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ousi ng was a major topic of d isc u s sion among the Tompkins County Council of Governments this month as the Tompkins County Housing Summit approaches on Nov. 30. Martha Robertson, a Tompkins County legislator, presented a report that highlighted specific areas of housing needs in the county. The Danter Company, a real estate research and consulting firm, helped to compile the information. Various factors were considered during the study, including employment, parameters of households that are in the county and student population, which wasn’t looked at during the last assessment. “The student enrollment is the driver in our market,” Robertson said, “so we look at it this time around.” Ken Danter, president, sampled many smaller housing units in Tompkins County, interviewed 15 different providers for populations such as senior housing and spoke with many professionals, residents, employers and property owners. An online survey was also conducted, which garnered 4,500 responses. Robertson said by looking at overall population growth over the next 10 years, Tompkins County can expect about another 5,500 people living here and that, looking at the population trends for the last 10 years and we moving forward with the same projection, she could expect about 3,800 or 3,900 more students coming to the area. She added the “big growth” is going to continue to be in the student population. “The on-campus housing supply looks to be only about… continued on page 4

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Tompkins County Chooses Rochester Jail Consultant

he Tompk ins Count y Legislature held interviews with representatives from two firms last week, ultimately choosing a regional nonprofit to conduct a $60,000 study of the Tompkins County Jail over another nonprofit firm located in California. T hou g h t he Spec ia l Ja i l Committee of the Legislature initially had some reservations about CGR, headquartered in Rochester, Legislator Rich John told the legislature the day of the interviews that the committee would be recommending the more local of the two candidates rather than the

Institute for Law and Policy Planning (ILPP), out of Berkeley. After nearly losing a state variance that allowed double-bunking at the Tompkins County Jail, the county is looking to hire experts to conduct a study of the jail’s population. The state agreed to extend the variance until the end of the year, at which time the county must show that it has taken certain steps towards determining the best course of action to solve the jail’s overcrowding issues. Leg islator A nna Kel les (D-Ithaca) said that she was

T a k e ▶ Cornell-Southside Community Healthy Pet Clinic celebrates 20 years To continue its two decades of providing affordable pet care to the community, the clinic will host a fundraiser Tuesday, Nov. 15, at the State Theatre. Proceeds will go to the Southside Community Center and the Cornell healthy pet clinic program. ▶ Hickeys Music helping to support food pantry Local musicians are invited to attend a free recycle and restring event during an annual food drive at Hickey’s Music Center Saturday, November 19 at 10:00 a.m. Sponsored by D’Addario,

disappointed the county did not receive more offers but that it appeared they had two good options to choose from, judging from the proposals. The Tompkins County Legislature held a special meeting ofw the Jail Study Committee October 27 to discuss the merits of the two firms. Kelles told the board that she favored ILPP’s proposal. “They have an awareness of t he cit y d r ug pla n, a nd the need for detox and treatment was understood,” she said of the California nonprofit organization. “That showed level of nuance that’s much appreciated. They also emphasized community programs, and they said they wanted to exhaust exploring all other options before making the continued on page 12

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musicians can bring any old instrument strings for recycling and get their electric or acoustic guitars restrung with D’Addario NYXL or Nickel Bronze Acoustic strings. Old strings collected during the event will be recycled through Playback, D’Addario’s free, national recycling program. ▶ Unity House hosting Texas Roadhouse Fundraiser On Monday, November 14 from 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., Texas Roadhouse, located at 719 South Meadow Street, will donate 10 percent of all food sales from any guest that presents a fundraising voucher. Vouchers may be found online at

www.unityhouse.com, received via email from development@ unityhouse.com, or by calling 315-253-6227 x313. Simply present or show your voucher when paying, and share them with friends and family ▶ Red Cross hosting blood drives throughout November The American Red Cross has announced several opportunities to give blood this month. On Nov. 17, they will be at Noyes Recreation Center in Ithaca at 306 W. Avenue, ending the month with a drive at the Salvation Army on Nov. 28 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 150 Albany St. and two events at Cornell.

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n a narrow vote, the Tompkins County Legislature voted November 1 not to request t hat t he New York Department of Environmental Conservation require an Environmental Impact Statement for the construction of a new shaft at the Cargill salt mine in Lansing. The discussion came after a controversial recent decision by the Tompkins County Industrial Development Agency to grant a one-time $640,000 sales tax abatement for the mine. L eg islator C a rol Chock (D-Ithaca) brought forward the resolution. It makes sense to require further scrutiny of the project, she argued, in part because the DEC recently announced that it will extended public comment on its negative declaration of environmental impact for the project. “The way I interpret it, we are asking the DEC to apply the strictest, highest level of environmental scrutiny they are allowed to do... I’m going to vote for this,” said Legislator Daniel Klein (D-Danby). He added that while he would like more research into the environmental risks, he personally hopes the project goes through, saying “I think it’s a good one.” In t he end t he measu re failed by a vote of six to eight, Legislators Dave McKenna, Glenn Morey, Martha Robertson, Mike Sigler, Peter Stein, Housing contin u ed from page 3

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419 more beds for students on campus,” Robertson explained. “Whatever you think about housing now, according to if things continue how they have been, it’s going to get worse.” In regards to employment growth, Robertson stated it’s mostly off campus. She said there’s some growth in student employment, with an anticipated 5,800 new jobs in the next 10 years. “When we aren’t bringing in more housing and we aren’t increasing supply of housing, we’re just increasing the number of people driving on our town roads and county roads and commuting,” Robertson explained. She sha red a cha r t t hat compared the number of incommuters as a percentage of employment. The chart shows

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Shawn Wilczynski, manager of the Cargill salt mine in Lansing. (Photo: Jaime Cone))

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Tompkins County Allows Cargill Expansion to Move Forward Without DEC Review Jim Dennis, Rich John, and Chair Michael Lane voting against it. But, the project still has the 30-day comment period coming up. Brian Eden, member of the Tompkins County Environmental Management

Council, said he will be checking the DEC’s announcements to find out when the comment period will begin and end. He is hoping that if enough people comment it will persuade the DEC to require the Environmental Impact State-

a larger jump from 1990 to 2000 and a slight jump from 2010 to 2013 Currently more than 25 percent of the employees in Tompkins County are commuting from other areas. R o b e r t s on a l s o s h a r e d a chart of what the numbers would look like if all of the Tompk ins Count y employees lived in the county. The numbers shown go from 20152025. “It’s not realistic or even necessarily desirable to have all of our working population live in the county…but if you start from the left [2015]…our current deficit is 7,100 if all of our employees lived here,” Robertson said “Even if you’re talking about half of that number, you’re talking about 3,500 housing units right now is our deficit.” Danter also looked at the ma rket rate for apa r t ment

inventory. The study found that in larger apartments the vacancy rate is “under two percent. The vacancy rate for smaller apartments units is currently six percent. “We’re going to be trying to track that with local landlords in the future and really try to see [what happens],” Robertson stated. Most of the apartments with more units go to students, around 58 percent. Robertson said the study also looked at the market rate for apartments and what the county should target in terms of creating new housing units. Two-bedroom apartments have the largest deficit, with a need of 3,000 for non-students, followed by one-bedroom apartments, with a need of 1,300 for non-students. Single family demand was also looked at. Currently the annual demand is 225. Senior assistant housing was

ment (EIS). He said the main reason he is hoping for an EIS is because an EIS is easily accessed by the public; it organizes the information in one place in a format that can be more easily understood, unlike DEC records, which he said are more challenging to obtain and sift though. “I want to open up the process so people rea lly k now w h a t ’s g o i n g o n a n d c a n decide for themselves if there’s research that should be done and more investigation or if people are fine the way it is and it does not concern them,” Eden said. At the meeting, about half a dozen members of the public, including Eden, asked the Legislature to pass the resolution. Speaking on the other side of the issue, former Legislator Mike Koplinka-Loehr, who lives near the project site, spoke in support of Cargill’s evaluation and efforts to date. Mi ne Ma nager Shaw n Wilczynski told the legislators that the DEC conducts annual reviews of the mine and said that members of the DEC go physically into the mine every year. Legislator Jim Dennis (D-Ulysses) said that he believes the Legislature should trust the company, saying “I believe Cargill has done its due diligence.” –Jaime Cone

also looked at for Tompkins County in the areas of independent living, assisted living, memory care and nursing care. The unmet demand for each area for 2015 and the next 10 year projection include: • 2015-independent, 66; assisted, 22; memory, 91 and nursing, 86 • 2020-independent, 142; assisted, 65; memory 119 and nursing, 70 • 2025-independent, 296; assisted, 165; memory, 158 and nursing, 154 Robertson concluded her presentation by say ing it’s “clear there’s a market” and housing is a “key issue.” A Housing Su mmit is slated for Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 to discuss further details on the housing difficulties in the county. Those interested in attending can visit www.HousingTompkins.com. – K e l l y Wa t e r s

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Preparing for a Watershed Moment

▶ Election Day Volunteers Who, on a day where many of us were anxious and tense, did a wonderful job to make the process of voting move quickly and efficiently. With long lines at Fall Creek Elementary, wait time was well under 20 minutes while everyone was getting ready to work or drop their kids off at school. Well don, guys. ▶ Cornell Punkfest Which helped to give Ithaca one of its finest live performance weeks all year. From Shonen Knife to John Doe all the way to a talk by Henry Rollins, there was very little to complain about during the week other than, perhaps, a lack of quality programming on television.

t wasn’t long after Rumbleseat Music packed its bags and moved to Nashville last spring before parchment was hung on the windows and dust from the drills and saws began to fly. In a commercial boom in the city, the onetime home of a former telephone exchange at 121 W. State St. was unlikely to stay vacant for long, in a prime location near both the Commons and State Theater. But it was the nature of the business that’s taking Rumbleseat’s place that almost seems right for both the block and the city it sits in: a place to have a relaxed pre-or-post-show drink in a progressive and meticulously thought out setting. By Thanksgiv ing, t he Watershed–Ithaca’s newest nightspot–should be opening its doors, unveiling a surprising transformation of the onetime high-end guitar shop. The whole interior w i l l be completely redone, the blaring of Marshall half stacks will make way to the relative hush of polite conversation and the vibe, co-owner Ashley Cakes said, will be a unique f lavor among the spice of Ithaca’s

The exteriorof the Watershed, currently under construction. (Photo: Casey Martin)

nightlife. It had been almost two years ago when Cakes approached loca l developer and entrepreneur John Guttridge–who she’d known since their high school days in Ithaca–seeking a location for a bar all her own. A veteran of the local scene with stints at Delilah’s, Madeline’s, Mercato and Bar Argos, Cakes had become a seasoned veteran of Ithaca’s elite establishments since returning to the area in 2009 and now–well-learned and ambitious–saw the opportunity to make her own mark. “I told him I needed a really interesting downtown location,” she said. “It took another year or so and finally, he comes

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County OKs Housing Tax Break

he Tompk ins Count y Legislature unanimously voted November 1 to enact a new local law that will make housing trust properties exempt from taxes on the difference between their full-market assessed value and the restricted re-sale price of the home. To ke ep Hou si ng Tr u st properties affordable, owners have restrictions on whom they can sell their home to and at what price. Owners of the 44 Tompkins County homes that are part of the Community

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Housing Trust will no longer be responsible for paying taxes on improvements made to their homes, as they are unable to resell their house for the highe assessed value resulting from those improvements. “I really am thrilled that this got through the Legislature,” said Legislator Martha Robertson (D-Dryden). “We want to make sure that our homes that are invested in as affordable can actually be affordable, and this is a great solution to the problem.” “People could get into these

to me and says ‘so, I bought this building…’” Work to restore the building began almost immediately. The building was stripped to the brick, Guttridge arranging for a new HVAC and sprinkler system and the interior walls of Ru mbleseat torn dow n, opening the space. The old oak f looring of the building has been repurposed as the surface for the back bar, a design by Gideon Stone and Mike Barnoski, alums of HOLT Architects who have stakes in the bar. They’ve found some Easter Eggs in the building: some old copper wiring from its days as a telephone exchange building and some bricked-over win-

dows buried beneath the old plaster, which Cakes said will be turned into an art installation of some sort. But the aesthetic of the space, Cakes says, is just where it starts. Cakes is looking to depart from all that, looking to create a classic cocktail bar to complement the elaborate mixes being poured at the other fine establishments in town, specializing in the time tested classics: the Manhattans, Martinis and Old Fashioned’s of the world. The idea behind this is to add to the atmosphere, allowing more time for conversation and service, but also to fill an

homes,” she added, “and once you layer on property taxes at the full value they could’t even recognize the savings and couldn’t afford the house after all.” Jay Fra n k lin, Tompk ins County Director of Assessment, said that he could say with “99.9 percent certainly” that those who currently own Housing Trust houses w ill not lose their exemption, “at least for the 19 years while I’m still director,” despite the fact that the homeowners will be required to apply for it every it. “None of them are going to fall through the cracks,” he assured the legislature. The Community Housing Trust (CHT) was formed by Ithaca Neighborhood Housing

Services to help people with modest incomes buy their first homes. CHT uses subsidies from state or federal programs to significantly reduce the purchase price and operating costs of the CHT homes, making them more affordable. According to a press release issued by Tompkins County, at the public hearing preceding the vote, Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services director Paul Mazzarella spoke in support, and thanked County Administrator, Assessment Director Jay Franklin, and the Legislature for pushing for the new State law, which he said was unanimously approved by the State Assembly and Senate.

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Heard&Seen ▶ The Cascadilla Gorge Trail is still closed after the gates were pulled shut back in October for some erosion that had occurred along the trail. Some investigation by a local blogger has shown the erosion to be minor, but it appears that Cornell isn’t taking any chances. ▶ Comics For Collectors On Aurora Street appears to have a squatter taking up residence in the store. On Tuesday, a squirrel was spotted crawling over merchandise in the window display, knocking over comics and action figures. A woman from a neighboring business said the store’s owner was aware of the squirrel’s presence and had set a trap, but so far, efforts to capture the elusive creature have been in vain.

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An Argument For Unionization Cornell University’s School of Industrial Labor Relations responds to interim president Hunter Rawlings III’s opposition to a grad student union

n his “statement on graduate assistant labor union representation” (October 27, 2016), Interim President Hunter Rawlings cites the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR School) as being “the leader in the field of labor education.” We write here as faculty of the ILR School, drawing on our expertise and experience in the field of labor law, labor relations and labor rights. We agree with President Rawlings that it is essential that the University respect the graduate assistants’ choice of whether they wish to be represented by a union. We also agree that it is important that graduate assistants have access to information relevant to making their choice. Unfortunately, however, President Rawlings’ statement presents a negative view of unionization based on speculation and unsubstantiated assertions. In responding to these

speculative claims, our letter seeks to provide useful information about the reality of unionization in universities. The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) recognizes that employees have collective interests in joining together to improve their working conditionsfor employees’ “mutual aid or protection.”Whereas an individual employee, acting alone, usually lacks power to negotiate effectively with an employer, unionizing gives employees a collective voice that levels the playing field for negotiations. President Rawlings’ statement, however, is a drumbeat asserting that collective and individual interests are in opposition. This assertion mischaracterizes the purposes of unionization and the way collective bargaining works. Through negotiations with the employer for a collective bargaining agreement, unions attempt to achieve improvements that benefit all the individual employees in the bargaining unit,including higher wages, workload, health insurance, safe working conditions, and grievance procedures. Collective bargaining also enhances individual employees’ ability to express their priorities about needed improvements. The union negotiating team, which includes employees, creates bargaining proposals based on the priorities of the employees in the bargaining unit. President Rawlings’ statement f ur t her relies on speculative and unsubsta nt iated fea rs t hat unionization of graduate continued on page 7

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don’t know about you, but after that election I feel the need for two fried eggs on rye toast and a side of home fries and coffee in a semi-clean, well-lighted place. I know just where to go. Studies show that there are two kinds of people in the world: those who love diners for breakfast, and those who do not. I am a member of the first group. My family has been dragged to diner breakfasts so many times that my children say “order up” when food is served at home, and I’m not making that up. Lucky for me and those of my ilk, there’s an ample supply of authentic diners in Ithaca. There are at least ten very solid options, though now that Manos and the Ithaca Diner are gone, I tend to favor the State-Lincoln-Hal’s axis. I looked it up online, and to qualify for ‘authentic’ certification, according to the Tompkins County Ministry of Diners, no fewer than six of the following eight characteristics must be obtained:

Greek ownership Maybe it has something to do with that famous Greek proverb, “one cannot live well without home fries and a side of Canadian bacon” (translation provided), but running a diner (I mean a real diner) is second-nature to Greek-Americans. Look for the clues: posters of Greek islands, thick accents at the grill, pastitio on the menu (and I don’t mean as an item, either).

Grease This is apparently pretty important. I’ll quote the regulations: “All breakfast entrées shall contain no less than 31% grease by volume.” Should grease levels dip below this for two or more consecutive days, the diner runs the risk of losing certification and being re-designated as a café. The best diners have Bangs Ambulance on their speed dial and a staff registered nurse.

Diner demographics In the morning, especially on weekdays, the demographics of the diner clientele tend to skew male and old. (Late at night, they skew more toward Ratso Rizzo.) It’s one of the few places left where you might rub elbows at a counter with a World War II vet. Also generally part of the scene: hung-over college students, a few families and a guy who looks like Jim Ignatowski losing an animated argument with himself.

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Corrections In the Nov. 2 story “Gannett Layoffs hit Ithaca Journal Hard,” the nature of one of the remaining positions at the paper was misstated. The receptionist role that was mentioned in fact works full-time as a sales and account representative for the paper: their receptionist duties are an additional responsibility they serve in their role. A clarification to a graphic on Nov. 2’s cover story is needed after the nature of political contributions to the congressional campaign of John Plumb was left open to interpretation: Cornell University itself has not contributed $187,000+ to the campaign; people associated with the university have made individual contributions totaling that amount. If you notice an error in a story or want a point made in any of our news columns clarified, email editor@ithacatimes.com. Send Letters to the Editor to editor@ithacatimes.com. Letters must be signed and include an address and phone number. We do not publish unsigned letters.

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called “hon” is a service available on request, usually at no (or minimal) charge. These folks make their living $2.25 at a time and when it’s busy, may not be inclined to stand patiently by while you take a leisurely look at the menu. Proficiency with chewing gum is recommended, but not required.

Counter dining option If there’s no counter, it’s not a diner. That’s just state law. There are some exceptions, like the Falls Diner in T-burg, that have been grandfathered in, but the Ministry is very reluctant to grant such dispensations.

Coffee In an age when baristas duel and ‘grandé’ mean ‘medium,’ diners remain steadfast and true to the idea that coffee is best served burnt, stale, watery, and in thimble-sized cups. Up to three gallons can be consumed without apparent ill effect.

Signature potatoes Every diner, no matter how humble, has a trademark breakfast potato dish. Home fries, hash browns, potato pancakes steeped in diner grease, it’s the ultimate comfort food; artery-clogging to a degree that makes cardiologists salivate and hoard travel brochures. Best washed down with burnt, stale, watery coffee.

Extreme affordability History lesson: As part of the National Recovery Act of 1933, price ceilings on diner food were put in place. Through a strange mixture of legislative indifference and aggressive lobbying by the DBEC (Diner Breakfast Eaters Coalition), those limits are still in place. Consequently, it is possible to feed a family of nine a full, three-course breakfast, complete with bottomless thimbles of coffee all around, for under eight dollars. A good diner breakfast leaves you feeling like you could live off the cinder block in your stomach for a week without needing to resort to other sources of nutrition. And diners are a world without pretension. Someone beamed here from 1936 would feel at home. As would Charles Bukowski. A word of warning, though: it’s not for the squeamish. There’s no Five Second Rule for food dropped on a diner floor, the underside of a booth table can be excavated for gum samples dating back to a time before manned space flight was possible, and I’ve seen tables wiped with rags I wouldn’t touch wearing a triple-layered HazMat suit. Still, it’s breakfast we’re talking about, the self-proclaimed most-important-meal-of-theday, and germophobia must take a back seat to soul-healing. For those of you who prefer designer coffee and hardtack with marmalade, served in an atmosphere of crippling prices and chamber music, I feel only sadness. You’re missing out. For the rest of us… order up. • Charlie Githler is a columnist for the Ithaca Times. His column, SURROUNDED BY REALITY, appears monthly.on every first Wednesday.

News Quick Hits After 201 College Ave, Zoning Amendments Proposed After an eleventh hour interpretation of the zoning code almost derailed a 70-foot tall student housing complex in Collegetown in deliberations by the BZA , the city has proposed amendments to the Collegetown zoning. The amendment works to clarify an issue raised with 201 College Ave. regarding facade length. The proposed amendments will appear before the city’s Planning and Economic Development Committee on Wednesday, Nov. 9 at 6 p.m. in City Hall. Hotel Groton Reopens After a long wait, the historic Hotel Groton has reopened following months of extensive renovations. Lunch is served starting Thursday at noon at 101 Main St., Groton. County Reccomends Raises For Legislators The Legislature’s Government Operations Committee recommended the salary of the 14 members of the Legislature by more than $2,000, starting in 2018. The raise will bring their salaries to approximately $21,400 a year, their second raise in seven years.

assistants will interfere with graduate education, the faculty-graduate student academic relationship, and shared governance. These assertions are belied by the evidence and the best available empirical research on higher education practice. As the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) observed in its recent Columbia University decision upholding the right of teaching and research assistants to unionize and collectively bargain in private universities: “‘Collective bargaining by graduate student employees is increasingly a fact of American university life.’” The NLRB summarizes the extensive experience of collective bargaining in public universities: “Recent data show that more than 64,000 graduate student employees are organized at 28 institutions of higher education, a development that began at the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1969 and that now encompasses universities in California, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Washington.” The NLRB concludes that close to 50 years of graduate assistant unions in public universities provides relevant and useful evidence that collective bargaining can extend to private universities. Additionally, as the NLRB observes, “Both the original and successor agreements at 2 NYU addressed such matters as stipends, pay periods, discipline and discharge, job posting, a grievance-and-arbitration procedure, and health insurance—nearly all familiar mandatory subjects of bargaining across the private sector, which appear to have been successfully adapted to a university setting.” The NLRB relied, as well, on academic research findings that unionization does not negatively affect faculty-student relationships. This research includes a recentsurvey-based study comparing unionized and nonunionized campuses, which confirmed the findings of prior surveys that unionization does not interfere with faculty-student relationships or harm the education or training of graduate students. (See, Sean E. Rogers, Adrienne E. Eaton, & Paula B. Voos, Effects of Unionization on Graduate Student Employees: Student Relations, Academic Freedom, and Pay, 66 ILR Review 487-510 [2013]). Moreover, this 2013 study found positive effects of unionization on faculty-student relationships, specifically, that unionized graduate students “had higher mean ratings on their advisors accepting them as competent professionals, serving as a role model to them, being someone they wanted to become like, and being effective in his or her role.” (p. 505). Finally, unionization and shared governance have long coexisted. Faculty unions and graduate assistants unions in public universities engage in collective bargaining over terms and conditions of employment at the same time that faculty senate and graduate student assemblies engage in shared governance. This is the typical model in universities that the Cornell Graduate Students United and the Cornell Graduate and Professional Student Assembly can follow. The information and analysis we present Th e

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here differ significantly from the perspective offered by President Rawlings. One point on which we do agree is that this is an important decision for the Cornell graduate assistants. Most importantly, the choice of whether to unionize belongs solely to the graduate assistants, not to President Rawlings and other university administrators, or to the faculty. We should ensure that the graduate assistants are able to freely and fully exercise their rights and their choices. –signed by 44 faculty members of the ILR School

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Dubious accounting at the county level?

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A note on goats in our streets

olly, makes them sound so vicious! Must “rid” our streets of them. They provide great fertilizer and were clearing out invasive plant species. Actually helpful creatures! –Carolann Darling, Facebook

Federal Court rules in favor of CMC nurses

ow, surprised to see this kind of activity in our community...our nurses are one of our most valuable assets! “The judge sided with several other allegations made by nursing staff, including violating their right to discuss their wages, unlawful interrogations by administration, prohibiting the distribution of union literature, threatening employees over Facebook with the threat of job loss, and the unlawful suspension and demotion of hospital employees consistent with heightened union activities, among other allegations.” –Thomas Hoebbel , Facebook /

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The jail is crowded. Something needs to be done. But what? By Nick Reynolds

everal men in white clothing are fast at work as the smell of fresh-grown green tomatoes frying on a pan wafts through the air. The scene could be one pulled from behind the scenes of a high school cafeteria or a high-yield restaurant, the room at face value appearing like any other commercial kitchen. The employees are intent and focused, quiet in their work and the food, with ingredients grown in a garden onpremises, looks delicious, immaculate. The plumbing is another story. Set in concrete about 40 years ago, it has since fallen into disrepair that today would be unfeasibly rectified. Now, the water and whatever would normally go down the kitchen sink’s garbage disposal is rerouted through a pipe and somewhere outside the reinforced brick walls of the Tompkins County Jail. “That should give you an idea of what the infrastructure in here is,” Captain Ray Bunce, administrator of the Tompkins County Jail, said as he surveyed the scene. The Tompkins County Jail doesn’t stand out too much from its modest acreage at 779 Warren Road, just past the entrance to the airport. An unspectacular single-story building set in brown brick, the structure was built in 1986 as a neces-

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sary move, a changeover from an antiquated facility by the downtown courthouse to a state-of-the-art, pod-based system, in line with the best practices of early-80s jail construction. Today, the facility lacks its former luster. In the holding cell, the wall between the bench and toilet is missing, shoddy construction giving way to the kicks of hundreds of inmates over the years. There are cracks in the windows, new steel welded to rusting doors that had given way to years of salt and abuse. Even the layout itself had changed: what used to be commissary is now a storage closet, a former holding cell now the office for the facility’s on-site nurse, the bars still in place. And in several rooms, one can find something added in recent years that now has the county legislature scrambling for a solution once again after years and years of deference: an extra bunk.

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terviewed by The Times said the illegal economy has since changed the nature of crime, and Bunce has had to write to the state each year to allow the jail to surpass its written limit on population. This is partly due to keeping in line with the expectations of the state, but also in an effort to avoid boarding out inmates to other facilities, a process that not only involves the time of Bunce’s limited staff but also induces negative psychological impacts on inmates (many of whom have not yet been convicted of the crime they were arrested for) and a cost of up to $85 extra in taxpayer dollars to house them. Inmates usually make their way to to Tioga and Chenango Counties, sometimes going to Broome County and Cayuga County. But in rural jails everywhere, space is limited. Sometimes, Bunce said, he may have to call two or three jails before finding somewhere to house his extra inmates. He even recalls loading up two vans full of intakes on one night in ‘97 and driving out to Albany County (which currently takes in approximately $3 million a year on board outs); the only place that could take them all. Tompkins County isn’t alone: According to a recent study by the Vera Institute of Justice, as states work to decrease their prison populations, local jail populations

are taking on much of the burden, with total daily population in jails nationwide totaling more than six times what it was in 1970. Most of the intake comes from rural areas: according to the study, smaller counties now hold 44 percent of the overall total, up from just 28 percent in 1978, a growth of nearly seven times what it was compared to a growth in large county jail populations (defined as having populations of 250,000+) by about three times. But people don’t commit the same crimes as they used to and even if you send them away, they always seem to come back. Today, a trip to Tompkins County Jail isn’t a thing a good portion of the jail’s population see as deterrence to committing a crime; it’s become something else entirely: a place with a bed and a steady meal. Consequently, the facility’s staff now sees plenty of familiar faces. “Corrections has changed during my career,” Bunce, who began in 1994, said. “It’s changed to more of a treatment… it seems to be going that way more than I’ve ever seen it. I will guarantee you every inmate who comes into this jail leaves in better shape than when they’d come in. Maybe they’re high on drugs: after some time in here, they’ve detoxed, they’ve received medical treatment and they’d gotten some good meals. Maybe those were

its 33-inmate capacity four out of every ten days in 1981. A group of consultants was commissioned, producing five options, two of which were the construction of a 55-cell facility and an on-site renovation. The county chose the former. The group that pitched it, the now defunct-Syracuse firm Dan Stoughton AsThe case for ex pa nsion sociates, were at the time considered a premier name in their field said Deb Dietrich, The question of building a new jail has a member of the county legislature at been in play since the early-2000s, when the time who now heads incarceration the first new studies to address overadvocacy group Opportunities, Alternacrowding in the jail were commissioned. tives and Resources (OAR) of Tompkins In 2002, a consultant recommended County. a 190 bed facility be built. In 2004, the “They were just the jail experts in New county got a second opinion with an upYork State,” Dietrich said. “They came in, dated jail study and, based on the projections of the future population, decided not they showed us drawings and we’re sitting to build a jail. Then in 2008, the jail lost its around the table saying, ‘oh, that makes sense.’ But none of us had ever been in jail. variance. It could possibly lose it again in I don’t think--I mean I know I didn’t have January, when the current one is up. Why overcrowding and the jail’s orien- an idea what I was doing 30 years ago-and I don’t think anyone knew much more tation became an issue so quickly after its than I did.” construction seems more a hybrid of two The need for a fundamental errors in A room in the jail for those who 55-cell capacity was planning the facility exhibit exemplary behavior. based on projecthan anything else: tions of the jail a lack of foresight population growth, based on dubious which estimated population projecan upward trend tions and a lack of in the population consultation with up through 2005. those who know a It was noted, at the jail best: the people onset, that inmate working there. populations had inThe fundamental creased by an averproblems the new age of six prisoners jail was intended to a day between 1975 address were clear and the early-’80s. in its proposal: the Based on those Old Jail, now home numbers, the consultants took several facto several county offices, was heavily antors into account: a projected 22 percent tiquated, appearing like something out increase in population between 1980 and of an old western. The cells operated by 2000, the assumption an aging populamanual locks opened with six keys, the tion would commit fewer crimes, and an cells located on multiple floors, requiring an excessive amount of staffing for patrols. assumed tendency that room in the jail Above all, the facility was far too small for would be reserved only for those who had committed serious crimes, were assumed the needs of a growing county, exceeding things they didn’t get on the outside. We’re doing good things already as corrections officers. But to talk about programming and what else we could do for these guys, it comes to resources.” The biggest resource he and his officers lack, Bunce says, is space.

From L-R: A corrections officer opens the gate to the jail’s small recreation yard | Inmate clothing–in sizes from small to 7XL–line shelves in the laundry room. | Undersheriff Robeson checks in on a guard in one of the jail’s cell pods. | A wall by the toilet is kicked down. | A view inside one of the dormitories in one of the pods | The laundry room. | The nurse’s office, in a former holding cell.

to be a flight risk, and were awaiting trial. Despite population estimates falling short of expectations, the jail did not just meet capacity projections, it exceeded them: In 2015, the average inmate count on a given day was around 88 people. Even if the models projected were to remain accurate over the space of three decades, projections in the 1983 plan still showed that, by 2005, peak jail capacity would be somewhere in the neighborhood of 55 inmates. The old proposal is also highly-antiquated in its philosophy for use of space. In the 54-pages of program data in the plan, programmatic space includes only the required indoor and outdoor recreation spaces, two 80 square foot counseling and meeting spaces, a visitation room and a 200 square foot library. The biggest space available was an 800 square foot multi-purpose room, still in heavy use and with a lengthy waiting list. That room is now in use up to six hours a day for Regents and G.E.D. courses, during which nobody else may use the room. This, according chairman of the County’s Jail Study Committee Rich John, is counterproductive to the purpose of the jail. “We want to make sure these people don’t come back,” John said. “Something’s gone wrong if these people ended up in jail, so what do you do to relaunch them? Tompkins County has fully supported alternatives to incarceration and that’s going to continue…. If our goal is to have the people who are in jail not come back, you have to do something while they’re there.” Reducing the popu l ation

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idea, Dietrich said, can have a benefit: setting a lower cap on the total number of beds in the facility could force municipalities to think more about alternatives to incarceration than seen in other counties with bigger jails. “One concern is how they will address it,” she continued. “It’s enormously frustrating. On one hand (the state) is trying to close prisons and find alternatives for people coming back to society, and on the other hand they’re pushing localities to increase their capacity. It’s the usual thing from the state: say one thing and do the other. I don’t know what this legislature’s going to do… I don’t know what they can do.” One easy solution, Dietrich said, was forcing the jail to serve its original intention: holding those awaiting trial or prison who were deemed a flight risk. A solution to this problem came in vogue in New York City to address overcrowding issues on Rikers Island, where charitable organizations would post bail--normally reserved for those who are a flight risk before trial--for those arrested on misdemeanor charges who could not afford the cost. However in 2012, a formal arrangement enacted by the state set a limit on charitable bails at $2,000. Now in New York State--where bail is arbitrary-Dietrich said there are justices that set bail at $2,500 on misdemeanor charges, an issue that has cut OAR’s annual number of bailouts from a high of 72 people three years ago to an average of about 36 per year today. This issue has gained enough attention that in May 2016, the New York State Bar Association’s Committee on Civil Rights met at Fordham University to outline a series of possible reforms to the system. But it’s the impact on county costs that Dietrich notes most of all: for each person /

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they bailed out, by OAR’s estimate, the county saved approximately $7,200. The organization, to avoid the charitable bond law, are now seeking to form an LLC to work in a similar fashion to a bail bondsman. “Nothing we do right now is particularly effective to reduce recidivism. One of the basic reasons is, in my opinion, when people come out of jail into homelessness it’s only a matter of time before they’re back in jail. Having a safe place to call home is square one for anyone looking for stability. Maybe day reporting (probation) isn’t the best use of our money, maybe it’d

be better spent making sure people have stability in their lives. I don’t think it’s a closed system. There’s so many things impacting recidivism the study isn’t going to get to.” What County Legislator Anna Kelles sees is an opportunity to perhaps not expand the jail or even increase programming space, but to identify what the county doesn’t have and where its money could best be spent. Right now in Tompkins County, Kelles said, there is no detox center or treatment center, which is important to note as the issues those serve to treat are the reason many people return

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on-site and maybe even, if we’re going to build, build secure detox that can flex up in space to allow more jail or more detox based on what we need, to use the footprint that’s there to be more treatment-focused and less criminal.” Or, Kelles said, reevaluate what the jail should do; help those who need it most in the context of jail, and provide help to those who could be helped outside the jail. “They want an expansion due to things we know will address some of the issues so we know people aren’t housed in a jail where they’re twiddling their thumbs,” she said. “But is that the right expansion? That’s the question. An expansion would be $22 million. Would it solve our problem? Where I struggle is we have a jail that, physically, is very depressing, not a quality I would like. In my ideal world, we’d improve the quality of the jail but wouldn’t add beds--we don’t have the staff for it anyway. It’s not the cost of the expansion itself, it’s the operations cost after the expansion that will affect us. The major issues are drug-related and mental health-related, and we have no supports for those.” If the need to build a bigger jail exists, it may not necessarily be because it’s inhumane. Though outside of state regulations and, Bunce said, a strain on officers, the corridor areas hardly seem inhumane. Other than the pods--which are oriented in a glass-walled octagon under the watch of a single officer--many have the appearance of a college dorm room, seasonal decorations and magazines lying around and a television turned to a daytime talk show. Kelles said she had a stance before that overcrowding was inhumane, that the county was stacking the jail with people like sausages and conditions were terrible. That is, until she visited the jail for the first time. “I was doing my tour and Captain Bunce took me into one of the blocks with a variance,” she said. “The room had four women in it. Each one was in for heroin. And I hung out with them for an hour, and at one point I asked what they thought of the variance, if they’d heard they’re pulling it. One of them said to me, ‘I think it sucks.’ Me and Captain Bunce were totally not expecting that. ‘I don’t want to lose my roommate.’ She turned down an empty cell to be in a double bunk so she had someone to talk to. We as humans can get so self-righteous sometimes when we’re basing our personal interpretation on a distant observation.” •

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f you were to ask the members of the Ithaca College football team what was going to happen when they took the field against Buffalo State at Butterfield Stadium on Saturday, they might be hardpressed to give you an answer. Were you to ask them what was NOT going to happen, they would have told you very emphatically: There was no way in hell the Bombers were going to lose head coach Mike Welch’s final home game. The Bombers kept their collective promise on both sides of the ball, and while the offense put up a mere seven points, that was enough. The defensive unit slammed the door on the visitors, and the shutout was the second consecutive such effort in home games this year. It was the first time since 1999 that the Bombers posted back-to-back shutouts at home, and it was also the first time since 2004 that the team has blanked an opponent twice in a season. The win put one more feather in the 2016 Bombers’ cap in that it completed a perfect home schedule, and going into their final game of the season (next week’s Cortaca Jug matchup at Cortland), Ithaca is now sitting at 5-4 . The fact that the Ithaca defense held Buff State to a mere 195 yards of total offense is remarkable, given the visitors came in averaging more than twice that amount (414 yards). Saturday’s game was also a farewell for twenty-two seniors, and one of them–quarterback Wolfgang Schafer–hit freshman Will Gladney (a semi-local player that hails from Owego Free Academy) with a touchdown pass in the first quarter for the contest’s only points. Fans of highscoring games would be disappointed that the 8-yard strike was the only points of the game, but defensive purists were thrilled with the effort. The Cortaca Jug game will be one to remember, as both teams will be playing with a lot of passion. For the Bombers, it will be a chance to bring the Jug back to South Hill for the first time since 2009. This

particular team has never been in possession of the coveted trophy, and to see Welch go out with the Jug in hand will be a huge motivator. Welch has been coaching at his alma mater since before any of his players were born, and respect for him and his legacy runs deep. The Red Dragons, on the other hand, are having a very uncharacteristically frustrating season. They are 4-5 overall (2-5 in the Empire 8) and the opportunity to finish at .500 is surely lighting a huge fire under them. Their players have never seen the Cortaca Jug reside anywhere other than in Cortland, and they will do whatever they can to assure that it remains there. The game is sold out, but can be viewed on Time Warner Channel 325 A few columns back, I wrote that the Ithaca High girls’ swimming and diving team was on a mission to reclaim the sectional title that had eluded them for the past four years. The seniors on the team were upstarts when Horseheads won the title the Little Red had held for many years, and given this was their last chance to bring the trophy back to Ithaca, they were relentless in their effort to do so. One of those seniors–Annika Browning–was so sick on Wednesday that she actually was unable to finisher her race in the prelims. But, according to head coach Mike Blakely-Armitage, she rallied on Saturday and crushed it. “On Saturday, we knew that if we swam strong and did as well as we did in the prelims, we’d be okay,” Blakely-Armitage said. “I told the girls to focus on one event at a time, and that if they did, we’d have the result we had hoped for. All of our seniors swam very well, and I’m happy for them.” Mike was also very happy for senior Micaela Moravek, who had been flirting with a state qualifying time in the 50 free and finally nailed it. The state meet is Nov. 18-19 at Ithaca College, and the Little Red will be well represented.

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unrealized niche in the local nightlife that has so far, gone unfilled: well-done cocktails in a stripped-down environment that serves as a functional space in the community, akin to places like The Westy. “Working in high volume cocktail bars is a hell of a job, and I might be getting a little too old for that,” Cakes said. “Lot 10, Mercato, now Simeon’s, Argos, those are places that can make you a Corpse Reviver #2 to perfection, every single time. I don’t need to do that, I can just make a really good Manhattan.” And her focus? Whiskey, which she said is a passion of both she and fellow

owner-operator, Dave Thomas. T here’s a n a r m of su st a i nabi l it y included in the bar’s philosophy, informed in part by the owners’ experience and the building itself. With little external storage, garnishes and other touches will be in limited quantities to allow fast rotation of product with about a third of their supply coming from locals. The drink selection will be displayed digitally, rather than printed, so “we don’t have to burn a forest down for our menus,” she said. The idea is to have no “weeds” at the Watershed: that no effort go wasted, no food or paper misused, that their different approach works in an efficiency akin to London’s White Lion (where opening night, they served two Manhattans and a Sazerac in 25 seconds to start the eve-

ning) or San Francisco’s Trick Dog. Cakes is ready to hit her stride immediately. While construction has been taking place around the clock for the past four months, she’s been working behind the scenes on an Excel spreadsheet, charting everything from financial projections to menu maps and inventory. The ‘Getting Down To Business Course’ at Alternatives Federal Credit Union, she said, was a profound influence in that regard. The Watershed will be progressive on several fronts beyond its view of its place among Ithaca’s nightspots. To fund its construction and furnishing, they instituted a community-supported hospitality program, where future customers could buy equipment, glasses and other accessories for the bar in exchange for drinks

and rewards to be redeemed later on. They intend to have a staff of eight that will be paid a living wage of $15 an hour, on top of their gratuity. Their staff had undergone a series of trainings called Barstander, a pilot training in bartender intervention that will create an in-bar experience that provides a safe time out for those consuming alcoholic beverages, teaching their bartenders how to recognize potentially risky situations arising from those who’d had a few too many. And, once their certificate of occupancy is signed later this month, they should be providing all of the above in the very near future. • –Nick Reynolds

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conclusion that we need to expand the jail.” CGR has worked almost exclusively in New York State and listed nearby counties as former clients, like Steuben and Chemung Counties, which still have some of the highest jail populations in the state and have few ATIs (alternatives to incarceration) in place. “One of the reasons you see a higher rate of incarceration is that they have a very different way of thinking in the legal system there that produces different results,” Lance Salisbury, supervising attorney for assigned counsel for Tompkins County, said CGR Principal Donald Pryor said that the firm’s familiarity with Upstate New York puts him and his colleagues at an advantage. He said CGR could complete the project on the county’s proposed six-month timeline. “The main thing is you all are way ahead of the curve to begin with in terms of using alternatives to incarceration, and the county arrest rate is significantly lower than is the case of Steuben or Chemung,” Pryor said. “You have the political or public mindset or predisposition to want to find ways to reduce the jail population… other counties see the practical dollar and cents, and see it as a public safety issue and not so much values-driven.” Pryor said that he and his two colleagues, who also sat in on the interview, would be spending significant time on site in Tompkins County and that the three of them would be handling the study themselves, not passing it off to less experienced employees. In contrast, Alan Kalmanoff, executive director of ILPP, said that his firm’s experience working with counties all over the United States gave him a greater wealth of knowledge. Though he said he could possibly complete the report in three months at a reduced rate, he also said that one county kept him on for over a year because they wanted more information. Kalmanoff declined to answer questions about the specifics of his research methods should he be tasked with the job, saying that he would fly to Tompkins County for at least one week immediately upon being hired so that he could get to know the county better before making decisions about the best way to proceed. • –Jaime Cone

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n arrest has been made in relation to the early-morning stabbing of 19-year-old Ithaca College student Anthony Nazaire on Cornell’s campus nine weeks ago. Ithaca Police announced Nagee Green, a 23-year-old man from Freeville, was arrested earlier this week without incident on the 1600 block of Dryden Road in Freeville. Upon arraignment, Green will be charged with one count of murder in the second degree and one count of assault in the second degree, both felonies. The investigation, which commenced immediately after the August 28 incident which left Nazaire dead and another 19-year-old man wounded, involved the review of an unnamed number of videos recorded of the incident, evidence Chief John Barber said required some “prodding” to get people to come forward with. He said, as proceedings move forward, more video evidence is still being sought. Police say after the altercation, which took place after an on-campus event at Cornell, Green–whose connection to the victim was not established–allegedly stabbed both victims before being stopped by police as he boarded public transit to make his way downtown. Days after the murder, Nazaire’s family told the NY Daily News that police had identified a suspect following the murder, a fact police did not confirm on Monday night; only that there had been multiple leads allowing them to make an arrest. As for why an arrest took so long to make? “This isn’t like on tv, where you watch an episode and connect the evidence to a crime,” Barber said. “These things take time to gather the evidence together to develop a good solid case, and that’s what we’ve done here.” • –Nick Reynolds

BusinessTimes What to Expect From the County Housing Summit The issue occupying the minds of legislators and residents alike will be addressed comprehensively on nov. 30 By Nick Reynolds

Five Year Projected Housing Need or u ms on development a nd ing sustainable means of metropolitan urban planning aren’t somegrowth. thing that immediately come In his role, Coes has advised cities on to mind as a hot ticket, “can’tcommunity revitalization and sustainmiss” event. able and equitable economic developBut the Tompkins County Housing ment and will lead several discussions Summit, which kicks off Wednesday, during the summit, many of which will Nov. 30, has done just that. So many have be focused on transit and equitable comsigned up, in fact, that some sessions have munity development, among other topics been moved to the 915-seat Kulp Audiand in the past, has authored pieces on torium at Ithaca High School from the the benefits of walkability in the nation’s 3,400 square foot confines of The Space @ largest metropolitan areas and of the Greenstar. Perhaps it was to be expected: vitality of mass transit-oriented urban Danter Study effective market area Total population in a county where 15,000 people commute infrastructure. from outside Tompkins County each day It’s the overarching dialogue Roband another great deal commute to Ithaca ertson hopes will tie together the three Five Year Projected Need Type from the outlying rural communities, tenets of future development Robertson housing in Tompkins County has become sees as central to the dialogue she hopes a topic relevant to everyone: not just planis produced by the summit: how to move ning offices and local politicians. forward with development in the county “We really hope this will be the beginin ways that allow for social equity and 200-250 of which 600–700 of which ning of a conversation,” said County Legmobility, reduce strain on the environshould cost less than should be defined as islator Martha Robertson, who worked to ment, and addressing the needs of the $250,000 affordable working class which, Robertson said, is organize the summit. Housing–or a lack of it–in small col- these other communities.” ing everyone from local planning staff to where any chance of movement up the lege communities is not an anomaly by College towns themselves are great representatives from Cornell University’s social ladder is based. According to a 2013 policy memo any means. In fact, around the coun- investments for developers for a num- Real Estate Development Office to share from the Brookings Institry, the housing problems ber of reasons: large ten- t heir roles on t he houstute’s Hamilton Project, that have recently begun ant pools with consistently ing crisis and to provide housing is a central tenet to plag ue It hac a–t he high demand making for their visions of the future forming the foundations high rents and the lack of stable rents, low vacancy based on their findings. To of inequality. As income options–have been impactrates and a highly-ener- frame the discussion, the inequality has risen and ing communities nationget ic cu lt u re. Pa i r t hat summit’s keynote speaker wages have stagnated and wide since the college town wit h a town t hat, buck- should provide some of the e ven lowere d , t he e a s y paradigm began to shift, ing regional trends, has most valuable insight on accessibility of housing has as once noted by Forbes g r o w n e c o n o m i c a l l y, where the city–and Tompbecome unrealistic for an publisher Rich Karlgaard, means a highly-lucrative k ins Cou nt y–cou ld a nd increasing percentage of from being entrepreneurial investment that may not should be headed for susbreeding grounds to ecothe population. As housshare the values pursued tainable growth. nomic development centers ing becomes an issue, this by those seeking equitable in the mid to early-2000s. means less investment in development. hristopher Coes is M a rth a Robertson Chr istopher Coes “As much as we’d love their youth, sma ller ta x To put this in a local the Vice President to t hink of ourselves as bases to support healthy context, a panel of experts of Real Estate Policy unique,” Robertson said, educational institutions (soon to be released) was assembled by for Smart Growth America, “we aren’t necessarily so different from all the summit’s planning committee ask- an advocacy coalition based on promot-

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owners of Salmon Pottery, Sundrees, and Fresh Organic Hair are all women,” she said, all of whom are located nearby in the Main Street area. “The location itself is it,” she said. “I remember exactly walking down Main Street and wanting something quick and healthy because fast food feels typically unhealthy.” Trumansburg had burger joints and pizza places, but she thought it would be nice for locals to have something like Green Star, the organic coop in Ithaca. When she saw the space just a few doors down from Gimme Coffee! open up she saw instantly that this was her chance, and with the help of mother, Patricia Heckart, Good to Go! was born. The shop is almost exactly half grocery store, half made to order to-go restaurant continued on page 16

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ne loca l busi ness ow ner fou nd a successf u l loca l niche to what is an already booming industry in Asia in a concept that, in America, is hardly foreign at all. Alina Kim is harnessing the power of karaoke to drive her Lansing bar, K-House. K-House houses an upbeat open bar room with an open karaoke stage, but also has ten private rooms available to rent for small groups wishing to jam-out for an hour or two on their own. These private karaoke boxes are not unusual in eastern Asian countries like Japan, China, and Korea, where they are about as frequent as Starbucks franchises are in the U.S. According to Kim, karaoke is a popular pastime in Korea where families or groups of friends regularly go out to dinner and stop by a karaoke box on the way home. This trend has also made its way to major metropolitan areas like New York City, where Kim grew up. Kim’s native Fort Lee, in New Jersey, has about 24 karaoke rooms alone, each usually catered to a

specific ethnicity. Finding none of the sort in upstate New York, Kim’s younger sister recommended she start one in the Ithaca area. “I figured that if this is strong enough of a business model to exist so heavily in Asia, there’s no reason for it not to eventually become something at least close to as strong in America,” said Kim, who is a graduate of Cornell’s Hotel School. Kim estimates that 70 percent of her customers have never been exposed to this type of karaoke before, but sees new faces every night. This can be reflected in K-House’s regular 23-30 percent growth in year-to-date sales since opening two years ago. She doesn’t necessarily cite the local colleges as K-House’s major source of business, but definitely finds the student to alumna bond helpful. “There’s always a lot of love. So you get a little extra support,” said Kim. The sign above the door says “Enter as Strangers, Leave as Friends,” a reputation Kim prides herself on. continued on page 16

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with a small seating area and pre-made options available as well. “Some people will come in for breakfast and grab a sandwich to eat later,” Monaco said. The breakfast burrito, made with ecofriendly brown rice, black beans, a fried egg, salsa and sour cream is the most popu lar item. Monaco suspects t hat people appreciate its heartiness. “It holds you over,” she said. “If you have it for breakfast you don’t need to eat until late lunch.” Like all the breakfast items at Good to Go, the burrito is served all day long, from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., when the shop closes. Monaco’s personal favorite is the turkey Reuben and choice of two daily soups. She said that while she has few food restrictions herself, growing up her family spent a lot of time in the local coop, where she gained an understanding that people have different dietary needs. “We can totally accommodate glutenfree,” she said, “and we take requests.” Not only does the shop go out of its way to take special to-go orders, but staff also takes suggestions on what grocery and personal items to carry. “That’s pretty much how I chose half my products,” Monaco said. Business grew steadily for three years and then plateaued, but now Monaco knows exactly what to expect each year. “It’s a struggle, especially in a small town, to make money,” she said. “The slow season is January and February. You have to plan on it and balance it out with summer being the busiest.” To help ma ke ends meet, she still works for her once full-time employer Fingerlakes Grassroots Festival, though she now only works there part-time. She’s busy, but she says she wouldn’t have it any other way. It’s probably one of the biggest rewards of owning the business: being a part of community,” she said. “I just love it.” •

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“It’s not the typical kind of bar where you might see where someone just goes to kind of drink their sorrows away. If they come in upset, they will leave happy,” said Kim. “Sometimes we joke that this is like therapy, and that it’s addictive.” This uplifting scene can be attributed not just to the inspirational quotes on the walls, quirky decorations, and bright design, but to the karaoke itself. Neuroscience experts have proven interacting with others in a social setting while feeling a similar beat makes people happier. Obviously since the idea is fairly new to the area, it’s accompanied by some major misconceptions. “I’ve actually had like a 250-pound biker tell me ‘I’m never going to sing.’ Then he became a mic hog in about five minutes,”

s t he i s sue re l ate s to It h a c a , informing people enough on the issue to participate in the community-wide discussion is vital, and will be tackled in several areas the summit is looking to address. For the community, it’s about education and dialogue, giving people a basic knowledge of the f indings Tompkins County and affiliated housing groups throughout the area have found. A discussion on the findings of the recent Tompkins County Housing Needs Assessment survey, for instance, will be discussed,

“As much as we’d love to think of ourselves as unique,” Robertson said, “we aren’t necessarily so different from all these other communities.”

and a master plan long in the works at Cornell University to house its undergraduate and graduate student population will also be presented. While there is still plenty of room to register for the free event (possible at HousingTompkins.com) space is limited. However Robertson said the opportunity to contribute to the discussion isn’t limited to the summit’s attendees: People can share their stories with the organizers on the group’s Facebook page, searchable as Housing Tompkins. •

said Kim. “If you really don’t want to sing, there’s no pressure to sing.” In the male-dominated bar and restaurant industry, Kim finds the greater Ithaca atmosphere supportive to her and her business. Kim thinks that the local deficit in women entrepreneurs roots from a biological standpoint rather than a discriminative barrier to entry. Running a business, especially one that operates into the early hours, takes a physical and time-related toll that’s exceptionally challenging for mothers. Kim is expecting her first child in January. Kim hints at a possible expansion to K-House to what she describes as “B-Cities” with a younger college base, however she says anything is possible at this point. K-House is located at 15 Catherwood Rd. near the Ithaca Mall complex in Lansing and is open most weeknights and weekends. Individual karaoke boxes are available by reservation or walk-in. •

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Plato’s Closet How a former Corporate marketer Found her passion By Nick Reynolds

or 15 years, Renee King was a marketing manager for a calendar company, another face in corporate America with a great salary and what seemed to be great financial security. Then, in 2011, she was laid off. The Vestal resident floated around for a few years, trying to find a job she could take on that would pay comparably to the living she had made before. That effort didn’t go so well, she said, and one day she stopped searching. That’s when, she said, she began to look at opportunities she could make for herself. King began looking into the realms of the entrepreneurial world, seeking a business that she and her husband could invest in and use to help make a new living where King could both pursue her passions and make a decent wage while she was at it. She found it in the aisles of one of her favorite haunts in Vestal: Plato’s Closet, a chain for gently-used name brand clothing the former GAP manager often frequented. In spring 2014, she opened up shop in

Ithaca and today, the business is still going strong. “We’re not going anywhere,” King said. “Obviously, your first couple years are tough and you have to make a place for yourself in the community. I feel very good about the future.” With a proven platform to build on with Plato’s Closet, the business was set up for success but, as with anything, success was not necessarily guaranteed. Staffing is the toughest thing, King said, the first few years marked by a need to find the right mix of people to staff the store. Over the years, the store has had a lot of staff turnover, sometimes due to the hectic environment of the shop or the chemistry between the employees. Usually it’s the pace of the operation, manager Jessica Clark said, because at times the turnaround of clothing from the intake to getting it on the floor can often resemble a factory line in how quickly inventory can get turned around. How the business works, she explained, is to take in used clothing

( L - R ) P l at o’s C l o s e t M a n ag e r J e s s i c a C l a r k , R e n e e K i n g & K i r a S h u t ow i c h ( P h o t o : C a s e y M a r t i n) and, almost immediately after evaluating it, get it tagged and get it on the rack. They get quite a lot coming in (up to 1,000 pieces in a day, Clark said) and inventory needs to constantly be monitored, as pieces can usually only stay on the rack six months at a time. When those months are up, the staff is responsible for finding those pieces and getting them on clearance. But it’s reaching out to the community that’s become one of their strengths. As a former marketer, King knows the importance of constantly pushing a product into the public’s eye and projecting a warm demeanor. At Plato’s Closet, it’s about two things: an aggressive presence on social

media (managed by two employees whose jobs are completely geared to the role) and a kind-eyed staff to greet you. “Friendly faces only,” King said. “If you’re shy, you need not apply.” Their investment has paid off. King now boasts a staff of 14 full and part-time employees and business after almost three years, she said, is humming right along, even in the demanding business climate of Tompkins County’s miniature metropolitan center. “Monetarily, it’s hard to start a business,” King said. “It’s not inexpensive to do business in Ithaca. Rents are high and startup financing is hard. But we’re doing okay.” •

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a year. So far, more than 400 grants have been disbursed for a total of $1.5 million to support causes such as housing symposia, home buyer education and housing fairs, financial assistance and housing needs studies, among other causes. The summit kicks off November 30.

The Ithaca Board of Realtors received a $5,000 grant from the National Association of Realtors’ Housing Opportunity Program to help fund the county’s upcoming housing summit, which will work to begin a discussion on addressing urban policy issues as the city and county moves forward in its continued development. The NAR grant program was established in 2006 and are awarded 10 times

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Homewood Suites Names Sales Manager Annette Edwards has been announced as the new Sales Manager at Homewood Suites in Ithaca, NY. As Sales Manager, Edwards will be responsible for prospecting new corporate accounts as well as growing existing client relationships. Edwards joins the Ithaca team from her most recent positions as Catering Coordinator at the Ithaca Bakery, in Ithaca, NY, Agency Services/Client Manager Annette Edqards at Elevate in Lansing, NY, Catering and Events Manager Internship at Coltivare in Ithaca, NY, and Personnel Manager at BJ’s Wholesale Club in Ithaca, NY. “Annette’s vast and diverse sales experience makes her the ideal fit for this position,” commented Mohamed Abdelrehim, General Manager for the hotel. “We are excited to have her on board and wish her great success in her new role.” The threestory Homewood Suites Ithaca is located in the Village of Lansing and features 91 residential-style rooms with fully equipped kitchens, as well as spacious sleeping and living areas. Other amenities include an indoor pool, fitness room, and meeting facilities.

REV to Hold Startup Demo Day for Aspiring Ithaca College Entrepeneurs Students eager to launch their business ideas will have the opportunity to pitch

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to seasoned entrepreneurs at Rev: Ithaca Startup Works on November 17. Twelve student teams from Ithaca College will present four -minute presentations to a panel of experienced entrepreneurs who will be awarding up to $5,000 to help the students develop their ideas into reality. Doors open at 5 p.m. and pitches begin at 5:30 p.m. Events at Rev, like Startup Idea Demo Day, take business pitching to the next level, bringing students from Ithaca College into the community and connecting them with local resources. Ithaca College provides students with many opportunities to pitch ideas and gain real business experience on campus. Just last month, the Park School of Communications hosted Park Tank, based off the popular show Shark Tank that gave students the chance to pitch business, marketing and media concepts in a television show setting. The School of Business also hosts the Business Plan Competition every spring for students to present ideas for potential companies.

For Football Season, Treleaven to Turn Barrel Room Into a Sports Bar The barrel room at Treleaven winery in King Ferry will be equipped with four 55” highdefinition televisions, as well as a large 16x9 projector screen with surround sound that will display the most anticipated regular season game at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. the rest of football season There will be multiple seating options available including comfortable couches and high-top tables. The weekly event will run every Sunday, November 20 through December 18, before taking a two-week hiatus to celebrate the holidays. Come post-season play in the New Year, the winery will be show three full weekends of playoff action. The football-filled days will feature DJs keeping the atmosphere fun as they play music during the commercial breaks. Local favorite 1010BBQ will be serving pubstyle food, and Treleaven will supply the beverages. All football games will be shown at Treleaven at 658 Lake Rd. in King Ferry. •

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The function of the artist is to make people like life better than they have before. – Kurt Vonnegut

lice Muhlback could perhaps be considered as Ithaca’s Picasso. Why I am so attracted to Alice Muhlback’s art, in all probability, is the reason is that I am a cartoonist. (I worked about 15 years in comics, overlapping with three decades in the animation industry.) Alice’s art is cartoon-based. She draws cartoon characters in line, and then paints the work like a great abstract expressionist. Her new show currently on view at the Eye Gallery on the Ithaca Commons (arguably the hippest gallery in Ithaca) features art riffing on an animated film, Alice, co-created with the filmmaker Pamela Tan and producer Chris Holmes (with music composed by Joshua Handal) called Once Upon an Eye. The film can’t be shown yet as it has been entered in various film festivals, but there is animation on display at the exhibit with characters and situations from the film (a bit like a coming attraction). She has a style totally her own. And she has developed over the years a type of personal iconography of reoccurring characters that

she deploys like a composer using reoccurring themes. There are some precedents in world cartooning that her art reminds me of. In animation, I think of the Beatles film Yellow Submarine, and the Murakami-Wolf film The Point (which featured music by the late Harry Neilson). In the print medium, I think of M.K. Brown (a cartoonist whose work appeared in The National Lampoon, which was humor magazine of my youth) and the cartoonist Dan O’Neil, who drew the newspaper strip Odd Bodkins, and was one of the Air Pirates, a group of underground cartoonists who got the Disney organization very angry at them in the 1970s. And I think of the late, sainted B. Kliban–the cartoonist who was famous for those ubiquitous cats. But there are also those two late, sainted, world-class cartoonists Alex Toth and Jean “Moebius” Giraud. Toth was a great cartoonist in the adventure mode (Space Ghost) where Moebius was a great French science-fiction cartoonist (Metal Hurlant). But both artists occasionally drew much simpler work that displayed a near miraculous sense of design. That’s what reminds me of Alice’s work. Her design sense is extraordinary. She comes up with the most compelling of character designs with an absolute simplicity of line. And then she paints her work like the greatest of the abstract expressionists who emerged in New York City after World War II…Mark Rothko and Franz Kline and so on. As to why I think of her in terms of Picasso… I once saw an exhibit of extremely large Picasso paintings at the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, California circa 1979. They were

(Above) “Fly and Boater” by Alice Muhlback

from a period when Picasso lived in Cannes in the South of France. It was happy, earthy subject matter–women, food, palm trees, the Mediterranean–and the paintings were like big cartoons, drawn with thick, heavy lines. I especially remember how the characters all had big cartoon hands, much like Muhlbeck’s characters. Muhlbeck also frequently makes sculptures of her characters using cast-off materials. Picasso did that too. Picasso’s neighbors called him “the Junkman” because he was forever picking up cast-off stuff on his walks around his neighborhood, which he used to make his sculptures. Both Alice’s and Picasso’s sculptures have a sort of funky, jury-rigged quality to them. Alice’s work also reminds me of Joan Miro and Paul Klee. Both artists have a cartoony quality to their work…cartoon-like characters and objects drawn in line and painted with bright, childlike colors. And I think of Marc Chagall for pure charm. Alice often has characters floating in the air, which reminds me of Chagall’s famous, supercharming painting of two lovers…locked in a kiss and floating through the air. Now let’s consider the gallery… The Eye Gallery, on the Commons in downtown Ithaca, is one of Ithaca’s newest galleries. Julie Simmons-Lynch, the former editor of Heavy Metal magazine, launched it in September of 2015. It is a tremendous cultural addition continued on page 20

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film upon, and, my favorite, a tree with thin, wire foliage and little plastic viewers contin u ed from page 19 hanging like fruit, each one containing a miniature painting within. to the city. Alice even has one interactive sculpAnd, as I mentioned earlier, Alice Muhlback’s show at Eye features characters tural display where one can look into one of those Viewmaster things I had when I and situations from her animated film was a kid (now called an “Image3D”) and Once Upon an Eye. she has somehow loaded a revolving selecHere’s the synopsis of the film: “Two tion of her artwork in it. souls hatch–one flees, There’s also a bit of luggage one pursues–under the with the giant, the eye, and benevolent gaze of a the bird drawn on it, painted larger presence. It is an as a very nice abstractage-old tale of love. expressionist piece. (It’s not The two souls are too early to be thinking about portrayed by a bird and a Christmas present for that a floating eye, the “larger special, hard-to-find-anpresence” portrayed by a appropriate-gift-for, loved giant. And the paintings one.) and sculptures at the Eye Once Upon an Eye is a Gallery feature the bird marvelous little show in an and the eye and the giant elegant gallery… a worthy in reoccurring motifs as addition to the cultural richwell as some of Alice’s ness of Our Enlightened Little other characters: one of Town. If the Art-Loving (Top) A still from Alice Muhlback’s her emblematic cats, a film “Once Upon an Eye” (Right) The Reader is downtown with a litbuffalo, a very appealing poster for the film (Photo provided) tle time on his or her hands… cartoon horse, a birdwhy not drop by the Eye and boat, and a tree with a take in this marvelous show? moon-face, a sun-face, It will make you like life a and a cartoon star as foliage. little better than before. • And the sculptural installations are marvelous: a giant lying on the floor, head Once Upon an Eye will be on display from Nov. 4 to Dec. 18 at the Eye Gallery, on the Commons, 126 E. propped in hand, a cat sculpture, a mobile State/MLK St., Ithaca, N.Y., 2nd floor. Thurs. – Fri. 4 of the bird (who looks a bit like a flying –6 p.m., Sat. – Sun. 12 – 5 p.m. (607) 342-4414. www. wing–Alice called it “a new model”), an eyeithaca.com. ornate little mini-theatre to watch the

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be read as psychologically symbolic but unlikely to strike us with true dread. So we suspend our disbelief as we watch Macbeth tempted by the witches’ predictions, a seduction of the soul that unleashes all the horrors to follow. The brevity of this play (it’s not clear if the full version has survived) leaves great lacunae in the mental transformation of Macbeth and his wife – we follow their changes in vast leaps, as if illuminated but intermittent flashes of psychic states. The inherent difficulty in rendering Macbeth’s character is seen in this production; on opening night last week the leads (both highly skilled actors) seemed searching for an interpretation throughout the first act. Michael Donato’s Macbeth was at times too modern, not a persuasively fierce general, and his speeches didn’t always project when he turned from the audience. As Lady Macbeth, Kirsten Sad opened curiously with a smiling, coy, girlish demeanor that was unconvincing and far from noble. By this time, performances may have shifted and come into more familMacduff (Daniel Wisniewski) and Macbeth (Michael Donato) iar focus. Already last week, the second in the Ithaca Shakespeare Company’s production of Macbeth. act clicked for the central pair–adversity (Photo provided) seemed to throw them into a more regal mode. Lady Macbeth’s madness mostly occurs offstage, but Macbeth’s evolvof one power-hungry couple. As supremacy ing disquiet is a transformation we in the struggles and usurpations are the inevitable audience witness. Here, Donato presented a kind of neurotic fretfulness, which diminstuff of history, director Stephen Ponton ished the sense of power and authority chooses to open the action vigorously with turned darkly evil. armed battle. The company’s combat (here guided by Jacob Lehman) is always one of the tangible pleasures of an ISC show – dynamic action, rousing cries, and fallen bodies authentically dragged off the field. Varied fighting gear and the costumes in general have grown more satisfying and sumptuous in each production, thanks to the genius of designer Lauren Cowdery. When Macbeth and his new queen emerge for the first time in royal robes and crowns, it’s an almost breathtaking moment. And AmarA*jk’s scenic design reaches new heights as well: giant leafless trees conjure the forest and darker forces of nature, a huge basalt marker stone bears its runes like an omen, and a kaleidoscopic stained glass star high above echoes both monarchy and Christianity. The infamous weird sisters soon appear, here not dirty hags but wraiths swathed in gauzy white from head to toe, more Candomblé priestesses than medieval witches. This interpretation certainly suggests a spirit world, but their flailing about regrettably makes them less ominous. For the modern audience, the supernatural figures throughout Macbeth can hakespeare’s Macbeth, or “the Scottish play,” has long been an audience favorite and many times re-envisioned, through films like Kurosawa’s Throne of Blood and the more recent Michael Fassbender version, a film so bleak it makes you wonder who would bother fighting over such barren territory. Ithaca Shakespeare Company’s current production, handsomely staged at the Hangar Theatre, evokes the intrigues of the history plays as much as the monstrous deeds

A large, capable cast, vigorously orchestrated, kept the action pulsing forward. Erik Lucas was a forceful Banquo, whose reappearance at the banquet was the most chilling ghostly presence. Macduff, who early recognizes Macbeth’s treachery, was played with marked nobility and eloquence by Daniel Wisniewski, a welcome hero in this forlorn world. The cruel slaughter of Macduff ’s family is all the more poignant after the intimate scene of his wife (Jennifer Lehman) and young son (a most engaging Birch Snyder). Dave Dietrich portrayed the ill-fated King Duncan, with Conor Shatto and Eric Hambury distinguishing themselves diversely as his sons. And a welcome, brief bit of comic relief was afforded by David Romm’s Porter. This classic tale of betrayal and bloody

butchery is enriched by those superb speeches – the summit being Macbeth’s despairing that life “is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” Director Ponton has said the timing of this production was partly to suit the disrupted spirit world of the Halloween season. But he also cites the play’s warning about “the dangers of ignoring one’s moral compass” – a sobering reminder in our disturbing election season. • Barbara Adams, a regional arts journalist, teaches writing at Ithaca College. William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, directed by Stephen Ponton. With Michael Donato and Kristin Sad. Ithaca Shakespeare Company at the Hangar Theatre, Nov. 11 and 12, 7:30 p.m. Tickets 607.273-ARTS.

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Artists Ileen Kaplan and Michael Gillan Maxwell By Ambe r D onof r io

enough that the works exhibited together appear as one whole, all containing the essence of a shared painting. Much of the unity stems from an undeniably shared love of bright colors and fluid marks. Essence, which graces the walls of the Community Art Partnership’s Artspace all November, is the most recent collaboration between Kaplan and Maxwell, who have spent many years and collaborations together and whose harmonious creative synchronicity is evident in their work as a result. From the first moment walking into the gallery, the space immediately struck me as meditative and calming, rich with bright blues and greens and reds bursting throughout the room and inviting you to examine their depths. Maxwell’s portion of the show contains several photographs focused on horses, but he veers away essence without having actually been from straight livestock photography by painted. The latter work, or at least its use using his visual manipulations as a means of photography, is disconcerting at first; if of expressing mood and emotive quality. only because each piece looks so much like “Out to Pasture” stuck out most readily, a painting that one would not think to put thanks to its watercolor-esque background them under the category of photography. and the emphatic vibrancy of its hues. And yet, here they are: separate artists Three horses feed in a pasture in the botand media, yet one show that is10cohesive tom third of the4Cvisual space, but rather 76749 Kendal KendalDog Dancing AdIthaca for Ithaca Times x 5.5 Bleed: 1/8” all sides 76749 Ad for Times T: 10T:x 5.5 ocal artists Ileen Kaplan and Michael Gillan Maxwell’s work could both be described as defined by color. While Kaplan’s paintings contain expressive brushstrokes and layers of abstraction, Maxwell’s medium (photography that he then digitally alters) allows for figurative work whose lines become blurred, his pieces exhibiting a painterly

(Left) Ileen Kaplan’s “Close to the Ocean” (Above) Michael Gillan Maxwell’s “On than normal coats of Tunnels Beach” (Photos provided) brown or white, they exist instead as blackish forms radiating blue and fashion, but this doesn’t make her work red marks that emphasize their shadows any less interesting. Paint layers upon and musculature. But the colors funcpaint in splashes, marks, and squiggled tion as more than just form: they imbue lines, creating an environment of emoeach animal with an energy–an activeness tion and the overall experience of those within–which positions them within a sensations elicited by each color and mark present space. Rather than a photograph functioning as they do with each other. of horses from the past, the subjects in this “Untitled Red” is one of the larger pieces, piece (and in Maxwell’s work in general) heartbreaking and glorious and utterly are given new breath, becoming entirely beautiful. The center is black, which draws new images through the artist’s imaginayour eyes in, surrounded by different tion. In a sense, the painterly aesthetic shades and spatters of red that overtake detaches the subjects from reality, and it is all else that may have once existed behind within this realm positioned between the them. Only one small speck of light green imaginative and the real that the pieces burns below the black center of the piece, succeed, becoming noticeable in their and neon pink paint drips down the break from the norm. scene’s top left-hand corner, dramatic yet Kaplan, meanwhile, uses her medium simultaneously subtle as the red consumes of paint in a much more straightforward it. But not all of both artists’ works diverge in subject matter, despite them tackling their pieces in their own unique ways. One common theme, and a moment A sunset dance in the gazebo islandscape so much more Exploring Ithaca’s spectacular withthan her where the connection between works trusty pal, Tasha, gives Loretta great scenery and a perfect ending to the day. It’s also the perfect place becomes most obvious, is when Kaplan even better company. Whether she’s the for Bayonne, a competitive dancer, to hiking practicetothe and Maxwell explore the beach. Maxwell’s heart of the gorge or just taking in the falls, she “On Tunnels Beach” and “Out Where smooth steps of her newest routine. the Breaker Hit the Reef ” present visual always enjoys the natural beauty of the area. The 105-acre campus of Kendal at Ithaca landscapes of the ocean shore reaching Living on the 105-acre campus of Kendal at out onto sand, the colors exaggerated and provides the perfect backdrop for waltzing through Ithaca not only keeps Loretta connected to the marks fluid like water. Kaplan’s “Close to retirement and staying connected places and companions she loves, to butthe thecare careone she the Ocean”, on the other hand, is identifiable only by its name. Still, it uses much of may need someday. Until then, Bayonne takes it may need someday. And, from here, the story just the same oranges and blues as Maxwell, alone graceful at a time. And, from here, the keeps gettingstep better. luding to the composition of shore next to Come forkeeps a visitgetting and tellbetter. us your story. story just water with layered shadows, abstractly in CallCome 877-891-7709 or gotell tous kai.kendal.org/IT2 place. These subtle commonalities provide for a visit and your story. Call the show with its melodiousness and exto learn more. k a i . ke n d a l . o r g to learn more. 800-253-6325 877-891-7709 or go to kai.kendal.org/IT4 emplify what happens when two collaborators are in tune, staying true to their own work yet also working together to create a complete experience between them. • 2230 N. Triphammer Rd., Ithaca, NY 14850 2230 N. Triphammer Rd., Ithaca, NY 14850 A not-for-profit continuing care retirement community serving

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Vision through Motion

Signal to Code: video art through the decades By Ambe r D onof r io

hundreds of artist residencies until 2011, providing creators with use of electronic resources. What appears to have come out of those residencies, at least according to the videos present in Signal to Code, is a series of disparate yet inventive works that are, to an extent, difficult to describe or wholly comprehend. Exhibited in the Johnson identically to last year’s Gordon MattaClark show, Cuts (reviewed 30 September 2015 Ithaca Times), the room features ten old television sets with one larger video projection in the middle. All eleven videos play at once, creating a room of flickering light and color as visual images compete for attention. At one monitor, Andrew Deutsch’s Magnetic North presents thunderstorm noises against a rocky landscape, a radio signal arching into the sky. Artist David Blair speaks of bees and mutated corn in the oddly and visually mirrored puzzle of Wax or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees; a woman performs menial tasks as another life (or memory), of children and family, plays simultaneously in fragments in Lynne Sachs’ Window Work; and First World Order by Philip Mallory Jones provides glimpses into various cultures, describing anything from the tradition ingrained in hand movements A film still from Andrew Deutsch’s “Magnetic North” in Indian dances to the cultural commu(Photo courtesy of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art) nity produced by kava. Ann-Sargent Wooster’s Dialects of Romance, a dissection of lovelorn desire accessibility and clear progression of narra- and victimhood, is notable as the most narrative-driven piece. However, the video tive, video art delves into unkempt terriis unclear as it falls into a trap of passivity tory. It could be anything, any length, and and male dominance, a presence that it may could touch upon any topic in any number or may not be attempting to overturn. Gary of modes; it could very well be incomplete. Hill’s Earth Pulse also seems questionable, And though what exactly differentiates video art from film may be up for contesta- as a shape emanates color backed by synthetic music. The pulsation is evident, but tion, that is where some of the interest in the as-a-whole artificial environment seems the former stems. In the aforementioned in direct contrast to the earth. This is unless experimentation, video art may confront Hill is referring to media waves’ effect on you into seeing its subject matter in an the natural environment, but this doesn’t entirely new way, a way prompted by the seem to be the case. mind of the artist. At the very least, Tears by the collecThus elicits my mixed reaction to Signal to Code, a video art exhibition at the tive NNeng-M stood out with its calming, Johnson Museum at Cornell. It is an exhibit meditative qualities. With white noise blasting, a vertical line moves across the center curated by Timothy Murray of the Rose of an all black screen, breaking apart into Goldsen Archive of New Media Art in the Cornell Library and contains various works dashes at points with quick flashes of indistinguishable shapes moving past. It sounds that seem either enticing or unresolved and looks as if you are underwater, or depending on the piece. The show features navigating an amorphous memory space. a sampling of video art from the archive, It is simple, and in its simplicity births its emphasizing work created in Central New York and the area’s subsequent contribution poignancy. • to video’s history. The exhibition features Signal to Code is on display at the Johnwork created by eleven artists in the Experimental Television Center, a facility founded son Museum of Art through December 18. by Ralph Hocking in 1971 that offered ideo art is one of those mediums often found dwelling on the boundary between fascination and frustrating obscurity. While some works may touch upon elements of documentary or short film (at which point the distinctions between genres blur), others are at times either plotless, narrated in an obtuse manner (if at all) or simply glimpses of an idea played out in some fashion, striving for a complete expression of experience that may or may not be achieved. These are not necessarily criticisms, but elements that are no doubt demonstrative of the experimental quality evident in the video art field, a quality that helps define it. Freed from the constraints of cinema, which asks for a more widespread public

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What A Long Strange Trip Grateful Dead tribute band is the real deal By C hr i s tophe r J. Har r ing ton Dark Star Orchestra, The State Theatre, Thursday, November 10, 8:00 p.m.

lose your eyes. Feel the dimensionally crackling breeze wash over your face. It’s 1975, and you’re at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, right at the apex of the Grateful Dead’s epic “Help on the Way/Slipknot!/ Franklin’s Tower” three-song power surge. Powerful visions swirl through your being, there is bass and guitar interplay that is beyond imaginable, and you’re right there with Jerry, Bob, Phil, Keith, Bill, Donna, and Mickey: shipmates on an intergalactic voyage. You open your eyes. It’s 2016 and you’re

not on O’Farrell Street in Little Saigon, but at the State Theatre in Ithaca. It’s not the Dead onstage that are superimposing the cosmos, but it is the next best thing: Chicago’s Dark Star Orchestra. “The Grateful Dead were unlike any rock band I’ve ever known—they perpetually defied the norm,” DSO and former Cosby Show and Different World keyboardist, Rob Barraco, happily explained. “No show they did was like any other. I saw them for the first time on March 28, 1972 at the Academy of Music in NYC. I went in as a fan but I didn’t truly get it before that show. I sure got it after seeing them live though. In those days there weren’t any bootlegs of shows, so all I knew of the homeowner insurance

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over, the detail and the replication of each performance extremely remarkable. “Our rhythm guitarist Rob Eaton handles the set lists for each show,” noted Barraco. “Rob’s got an extensive database for every show Dark Star has ever played, and he goes through it before each tour. It’s an arduous task, I’m glad I don’t do it [laughs]. He goes through it forward and backward, locating each specific city, and plans shows around what has been played, and what hasn’t played at those specific locations. Rob’s got the patience and the knowledge to do this, and it’s remarkable. There’s always a very fair cross-section of the Dead’s material selected for each tour.” The Grateful Dead were a truly unique and original fusion, and as Barraco said, unlike any band before or after them. They dipped into a dense crystal vision of creativity that opened limitless skies and endless imagination, and they played uncompromising music throughout their entire existence. Forged in the mid-sixties under the veil of acid and psychedelia and rooted in blues, jazz, folk, and classical music, the Dead tore through three decades touching upon everything from mystical progressive rock, to noise all the way to MTV stardom (“Touch of Grey”). Needless to say, DSO has a lot to of material to pick from. And they revel in the recreation. “I grew up on ‘70s Dead. So Keith [Godchaux] was my guy,” Barraco said. “I was originally an organist, and I just loved what he was doing with the piano. He had such a dynamic range and I thought he really jazzed up the Dead’s sound. We have a semi-truck filled with gear when we tour. Rob’s got every kind of guitar Bob Weir used. Jeff Mattson’s got a Travis Bean TB500 replica of the one Jerry used in 1977. I have a battery of keyboards at my disposal, the same Yamaha GS-1 digital synthesizer that Brent [Mydland] started using in ’83, and all sorts of stuff modified to achieve those very specific Dead sounds. It’s truly a labor of love.” Close your eyes and you’re transported to The Strand Lyceum in London. It’s 1972, the orb of eternity is swirling mad, deepening into the abyss. You’re floating invisible; the Grateful Dead’s epic song “Dark Star” pulsates through your every fiber. You ascend. •

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nder the deafening layers of noise, violent communication and jarring abstraction, the music of Brooklyn’s Dreamcrusher is ultimately a warm and industrial type of progressive cacophony. You can feel a sort of whole and happy intimacy even while it pummels you into the deepest and darkest abyss. This is intense music with a heart of gold. Luwayne Glass, the non-binary musician behind these surreal

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and avant-garde sounds, is sort of like the Jackson Pollock of noise. Like Wyomingite Pollock, Glass comes by way of a landscape vast and desolate and, similar to each other, found ways to connect disparate parts to build complete dimensions. “I miss how isolated Kansas can be from everything,” Glass said as they pondered their home state. “There were moments where that was beneficial but it wanes on you really easily. In New York City you can isolate yourself quite a bit, but you always know there’s something interesting happening somewhere near you at any given time. Kansas is all I’ve ever known—up until I moved to Brooklyn, my perception of the world was looking at it from a far.” Dreamcrusher’s latest release, Quid Pro Quo, has a sort of harsh club vibe, swaying and pumping through bits and shards of junk and grime. It’s a deep and grooving listen, as angular and blunt as Whitehouse, and as spirited as Massive Attack. It’s this sort of equalization and openness that serves as the defining portal to the music. It’s accessible, while still being pure and

honest noise. “I really just want to make songs that I want to hear, and make things that have a strong sense of nostalgia but through my aesthetic,” noted Glass. “You’ll never hear a project or song I don’t want to be heard, I’m extremely insular. The thing that attracted me to noise was how different it sounded to everything happening around me. I think of noise as a subversion of tradition, instrumentation, performance, nostalgia and conveying emotion through sound. I grew up fawning over Swans and Throbbing Gristle like every other noise twink. But generally, genre is poison.” The inviting sounds of Dreamcrusher exhibit a sort of contrast to today’s noise aesthetic. Noise music, particularly contemporary material, is oftentimes exceptionally bleak and serious. In many ways, it is difficult (though not impossible) to feel the artist(s) true emotion. Glass though, is happy to share their real and visceral emotions. It’s an industrial openness: often encroaching, but never phony. “I make everything on my computer, varying through different programs,” Glass said. “Live, I want to take people into my space rather than come into theirs. I try to use whatever element to my advantage to do that, use the structure I perform live in to disorient the crowd and the space as much as I can in my own way. I want to alter your senses enough to make the audience feel it and hear it at once. I started as a visual artist and I still do all my own visual art, and have a heavy hand in my videos and design as well. I definitely see the music as I’m hearing it and making it.” Glass is prolific, regularly pumping out material since their 2006 start. Since moving to Brooklyn, the musician has drifted through a sort of whirlwind voyage. The music of Dreamcrusher is constantly in flux—pursuing the differences, the experience, and the vital life force—while adapting to new surroundings. “Recently I’ve been coming up with songs pretty sporadically,” they said. “There is a lot more structure to the process now. I spent the bulk of the past decade churning out songs and EP’s constantly, so right now I’m trying to regroup and make something as interesting, varied and complex as my life has been since moving to NYC.” • Ithaca Underground’s November Music Series runs from Thursday, Nov. 10 through Saturday, Nov. 12 at the Community School of Music and Art. For a full schedule and lineup visit ithacaunderground.org

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11/09 Wednesday Richie Stearns and Friends | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM | Rongovian Embassy, 1 W. Main St., Trumansburg | Old-Time, Bluegrass. Marty Flynn Good Time Band | 6:00 PM-9:00 PM | Flynn’s Roadhouse, East Shore Drive, Lansing | Featuring Marty Flynn,Bob Young,Neal Massa and Dave Salce. Djug Django | 6:00 PM-9:00 PM | Lot 10 Lounge, 106 S Cayuga St, Ithaca | Hot Club Jazz, Blues, Swing. Sacred Chanting with Damodar Das and Friends | 7:00 PM-9:00 PM | Ahimsa Yoga Studio, 215 N Cayuga St., Ithaca | An easy, fun, uplifting spiritual practice open to all faiths. No prior experience necessary. More at www. DamodarDas.com. Kitchen Dwellers | 8:00 PM | The Dock, 415 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Bluegrass, Psychedelic. Wednesday Live Music | 8:00 PM | Rulloff’s, 411 College Ave, Ithaca | Featuring local bands, soloists, and other musical groups.

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Da Prof & Starr | 6:00 PM-8:00 PM | Rongovian Embassy, 1 W. Main St., Trumansburg | Members of Los Finsteros & Millers Wheel will be the duo throughout the evening. Americana. Ithaca Undergrund November Music Series: Jeff Rosenstock, Hard Girls, Katie Ellen, Viva Mayhem | 7:00 PM-11:00 PM | Community School Of Music And Arts, 330 E State St, Ithaca | Power Pop, Garage Rock, Folk, Punk, Rock. Top Shelf | 7:00 PM | Grist Iron Brewing, 4880 NY-414, Burdett | Funk, Soul, Rock, Covers. Bluegrass Sweethearts | 8:00 PM-10:00 PM | Heavily Brewing Co., 2471 Hayes Rd, Montour Falls | Newgrass, Americana, Roots, Bluegrass. Mulberry Soul | 9:00 PM-11:30 PM | Rongovian Embassy, 1 W. Main St., Trumansburg | Bluegrass, Old-Time. Tom and Sadie | 9:00 PM | Two Goats Brewing, 5027 State Rte 414, Burdett |

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The Brooklyn psych guitar pop singer/songwriter SamKogon, who just released his new album “Psychic Tears”, recently on Brooklyn’s Beyond Beyond is Beyond Records (Eerie Wanda, Heaters, etc.), will be playing The Haunt on Sunday, November 13 at 8:00 p.m., with the Imperials and the Sunshine Group. Inspired by artists like Elvis Costello and the Beach Boys,the new record combines Kogon’s love of new wave, retro pop and artists like Marc Bolan. Don’t miss this exciting night, get out to The Haunt. (Photo provided) Haunt, 702 Willow Ave, Ithaca | Delta Blues, Gypsy Jazz, 1930s–Era Swing, Klezmer. Professor Tuesday’s Jazz Quartet | 8:00 PM-10:00 PM | Madeline’s Restaurant, 215 E State St, Ithaca | Jazz. concerts

11/09 Wednesday Midday Music for Organ: Anna Steppler | 12:30 PM | Sage Chapel, Cornell, Ithaca | Anna Steppler performs

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Alternative Folk. Kitestring | 9:00 PM | Silver Line Tap Room, 19 W Main St, Trumansburg | Rock, Soul, Folk.

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Bach’s “Goldberg” Variations on the harpsichord. Dark Star Orchestra | 8:00 PM- | State Theater Of Ithaca, 107 W State St, Ithaca | Performing to critical acclaim worldwide for nearly 17 years and over 2200 shows, Dark Star Orchestra continues the Grateful Dead concert experience. East Coast Chamber Orchestra | 8:15 PM | Ford Hall, Ithaca College, Danby Rd, Ithaca | The critically acclaimed East Coast Chamber Orchestra (ECCO) is a collective of dynamic like-minded

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artists who convene for select periods each year to explore musical works and perform concerts of the highest artistic quality.

11/11 Friday The Machine performs Pink Floyd | 8:00 PM | State Theater Of Ithaca, 107 W State St, Ithaca | Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock. Performing the music of Pink Floyd. Ceili Rain | 8:00 PM- | Auburn Public Theater, 8 Exchange St, Auburn | Pop, Rock, Celtic, Irish, Folk. Professor Louie & The Cromatix | 8:00 PM | Center For the Arts of Homer, 72 S Main St, Homer | Professor Louie & The Crowmatix began as the studio backing band for Aaron Professor Louie’s musical productions with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees, The Band. Patrick Braga: Eyes That Do Not See | 8:00 PM | Milstein Hall [Crit Dome], Cornell University, Ithaca | Features Jonathan Fisher as Le Corbusier/ Prometheus and Martin Mahoney as Heracles, with a five-voice women’s choir and chamber orchestra.

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Cornell Viol Consort | 2:00 PM | Anabel Taylor Hall, Cornell Univeristy, Ithaca | Features chamber music from the Renaissance and Baroque by

Thomas Lupo, John Dowland, William Byrd, Henry Purcell, Telemann, and Bach. Cornell Chamber Orchestra | 7:00 PM | Klarman Hall Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium, Cornell University, Ithaca | Chris Younghoon Kim, conductor. Features Jeeyoung Kim’s Lullaby of the Waves, Elgar’s Introduction and Allegro, and a Mozart Piano Concerto with Malcolm Bilson. Lauren Mettler Album Release Party | 7:00 PM | Earlville Opera House, 22 E Main St, Earlville | Sherburnenative and songstress Lauren Mettler celebrates the double release of her two stellar albums, A Handful of Soil and Patchwork. Additionally, Lauren has generously promised to donate a portion of the proceeds from album sales to the Earville Opera House. Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra | 7:30 PM | Smith Opera House, 82 Seneca St, Geneva | Stefan Sanders, Conductor Julian Schwarz, cello Prokofiev: Classical Symphony No. 1 Haydn: Cello Concerto in D Major Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in g minor, K. 550.

11/13 Sunday Ensemble X | 2:00 PM | Ford Hall, Ithaca College, Danby Rd, Ithaca | Ensemble X presents the 2nd annual ICU Sound Works concert.

Journey West | 3:00 PM | St. Catherine of Siena Church, 302 St. Catherine’s Circle, Ithaca | Journey West illustrates the ways that melodies and instruments travel from one area to others, showing how each culture changes and incorporates what has come before. Malcolm Bilson | 8:00 PM | Klarman Hall Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium, Cornell University, Ithaca | Malcolm Bilson, fortepiano, with guest tenor Markus Schäfer. Features Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin.

11/15 Tuesday Arlo Guthrie: Running Down The Road Tour | 8:00 PM- | Smith Opera House, 82 Seneca St, Geneva | Following the sold-out Alice’s Restaurant 50th Anniversary Tour, Arlo Guthrie returns to North American markets this autumn with the Running Down The Road Tour.

Film Ithaca Fantastik Film Festival | Runs November 9 through 5 | Various Locations, Downtown Ithaca, Ithaca | Opening Film (Cinemapolis): The Handmaiden (Park Chan-wook). Opening Party: A party to kick off Ithaca Fantastik 2016 will follow the opening film at The Range (119 E MLK

Jr St.). Closing Film (Cinemapolis): Yeon Sang-ho’s Train to Busan. Closing Party: Casita Del Polaris (1201 N Tioga St.). The Chanticleer (101 W State St) will be the home base Thursday through Saturday nights, with events starting at 10pm in their upstairs space, The Loft—60s pop night, karaoke, and discussions with creatives and directors will be on the menu. Q&A with numerous directors, artists Steve Ellis and Arik Roper will be featured with special editions and prints. For the full schedule and all the films visit ithacafilmfestival.com The Lennon Report | 1:00 PM, 11/11 Friday | Auburn Public Theater, 8 Exchange St, Auburn | The events on the night John Lennon was killed, seen through the eyes of those who lived it. The great men and women of NYC who did all they could to save a life, some without even knowing it was John Lennon himself. Warren Miller’s: Here,There & Everywhere | 7:30 PM-, 11/12 Saturday | State Theater Of Ithaca, 107 W State St, Ithaca | It’s been 67 years since ski-film pioneer Warren Miller first picked up a camera to capture the wonder, adventure, humor, and beauty that is skiing. Since that time, Warren Miller film crews have traveled the globe—from storied slopes to hidden, snow-covered corners—to celebrate all things snowsports. Their quest has

Certain Women | The lives of three women intersect in small-town America, where each is imperfectly blazing a trail. | 107 mins R | Christine | The story of 1970s TV reporter Christine Chubbuck. | 115 mins R | Denial | Acclaimed writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt must battle for historical truth to prove the Holocaust actually occurred when David Irving, a renowned denier, sues her for libel. | 110 mins PG-13 | The Dress Maker | A glamorous woman returns to her small town in rural Australia. With her sewing machine and haute couture style, she transforms the women and exacts sweet revenge on those who did her wrong. | 119 mins R |

Do The RIght Thing | On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone’s hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence. | 120 mins R | (NTL) The Threepenny Opera | London scrubs up for the coronation. The thieves are on the make, the whores on the pull, the police cutting deals to keep it all out of sight. Mr and Mrs Peachum are looking forward to a bumper day in the beggary business, but their daughter didn’t come home last night and it’s all about to kick off…With Olivier Award-winner Rory Kinnear as Macheath alongside

Rosalie Craig as Polly Peachum and Haydn Gwynne as Mrs Peachum. | 180 mins NR | cornell cinema

Wednesday 11/09, to Tuesday, 11/15. Contact Cornell Cinema for Showtimes A Page of Madness (live score by Tenzin Chopak, performed by Chopak, Peter Dodge & Bill King) | A man takes a job at an asylum with the hope of freeing his imprisoned wife. Beyond this simple tag line hides a pure gem of international cinema. The film is an improbable mix of German expressionism, French surrealism, and the Japanese vanguard movement—Shinkankakuha. | 70 mins NR | Self-Portrait: Dying at 47 KM | Filmmaker Zhang Mengqi seeks to understand his grandfather’s death in the context of his village, named 47 Kilometer. | 77 Mins NR | Investigating My Father | Filmmaker Wu Wenguang explores his father’s history to learn how he changed from a man of the “old society” to a man of the “new society” after 1949. | 80 Mins NR |

M.S. Dhani: The Untold Story | Starting off from the dusty roads of Ranchi, right down to the sacred stadium grounds of the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai in the 2011 World Cup final, M. S. Dhoni The Untold Story chronicles the journey of a man who India has come to see as the one who shaped the collective dreams of a billion countrymen—and the world has come to revere and applaud as a master cricketer and a true gentleman of the game. | 184 Mins NR |

Stage Smokey Joe’s Cafe | Nov. 2 - Nov. 19, Wed and Thursday’s 7:30 pm, Friday and Saturday’s 8:00 p.m., Mon, Tues and Wednesday’s 2:00 pm.. | Merry-Go-Round Playhouse, 6877 E Lake Rd, Auburn | With songs like Hound Dog, Fools Fall In Love, Stand By Me, Jailhouse Rock and 35 more, this electrifying musical blows the roof off and brings the house down. Join us in November and relive a golden age in American music and culture. Lieber and Stoller practically invented rock ‘n roll and Smokey Joe’s Cafe isn’t just great music – it’s electrifying musical theatre. Oedipus | Runs Thursday, November

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Laila Belle will play a double bill with Raven and the Wren, as they stop in Ithaca on their northeastern tour. Laila Belle, fronted by Amy Puryear on vocals, plays all original sweet and classic country songs that rock as much as they roll. Raven and the Wren (pictured), hailing from Happy Valley, PA, are influenced by the songwriting of Lucinda Williams and Townes Van Zandt, and offer a modern take on the themes and sound of classic American roots music. Don’t miss out on this fantastic double bill: stop by one of Ithaca’s classiest joints and get your Americana on!

Ithaca Fantastik Film Festival is a behemoth of a fest, filled to the brim with cult films, classic cinema, parties, music, and art. Opening the fest will be the avant-garde monster “The Handmaiden” by Park Chan-wook. The opening party will be upstairs at The Range (on the Commons), and a closing party at Casita Del Polaris. In between they’ll be parties every night at the Chanticleer, art galleries by Steve Ellis and Arik Roper, Q&A’s with numerous directors, and IU’s Nov. music series at CSMA!

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Punk rockers Hard Girls, a trio out of the Bay Area, and have an extensive touring history, snagging spots opening for the likes of Modern Baseball, Say Anything, and Cymbals Eat Guitars. The band is currently in the process of finishing up their forthcoming third full-length album slated for release in early 2017. They’re part of the amazingly stacked three-day Ithaca Underground November Music Series bill. They play Saturday, November 12 at 7:00 p.m. with Katie Ellen, Viva Mayhem, and Jeff Rosenstock. Be there or be square. (Photo provided) Nov.11, 3-7 PM, Nov.12, 10AM-3PM, and Sunday, Nov. 13, 10AM-3PM. | DeForest Residence, 1396 State Route 34, Genoa | One of a kind quiltsdesigned, constructed, and quilted by Joe & Kathy DeForest, on display. We have Fiber Art, Traditional,Vintage, Holiday, Groovy Juvey, (large, small, and everything in between) quilts. Annual Tompkins County Veterans Day Ceremony | 10:45 AM-12:00 PM, 11/11 Friday | DeWitt Park, , Ithaca | Community Foundation’s Night on the Town Gala | 6:00 PM-10:00 PM, 11/12 Saturday | Emerson Suites, Ithaca College, Ithaca | Cocktail hour with live jazz music, dinner, dessert, celebratory remarks and dance band, Radio London. www.cftompkins.org/ home/gala Ithaca Festival Public Meeting | 4:00 PM-5:30 PM, 11/13 Sunday | GIAC, 301 N Albany St, Ithaca | We want to hear from you! Please join Ithaca Festival staff and board members for our annual public meeting. We want to know what you love about the festival, what could improve, how you’d like to be involved, and ideas for future festivals. This event is free and open to everybody. Info at mckenzie@ithacafestival.org Cayuga Bird Club Monthly Meeting | 7:30 PM-, 11/14 Monday | Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods

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Fall Showcase at New Roots Charter School | 6:30 PM-8:00 PM, 11/10 Thursday | New Roots Charter School, 116 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | The public is invited to join the New Roots community for this fun community event featuring: Tours of our classrooms with hands-on exhibits of student learning, Musical performances, Snacks and “mocktails” prepared by the students in the Culinary Arts Class. www.newrootsschool.org Quilts, Quilts, Quilts | Runs Friday,

beginners. www.cayugabirdclub.org Women’s Self-Defense & Empowerment Fall Workshop | 10:00 AM-4:00 PM, 11/13 Sunday | Ithaca Karate Harmony with Nature School, 120 E King Rd, Ithaca |

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Learning Baker Pet Talks: Pet Health Tips from Cornell Experts | 6:00 PM-7:30 PM, 11/09 Wednesday | Baker Institute for Animal Health, Hungerford Hill Rd, Ithaca | Baker Pet Talks will feature experts in veterinary science and medicine discussing common behavior problems in dogs and cats. The event will also be broadcast live as a webinar for people who may not be able to

attend. Info at www.vet.cornell.edu/ baker U.S. Foreign Policy: Now What? | 12:15 PM-1:30 PM, 11/10 Thursday | Uris Hall G08, Cornell, Ithaca | Speakers: Cornell faculty M. Elizabeth Sanders (Professor of Government), Jessica Chen Weiss (Associate Professor of Government), and Mona Krewel (Visiting Assistant Professor of Government). T’ai Chi Chih Class | 7:00 PM-8:15 PM, 11/10 Thursday | Jazzercize Center, 15 Catherwood Rd, Ithaca | For class information, contact Sky at artandsky@twcny.rr.com. Resources: www.taichichih.org and www.tcccommunity.net Ira Rabois: Compassionate Critical Thinking: How Mindfulness, Creativity, Empathy, and Socratic Questioning Can Transform Teaching | 2:00 PM-, 11/12 Saturday | Barnes & Noble, 614 S Meadow St, Ithaca | Talk by local teacher & author, Ira Rabois. Cayuga Bird Club Loon Watch | 6:40 AM, 11/13 Sunday | Taughannock Fall State Park., , Ithaca | Meet at 6:40 am at the north end of the southeast main entrance to Taughannock Fall State Park. Dress warmly and expect to see hundreds of Common Loons flying overhead! All field trips are open to the public, both experienced birders and

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Corners Gallery, Friday, November 11, 5:30 p.m. Form / Function explores the arts and crafts of two artists and a design company. An exploration into the dimensions of ceramics, furniture, and two-dimensional works on paper, the show features full-time studio potter Juile Crosby, Studio artist Kathleen Sherin, and the design company Miles & May Furniture Works. It’s a great chance to check out some contemporary work by some inspiring artists, and an opportunity to feel the differentiation and similarities between form and function. Stop by and be amazed!

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Young Adult Book Club | 4:30 PM-5:30 AM, 11/09 Wednesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | TCPL will host a discussion of “The Beginning of Everything,written by Robyn Schneider. A witty and heart-wrenching teen novel that will appeal to fans of books by John Green and Ned Vizzini, novels such as “The Perks of Being a Wallflower,” and classics like “The Great Gatsby” and “The Catcher in the Rye.” For more information, contact Teen Services Librarian Regina DeMauro at (607) 272-4557 extension 274 or rdemauro@tcpl.org. Storytime at Sapsucker Woods | 10:30 AM-11:30 AM, 11/11 Friday | Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd, Ithaca | Reading of Today at the Bluebird Cafe by Deborah Ruddell, illustrated by Joan Rankin. This reading is appropriate for children aged three and up. No registration required. Contact: cornellbirds@cornell.edu. Playing with Polymers | 1:00 PM-2:00 PM, 11/12 Saturday | BorgWarner Room, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Families will find out what a polymer is and how we can use them through a variety of hands-on activities. FLST programs are free and open to the public, but space is limited. To register, email ccmr_outreach@ cornell.edu. Please include the name and age of all children in the email.

Special Events Lansing Community Library Book Sale | 3:00 PM-6:00 PM, 11/11 Friday, 9:00 AM-3:00 PM, 11/12 Saturday | Lansing Community Library, 27 Auburn Rd, Lansing | Runs Friday November 11 from 3-6 pm and Saturday November 12 from 9 am-3 pm. Wide selection of used and like-new books and other media. Childrens, young adults and adults’ fiction and non-fiction at great prices. Veteran’s Day Concert | 8:00 PM-, 11/11 Friday | Center For the Arts of Homer, 72 S Main St, Homer | Blues

Hall of Famers Professor Louie and the Crowmatix, an all-star band featuring musicians who have played and toured with Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Joe Jackson and Levon Helm. Joining the Crowmatix will be the Central New York-based Rock of Ages Horns. Tickets available at www.center4art.org. Blast into History | 10:00 AM-4:00 PM, 11/12 Saturday | The Heritage Village of the Southern Finger Lakes, 59 W. Pulteney St., Corning, NY | Runs Saturday, November 12, 2015 from 10-, and Sunday, November 13 from 11:00-2:00. The event will be a War of Independence 1776 re-enactment weekend filled with firearm demonstrations, campfire cooking, drilling, a public trial, an encampment area and a variety of talks throughout the day at the village. You can find more information at our website, www.HeritageVillageSFL.org or call 937-5281. Nouveau Celebration | 1:00 PM-, 11/12 Saturday | Glenora Wine Cellars Inc, 5435 State Route 14, Dundee | Enjoy a glass of Nouveau wine, live entertainment, and hearty seasonal hors d’oeuvres by Chef Orlando of Veraisons, outdoors among the fall foliage. Cornell Women’s Hockey | 3:00 PM-, 11/12 Saturday | Lynah Rink, Cornell Univ., Ithaca | A chance to win raffle prizes including athletic gear, autographed copies of Ithaca native Megan Shull’s books, “Swap” and “Bounce,” gift certificates to Taverna Banfi and other great prizes. A dollar for every attendee will be donated by corporate sponsors to support United Way of Tompkins County. Sip and Swing | 6:00 PM-9:30 PM, 11/12 Saturday | Morgan Opera House, Main, Aurora | Sample the wares of Aurora Ale & Lager Co. of Aurora and Lunkenheimer Craft Brewing, and some fine wines from Bet The Farm. Live jazz music will be provided by Cayuga Sax and the Ithaca College Jazz Trio. Light snacks and nibbles will complement the beverages. You can meet the brewers and wine makers and ask about your favorite beverage. The event benefits the Aurora Masonic Center and the Morgan Opera House. Tickets are available at the door, or can be reserved by calling 315-364-5437 or purchased online at www.MorganOperaHouse.org

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State Theatre, Friday, November 11, 8:00 p.m. For 28 years, New York’s The Machine has honored and extending the legacy of Pink Floyd, while creating another legacy all their own, crushing Floyd hits, selling out theater and large clubs, and playing large festivals across the globe. Lead by singer, guitarist, and founder Joe Pascarel, the progressive tribute band focuses on making each show an authentic experience, highlighting Floyd’s dynamic, varied, and artistic approach. Read the Ithaca Times interview with Pascarell on ithaca.com.

The Humble Chicken, Gallus Gallus domesticus | 7:00 PM-, 11/15 Tuesday | Coltivare, 235 S Cayuga St, Ithaca | The November Science Cabaret will feature: Dr. Jarra Jagne, a veterinarian with over 21 years of experience in poultry disease management and control; and Marlie Lukach a freshman at Cornell University studying Agricultural Science who has been involved with poultry for many years through raising her family flock.

Books Fall 2016 First-Year MFA Reading Series: Hema Surendranathan (fiction) & Emily Rosello Mercurio (poetry) | 5:00 PM, 11/10 Thursday | Buffalo Street Books, 215 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | Come out and support the MFA program’s new writers as they read fiction and poetry selections.

Art The Atkinson Symposium: Keynote | 5:15 PM-, 11/11 Friday | Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell, Ithaca | Christopher Reed, Penn State, will discuss: Bachelors Passions and Ladies Crazes: The Gender of Japanism. Form / Function | 5:30 PM-7:30 PM, 11/11 Friday | Corners Gallery, 903 Hanshaw Rd Ste 3, Ithaca | An exploration of aesthetics in ceramics, furniture, and works on paper by Julie Crosby, Amy and Brandon Phillips, Kathleen Sherin. The Atkinson Symposium: JapanAmerica | 9:30 AM-3:30 PM, 11/12 Saturday | Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell, Ithaca | Explore topics found in JapanAmerica. ongoing 171 Cedar Arts Center | 171 Cedar Street, Corning | 9:00-7:00 PM, Monday-Thursday; 9:00 AM-6:00 PM, Friday | Lucretia West: The Art of Color. On display through November 26 | www.171cedararts.org Argos Inn | 408 E State St, Ithaca | Where the Sky Meets the Earth: Paintings by Tommy Beers. An appreciation and documentation of the mostly rural world around us. Benjamin Peters | 120 The Commons, Ithaca | Mariellen Brown, Paper Snowflake Art – First Exhibition. A childhood craft rises to a new level with intricate design and detail. | www.

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octor Stephen Strange’s origin is pure Tony Stark: gifted narcissist is crippled and uses his super powers to heal himself. And so Scott Derrickson’s Doctor Strange, the 14th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe now playing at Regal Stadium 14 goes back to its roots. The magical Marvel world is much wilder and woollier, coming up with the trippiest visuals yet seen. How trippy is it? Inception times Inception. I felt like someone had dosed my popcorn. I described them to a friend, and all he could say was “…Flashbacks.” (Note: I saw DS in 2D, but am now seriously considering a 3D screening.) As familiar as the character arc may be, the kaleidoscopic, shifting visuals can’t help but feel like the most radical shift yet in a very well-established series. Benedict Cumberbatch is perfectly cast as brilliant surgeon Stephen Strange; as good as RDJ’s Tony Stark in character, but odder, more sardonic and black in humor. I never read the comic, but I knew the image of the character. Strange ruins his hands in a car accident (set to “Interstellar Overdrive”, Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd, no less), makes his way to Nepal and is literally hurled through an endless myriad number of dimensions and galaxies by the Ancient One (Tilda Swinton–bald and awesome–

benjaminpeters.com Breathe | 171 E State St, Ithaca | Domenica Brockman: Painting Trees and Light. Recent oil paintings of the local landscape by Domenica Brockman. Buffalo Street Books | 215 N. Cayuga St., Ithaca | Beasts in Residence: Animals of Upstate New York. Paintings by Jodie Mangor and Johanna Husband | www.buffalostreetbooks.com CAP ArtSpace | Center Ithaca, The Commons, Ithaca | Come to Community Arts Partnership’s CAP ArtSpace for “Essence,” New Work by Ileen Kaplan and Michael Maxwell. Ileen’s colorful abstracts and Michael’s digital photograph/paintings are gorgeous! Please stop by. | www.artspartner.org Cellar d’Or | 136 E. State/MLK Street, on the Commons, Ithaca | Big Color: Prints by Chris Charles. Bold designs

could stand in as a great Yoda). Other members of Strange’s mystical crew emerge, played by Chiwetel Ejiofor and Benedict Wong, and you get your bad guy played by Mads Mikkelsen. All of the Marvel beats play through, but with a haunting, lysergic spirituality and by the time all of Strange’s trademarks are established–the goatee, the cloak, the amulet–we feel the way we felt at the end of Iron Man: that we have finally met the character. Cumberbatch and Derrickson–the first filmmaker in the MCU whose previous films , mostly horror, I haven’t seen–as well as the film’s writers are all new to the franchise yet following this film, are sure to boost their fan bases and future job prospects. And unlike so many of the year’s generic CG spectacles, the awesome and enchanting visuals show real creativity, imagination and vision. Since Doctor Strange is one of the better, more off-beat comic-book films of the year, fans of the Adam West Batman TV series will love the new DVD Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders, rendered in loving tribute to the goofy ‘60s popart camp of the old show. There’s even a particularly good Russ Meyer reference. Adam West, Burt Ward and Julie Newmar reprise their roles for a truly zany caper. (A sequel has been announced for 2017, with William Shatner as Two-Face.) *** I haven’t seen my pal Hugues Barbier much lately. He’s been kind of busy prepping the fifth Ithaca Fantastik Fest, running at Cinemapolis Wednesday through Sunday. If you’re into the offbeat and the incredibly strange film, IFF offers up dozens of

using vintage typesetting & innovative letterpress techniques.r | www.thecellardor.com Community School of Music and Arts | 330 E.State / MLK Street, Ithaca, NY 14850 | Online Auction Art on View. CSMA’s online auction – our annual fundraiser for scholarships and education programs – kicks off on Gallery Night and continues through November 21! | www.csma-ithaca.org eye Gallery | 126 E State St, 2nd floor, Ithaca Commons, Ithaca | Recently dubbed “the Picasso of Ithaca,” by the Ithaca Times, Alice Muhlback, and co-creator Pamela Tan, will premiere their interactive animated art show, Once Upon an Eye at eye Gallery on the Ithaca Commons. Music composed by Joshua Handal. Show runs from November 4th – December 18th, 2016. The Ink Shop | 330 E.State / MLK

premieres, music shows, special guests, documentaries and shorts, in addition to a healthy portion of vintage titles. (Hmm…I wrote about An American Werewolf in London recently, and IFF is screening it this week. I guess great minds think alike. Other ‘70s-‘80s goodies include Michael Wadleigh’s Wolfen, Ken Russell’s Altered States and a 30th anniversary screening of Ridley Scott’s Alien, still the scariest movie I’ve ever seen.) I haven’t seen any of the new films, but I’m particularly looking forward to the Kubrick documentary S is for Stanley, and Creature Designers, featuring interviews with make-up maestros like Rick Baker. IFF is always packed with cool events, after parties and other cool stuff. (Ask me about my My Favorite Year moment with director Brian Trenchard-Smith sometime. Now, that was a hoot.) Check out the full schedule at ithacafilmfestival.com. •

Street, Ithaca, NY 14850 | 19th Mini-Print International 11/4 – 1/20. This show invites artists from around the world to submit prints no larger than 4”x 4”. A juried selection of the submitted prints for the 19th Mini Print International will be exhibited at The Ink Shop in 2016 | www.ink-shop.org Johnson Museum of Art | Cornell University | Central Ave., Ithaca | Tuesday-Sunday, 10:00 AM-5:00 PM , to 8:00pm Thursday | JapanAmerica: Points of Contact, 1876-1970, Through Sunday, December 18. We Went to the Fair: Through Sunday, December 18. American Sojourns and the Collection of Japanese Art: Through Sunday, December 18. Japonisme: The First Wave and Beyond: Through Sunday, December 18. Follow the enthusiasm for all things Japanese from the 19th century to today. Leo Villareal:

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Cosmos, Ongoing. | www.museum. cornell.edu Lot 10 Lounge | 106 S. Cayuga St., Ithaca | New Works by Chet Holcomb. Chet is a full-time artist living and working in Ithaca NY. His works deal with the ups and downs of life. www. lot-10.com Sacred Root Kava Lounge and Tea Bar | 139 W. State/MLK St., Ithaca | Gaia Woolf-Nightingall, Sacred Elements of Life. Local visual artist Gaia Woolf-Nightingall presents a series of vibrant painted Mandalas which explore the Sacred Elements of Life: Air, Fire, Water, Earth and Spirit | www. sacredrootkava.com State of the Art Gallery |120 West State Street, Ithaca | State of the Art Gallery 120 W State St | Awaiting the Ark is an exhibition of recent paintings of endangered animals by

Shirley Hogg. What makes this work so remarkable is the artist has painted the animals life-sized. The show dates are November 2-27, 2016, with a reception for the artist Friday, November 4, 5-8 pm. Sunny Days of Ithaca | 123 S. Cayuga St., Ithaca | Dave Pollot, Art with a Sense of Humor. Dave Pollot has always loved to paint, however, he finds his attention span is often outweighed by his eagerness to move on and learn something else. Paintings.

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A hip hop musical that combines physical theater, music, video, and poetry, DeathBoogie by Darian Dauchan, is a mesmerizing a timeless vision. Violinist Mathew “MattViolinist” Silvera and double bassist Desmond Bratton provide live accompaniment for this unique and special theatrical musical event. The musical that follows the fictional story of Victor Spartan, a blue collar worker who lives a strange and comatose lifestyle by day and at night hears the poetic sounds of revolution. Check this thing out!

Live Space Entertainment proudly presents a very special Veteran’s Day concert dedicated to the men and women who’ve served this country throughout its history. All military veterans are invited free to this spectacular event featuring Blues Hall of Famers Professor Louie and the Crowmatix, a wicked collection of musicians who’ve played with the likes of Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Joe Jackson and Levon Helm. Come show your support and celebrate our Veterans. Don’t miss out!

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OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $126,000.00 and interest, recorded on June 5, 2008, at Instrument number 527016-002, of the Public Records of TOMPKINS County, New York, covering premises known as B@ SEVANNA PARK ITHACA, NY 14850. the relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. TOMPKINS County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated October 26, 2016 RAS BORISKIN, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff BY: DANIEL GREENBAUM, ESQ. 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 106 Westbury, NY 11590 516-280-7675.

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