Ithaca Times-August 17, 2022

Residents To Cast Three Votes In One Day On August 23

Overlapping CD Elections And Heated Senate Primary Coming Down To Wire

By Matt Dougherty

August 23 is set to be a busy and potentially confusing political day in the Ithaca area as residents will be tasked with voting in three di erent elections for candidates that many residents know little about.

As a result of the Special Master redrawing New York State congressional

maps, there have been some big changes that have shaken up elections in the Empire State. Ithaca is currently located in the 23rd Congressional District, but when the redrawn district lines go into e ect in January it will be located in the new 19th Congressional District which will stretch

from Columbia County in the east to Tompkins in the west.

In addition, Congressmen Antonio Delgado, who represented the old 19th district, resigned from his position when Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed him to serve as Lieutenant Governor. Congressman Tom Reed, who represented the old 23rd district, also resigned to take a job at a lobbying rm. ese resignations have triggered special elections in the old 19th and old 23rd Congressional Districts, which Governor Hochul has scheduled for August 23, 2022.

As a result, Ithaca residents will vote in a special general election for the old 23rd District, which will cease to exist at the end of this congressional session, and a primary election for the new 19th District, which shares some overlap with the old 23rd District, simultaneously on August 23rd. Additionally, a primary election for State Senate District 52 will also be held on the same day.

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NY AG Sets Up Election

Protection Hotline — New York

Attorney General Letitia James has announced that the O ce of the Attorney General (OAG) will make its Election Protection Hotline available for the upcoming August 23, 2022, election and during New York’s early voting period, which runs from Saturday, August 13 through Sunday, August 21. The hotline will be available to troubleshoot and resolve a range of issues encountered by voters, including voting by absentee ballot or in person at their polling

place. Voters that experience problems can report issues to OAG by calling the hotline at (866) 390-2992, submitting complaints online at https://ag.ny.gov/election-hotline, or emailing election.hotline@ag.ny.gov. The OAG has also created a guide addressing frequently asked questions to assist voters which is available at https://ag.ny.gov/ election-protection.

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Median Home Price In Ithaca Metro Is $294,880 — According to a report by the real estate and construction website Construction Coverage, the current

median home price in the Ithaca metro area is $294,880. Compared to its pre-2008 mark of $232,351 (in 2022 dollars), the Ithaca metro area has experienced an in ation-adjusted increase of 26.9% since its pre-Great Recession peak. The rapid rise in prices over the last two years and the current slowing of the market has invoked memories of the housing crash of the mid-2000s for many homebuyers and homeowners. A survey earlier this year found that more than three in four buyers and sellers believed that the U.S. was in the midst of a housing bubble.

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Leslie Danks Burke is a lawyer, public advocate in rural education and healthcare, and the founder and president of Trailblazers PAC. (Photo: Dede Hatch)

Lea Webb is a former Binghamton City Councilmember, an educator at Binghamton University, and a national trainer with Vote Run Lead. (Photo: Provided)

Josh Riley is a lawyer that has experience in federal courts and has worked as a partner at numerous law firms and served as General Council to former Senator Al Franken. (Photo: Provided)

Jamie Cheney is a founding partner of Prokanga, an employee search firm and has worked as a consultant for private equity firms, hedge funds, and other investment firms. (Photo: Provided)

IN UIRING PHOTOGR PHER Q A

By Josh Baldo

Breaking Stereotypes

CU’s Jameson Wang Signs NIL Deal Sophomore QB Signs With Degree And Joins #BreakingLimits Team

By Andrew Sullivan

Cornell University quarterback Jameson Wang is the latest member Degree Deodorant’s #BreakingLimits Team a er the rising sophomore signed a NIL (name, image, and likeness) agreement with the company, which was o cially announced in a press release on Aug. 2.

New NIL rules that were adopted in 2021 allow college and high school athletes to sign contracts to not only pro t from, but also market their name, image, and likeness. Wang is joining Degree’s #BreakingLimits Team, which features 28 other Division I athletes, both male and female, from several sports. e initiative’s goal is to “amplify incredible stories of overcoming adversity to help inspire others to break their own limits and set a precedent for how to work with student athletes in an impactful way,” according to Degree.

“I was contacted by Opendorse, which is a third-party NIL company, and they told me that Degree was looking for me to join the Breaking Limits Team,” Wang said. “Coming from an Asian American background, playing football…it's gonna help me share my story to a lot of people that don't know my story. And I'm really thankful for that; really blessed that Degree has given me the opportunity to do this.”

Wang played in seven games last season for the Big Red and led the squad in rushing with 349 yards (5.5 yards per carry) and four touchdowns, becoming the second freshman in program history to do so.

e level of Asian American representation in major United States sports is quite low. According to the 2021 Racial and Gender Report Card from e Institute for Diversity and Equity in Sports (TIDES), only 1.5 percent of male Division I athletes identi ed as Asian. For female Division I athletes, the percentage isn’t much higher (2.3 percent). Only two percent of Division I football players identied as either Asian or Native Hawaiian/ Paci c Islander.

e trend holds true at the professional level as well. Asian athletes made up 0.4 percent of NBA players, 0.1 percent of NFL players, 1.9 percent of MLB play-

ers, 1.3 percent of MLS players, and 1.4 percent (only two identi ed as Asian American) of WNBA players, according to TIDES’s 2021 reports on each league. ere are multiple factors that have contributed to the underrepresentation of Asian Americans in U.S. sports. e Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 prohibited many Asian individuals from participating in sport and resulted in the cultivation of stereotypes. e feminization of Asian men, for instance, led to a societal view of them as “weak” and “too short.” When Asian people were allowed to participate in sports, they endured racism and xenophobia.

Asian Americans are also stereotyped as the “model minority” in that they are high achievers. is stereotype has led Asian American families to believe that the only way they can succeed is through academics, thus athletics are looked at with little importance.

For Wang, though, athletics were not considered an a erthought. His father played football as a high schooler in Rochester a er his family emigrated to Rochester from Taiwan when he was ve years old. (His parents ed China during the Communist Revolution to Taiwan where he was born.)

“At the time, my grandparents—his parents—they had a Chinese restaurant in Rochester, and they were working there all the time,” Wang said. “So no one really supported him playing football because they wanted him to work in the restaurant. But luckily, making good friends in Rochester, my dad was able to get rides and have teammates really care about him and really push [him] to play high school football.”

He said his father encouraged him to play football as a kid.

“He was trying to give me the opportunities that he never really had as a child,” Wang said. “So he was my coach all the way up to eighth grade. He really pushed me to be the player that I am today.”

Wang attended his rst three years of high school at Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles, CA before transferring to Oaks Christian School in Westlake Village for his senior year. rough four years of high school football, Wang accrued 10,305 yards of total o ense and 114 total touchdowns as quarterback. He also played basketball and ran track and eld. e quarterback position, despite the growth in the number of black athletes starting at the position professionally, has been predominantly held by white athletes. Non-white quarterbacks are subjected to much higher standards and are sometimes even encouraged to switch to a di erent position.

Luckily for Wang, he received support from those around him to compete at the position.

“I’m very fortunate to have gone to schools that the coaching sta s, they didn't care what color skin you were, what background you came from, whoever was the best player was going to play, and I really respect that from my high school coaches,” he said. [His coaches] “never really gave

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Soph QB Jameson Wang led CU in rushing last season. (Photo: Twitter)

Wang has inked an NIL deal with Degree Deodorant. (Photo: Provided)

Reimagining Special Committee Defines Itself And Explores IPD Dashboard

At its initial meeting on August 10 the Ithaca Common Council’s Reimagining Public Safety Special Committee focused on de ning its own role and schedule and examining the Ithaca Police Department’s (IPD) movement toward greater transparency via an online dashboard.

e Special Committee consists of Alderpersons Cynthia Brock, Phoebe Brown, Robert Cantelmo, George McGonigal, and Ducson Nguyen. Acting Mayor Laura Lewis and Mar’Quon Frederick, a Cornell student who was part of the Reimagining Public Safety Working Group, both attended in a non-voting capacity.

e ve committee members unanimously chose McGonigal to lead the

PRIMARY ELECTION PREVIEW

Let’s look at each of the three races to try to bring some clarity to the upcoming elections.

23rd Congressional District Special Election

e special election to ll the seat le vacant in old District 23 by former Congressman Tom Reed—who resigned from his position to take a position with a

group. Tasked to give a report to the full Council at its December meeting, the committee decided to meet monthly on the second Wednesday of each month.

Noting that having just four meeting would require a “full throttle” approach, McGonigal suggested the committee quickly reach out to District Attorney Matt Van Houten, assemble a citizen feedback group, and get in touch with the unarmed response units being created by Rochester as part of that city’s Reimagining Public Safety e orts.

e meeting swi ly segued into a presentation by IPD Sergeant Mary Orsaio of that department’s online dashboard, available at https://www.cityo thaca. org/752/Community-Dashboard. e data

visualization system, based on the popular Microso Power BI platform, provides information on types and numbers of calls and locations of incidents. Conceding the system has limitations, Orsaio characterized it as “something to make improvements o of.”

McGonigal pointed out that the dashboard doesn’t provide demographic data related to those involved in tra c stops, an area speci cally cited as a goal of the Reimagining plan. Orsaio explained the di culties involved in gathering that speci c data since it isn’t listed on driver’s licenses and isn’t part of the normal questioning process in a tra c stop. McGonigal acknowledged the problem, saying “I think some people could be o ended if they were asked that question.” Orsaio said the IPD knows this is important data and wants to obtain it and requested suggestions and input from the community about how it could be gathered.

DOWNS&

Ups

There’s no need to wait until next week to vote. Early voting in the August 23 Special Election and two primaries is being held now at the Crash Fire Rescue building at 72 Brown Road, near the airport, or downtown at Ithaca Town Hall at 215 North Tioga Street.

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In anticipation of their move to Press Bay Court, our Cayuga Street Neighbors at SewGreen are giving away cotton fabric, craft felt, knitting needles, thread, and lots of other stu to not-for-pro ts, schools, and charitable organizations. Reach out by email to ithacasews@gmail.com.

HEARD SEEN&

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There’s a proposal from a CU researcher asking for landmark status for the Andrus Block/Home Dairy building on the Commons due in part to its being the home of Firebrand Brooks, a nationally-recognized lesbian and feminist press, from 1984 to 2000.

Seen

The IC Esports team has a GoFundMe page raising money so they can attend their rst ever in-person competition this fall in Sacramento. Check out https://gf.me/v/c/gfm/help-ic-esportsand-gaming-compete-in-sacramento. This would be a great networking and educational opportunity for the team members.

lobbying rm—will have Democrat Max Della Pia running against Republican Joe Sempolinski. e special election is not a primary and both nominees have been appointed by the chairs of their respective parties.

Max Della Pia is an Air Force veteran who has served as Chair of the Tioga County Democratic Committee since 2018. He is also a member of the Democratic Rural Conference (DRC) Board.

democracy is at a vulnerable point here. And I feel like I need to do what I can to make it better.” He continued saying, “We don't have to agree on everything. But if we can just agree on a couple things and work together in good conscience we can do something good to move the country forward, and also to move our constituents’ best interests forward.”

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Voters, whatever their registration, who reside in what was the 23rd Congressional District, the seat formerly held by Tom Reed, will receive this ballot. (Photo: Tompkins County)

According to Della Pia, his top priorities are economic resilience, job creation, equity and fairness and the environment. His platform calls for ending discrimination in public policy by passing the Equality Act, protecting rights to healthcare — including reproductive rights — decriminalizing poverty, common sense gun policy, and protecting regulations that ensure access to clean air and water.

Della Pia recently told e Ithaca Times, “I feel that our

Della Pia is also running for election in the new 23rd District on November 8th after redistricting goes into e ect. However, the Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index gives the redrawn district a partisan ranking of R+12, so odds are the seat will remain under Republican Control.

Joe Sempolinski is the chairman of the Republican Party of Steuben County and formerly served as the head of the New York State based Congressional sta for the 23rd District, where he worked for former Congressman Tom Reed. He calls himself “…a strong Constitutional Conservative…” that “…will stand up to the Biden agenda and never quit….”

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Voters who are registered as Democrats will receive this ballot for the Primary Elections for the new 19th Congressional District and the 52nd New York State Senate seat. (Photo: Tompkins County)

There Are Always Compelling Stories

When Women Are Swimmin’

By Steve Lawrence

Given high school and collegiate athletics are not in action in the summer, there are times when July and August can make a sports writer have to dig a little deeper to nd stories. Not so when Women Swimmin’ takes place.

e challenge the event—an annual fundraiser for Hospicare & Palliative Care Services—presents stems from the fact that there are hundreds of compelling individual story lines, and in the 19 years the event has been held, I have tried to capture a few of them. is year, I picked two.

First, I was grateful when Brenna Fitzgerald—Hospicare’s Communications Coordinator—told me about Ashley Mungiello and her family. Ashley has taken part in Women Swimmin’ for 14 years, serving as a support boater with her father, while her mother, her sister and some friends made the 1.2-mile swim across the lake. I learned this year’s swim gave Ashley a di erent perspective on the fundraiser, as an email from Brenna

19 years, 290 swimmers, 160 boaters, over a half a million dollars raised. An amazing local story. (Photo: Paul Fairbanks)

informed me that “Ashley’s dad died peacefully last summer with the support of Hospicare’s team of caregivers.”

ITHACA NOTES

Out Of The Car

By Stephen Burke

Aer an all-time high of around $5 a gallon in June, gasoline has dropped to its lowest price since March, now that few people are planning any more long vacation trips.

Don’t think the oil companies don’t care about socio-economic conditions.

e price of gas has decreased from the extortionate to merely exorbitant because people are buying less of it: a textbook case of supply and demand. A recent poll by the American Automobile Association showed that, due to high gas prices, a majority of Americans are taking steps (so to speak) to reduce their car use, either by walking, biking, consolidating trips, ridesharing, or using public transportation.

Saving money is good. Of course, there are other excellent reasons to shun car use, such as saving the planet and saving lives.

Gasoline use is a major source of climate change. It produces over 20 pounds of carbon dioxide and other climatewarming gases per gallon in its extraction, production and combustion.

Each year in the U.S. over 35,000 people die in car accidents. Almost 10 percent are teenagers. Car crashes are the leading cause of death worldwide among people ages een to twenty-nine.

Less grimly, but signi cantly, keeping out of cars can help one’s general physical, mental and emotional health.

e physical bene ts of walking and biking are clear. Less obvious, but also real, are the psychological travails one avoids by not driving.

You know: road rage. If you think this is a limited or easily avoidable problem, try this simple test today, or any day: Get on Route 13 in downtown Ithaca. Try to change lanes. Prepare for trauma or death. Every driver in every lane is tailgating the car in front of them to prevent lane changes from happening in front of them, which is seen as a personal insult severe enough to warrant immediate destruction.

Something about car travel is so isolating and alienating that somehow your fellow travelers will sooner commit vehicular manslaughter than, for instance, let you take a le into Ithaca Bakery; or comfortably get where you’re going in general.

In his new book, “Two Wheels Good: e History and Mystery of the Bicycle,”

journalist Jody Rosen supplies a pithy quote from writer Iris Murdoch in a novel from 1965: “ e bicycle is the most civilized transport known to man. Other forms of transport grow daily more nightmarish. Only the bicycle remains pure at heart.”

e bike is cheap, clean and simple to use. In providing mobility along with independence and anonymity—no licenses or registration required—the bicycle is singularly liberating. (Rosen quotes Susan B. Anthony from 1896: “Bicycling…has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world.”)

e bicycle has long been construed as a political instrument. Rosen notes that one of Adolf Hitler’s rst political targets was a German cycling union “which was associated with anti-Nazi political parties and was capable of assembling tens of thousands of cyclists in the streets.”

e bicycle was crucial to the assemblies in China’s Tiananmen Square, where countless thousands of riders gathered, ultimately eeing soldiers and tanks. It has been central in the U.S. recently to Occupation and autonomous zone protests and to Black Lives Matter demonstrations, providing means of mass array and avoiding arrest.

Ithaca is a politically progressive place and a good biking town. Topographically, it has its ups and downs, with a nice at downtown, but hills all around. But the town shows invention and innovation in having buses with bike racks to help negotiate those inclines for those so inclined. Every bus has one, the rst bus system in New York to incorporate them eet-wide.

In various locations around town you can nd a free Ithaca and Tompkins County Bicycle Map, a handy and valuable resource. e map shows city streets color-coded for biking suitability. It denotes marked bike lanes, paths restricted to non-motorized use, and o -road links (described as “paths and sidewalks used as shortcuts by bicyclists and pedestrians, not approved as formal trails”). It maps Ride Suggestions, such as a Two Gorges Route linking Taughannock Falls and Treman State Parks (28 miles round trip, “moderate” level). It lists local biking resources, such as Recycle Ithaca’s Bicycles and Bike Walk Tompkins.

Talk at

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Endorsing

Leslie Danks Burke

Iam supporting Leslie Danks Burke to represent me in the New York State Senate, and I am asking you to vote for her, too. Years ago, I met Leslie through her organization, Trailblazers PAC, which sought to teach inspired candidates to reach out locally and build their campaigns from the people who they hope to represent. Holding political o ce should not be just about raising money for campaigns. We need people who recognize what needs to be done and work to do just that. In Leslie, I found a candidate who listened to voters, who sought to nd out what they expected and needed from their representatives, who recognized the need to hear all sides of an argument and who knew how to nd solutions. We need a person who is honest, intelligent, and experienced. We need integrity. Leslie Danks Burke has proven to me over the years that she is the Senator we need now.

Shelley M. Blackler, Ithaca

Endorsing Leslie Danks

as soon as possible with a ected neighbors, constantly posting updates and texting about our plight and nding the help for those who needed it most. She has been a consistent presence throughout our new district advocating for universal healthcare, economic development, a ordable housing and sustainability. Because she knows she will need good partners, she also came to support candidates for town and county o ces. She already has taken on Richard David, former Binghamton mayor, in opeds, texts and posts, and is the candidate he fears. Leslie also has a deep appreciation and knowledge of the economic engines that drive our district: agriculture, medicine and higher education. She would be a fantastic member of the Agricultural or Education Senate Committees. I write this because I believe in her. She is the partner I will need in the Senate.

I look forward to Leslie Danks Burke representing Broome, as well as Cortland and Tompkins County in Albany. Join me and my husband in voting for her on (or before) August 23rd.

Bob Weslar, Binghamton Minority Leader, Broome County Legislature

Endorsing Lea Webb

Lea is from a union family, is a proud union member, and she stands with workers. She fought for equal pay legislation and for labor agreements on city contracts. She helped transit workers stop cuts to vital bus routes and has walked many picket lines. Ithaca is the rst city in the country to have all of its corporate Starbucks stores unionized—something we should all be proud of—and Lea is the only candidate in the race who’s shown up for the workers as they fought to unionize and subsequently faced an illegal store closure, the ring of an outspoken union leader, and other anti-union tactics. NYWFP believes that talk is cheap. We support Lea Webb because her record shows she walks the walk for working families.

Stephanie Heslop, Ithaca Chair, Tompkins Working Families Party

CU Pouring Money Down A Bore Hole

tions found there. [Cornell’s project is] the proverbial money down a rat hole.

Bruce Hall, King Ferry

Thanks To A Moosewood Pickpocket

Burke

Iserve as Minority Leader of the Broome County Legislature, where I have represented District 13 in Binghamton since 2016. I also represented the same area on Binghamton’s City Council for eight years. I love my city and county and want nothing but the best for them. at is why I support Leslie Danks Burke in the Democratic primary for the 52nd State Senate seat.

Leslie shows up, puts in the work, gets the job done! When a crippling April snowstorm cut electric power to Binghamton and the surrounding area, Leslie met

The New York Working Families Party wholeheartedly endorses Lea Webb for NYS Senate. Lea has done more than talk a good game: she has solid accomplishments that demonstrate her commitment to issues a ecting workers and families. She strengthened Binghamton property laws to protect tenants from absentee landlord abuses and property neglect and worked on programs to remove lead from people’s homes. She led the ght to create quality a ordable housing, helping to secure funding to restore 40 run-down properties and build 40 new a ordable housing units. She has fought for years for a ordable healthcare for all, worked with stakeholders to stop the privatization of Broome County nursing homes, and helped bring a pediatric health clinic to underserved residents.

Iread with interest regarding Cornell’s initiative to proceed with drilling a super deep bore hole on the Ithaca campus. e subject article alluded to the possibility of using geo thermal heat harvested from the bore hole to heat campus buildings. Cornell needs only to look at a [New York State Energy Research & Development Authority] NYSERDA sponsored deep bore hole geo thermal project constructed in the early ‘90’s at Cayuga Community college in Auburn NY, which was a total failure having never yielded anywhere near the anticipated design temperature water required to direct heat campus buildings, despite the expense of installing specially engineered heating equipment. e NYSERDA project involved drilling a mile deep bore hole and recirculating water directly from the well. Intended to be a green system; it ironically only yielded natural gas. e NYSERDA system was abandoned and demolished within a year of its commissioning. Cornell anticipates gleaning data from their deep bore project, but a similar bore hole of over a 40,000-foot depth on the Kona peninsula of Russia has been abandoned as presentday equipment cannot function at condi-

Thanks to the thoughtful Moosewood Restaurant pickpocket. Last Sunday night [August 7] when I was eating at the Moosewood Restaurant, you took my wallet out of my bag, carefully just took the credit, debit cards and cash and replaced the wallet back in my bag. Much as I was shaken up and disappointed that such a thing could happen to a 70-year-old lady [visiting] such a wonderful place, I was grateful that you le me my driver’s license and insurance cards and the wallet itself. I admire the fact that I never noticed a thing. I am not sure who all was in on it; surely your companion, possibly the other man with the cute kids, maybe even your dogs? I hope you were not able to actually use any of the cards at the Walmart Supercenter. One small favor, if you do this again, leave $20 for gas.

Danci Mock, Roseland, NJ

Condemning GIAC Racist Vandalism

On ursday, August 4th an individual, or individuals broke into the Greater Ithaca Activity Center (GIAC) Alex Haley pool, threw everything they could nd not nailed to the ground into the pool, and most troubling, le a racist, threatening handwritten note. We cannot ever get used to these incidents. We cannot simply shake our heads and move on. Actions and words like this create an endless feeling of not being safe for people of color in our community. What GIAC does, they do for the community with great care, and love, and dedication, and this hateful act cannot re ect the community we live in and how we repay their service. In the strongest terms, I condemn these ignorant, sel sh, self-satisfying, and vicious actions, and I recognize these words are nowhere near enough.

Dr. Anna R. Kelles, Ithaca Assemblymember, District 125

Ashley was kind enough to speak with me a few minutes a er Saturday’s event, and she told me, “ is year was particularly impactful, and to have such a personal, wonderful and magical experience with Hospicare really brought its importance into focus.”

Bringing some lightness to our conversation, Ashley said, “I am never

up this early!” She added, “It was wonderful to have my mom take part, and our friend, Joey, who we rst met many years ago through the Fresh Air Fund.”

(A program that gives kids from NYC an opportunity to experience a few weeks in the summer with host families in more rural areas.) In Ashley’s words, “My dad participated in Women Swimmin’ for 12 years, and I am so grateful to be a part of such a wonderful event, and so grateful for everything Hospicare does.” She

added, “I could feel my dad with us on the water.”

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I also want to share a story from Saturday’s event that circles back to 2005, when I featured Amy and Nancy Fuhr in this column. e sisters had just taken part in their second Women Swimmin’ in memory of their mother, Annette, who had passed the year before the event

began, and in the ensuing years, one or both of them had been in the water for every Women Swimmin’. e Fuhr sisters have been fund raising powerhouses, and the event and the agency mean a lot to them.

is year, Amy contracted COVID19 a month ago, and while she feels “a million times better,” it was decided that she should sit this one out. Enter

CLOSING CREDITS

Retiring Cornell Cinema Director Mary Fessenden Looks Back On Three Decades Of Innovation

By Bryan VanCampen

Istarted writing about lm in February 1987 and Mary Fessenden became the manager of Cornell Cinema in May 1987. Eight years later she was named director. And now, a er 35 years and more than 7,000 movies, she’s retiring. Fessenden was kind enough

to make time for one more chat about her career.

IT: When I read details about your career with Cornell Cinema, it hit me that we started within a few years of each other. I remember you working with Richard Herskowitz around ‘89-90. e rst thing that occurred to me was Mary Woronov’s visit in 1990.

MF: Yes, I became the manager of Cornell Cinema in May 1987 and worked with Richard for seven years before he le to become the artistic director of the Virginia Film Festival at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. Inviting Mary Woronov for a weekend tribute was Richard’s fantastic idea. She attended Cornell for a short period of time as a ne arts student before leaving to join Andy Warhol’s Factory in the ‘60s. I think my favorite part of that tribute was showing Warhol’s three-and-a-halfhour-long “Chelsea Girls” (1966), in which Mary appears, on side-by-side 16mm projectors in Willard Straight eatre. It was a very cool night.

that to Cornell Cinema’s “home” in Willard Straight Hall?

The

IT: I remember seeing “Yellow Submarine” and “Bread and Chocolate” at Uris Hall when I was in high school. Can you talk about the evolution from

MF: Cornell Cinema had a nomadic existence up until Willard Straight Theatre became available for our full-time use after the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts opened for the Department of Theatre, Film and Dance (now the Department of Performing and Media Arts), as Willard Straight was used for their theatrical productions throughout the 1980s.

films in a variety of locations before 1990, including Statler Auditorium, Ives Hall, Anabel Taylor Auditorium and Uris Hall. After renovations took place in Willard Straight Theatre, we started showing films there seven nights a week, but we continued to use Uris Auditorium for additional shows on Friday and Saturday nights into 2012.

showed

It seems amazing to me now that we used to o er ve or six di erent lms every weekend, including midnight screenings.

Cornell Cinema

Mary Fessenden at the Willard Straight Theatre, scene of many of the memorable performances she brought to Ithaca. (Photo: Justin M. Zoll)

Invincible Czars, who Fessenden brought from Austin to perform their score for F.W. Murnau’s silent classic “Nosferatu” at Sage Chapel will be returning for an encore performance this year. (Photo: Cornell Cinema)

But by 2012, competing technologies had driven down attendance, so to sustain the program, it made sense to reduce the number of lms, and just use Willard Straight.

IT: You’ve said that a lot of your time was spent planning concerts and special events. I have fond memories of the Alloy Orchestra and the sing-along “Sound Of Music” with a costume contest at which someone came dressed as the Alps. What were some of your favorites?

MF: e rst time we did the singalong “Sound of Music” was a riot, especially all the creative costumes and local actor Richard Driscoll emceeing the event dressed as Baron von Trapp’s rst wife, the deceased Mrs. von Trapp. I rst invited the Alloy Orchestra in 1999 and they returned on a near-annual basis for 20 years. eir multiple performances with Fritz Lang’s “Metropolis” almost always sold out. ey were a fun group to host, but I also really enjoyed hosting the band Yo La Tengo, who performed with Sam Green’s live documentary “ e Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller.”

Some other favorites include hosting the American-Dutch duo e Books—guitarist and vocalist Nick Zammuto, and cellist Paul de Jong—who performed with a program of their short, quirky videos, and Sza/Za—Paweł Szamburski and Patryk Za-

krocki—a Warsaw-based electro-acoustic duo, who performed their original scores, inspired by Polish jazz of the ’60s, with a program of early short lms by Roman Polanski.

IT: You were a big champion of silent lm and nding new venues to show movies.

MF: Some of my favorite silent lm/live music events were the Tuvan throat-singing rock group Yat-Kha, who performed with Pudovkin’s “Storm Over Asia,” made in 1928. I think there were six singers in the group and they sat on the stage with the lm projected over their heads, and I had to continually remind myself that all the “music” I was hearing was coming from their mouths; no instruments were involved. ey were incredible.

e San Francisco-based chamber group the Tin Hat Trio— three amazing musicians—performed with the silent insect and puppet animations of the PolishRussian lmmaker Ladislaw Starewicz, and that was another great show. It came about a er I just happened to meet the mother of one of the musicians, violinist Carla Kihlstedt, at the William Henry Miller Inn when she was in town on business.

I met musician Beth Custer through local lmmaker Cathy Crane; Custer has scored many of Cathy’s lms. She brought the Beth Custer Ensemble to Cornell Cinema to perform her score for the fascinating Soviet silent lm “My Grandmother,” made in 1929, which had been commissioned by the Paci c Film Archive.

I also had the privilege of hosting Swedish composer/musician Matti Bye who did a solo performance playing multiple instruments with Victor Sjöström “Terje Vigen (A Man ere Was).” He ended up getting snowed in for a couple of days and while touring him around Ithaca, he sat down at a small piano for sale in the antique shop Pastimes in the DeWitt Mall and performed an impromptu concert! It was magical.

Local musicians also performed with silent lms at Cornell Cinema. Anna Coogan no longer lives in Ithaca, but when she did, she and Tzar (Michael Stark and Brian Wilson) performed their original scores with the Soviet sci- lm “Aelita: Queen of Mars” from 1924 and Jean Epstein’s “House of Usher” from 1928. Both were great.

We started screening lms in Sage Chapel in 2012, mainly silent lms with live music, and those shows were wildly popular. As you can imagine, I could go on and on about some of my favorites, but instead I’ll just mention that the Austin-based group we hosted there a few times, e Invincible Czars, will be returning this fall to perform their score for F.W. Murnau’s “Nosferatu,” which is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2022. at show will be held in Sage Chapel on October 19th.

I feel compelled to add that even though all of these special events were wonderful, some of my most transformative experiences at Cornell Cinema occurred when hosting some of the most acclaimed experimental lmmakers of our time, extraordinary artists. Too many to mention here, but you can nd a list of all the lmmakers (and musicians) we hosted from 1970 to 2020 on the Cornell Cinema website at https://cinema.cornell. edu/50th-guests.

And, of course, there are all the other lms. I gured out that over my 27 years as director, I scheduled over 7,500 lms, including great international cinema, profound documentaries, canonical Hollywood and foreign titles, and so much more. I hope local movie-goers will remember to seek out all the great fare that Cornell Cinema will continue to exhibit when they reopen at the end of August. I know I will.

IT: I’m going to miss these questionand-answer sessions. It’s been quite a career. Do you have a sense of what’s next for you?

MF: For the immediate future, I’m just taking a break and taking it easy. For the longer-term, who knows, maybe I’ll start a small lm festival! anks, Bryan, for all your support and coverage of Cornell Cinema screenings and events over the years. You and Jim Catalano [longtime Ithaca arts and entertainment columnist and radio host] have been great.

Fessenden with the band Yo La Tengo, who performed with Sam Green’s live documentary “The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller.” (Photo: Cornell Cinema)

Fessenden speaking in 1990, not long after she began managing Cornell Cinema (Photo: Cornell Cinema)

BREAKING STEREOTYPES

me a hard time for anything, and they were willing to play the best player. And at the end of the day, I feel like I could do a lot of great things on the eld.” at being said, he did face racism while on the eld from opposing teams.

“It was my senior year, I was running out of bounds on the opposing sideline,” Wang recalled of a particular memory from playing high school football. “ ese kids who weren't even playing, but they were suited up. I run right by them; as I'm walking back on the eld, one of them says, ‘How do you even see on the eld?’ I'm like, wow, that's crazy.”

Ultimately, Wang hopes his story inspires more Asian Americans to pick up the sport of football.

“When you think of an Asian American, you're not gonna think of an athlete; you're gonna think more of a student,” he said. “We're just trying to break that stereotype. For me, just to prove that Asians are more than just smart in the classroom; they are great athletes as well. I don't normally think about that because I know what I'm capable of.”

PRIMARY ELECTION PREVIEW

Sempolinski’s platform calls for protecting 2nd Amendment rights by supporting interstate reciprocity for gun permits and opposing the NY Safe Act. It also calls for opposing “the push to defund police from the radical Le ” opposing single payer healthcare, vaccine mandates, and abortion rights. He also promises to ght in ation by reducing government spending.

According to Sempolinski, “In ation is the biggest issue we're dealing with right now, because it a ects everyone.” He says it’s no shock prices have gone up because “we keep pumping loose money into the economy.” However, Della Pia says that in ation has been a result of war in Ukraine and supply chain issues caused by the pandemic and decades of outsourcing American jobs.

Sempolinski recently told e Ithaca Times, “I'm a former senior aide. I know the sta ; I know the o ces. I know the internal house procedures; I'll be able to get that up and running faster than anybody else will be able to.”

Unlike Della Pia, Sempolinski will not be running for election in the new 23rd District. However, he said that the results of the special election could provide infor-

mation about the mood of the electorate before the midterms in November.

19th Congressional District Primary

e primary election to ll the seat le vacant by Antonio Delgado in the new 19th District, which will include parts of the old 23rd District, will have Democrat Jamie Cheney running against Democrat Josh Riley.

Jamie Cheney is a founding partner of Prokanga, an employee search rm focusing on working parents and has worked as a consultant for private equity rms, hedge funds, and other investment rms since the beginning of 2021. She has received endorsements from the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, Elect Democratic Women, Emily’s List, Her Time, Vote Mama, New York State Assemblymember Didi Barrett, and the Ancram Democratic Committee, among others.

Cheney’s platform calls for protecting reproductive rights by passing the Women's Health Protection Act, bringing back and pre-paying the extended child tax credit, universal Pre-K, capping the cost of childcare at seven percent—which would save the average family $14,800 per year—and raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour.

Cheney also supports comprehensive gun reform, by supporting expanded

background checks, red ag laws, banning assault weapons, and new legislation to address the proliferation of ghost guns.

If elected she has promised to co-sponsor and vote for legislation that raises the Social Security cap so that the wealthiest Americans pay their fair share, expand Medicare to include vision, dental, and hearing, cut prescription drug costs by allowing Medicare to bargain over the price of drugs, and expand home and community-based care.

Cheney recently told e Ithaca Times, “If we as a community decide the priority is to ultimately be represented by a prochoice, pro-community and pro-family candidate that represents our values, we need to look at the candidate with the clearest path to building a coalition across party coalition to do that. And that's the cross-party coalition that we're already seeing emerging around our campaign, even while we're doing the work in the Democratic primary.”

Josh Riley is a lawyer that has experience in federal courts and has worked as a partner at numerous law rms and served as General Council to former Senator Al Franken. He has positioned himself as the front runner in the race a er receiving endorsements from the New York Working Families Party, the New York State Nurses

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Some Late Night Dining Options Are Still Around Post COVID

By Julia Nagel

Ithaca’s late night dining options are fewer in number, and many are closing earlier, both due to general trends and as an e ect of the COVID-19 pandemic. But there are still choices beyond Slurpees.

“We had a problem with not enough food options [being available] late at night before the pandemic, but now it’s really bad,” Ashley Cake, owner of e Watershed, e Downstairs and chair of the Downtown Ithaca Alliance (DIA) Night Economy Committee, said. “We’re coming back, but it’s still a struggle.”

According to Cake, the current lack of available food options, especially when “bar dump” takes place as bars across the county close at 1 a.m., is a public safety issue.

“When people get hangry and they’re over-served, and they don’t have anything to eat, and they don’t have any place to sit down, the escalations of any given con ict are made much worse,” Cake said.

Several years ago, there were a number of spots in Ithaca to satisfy all sorts of late night cravings. But the number has slowly been dwindling. Manos Diner, a 24/7 greasy spoon diner, closed its doors in 2014 a er more than 50 years of business.

e Nines, known for serving up deep dish pizza and corn nuggets for almost 40 years, bid farewell to Collegetown in 2018. Cafe Paci c, which used to serve bubble tea and Japanese food to hungry college students until 1 or 2 a.m., closed last year.

And some of Ithaca’s 24/7 classics — Wegmans, Shortstop Deli and State Diner — are now only open until midnight, 7 p.m. and 4 p.m. respectively.

State Diner closed temporarily a er an electrical re in 2012, and has yet to return to 24/7 operations since reopening the following year. Both Wegmans and Shortstop had to shorten their hours because of the pandemic.

Some Wegmans stores in other areas had already pivoted away from 24/7 operations prior to the pandemic. But several older locations, including the one in Ithaca, remained open at all hours of the day and night prior to March 2020.

“Due to the pandemic, we decided to close all our stores at midnight, giving our employees more time to clean surfaces and restock product. Since this change, we have found our business operates more e ciently with our current hours and we have no plans to change them at this time,” a spokesperson from Wegmans stated in an email.

Both Shortstop and State Diner declined to comment when contacted. On its website, however, Shortstop cited “supply and labor shortages” as the reason for being closed temporarily on Sundays, as well as a thanks to the community “for your support while we rebuild from the impact of COVID-19.”

Like many things, the late night scene in Ithaca has undeniably and perhaps permanently changed because of the pandemic. But only time will tell what the future of Ithaca nightlife will look like, and whether any 24/7 establishments will eventually return.

According to Gary Ferguson, executive director of the DIA, the late night scene is currently in a state of transition.

“ ere are a number of people who are now back out late [at] night. But we don’t have the same number of venues operating and we did prior to the pandemic,” Ferguson said.

Speaking speci cally about Ithaca’s downtown area, Ferguson explained that the DIA is looking for opportunities to encourage establishments to stay open later or bring additional food options downtown late at night.

“Part of being a vibrant city is having nightlife, not just for students, but for all people,” Ferguson said.

So where can you still go for a late night snack?

Whether you’re a little tipsy, have the munchies or are simply in need of a late night meal or snack, this guide will help you nd a late night eatery. e hours listed are subject to change.

Sit-Down

Luna Inspired Street Food serves all sorts of eclectic eats, and has plenty of vegan, vegetarian and gluten free options as well. Perfect for a late night out with friends, the Collegetown storefront is open until 1:30 a.m. every day, but the downtown location closes at 11 p.m. or 1 a.m., depending on the day of the week. If you’re looking for an indulgent treat, their half-baked brownie is divine.

If you’re in the mood for baby back ribs or a chicken sandwich, Chili’s is open until 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Applebee’s is also open pretty late for a sit-down spot in Ithaca, closing at midnight Friday and Saturday, and 11 p.m. or 10 p.m. other days.

Fast Food Classics

Even though Ithaca is “centrally isolated”, it (thankfully) still has representation from most nationwide fast food chains, though getting to them without a car can be challenging. Taco Bell is open the latest of the bunch, with its drive-thru operating until 1 a.m.

Arby’s has the meats until 11 p.m. six days a week (10 p.m. on Sundays), and Wendy’s serves up Frostys, fries and burgers until 11 p.m. on weekdays and midnight on the weekend. Both the Elmira Road and N. Triphammer Road McDonald’s locations keep their drive-thrus open until midnight every night.

Pizza

Sammy’s Pizzeria and Sal’s Pizzeria are both closing earlier these days, but there are still plenty of pizza options. If you don’t want Domino’s or Papa John’s, Enzo Pizzeria and Italian Halal Grill serves pizza — as well as pasta, wraps and pitas — well past midnight. Eta Pie, which opened in spring of this year, uses organic and local ingredients when available. ey are open until midnight Friday and Saturday.

Campustown Pizzeria delivers until midnight and has pickup available until 11 p.m. And last but not least is Pronto

Luna is a great spot for a late night sit down meal with friends. (Photo: Ash Bailot)

Level B’s Fishbowls Have Become A Rite Of Passage

By Laura Ilioaei

Level B (410 Eddy St.) is a bar and nightclub situated right in the heart of Collegetown. It’s slightly underground and it’s a prime spot for Cornellian nightlife. You can count on music loudly bellowing from its entrance to the streets above, enticing passerby to come down and see what all the commotion is about. It’s open late nights from Tuesday through Saturday, but don’t be surprised when Wednesday rolls around and there’s a crowd lined up, spilling out from the staircase and onto Eddy Street. Wednesday is shbowl night, a er all.

When you enter the club, you might get distracted by the dance oor, illuminated by rotating lights that have a way of making your clothing look neon. All the seating is plush, but those who come to Level B are generally standing around and chatting with others, dancing or attempting to dance around on a miniature rotunda-shaped stage close to the back of the lounge. But no matter where you are on a Wednesday night, you’re guaranteed to see at least a half-dozen shbowls scattered on chairs, tables and counters, turning the club into a cocktail aquarium.

Getting a shbowl is no easy task. First, you have to wrestle with the crowd that will inevitably be hawking around the bar area. You can’t let yourself get distracted by Level B’s other signature cocktail o erings like “Love in an Elevator” (Godiva white chocolate, Svedka vanilla vodka, chocolate syrup) or even their own “Level B” drink (Maker’s Mark bourbon, Amaretto, bitters

and a cherry). You’ll also need to quickly grab the bartender’s attention and be able to loudly and coherently state, “I’d like a shbowl, please,” followed by the color you want. At certain times of year, Level B o ers limited edition avors, but on a typical night you’re either going to go with the blue or red one. You could give them your credit card, but it’s just so much easier to slide over a crisp $20 and be quickly done with the transaction.

A er placing your order, your bartender is going to plop an actual gallon-sized spherical glass shbowl on the counter and start lling it with the Kool-Aid mix avor (or similarly powdered drink) of the color you chose. ey’ll also add 16 shots of Nikolai vodka (which makes me wonder if it’s an allusion to the Ste on Don song by the same name or if it’s just a coincidence). en some clear sweet and sparkly soda is added, along with a few generous scoops of ice. e shbowl gets a couple straws stuck into it, and garnished with a plastic animal gurine. Some gurines are rarer than others. If you collect several, you can redeem them for one of the glass shbowl containers. But I think I’ll keep my plastic lion, thank you.

I take a generous gulp through one of the lengthy straws before grimacing at the lion gurine gaping his mouth back at me. Maybe it’s just me, but I think the drink is too dilute. ere is such an excess of ice that even by mocktail standards, the carbonation of the soda and most of the sweetness of the juice has been washed out. If you

Searching For Ithaca’s Top Tapioca Sipping Spots

By Laura Ilioaei

I’m a self-anointed bubble tea sommelier. When I rst moved to Ithaca, I launched a boba search. Boba, for the uninitiated, are the chewy black tapioca balls at the bottom of the drink.

Initially, Ithaca’s bubble tea scene disappointed me. I experienced every single boba mishap: drinks that were too watery, tea that was avorless, tapioca balls that were actually starchy rocks that created blockages in straws as you tried to take sips of your beverage. en the pandemic hit, and rather than experimenting with sourdough starters, I bought my own tapioca starch and avoring extracts to make my own drinks.

But as the pandemic eased I gingerly picked up where I le o on my boba mission. ere were new drink spots to explore and my earlier disappointment vanished. I even found my favorite bubble tea avor: wintermelon, whose taste is a cross between caramel, vanilla and honeydew.

For the sake of having a control group, I ordered the most basic boba order you can get — black milk tea with bubbles — at all the

spots I reviewed. And while I personally prefer it hot, doing so makes it more di cult to weed out places with hard, tough boba, so I tested only cold drinks.

For a good boba x, here are my top three choices, with an interesting honorable mention at the end.

Sushi Osaka (113 E. State St.)

Many people don’t know that you can order your bubble tea to-go from this KoreanJapanese restaurant spot. A shame, because Sushi Osaka has the most well-rounded bubble tea you can get in Ithaca. e tea itself could be stronger, but that’s just my personal bias (I like my black tea super strong). It was also sweet, but not overwhelmingly so. e tapioca was chewy and perfectly sized. In a world where boba has gone upscale and some places will charge more than $10 for a drink, it’s nice to nd a location that will sell it for a little less than $5 without compromising on quality.

Panda Tea Lounge (407 Eddy St.)

Let’s say you’re in Collegetown and it’s midnight. e warm glow of the Panda Tea Lounge may easily entice you in, especially against the stark contrast of the nightlife in the neighboring Hideaway bar. Pre-pandemic, you could even sit in the back of this shop and play Jenga and other games on so chairs. e Panda Tea Lounge drink menu is extensive, and my indecision o en has me poring over it until I decide what I want to drink. is place notably has the most a ordable boba in Ithaca and ties with Sushi Osaka for my favorite bubble tea spot in Ithaca. e caveat: If you don’t like your boba super sweet, you’re not going to enjoy the drinks here. ere is also no option to customize the sweetness of your drink.

Taichi Bubble Tea (740 S. Meadow St.)

Taichi Bubble Tea is a chain Asian fusion eatery that started in Rochester and has since expanded to other locations in the U.S. It opened a location

in Ithaca this year near Wegmans and 5Below. e interior is casual and warm with wooden furniture, green motifs and decorative plants. eir ramen is great, but this was a day where I was working on my laptop with some boba by my side. A black milk tea with bubbles will cost a little more than $6, but the ambiance of the shop can’t be beat. e assam tea they use is strong and balanced and not too sweet. e boba was also so and chewy, but because I’ve encountered inconsistencies with the texture of Taichi’s tapioca from previous visits, I’d advise getting your drinks hot when possible.

Taichi Bubble Tea has the best ambiance of the bubble tea shops in Ithaca. (Photo: Julia Nagel)

Tips For Getting Around Ithaca And Tompkins County

By Norma Gutierrez

Finding those hills a bit intimidating? Confused by our one-way streets? Wondering if the construction projects will ever end? ( ey will… when it starts to snow.) Or just need some help getting around Ithaca and Tompkins County? Way2Go and the 2-1-1 call center can connect you with up-to-date information about the available transportation options and resources in the area.

2-1-1 Information Call Center

Dial 2-1-1 anytime 24/7 (toll free 877-211-8667) for general information on transportation services and resources including rides to medical appointments, COVID-19 testing, vaccinations, referrals to food delivery programs and more. One quick note: most of these services are available during business hours only.

Way2Go Transportation Information

Visit Way2Go.org to search a local directory of transportation options, view and download transportation options brochures, nd timely service updates, tips on how to travel safely amid COVID-19, how to videos such as how to load your bike on the bus, and more. Way2Go provides translated resources in Chinese and Spanish by request.

Ways to Get Around

Going multimodal or combining walking, riding a bus or bike along with sharing rides can help to save you money, go green, and increase your physical and mental health. If you have limited income or mobility, there are resources available to those that qualify. We have a few tips for you as you plan your next outing, grocery trip, or commute.

Walking

Ithaca prides itself on being a walking friendly city. Walking within well-lit areas, on pedestrian ways, cross walks, and trails helps you to arrive safely to your destination. When you’re in areas without sidewalks and you’re sharing the road with vehicles, walking against tra c can help you to see and be seen by people in cars and bikes. If you can plan ahead for your walk, increase your visibility by wearing bright colors, a re ective layer, or ashing your smart phone or key light a er dark.

It snows and rains a bit here in Ithaca so be prepared. Consider ways to make your walk more comfortable, like wearing weather appropriate shoes, attire, packing an umbrella for the rain, and

TCAT buses can take you and your bike all over both campuses, around the city, and even out to other more remote parts of Tompkins County. (Photo: File)

along a bag or fold-up cart to carry your groceries or heavier items.

You can nd a walkable trails map at IthacaTrails.org

Biking

Ithaca is doing its best to be a biking friendly city. When biking, wear a helmet and bright or re ective attire to be most visible. Stay safe by riding along with trafc, following road rules, and using hand signals when turning or changing lanes. Use bike lanes or boulevards whenever possible. Don’t forget to bring a reliable Ulock to secure your tire and bike to a rack once you arrive at your destination.

By the way, lots of those amazing street sculptures you see around town are actually bike racks, so don’t hesitate to use them. ey’re meant to be used, not just admired.

You can learn about walking and biking activities, services, maps, and more at BikeWalkTompkins.org

For bike shops, rental and DIY repair go to bikewalktompkins.org/bike-shops

Buses & Paratransit

Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit (TCAT) is a much-loved local resource.

e local TCAT bus service is an a ordable option to get around campus, to downtown shops, and around Tompkins County. TCAT provides safe and secure wheelchair accommodations and a bike rack for up to two bikes. View announcements, routes and schedules, or download one of real-time apps at TCATbus.com

Students can learn more at https://tcatbus.com/learn/college-students/

Intercity Bus Lines: Intercity bus lines are available to travel to cities like Elmira, Binghamton, Syracuse, Philadelphia, and NYC. Find these services in the transportation directory at Way2Go.org

Gadabout ADA Paratransit: Gadabout is an ADA certi ed service, providing rides

to persons with disabilities and their families as well as to those 55 and over. Call 607-2731878 or visit GadaboutBus.org to apply.

CU Li : CU Li service is available for Cornell University students with disabilities. For more information, call 607-2544545 or go to Cornell Accommodations Services website at https://sds.cornell.edu/ accommodations-services/transportation

Driving

is transportation option is last on the list for a reason. Ithaca and Tompkins County are working hard to reduce the use of cars, especially for just one person. at’s one reason for all the alternatives we described previously. at said, there are times when you may need to get behind the wheel.

When driving, put safety rst by sharing the road, giving people on foot and bike the right of way. Slow down when in residential and commercial areas, follow NY tra c laws, avoid phone use and consumption of mind-altering substances when behind the wheel.

Remember: Using di erent options to get around, like parking your car to walk, or riding a bus or bike even part way can not only help the environment but they will help you to keep your car longer, saving you money, gas, miles, and wear and tear.

And if you really need to drive, see if there’s someone else who needs to go where you’re heading so you’re not the only person making the trip.

Online Defensive Driving Courses: In case you haven’t noticed it yet, driving can be a bit confusing around Ithaca. Learn safe driving tips and cut your insurance costs by taking an online defensive driving course. Visit Way2Go.org under the Tips & Tools section to nd online resources for defensive driving and aging & driving.

Electric Vehicle Programs: Opting to purchase a used electric vehicle could cut your costs in maintenance and gas. ere are lots of charging stations around the city and the number is increasing all the time. Share

Meet Connie, one of Ithaca CarShare’s minivans which could take you and some friends on a day trip to Taughannock Falls State Park. (Photo: Provided)

Pizza & Salads, which true to its namesake — sells pizza and salads until 1:30 a.m. ursday through and Saturday. Although let’s be honest, who wants a late night salad?

Sweet Tooth

Jason’s Grocery & Deli in Collegetown, open until 3 a.m., has froyo and a fully stocked toppings bar. Or, if you’re craving something sugary but don’t want to leave your apartment or dorm, Insomnia Cookies is the perfect option. ey deliver cookies, brownies and ice cream until 3 a.m.

Something Different

Louie’s Lunch, a food truck parked across from Risley Hall on Cornell University’s campus, is open for more than just lunch. A longstanding Cornell favorite, the truck is open into the wee hours of the night. From loaded fries or gooey mozzarella sticks to peanut butter milkshakes and root beer oats, Louie’s has most every late night craving covered for a fair price.

But if you’re in the mood for a late night calzone, D.P. Dough is the place to go. Open until 4 a.m., D.P. has 20 di erent calzones on their menu and even a buildyour-own calzone option.

Collegetown

For burger, fry and shake cravings, Jack’s Grill has you covered. Open until 2 a.m. Thursday through Saturday, Jack’s also has late night online delivery discounts to sweeten the deal. Or if wings are more your speed, Wings Over Ithaca is open until 1 or 2 a.m. most days.

Downtown Ithaca

Lev Kitchen ,which made its debut earlier this year, is a fairly new Ithaca establishment. Open until 11 p.m. ursday through Saturday, Lev Kitchen is perfect if you’re looking to shake up your late night dining choices by trying a Malawach wrap. ey also claim to have the best fries in Ithaca.

e Greenhouse Cafe and Cocktail Lounge is open until 11 p.m. Monday through ursday and midnight Friday and Saturday. Greenhouse specializes in dishes

made with local and plant-forward ingredients and they have a wealth of vegan, vegetarian and gluten free options.

Open Through the Night

While there are no longer any Ithaca restaurants open 24/7, there are still a few convenience stores open through the night: the Collegetown and S. Cayuga Street 7-Eleven stores (if you simply must have that Slurpee) and Byrne Dairy and Deli all operate 24/7.

Or, if you’re hankering for a workout in lieu of a snack or urgently need a clean load of laundry instead of a meal, the Triphammer Laundromat is open 24/7, e Gym at East Hill and South Hill are open

24/7, and Planet Fitness on N Triphammer Road is open 24 hours, four days a week with shorter weekend hours.

Julia Nagel is a reporter from the Cornell Daily Sun working on e Sun’s summer fellowship at e Ithaca Times

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get one of these for yourself, beg the bartender for minimal, even no, ice. Reassure them that it’s okay if this customization makes for an unphotogenic drink and a steep cut in its overall volume. Spirits are called spirits for a reason and every last one of those sixteen shots of vodka are meant to grace your tastebuds with a spirited punch.

My tastebuds aside, the shbowl is a key pop icon in Ithaca’s college drinking culture. Without fail, hopping on either Yik Yak or Sidechat — popular anonymous chatting platforms where Ithaca College and Cornell University students respectively ock — on an average Wednesday will usually yield at least one inquiry of, “Fishbowls tonight?”, o en by the mid-a ernoon, if not earlier. But while they are popular, students o en choose to remain elusive as opposed to brazen about their love of the jumbo cocktail. When I wrote a post on

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Honorable Mention: Saigon Kitchen (526 W. State St.)

is is an honorable mention because it’s not black milk tea and could arguably not be categorized as a true bubble tea drink. But it needs to be said that the phở from this Vietnamese restaurant is so phenomenal, that

Sidechat asking if anyone wanted to share their own testimonials on shbowls, people were shy. A few even le the sweet, succinct response of “narc.” Aw.

ere are exceptions that drive these quieter fans out of the water, however. Loud Luxury was a duo that performed at Cornell’s annual Slope Day. Andrew Fedyk, a DJ of the duo, had gone to Level B a er performing and bought a bunch of shbowls for himself and others at the club. Even a er leaving Ithaca, he continues to occasionally post references to shbowls on his Instagram story, even stating that similar drinks made at other locations just aren’t on par with Level B’s version.

Fedyk is right, but it has nothing to do with the taste of the drink itself. For many students in Ithaca, the Level B shbowl is a rite of passage into a revelation on what romanticized drinking could be. It’s a drinkable fantasy that remains fresh Wednesday a er Wednesday, week a er week.

it o en takes the limelight away from their chè thái, labeled on their menu as the “Rainbow Drink.” It’s a cold dessert that layers crushed ice with green jelly, yellow mung beans, sweet red beans, coconut milk, crushed peanuts and a bed of tapioca bubbles at the bottom. It’s encouraged to mix these ingredients together before drinking it through a straw. It’s so good that even in the coldest Ithaca winter days, you’ll occasionally nd me shivering with one of these.

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any questions you have about EVs with Way2Go and the Energy Team at Cornell Cooperative Extension Tompkins County. Find tips and information at https://ccetompkins.org/environment/electric-vehicles or email questions to info@way2go.org

Ithaca Carshare: If you need a car for local or short trips, Ithaca Carshare o ers membership plans. Electric Vehicles have been added to their eet. Learn more about the Just in Case, It’s My Car, and student membership plans by calling (607) 277-3210 or visiting https://www.ithacacarshare.org

Rentals: Enterprise, Budget and other car rental agencies are optiosn for local and long distance travel or multiday trips to and from other cities. Find these services in the transportation directory at Way2Go.org

Ride hailing and Ridesharing

Local Cab & Taxi Services: ASAP Cab (607)-272-7222, Collegetown Cab (607) 588-8888, or Ithaca Dispatch (607) 277-7777 are all local cab services. Call at least a half an hour in advance to increase the likelihood that you arrive to your destination on-time. Whenever possible go together with friends or roommates to share the ride and lower the cost.

Ly and Uber Ride-Hailing: Ly and Uber are ride-hailing services in the area.

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ose of you who are used to nding a quick ride through Ly or Uber in more heavily populated areas may nd these ride-hailing options have longer wait times due to limited drivers available in this area. Go to Ly .com or Uber.com to download the App to nd a ride…or sign up as a driver if you have the spare time.

Finger Lakes Rideshare Ride-Matching Platform: Remember we suggested that you don’t drive alone? To nd a potential ride-match with someone going to a similar destination sign up at FingerLakesRideshare.org, a platform powered by 511NYRideshare. Drivers who make a daily scheduled trips should post regularly and in advance to provide the best potential ride-matches to ride seekers headed the same way.

Don’t let your studies or the weather keep you from exploring all that Ithaca and Tompkins County has to o er—you’ve got lots of options for getting out and about. Remember, you can nd a transportation directory, updates, and more at Way2Go.org. Stay safe.

is article is not an endorsement, it is purely educational to inform our community of the available transportation options for traveling and commuting in, to and from Ithaca and Tompkins County. Students are encouraged to check in with the school, college, or university transportation o ce.

FISH BOWLS

Ben Plotke and Yen Wu, owners of Lev Kitchen, can help shake up your late-night dining. (Photo: File)

INTERNATIONAL POLITICS AND PERSONAL DRAMAS COLLIDE IN THE HANGAR’S “GREAT LEAP”

By Ross Haarstad

Abasketball court is the arena for this witty, fast-paced drama of international politics and the dreams of one kid.

In Lauren Yee’s e Great Leap, 17-year-old ChineseAmerican Mumford, just (barely) graduating high school, is desperate to join the USF college team readying to travel to Beijing for a “friendship” exhibition game. If there is trouble, Mum will nd it, much to the chagrin of Connie, his more worldly ‘cousin’, a grad student and his protector.

Opposing him (initially) is the team’s long-time coach, Saul—brash, foul-mouthed, cynical—who, facing the possible end of his career, is eager for a rematch with the Beijing University team he helped coach and play against in 1971. at team is now coached by Wen Chang, Saul’s interpreter back then, Communist Chinese cool to Saul’s U.S.-Jewish heat. e year is 1989, when images of the protests and massacre in Tiananmen Square will soon overtake broadcast coverage of the exhibition game.

With stunning economy Yee sketches the world-shaking dynamics of two pivotal moments in communist China—the 70s turn to the West (‘ping-pong’ diplomacy, hard on

the heels of the Cultural Revolution), and the youth independence revolt of 1989—dropping them into the real-life desires and struggles of four people.

Culture-clash humor mixes with generational and international divides, all this driven by an aspirational sports story that just happens to reach deep into the scars, secrets and hopes of immigrant lives.

It’s brilliant, it’s funny, it’s heart-wrenching, and you don’t need to know all that much history or basketball to lean into every heartpounding moment.

Under Natsu Ononda Power’s agile, propulsive and inventive direction, as realized by a top-notch quartet of actors and a uidly designed environment, the Hangar’s production scores big-time. (For those who have been avoiding indoor shows, the audiences have been wearing masks.)

As Mum, Ray Yamamoto is the personi cation of lightning in a bottle, tightly-wound, brash, explosive, self-aggrandizing, emotionally con icted, confused, and yearning. Yamamoto’s feelings can turn in on a dime, and he pulls you into his need to unlock the puzzles of his past.

Jim Shankman has a eld-day with Saul, a sometimes stereotypical type, whom Yee makes warm and three-dimensional both through the wash of insults, Yiddishisms in his language,

and the agility of his intellect. He has married himself to basketball, and Shankman reveals both the personal regrets of this choice and the second fatherhood he has found through his team, in a humorous, high-energy relish for Saul’s performance of self. His chemistry with Yamamoto consistently strikes sparks.

Eileen Doan wears Connie lightly, investing in older-sister teasing, championing, and challenging of Yamamoto’s Mum. Basketball-savvy but not so testosterone driven, she is the calm at the center of the mens’ storms.

Wen Chang is the play’s pivot; the character is youthful, astonished, tentatively peeking out of his shell in the 1971 scenes, turning careful, calculating, and near frozen in place in 1989. It’s a role that requires subtlety and a wry coolness, all of them supplied in Norman Garry Yap’s adroit performance. Underlying the surface is an incompleteness that waits to be pierced, and Yap moves brilliantly into that moment.

Like Power’s direction, the design is minimal, inventive, clean—allowing language and movement to carry the story’s bulk.

& Entertainment

The combination of an abstract basketball court, evocative lighting, video projections, and bright splashes of color from props and costumes makes for very effective staging. (Photo: Rachel Philipson)

Ray Yamamoto and Jim Shankman spent time together on the court practicing ensuring their performances were realistic. (Photo: Rachel Philipson)

Stop This Train, Brad Wants To Get Off

Twisty Thriller “Bullet Train” Never Jumps The Tracks

By Bryan VanCampen

David Leitch’s “Bullet Train” (Sony Pictures Releasing-Columbia Pictures-Fuqua Films-87North Productions, 2022, 126 min.) is aptly titled. An assassin, code-named “Ladybug”, played by Brad Pitt, boards the title transport to pull o a simple snatch-and-run assignment involving a particular suitcase. But once the train starts moving, you and Ladybug are in for 126 minutes of crazed killers with their own agendas, more complications than can be calculated until you and yours are walking to your car, comedy colliding with blackly bloody funny violence, and an escaped poisonous snake, just to keep everyone on their toes. is is my kind of travelogue - an action projectile, if you will.

Clad in nondescript, oppy clothes, white sneakers and a goofy Gilligan hat, Pitt is the serene comic centerpiece here, underplaying in a very Monsieur Hulot fashion. He starts the job in, as they say, a great head space, and as the double-crosses

and problems come ying at him, he’s always trying to talk thing out as opposed to ghting, usually capping every nutso action sequence with platitudes that sound like the kind of Zen koans you’d nd in a lame gi shop. He has a very Eastern way of saying “What a week I’m having!” Meanwhile, every goon he runs into is ready to rumble. Zak Olkewicz’s screenplay, adapting a Japanese novel by Kōtarō Isaka unread by me, has a cool Tarantino vibe, in that each of the oddball killers that Ladybug has to squash also have “Reservoir Dogs”esque aliases and each one lives according to some pop culture code. Joey King (“Ramona and Beezus”) is dressed like an animé character in shades of red and pink, like she wandered in from “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse” (2018). Aaron Taylor Johnson, Kick-Ass and young John Lennon himself, plays half of a brother killer team, clad in a sharp 70’s style blue three-piece suit. His partner, played by Brian Tyree

Henry, lives his entire life according to the teachings of the “ omas the Tank Engine”.

Leitch and his team clearly learned a lot from the elevator brawl in “Diamonds Are Forever” (1971): ght scenes are much more impactful in smaller con ned settings. In one scene, Pitt and Henry are forced to go at it while stuck in a “quiet car” on the train. It’s like trying to kill someone in a library. e characters also have to deal with the other passengers on the train, and the train’s sta and vending employees; Pitt and Johnson have a terri c punch-up while trying to negotiate for a bottle of sparkling water.

ere’s a handful of celebrity cameos too cool to spoil. Check the cast lists of this year’s “ e Lost City” and “Deadpool 2” (2019), Leitch’s previous lm, and you’ll get a clue who might show up during this crazy voyage.

Leitch has been working as a stunt man, stunt coordinator and director for the last 20 years; look at his resumé and you’ll see his work in two decades of the most successful action lms. He co-directed “John Wick” (2014) without credit, and then went on to helm “Atomic Blonde” (2017) and the aforementioned “Deadpool 2”. ere’s plenty of journeyman stunt guys-turned-directors out there, dudes like Rowdy Herrington (1990’s “Road-

The fight scenes in “Bullet Train” are more impactful because they’re staged in smaller, confined settings. (Photo: Provided)

house”) and the late Hal Needham (1977’s “Smokey and the Bandit” and “Hooper” in 1978), but I think Leitch has higher aspirations. It’s too soon to tell, but I think we should keep our eyes on this guy.

RIP Olivia Newton-John (“Grease”)

RIP Mary Alice (“ e Matrix Revolutions”, “Malcolm X”, “Sparkle”)

RIP Taurean Blaque (“House Calls”, “Rocky II’, “Oliver & Company”, “Deepstar Six”)

“Bullet Train” is playing at Regal Ithaca Mall located in the Shops at Ithaca, 40 Catherwood Road. Check online at https://www.regmovies.com/movies or call (844) 462-7342 for show times.

Taverna Banfi: Serving Some Of The Best Food In The Greater Ithaca Area

By Henry Stark

Ihave a confession, of sorts: I’ve been eating lunch at Taverna Ban ’s for as long as I can remember and have never ordered lunch from their menu. at’s because their weekday lunch, and weekend brunch, bu ets, are so extraordinary.

Today, for example: I was tempted to order Shrimp Scampi ($21) from the menu. It’s served over angel hair pasta with herbs and pecorino and I’m sure would have been wonderful. However, for only a single dollar more, the Lunch Bu et ($22) included an appetizing, artfully displayed, and attractively presented selection of a soup, six interesting salad combinations, ve hot plate dishes, rolls and butter, and a dessert table with eight hard-to-resist cakes and puddings.

If this sounds a bit overwhelming, you can opt for a Soup and Salad Bu et ($18) which also includes the dessert table – or, you may simply choose the desserts ($10). e homemade soups are wonderful. I like all but the hot and sour chicken. e Cream of Mushroom has a lovely texture. It’s as if the cooks turned o the food processor at just the right time to leave tiny bits of mushrooms giving the soup the smooth texture of a bisque.

Recently the carvery featured a beautifully seasoned akey and moist salmon with a wonderful accompanying homemade dipping sauce.

Last Sunday the carvery o ering was Herb Garlic Roasted Sirloin with a homemade Horseradish Cream Sauce. I’ve never had a better steak. It was cooked rare and was incredibly tender and juicy. Another

weekday, another carvery item: Flank Steak, beautifully cooked, rare and tender, accompanied by a homemade warm citrus BBQ sauce. Incidentally, if you’re not enthusiastic about the daily carvery item there’s always a hot plate with another protein choice. For example, the day I opted for the Roast Sirloin there was an Herb Seared Salmon in a Red Pepper Coulis and a Lemon Vin Blanc.

Another of the more interesting hot plates was Lemon Risotto Arancia Paste Cream which was molded into balls, breaded and fried.

You can usually count on a perfectly cooked Vegetable Medley with seasonal vegetables. Recent visits I enjoyed al dente carrot strips with broccoli and cauli ower orets; roasted cauli ower with pistachios and golden raisins; and broccoli, carrots, and red peppers. A nicely textured, and unusual veggie was Spaghetti Squash and Quinoa Cakes with Crème Fraiche Herb Sauce.

It’s worth noting that Sundays there’s a separate room for typical breakfast items with crepes made to order.

Weekday dinners are available a la carte only. e summer menu features three salads. Tuscan Kale included amazingly tender kale mixed with currants, pine nuts, radishes, Parmigiano-Reggiano, lemon, and a very mild extra virgin olive oil and Balsamic vinegar dressing, $12. ere are four pasta dishes: one of my favorites is Game Hen and Wild Mushroom Handkerchief Pasta, $28. It includes three pieces of tender hen with rappini, Boursin cheese,

Don’t let Taverna Banfi’s somewhat banal looking interior fool you. It offers some of the best food in the Ithaca area. (Photo: Ash Bailot)

DINING

smoked mussel emulsion and natural jus. e hen was not “gamey”. Among the half dozen entrées I’ve always enjoyed Duck Breast. Many readers will recognize this dish by its French name, Magret de Canard used by many restaurants, although Ban ’s chooses to use its English name. It was served already sliced and accompanied a bed of quinoa with grilled peach, appropriately cooked al dente pole beans, red bell pepper, purple cabbage, parsnip puree and hibiscus agrodolce, $33. e award-winning wine menu is impeccable. Note: it’s presented on a scrollable tablet, but if you’re uncomfortable with that you can ask for a paper version. Taverna Ban is serving some of the best food in the greater Ithaca area. e dish combinations are unique and creative, the presentations are always attractive, and everything is always cooked perfectly.

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Each year Bike Walk Tompkins sponsors Streets Alive!, a day when cited city streets are closed to cars for a festival-like occasion of walking, biking, visiting,

TID BITs: ere are many Gluten Free, Vegetarian and Vegan items, all well identi ed.

e restaurant is owned and operated by Cornell University and is on the second oor of e Statler Hotel on campus. It can be accessed by a staircase or elevator. Reaching the hotel itself is more di cult. You can walk, if you’re already on campus, or try driving around until you nd a legal parking space. If you get frustrated, your fallback position could be valet parking, (probably by a student) which is available at the main entrance to the hotel.

Taverna Ban is located at 130 Statler Hotel Drive on the Cornell University Campus. It is open Saturdays and Sundays from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.; and on Mondays through Fridays from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m., 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. You can make reservations online at https://www.opentable.com/ taverna-ban or call (607) 254-2565.

informal performances, and neighborhood safety and vitality. e Southside neighborhood hosts one in spring, and Fall Creek in autumn—or, actually, at the end of summer this year, on Sunday, September 18. Details (including volunteer opportunities) are available at www.bikewalktompkins.org.

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her daughter, Casey, a new mom and a lifelong lake lover and swimmer. ough she had never swum across the lake, she said, “Sure, I’ll do it,” and she entered the water with Nancy at 7:25 am., and an hour later they walked onto the west shore. Asked how she knew she could make the swim, Casey said, “Just growing up around the lake, and spending so much time swimming, I was con dent. I felt like I would be ne, and I was.” Oh, to be 26.

Casey added, “I felt it was important to swim in my mom’s place, because she

and Nancy have been so involved for so many years, and they have raised a ton of money. ey raised a lot again this year, and that’s the hard part. e swim is the easy part. I am proud of them.”

Sara Worden is Hospicare’s Director of Community Relations, and she told me, “It has been an amazing couple of years. In 2020, we had a completely virtual event, last year we had a modi ed event— a lake swim with no spectators—and this year we surpassed our fund-raising goals, and it is so exciting to get back to normal.”

290 swimmers, 160 boaters, over a half a million dollars raised. What an amazing local story.

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Anita Stewart’s abstract basketball court, strongly geometric, both delineates and opens the playing space, shi ing in mood under Alberto Segarra’s evocative lighting; history, place and tempo are provided by the video projections of Dylan Uremovich along with the astute sound design of Kathy Ruvuna (thankfully both believe less

is more), a few bright props, and the bright splashes of color in Nicole Wee’s costumes.

As Yee put in in an interview “Somebody described the philosophy of basketball to me as people trying to create enough personal space around them for them to make the shot.” e Hangar makes the shot, brilliantly, as it caps a diverse and strong MainStage season.

e Great Leap by Lauren Yee, Hangar eatre through Aug 20 (hangartheatre. org)

PRIMARY ELECTION PREVIEW

Association, and Cornell Democrats, along with the Tompkins, Otsego, and Tioga Democratic Committees, and many more.

Riley’s platform calls for revitalizing the economy by ending bad trade deals and directing more funds to infrastructure projects in Upstate New York, protecting an individual's right to vote by reenacting key protections of the Voting Rights Act, overhauling campaign nance laws by overturning Citizens United, and eliminating loopholes in the tax code that prevent the wealthy and big corporations from paying their fair share.

Riley also believes that our healthcare system must be reformed to prioritize patients over pro ts by allowing Medicare to use its purchasing power to negotiate for lower prescription drug costs, expanding Medicare for seniors to cover dental, hearing, and vision care, and capping the cost of critical drugs, like insulin, at a xed monthly price.

He recently told e Ithaca Times, “it's a combination of deep local roots, being a product of this community, and also experience taking on big ghts on the national stage, that's gonna let me hit the ground running on day one.”

According to OpenSecrets.org, Riley’s campaign has raised a total of $1,211,484 with 86.87% or $1,052,413 coming from large individual donors and 9.37% or $113,473 coming from small individual donors. He also received $36,600 in PAC contributions.

Cheney's campaign has raised a total of $519,048 with 76.14% or $395,213 coming from large individual donors and 3.63% or $18,835 coming from small individual donors. She has also self- nanced her campaign to the tune of $100,000 and received $5,000 in PAC contributions.

e winner of the August 23 Primary will move on to face Republican Marc Molinaro in the general election on November 8th. e old 19th district has a partisan lean of R+4, according to Five irtyEight, while the new 19th district has a partisan lean of R+1.

State Senate Primary: District 52

Finally, the Democratic primary election for State Senate District 52 will have Lea Webb running against Leslie Danks Burke.

Lea Webb is a former Binghamton City Councilmember, an educator at Binghamton University, and a national trainer with Vote Run Lead, an organization that teaches women across the country how to run for elected o ce. She has positioned

herself as the progressive choice in the primary, with endorsements from the Working Families Party, 1199SEIU, and state Senator Rachel May, among others.

Webb’s platform calls for creating a single payer health care system in New York by passing the New York Health Act, Passing Good Cause Eviction legislation to protect tenants’ rights, and supporting initiatives such as the Green Workforce Corridor—to link Binghamton and Ithaca to Elmira, Syracuse, and Rochester—to train workers at all levels for green jobs of the future.

According to Webb, “As state senator, I will bring investments that generate goodpaying jobs and lead to a better quality of life for residents…. Our state must prioritize investing in housing opportunities and establish protections against retaliatory evictions.” She continued saying, “Upstate New York is full of natural beauty, and I will work with lawmakers to protect our natural resources and nd new ways to develop a plan to reverse the course of climate change on our environment.”

Leslie Danks Burke is a lawyer, public advocate in rural education and healthcare, and the founder and president of Trailblazers PAC, an organization that mentors candidates for local o ce and focuses on getting money out of politics. As Chair of the regional Planned Parenthood advocacy arm, Burke also helped lead the e ort to codify Roe v. Wade into law in 2019. She is also positioning herself as a progressive choice and has been endorsed by State Senator John Mannion and State Comptroller omas DiNapoli, among others.

Danks Burke’s platform calls for cutting regressive property taxes in half by getting rid of unfunded mandates and passing single payer healthcare, investing in affordable housing and mass transit, and expanding access to rural broadband.

According to Danks Burke, “Folks are getting shoved out of the middle class. And it's because our property taxes are deeply regressive. No other state in the country handles property taxes the way we do. And it's creating a wealth disparity that is simply un-American.”

According to campaign nance reports released in late July, Danks Burke raised over $281,479 while Webb raised $137,428. Both candidates have roughly the same number of donors, but Danks Burke has a higher average contribution.

e winner of the August 23 primary will face Republican Richard David in the general election. Based on the composition of the district, whoever wins the primary will likely be the rst Democrat in recent memory to represent New York’s 52nd District in the State Senate.

Music

Bars/Bands/Clubs

8/18 Thursday

Wicked Children | 5:30 p.m. | South Hill Cider, 550 Sandbank Road

Empire Kings- 2022 Summer Concert Series | 6 p.m. | Bernie Milton Pavilion, Center Commons

Music in Myers Park: City Limits | 6:30 p.m. | Myers Park | Free

Sunset Music Series: Yardvarks| | Six Mile Creek Vineyard, 1551 Slaterville Rd

8/19 Friday

Friday Sunset Music Series - ft. Whiskey Business | 5 p.m. | Wagner Vineyards, 9322 State Route 414

Friday Night Music - Harry Nichols Band | 6 p.m. | Hopshire Farms and Brewery, 1771 Dryden Rd

Friday Night Farm Jams: | 6:30 p.m. | Finger Lakes Cider

Maddy Walsh & Miami Whizzdom | 9:30 p.m. | The Range, 119 E State St | $10.00

8/21 Sunday

Music & Mimosas: Rachel Beverly | Hosmer Winery | 1 p.m.

Sunday Music Series: Dr. Bob & Dr. John | 1 p.m. | Red Newt Cellars, 3675 Tichenor Road | Free

Cider Sunday Concert Series: Dennis Winge | 1 p.m. | Finger Lakes Cider House, 4017 Hickok Road

Live music feat. Paul Noyd | | Treleaven Wines, 658 Lake Road

8/22 Monday

Jazz Monday with Dave Davies RhythmMakers | 5:30 p.m. | South Hill Cider, 550 Sandbank Road

8/24 Wednesday

New eld Music Series at Mill Park: Freight | 6 p.m. | Mill Park | Free

Concerts/Recitals

8/18 Thursday

Skaneateles Festival | My Soul Sings: Catalyst Quartet & Karen Slack | 8 p.m. | First Presbyterian Church, 97 E Genesee St. | $30.00 - $40.00

8/19 Friday

Chamber Music Festival at New Park - 6th Season | 7:30 p.m., 1500 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA

Skaneateles Festival | Freedom’s Voice: Catalyst Quartet & Karen Slack | 8 p.m. | First Presbyterian Church, 97 E. Genesee St | $30.00 - $40.00

Zac Brown Band - DICK’S Sporting Goods Open | 8 p.m. | En-Joie Golf Course, 722 W Main St | $85.00

8/20 Saturday

The Decemberists | 7 p.m. | Beak & Ski Apple Orchards, 2708 Lords Hill Road

Skaneateles Festival Finale with Christian McBride & Inside Straight | 8 p.m. | Anyela’s Vineyards, 2433 W. Lake Rd | $40.00 - $60.00

8/23 Tuesday

Wilco | 7 p.m. | Beak & Ski Apple Orchards, 2708 Lords Hill Road

8/25 Thursday

Kathleen Edwards | 8 p.m. | Center for the Arts of Homer, 72 S Main St

8/26 Friday

Sawyer Brown | 8 p.m. | Tioga Downs, 2384 West River Rd | $30.00 - $40.00

Emmet Cohen Trio: The Robert G. Boehmler Community Foundation Series at Ford Hall | 8:15 p.m.

Stage

Open Mic Stand Up Comedy Night

@ The Downstairs at Downstairs | 7 p.m., 8/17 Wednesday | First and third Tuesdays of the month! Kenneth McLauren hosts Open Mic Stand Up Comedy Night at The Downstairs. View on site | Email this event

The Tempest | 6 p.m., 8/19 Friday | Sugget Park, Homer Ave | Shakespeare in the Park 2022: William Shakespeare’s The Tempest. FREE! 8/19-21 and 8/26-28. Check center4art.org for speci c dates and times. | Free

ComedyFLOPs 3rd Friday Improv Show To Support Suicide Prevention | 7 p.m., 8/19 Friday | Virtual, https://www.youtube.com/comedy ops | ComedyFLOPs’ 3rd Friday streaming Improv Shows in support of local area non-pro t organizations. This month we’re supporting WRFI Community Radio. | Free

The Great Leap | 2:30 p.m., 8/20 Saturday | Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd. | The Great Leap by Lauren Yee When an American college basketball team travels to Beijing for a “friendship” game in the post-Cultural Revolution 1980s, both countries try to tease out the politics

Singtrece’s Open Mic for Singers, Rappers, Songwriters & Poets @ The Downstairs at The Downstairs | 7 p.m., 8/23 Tuesday | The Downstairs and SingTrece Publishing Production Presents Ithaca’s Best Open Mic for Singers, Rappers, Songwriters, Poets and Spoken Word.

Several artists studios and the gallery will be open to the public every third Thursday from 4-7pm.

Hand-Built Mugs Class at Pottery Works Cortland | 6 p.m., 8/18 Thursday | Pottery Works Cortland, 75 E. Court St | Learn the fundamentals of hand-building while creating two unique mugs. $60 Includes all instruction and materials, rings, use of tools, and glazes.

Summer Seconds Sale at Handwork Artisan Co-op at Handwork Cooperative | 10 a.m., 8/19 Friday, 102 West State Street | Enjoy a wide range of discounts on locally made pottery, ber, jewelry, woodwork, glass, wall art and more at Handwork Co-op’s Summer Sale Days! August 19th through the 29th.

120 E. Green St., Ithaca

August 19-August 25, 2022. Contact Cinemapolis for showtimes. New lms listed rst. *

Elizabeth Bishop and The Art of Losing* | An documentary on Pulitzer Prize Winning poet Elizabeth Bishop. “|The art of losing isn’t hard to master;/so many things seem lled with the intent/to be lost that their loss is no disaster…” |84 mins NR

A Love Song* | At a campground in the rural West, a woman waits alone for an old ame from her past to arrive, uncertain of his intentions while bashful about her own.| 81 mins PG

ArtA Gathering: From Baskets to Brownstones by Elizabeth Wickenden McMahon | | Kendal Gallery, 2230 Triphammer Rd. | A mid-career retrospective by Elizabeth Wickenden McMahon that brings together works that stretch across di erent years and di erent media, and between representation and abstraction. A common theme emerges, each work explores the energetic interplay of spontaneity and structure. | Free 2022 Cornell Biennial: Ken Feingold Installation | 11 a.m., 8/17 Wednesday | Johnson Museum of Art, 114 Central Avenue | Experience Ken Feingold’s new media installation, “The Animal, Vegetable, Mineralness of Everything,” at the Johnson Museum of Art from July 18 through October 21, 2022. | Free

Upcycled Vases | 5 p.m., 8/17 Wednesday | Edith B. Ford Memorial Library, 7169 Main Street | For all ages: Join us on August 17th in preparing for the library’s Words and Wineevent  with decoupaging upcycled wine bottles! All supplies are provided. | Free

New Work: Jane Dennis and Harry Littell | 12 p.m., 8/18 Thursday | State of the Art Gallery, 120 West State Street | New work by Jane Dennis and Harry Littell at SOAG | Free

Pop In Studio Night | 4 p.m., 8/18 Thursday | Artist Alley at South Hill Business Campus, 950 Danby Road |

“ESSENCE” Art Exhibit | 5 p.m., 8/19 Friday | The Cherry Gallery, 130 Cherry St | The Cherry Arts presents Essence, a collaborative art exhibition featuring the elaborate masks, prints, and performative works | Free

Common Thread Invitational | 11 a.m., 8/20 Saturday | corners gallery, 903 HANSHAW RD | Common Thread Invitational showcases work by ve contemporary artists working in ber and textiles.

Art Mondays! | 2 p.m., 8/22 Monday | Museum of the Earth, 1259 Trumansburg Road (Route 96) | ‘Bee’ sure to join us at the Museum this summer to create insect themed arts and crafts! This drop in activity will be happening on Mondays at 2pm in July and August.

Film

2022 Movies in the Park: In the Heights | 7 p.m., 8/19 Friday | The Tompkins Chamber and Serendipity Catering are collaborating to host Movies in the Park again this year, showing ve free community movies on Friday nights in the summer from the last Friday | Free

Silent Movie Under the Stars -12th Annual at Taughannock Falls State Park | 8 p.m., 8/20 Saturday

| Join Wharton Studio Museum for Silent Movie Under the Stars, its 12th annual screening of a silent lm under the night sky with live music at Taughannock Falls State Park on Saturday, August 20th

Bodies, Bodies, Bodies | When a group of rich 20-somethings plan a hurricane party at a remote family mansion, a party game turns deadly in this fresh and funny look at backstabbing, fake friends, and one party gone very, very wrong.| 95 mins R

Emily the Criminal | Down on her luck and saddled with debt, Emily gets involved in a credit card scam that pulls her into the criminal underworld of Los Angeles, ultimately leading to deadly consequences.| 95 mins R

Marcel the Shell with Shoes

On | A beloved character gets his big-screen debut in this hilarious and heartwarming story about nding connection in the smallest corners. | 89 mins PG

Nope | Jordan Peele’s latest lm in which the residents of a lonely gulch in inland California bear witness to an uncanny and chilling discovery. | 135 mins R

Cornell Cinema

All lms are shown at Willard Straight Hall on Cornell campus. The Batman | 8/20 & 8/22 at 7:00PM

| Robert Pattinson dons the cowl of the world’s greatest detective to hunt a puzzle-obsessed serial killer in this noir-ish reboot of the DC franchise.

Mississippi Masala | 8/21 & 8/23 at 7:00PM | A Romeo and Juliet romance that follows the tensions between passion and tradition when an Indian family, expelled from Uganda by Idi Amin in 1972, is forced to relocate to Mississippi.

The Conversation | 8/24 at 7:00PM

| Gene Hackman stars in this brilliant, early standout from director Francis

12TH ANNUAL SILENT MOVIE UNDER THE STARS

SATURDAY, AUGUST 20 AT 8:00PM

Taughannock Falls State Park, Trumansburg| A silent lm with live music under the night sky by the lake sounds heavenly! This event is FREE and family friendly.

Featuring:

Keaton’s “Steamboat Bill, Jr.” Bring a chair, bring a blanket, family & friends. (Photo: Provided)

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Ford Coppola. A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that a couple he is spying on will be murdered.

Special Events

Ithaca Night Bazaar at Steamboat Landing, Ithaca Farmers Market Pavilion | 6 p.m., 8/18 Thursday

| A monthly festival of musicians, makers, artists, performers, doers and dreamers.

Go Bowling at The Glen | 3 p.m., 8/21 Sunday | Watkins Glen International, 2790 County Route 16 | The NASCAR Cup Series returns to Watkins Glen International! Be there to experience the NASCAR Cup Series take on the historic road course!

Trumansburg Fair | 8/23 Tuesday | Trumansburg Fairgrounds, Route 96 |

Books

The 4 Seasons Spring Book Club - The Summer Seekers by Sarah Morgan (location subject to change) | 6:30 p.m., 8/18 Thursday |

Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street |

Sweet Reads at the New eld Public Library | 6:30 p.m., 8/18 Thursday

| New eld Public Library, 198 Main Street | Join us to talk about the books we are reading over dessert! | Free Kids

My First Day of Kindergarten Storytime | 4 p.m., 8/17 Wednesday

| Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street |

Meet an Entomologist! | 1 p.m., 8/18 Thursday | Museum of the Earth, 1259 Trumansburg Road (Route 96) | Do you have a question about insects? Ask an expert!

Toddler & Preschool Music | 11 a.m., 8/18 Thursday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street |

Groton Public Library Storytime at Groton Public Library | 6 p.m., 8/18 Thursday | Join the Library for a monthly storytime. This months theme is around The Winter Olympics. Get up close with a roach! | 10 a.m., 8/19 Friday | Museum of the Earth, 1259 Trumansburg Road (Route 96) | Get ready to ‘bug out’ and get up close with a roach! Join us on Fridays at 10am in July and August to meet-andgreet a cockroach and learn about this incredible insect!

Summer Baby Storytime | 10:30 a.m., 8/19 Friday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street |

Arthropod or Insect Tour | 1:30 p.m., 8/19 Friday | Museum of the Earth, 1259 Trumansburg Road (Route 96) | Crawl around the Museum on an arthropod or insect tour this summer! These ‘ANTastic’ tours will be on Fridays at 1:30pm in July and August.

Animal Encounters! at Cayuga Nature Center | 12 p.m., 8/20 Saturday | Join us in the courtyard at noon to learn all about the Cayuga Nature Center’s animal ambassadors!

Wildlife Weekend Insect Investigations | 11 a.m., 8/20 Saturday | Join NYS Parks FORCES stewards at the Taughannok Falls Overlook to learn all about native (and invasive!) insects.

Museum Family Visit: Meet the Walking Man! | 1 p.m., 8/20 Saturday | Johnson Museum of Art, 114 Central Avenue | Visit the Johnson Museum as a family and get to know a fan-favorite sculpture: Giacometti’s Walking Man !

Family Workshop: Chalk Painting | 10 a.m., 8/22 Monday | Johnson Museum of Art, 114 Central Avenue | Use enormous telescoping paintbrushes to cover the sidewalk with your art, ll a giant chalk outline of the Johnson Museum with artistic illustrations, or play with vibrant chalk paint and water

LEGO Build Night for Families | 5 p.m., 8/23 Tuesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street |

Notices

Pearls of Wisdom Senior Group | 11 a.m., 8/17 Wednesday | Online, Center Ithaca | Pearls of Wisdom Online Senior Support Group | Free Loaves & Fishes of Tompkins County -Indoor Meal Service | 12 p.m., 8/17 Wednesday | St. John’s Episcopal Church, 210 N. Cayuga St. | Free hot meals are served every weekday. Lunch: Monday, Wednesday, Friday from 12 noon -1:00 pm. Dinner: Tuesday, Thursday from 5:30-6:30 pm. Interested in volunteering? email info@loaves.org, or go to www.loaves. org. All are Welcome! | Free

Trumansburg Farmers Market | 4 p.m., 8/17 Wednesday | Farmers Market, Hector St. | On the corner of Route 227 & 96 … In the heart of Trumansburg Marijuana Anonymous Meeting | 7 p.m., 8/17 Wednesday | Ithaca Community Recovery (518 W. Seneca St), 518 West Seneca St | Marijuana Anonymous in-person meeting every Wednesday @ 7pm at Ithaca Community Recovery, 518 West Seneca St, 2nd oor in Room #2. Enter from back door of building. For more info: maithacany@gmail.com | Free Free Community Cruise | 7 p.m., 8/17 Wednesday | Allan H. Treman Ma-

rina, 1000 Allan H. Treman Road | Free 1.5 hour cruise with presentations by community members on board. | Free Red Cross Blood Drive | 10 a.m., 8/18 Thursday | The Shops at Ithaca Mall, 40 Catherwood Rd. | Come give blood in August and get a $10 e-gift card, plus automatically be entered for a chance to win gas for a year (a $6,000 value), or a $250 Gas Card! | Free

Nutrition Workshop Series - Slaw Slaying | 3 p.m., 8/18 Thursday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street |

Candor Farmers Market | 3:30 p.m., 8/18 Thursday | Candor Town Hall Pavilion, 101 Owego Road | Local vendors with produce, crafts, cheese, meat, maple products, baked goods, food truck | Free

Community Garden | 4 p.m., 8/18 Thursday | Edith B. Ford Memorial Library, 7169 Main St. | For ages 16+: Join Library Director Andrea Tillinghast and new Teen Advocate Brooke Donnelly for some leisurely gardening at the Library’s Community Garden Plot at the Ovid Community Garden. | Free

Chess Club | 6 p.m., 8/18 Thursday | Cortland Free Library, 32 Church St | An all ages chess club for beginners and experts.  Meets every Thursday at 6 p.m. Beginners will get a lesson on the basics of chess and experts can meet and play.

Potorti Gorge Walks | 10 a.m., 8/19 Friday | Museum of the Earth, 1259 Trumansburg Road (Route 96) | Join us for our annual James Potorti Museum of the Earth/State Parks Gorge Walks on Fridays in August.

Summer Seconds Sale at Handwork Artisan Co-op at Handwork Cooperative | 10 a.m., 8/19 Friday, 102 West State Street | Enjoy a wide range of discounts on locally made pottery, ber, jewelry, woodwork, glass, wall art and more at Handwork Co-op’s Summer Sale Days! August 19th through the 29th.

Ovid Farmers Market | 3 p.m., 8/19 Friday | Three Bears Complex, Main St. | Every Friday from 3-7. Be sure to purchase fresh, local produce and other local products. Support your local farmers and producers and keep your hard-earned dollars in your local community. | Free Night Sky Cruise at Allen Treman State Park | 9:30 p.m., 8/19 Friday | Come enjoy the wide, open skies for

yourself and see if you can recognize some zodiac signs from our boat, the spacious MV Teal!

Ithaca Farmers Market - Saturdays at Steamboat | 9 a.m., 8/20 Saturday | Steamboat Landing, 545 Third Street | Shop all of the best food, art and ag within 30 miles!

Cayuga Trails Club Hike at Various trails in the Ithaca region. | 10 a.m., 8/20 Saturday | Various | Explore local trails on weekly Saturday hikes starting at 10:00am. Hike length varies from 2.5-4 miles. Click here to see the location of the hikes for each week. View on site | Email this event

Brooktondale Farmers Market | 10 a.m., 8/20 Saturday | Brooktondale Community Center, 526 Valley Rd | The Brooktondale Farmers Market o ers a relaxed combination of live music, food from the grill, and friendly vendors, every Saturday from 10 am to 1 pm.

Sound Healing | 2 p.m., 8/21 Sunday

| Foundation of Light, 391 Turkey Hill Rd | Sound healing experience with Neko, 1st and 3rd Sunday of every month. 2pm—3pm $22-33 sliding scale Email: nekothreesixty@gmail. com to register

WRAP Bingo | 1 p.m., 8/22 Monday

| Peer Outreach Center, 171 E. State Street, Center Ithaca, Suite 115 | Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP®) Bingo game. | Free

Tree “Buds”: Weekly Tree Phenology | 3 p.m., 8/22 Monday | Cayuga Nature Center, 1420 Taughannock Blvd | Be our tree “buds” and join our weekly citizen science walk to observe and collect data on seasonal changes in trees. | Free

Drywall Basics - 5 Day Class for Women at Hammerstone School: Carpentry for Women | 4 p.m., 8/22 Monday | The ubiquitous wall covering in most modern houses is drywall (sheetrock). Done right, it’s an inexpensive, smooth, at surface that you can customize with paint.

Online Teen Game Group | 4:30 p.m., 8/22 Monday | Mental Health Association in Tompkins County | Online Teen Game Group | Free

Social Knitting | 6 p.m., 8/22 Monday | Cortland Free Library, 32 Church St | Why work alone when you can work with others? Knitting, crocheting, sewing – bring whatever it is you are working on! Open to all skill levels (ages 12 and up).

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