows her direct resonance: open and insightful. “One thing about traveling the word is that you really get the sense that the world is full of kind people,” she noted. “The majority of the people in this world want to love and be loved. And when you travel you really see this. Everybody wants to be a part of something, and that’s what culture accomplishes: it gives people a sense of an eternal home. I think all the political stuff that’s going on right now is actually a blessing in disguise. You see people actually coming together all over the world, in amazing ways right now. Sometimes it takes a lot of pain to reach a higher and more meaningful place. Culture takes a long time to build, and the US is still very young in this sense.” Simrit’s music is in many ways like that infinite family of togetherness and culture. Healing and soaring, it has a special power to it. There are layers of absolution that fuse each bubble of tone, each melody and jaunt. It calms and attunes like yoga, and redirects. The happiness is real in every space and every corner, and the experience is transforming. • Th e
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randparents who help care for their grandchildren get more of a benefit than the delight that comes from seeing their grandkids grow and thrive. New research also suggests that grandparents who helped care for their grandchildren lived an average of five years longer than those who did not. This may come as an unexpected surprise for the 2.5 million grandparents who, according to a recent U.S. Census Bureau report, were responsible for most of the basic needs of one or more grandchildren living in their households. While researchers point out that the study does not prove a cause-and-effect relationship, it may simply be that following a deeply altruistic path helps increase longevity.
We understand that caring for another individual can be gratifying. Staying vital and living well are achievable goals at Kendal at Ithaca. In an environment designed to eliminate physical stresses and support your efforts to maintain strength and balance, sticking to a routine is easier, especially with the encouragement and company of friends. Call the Marketing Team at (607) 266-5300 to schedule a tour to see our facilities and learn more about lifecare at Kendal at Ithaca. Find us on the web at www.kai.kendal.org. P.S. While previous research indicates that intense involvement in caregiving produces stress that adversely affects the health of the caregiver, the research mentioned above seems to indicate that a moderate level of caregiving has its benefits.
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her career: besotted with her first novel, he has plans to make her famous and simultaneously gain some literary cachet for himself. Flashy, cocksure Evan is sort of 21st century Mephistopheles to Olivia’s hesitant Faust, as he lures her away from the pleasures of print into the faster currents of the Twitterverse. The elements may be familiar, even shop-worn, but Eason has a thrilling way of playing them out (especially in the second act), captured in fine detail in Rachel Lampert’s sizzling, finely-tuned staging at the Kitchen Theatre. Not only has Lampert given her actors free reign to keep turning the tables on each other; she has staged some truly arousing fore-play scenes (scored by sound designer Sergey Levitskiy.) Darian Dauchan and LeeAnne Hutchinson smolder in the roles, in a dance of seduction and betrayals. Dauchan struts with a beguiling self-assurance, and disarming directness. Each time he scores a victory in his duel of wits with Hutchinson, a gleeful boy’s smile breaks out, as if he just shot a perfect basket. It’s a tricky role, as Eason requires us to at least be temporarily rooting for a self-admitted “dick.” Dauchan nails it, preening with all the pride of a cock of the walk, as he lures Olivia into both bed and his schemes, yet also displaying flashes of entitlement, rage and pain. Olivia is a fantastically written role: a complex middle-aged woman who is smart, witty, vulnerable, and proceeding on her own term. While self-reliant, she
Darian Dauchan and LeeAnne Hutchison in Kitchen Theatre Company’s production of “Sex With Strangers” by Laura Eason. (Photo: Dave Burbank)
is also initially extremely guarded, even wounded, especially by the fame game she can’t seem to play within, all the marketing and self-promotion that goes with getting her writing out into the world. And she has no compunctions about enjoying sex. She goes into her relationship with Ethan with eyes open—almost. Hutchinson is a marvel: wry, quick on her feet, probing, a tiny bit caustic, and then playful, languorous and generous with her delight. The betrayals of the second act allow for a fine-edged fury. It’s a constantly shifting performance, alive to the rhythms of each scene, full of vitality. David L. Arsenault’s Michigan cabin and Chicago apartment are detailed, livable and sensuous, particularly under the tender lighting of Tyler M. Perry. Lisa Boquist finds just the right mix of casual and styled costuming with her accustomed flair. Eason plays with the genres of romcom and psychological thriller (the smiling stalker), but her coup is to make it Olivia’s story by the play’s end. In a sense, it is a sentimental education, but this time it is the older woman who emerges the wiser. •
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To Defy The Laws of Tradition Prog sci-fi act goes beyond the horizon By C hr i s tophe r J. Har r ing ton Consider The Source, Friday, March 24, 9:00 p.m., The Dock
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hen we’re playing live, it’s all about the balance”, bassist John Ferrara of NYC progfusionists Consider The Source noted last Friday before a Raleigh, NC gig. “Each show there’s a sea of varying fans out there—prog fans, metal fans, jazz fans, jam fans—and we always make sure it’s well rounded.” Listening to the sci-fi themed trio is like tripping out to the last forty years of progressive and technical music: all long form, acute and wild. These guys
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have a unique angle, incorporating disparate branches of Middle Eastern and Indian melodies into their liquid soup of intensity and prowess. The band channels the immediate bravado of Mahavishnu Orchestra, the mysticism and mindfulness of Ravi Shankar, and the wild abandon of the maddening free-jazz group Last Exit, all the while maintaining a dialogue that is honest, exploratory and unpredictable. With all their insane chops, the band is amazingly warm and loose. “I think it’s our approach to composition that allows for such space and comfort,” Ferrara said. “We don’t try and think too strategically about our songs, there’s a trust factor built in there that allows us to breathe and maneuver freely. If I bring a song into the studio and have an idea of how it’s supposed to
sound, the other guys might take it and rearrange it, but I know they’ll always make it better [laughs].” Ferrara plays the bass with a legendary confidence: epically adept at all forms of technique and swagger. But it’s his songwriting prowess that’s perhaps his greatest asset. Many of the band’s songs wax and wan to his nuanced tone and melody. The band’s newest record, 2015’s World War Trio (Parts II and III), showcases Ferrara’s deft use of arrangement and timbre: challenging, heightening and morphing with guitarist Gabriel Marin and drummer Jeff Mann’s monumental extensions. “I’ve always been attracted to unorthodox bassists,” Ferrara explained. “Guys like Les Claypool, Victor Wooten and Jaco Pastorius. These guys are all technically amazing, but they’re great innovators first and foremost. They brought different ideas and methods to the instrument ... When Gabriel or Jeff brings in an idea, I’m immediately thinking what sort of connection to it I can make.” The band’s a force of equilibrium in both sound and substance. With such varying motifs and diverse sensibilities, they sort of represent the city they come from. NYC is the musical capital of the universe and Consider The Source holds the city’s underground cup of mystical brew—all simmering and stewing from each subway portal and back alleyway—tenfold. They define diversity: in approach and construction. “You hear all this variance and obscure styles in our music, but it’s really just being New Yorkers that have influenced us the most,” Ferrara admitted. “The city is one giant fusion, and like our music, it’ll never be completely defined. As an instrumental band, we’re letting our emotions come across in a complete way. When we started the band, we just wanted to play, and I think the evolution and the decision to remain completely instrumental, is a by-product of that initial freedom.” When Consider The Source get heavy they’re metal giants, when spiritual and psychedelic, they morph the mystical rain of the universe. The band is its own inverted specimen: daring and innovative and never willing to accept stagnation. Drift off into the stratosphere with them this Friday: you’ll be epically glad you did. •
How Should We Regulate Renewable Energy? Public Meeting: March 29, 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM Tompkins County Public Library, Borg Warner Room 101 East Green Street, Ithaca, New York
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A Special Classical Lineup A great concert for Baroque Orchestra By Jane D ie ckm ann
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YS Baroque’s next concert, “The Sweetest Sounds,” takes place at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 25, in Ithaca’s Unitarian Church. On the roster are eight instrumentalists, plus soprano soloist, performing a program of “simply beautiful music” by Handel, J. S. Bach, Vivaldi and Thomas Arne. The pre-concert talk begins at 6:45. Artistic director Deborah Fox told me last week that this program is “unusual for us, as it contains well-known composers.” It is also unusual because it involves many instrumentalists — I suggested “big band” and she responded with “little baroque orchestra.” All the musicians but one are familiar — violinist Boel Gidholm, violist Dan Elyar, cellist David Morris, NYS Baroque former artistic director and bassist Heather Miller Lardin, harpsichordist Michael Beattie and, naturally, Fox, who plays theorbo, the long-necked lute. New to NYS Baroque audiences is Swedish-Finnish violinist Marika Holmqvist, a “beautiful, expressive player.” Also in the orchestra is flutist Steven Zohn, who like Lardin holds
Cornell DMA in Performance. In addition he is a soloist, along with clear-voiced and highly popular soprano Laura Heimes. This concert, with recognized composers, features less-familiar works; however, “We don’t play that stuff everybody knows,” Fox admits. It opens with a Handel Concerto Grosso (Op. 6, no. 7), giving the orchestra a chance “to warm up the audience.” It ends “with a kind of quirky hornpipe piece.” Then comes Bach’s solo cantata “Ich habe genug” (I am content), BWV82a. Quite familiar in its original form, this work was composed in 1727 for bass voice and oboe. Heimes and Zohn will present a version for soprano and flute, with continuo and strings, made by Bach himself and then performed several times. Heimes returns after intermission with two quiet selections by Handel. They are from a collection called Nine German Arias, all with melody and instrumental accompaniment. The only Handel works with German texts, they are set to the poetry of Barthold Heinrich Brockes, an Enlightenment figure noted as the first in German
literary history to cultivate nature in his verses. These beautiful arias are very different in character. The first, “Süsse Stille” (Sweet Stillness), is quiet and contemplative and will be performed transposed for soprano and flute plus continuo. The second, “Meine Seele” (My Soul), written for violin, soprano, and continuo, is much happier and more extraverted. Both convey reflections on the way nature affects human beings and is a manifestation of God. A Vivaldi flute concerto called “Il gran mogol” features soloist Zohn with the entire orchestra. Fox suggests she might just play something other than theorbo, because the part “looks delicious on the baroque guitar.” Because the manuscript of this piece was discovered only in 2010, this promises to be completely unfamiliar music for the audience. Closing the program is The Morning by 18th-century theater composer Thomas Arne, who wrote many operas, masques and oratorios. He was favorably regarded in his time and often compared to Henry Purcell. This work is from a collection of six cantatas for voice (soprano in this case) and instruments, set to verses by the composer. In five movements, the very quiet opening Andante, “The glitt’ring Sun begins to rise,” is simply “exquisite.” The following Allegro features the flute imitating bird song. This cantata, in the English pastoral tradition, perfectly exemplifies the concert’s “sweetest sounds.” Fox is “very happy with this line-up of special musicians” who have played many times together. Her favorite piece is “Ich
NYS Baroque former artistic director and bassist Heather Miller Lardin (Photo: Dede Hatch)
habe genug,” but she said “there is no better musical description of the sun rising” than the opening of The Morning. “I love all [the songs]; they are all my children.” An open rehearsal is on Thursday, 2:30–5:30 p.m., at the church — “People can come in and see how we put things together.” But do come and hear the sweetest sounds on Saturday evening. •
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Visiting in with the talented Jeri Sager By Br yan VanC ampe n Jeri Sager – “This BROAD’s Way” @ CRT Downtown
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eri Sager is a Broadway veteran, actor and recording artist. She’ll be singing some her favorite show tunes in her revue This Broad’s Way at 7:30 p.m. March 25 at CRT Downtown. Sager has played Grizabella in Cats, Fantine in Les Miserables and Eva Peron in Evita. She performs all over the U.S., England, the Caribbean, Japan, Mexico and Canada, and has had the honor of singing for Presidents Jimmy Carter and George W. Bush, Pope John Paul II and while with the USO, for both American and British troops. She spoke to the Ithaca Times about her show, her influences and one backstage story that you won’t hear anywhere else. Ithaca Times: Tell me about the show you’re going to be doing at CRT,
JS: Sure. I’m a Broadway actress, I starred in several Broadway shows; I’m doing a concert of the roles I’ve played. And then the second half is more Broadway that became popular music. There’s a great variation there, so I can kind of sing what I want to sing. I tell stories about people I’ve met, people I’ve worked with. It’s fun and really light-hearted. At the same time … you’ll laugh, you’ll cry. IT: [laughs] Tell me some stories about people you’ve worked with. JS: I talk about Theodore Bikel a little bit, I talk about Katherine Hepburn a little bit, I talk about Jerome Robbins a little bit, I talk about Topol a little bit. I talk about working in Cats. I talk about Les Mis. IT: So you’re part of the Cats Broadway legacy. How long was that on Broadway? JS: 17 years, 18 years. Yeah, it’s a cool
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thing. It’s cool that I’m part of that. You know, it’s a cool life. IT: What kind of music did you like growing up? JS: You can hear the influences: Barbra Streisand, Liza Minnelli. You know, the big belters. That’s what I do: I’m a belter. I started listening to Judy Garland. And I loved Julie Andrews, who I was later hired to stand by for in Victor/Victoria, for the tour. It’s not on my C.V. because that’s when she lost her voice, so I never did it. But I was hired because [laughs] it’s a great story, actually. I went in, and it was my fourth callback, and I watched the movie [Victor/Victoria] because I hadn’t seen it for a long time. In this scene there’s a little bit of business, she goes into the restaurant and she meets Toddy, she has a cockroach and right as she’s leaving, she’s in high dudgeon; she’s sort of like, “I can’t believe you would accuse me of doing this.” And she walks out and she turns around, and she trips. It’s either she’s weak because she hasn’t eaten, or she trips and it’s just funny. And she turns around and kind of huffs out the door. So I read the scene, did the high note, she breaks the glass, turned around, walked out, tripped, and sort of straightened up and kept walking. And I heard this big “BOOM” on the table, and this voice came out, “Finally, somebody gets it!” And I kind of turned around, and they were hustling me out the door. I was like, “Who’s that guy?” And I get outside, and Patrick Vacariello, who is an extremely
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well known musical director, was like, “Oh, girl, you nailed that!” And I was like, “Who was that guy that screamed out?” And he goes, “That was Blake Edwards!” Julie Andrews’ husband, the movie director. And I was like, “Oh my God you’re kidding, I stole his direction.” And he was like, “I know, it was brilliant.” I never would have done that if I’d known that he was there. And he was like, “Thank God you didn’t know, ’cause I can guarantee you’ve got this role.” •
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Film and the Art of Joy
An Ithaca filmmaker and some laughs from the past By Br yan VanC ampe n
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t’s a very busy time for Cornell professor and filmmaker Robert H. Lieberman. He’s just back from Bangkok, where he held screenings of his latest documentary, Angkor Awakens, for the Foreign Correspondents Club. The film opens in New York City April 28th and will play in all major U.S. cities. The BBC picked up broadcast rights for next year. He’s also been commuting to Paris, where his novel The Nazi’s, My Father & Me is being turned into an animated film by 5-time Academy Award–nominated producer Didier Brunner (The Triplets of Belleville). And on March 25, his 2002 feature Green Lights,
it into a musical, and then turned it into a movie about two guys making a musical. “We had 300 people involved,” Lieberman said. “We had a call out for extras, and these crowds would appear. It’s like the old days of the movies, when Ithaca was a movie center.” Indeed, Ithaca’s silent movie history and the Wharton studios figure into the plot of Green Lights, and Lieberman used silent film clips throughout the movie. The film utilizes Lieberman’s documentary technique to create an odd hybrid of narrative and documentary. Co-producer and co-director Slawomir Grunberg has
right?” Lieberman said. “This is where it all started, which the movie plays on. I just think we’re depriving Ithacans of not having the chance to see it.” ............ Duck Soup wraps up a strong Cornell Cinema film series called “Demagogues”, and truth be told, compared to today’s political scene, it plays like reality TV. I’m a firm believer that we should screen Duck Soup every time we elect new “leaders”. This Marx Brothers flick is a Rorschach farce, and it’s always good to see Duck Soup at a time when nothing feels funny, or when normal leaps past funny into absurdity. One of the best recent birthday presents I gave myself last year was a screening of Duck Soup. A good friend had just lectured me that movies were a dying art form for young people, so it was especially gratifying to see the theater packed with kids who were already Marx Brothers freaks. (Sorry, parents, Groucho, Chico and Harpo have taught another generation not to take
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extensive experience shooting docs and shot the whole movie using only available light. There’s a lot of music aside from the musical, as Beeman wanders through the Farmers Market and Dewitt Park. I even spotted a former housemate as part of a vocal group that materializes to perform for Beeman at the Comfort Inn. “We had auditions, and we used the auditions in the film,” Lieberman recalls. Aside from a core group of professional actors, actual officers played police and real lawyers played lawyers in the film. Beeman said the audience could see the real sheriff and state police on screen. Jesse Krebs wrote the score and David Kent wrote the songs. “My next project, before I die, is going to be a musical. Like La La Land, but better. I’m used to Ethel Merman belting it out.” Green Lights, which screened around the U.S. and foreign venues, hasn’t been shown locally since its premiere in 2002, and Lieberman is eager to have the chance to show it again. “This is the home of filmmaking,
everything so seriously.) Why should you watch Duck Soup? Let me count the ways. 1) Groucho Marx’s entrance into the film as Rufus T. Firefly. 2) The Bizarro interplay between Groucho and Margaret Dumont. 3) Groucho’s asides to the audience. 4) The mirror scene. 5) Chico and Harpo harass a lemonade seller (comedy film veteran Edgar Kennedy). 6) For fans of Zeppo Marx, Duck Soup is his – ahem – swan song. 7) The running gag with Firefly’s motorcycle and sidecar. 8) Comedians are only as good as their foils, and Louis Calhern and Raquel Torres are first class. 9) Firefly’s constantly changing outfits in the war sequence. 10) When Groucho was asked for an explanation of the title, he quipped, “Take two turkeys, one goose, four cabbages, but no duck, and mix them together. After one taste, you’ll duck soup for the rest of your life. •
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he powerhouse storytelling duo Martha Hamilton and Mitch Weiss has been blowing up the children’s circuit for almost four decades. They’ve pioneered their hilarious style with a deft looseness and impenetrable joy. It’s the unique rapport the two have that makes the stories they tell moving and memorable. What started as a love for expression ended up being a career.
(Above) Mitch Weiss and Martha Hamilton (Right) The duo’s newest book “Noodleheads See The Future” (Photos provided)
“It all started to snowball around 1984,” Hamilton said. “We were getting a lot of work in the public schools with our storytelling act and decided together to leave our jobs. And here we are today in our 37th year.” Along the way, the terrific twosome — who works primarily under the title Beauty & The Beast Storytellers — has written and collaborated on over 20 books and taught close to 10,000 Ithaca third graders the art of storytelling. Hamilton and Weiss’ method is impressively substantial and impossibly important, especially considering the assault on public schools in the past decade. Their educational goals are akin to the kind of movements that go beyond the classroom and its measured practicality: it’s about totality for these guys. “It’s very sad to see what’s happening in out country today,” Hamilton said. “What we’re aiming to teach the kids cannot be easily graded. The lessons we teach are as much about learning as they are about confidence and transparency.” Hamilton and Weiss’ newest endeavor is the surreal and wondrous world of Noddlehead brothers Mac and Mac. Based partly around Hamilton and Weiss’ educational philosophy — which is showcased in the educational book Noodlehead Stories:
World Tales Kids Can Read & Tell — the new series features a collaboration with New York Times bestselling children’s book author and illustrator Tedd Arnold, who’s best known for the popular series The Fly Guy. Noodlhead Nightmares came out last year to widespread acclaim, and this year saw the release of the equally dynamic Noodleheads See The Future. Mac and Mac are sort of like a mix of Bart Simpson and Milhouse Van Houten, Abbot and Costello, and a children’s version of Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly’s Step Brothers. It’s bust out funny, even for adults. “It took us three years to get up the courage to send Ted our stuff,” Hamilton said. “Noodlehead stories have been around since the dawn of man. It’s not about lessons per say with the Noodleheads books — though it does sort of teach logical thinking — it’s more about a sort of universal oneness in each and every one of us. Deep down, we’re all a bunch of Noodlheads at heart.” Mac and Mac are the kind of characters destined for the big screen. As two actual macaroni pieces, the pair is so oblivious and slinky you lose sense of your surroundings as you follow their antics. And this is part of the magic. The ability to combine the ethereal and the grounded is where Hamilton and Weiss shine. Fun and joy and the sense of commonality reign supreme in their inspired visions, and working with Arnold has proved an astonishing fit. The physicality of Hamilton and Weiss’ approach has found a visual artist with the same sense of immediacy. “Ted is the only artist that’s ever worked with us one and one,” Weiss said. “In general the publisher doesn’t want you to work directly with the illustrator. The editor is always the go-between.” “Right now we’re working on out third book for the Noodlehead series,” Hamilton added. “We’ll write the whole thing and send it Ted. He’ll send it back with some changes, and we’ll figure out how to make it all work. We’re very grateful and excited for the future.” So are all third graders — scratch that — all humans, around the world. •
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CTB Jazz Thursdays with Who Let the Cats Out | 6:00 PM-7:30 PM | Collegetown Bagels, East Hill Plaza, Ithaca | Jazz. Triple Down | 7:00 PM | Ransom Steele Tavern, 552 Main St., Apalachin | Jazz, R&B, Funk. Devin Kelly Trio | 8:30 PM-11:00 PM | Madeline’s Restaurant | Jazz. Turkuaz, Organ Freeman | 9:00 PM | The Haunt, 702 Willow Ave, Ithaca | Funk, Soul, Fusion. Orbiting Arts Ensemble | 9:00 PM | Casita Del Polaris, 1201 N Tioga St., Ithaca | Jazz, Free Jazz, Electronic.
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Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Blues, Rock, Every Tuesday. Amanda York and Friends | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM | The Range, Ithaca Commons, 119 E State St., Ithaca | Jazz, Jazz Standards, Swing. Irish Music Session | 8:00 PM-11:00 PM | Rulloff’s, 411 College Ave, Ithaca | Hosted by members of Traonach. Professor Tuesday’s Jazz Quartet | 8:00 PM-10:00 PM | Madeline’s Restaurant, 215 E State St, Ithaca | Jazz. concerts
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Senior Recital: Sarah McDonald, Violin; Binghao Li, Piano | 7:30 PM | Carriage House Cafe, 305 Stewart Ave,
Sounds | 7:30 PM | First Unitarian Universalist, 109 Waring Road, Syracuse | Ravishingly beautiful cantatas, arias, and instrumental music of Bach, Handel, Arne, Telemann. Kurt Riley | 8:00 PM | Willard Straight Hall’s War Memorial Room, Cornell University, Ithaca | Rock, Progressieve Rock, Glam, Folk.
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Paganini & Pie! | 4:00 PM-6:00 PM | First Presbyterian Church, 215 N. Cayuga St., Ithaca | Saturday, March 25, 4:00 p.m. Ithaca Talent Education School presents Paganini & Pie! a concert and dessert event to benefit Foodnet Meals on Wheels. First Presbyterian Church, 215 N. Cayuga St.
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Devinne Meyers | 4:00 PM-7:00 PM | Two Goats Brewing, 5027 State Rte 414, Burdett | Acoustic. The Tarps | 4:00 PM-6:00 PM | Americana Vineyards, 4367 E Covert Rd, Interlaken | Rock, Covers. Dino Losito Organ Trio | 6:00 PM-10:00 PM | Maxie’s Supper Club & Oyster Bar, 635 W State St, Ithaca | Jazz.
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Galactic Escort Service | 9:00 PM | Casita Del Polaris, 1201 N Tioga St., Ithaca | Improvised Electronic Music.
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Better Weather String Band | 6:00 PM-10:00 PM | Maxie’s Supper Club & Oyster Bar, 635 W State St, Ithaca | Bluegrass. Tuesday Bluesday with Dan Paolangeli & Friends | 6:00 PM | The
Terry Gilliam’s Orwellian sci-fi classic “Brazil” is one of the most intense and commanding films ever made. Dark, haunting and horrifically comedic, the film centers on Sam Lowry, a man in the middle of his own fantasies and the bleak reality of of consumer-driven dystopian world (sound familiar?). Cornell Cinema is showing the film this Thursday, March 23 at 8:45 p.m. and Saturday, March 25 at 9:45 p.m. This is a big screen dream! (Photo provided) Ithaca | Features Cesar Franck’s Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano. Johnson School Band | 10:00 PM | The Nines, 311 College Ave, Ithaca |
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Benefit For Ithaca Welcomes Refugees: with Joe Crookston and Answer the Muse | 7:00 PM | First Unitarian Church Ithaca, 306 N Aurora St, Ithaca | Benefit For Ithaca Welcomes Refugees. Rock, Folk, World, Fusion. NYS Baroque: The Sweetest
Tickets are $10.00 for adults and $5.00 for students & seniors; free for children 4 and under. Info (607) 272-6006. Music of the Decades Choral Concert | 7:00 PM | Watkins Glen High School Auditorium, 12th Street, Watkins Glen | Participating choruses include: Crystal Chords, Harmony Falls Chorus, Mark Twain Chorus, plus Lake Country Players and the casts of Odessa-Montour High School’s, Honk, and Watkins Glen High School’s Into the Woods. For more information, call (607) 535-8950
p.m., Sat, 03/25, 9:45 p.m. | A bureaucrat in a retro-future world tries to correct an administrative error and himself becomes an enemy of the state. | 132 mins R | La La Land | Fri., 03/24, 8:45 p.m., Sat. 03/25, 7:00 p.m., Sun. 03/26, 7:00 p.m. | A jazz pianist falls for an aspiring actress in Los Angeles. | 128 mins PG-13 | As I Open My Eyes | Tues. 03/28, 7:00 p.m. | A few months before the revolution in Tunisia, 18 year-old Farah has a passion for life and sings in a political rock band. Her mother, knowing the dangers of Tunisia, wants her to pursue a career as a doctor. | 102 mins NR |
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NYS Baroque: The Sweetest Sounds | 7:30 PM | First Unitarian Church Ithaca, 306 N Aurora St, Ithaca | Ravishingly beautiful cantatas, arias, and instrumental music of Bach, Handel, Arne, Telemann. Jerusalem Quartet | 8:00 PM | Barnes Hall, Cornell, Ithaca | A record three-time recipient of the BBC Music Magazine Chamber Music Award, this ensemble has garnered international acclaim for its rare combination of passion and precision. Each performance translates composers’ visions to new audiences with freshness and vigor. Women of Folk: The New Revival | 8:00 PM | Center For the Arts of Homer, 72 S Main St, Homer | Lucy Wainwright Roche (Rufus Wainwright’s sister) and Sloan Wainwright (Loudon Wainwright’s sister) are incredible vocalists that carry on the rich and diverse heritage of the Wainwright, Roche and McGarrigle family names and talent.
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TOiVO | 4:00 PM-6:30 PM | Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts, Congress at McLallen St, Trumansburg | Scandinavian, Tex-Mex, Cajun, Honky-Tonk, European, South American, Folk.
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Festival Chamber Orchestra | 8:00 PM | Barnes Hall, Cornell, Ithaca | Features orchestral works by Cornell graduate composers Corey Keating and Barry Sharp performed by an ensemble of fourteen professional players. WVBR Bound For Glory: The Cadleys | 8:30 PM | Anabel Taylor Hall, Cornell Univeristy, Ithaca | Bluegrass, Country, Folk.
Performing Arts, 82 Seneca St, Geneva | Runs Friday, March 24 at 7:30 pm and Sunday, March 26 at 3:00 pm and 7:30 pm. | Two slacker friends try to promote their public-access cable show | 94 mins PG-13
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I Am Not Your Negro | Writer James Baldwin tells the story of race in modern America with his unfinished novel, Remember This House. | 95 mins PG-13 | Moonlight | A timeless story of human connection and self-discovery, Moonlight chronicles the life of a young black man from childhood to adulthood as he struggles to find his place in the world. | 111 mins R |
Simrit | 7:30 PM | Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | For Simrit, singing is not a performance, it is a sacred worship of the Divine. Her voice, her music, and her teaching, reflect this devotion which seems to come from her so effortlessly. World, Spiritual, Psychedelic, Folk.
Film Community Movie Night | 6:00 PM-9:00 PM, 3/24 Friday | Southern Cayuga High School , 2384 State Route 34B, Aurora | Based on a vibrant true story of a Ugandan girl’s life that changes forever when she discovers she has an amazing talent for chess, in this celebration of the human spirit. Wayne’s World | 7:30 PM, 3/24 Friday | Smith Opera House For The
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Kedi | A profile of an ancient city and its unique people, seen through the eyes of the most mysterious and beloved animal humans have ever known, the Cat. | 80 mins NR |
The Last Word | Harriet is a retired businesswoman who tries to control everything around her. When she decides to write her own obituary, a young journalist takes up the task of finding out the truth resulting in a life-altering friendship. | 108 mins R | My Life As A Zucchini | After losing
his mother, a young boy is sent to a foster home with other orphans his age where he begins to learn the meaning of trust and true love. | 70 mins PG-13 | The Sense of Ending | A man becomes haunted by his past and is presented with a mysterious legacy that causes him to re-think his current situation in life. | 108 mins PG-13 | Wilson | A lonely, neurotic and hilariously honest middle-aged man reunites with his estranged wife and meets his teenage daughter for the first time. | 94 mins R | Cornell Cinema
Wednesday, 3/22 to Tuesday, 3/28. Contact Cornell Cinemas for Showtimes Under The Skin | Wed. 3/22, 7:00 p.m. | A mysterious young woman seduces lonely men in the evening hours in Scotland. However, events lead her to begin a process of self-discovery. |108 mins R | Duck Soup | Thurs. 3/22, Fri. 3/23, 7:00 p.m. |Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale. | 68 mins NR | Brazil | Thurs. 3/23, 8:45
Ain’t Misbehavin’ | Runs March 1 through March 26 | Syracuse Stage/ Drama Complex, 820 E Genesee St, Syracuse | Step back into the sparkling nightlife of a 1930s jazz club in this celebration of the jazz legend Fats Waller. From Uptown to Tin Pan Alley to Hollywood, Waller’s music helped define the swinging sound of the Golden Age of the Cotton Club. Music, dance, sassy repartee, and a whole lot of fun with 29 famous songs including ‘T Ain’t Nobody’s Biz-ness If I Do, Honeysuckle Rose, and more. Showtimes at syracusestage.org Sex with Strangers | March 12 through April 2 | Kitchen Theatre, 417 W State St, Ithaca | Fast lane to fame Twenty-something Ethan writes a blog of sexcapades that has catapulted him into instant celebrity and success. Forty-something Olivia is a mid-career novelist, widely unappreciated. When the two are waylaid in a remote cabin, the chemistry is explosive. Written by Laura Eason, a fearless writer best known for her work on TV’s House of Cards, Sex With Strangers takes a keen look at power, success and attraction. Captured Spaces | Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, Cornell University, Ithaca | Three dance pieces explore the Captured Spaces theme in different ways; each work reveals the distinctive collaboration of choreographer/director, dancers, and video artist through the power and beauty of the student dancers. Performances of Captured Spaces run March 23, 24 & 25 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available at schwartztickets.com or at the Schwartz Center
box office. The Vagina Monologues | 7:00 PM, 3/23 Thursday, 3/24 Friday, 3/25 Saturday, | Auburn Public Theater, 8 Exchange St, Auburn | An Obie Award-winning whirlwind tour of a forbidden zone, The Vagina Monologues introduces a wildly divergent gathering of female voices, including a six-yearold girl, a septuagenarian New Yorker, a vagina workshop participant, a woman who witnesses the birth of her granddaughter, a Bosnian survivor of rape, and a feminist happy to have found a man who, liked to look at it. Galumpha | 7:00 PM, 3/25 Saturday | State Theatre Of Ithaca, 107 W State St, Ithaca | Combining stunning acrobatics, striking visual effects, physical comedy and inventive choreography, Galumpha brings to life a world of imagination, beauty, muscle and merriment. The three performers create a sensory feast of images ranging from the ridiculous to the sublime, drawn together into a seamless whole, consistently bringing audiences to their feet. Jeri Sager: This Broad’s Way | 7:30 PM, 3/25 Saturday | Cortland Repertory Theatre, Dwyer Memorial Park Pavilion, Preble | Broadway singer, actress and recording artist Jeri Sager makes her Central New York debut with her cabaret act. Sager will perform a songbook of some of the best loved Broadway songs, done cabaret style with piano accompaniment. A veteran of numerous touring productions, Sager has delighted international audiences of all ages and is best known for her portrayal of Grizabella in Cats, Fantine in Les Miserables and Eva Peron in Evita. The Cradle Will Rock | Dillingham Center, Ithaca Center, 953 Danby Rd., Ithaca | Runs March 28, 30, 31, April 1, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 at 8 p.m. Marc Blitzstein‘s play in music comments on corruption and corporate greed during the Great Depression. The musical focuses on corrupt business practices through which corporate mogul Mr. Mister strong-arms mid-level professionals into doing his unethical bidding, while laborers struggle to form unions to fight for decent working conditions. Tickets are currently available online at Ithaca.ticketforce.com or over the phone at (607) 274-3224. Throughline | 7:30 PM, 3/28 Tuesday | Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, Cornell University, Ithaca | A multimedia performance inspired by Heavy Blue, the album by Alicia Hall
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Featuring some of the area’s most wicked and deep heavy metal acts; March Metal Madness aims at ascension and head banging ecstasy. Murder in Rue Morgue and Many Will Fall join with Ithaca neck snappers Ire Clad to support Syracuse headliner Fall of Humanity, a band that switches depths distinctly with death metal currents, alternative melodies and an old school heavy metal fortitude (Photo: Fall of Humanity facebook)
A worldwide sensation, “The Vagina Monologues” showcases a wild and varying array of female voices, including a six-year old girl, a septuagenarian New Yorker, a vagina workshop participant, and a Bosnian survivor of rape. Featuring a cast of community member including Emma Bauso and Beth Beer Cuddy, this Obie Award winning play is a legendary experience.
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Origin of the Species | 12:00 PM-1:00 PM, 3/25 Saturday | Ithaca High School Activity Room, 1401 N. Cayuga St., Ithaca | Origin of the species of fish in Seneca and Cayuga Lakes. A presentation of The Cayuga Lake Watershed Network with Mel Russo. Journalists Natalia Munoz and Mary Patierno: Multimedia Multicultural Storytelling: Why It Matters | 12:30 PM, 3/28 Tuesday | Wells College, 170 Main St, Aurora | Multimedia journalists Natalia Muñoz and Mary Patierno will discuss their collaborative multicultural work in the areas of sexual assault, militarization and women warriors. This event will take place in the de Witt Lecture Hall, Zabriskie 106.
Moran. A new collaborative work created by four dazzling AfricanAmerican women creators: Alicia Hall Moran, Whitney and Venice Biennales, and Rachel Eliza Griffiths.
Notices Ithaca Sociable Singles Dinner | 6:00 PM, 3/22 Wednesday | Kilpatrick’s Publick House, 130 E Seneca St, Ithaca | RSVP cw27@cornell.edu Newcomers welcome. Beginner Bird Walks | Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd, Ithaca | Guided bird walks every Saturday and Sunday morning, sponsored by the Cayuga Bird Club. For the meeting time and more information, go to the club’s website: www.cayugabirdclub.org/calendar Trumansburg Ulysses Philomathic Library Spring Book Sale Thursday, April 6, through Tuesday, April 11 | Ulysses Philomathic Library, 74 E Main St, Trumansburg | Books available in all categories, $1-$3 price range, with some select items priced higher. Movies, CDs, LPs, games and puzzles also available. Prices decrease starting April 9. 27th Annual Educational Technology Day | 9:00 AM-4:00 PM, 3/23 Thursday | Ithaca College , Campus Center 953 Danby Rd , Ithaca | “Ed Tech Day” is a free regional technology event that attracts over 1,600 people annually from upstate New York. Leading tech companies such as AT&T, Dell, Epson, Panasonic and many others will be on display. The day features seminars with nationally known speakers, a college showcase, teaching and learning symposiums and networking opportunities. There’s something for everyone at Ed Tech Day! Over 30s Basketball | 4:30 PM-6:00 PM, 3/23 Thursday, 3/27 Monday | Henry St. John’s Gym, 301 S. Geneva St., Ithaca | Every Monday and Thursday from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Liberty Con 2017 - Americans@ Risk: Race, Denial, Privilege, and Who Matters | 10:05 AM-6:30 PM, 3/24 Friday | Schenectady County Community College, 78 Washington Avenue, Schenectady | Race relations, gender issues, immigration reform, white privilege, religion play a role in the risks Americans face today.This two day convention, designed for a multi-age, diverse audience, we will explore these risks through a
Special Events Lititz, Pennsylvania garage rockers The Districts are all indie and rootsy, but there’s a distinct openness to their direction. You can hear the American roads and interstates in their thick country twang, a sensible and open admission ruling their craft. The band takes The Haunt by storm this Saturday, March 25 at 9:00 p.m. Rosu Lup and Erick Slick open up. Things should be groovy: don’t miss out! (Photo provided) variety of interactive experiences that includes round table conversations, costumed re-enactors, web based games, panel presentations, and an open House at the award winning Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence Underground Railroad site. The Hidden Power of Female Entrepreneurship, with Lisa Ann Pinkerton | 5:00 PM-7:00 PM, 3/24 Friday | Rev: Ithaca Startup Works, 314 E. State Street, Ithaca | In this keynote presentation, founder and President of Technica Communications and Founder and Chairwoman of Women in Cleantech & Sustainability, Lisa Ann Pinkerton will connect the dots surrounding why women led businesses deliver higher revenues and stronger returns for investors than more traditionally run businesses and how both genders can embrace their feminine leadership styles to thrive throughout their careers. Community Seed Swap at CCE Tompkins | 11:00 AM-2:00 PM, 3/26 Sunday | CCE Education Center, 615 Willow Ave, Ithaca | Bring your extra seeds (home-saved or purchased) to share with others and go home with lots of seeds for your spring and summer planting! Learn about seed saving from some
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of Force in the Baltic Republics | 12:15 PM-1:30 PM, 3/23 Thursday | Uris Hall G08, Cornell, Ithaca | Speaker: Una Bergmane, Postdoctoral Associate, Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, Cornell University. Dismantling Diversity in Museums | 6:00 PM-7:00 PM, 3/23 Thursday | Rockwell Museum Of Western Art, 111 Cedar St, Corning | Speaker: Adriel Luis, Curator of Digital and Emerging Media, Asian Pacific American Center. Tastes of India – Indian Vegetarian Cuisine | 6:30 PM-8:30 PM, 3/23 Thursday | GreenStar Cooperative Market, 700 W Buffalo St, Ithaca | Experience the exotic aromas and complex flavors of Indian cuisine with Radhika Nayak who was born and raised in India. Recipes and samples provided. Registration required - sign up online at greenstar.coop or at GreenStar’s Customer Service Desk or call 273-9392. Red Cross Babysitter’s Training Course | 9:00 AM-4:00 PM, 3/25 Saturday | Coddington Road Community Center, 920 Coddington Road, Ithaca | To provide youth who are planning to babysit with the knowledge and skills necessary to safely and responsibly give care for children and infants.
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of our region’s avid seed savers, and take home seed varieties that you won’t find anywhere else and that are well-adapted to our growing conditions www.ccetompkins.org Cayuga Bird Club Evening Trip | 7:00 PM, 3/26 Sunday | Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd, Ithaca | All field trips are open to the public, both experienced birders and beginners. For Information and updates, refer to the bird club’s website:cayugabirdclub.org. Landlords Association of Tompkins County Monthly Meeting | 4:30 PM, 3/27 Monday | Ramada Inn, N. Triphammer Rd., Ithaca | For more information email LATC@ LandlordsAssociation.com or call 607257-2382.
Willard Straight Hall, Friday, March 24, 8:00 p.m. Glam rocker Kurt Riley’s last album “Kismet” was a blast of art rock and ‘70s fury, brimming with force and taste. Riley and his band are returning to Cornell this Friday to showcase the world-premiere of songs from his newest record “Tabula Rasa”. Let’s hope he breaks out classics like “Eye of Ra” and the glam masterpiece “Engines Are Go!” as well. Don’t miss witnessing one of Ithaca’s brightest stars.
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Community Altar of Love & Loss by Art Club | 5:00 PM-10:00 PM, 3/22 Wednesday | DeWitt Park, Ithaca | Visit & contribute your own offering to the community altar during park hours. Loss is universal. The community altar is for everyone. For more information see the calendar page at yourartclub.com 800.243.5513 Cupcake and Beer Pairing | 5:30 PM-7:30 PM, 3/23 Thursday | HiVE 45, 45 East Main Stree, Trumansburg | Mini cupcakes will be paired with a flight featuring beers from Southern Tier Brewing Company, Ellicottville Brewing Company, Schmaltz Brewing, Saranac Brewery, and Three Heads Brewing. Tolerance: A Key to Religious Freedom | 7:00 PM-8:30 PM, 3/23 Thursday | Immaculate Conception parish hall, Corner of Seneca and Geneva Streets, Ithaca | As part of the 20th anniversary celebration of Catholic Charities Ithaca office, we’ve invited Tom Gallagher, who ‘ll be speaking on “Tolerance: A Key to Religious Freedom.” Tom is a religious affairs journalist who accompanied Cardinal Timothy Dolan on a trip to visit a displaced persons camp in Iraq and reported on it for the National Catholic Reporter. He’s now the CEO of the Religion News Foundation. But before that he was a Wall Street financier who left that behind to volunteer full-time for two years with Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity! Community Fire Ceremony | 6:30 PM-9:00 PM, 3/24 Friday | Foundation
of Light, 391 Turkey Hill Road, Ithaca | Sit, drum and sing around a New Moon Fire. Info: Susan (607) 229-5161 or www.connecting2spirit.com Ithaca Fishing and Conservation Day | 9:00 AM-4:00 PM, 3/25 Saturday | Ithaca High School, 1401 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | Trout in the Classroom live trout exhibit; Fishing, Community Education and Environmental Exhibits; Live aquatic insect exhibit; Special fishing presentations; Fly tying instruction; Fly casting instruction; Complete line of fly fishing materials. Ithacon | 10:00 AM-5:00 PM, 3/25 Saturday | Emerson Suites, Ithaca College, 953 Danby Road, Ithaca | ITHACON 2017 celebrates comics, fandoms and more. Our family friendly program is exploding with brand new events running from Saturday morning to Sunday afternoon: Comic Book Convention, Cosplay Runway, Gaming Tournaments, dynamite speakers, interesting panels, Zine Making and a Virtual Reality Exhibit. This year Ithacon’s keynote speaker will be best-selling Young Adult author Tamora Pierce! Ithacon will also feature a range of kids and family-oriented activities like superhero costume creating and a Zombie Maze. Admission is free and there are acres of free parking on the IC campus. Paganini & Pie! | 4:00 PM-6:00 PM, 3/25 Saturday | First Presbyterian Church, 215 N. Cayuga St., Ithaca | Saturday, March 25, 4:00 p.m. Ithaca Talent Education School presents Paganini & Pie! a concert and dessert event to benefit Foodnet Meals on Wheels. First Presbyterian Church, 215 N. Cayuga St. Tickets are $10.00 for adults and $5.00 for students & seniors; free for children 4 and under. Info (607) 272-6006. Treleaven’s Spring Fling | 10:00 AM-5:00 PM, 3/25 Saturday | King Ferry Winery, 658 Lake Rd, King Ferry | Along with wine and beer tastings, the full-day event will feature live music from Ithaca-based dance band, Always Under Construction and local eats from The Buffalonian Food Truck. The Oswego-based food truck will highlight delicious WNY themed foods including Beef on Weck Sandwiches, Chicken Wing Dip, Pierogies and more. Peace of Mind Yogathon | 9:00 AM-1:00 PM, 3/26 Sunday | Ithaca High School, 1401 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | A community-wide celebration of health, yoga, and well-being for people of all yoga levels: beginner, intermediate,
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and advanced. www.peaceofmindyogathon.com, for more information about the event, including schedules and teachers. Meet The Doulas | 4:00 PM, 3/26 Sunday | Mama Goose, 430 W State St, Ithaca | Join Mama Goose and the Ithaca Doula Collective to meet doulas in the Ithaca area and find out exactly what they do - and if their services are right for your family. This is a great opportunity to meet other mamas and have all of your pregnancy and doularelated questions answered.
Books See You In the Streets: Art, Action, and Remembering the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire | 4:30 PM, 3/22 Wednesday | Kheel Center, Catherwood Library, Ives Hall, Ithaca | Book talk with artist and agitator Ruth Sergel. Her new book See You In the Streets: Art, Action, and Remembering the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire (University of Iowa Press, June 2016) teases out the delicate mix of vulnerability and unexpected strength. Storytelling with Beauty and the Beast Storytellers: Martha Hamilton & Mitch Weiss | 2:00 PM, 3/25 Saturday | Buffalo Street Books, 215 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | Martha Hamilton & Mitch Weiss, AKA Beauty & the Beast Storytellers, are cowriting a series with Tedd Arnold, NY Times best selling author and creator of the Fly Guy series. The second Noodleheads book is coming out, and Mitch and Martha will be telling a story, as will several Ithaca third graders. Afterward, Mitch and Martha will happily sign copies of the books. For more information, see www.beautyandthebeaststorytellers.com. Reading by Mark Matthews | 7:00 PM, 3/27 Monday | Montour House Café & Tapas Bar, 401 W. Main St., Montour Falls | Book release for Matthews’s chapbook, The Lady of the Seneca Lake, published this month by Light and Shadow Publishing & Illustrating.
Art Painterly Poetics | 5:00 PM-7:30 PM, 3/24 Friday | West End Gallery, 12 W Market St, Corning | Brian Keeler’s new one-man-show. His recent book Dramatic Color in the Landscape, will be available along with instructional DVD’s. The
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exhibit remains up until April 28th. info@westendgallery.net Theresa Daddona-Traub: What Makes a Heart Bleed? | 5:00 PM-8:00 PM, 3/24 Friday | Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, 205 Genesee St, Auburn | Daddona-Traub’s work includes a range of sculptures made from steel, leather, copper and other recycled and repurposed materials. The aftermath of the recent election inspired her to create the work for this exhibit. \ongoing Benjamin Peters | 120 on The Commons, Ithaca | Oil paintings. Bufalo Street Books | 215 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | Mary Blaise Turgeon. “Resurrection”. Illustrations. Cellar d’Or | 36 E State St, Ithaca | Michel Sampson: Paintings on Paper. Done over the course of the last year, these paintings on paper are abstracted from the figure using gesture, shape and line to create images that allude to the figure without
center of the novel, Sunny and Tomas, are modeled after a couple Gelberg became acquainted with. The novel majorly follows the young, and frequently stubborn, couple Sunny and Tomas, who transition from ambitious college students to teacher and soldier respectively, during the novel. When the novel opens Sunny is a student at the ever-progressive liberal arts college, Vassar College, while Tomas is in his final year of the traditionally conservative West Point. The dichotomy of the perspectives of the two universities is highlighted in their graduation ceremonies, as the speakers and audience members at the separate ceremonies hold few opinions on war in common. “He had to tell himself over and over again, as if repeating a mantra, “I’m here for Sunny. She was at West Point for me yesterday, and I’m here for her today.”” Their career goals stand apart as well, as Sunny anticipates a life in teaching and expects to pursue higher education as a post-grad, while Tomas plans to swiftly leave for the Officer Basic Course, then the Ranger School, to begin a lengthy career in the military. The Engagement consequentially explores the varying perspectives Americans held on the Iraq War and the War in Afghanistan, while demonstrating the dynamics created by these widely ranging opinions in relationships and families. But Sunny and Tomas persist in their relationship and collectively overcome their differences in mindset and back-
becoming representational. Cornell Lab of Ornithology | 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd, Ithaca | Free Spirits: Bird Photography by Marie Read : Acclaimed local wildlife photographer Marie Read celebrates the beauty of birds with an exhibition, Free Spirits. Marie’s exquisite, story-telling images have appeared in magazines and calendars worldwide, as well as in her four books. She travels widely but also works extensively in her Freeville backyard. Corners Gallery | Corners Gallery, 903 Hanshaw Rd Ste 3, Ithaca | All Manners of Marvels: A group exhibition curated by Steve Carver: Featuring work by Lou Beach, Steve Carver, Robin Cass, Bill Hastings, Marshall Hyde, Beth Hylen, Wayne Kruse, Gary Panter, Minna Resnick, and Robin Whiteman. On view : March 8 – April 29 Creekside Cafe | 4 West Main St, Trumansburg | Domenica Brockman: Paintings (Through March). creeksidetburg.com Community School of Music and Arts | 330 E State St, Ithaca |
ground, often to the disappointment of their parents. The decision of Sunny and Tomas to marry immediately after college is met with concern and resistance from their parents and even the rabbi officiating their service, requiring them to regularly adapt defensive positions “It is true that we’re young, but whatever else may be undefined in our lives, one thing is certain: we want to spend our lives figuring it all out together.” Even as individuals they face struggles with their parent’s expectancies, as Sunny works to overcome the anticipated character traits associated with her name and Tomas struggles with his father’s lack of support for a military lifestyle. A lifestyle that readers are given a peek behind the curtain of, as Gelberg extensively describes its details and foundations. The way in which Gelberg covers all elements of the military experience, from the Ring Ceremony at West Point to Ranger Training, is edifying and expansive. The information she gained from her independent research and her interviews with veterans is hard to ignore and makes for a very enlightening experience. While the emotional stress of being a soldier or knowing an individual in the military are consistently discussed, it is the objective realities of military life that are featured in the forefront. The accuracy and detail
“Botanocal Portraits in Watercolor” by Milly Achatya | A retrospective exhibition of works by American Society of Botanical Artists awardwinning illustrator, Milly aAharya. Intimately detailed water colors honor the plants whose lives acharya explores, documents, and portrays. Elevator Music and Art Gallery at New Roots School | 116 N. Cayuga St., Ithaca | “The Traces We Leave: A Photography Exhibit by Barbara Pease”. The transient nature of our world is a theme in this exhibition. We leave behind, at least for a while, traces of ourselves: a tagger’s graffiti, an activist’s poster, commissioned art or a simple statement on a pipe, “Water is Life.” Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University | Central Ave., Ithaca | “Empathy Academy: Social Practice and the Problem of Objects” (through May 28) / “Escaping the Ordinary: Artistic Imagination in Early Modern Prints” (through May 28) / Identity Crisis: Reflecting On Public and
of Gelberg’s covering of the minutiae and mundane is unsurprisingly effective in creating a comprehensive image of the featured elements of the military life. While The Engagement is foundationally about military life, elements of romance, family and politics also play integral roles and form a uniquely structured novel. •
Private LIfe in Contemporary Javanese Photography” (through June 11) / “The War to End All Wars” (through June 11) / Leo Villareal “Cosmos” (ongoing) | www.museum.cornell. edu Hilton Garden Inn | 130 Seneca Street, Ithaca | Lindy Joy Cummings: Ice is Nice. Lindy finds magic in ice. She has been photographing ice for several years and has learned how to share the beauty she sees with you. Her photos are alive with color, vibrancy, and the mysteries of ice formation Lifelong | 119 W Court St, Ithaca | Calming Effect: Regina McGriff: Regina has been painting about a dozen years. She started in watercolor and now incorporates many of those techniques in her acrylic paintings. The exhibit will be up through March and April. Lot 10 | 106 S Cayuga St, Ithaca | Angelo Peter: Space Fruit | Paintings. The Rook | The Rook, 404 W State St, Ithaca | Anne Eller: Stillness and Flight: Local artist, Annie Eller, will be exhibiting her work at The Rook for the months of
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The Dowd Gallery is currently showing the deft and varied” Faculty Biennial 2017”, which highlights recent work by thirteen members of the Art and Art History Department at SUNY Cortland. Featured artists include Martine Barnaby, Lorraine Heasley, Kevin Mayer, Jenn McNamara, Jaroslava Prihodova, Vaughn Randall (work pictured) and many more. The exhibition will be on view through April 14, 2017.
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Sat, March 25 * 1-3pm * $30
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Tuesdays 7:30-8:30 pm
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430 W. State St. (607)882-9038 Open Every
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401 E. State St. G1 Ithaca, NY 348-3892
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