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ith just over two weeks to go before the election to determine the next Tompkins County Sheriff, Democratic candidate Derek Osborne has announced his running mate who would serve as undersheriff should Osborne emerge victorious from the Nov. 6 vote. In the event of a win, Osborne’s number two will be Jenn Olin, a lieutenant with the SUNY-Cortland Police Department. Olin grew up in the area, with parents from Lansing and Odessa, attending middle school in Lansing and high school in Groton. She’s been a police officer for nine years, six months of which were spent as an officer with the Ithaca Police Department, but mostly at her current job working the SUNY-Cortland, campus. She would be the first female undersheriff in Tompkins County history. Osborne is currently in a three-way race for the top spot in county law enforcement, having defeated incumbent candidate Sheriff Ken Lansing in the September Democratic primary. Lansing, though, has been able to remain on the ballot via the Independence party (a lesser known, moderately right wing New York State party), while independent candidate Josh Brokaw, a freelance journalist, is still in the race under his self-created Truthsayers party. Olin said she accepted Osborne’s offer because of a desire to improve the dynamic between community and law enforcement. While that’s a common sentiment, Olin’s motivation is more personal: On her wedding day, she and her wife made their way down to the courthouse to obtain continued on page 12

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In the Jungle, population and crime are rising

significant recent uptick in crime and injuries in the Jungle, Ithaca’s de facto homeless community, has both law enforcement and homeless advocates worried and searching for answers. According to several sources from law enforcement, the homeless community and who live in the Jungle itself, problems seem to have increased in the last several months, though public knowledge of it has remained fairly low. Police began issuing press releases regarding some, but not all, of the incidents there, which have included two fires, a stabbing and a shooting just since the

beginning of September. The Ithaca Fire Department confirmed that they also have seen more EMT calls in the Jungle in the last few months. “Yes, we have certainly seen an increase in calls for service in the Jungle and in particular, violent crimes,” IPD officer Jamie Williamson wrote in an email. “We have increased our patrols as much as call activity allows but as I am sure you know, we are severely shortstaffed. As for the ‘why’ these crimes are happening, that’s the million dollar question. I don’t think there is any one reason that stands out that suggests why these violent crimes

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are being committed in the Jungle lately.” Williamson said they are working to prevent the crimes, but that the only explanations he has seen are just anecdotal evidence that don’t offer much preventative power. It’s hard to exactly quantify exactly how severe the rise in crime has been besides from perception of the agencies involved, since it’s not like the Jungle has a single address to which law enforcement or emergency services use as a reference point. That makes deciphering which calls are actually related to activity in the Jungle difficult.

▶▶ Wizarding Weekend. To keep the supernatural theme going, it’s Wizarding Weekend as well. The annual celebration of the Harry Potter universe includes

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special guests, festival activities, trick or treating, a pumpkin carving contest and maybe even some selections from the Wizard Rock genre, starts on Friday, Oct. 26 and stretches through the weekend. Just don’t tell Warner Brothers about it, or they’ll shut it down.

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DURING THE IMPENDING ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE, WHERE WILL YOU TAKE REFUGE IN ITHACA?

“Is the Ithaca Gun Factory still around? No? Okay…we’d just go to the bakery and EAT all the food!” -Zack Schoedel & Carolyn Baldwin

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Wharton Studio Museum gets $450K to fund new visitor center

From left to right: Common Council member Deb Mohlenoff, State Senator Tom O’Mara, Wharton Studio Museum Executive Director Diana Reisman and Executive Director of Friends of Stewart Park. (Photo by Casey Martin)

A “Anywhere but downtown!” -Macy O’Hearn

“I’d go hide out in Treman. Zombies can’t climb trees, right?” -Nic Belott

“I’d go to the police station. It would be the safest place right? And they got guns!” -Nazelle Davis & TJ Taylor

fter years of waiting, the Wharton Studio Museum got a big boost on their way to repurposing the former studio into an actual museum and visitor center. Senator Tom O’Mara (R) announced the project had been awarded $450,000 in grant funding toward the museum’s $1 million goal. Even though all of the funds have not been garnered yet, the plan is to begin work on the new visitor center by 2020. Along with the repurposing of the building, some other additions will be made to bring it back to its former glory. Currently it’s being used as a garage for park maintenance equipment. Diana Reisman, executive director and co-founder of the Wharton Studio Museum is more than excited for the building to be a showcase for the history of Wharton Studios. When it was being

used as the hub for Wharton Studios, there was always the hustle and bustle of any number of films being created as Ithaca became a hub of silent movie-making. In 1914, the entire park was leased to the Wharton brothers, according to Reisman. “They used every inch of the park: the lake, the wooded areas, etc., as dramatic backdrops for their movies,” Reisman wrote in an email. “At any given time, multiple scenes from different films were being shot inside the building. Metal tracks in the ceiling of the main bay of the building are original to the Wharton Studio era, and are likely scenery tracks that allowed the filmmakers to create walls for their sets; but also, separations between different scenes they were shooting.” Sadly, Reisman said, the building’s tower came down during Hurricane Hazel in

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als consisted of removing the asbestos before demolition, due to a condemnation order issued by the city in early September. By law, the issuing of that order now allows the developers to propose a plan of demolition without

1954. In restoring the building, the hope is people will be able to step back in time and see the Wharton Studios building as it once was, including aspects of the former studio that have since been taken down. According to Reisman, a study was done by WSM in early 2018 that highlights some of the additions that will be made to recreate the atmosphere of the building during its silent screen days, which includes recreating the iconic sign in front of the studio. “Beyond the landscaped terrace/deck and a small accessible ramp/walkway that is planned for just outside the Wharton Studio Museum and Park Visitor Center, there are no real structural ‘additions’ to the building,” Reisman said. “Interpretive signage; a replica of the original Wharton, Inc. Studio sign; and a possible black and white mural on the building’s existing retractable door are elements that will be on the building’s exterior [...] A gallery with sliding glass doors to the outside will comprise most of the interior of the Wharton Studio Museum and Park Center.” Once opened, the gallery at the visitor center will be rentable to the public. Reisman also envisions having food trucks in the park as well as park tours outside the visitor center. Upon completion of the Wharton Studios building, it will be the home of a variety of Silent Movie Month events including, Silent Movie Under the Stars; Silent’s Roar! (WSM’s film festival for youth); exhibits that WSM produces, and workshops that WSM puts on. Along with the redevelopment of this building, Reisman, who is also the chair of Friends of Stewart Park (FSP), spoke

about some of the other developments coming to the park. “Completing the new accessible playground in the spring of 2019 is the current priority and this includes not only the playground itself but new year-round bathrooms located near the playground, and a permanent cover for the carousel,” Reisman said. “The next focus after the playground is completed is the Historic Core of the park.” Reisman said to nurse that historic core back to full strength, FSP is re-painting and selecting new lightning for the Picnic Pavilion and incorporating new signage. The group is also collaborating with the City of Ithaca and Historic Ithaca to apply for a Regional Economic Development Council grant that would fund repairs to windows and door frames at the Cascadilla Boathouse, where they aim to restore usage of the second floor. Reisman emphasized her gratefulness for the grant pushed by O’Mara and she knows that this is the start of something wonderful. “The grant put forth by Senator Tom O’Mara for this project is tremendous for WSM and for FSP and its plans to revitalize Stewart Park by its centennial as a public park in 2021,” Reisman said. “We are so grateful for the Senator’s support, and also grateful for the support we have received over the years from Tompkins County Tourism Program, as well as the City of Ithaca, which is partnered with FSP in revitalizing this historic waterfront park, with a common goal of ensuring the park’s vibrant life for the next 100 years.”

first cleaning up the building, which is what Travis Hyde is now planning. This, however, has ruffled certain neighbors and the environmentalist community who feel that won’t be a sufficient plan. The redevelopment proposal, which has been approved, calls for the construction of a housing complex called DeWitt House which would feature 60 units of mid-market rate housing focused on residents 50 and older. Lifelong, the continuing education organization, will

also have a significant presence in the project’s ground floor. Frost Travis, of Travis Hyde, said the condemnation was orderd because of the condition of the building’s roof, which he said is “collapsing.” That safety hazard, reported by a third party engineering firm hired by the developers, was apparently enough of a threat for the city’s Director of Code Enforcement Mike Niechwiadowicz to approve a condemnation order.

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▶▶ Thumbs up: The Advocacy Center of Tompkins County does great, underappreciated work and congratulations to them on a big announcement this week. The center has received a $600,000 grant from the New York State Office of Victim Services, which will go toward providing legal services for victims of abuse and domestic violence. The money will allow them to hire a full-time attorney, and hopefully will expand their ability to give victims a chance, and a voice, legally.

Second Wind

Second Wind construction helped by veterans’ family organization

t is not easy to conduct an interview in a room filled with people who have suffered great losses. I felt compelled to listen to every word of every story shared with me. After all, in spite of the stories of losses I was listening to, folks were in that room to honor their loved ones by offering their services to those in need and paying it forward. Helping to deal with, and move forward from, grief. This is why they agreed to be interviewed and share their stories, which make up the backbone of the Travis Manion Foundation. Growing up in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, Travis Manion was known for his strong leadership qualities, athleticism and academic achievement. After graduation from the United States Naval Academy, he decided to follow in his father’s footsteps and was awarded a commission into the United States Marine Corps. After finishing at the top of his class at The Basic School in Quantico, Virginia, Manion was assigned to the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion at Camp Pendleton, California, with whom he deployed to Iraq for his first tour of duty. On April 29, 2007, Manion and his fellow Marines were ambushed while searching a suspected insurgent house in the Al Anbar province of Iraq. Leading the counter-attack against the enemy, Travis was fatally wounded by an enemy soldier while aiding and drawing fire away from his wounded colleagues. His selfless act that day allowed every member of his patrol to survive. For his actions, Travis

▶▶ Thumbs Up: An additional thumbs up this week for Gadabout’s service on election day Nov. 6. They will be providing rides to those who need them, free of charge, to polling places throughout Tompkins County. We’ve talked ad nauseum about how important it is to convert the overall interest in national politics into actual voting action, but we figure there’s only two weeks left so it can handle a few more mentions. If you can, vote.

The group from the Travis Manion Foundation, which helped build part of the Second Wind Cottages for a few days recently. (Photo by Gay Nicholson)

was awarded the Silver Star and Bronze Star with Valor. To carry on the values that defined his life, the Travis Manion Foundation was formed by Travis’ parents, former Marine Colonel Tom Manion and his wife Janet Manion, in order to carry on the legacy of character, service, and leadership embodied by Travis and those who have served-and continue to serveour nation. Travis’ last words before leaving for his final deployment to Iraq “If not me, then who?” are a constant reminder for all of us to live with character and put other people’s interests before our own. For a few days recently, a group of members of the Travis Manion Foundation, folks from all over the country who have lost someone serving in the military came to Carmen Guidi’s Second Wind Cottages in Newfield to help build more homes for area men in need of safe, warm and dry housing. Armed with tools and determination to pay it forward because, as many of them said, “honoring our loved ones this way feels good.” The group set to work on the last of the 18 cottages on Second Wind’s site. The mission of Second Wind Cottages, according to its website is, “to house and walk with people toward restored lives.” This not-for-profit organization provides a place where homeless men can find a safe home in a beautiful setting with a supportive environment, and they can learn the life skills necessary to reintegrate into society. Located

on seven acres in Newfield, each single-room cottage has a bathroom, kitchenette, and bed area. Carmen Guidi, whose vision inspired Second Wind Cottages, is a Newfield native. He and his wife Nanette have six children. Billy, a 64-year old former resident of the Jungle in Ithaca (now living with a family member), wanted to show his appreciation for the work of the foundation in sending members to help the building process. He is a self-taught painter, learning as he went along and with help from Bob Ross, who gave instructions on his television show, the Joy of Painting. Billy is clean and sober, after almost succumbing to illnesses he suffered from at the time. “Things are good now,” he said. He painted beautiful outdoor scenes for every member of the Travis Manion Foundation who came to work at Second Wind Cottages. Marine Staff Sergeant Daniel Fernandez was 43 years old when he took his own life in 2012. His wife, Domenica, had traveled from Texas to North Carolina in search of a new family home when she received word of her husband’s death. She was told that a part of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is what is called a “slow simmer” where loved ones are often not aware of the depth of despair a soldier is suffering from. This was Domenica’s first trip with the Travis Manion Foundation as she struggles to move ahead with her life. While talking about the diverse group of people gathered in that room, Domenica said, “Everybody’s grave is the same size.” (Help is available at the Veteran Crisis Line, 1-800-273-8255, press 1.)

Eliza Hansen, who lived in Kosovo and worked for the United Nations there, lost her Army husband, Andrew, in 2014. At the age of 50. Andrew originally went into the service at age 17, and re-enlisted after the 9/11 attacks. Hansen, who lives in Chicago with her two children and three dogs, says she will not return to Kosovo. She misses her husband terribly, with holidays being especially hard for her family, but she said “I feel blessed to be able to give back” through the foundation’s work. Sergeant 1st Class Robert Beal served in both Africa and Iraq and was planning on serving in Afghanistan when he was diagnosed with cancer. His wife, Gena Beal, told me that Robert was homeless after his grandparents died, prompting him to join the Army. He passed away in 2014 at age 45. Gena told me about the “burn pits.” Burn pits have been used as a way for service members to dispose of waste at operating bases. It was common for service members to stand over metal drums and stir the waste, which was set afire by fuel. Although not as visible as other job-related risks, such as walking through minefields, military members have said exposure to toxic chemicals is just as perilous. So, as the interview ended, I shook hands, did a lot of hugging, thanked everyone for sharing their stories, and headed home, thinking about losses, suffering, and grief. But also about kindness, strength and love, and the reclamation of balance and control, even amid profound tragedy, through service to others.

▶▶ Seen: Republican Congressman Tom Reed received his second endorsement of the month this week from President Donald Trump, who tweeted, as he is wont to do, his support of Reed in advance of November’s mid-term election against Ithaca Democrat Tracy Mitrano. We aren’t political scientists here, and Trump’s about as unconventional as they come, but in a district that has been labeled deep Red for years does it make sense that the nation’s most powerful politician threw his weight behind Reed twice? ▶▶ The most popular stories on Ithaca.com this week are…. 1. Reports: Ithaca-to-NYC bus crash leaves one dead 2. The Great Recycling Recession 3. Sheriff candidate Osborne announces running mate choice 4. A Hockey Life: Local hockey community mourns limo crash 5. State Senate Candidate Kirchgessner accused of domestic violence

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Do you pay attention to what you recycle? 82.8% "Yes" 14.2 % "No."

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Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) Meet the Parents is coming to Ithaca. Who will it be for? E A By St e ph e n P. Bu r k e

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new criminal justice reform is coming to Ithaca, and it’s got the potential to shake things up. But from where I stand, it seems more likely to continue the status quo: keep black and brown people disproportionately locked up. Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) is a concept that holds great promise. It promises to stop putting nonviolent, non-threatening people through jail repeatedly for behaviors that stem from mental health issues, poverty, homelessness and drug use. It promises to save the county millions of dollars on jail funding that could be more efficiently spent increasing access to services centered on personal empowerment. And, critically, it promises to “reduce racial disparities at the front end of the criminal justice system.” It is this last promise that I’m here to question. If you picked up The New Jim Crow during Ithaca’s community read last year, you might remember Michelle Alexander’s plea to us as readers: “The fate of millions of people—indeed the future of the black community itself—may depend on the willing-

ness of those who care about racial justice to re-examine their basic assumptions about the role of the criminal justice system in our society.” The Tompkins County Jail admits and discharges 800-1,000 people per year, at an annual cost of $5.3 million in taxpayer dollars. More than three quarters of admissions to the jail are unsentenced, charged but not convicted, typically with misdemeanors or minor violations. Black people are incarcerated in the Tompkins County Jail at a rate six times higher than whites, relative to their respective populations. The idea to start a local LEAD program was born out of the 2016 Ithaca Plan, a report commissioned by Mayor Myrick to address Ithaca’s growing opioid problem. In the decade preceding the report, opioid dependency and overdose deaths had more than tripled in Tompkins County. Ithaca police officers had begun to rethink their role on the front lines of what they could see to be a public health issue.

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ven if you’re not connected with Cornell, or employed at a local hotel or restaurant, you might have been aware of the university’s Parents Weekend this month because of the car traffic. There were a lot of cars around with out of state plates. Drivers slowed at corners as if needing street signs. They stopped dutifully at red lights, including certain ones where locals usually don’t, such as on W. State St. traveling east at S. Fulton St., where generally four or five cars will run each red light because the line of cars is so long, and the intersection is wide enough not to get hit, and there are never any cops there (nor anywhere in Ithaca) ticketing anyone. But visitors don’t know all this, and drive legally and carefully, and slow the locals down quite conspicuously. Over the weekend I got a message from an old friend whom I’ve seen exactly once since our Cornell undergrad days, whose daughter is a freshman there now, and was here from Maryland for Parents Weekend and wanted to get together, so I said sure. Al is a solid guy and not the type to be thrown by changes, even dramatic ones like his daughter attending his old school, nor overwhelmed by splashy shows like this weekend. By Saturday night he wanted to have

some quiet time with an old friend and a beer. Neither is Al the type to wax too nostalgic, but of course we tread some old ground while finding footing in the new. Al and I first met when he joined some friends of mine in a band as their drummer. We realized this is probably an uncommon way for kids to meet anymore, as there are many fewer bands, with many fewer bars to hire them than when the drinking age was 18, and with styles of entertainment and social engagement having changed. Today fraternities and sororities are the leading centers of college social life, and many students aspire to live in them after a year of dorm living. Freshmen used to aspire to find, for sophomore year and beyond, a crummy house or apartment off campus to live in cheaply with friends. Of course today there are no crummy places to live cheaply, only crummy ones to live expensively. Neither Al nor I majored in economics, but Cornell parents must think often of money, and I reckoned out with him that what we paid a month to live on College Avenue (me) or University Avenue (him) would pay rent for three or four days today. While on the topic, Al mentioned continued on page 7

YOUR LETTERS On the upcoming mid-term election

s a retiree from Tompkins County’s largest single employer, Cornell University, I have had the benefit of a generous health plan and assistance with my children’s college expenses. However, those benefits are not available to the majority of NY’s 23rd Congressional district – and Representative Tom Reed is working to keep it that way. Since the Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”) was passed into law, every healthcare provider has been required to provide essential health services, but Congressman Reed wants to shrink the list of essential services and drive up our individual expenses for wellness. While he requests that colleges spend more of their endowments on low-income students, Tom Reed proposes no additional assistance 6 T

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to students and supports raising the ultimate cost of student loans. When you go to the polls on November 6, vote for the candidate who will stand up for your and your family’s medical and educational accessibility, Tracy Mitrano, a champion for affordable healthcare and higher education. Irene Komor, Town of Caroline

Why I am Voting for Tracy Mitrano

he day after celebrating my 79th birthday, I spent the day in the emergency room. While waiting for a diagnosis, one of the things I pondered was how grateful I was that my medicare and secondary insurance would cover much of the absurd medical costs I would be billed for all the tests and treatment I was receiving. But mixed continued on page 7

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the price of his Parents Weekend hotel room (rates double for this event), and we determined that our old month’s rent would cover about six hours of the room rent. There was a three-day minimum, even though he and his wife only needed two, so the total hotel tab equalled about one year’s old rent. Restaurants were solidly booked for the weekend, so with quite a large party one night (daughter’s suitemates, et alia, totaling 13), Al and company had to travel to Groton for dinner. The distance didn’t faze him, as he knows the area and roads, and he said the meal was fine, and was delighted to learn from his server of a phenomenon called “the Groton pour” when the vodka and tonic he ordered arrived in a glass the size of a

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“It was law enforcement that led me to the conclusion that what we need to do is steer people away [from jail],” former district attorney Gwen Wilkinson shared at the first meeting of the LEAD board of directors this past February. “The police – they are the ones in the position to see how futile, how frustrating, how repetitious, and how harmful, our practices to date have been.” So the police are on board. But it’s been clear from the start that they’re on board for a pretty specific vision of what LEAD can be and who it can serve. If you’ve followed any of the local news coverage on LEAD to date, you’ve probably come away with an understanding that the program is aimed at opioid users. Both police and policy makers’ statements in LEAD board meetings have also reflected a narrow focus on opioids. To be clear, I do not mean to undermine the severity of the opioid public health crisis. I wish that we had not undermined the severity of the crack cocaine public health crisis either. As Alexander puts it in her book, “Nothing has contributed more to the systematic mass incarceration of people of color in the United States than the War on Drugs.” In my work as a racial justice activist in Ithaca, I collaborated with people of color in the community who have experienced the cycle of incarceration. To many of my colleagues, LEAD sounded too good to be true. Especially for those who have trouble imagining police officers empathizing with them, diversion just doesn’t seem a likely offer. At a casual gathering in the Multi-

thermos. Al said that over the weekend he successfully restrained most urges to point out scenes or recount stories of the olden days. I said I guessed there were only two types of stories: boring, mundane ones that nobody wants to hear, or interesting, scandalous ones that you don’t want to tell. So we told them to each other, both types. We closed out the bar and Al was happy to note that the pints in Ithaca, at least, are cheap, or at least cheaper than in Bethesda or Chevy Chase. Al also distinctly noted, in the course of the night, how proud he and his wife are of their daughter, and of their other daughter, also in college. Of course, this is what it’s all about. Sometimes the past, present and future mix, in gratitude, happiness, and hope, and no amount of money can match that. cultural Resource Center this January, black community activists and re-entry program participants voiced skepticism about the LEAD program. “This just isn’t gonna be for us.” “You know what we call it? The criminal just-us system. No way we getting get out of jail free cards.” The LEAD model has a built-in structure for community input: the Community Leadership Team (CLT). Fabina Colón, speaking from decades of experience working alongside marginalized people at the Multicultural Resource Center, has urged that “the community group needs to be diverse, trauma-informed, family-centered, and have a basis in racial equity. And to make a real difference it should have leverage, power and real decision-making input.” The CLT is an opportunity for interested community members to step into the process of building and holding accountable Ithaca’s version of LEAD. But as Colón and her colleagues know all too well, the CLT won’t have teeth unless it demands them. Until then, the fate of the LEAD program rests with those who have the power to impact decisionmaking. Travis Brooks, serving as codirector of the Ithaca LEAD program alongside Drug Policy Alliance’s Katharine Celentano, holds a unique perspective on the issue of racial equity. Even if LEAD maintains a narrow focus on opioids, Brooks thinks, the program could still eventually serve people of color. “It’s a matter of time,” says Brooks. “I think we’ll see more of our kids using. It’s in the lyrics already, if you listen.”

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with my gratitude was a deep concern for all those who lack such coverage. This is one of the many reasons that I am supporting and voting for Tracy Mitrano. She is deeply concerned about healthcare and is committed to preserving and expanding access to quality healthcare for all people. In contrast, Tom Reed has consistently voted for repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act. And in June, when the Opioid Crisis Act of of 2018 was passed in Congress, Mr. Reed did not vote. In addition to our health care rights, Tracy also supports preserving our social security benefits, believing for all the years we’ve contributed to the fund, we have earned the right to guaranteed benefits. Having risen to the ranks of the elderly, healthcare and social security issues rate high on my list for electing a responsible person to represent my needs and views. Tracy Mitrano meets this criteria for many of my concerns. Elizabeth Einstein

Bridge Fatigue, Reed Fatigue?

ew York State is suffering from bridge fatigue. It ranks near the bottom of states in its number of structurally deficient bridges. How are our congressional representatives responding? According to an October report by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association, one in ten bridges in the Southern Tier district of Rep. Tom Reed, R-Corning, have structural problems. That’s 310 bridges. When you leave home today, count how many bridges you use. In March, 2018, Rep. Reed talked about the $1 trillion infrastructure plan he hoped to draft through the Problem Solvers Caucus. There has been absolutely no movement on the bill through any House committee. In fact, there has been little action on bridges from Mr. Reed since he took office in 2010. Yet we use these bridges every day to get to work, schools, doctors, day care, and football games. Without bridges, first responders can’t reach us, U.S. mail stops, and farm supplies stand still. Tracy Mitrano is running for Congress against Reed. She’s a bridge builder in a double sense. If elected, infrastructure old and new will top of her agenda. Just as important, Mitrano will bridge spatial and social differences across our district. We need real congressional leadership to solve our pressing issues. Put Tracy Mitrano in office on Nov. 6. Charles Geisler Dryden, NY

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Clear Water Revival

AguaClara Cornell’s international campaign for sustainable water treatment

By Austi n L a m b n the basement of Cornell University’s Hollister Hall, home to the School of Civic and Environmental Engineering, students gather around a large laboratory in small groups. A few rows of long tables divide the room, and cabinets full of chemicals stick out from the walls. Among an assortment of drills, devices, machines, tubes, sinks, saws, and computers, each group of goggle-wearing students works on a different task under LED tube lights. At a computer, Dr. Monroe WeberShirk, a professor with a background in environmental engineering, discusses with two students their experiments to remove high concentrations of naturally-occurring fluoride from groundwater. In 2005, he formed AguaClara Cornell (ACC), a project team of students dedicated to developing community-scale water treatment technologies for the developing world—or as Weber-Shirk prefers to call it, the “majority world.” Since its inception, AguaClara Cornell has grown from approximately 30 participating students each semester to more than 80. It’s made up of predominantly undergraduates with engineering and computer science backgrounds, who join through a selective interview process 8 T

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and are divided into over 20 research subteams of three people, each focused on a different aspect of the design, manufacturing, and outreach process. Sub-teams alternate lab session meetings between Monday and Thursday, and work a total of around 10 hours a week. Weber-Shirk walks over to one of the tables, and places on it a desk-size model of a water treatment plant designed by AguaClara Cornell. In real life, this plant, typically built on a hillside, is the size of a large room (for every one liter of treated water produced per second, the plant requires 5.5 square meters of space). Using a five-stage filtering process, it reduces raw contaminated water to an acceptable level of turbidity (cloudiness) specified by the World Health Organization, then sterilizes it with a small dose of chlorine. Because the plant is gravity-powered, operation and maintenance cost a third of conventional mechanized systems. AguaClara Cornell has also designed a smaller, functional plant made out of PVC pipe that fits on the back of a pickup truck and can be used for smaller communities. In 2005, the first of AguaClara’s largescale water treatment plants began construction in Ojojona, Honduras. Through a partnership with Agua Para el Pueblo, a nongovernmental organization in Honduras, AguaClara Cornell trained Ojojona

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residents to assemble the plant, which fully opened in 2007. AguaClara and Agua Para el Pueblo have since coordinated the construction of 13 additional plants in Honduras, serving a total of 65,000 people. “Since 2007, there’s basically been a new plant every year, and just in the last year or two that started speeding up,” Weber-Shirk said. But as AguaClara Cornell grew over the years, and expansion to multiple countries became a goal, it became clear that a project team of students, even with growing numbers, wouldn’t be able to sufficiently manage a global enterprise. “We were realizing that if we wanted to spread this to many different countries, we couldn’t keep having a student-based program do that,” said Maysoon Sharif, an alumna of AguaClara Cornell who joined in 2006 and worked as both an undergraduate and graduate student. “We wanted it to grow bigger, so we needed some entity outside of Cornell that was focused on training partners in different countries.” In 2013, Sharif and two other alumni founded AguaClara LLC as a for-profit company to oversee the project’s global outreach, increase the scale of its operation, and communicate with partner organizations overseas in-person. That same year, AguaClara LLC initiated its first international expansion. From 2013 to 2015,

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the company helped build three water treatment systems in the Indian state of Jharkhand, delivering clean water to over 2,600 people. In two other villages in the state, the company also piloted Enclosed Stacked Rapid Sand (EStaRS) Filters designed by AguaClara Cornell, which require 80 percent less water to operate than a typical rapid sand filter. Although successful in Jharkhand, the founding members of AguaClara LLC eventually realized that a for-profit model wasn’t suitable, and in 2017 AguaClara Reach (ACR) was established as a nonprofit with Sharif as executive director. In May of that year, Subhani Katugampala joined ACR as a full-time staff member and India program manager. Sharif ’s cofounders are no longer involved with ACR, but AguaClara Reach has a board of directors and several alumni volunteers based in the United States. The relationship is reciprocal between AguaClara Reach and AguaClara Cornell: ACR’s experiences testing ACC’s technology overseas inform the latter what designs work best. “From my perspective, the point of AguaClara Reach is that they become this organization that is the point of contact between the technologies that are coming out of Cornell, and all the organizations that built plants,” Weber-Shirk said.

ACR’s international appeal is based on accessibility: its technology is electricity-free and is built with locally-available materials and local labor, thus making communities relatively independent. The organization, whose mission is universal access to safe water on tap, guarantees that anyone with a sixth-grade education can be trained to operate and repair the systems. “It’s all open-source technology,” Sharif said. “The goal is [that] we just train as many people as possible to build and implement these [technologies], and then we let them spread it on their own.” This past year, amid India’s worst water shortage in history, AguaClara Reach debuted its newest device in Lahanda, a village in the Indian state of Odisha. Called the Hydrodoser, it is a gravity-powered device that safely disinfects water for human consumption with an exact amount of chlorine by automatically reacting to fluctuations in water flow rate. Inspired during AguaClara Reach’s work in Jharkhand, the Hydrodoser, composed of affordable items such as PVC pipes and sheets, flexible tubes, and HDPE drums, is accessible for isolated communities that lack standard electric-powered water treatment. Furthermore, it can treat water with low turbidity that only requires disinfection, and not the resources of a larger water treatment system. In partnership with local nonprofit Gram Vikas, Katugampala organized the installation and monitoring of the Hydroser, as well as the weeks-long training of Lahanda community members to operate it. The system began service in early 2018, and all 206 residents of Lahanda have been provided with clean drinking water at a monthly cost of one dollar per household for 70 liters of water each day. “We think most communities can pay for it,” Sharif said, noting that if communities can’t then the technology must be enhanced to increase affordability. “It’s better to have empowered communities who can pay for it on their own and maintain it on their own, rather than go for the charity model where they’re dependent on the good will of other people, which is inconsistent.” While AguaClara Reach’s work in India has been successful so far, establish-

ing a partnership with a local organization overseas is still complicated. First, ACR finds communities that are in real need of clean water, then they single out communities whose water is treatable and identify what types of contaminants are present. Based on a community’s requirements, AguaClara Reach will implement different technologies. “It all depends on what the water quality needs are,” Sharif said. “In Honduras we’re dealing with places where the water is so dirty during the rainy season, that when it comes out of the tap they actually call it ‘café,’ which is ‘coffee’ [in Spanish].” If ACR’s technology is compatible with what needs to be treated in the water, and local engineers are able to construct the design blueprint, then they evaluate whether the community can pay for the water and is willing to take responsibility

[the question of] how do you get the community to really believe in the system, and of their own accord really choose to operate it and maintain it on their own?” For the AguaClara Cornell students, it’s meaningful to have the opportunity to be part of an on-campus group with AguaClara Reach’s level of global impact. “Students get so excited about the fact that they can work on something that is real and that is going to be useful for something,” Weber-Shirk said. “It completely changes the level of motivation that students have. They know that what they do with AguaClara doesn’t get thrown in the trash can at the end of the semester.” Weber-Shirk also emphasizes the ability for undergraduates—specifically underclassmen—to immediately immerse themselves in the work. That type of real-world learning accelerates education, he said,

In many countries, clean water is at a premium. Now in its 13th year, AguaClara Cornell is trying to change that, one water treatment plant at a time. for the long-term operation and maintenance. If so, a community water board is set up with a local operator to collect water tariffs from each household to pay for emergency operation and maintenance costs. The final step, Sharif said, is finding and training a partner organization, which allows for the technology to be better tailored to the community’s specific needs. In some cases, community members fail to see the need at first for water treatment, Sharif said, assuming that since they’ve been drinking the water for so long without noticeable ill effects, it’s clean. “We work with partners that have two skill sets in particular,” Sharif said. “One is the engineering skill set: they need to be able to design a water system and manage the construction of it. The other skill set is what we call ‘community mobilization,’ and that’s the whole buy-in process. That’s

as he sees freshman learning about water treatment processes that otherwise might not have been introduced until senior year. “I learned a lot about how much undergraduate students can do if you give them an opportunity,” Weber-Shirk said. Ian Cullings, a junior on the team, echoes this. He said knowing the work he’s doing is translating to actual results for people in need is a key motivator. “Being part of the AguaClara team has provided an amazing opportunity, both to make an impact on the world around me and to improve myself as a student and a citizen of the world,” Cullings said. “The hands-on learning environment of AguaClara has taught me so much about engineering and design, and the collaborative environment has improved my leadership and teamwork skills greatly.” But despite the success AguaClara Cornell and AguaClara Reach have attained

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so far, their work is not nearly done. The team continues to analyze its technology and treatment processes in order to make them more efficient, faster, and more accessible, while also looking for breakthrough designs. Weber-Shirk said the group has goals for a facility to filter and treat wastewater for a village, and looking at methods of removing fluoride and arsenic from water. Yet with a constant drive for innovation comes troubleshooting, and with such influential technology, higher risk. A major challenge, Weber-Shirk said, is taking a technology from the laboratory to the field in a responsible way with confidence that a technology will work. It requires a comfort with failure, paired with a willingness to reflect on unsuccessful attempts to improve. Regarding future expansion, there is an interest in expanding throughout South Asia and Latin America, and piloting technology in Africa. Sharif said AguaClara would like to be serving one million people in five years, though that depends on several factors. Although none of the AguaClara technology is being used in the U.S. yet, it’s not due to incompatibility; the equipment, Weber-Shirk said, would work perfectly fine, but logistics stand in the way at this point. “If you’re innovating, there are reasons why it’s much easier to create new ideas at a smaller scale—and in a place where there weren’t any viable options—than it would be for us to try to develop a new technology and convince New York City to use it,” Weber-Shirk said. “That’s just never going to happen.” Regardless, Weber-Shirk said he fully intends to bring the technologies to the U.S. All that’s required, he said, is more time. What seems to be the ultimate plan, though, is to solve water treatment issues in every community in need across the globe. “The real goal is [that] there are several billion people who don’t have access to safe drinking water, and we’d like to help solve that problem,” Weber-Shirk said, aware of his lofty ambition. “And to be really honest, we’re nowhere close. The need for safe water is just huge compared to what we’ve done so far [...] We’re at the scale of like 60 or 70 thousand people, and the need is on the order of several billion people. So, we’ve got a lot of work to do.”

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everly J. Martin and Enfield Elementary Schools, both located in Tompkins County, have been accepted into the Universal Lunch Program. The program is available to schools in which at least forty percent of students are certified to receive free meals based on their family’s income. Both of these schools had the highest percentages for students who are entitled to free and reduced meals in Ithaca City School District, as 79 percent of students at BJM were eligible and 76 percent of students at Enfield were eligible. This has long been a goal of the Childhood Nutrition Collaborative, a nonprofit group seeking to improve childhood nutrition within Tompkins County. Janet Cotraccia, program officer at Community Foundation, is glad to see this goal come to fruition. “One of the successes of our long-term commitment to collective impact is the universal lunches and breakfasts at Enfield and Beverly J. Martin,” Cotraccia said. “The Childhood Nutrition Collaborative has allowed us to see a substantial change in the access to nutritious food in these two schools.” Holly Payne, the executive director of GreenStar Community Projects, said this project will help kids feel more accepted at school and may eliminate the stigma that surrounds getting free lunch at school.

“If free lunch and breakfast is extended to all students, you erase the stigma,” Payne said. “Kids sometimes don’t want to take it because they feel they’re being labeled as ‘poor.’” The institution of this program will also have academic benefits according to Lara Parilla, the nutrition and community development issue leader for Cornell Cooperative Extension who is a member of the Childhood Nutrition Collaborative. Parilla said that when more kids are eating a good breakfast at school, they are getting some nutrition closer to when they start doing classwork and taking exams which can help students improve their academic performance. Administrative work will be decreased since district officials will no longer have to collect income forms from students said Beth Krause, child nutrition director of the Ithaca City School District. Krause also hopes to increase student participation and efficiency since people won’t have to hassle with money in the lines anymore. The free meals program at the two schools was recognized as part of National School Lunch Week; an annual weeklong celebration was created in 1962 and is held from October 15 through 19 by an act of Congress. By E dw i n J. Vi er a

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he descriptions continue to evolve… When I first started writing about Kyle Dake 14 years ago, the Lansing kid was a 13 year-old Boy Wonder, wrestling at the Junior Worlds. At Cornell, he was a Trail Blazer, winning four national titles at four different weight classes, the first wrestler ever to accomplish such a feat. Now, Dake is simply a Beast, steamrolling the competition at his first-ever UWW World Wrestling Championships in Budapest. Dake wrecked his first three opponents by a combined 35-0 score, including a semifinal shutout of topseeded European champion Akhmed Gadzhimagomedov of Russia. Entering the 79-kilogram final against Olympic bronze medalist and two-time world championship bronze medalist Jabrayil Hasanov of Azerbaijan, Dake saw no reason to let up, and his 2-0 victory earned him the gold medal for which he has worked so hard for so many years. Wrestling fans will remember the name

David Taylor, as it was the Penn State wrestler that Dake beat in a dramatic final in 2013 to win his fourth title and cement his place in history. Well, Taylor also wrestles for Team USA, and he won the team’s first title on Sunday. Dake – who was, entering the tournament ranked fourth in the world at 79-kilograms – continues toward his dream of an Olympic gold medal. ••• Kyle Dake just won a World Wrestling I saw a photo of recently retired Ithaca Championship title, his latest triumph in a young High cross country coach Rich Bernstein, life full of them. (Photo by Lindsey Mechalik) and the coach was, justifiably, looking very Georgia@ithacatimes.com 607-277-7000 x220 proud. He was standing between two of “I’d say about a dozen over the years, and his former runners – Jake Avery, a sophoNewspaper: more at Cornell and Silas Derfel, a redshirt about 6 or 7 times that many have run at the D-3 level.” freshman at Syracuse – and both runners He also said that Silas was injured had just competed in the Reif Memorial race at Cornell. I reached out to Rich, who recently - hence the redshirt status – and that the coaching staff at S.U. was in no told me, “It was great to see those guys hurry to rush his recovery. “They take the competing at the Division 1 level. Instead long-range view,” Bernstein offered. “I love of being teammates, they were running that about Syracuse’s coaching staff.” against one another. It was pretty cool.” He laughed when I asked him what he I asked Rich how many runners he did during his five minutes of retirement, helped reach the D-1 level, and he said,

and he stated, “I’m looking forward to working with the head coach, Peg Dunham. She’s from Groton, and I’m hoping to be a mentor for her for a couple of seasons. “ I also asked the longtime coach what it will feel like to actually recruit runners, given a high school coach just works with the athletes from the school district. “I’m looking forward to it,” Bernstein said. “I will say, however that while our runners were in the same building, sometimes we still had to find them!” ••• Speaking of recently retired coaches, Ithaca High lacrosse coach Frank Welch retired after the 2018 season. Frank was on the sidelines for 44 years, and on the field for many seasons as a player prior to that. There is a retirement party for Frank this Saturday at the Fall Creek House, and I hope the weather is amenable to a parking lot spillover. Based on what I have seen and heard, it will be some shindig. A Go Fund Me was set up to pay for it, and the donations reflected the community’s love for Welch, as the fund quickly met its Client: goal. I looked at the donor list, and it was full of former players, teammates, parents of players and lacrosse fans spanning five decades. I am pleased that this celebration has been put together, given many people aren’t there (physically) to see how much they are loved. Hors D’oeuvres will be available at 5:30, the toast happens at 6:30, and the party ends at 8 (yeah, right…) Congratulations, Frank!

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their official marriage license. Once there, she said they were approached by a man, looking like a farmer, who asked to speak with them. Worried they were about to be confronted for being gay, they reluctantly turned around, only to find that he wanted to congratulate them and pay for their marriage license. “I feel like I can make an impact with my law enforcement experience, my education, but also my personal experiences. I just think I could be a good catalyst to create a better relationship between the community and the department,” Olin said. “I want people in the community to have experiences with our law enforcement like that, something they didn’t expect but they walk away with a positive experience and it just sticks with them.” Osborne said he first met Olin several years ago when she interviewed for a job at the Tompkins County Sheriff ’s Office when Osborne himself was serving as undersheriff. He emphasized that Olin is reminiscent of himself when he was working at the Sheriff ’s office, particularly through her drive to continue her higher education even while holding down a police job. “I think mostly it’s her ambition. When I first met her she was pursuing her master’s degree in criminal justice administration, and that meant a lot to me,” Osborne said, noting he had pursued a bachelor’s degree while he was working as well. “I was very impressed by that as someone getting into public safety and also at the same time pursuing a higher level of education, that meant a lot to me.” Olin now holds three degrees: an associate’s degree from Tompkins Cortland Community College in criminal justice, a bachelor’s degree in sociology/anthropology from Wells College, and Master’s degree in criminal justice administration from Keuka College. Though she hasn’t worked in law enforcement in Tompkins County except for her time with IPD, she does live in the county, and since the nature of being a police officer in a primarily college student area includes a sizable off-season when students return home, she’s had the opportunity to undergo training in a litany Men’s & Women’s & Women’s Backpacks • Pants preservation community (the project BetterMen’s Sweater •had Synchilla Snap-T PulloverM a t t B u t l e r of different specialized areas. Better Sweater • Synchilla Snap-T Pullover Olin, who’s been on the campaign trail Down Available Jackets & Parkas • Hoodiesat Now Locally with Osborne for two months but is only Down Jackets & Parkas • Hoodies Sweatshirts, T-shirts & Trucker Hats now being announced officially for the Sweatshirts, T-shirts & Trucker Hats Backpacks ••Pants first time, echoed what has been Osborne’s Backpacks Pants sentiments during the last several months: Now Available Locally at at on the Ithaca Commons Now Available Locally that Sheriff Ken Lansing has had enough time to formulate a more adequate budget, Benjamin Peters Benjamin Peters and that his department has lacked the the Ithaca Commons on on the Ithaca Commons community engagement aspects that Osborne and Olin say are vital to a department’s overall success. She’s heard that again and again from citizens during her Men’s Men’s & & Women’s Women’s time listening in on Osborne’s events, and Better Better Sweater Sweater •• Synchilla Synchilla Snap-T Snap-T Pullover Pullover it convinced her that she would be able to MEN’S & WOMEN’S COLLECTIONS help the county from an administrative Down Down Jackets Jackets & Parkas Parkas • • Hoodies Hoodies MEN’S & WOMEN’S COLLECTIONS MEN’S & WOMEN’S COLLECTIONS and policy standpoint. Sweatshirts, Sweatshirts,T-shirts T-shirts &&Trucker Trucker Hats Hats “Before I decided, I wanted to hear Backpacks Backpacks •• Pants Pants what the community’s concerns were and make sure that I could actually have an Now NowAvailable Available Locally Locallyatat impact on them,” Olin said. “I didn’t want Suits • Sportcoats • Sportswear • Shoes Suits ••Sportcoats • Sportswear Sportswear • Shoes to take this job just to fill a position, I Suits Sportcoats • • Shoes Benjamin Benjamin Peters Peters The Ithaca • Mon–Sat 10–6, Thurs 10–8 •273-1371 273-1371 • www.benjaminpeters.com The Commons Ithaca Commons • Mon–Sat 10–8••273-1371 • www.benjaminpeters.com wanted to actually do something.” The Ithaca Commons • Mon–Sat10–6, 10–6, Thurs Thurs 10–8 • www.benjaminpeters.com

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Mike Foster, a fixture in the homeless advocacy community who runs the Rescue Mission on State Street, said the Jungle’s recent troubles are the worst he has seen in his 10 years of being involved there. Foster said it’s significantly worse than what has been reported so far. “Lot of violence, lot of crime,” Foster said. “Things getting stolen, people are afraid to leave their tents for even a few hours because they come back and things are gone [...] It’s been a serious increase in violence and crime.” Foster said he’s heard some allegations, though without any proof, of more serious offenses like sexual assaults in the Jungle recently as well. Like the police, he isn’t certain about the source of the crime either, though he did mention that the Jungle has recently seen its population greatly increase. Foster estimates that There are about 40-50 people currently staying at the encampment, numbers that have only become normal over the last two years; prior to that, Foster said he’d guess the average number of people living in the Jungle hovered around 12 or so at the same time. A Jungle resident, who requested anonymity said not only are there more people in the Jungle, but perhaps more impactfully that the mentality there has changed in general. Incidents that would have been handled in-house among the community before now involve the police, and have been more likely to turn violent recently. “A lot of it has to do with having different people down there now,” they said. “We have different people there than what we would have had at the old Jungle. The old Jungle would have been considered more of a community, people helping people.” They said the reason for more police response is two-fold: in the Jungle now, there are people who are more likely to call the police to resolve a problem, but also more people who are, as the Jungle resident said, likelier to take things to an “extreme of brutality” when faced with conflict. Foster emphasized that he doesn’t want to criticize the law enforcement response too much because he respects the job they have done overall with the homeless community and specifically the Rescue Mission, but that it has still seemed inadequate. He said that while he can understand a bit more grace being granted to a community like the Jungle, where usually the inhabitants have dealt with some trauma or something else that might contribute to their behavior, there has to be a line somewhere. “I just don’t understand why there can be known crime and law enforcement isn’t involved in it,” Foster said. “If you and I started cooking meth right now, it wouldn’t be long before an officer came around. So I just don’t understand why there’s somewhat of a hands-off approach [...] There’s got to be a point where crime is crime.” M att Butler

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You’re very crunchy.” Ah, such are the vagaries of cell phones, trans-Atlantic phone lines and automobiles. (The author is speaking to the artist while driving.) The connection may be crunchy, but it’s good enough to make out what John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants is saying. If pressed, the author will happily concede that TMBG’s “Flood” is one of the ten greatest albums ever recorded. For a band that had been led by Flansburgh and John Linnell in various combinations since 1982, you may have your own favorite TMBG album. They Might Be Giants have been touring “the world and elsewhere” to quote Spinal Tap since releasing their 20th album, “I Like Fun,” in January. They’ll make their Ithaca stop on Oct. 25 at 8 p.m. at the State Theatre. John Flansburgh spoke to the Ithaca Times about what there is to see in Belgium (where they were at the time), playing with people who are better than you, and his unrepentant addiction to guitar effects pedals. Ithaca Times: I read that you’ve had some pretty cool musicians come and play for you. John Flansburgh: Our band has always been, for lack of a better word, ringers. When you start taking on musicians in a band, you sort of have the choice of playing with people who can play as well as you, or you can play with people who can play much better than you. You have to sort of defend your ground a little bit more when you’re playing with people who are really virtuosic. I think as a songwriter, it’s a really interesting challenge to try to write for people who are much better players. But right now, we have added Curt Ramm, who’s playing trumpet. He’s done a lot of recordings, and five shows with Bruce Springsteen, and Nile Rodgers and

a host of other people. He’s been working for a long time. It’s sort of opened things up; up until now we’ve had a five-piece band that was essentially sort of a rock combo: two guitars, bass, drums and keyboards. But with Curt on board, we can do a lot of things. John Linnell is playing the contra alto clarinet a lot in this current show, and that combined with the trumpet just gives all those songs a really unique sound. IT: I was really struck by the opening piano figure on “Let’s Get This Over With,” the first track of “I Like Fun.” JF: Well, that’s all John Linnell. We didn’t have to hire out for that. I mean, that’s the flashy fingers of Mr. Linnell. IT: I really like the new album. Where do you feel like you are in the ongoing process of being in this band? JF: Well, it’s kind of an evolution and it sort of feels like a manic episode. It’s much more of a piece than I think […] as bands change, as you put out different things, people act as if the changes are the big news. But I think for us, we really just treat it as one big creative project from the very beginning, and it’s been a really interesting challenge, and it certainly endured and found an audience, and that’s been really exciting. We’ve come up with a way of working that seems flexible enough to invite input and yet concrete enough to keep the session focused. We’ll bring in a pretty realized demo in terms of the song structure. And sometimes it’ll just be a chord progression and a click [track] and vocals, and other times it’ll be some very specific sound that needs to be featured in a recording. We’ll do a little bit of home production, which will often lead to the more usual sounds that you hear on the records. Those kinds of explorations don’t usually happen on the clock, because it just takes too much time. But it’s a good way of working because you have something very solid for everybody to jump on. On occasion we really take hard left turns from the material that we start with. We’ll change the tempos or really

move the feel of the song around. But usually we walk into the studio with a pretty good idea of what we’re gonna do. We do a lot of experimenting within the song form, but if we don’t have a song to start with, we’ll wind up staring at the walls. IT: I’ve been a fan of your guitar sound since I saw you at the State on Oscar night in 1994. JF: It’s pretty straightforward for me. I play a Telecaster, and in recording studios, it’s usually a Fender amp or a Marshall amp. It’s nothing exceptional. I have a guitar pedal addiction, but the truth is, I find them very inspiring. And a lot of times things will start with pedals, and then I’ll just simplify it. It’s surprising how often I’ll take the pedal out of the picture. I probably owe the pedal a credit on the production, because they are fun. I have a Vox vibrato pedal that is one of the most unloved. It makes the guitar make this wiggling sound that I think impresses no one but me. But I find it very exciting [laughs]. It has a little bit of a Ventures kind of sound. It’s a very heavy spice, but I think of it as being very me. There’s a very unusual track on the album: the title track, “I Like Fun” actually was sort of generated […] the spark of this song was this Mellotron sample that Jack Bruce had put together. And the sample library has now been reissued with a bunch of other very unusual Mellotron samples. And it’s basically a couple of octaves of Jack Bruce singing notes, and so the chords that you hear, it’s almost like a Laurie Anderson part. The chords that you hear are actually Jack Bruce of the band Cream singing. I found those samples to be very haunting, and really interesting for the song. But now, when we do it live, that part is just played on the trumpet by Curt, and it’s not like there’s anything missing, like “We have to have the Mellotron.” The song can kind of stand on its own two legs and walk around now. It’s more durable than just a sound.

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They Might Be Giants, or they might just be regularsized, but you won’t know for sure unless you check them out Oct. 25 at the State Theatre. (Photo provided)

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Blind Spots

Another local band hits 10 year milestone By Kyl e Far r

he Blind Spots will be celebrating their 10th “Bandiversary” with a brand new album and release party this Saturday, Oct. 27, at The Hangar Theatre starting at 7 p.m. There isn’t a more fitting way for such a hardworking and ambitious group to celebrate this incredible milestone than introducing brand new music and keeping the train moving full speed ahead. If you aren’t familiar with The Blind Spots, they are a five-piece band from Ithaca that has coined the term “Moxy Rock” for their music, which brings together a combination of female fronted pop, indie pop, and pop rock together to create their own brand of high energy rock music. Let’s start off with a history lesson. It’s 2008 and Blind Spots’ lead singer Maddy Walsh has just moved back to New York from California after attending grad school. At this point, she had recorded a solo album in her living room in Sacramento and was eager to continue her musical journey. Through a mutual friend, she was introduced to her guitar player, band cofounder, and now husband Mike Suave who had been a member of a popular rock/bluegrass band called The South Catherine Street Jug Band and had valuable industry experience. Before they ever rehearsed a single note, Suave learned all of the songs off of Walsh’s solo record which really stood out and made the earliest days that much smoother. Starting off as a folk-y duet, they played

a variety of songs from both Walsh’s and Suave’s solo records as well as some cover songs. After they began to co-write songs together, they quickly decided to add more musicians to the group. Walsh told me her roots are in folk and Americana and at first, the transition to singing with a full drum kit, electric bass and guitar was not a particularly welcomed one but Suave helped her find the confidence to explore a new sound and found the process quite liberating. “My roots are still my roots, and I love singing around a bonfire with acoustic guitars or around the piano with my whole family and a bunch of wine at Christmas time, but the style we began to develop for The Blind Spots felt awesome,” Walsh commented. “Still does.” Like many bands, this group was formed by a bunch of friends who just like to make music and that’s where Khris Oursler (bass), David Openshaw (keys) and Jay Fuller (drums) come into play. Oursler and Openshaw both went to high school with Walsh, but they didn’t make a connection until later in life. Oursler actually hired Walsh to sing at his wedding and Openshaw stumbled across Walsh jamming with friends at Grassroots and had his melodica on him and joined in. Fuller was an old friend of Sauve’s as he played percussion for the Jug Band I mentioned earlier. As time has gone on, The Blind Spots have experienced several personnel

changes over the years. Now Zach Rohrer handles keyboard duties and Aaron Fumarola sits behind the drum kit to complete The Blind Spots lineup. For the “Bandiversary” party on Oct. 27, they plan to bring many of their former band members back to the stage to celebrate. The hard working band boasts well over 100 live shows without even counting 2018, and there are no signs they will be slowing down yet. The new album,

album even before the song “Talk” was written. They all agreed that the simplistic title left a great openness to interpretation. “For me personally I feel like human communication is an area where Americans are repeatedly failing lately, and the divide between our opposing ideologies has become cavernous,” Walsh said. “The people in power have unearthed and reinstated a shameful fear of the other, and they’ve invented their own “truths” in

The Blind Spots will ring in their 10th anniversary this weekend with a combination celebration/album-release party at the Hangar Theatre. (Photo online)

titled Talk and releasing on Saturday at the release party, will feature 11 tracks in total and is available on their website to purchase a copy, but the band would prefer that you come and pick up in person at the album release party. They have a very special night planned including three sets of music, musical guests, a documentary short, and new music videos all in the same night at The Hangar Theatre. Walsh commented that she is prouder of this record than anything else the band has produced in the past. Suave came up with the title for the

real time with no recourse, debunking the most unbiased facts when they don’t suit their agenda [...] To me, that song, the title track, is the gentle admission of human flaw paired with a simple request for the one on the other end to open up.” The Blind Spots have defied the odds by sticking together primarily through their hard work and grateful attitudes realizing that there are downsides to every job, but the upsides of their jobs as musicians and performers far outweigh those negatives by surviving together as a band for 10 years.

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Equality through Song

Arlo Guthrie’s fighting the good fight with music By L oui se Broa ch

he iconic “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree” is coming around on the guitar again, and Arlo Guthrie is sure to sing it, with feeling, at his concert at the State Theatre Oct. 27. The stop is part of the Alice’s Restaurant Back by Popular Demand Tour, which

runs into 2019 and celebrates the 50th anniversary of the release of the Alice’s Restaurant movie, directed by the late, legendary Arthur Penn. The last time Guthrie was at the State was in 2015 for the 50th anniversary tour celebrating the actual incident that launched his now more than half-century career as a folksinger. Although he said he did not intentionally set out to write what became an anthem for the anti-war movement, Guthrie managed to turn his Thanksgiving 1965 littering arrest in Stockbridge, Mass. into a mantra that continues to inspire generations of folk music lovers. It comes as no surprise: Guthrie is the son of Woody Guthrie, who chronicled the plight of the Dust Bowl and penned “This Land is Your Land.” Both Guthries sang with Pete Seeger, quite possibly America’s most tuneful advocate for equality, peace and the environment. For five decades, until he died at 94 in 2014, Seeger was Arlo Guthrie’s mentor and partner for hundreds of live performances and recordings. The band members touring with Guthrie now were all around for shows with Seeger. Two of Guthrie’s children: Abe who plays keyboard and Sarah Lee who sings and plays guitar, grew up on stage. The rest of the band: Steve and Carol Ide on vocals and guitar, and drummer Terry Hall, have been with Guthrie on and off since the early 1980s when they were his backup band, Shenandoah.

Right before this tour started, Guthrie spoke with the Ithaca Times from his home in western Massachusetts about what’s on his mind these days. Ithaca Times: Why did you decide to do another go-round of an Alice tour now. And what else are you incorporating this

time? Arlo Guthrie: This time around we’re celebrating 50 years since the movie came out (1969). A couple of years ago Warner Brothers re-released the original album on vinyl, but we didn’t really do a tour in conjunction with that. In 2015, we did a tour of the anniversary of the events (1965) which created the song, and that was so much fun I didn’t hesitate at all when the idea came up to take it back on the road for another round. This current tour will obviously include “Alice” as well as other songs familiar to our crowd, “Coming Into Los Angeles,” “City of New Orleans” and others. IT:Last time we spoke you gave me a little history on how “Alice” was born. Can you offer a refresher? AG:Sometime in late 1966 or early 1967 the song was basically finished, and I played “Alice’s Restaurant” wherever I went. I did a couple of performances on WBAI Radio in New York City. At that point, I realized “Alice’s Restaurant” needed to be recorded in a real studio. It came out as a real record in November of 1967. Arthur Penn, who lived in Stockbridge, heard the recording and began making the film the following year. IT: You have a new book out in conjunction with this tour. It’s sort of a graphic novel about the film. Tell me about the illustrator. AG: There was an illustrated book (no

longer in print) that came out before the movie was made, based solely on the song. For the new book, we took the section of the movie and created another book. It was illustrated by my friend and neighbor, Kathy Garren who has drawn a number of books for me over the years. We’ve also updated the text, so it’s not identical to the original, although it’s essentially the same story. IT: In August, you hosted concerts at The Guthrie Center, the church where Alice’s Restaurant was filmed, a building you bought and turned into a community center. The concerts were fundraisers and involved your family and close friends. Give me a bit of a sense of each of the shows, a favorite moment from each of them. AG: It would be a book, not an answer to a question. The short version is that The Guthrie Center has become an important part of the cultural landscape here in New England. But it’s also been a destination for visitors from around the world. This past summer we did four shows that were live streamed so that people from around the world could reconnect with whatever was going on at the church. This was in anticipation of even more shows next summer. I love the old church, and so much of my personal history is intertwined with it. I created not-for-profit foundations, which are housed there, out of a desire to help save the world in our own small way. The things we do are too numerous to go into here, but it’s online for anyone who’s interested, at guthriecenter.org. IT: All of your kids, and their kids, have a social media presence. Your daughter, Annie, who is also a musician, posted something about doing a show and having your granddaughter Olivia, Sarah Lee’s daughter, open. Can you speak about how the river of music runs through your family? AG: Music is a language that everyone in my family (all the kids and grandkids) understands. They grew up playing music with their friends, and with me. I’m thrilled they still enjoy it, each in their own way. All of my kids have made records and done gigs. It’s just in their DNA. IT:Now for some politics; you and I spoke about Trump right after he was elected. We didn’t seem to think he could do much damage because of the system of checks and balances -- how do you feel two years later? What role do you think music and pop culture continues to play in politics? AG:I’ve had an anti-authoritarian gleam on my eye since I first wrote Alice’s Restaurant. I don’t trust authority or people who want it whether they are left or right. That’s just my way. So when I see people trying to profit from their authority I get antsy. This year, it’s Trump, the alt-right, the Congress, as well as those who run for political offices in their own districts, or school boards or whatever. That’ll change. In the future there will be other presidents, other political alliances, and other people who vie for local offices. I think it’s best to keep a sharp and critical eye on all of them.

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In this free talk, learn about exercising your God-given freedom from the limits of time Sunday October 28 at 2:00

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Dining

A quick Dash to Homer Dasher’s is always worth the trip By He nr y Stark

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Dasher’s in Homer, NY has been around since the 1800s, but that hasn’t diminished its appeal. (Photo by Marcia Harrington)

Silent Film & Music House of Usher (1928) a multi-media rock ‘n’ roll opera with Anna Coogan & Tzar Tues 10.30 • 7:30 CornellCinemaTickets.com

The Ancient Law (1923) accompanied by Alicia Svigals (violin) & Donald Sosin (piano)

Jewish life in 19th century Germany

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found Dasher’s quite by accident. I have several friends from the Skaneateles and Syracuse areas and they’re no more enthusiastic about driving to Ithaca to meet me for lunch than I am about driving an hour to meet them. An internet check showed Homer to be roughly midway and Dasher’s popped up as the best choice for a meeting place. What a good idea that turned out to be. From the major malls near route 13 in Lansing it’s 24 miles and takes about 35 minutes. Dasher’s, which is named after a horse, has been operated by current management for about six years; however, the building itself is more than 200 years old and has a rather colorful history. Since the early 1800’s it has been a pub or restaurant and still features the original wood-beamed ceiling and hardwood floor. The wood tables were constructed from black cherry trees that grew on the original owner’s farm. Part of the colorful history includes a murder—still unsolved—that occurred on

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the premises in 1897. Affixed to the bar, you’ll see a whiskey sour shaker that dates from the 1860’s. It was found buried in the dirt cellar when the site was excavated for renovations. The artwork in the main dining room is unique. The pictures are from old historic calendars supplied by a former owner and subsequently matted and framed. The embellishments on the chalkboard menus were drawn by employees and every table has a different salt and pepper shaker set from local antique dealers. The menu rarely changes although there are daily specials. The lunch menu continues through dinner minus the grilled cheese sandwiches and the lobster roll. At lunch there are almost a dozen burger varieties, made from local pasturefed beef, at $9.95. I gravitate to the Texas Burger with BBQ sauce, pepper jack cheese, bacon, and onions. It always arrives rare as ordered, however a frequent companion has often been disappointed that, on several occasions, when she

ordered a burger medium it arrived well done. If I’m in the mood for variety I enjoy the Philly Burger which is topped with a cheddar cheese sauce (not cheese slices), fried onions, peppers, and mushrooms— delicious but messy. Special requests for changes to the standard burger combos are accommodated without complaint. A good “Small Plate” choice is a light lunch of lemony “limoncello shrimp”. A word of caution: when I have ordered burgers in the past my server asked, “Chips and salsa or French fries?” That phrasing led me to believe both selections are included. Not so, there’s a $2.50 upcharge for substituting the fries or a house salad. If you like grilled cheese sandwiches, Dasher’s offers eight different varieties at lunch with a choice of five different breads. House-made soups are a nice accompaniment. However I was disappointed with one of their specialties, the lobster bisque. It costs $9, which I thought was a lot for a cup, not a bowl, that didn’t include any solid bits of lobster One of the mainstays at dinner is lobster thermidor ($34.95) with freshly steamed lobster meat in a creamy mushroom sauce, returned to the shell, sprinkled with parmesan, and broiled. Another popular item is Coquilles St. Jacques ($22.50) made with bay scallops (smaller and more tender than sea scallops) poached in white wine and served in a creamy mushroom sauce over risotto. If you enjoy a hearty beef dinner, you’ll find several steaks and prime rib in 14 ounce ($24.95) and 20 ounce ($32.95) portions every evening. Of the three-dozen domestic and imported beer selections, half are available on tap and none is more than $5.00 There are also a dozen classic and innovative cocktails and two dozen wine possibilities. Wines are served by the glass ($7-$8), carafe ($13-$14) and bottle ($26-$30). I think of Dasher’s as the epitome of a burger and beer pub with character. Wooden booths line the wall in the bar while the dining room offers a quieter space for conversation. Outdoor seating under an awning is another enjoyable option in good weather. The original dark woodwork and old English atmosphere, plus the wonderful selection of innovative burgers and domestic, craft, and imported beers combine for a perfect casual dining experience. The service is always friendly and efficient adding to the enjoyment. Even though I usually frequent Dashers as a halfway point to meet with friends who live north of Ithaca, I haven’t hesitated to make the short drive myself and I’ve never been disappointed.

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A New Lane

Rachel Lampert’s latest show debuts this week By Ros s Ha ars ta d

Productions to reboot their work together for new audiences.” This brand-new musical, The Sisters Fitz&Startz: A Case for the Classics, is all Rachel, with her lyrics set to instrumental pieces by Mozart, Schumann, Donizetti, Vivaldi and contemporary composer Benjamin Costello. After 50 years of doing things their way, the sisters’ current crop of students is beginning to rebel, and the fall concert recital is at risk. Sad and Yntema work through the beginning of the show. Music of Mendelsohn plays as Lampert says “lights down.” In waltz the sisters. Sad as Ashtabula, languorous, immediately lounges to read a magazine while Yntema as Phlemena rushes about the place, straightening up. Thus is set in motion the difference between the siblings: practical, nervous P and dreamy, grand dame A. When Yntema sets a new record on the Victrola, Mozart plays (“Ah, Mozart!” croons Sad) and soon the sisters are singing their disagreements about each other’s ways to the tune. Lampert makes some adjustments, partly to clarify lyrics. She nixes the blanket Sad was using as an experiment. They run it again, tighter. A strong thread of nostalgia emerges. On Monday they will have time in the theatre space, as the Kitchen’s current show, The Piano Teacher takes a day off from previews. Then the rest of the cast will rejoin them: Natasha Bratkovski, Mike Cyr, Travis Knapp, Nicole Bethany Onwuka, and Benno Ressa. As Sunday’s brief rehearsal concluded, the cast left their temporary home at CRS Barn, a huge Victrola, a footstool and various costumes snuggle their way into Lampert’s car. The Fitz&Startz will next deploy their imaginary music and dance studio under the lights of the Kitchen stage.

HATFIELD LECTURE 2018

“Reconstructing Leadership: Why Economics and Empathy Matter in Equal Measure” SANDRA E. PETERSON ’80 36th Robert S. Hatfield Fellow in Economic Education, Cornell University

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he home studio of the Sisters FitzandStartz School of Music and Dance is imaginary of course. These grand, eccentric spinsters were the invention of Rachel Lampert, with the assistance of Joey Steinhagen back in 1997 when Lampert wrote her first “Family Fare” show while Artistic Director of the Kitchen Theatre. In their first incarnation they appeared as fabulous puppets, one who barely cleared the lighting instruments at the old space at the Clinton House. Now, they are being re-born, but in human form: Philemena embodied by Sylvie Yntema andAshtabula by Kristin Sad. I caught up with the two in rehearsal with Lampert and stage manager Tasha Sinclair and a young baby, Em. I imagine the sisters’ studio with dark wood floors, a thick Turkish rug, sometimes rolled up, tall Victorian windows. Or perhaps, it’s more like the current rehearsal studio at the CRS Barn—adjoining the home of singer Steven Stull and dancer Jeanne Goddard—wide, spacious, full of light, two baby grands, and a spectacular view of Cayuga Lake and the valley. Since relinquishing the reins after 20 years at the Kitchen, one of Lampert’s chief projects has been Fitz&Startz productions, which “creates new theater works focusing on children under ten, that explore the nature of theater, music, dance and performance.” With a footprint at the Kitchen twice a year, Fitz&Startz provides touring shows and licensing of several past shows. As their brand-new website (fitzandstartzproductions.org) states: “The company is an outgrowth of the long-time collaboration of Lesley Greene and Rachel Lampert who were colleagues at Kitchen Theatre Company (KTC) where Lampert was artistic director until 2017 and Greene serves as Associate Producing Director. Beginning in 1999 and continuing through 2009, Lampert & Greene developed and produced 10 new musicals for family audiences. As Lampert looked to retire from KTC, she and Greene formed Fitz&Startz

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Thursday, November 1 4:30–5:30 p.m. Alice Statler Auditorium, Statler Hall Cornell University

Performances Saturday, October 27 at 1pm and Saturday, November 3 at 1pm and 3pm. Tickets are available by phone (607) 272-0570, or online at kitchentheatre.org.

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Christophe Mantoux, organ | 3:00 PM, 10/27 Saturday | Anabel Taylor Chapel, Cornell University, Ithaca | Guest Organist Christophe Mantoux; French classical works, including Couperin, Dandrieu, and Daquin

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Halloween party with music by Sandbox | 6:00 PM, | Hopshire Farm & Brewery, Freeville

10/28 Sunday

Bars/Bands/Clubs

UpSouth with Mac Benford | 6:00 PM, | Felicia’s Atomic Brewhouse and Bakery, Trumansburg

Andrew Zhou - Solo afternoon piano | 3:30 PM, | Red Newt Bistro, Hector

Damien Connolly & Jerry O’Sullivan | 7:00 PM, | Canaan Institute, Brooktondale | $20 donation

Ithaca Jazz and Blues Jam | 4:00 PM, | Mix Kitchen and Bar, Ithaca

10/24 Wednesday Brett Beardslee | 7:00 PM, | Stonecat Cafe, Hector Canaan Jam Session | 7:00 PM, | Canaan Institute, Brooktondale Open Mic with Marty Flynn and his Good Time Band | 7:00 PM, | Flynn’s Roadhouse Cafe, Lansing Ray McNamara’s WednesRay Monk’s Raysidency | 7:00 PM, | Monk’s on the Commons, Ithaca Reggae Night w/ The Medicinals & DJ Mike Judah | 9:00 PM, | The Haunt, Ithaca | $5

10/25 Thursday

Rumourz: Fleetwood Mac Tribute | 9:00 PM, | The Range, Ithaca

Billy Thompson Blues | 6:00 PM, | Boathouse Beer Garden, Romulus

Sororise | 9:00 PM, | Agava, Ithaca

Firelight Live! | 6:00 PM, | Firelight Camps, Ithaca

10/27 Saturday

The Pelotones | 6:00 PM, | Six Mile Creek Vineyard, Ithaca

The Band: RUKUS | 6:00 PM, | Boathouse Beer Garden, Romulus | 5

Stories Behind the Songs: Bert Scholl | 7:00 PM, | Lot 10, Ithaca | $5

Cigarettes After Sex | 8:00 PM, | The Haunt, Ithaca | $20

10/26 Friday

Pebble | 8:00 PM, | Two Goats Brewing, Burdett

Mike Titlebaum & Catherine Gale Jazz | 5:00 PM, | Red Newt Bistro, Hector

Thru Spectrums w/ special guest Fall Creek Brass Band | 8:00 PM, | The Range, Ithaca

The Smoking Loons | 5:30 PM, | Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards Winery, Hector

IU Presents: Fright Nite w/ Travis Johns, BRIAN!, EEL TANK | 9:00 PM, | Sacred Root Kava Lounge & Tea Bar, Ithaca

Burning Daylight Acoustic | 6:00 PM, | Americana Vineyards, Interlaken

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Radio London | 4:00 PM, | Americana Vineyards, Interlaken Sean Farley | 4:00 PM, | Two Goats Brewing, Burdett Spencer Miller Blues | 7:00 PM, | The Westy, Ithaca

10/29 Monday Open Mic hosted by Benny T | 7:00 PM, | Flynn’s Roadhouse Cafe, Lansing Open Mic | 8:30 PM, | Agava, Ithaca

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teachers of Cortland County will be performing in the annual Cortland County Music Faculty Recital. Musicians include teachers from Cortland, Homer, Marathon and BOCES. Midday Music at Lincoln: Enriqueta Somarriba, piano | 12:30 PM, 10/25 Thursday | Lincoln Hall Rm B20, Cornell, Ithaca | Enriqueta Somarriba, guest pianist, features music from Spain and Latin America, including two works by Roberto Sierra, plus Falla and Ginastera. An Evening With They Might Be Giants | 8:00 PM, 10/25 Thursday | State Theatre Of Ithaca, 107 W State St, Ithaca | | $25-$35 Cayuga Chamber Orchestra presents MAGIC, MOVIES, and MUSIC! | 7:00 PM, 10/26 Friday | State Theatre Of Ithaca, 107 W State St, Ithaca | A Tribute to John Denver with Ted Vigil | 7:30 PM, 10/26 Friday & 2:00PM, 10/27 Saturday | Cortland Repertory Theatre, 24 Port Watson Street, Cortland | Award winning, international performer and John Denver-lookalike, Ted Vigil bring memories of that Rocky Mountain High to Central New York for the first time. | $25 Windborne Concert | 7:30 PM, 10/26 Friday | First Unitarian Church Ithaca, 306 N Aurora St, Ithaca | | $15 advance/$20 door. Children 12 and under free; teens and college students $10. Theodora Serbanescu-Martin, piano | 8:00 PM, 10/26 Friday | Barnes Hall, Cornell, Ithaca | “Great Romantic Sonatas”- Beethoven Sonata No. 32, Op. 111; Chopin Sonata No. 2, Op. 35; and Liszt’s Sonata in B Minor, S. 178

The Klezmer Kings | 7:30 PM, 10/27 Saturday | Morgan Opera House, 370 Main St., Aurora | An evening of rollicking Klezmer music. Recognized as the premier Klezmer Band in CNY, this annual performance benefits the Morgan Opera House thanks to Lifespan Therapies of King Ferry. | $8/$5 Arlo Guthrie - Alice’s Restaurant | 8:00 PM, 10/27 Saturday | State Theatre Of Ithaca, 107 W State St, Ithaca | | $30-$50 The Blind Spots: Ten-Year Bandiversary & Album Release Party | 8:00 PM, 10/27 Saturday | Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | $15/$20 Windborne at Valley Folk Music in Corning | 2:00 PM, 10/28 Sunday | Valley Folk Music in Corning, 144 Cedar St. (red brick Methodist church on corner with First St.), Corning | Windborne is a New England vocal quartet with stellar harmonies and arrangements singing songs from many folk vocal styles. | $20 general; $5 student or disabled, 14 & under free; $15 Valley Folk “Supporters”. Dorothy Cotton Jubilee Singers Present Spirituals | 3:00 PM, 10/28 Sunday | St. Pauls United Methodist Church, 402 N Aurora St, Ithaca | | donation Organist Kurt Lueders | 4:00 PM, 10/28 Sunday | St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, 109 Oak Avenue, Ithaca | Talk & recital: “Miracles from Organ Pipes: Cavaille-Coll, Mentor to the Generations” Pipe Organ Spooktakular! | 7:00 PM, 10/28 Sunday | First Presbyterian Church, 315 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | 7th Annual Halloween Spooktakular pipe organ concert. Enjoy spooky music played on the king of instruments by local organists. Costumes encouraged; candy provided.

Stage Possessing Harriet | 7:30 PM, 10/24 Wednesday | Syracuse Stage/Drama Complex, 820 E Genesee St, Syracuse | In 1839, Harriet Powell, a young, mixed-race, enslaved woman slips away from the Southerner who owns her and spends the hours before her nighttime departure on the dangerous journey to Canada in the company of a young Elizabeth Cady. Thru 11/4. The Chinese Warriors of Peking | 7:30 PM, 10/24 Wednesday | Anderson Center, 4400 Vestal Parkway East, Binghamton | The company of the Chinese Warriors of Peking was founded in 1958 as a group of Chinese acrobats and martial artists. Open Mic Comedy | 10:00 PM, 10/24 Wednesday | Lot 10 Lounge, 106 S Cayuga St, Ithaca | Drag Show with The House of Merlot | 9:00 PM, 10/25 Thursday | The Range, 119 E State St, Ithaca | Sisters Fitz&Startz: A Case for the Classics | 1:00 PM, 10/27 Saturday | Kitchen Theatre, 417 W State St, Ithaca | Book/Lyrics by Rachel Lampert with music by Mozart, Schuman, Donizetti, Vivaldi and contemporary composer Benjamin Costello. A Case for the Classics is a music and laugh-filled production for the whole family. | $12/$8 Wanda Sykes | 7:00 PM, 10/27 Saturday | Crouse-Hinds Theater, 411 Montgomery St, Syracuse | The Water of Life | 2:00 PM, 10/28 Sunday | CSMA third floor perfromance space, 330 East State Street, Ithaca | A Grimm’s fairy tale told by Jay Leeming with musical accompaniment by the Calliope Chorus. Ferocious lions, a snarly dwarf, a thrilling seajourney and a magic castle all brought to you by the power of imagination. | $5 - $20 sliding scale, children free The Piano Teacher | Contact theatre for show times. | Kitchen Theatre, 417 W State St, Ithaca | by Julia Cho. Runs thru 11/4.

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The Passion of Joan of Arc | 10/25, 9:00PM; 10/28, 4:30 | In 1431, Jeanne d’Arc is placed on trial on charges of heresy. The ecclesiastical jurists attempt to force Jeanne to recant her claims of holy visions.

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Black Violin | 8:00 PM, 10/28 Sunday | Smith Center for the Arts, 82 Seneca St, Geneva | Black Violin is lead by classically trained string players Wil B. (viola) and Kev Marcus (violin), and joined onstage by DJ SPS and drummer Nat Stokes. The band uses their unique blend of classical and hip-hop music to overcome stereotypes while encouraging people of all ages, races, and economic backgrounds to join together to break down cultural barriers. Rainbow Rowell | 7:30 PM, 10/29 Monday | Crouse-Hinds Theater, 411 Montgomery St, Syracuse | Ragtime | 8:00 PM, 10/30 Tuesday | Ithaca College Clark Theatre, 953 Danby Road, Ithaca | October 30th -November 10th. Ragtime explores the relationships that form between a wealthy white family, a black ragtime musician, and a Jewish family that has immigrated to America looking for a better life.

Art Elsewhere : a journal, new work by Suanne Onodera | 10:00 AM,

10/24 Wednesday | Corners Gallery, 903 Hanshaw Rd Ste 3, Ithaca | A solo exhibition of new paintings and works on paper by Ithaca artist Suanne Onodera, which examines the fleeting place where ideas originate, gestate, and eventually are made tangible. Exhibit on view through Nov. 17. Gallery open 10 - 5 Tues - Fri, 10 - 2 Sat. Stimulus and Response | Ongoing | State Of The Art Gallery, 120 W State St Ste 2, Ithaca | Four Views | Ongoing| West End Gallery, 12 W Market St, Corning | Paintings by Anne Bialke, Tom Gardner, Wilson Ong and Martin Poole. Through Nov 8, 2018. Works by Sarah Gotowka of Trumansburg | Ongoing| Neighbors Art Gallery, 115 Franklin St., Ithaca | Thru November 4.† Dreams and Pressings: The Journey of Two Artist Friends | Ongoing | The Ink Shop Printmaking Center, 330 East State / Martin Luther King Jr. Street, Ithaca | Thru 10/27. Urban Arts Crawl | 5:00 PM, 10/26 Friday | Downtown Corning, Corning | Spooky Halloween Shadow Puppet Theater’s HAUNTED SHADOW

The Solitude of Selfie: An Exhibit By Carol Flueckiger, | Ongoing| Women’s Rights National Historic Park, 136 Fall St, Seneca Falls | Cayuga Nature Photographers Installation | Ongoing| Kendal At Ithaca, 2230 N Triphammer Rd, Ithaca | Rural Landscapes and Harvest Time | Ongoing | North Star Art Gallery, 743 Snyder Hill Road, Ithaca | Draw-A-Thon - TCFA Fundraiser | 12:00 PM, 10/27 Saturday | Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts, Congress at McLallen St, Trumansburg | This event is a part of “The Big Draw Festival,” a worldwide drawing festival. Meet the Shepherd: An evening of conversation and craft | 6:00 PM, 10/30 Tuesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Bring a project and bring a friend to this monthly fiber arts and craft night

The Shining | 10/26, 9:20PM; 10/27, 8:15PM| w/ costume contest and party at 7:15 on Saturday. | A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil spiritual presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from the past and of the future. Kid Flicks One | 10/27; 2:00PM| Featuring a lively international lineup of fun with Party Mouth (USA), I want to Live in the Zoo (Russia) and If You Fall (Canada).

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SHOW! | 7:00 PM, 10/26 Friday | Sacred Root Kava Lounge & Tea Bar, 139 W State St, Ithaca | Join us for an evening of visual shadows and dark matter. We are joined by DJ Proper Filth and EvoEvolution. Live visual installations and shadow dancing. | $10 donation

Loaves and Bananas | 10/26, 7:00 | A heartwarming and hopeful story about a team of elephant rescuers, preceded by an animated short “The Elephant’s Song” w/ animator Lynn Tomlinson ’88.

(plus a little more). Barb Sodums of Shepherds Creek Alpacas located in Trumansburg NY will talk about her life as a shepherd.There is a $5 suggested donation but don’t let this keep you from coming, ALL are welcome.

Film Cornell Cinema All films are shown at Willard Straight Hall on Cornell campus. Poetry in Motion: Super 8 Films | 10/24, 7:15PM | Helga Fanderl was born in Germany in 1947. Since 1986 she has created a body of work consisting of 100 short films, shot in Super 8 with no post-production. In this performative talk, she will explain in detail her filmic practice. Saving Brinton | 10/25, 7:00 PM | In rural Iowa, a beloved history teacher uncovers the century-old showreels of one of America’s first motion picture impresarios and sets out to premiere the films at the world’s oldest continuously operating movie theatre.

BPM | 10/28, 7:00PM | Members of the advocacy group ACT UP Paris demand action by the government and pharmaceutical companies to combat the AIDS epidemic in the early 1990s. House of Usher: a multi-media rock-n-rock opera | 10/30, 7:30PM | Combines classic 1928 film with modern opera, film-noir, and improvisation by musicians Anna Coogan and Tzar. Cinemapolis Week of Friday, October 26, 2018 through Thursday, November 1, 2018. Contact Cinemapolis for showtimes. New films are listed first*. Mid90s* | Follows Stevie, a thirteenyear-old in 90s-era LA who spends his summer navigating between his troubled home life and a group of new friends that he meets at a Motor Avenue skate shop. | 84 mins R The Old Man & The Gun | Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker and his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public. |93 mins PG-13 Colette | Colette is pushed by her husband to write novels under his

name. Upon their success, she fights to make her talents known, challenging gender norms. |111 mins R Free Solo | Follow Alex Honnold as he becomes the first person to ever free solo climb Yosemite’s 3,000ft high El Capitan Wall. With no ropes or safety gear, he completed arguably the greatest feat in rock climbing history. |100 mins PG-13 Science Fair | Nine high school students from disparate corners of the globe navigate rivalries, setbacks, and hormones on their quest to win the international science fair. Only one can be named “Best in Fair.”| 90 mins PG Regal Ithaca Wednesday, 10/24 through Tuesday, 10/30. Contact Regal Ithaca for showtimes. New films listed first*. Indivisible* | The extraordinary true story of Army Chaplain Darren Turner and his wife Heather. When war etches battle scars on their hearts, they face one more battle: the fight to save their marriage. | 119 mins PG-13 Halloween | Laurie Strode comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago. | 106 mins R The Hate U Give | Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Now, facing pressure from all sides of the community, Starr must find her voice and stand up for what’s right. | 133 mins PG-13 Bad Times at the El Royale | Seven strangers, each with a secret to bury, meet at Lake Tahoe’s El Royale, a rundown hotel with a dark past. Over the course of one fateful night, everyone will have a last shot at redemption before everything goes to hell. | 141 mins R Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween |Halloween comes to life in a comedy adventure based on R.L. Stine’s 400-million-selling series of books. | 90 mins PG First Man | A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on

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Buffalo Street Books, The DeWitt Mall (215 N. Cayuga St.) | What better way to get ready for the TMBG show at the State than to meet the authors of this book which delves into the significance of their best-selling album. “Whether or not it was the band’s intention, Flood’s jubilant proclamation of an identity unconcerned with coolness found an ideal audience at an ideal turning point. This book tells the story.” -Amazon.com | (photo: Amazon.com)

Kitchen Theatre Company, 417 West State St., Ithaca | When former piano teacher, the elderly Mrs. K, decides to call former students in the hopes they’ll come for a visit, she discovers that her memories of happy afternoons by the piano may be blocking a truth darker than anything she could have imagined. (photo: provided)

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Fall 2018 First Year MFA Reading Series | 6:00 PM, 10/26 Friday | Buffalo Street Books, 215 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | The first installment of this four-part tradition will feature Kathryn Diaz (fiction) and Jasmine Reid (poetry).

Judith Pratt: The Dry Country | 5:00 PM, 10/27 Saturday | Buffalo Street Books, 215 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | Judith Pratt will read from her new fantasy novel, The Dry Country.

Crazy Rich Asians | 120 mins PG-13

Special Events

Drag Queen Story Hour | 12:00 PM, 10/28 Sunday | Buffalo Street Books, 215 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | Our special guests will be joining us from the House of Merlot!

Ithaca Fantastik | 7:30PM 10/26, Friday | Cinemapolis, 120 E Green St, Ithaca | A ten day film, art, and music festival | Daily thru Nov. 4. Wizarding Weekend | 10/26 Friday thru 10/28 Sunday| Downtown Ithaca, Ithaca | New in 2018! Pumpkin Carving Contest (Friday, cash prizes!); Costume Contest (Sat for Adults/Teens, Sun for Kids, cash prizes!); Flash Fiction Contest (cash prizes) - Deadline is Sept 1 for submission; GorgeKeep School of Magic and Guardian Quest; Special Guests in the Artists Atrium; Special Guest Panels and Q&A sessions at Hotel Ithaca Spirits in the Castle | 7:00 PM, 10/26 Friday thru 10/28 Sunday| The 1890 House, 37 Tompkins St, Cortland | Come explore the Wickwire Mansion and learn about funeral customs, superstitions, and the the story behind the death of Chester Wickwire. Then join psychic Anne Knight and Knightime Paranormal as they take you on an investigation of Cortlandís premier Haunted House! | $15 5th Annual Ithaca City Cemetery Sprint | 8:00 AM, 10/27 Saturday | Ithaca City Cemetery, Cornell Avenue Entrance, Ithaca | Walk or run off those Halloween candy calories on this one-mile, all-terrain, challenging dash through Ithaca’s historic municipal cemetery. Costumes are welcome and prizes will be given. All ages welcome. Registration begins at 8:00 am. Timed run begins at 9:00am. Fun Run starts at approximately 9:30am. | $13; $10 for groups of 4 or more: children 3 years and under free Hallowine Spooktacular: Fantasy Kingdoms | 8:00 PM, 10/27 Saturday | Americana Vineyards, 4367 E Covert

Kids THE KLEZMER KINGS | SATURDAY 10/27, 7:30PM Morgan Opera House, 370 Main St., Aurora | An evening of rollicking Klezmer music. Inspired by the folk music of Eastern Europe, Dana Mandel and his band of talented Klezmorim produce the finest of tunes with the greatest of enthusiasm. Recognized as the premier Klezmer Band in CNY, this annual performance benefits the Morgan Opera House thanks to Lifespan Therapies of King Ferry. (photo: Facebook)

Rd, Interlaken | The 16th Annual HalloWine Spooktacular’s costume theme is Fantasy Kingdoms, with 3 categories: Best Fantasy Royalty, Best Fantasy Character, Best Off Theme! Contest is at 10:30, each winner goes home with a prize basket of Americana goodies! Come in costume to win, or not and just have fun! Music by Elephant Sound. Treats by Crystal Lake CafÈ. First glass of wine free with admission. ADMISSION: 21+| $15 Spooky Halloween Shadow Puppet Theater’s HAUNTED SHADOW SHOW! | 3:00 PM, 10/28 Sunday | DISCOVER CAYUGA LAKE BOAT TOURS. Join us for an eerie evening cruise on the GHOST SHIP! | $74/family A Brief Survey of the History of Life - Dr. Robert Ross | 5:30 PM, 10/29 Monday | Museum Of The Earth, 1259 Trumansburg Rd, Ithaca | From the first suggestions of life in the Precambrian through the present, take in this broad perspective of the History of Life on Earth.

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Fall Book Sale at the Seneca Falls Library | Seneca Falls Library, 47 Cayuga Street, Seneca Falls | Find a great book at the Spring Book Sale!† Hosted by the Friends of the Seneca Falls Library. All proceeds benefit the Seneca Falls Library. 10/24 - 5:00 to 8:00 PM; 10/25 -10:00 am to 8:00 PM; 10/26 -10:00 am to 8:00 PM; 10/27 -10:00 am to 5:00 PM. Reading by Viet Thanh Nguyen | 4:30 PM, 10/25 Thursday | Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, 132 Goldwin Smith Hall, 232 East Ave., Ithaca | Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist & cultural critic Viet Thanh Nguyen will read from his work. His novel, The Sympathizer, is a New York Times best seller and won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. His current book is the bestselling short story collection, The Refugees. 33 1/3: They Might Be Giants’ Flood | 6:00 PM, 10/25 Thursday | Buffalo Street Books, 215 N Cayuga St, Ithaca | They Might Be Giants are playing in Ithaca Thursday night. What better way to get ready than

to geek out over their record Flood, which is one of those records of singular importance at the fringes of geek culture. Co-authors Alexander Reed and Elizabeth Sandifer dig into the significance of this album. 1968-Apollo 8 & 50 Years of Manned Space Flight | 7:00 PM, 10/25 Thursday | Southworth Library, 24 W. Main Street, Dryden | Discussion of Jeff Kluger’s book w/Cornell Dept. of Astronomy. Part of the Adult Book Discussion centered on the book, 1968:The Year that Rocked the World. Buffalo St. Books Presents Trampoline Thursdays | 7:00 PM, 10/25 Thursday | Lot 10 Lounge, 106 S Cayuga St, Ithaca | A night of competitive storytelling where the public is invited to share their tall tales. Contestants will be given three minutes to share their stories. Reading: The Vegetarian’s Guide to Eating Meat | 7:00 PM, 10/25 Thursday | A Young Woman’s Search for Ethical Food, a creative nonfiction reading by Marissa Landrigan, Writing ‘05. Held at 183 Park Communications, Ithaca College.

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Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd. | Take it from the band themselves, “If you come to one show of ours all year, make it this one. $15 for a lovingly crafted evening of moxy rock, documentary-short and music video viewing during set breaks, and a whole lotta EXTRA that we’ll keep as surprises.” (photo: provided)

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Cuddle-up Infant & Toddler Library Time | 10:00 AM, 10/24 Wednesday | Southworth Library, 24 W. Main Street, Dryden | Kids Craft: Glow in the Dark Halloween Mason Jar | 3:30 PM, 10/24 Wednesday | Van Etten Library, 83 Main Street, Van Etten | Lego Literacy | 3:00 PM, 10/25 Thursday | Interlaken Public Library, 8390 Main Street, Interlaken | Comic Creation Workshop for Teens | 5:00 PM, 10/25 Thursday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Preschool Storytime at Southworth Library | 10:00 AM, 10/26 Friday | Southworth Library, 24 W. Main Street, Dryden | A different theme every week! Baby Storytime | 10:30 AM, 10/26 Friday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street, Ithaca | Also one from 3:30 to 4:00 PM. Storytime | 10:30 AM, 10/26 Friday | Edith B. Ford Memorial Library, 7169 N Main St, Ovid | Spooky Halloween Shadow Puppet Theater’s HAUNTED SHADOW SHOW! | 11:00 AM, 10/26 Friday | Jillian’s Drawers, Center Ithaca, Ithaca | This 45 minute shadow puppet show is for kids of all ages! The shows at Jillian’s are a mellower version of our spooky show. Nothing that will give nightmares! Additional shows on

10/27 at 3PM and 10/30 at 6:30PM. | $10/person $5/kid under 12 $15/ family rate Annual Halloween Carnival & Haunted House at Southside | 4:30 PM, 10/26 Friday | Southside Community Center, 305 S Plain St, Ithaca | Join us in costume for this free event - all are welcome! Haunted house, games, free food, great for children of all ages. In collaboration with students of Cornell’s ALANA Intercultural Organization. Tompkins County Public Library to Offer Teen Writing Workshop | 4:30 PM, 10/26 Friday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | These workshops are appropriate for people in grades 6-12. Pumpkin Decorating | 10:00 AM, 10/27 Saturday | Newfield Public Library, 198 Main St, Newfield | Pumpkins, paints, sparkles, cut-outs, glue and more provided. (There will not be carving.) Symphoria Kids: Sorcerers, Wizards and Witches | 10:30 AM, 10/27 Saturday | Inspiration Hall, 709 James St, Syracuse | Explore the world of sorcerers, wizards and witches through music at this special Halloween-themed Kids performance! Be sure to come in costume for the costume parade! | $15. to $8. under 18 is free Family Storytime | 11:30 AM, 10/27 Saturday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street, Ithaca | MGR Family SPOOKtacular | 1:00 PM, 10/27 Saturday | West End Theatre, 217 W. Genesee Street, Auburn | Merry-Go-Round Youth Theatre Presents its 1st Annual FAMILY SPOOKTACULAR - A Halloween FUNdraiser to support MGR educational programming! | Suggested $5/person 10th Annual FALL FESTIVAL | 5:00 PM, 10/27 Saturday | Ovid Firehouse, Community Meeting Room, 2136 Brown Street, Ovid | Sponsored by Ovid Library. Families, meet at the Ovid Fire Hall for kid-friendly spooky stories and fun activities followed by trick- or-treating along Main Street. Refreshments provided. Biscuit | 12:00 PM, 10/28 Sunday | State Theatre Of Ithaca, 107 W State St, Ithaca | Little Girl is thrilled when

CAYUGA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA PRESENTS MAGIC, MOVIES AND MUSIC! SATURDAY 10/26 AT 7:00PM

State Theatre of Ithaca, 107 W. State St. | Music from Star Wars, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Star Trek, and other blockbusters, performed live by the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra! Additionally, see Hilby juggle and a special performance by Seishi Karate students. Dress up and participate in the costume parade & contest with fun prizes. One lucky audience member will even get a chance to lead the orchestra! (photo: provided)

Ithaca Rotary Club Luncheon Speaker Series | 12:15 PM, 10/24 Wednesday | Coltivare, 235 S Cayuga St, Ithaca | Ithaca Rotary Club Pride of Workmanship award presentation ceremony | $15

and plant a true kitchen garden that will open all of your senses both in the garden and in the kitchen. Ellen Ecker Ogden will show you how to grow†an edible garden with an eye towards beauty, easy care, and pleasure.

Monday Storytime | 10:30 AM, 10/29 Monday | Interlaken Public Library, 8390 Main Street, Interlaken |

D&D Gaming Night | 3:00 PM, 10/24 Wednesday | Edith B. Ford Memorial Library, 7169 N Main St, Ovid | Join Library Luke for an all-ages adventure.

Maker Mondays for Teens at TCPL | 4:00 PM, 10/29 Monday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Tutorials will be provided for the Makerbot 3D Printer, Epilogue Helix Laser Cutter, and Cricut.

ESL Talk Time at TCPL | 3:30 PM, 10/24 Wednesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Tompkins County Public Library invites English language learners to attend a weekly, drop-in discussion circle.

Community Resource and Job Fair | 2:00 PM, 10/25 Thursday | Emerson Suites, Ithaca College, Ithaca | Employers and human service agencies will be showcasing their jobs and services. Open to the public including services for veterans. Transportation is available - contact Jim Sharp jimsharp1977@gmail.com.

she receives Biscuit as a birthday present, but will this rambunctious puppy learn how to behave and accept being part of a family? Based on the iconic series of books by Alyssa Satin Capucilli and illustrator Pat Schories. | $5-$10

Miss Judy’s Musical Adventure Series for Children at TCPL | 4:00 PM, 10/29 Monday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | A series of musical programs for young children. Tuesday Morning Story Hour | 10:15 AM, 10/30 Tuesday | Candor Free Library, 2 Bank St, Candor |

Open Hearts Dinner | 5:00 PM, 10/24 Wednesday | McKendree UMC, 224 Owego St., Candor | Come and join in the fun. Whether you are looking for fellowship or a free meal this one’s for you. Contact: Denice Peckins denicepeckins@hotmail.com

Family Story Time | 10:30 AM, 10/30 Tuesday | Newfield Public Library, 198 Main St. , Newfield |

Hooks and Needles | 6:00 PM, 10/24 Wednesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | A biweekly drop-in knitting and crochet meetup in the Libraryís Makerspace. Ages 18 and up.

Toddler and Preschool Storytime | 11:00 AM, 10/30 Tuesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street, Ithaca |

Ithaca Sociable Singles | 6:00 PM, 10/24 Wednesday | Dinner: Sumo, Cayuga Mall, Ithaca. Host: Loisanne P. RSVP:wlfd66@zoho.com

Museum in the Dark | 6:00 PM, 10/30 Tuesday | Museum Of The Earth, 1259 Trumansburg Rd, Ithaca | The Museum is opening its doors in the evening to look at space in a spooky way with Cornell’s Astronomy Graduate Network. Astronomy students will have stations throughout the Museum dedicated to space exploration. Come dressed in costume and get candy treats as you learn more about the universe. And don’t forget to explore the Museum’s Secrets of the Skull exhibit while you are here. | $5.00

Networking@Rev: Growing Past 25 Employees + Wintership | 6:00 PM, 10/24 Wednesday | Rev: Ithaca Startup Works, 314 East State Street, Ithaca | Join us for a panel discussion and an evening of networking where we focus on the issues facing startups as they grow.

Remembering the Mill Stream Inn, with guest speaker Phil Jordan | 7:00 PM, 10/24 Wednesday | Candor Fire Station, 74 Owego Rd, , Candor | Wednesday Night Ithaca Women’s Basketball Association | 7:00 PM, 10/24 Wednesday | Lehman Alternative Community School, 111 Chestnut St, Ithaca | Lecture: The New Heirloom Garden: Modern Designs for OldFashioned Gardeners | 7:30 PM, 10/24 Wednesday | Statler Auditorium, Statler Hall, 7 East Ave., Ithaca | In this lecture, you will learn how to design

Prepare for Retirement Online at TCPL | 2:00 PM, 10/25 Thursday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Older adults, their family members, and caregivers are invited to join Brendan Wilbur, of Alternatives Federal Credit Union, for an interactive workshop on preparing for retirement. Game Night | 6:00 PM, 10/25 Thursday | Edith B. Ford Memorial Library, 7169 N Main St, Ovid | Registration appreciated. The Friends of the Candor Free Library Meeting | 7:00 PM, 10/25 Thursday | Candor Free Library, 2 Bank St, Candor | The Friends of the Candor Free Library is a volunteer group dedicated to raising funds to support the efforts of the library. The Paul Layton Mystery of 1887 | 7:00 PM, 10/25 Thursday | Village of Dryden, 16 South St, Dryden | The Dryden Town Historical Society will revisit this infamous local mystery. Randy Stewart and Bob Watros will present facts and suppositions surrounding the murder of Paul Layton and together they will attempt to set the record straight. Pastrami on Rye: An Overstuffed History of the Jewish Deli | 7:30 PM, 10/25 Thursday | Ithaca College Textor Hall, 953 Danby Road, Ithaca | Textor 101 | Author Ted Merwin will present a lively and entertaining talk on the rise, fall, and rise again of the Jewish deli and its role in American Jewish life. Free and open to the public. Sponsored by Ithaca College’s Jewish Studies Program. Harvest Moon Dance | 6:00 PM, 10/26 Friday | Emerson Suites, Ithaca

College, Ithaca | The Harvest Moon Dance is an annual inter-generational event where local elders meet and interact with members of the Ithaca College Community. Music by Mike Vitucci and the Immortal Jellyfish. Sponsored by Ithaca College’s A.G.E.S. Student Organization Community Fire Ceremony | 6:30 PM, 10/26 Friday | Foundation of Light, 391 Turkey Hill Rd, Ithaca | Join us at this Full Moon Fire ceremony, with the topic ‘Loving Relationships’. All are welcome at the fire! (no pets please). You may want to bring a camp chair as seating may be limited at the fire. Event is free, donations accepted to keep these fires going. Halloween Party Night featuring DJ Evo | 9:30 PM, 10/26 Friday | Atlas Bowl, 61 W Main St, Trumansburg | | $7 flat rate bowling Trumansburg Senior Citizens Annual Bazaar | 9:00 AM, 10/27 Saturday | The American Legion, 4431 Seneca Rd, Trumansburg | Lunch, baked goods, crafts, recycled jewelry & grannies attic treasures will be for sale during the event. Quilt raffle drawing at 2:00 p.m. Ithaca City Cemetery Tours | 1:00 PM, 10/27 Saturday | Ithaca City Cemetery, University Avenue Entrance, Ithaca | Learn about the Ithaca City Cemetery’s evolution from village burying ground to Victorian garden of the dead. Additional tours Sunday 10/27 at 11AM & 1PM. | $9/$6 / Kids 12 and under free! (Discussion of gruesome historic events may not be suitable for younger children.) TCPL Board Game Club for Adults | 1:30 PM, 10/27 Saturday | Harvest Dinner | 4:30 PM, 10/27 Saturday | Mecklenburg Fire House, 4495 County Rd 6, Mecklenburg | Chicken and Biscuits, gravy, mashed potatoes, harvard beets, butternut squash, rolls, pies and beverage. Under 5 free. | $9, $4.50 kids The Cayuga Bird Club: Up the Lake to Montezuma | 7:30 AM, 10/28 Sunday | Meet at 7:30 am at the east end of Stewart Park to car pool. Bring your optics, snacks and food. All field trips are open to the public, both experienced birders and beginners. For Information and updates, contact

Bob McGuire, email bmcguire@clarityconnect.com or refer to the bird club’s website: http://www.cayugabirdclub. org/ Candor Emergency Squad Pork Chop BBQ | 11:00 AM, 10/28 Sunday | Candor Emergency Squad building, 58 Main Street, Candor | Includes a large pork chop, salt potatoes, baked beans, roll & cookie. | $10 Time Is Not a Factor in Your Life | 2:00 PM, 10/28 Sunday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Speaker David Hohle, CSB, will give a talk about learning how to exercise your God-given freedom from the limits of time. Knitters and Crocheters | 3:00 PM, 10/28 Sunday | Varna United Methodist Church, 965 Dryden Rd, Ithaca | Come meet other fiber artists and share skills with one another. Sunday Night Alive! | 6:00 PM, 10/28 Sunday | McGrawville Church, McGraw | Sing with the SNA praise band and hear an encouraging word. More details on Facebook.

Center Of The Finger Lakes, 612 W State St, Ithaca | A program sponsored by the American Cancer Society designed for women dealing with skin changes from chemotherapy and radiation. Contact Monica Vakiner 277-0960 and check out our Facebook page! Yang style Tai Chi. | 2:00 PM, 10/24 Wednesday | Candor Emergency Squad building, 58 Main Street, Candor | Ideal for people of all ages. Science on Tap: “What’s the harm in opposing GMO’s?” | 7:00 PM, 10/24 Wednesday | Casita Del Polaris, 1201 North Tioga Street, Ithaca | Graduate Women in Science present “Science on Tap”! Aimed to make science accessible and exciting to everyone. Exercise Class for Seniors | 8:30 AM, 10/25 Thursday | Newfield Public Library, 198 Main St. , Newfield | Chair Yoga | 10:15 AM, 10/25 Thursday | Ulyssess Philomathic Library, 74 East Main Street, Trumansburg |

Knit & Chat | 2:00 PM, 10/29 Monday | Ovid Fire Hall, 2136 Brown St., Ovid | Knit socially with all skill levels; share projects & receive advice.†

Take off Pounds Sensibly | 6:00 PM, 10/25 Thursday | Candor Town Hall, 101 Owego Road, Candor | Contact Jean Dewey 659-9969 or jmdewey@ frontiernet.net

Brooktondale Farmers Market | 4:00 PM, 10/30 Tuesday | Brooktondale Community Center, 522 Valley Road, Brooktondale |

Yoga Farm Presents BLISS NIGHT: Restorative Yoga with Healing Touch | 7:00 PM, 10/25 Thursday | Yoga Farm, 404 Conlon Rd, Lansing |

Photo Back-Up & Cloud Storage | 6:30 PM, 10/30 Tuesday | Edith B. Ford Memorial Library, 7169 N Main St, Ovid | Luke will walk you through the steps of saving photos, and other important documents, to the cloud. Registration is required, space limited.

Express Yourself; A Day for Youth Adoptees | 10:00 AM, 10/27 Saturday | Beverly J. Martin Elementary School, 302 W Buffalo Street, Ithaca | A place for adoptees to connect through various forms of expression such as movement, music, and art. Open to ages 8-21. Questions? Contact sarah@ affcny.org or 607-272-0034

Candor Fire District Commissioners Meeting | 7:00 PM, 10/30 Tuesday | Weltonville Fire Station, 3232 W. Creek Road, Newark Valley |

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Downtown Ithaca | You probably don’t need a reminder that one of Ithaca’s most acclaimed events is returning for another year, but just in case you have been living in another dimension… Special events such as City of Magic Ball, costume contests for all ages, Spirited Spirits, Cocktails & Cosplayers & more will all be waiting for you this weekend. There will also be several special guests including Holly Marie Combs of Charmed (Pictured. Photo: provided)

Cinemapolis, 120 E. Green St. | Each year, the programmers carefully curate and review submissions to bring the most exciting, intriguing, mind-bending, beautiful, and flat-out weird films from domestic and international filmmakers to fans. They look for challenging new voices, inspiring visuals, thoughtprovoking subject matter, and films that are just plain fun. Daily thru Nov. 4. (photo: provided)

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