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Interactive exhibit returns to Ithaca

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NEWSLINE Frisbee

Ithaca’s Ultimate Frisbee League celebrates 20 years

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pirits will be flying as high as frisbees this spring as the Ithaca Area Ultimate Alliance (IAUA) celebrates its 20th anniversary. The non-profit organization has been hosting summer, fall and winter frisbee leagues since 2002 and with warmer weather on the horizon, the IAUA is ready to hit the playing field once more.

to get there… What if we had our own league in Ithaca?’”

The turnout the first year was larger than expected with over 70 players spread out over seven teams, and the numbers have just kept growing. Over the past two decades, Sacks says there have been over 2,000 participants in the

A nighttime game of ultimate frisbee. (Photo: Provided)

When the IAUA was first started, the goal was to connect various local players and ultimate teams in the Ithaca area. Gavin Lavi Sacks, who serves on the IAUA board of directors and was one of the founding members, said rather than traveling long distances to play other teams, the goal was to find like-minded individuals in Ithaca’s own backyard.

“We were driving back late at night all muddy and tired from Pennsylvania,” he explained. “We thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be nice if we wanted to play in a regular league or competitive ultimate but didn’t have to drive a bunch of hours

various seasonal leagues, and on average, league sizes tend to be around 120 people.

Although the IAUA was formed in 2002, ultimate frisbee has a long history at Cornell University, dating back to the ‘70s. Cornell actually has one of the oldest college ultimate teams in the United States, formed only a few years after the official rules of ultimate were codified.

Notable alumni of the Cornell Buds team include Bill Nye as well as former Chairman of the Tompkin County Chamber of Commerce Paul Brenner who was even inducted into the National Ultimate Hall of Fame back in 2018.

T A K E  Stewart Park fundraiser Friends of Stewart Park announced that new and much-needed restoration work has begun on the Fuertes Overlook in Stewart Park thanks to a $20,000 grant from the estate of Dr. Tapan Mitra, a leading economic theorist and long-serving professor at Cornell University. The funds have made

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Still, it’s the everyday people that make the club shine. Consider Lauren and Jeff Trondsen, two IAUA members who met during a summer league and are now happily married.

Lauren first learned about ultimate frisbee while on a fulbright scholarship in Uganda. Jeff had a more traditional introduction to the sport when some college buddies introduced him to the game. Both eventually found themselves in Ithaca, looking to continue their love for ultimate. After playing in summer leagues and hanging out after pick-up games, the two started dating and the rest is history. For both, the community aspect of ultimate that united them is what makes the sport so appealing.

“One thing that drew me in was how welcoming the group was to new people,” Lauren explained. “There’s a whole bunch of people that really love the sport and were excited to teach new people about it so it was a really welcoming environment.”

Jeff touched upon the beauty in the simplicity of the sport as well.

“All you need is a pair of sneakers and a frisbee … I feel like it’s easy to get into and get a group of friends together, so it’s as simple a sport as you want it to be and you can play it forever.”

Another huge aspect of the sport is called “spirit of the game.” Part of this means that all games are self-officiated, even at the highest level of play. Sacks said this was one of the main aspects of the game that appealed to him when he first got started with ultimate.

“I like the idea that the first instinct of players was to try to make the game work and to try to make it a fun experience for everyone,” Sacks explained.

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possible this vital restoration work on the Fuertes Overlook, allowing for the Overlook to be usable this summer. The grant was administered by the Community Foundation.

In early 2020, serious structural damage to the exterior wall was discovered when the pond water levels dropped, along with those in Cayuga Lake. While the gift is expected

to cover most of the Overlook’s repair, the Friends are accepting further donations with a goal of raising an additional $4,000 to fully fund the project. If you would like to contribute to the restoration of the historic Fuertes Overlook, visit www.stewartpark.org/ overlook, or call Friends of Stewart Park at 607-319-4766.

F E AT URE S IN THE RUNNING ............................. 8 Meet Vanessa Fajans-Turner, Mike Sigler and Josh Riley —the three local candidates in the congressional race

Personal Health ............................... 10 BEYOND OUR WORLD ................... 13 The BEYOND Art Collective returns to the Cherry Gallery with interactive worlds of art.

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INQUIRING PHOTOGRAPHER Ithacan lacrosse players

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You’re on a first date.

What’s one song your date plays to make you end the date immediately?

thrive in the college game

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ollegiate lacrosse programs are in the midst of their seasons now, and two Ithaca High alums who have found their way into this column many times over the years are making a big impact for their respective teams.

“Mambo #5” — Alex G.

“Schism — Tool. Tool on a first date? No way.”

— Clair N.

Nick Miller (right, with Collin Case) in his Ithaca youth days.

(Photo: Provided)

“Beer drinkin’, on a dirt road, in the back of my pick-up, blue jeans on…any song like that.”

Eva M.

“Gasolina (Daddy Yankee) …

But ya know, she might be fun, so maybe I wouldn’t end it?”

— Nick & Chris R.

“Any Taylor Swift song.”

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If Nick Miller’s name sounds familiar, it is because I shared the news last September that his name was called by the Buffalo Bandits in the fourth round of the National Lacrosse League draft, despite the fact that he still had a year of eligibility at St. John Fisher. While the team knew Nick would not forgo that eligibility by taking a shot at making the Bandits, they would retain his naming rights for two years.

While Nick is pleased that he chose to return to St. John Fisher for his final year, it is safe to say that his opponents are not.

In 2021, Miller was first team All-Conference, third team AllAmerican and was the Empire 8 Tournament MVP, finishing the season as the program’s all-time leader in points and goals.

The Cardinals ran their 2022 record to 8‑1 last weekend, with Miller putting up some impressive numbers yet again, tallying two goals and 6–12,

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five assists in a 20‑14 win over Nazareth. It was a nice way to put an exclamation point on a memorable week, one during which Miller was named to the Tewaaraton Watch List, putting his name on a list occupied by collegiate lacrosse’s finest players. Of being named to the Tewaaraton list, Miller called it “a true honor,” adding, “it was also great to see some other DIII guys,” pointing out that the exclusive list is usually made up of Division I players.

As the Cardinals head into the thick of their conference season, Nick likes what he sees. Asked to talk about the one blemish on their record — a one-goal loss to #1 R. I. T., he said, “Losing by one goal was tough, but the fact that we were down 8‑1 early and we battled back gave us a lot of confidence. Plus, they just

lost to Union, and it’s early (in the season).”

Of his own lofty numbers (45 points on 26 goals and 19 assists), Nick says, “Our entire offense is capable of producing a lot of points.

We have a lot of weapons, both at midfield and attack.

We don’t care who scores.” ● ● ●

Given Miller is a seasoned college athlete (he is competing as a grad student because the team lost a season to the pandemic) it is not surprising that he has emerged as a team leader. However, Jamie Lasda — another Ithaca High grad — is lighting up the scoreboard at Ohio State as just a sophomore.

Lasda’s name is synonymous with Ithaca lacrosse, as her dad, Brian, was a member of two national championship teams at Cornell, and her brothers Eli and Riley, both played DI lacrosse. After a freshman season that saw Jamie push through some challenges of finding her way and dealing with some injuries, her second year finds her leading

the Buckeyes with 32 goals and 7 assists. The team is 8‑4 overall, 1‑1 in the Big Ten Conference, heading into the thick of the conference schedule.

Of her freshman year, Jamie told me, “It was a tough year in some ways… I had to work on my confidence in my role as an offensive player, and I learned that playing DI lacrosse puts a lot of demands on the body.

You don’t really know until you get here.” She added, “I sat out a little and missed some time due to injury, but this year, it’s all good.”

Among this season’s challenges, Jamie offered, were that “We came in knowing we had to balance out the loss of some of our seniors. We were successful in doing so, and it’s fun to see five, six or seven different names on the scoreboard.”

She stated, “I think that around 70 % of our goals are assisted, and that kind of balance is really hard to stop.”

The goal going forward, Jamie offered, “Is to finish in the top four in the Big Ten and get into the conference tournament.”

As she stated earlier, “It’s all good.”

Jamie Lasda as a child playing lacrosse in Ithaca. (Photo: Provided)

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he city of Ithaca’s redistricting committee has released its proposed maps with five redrawn wards to reflect the population changes in the city. According to committee chair Henrik Dullea, the state’s latest legislation regarding redistricting reduced the flexibility in disparity in population between districts. For decades there could be up to 10 % deviation between wards, meaning one district could be 5 % above the average population, while another could be 5 % below. However, that disparity has been halved to 5 % total.

The city’s population is 32,108, up from 30,014 in 2010; divided among five wards, the average population per ward should be 6,422. The first and fourth wards saw the most growth, at nearly 20 %. The second ward saw moderate growth of 7.08 %, the third ward saw growth of 2.72 %, and the fifth ward decreased in population by 13.58 %.

In addition to an even distribution of population, other criteria the committee had to follow includes the protection of minority voting rights, contiguous territory (wards cannot be split and not touching at any point), wards must be as compact as practicable and no gerrymandering.

“At no time during deliberations has any consideration been given to political favoritism for a political party or candidate,” Dullea said.

Ward two is the largest proposed ward, at 6,593 people, while district five is the smallest with 6,299.

CHANGES Ward One

The current ward one encompasses all of West Hill and down into the city as far as South Meadow Street. It also stretches north to the lake, with its boundary splitting the inlet with ward five. It extends south to Buttermilk Falls Plaza and Home Depot on Elmira Road and as far southeast as South Hill. The proposed ward one still encompasses West Hill, and between Cascadilla Street and West Green Street its boundary is North Meadow Street.

However, south of those streets it extends further to East Spencer Street. North of them, it includes the full inlet, the Farmers Market, wastewater treatment plant, Department of Public Works and all of Stewart Park and the golf course.

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as its western boundary. It also loses the chunk between Ithaca Plaza and West Green Street, which moves Titus Towers into ward one. The proposed ward two includes Greater Ithaca Activities Center and most of Fall Creek, though its northeast boundary splits down Linn Street.

Ward Three

The current ward three envelops East Hill, including Belle Sherman, Mitchell Street, Dryden Road and the Cornell University campus. North to south it runs the length of the city. The new third ward is a fairly dramatic shift, dropping southeast to instead encircle South Hill, including the Collegetown Terrace buildings. However it still stretches to the city’s eastern-most border and includes Belle Sherman.

Ward Four

The fourth ward is currently the Collegetown ward, representing much of the densely populated student housing. Due to the large increase in population in the fourth ward, the proposed map includes a bit less of Collegetown, with its western border starting mostly on N Quarry Street, though including a small portion of Stewart Avenue. The fourth ward now includes the Cornell University campus as well.

Ward Five

The current fifth ward’s western and northern boundary is the lake, splitting the Cayuga Inlet with the first ward. It encompasses Stewart Park, Department of Public Works and the wastewater treatment plant. It then stretches east and south, encompassing the Fall Creek neighborhood. The proposed fifth ward shifts east, relinquishing the park, DPW and treatment plant to ward one, with its westernmost boundary splitting the other half of Linn Street with ward two. It would go southerly enough to hit the city cemetery, but the remainder of the ward is north.

A handful of elected officials showed up to the public meeting to comment on the maps, with multiple expressing concern about the Fall Creek neighborhood. Robert Cantelmo, a current representative of the fifth ward on Common Council, said that the boundary didn’t quite make sense to him.

“While Fall Creek has largely been consolidated into the second ward, this new map does notably exclude the east side of

With little fanfare, Cornell has returned to alert level green, meaning COVID cases are at or below the predicted prevalence level.

Downs

April showers bring May flowers. Or whatever that excuse for this bleak weather is.

HEARD&SEEN Heard

You can still donate to the victims of a deadly Ithaca car crash last month by searching Linnik and Varetsa Family on GoFundMe.

Seen

A memorial for homicide victim Teheran Forest has popped up near the intersection of W State Street and Plain Street where he was shot on March 20.

IF YOU CARE TO RESPOND to something in this column, or suggest your own praise or blame, write news@ithacatimes. com, with a subject head “U&D.”

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SURROUNDED BY REALITY

To solve big challenges, we must restore I Quit Thee and strengthen our democracy

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ver a year after Jan. 6, 2021, our Democracy remains imperiled. Our country is being torn apart at the seams by extremists who are more interested in peddling alt-right conspiracy theories and sowing division for partisan gain than bringing people together to solve problems for the common good. Our Democracy has been weakened by forces that seek to exploit fear and anxiety. It has been assaulted by right-wing disinformation campaigns like the Big Lie. It is little wonder that record numbers of people doubt that their elected officials listen to them, work for them, or even care about them. If we’re ever again able to do the hard work of solving common challenges with a shared purpose, we first must strengthen our Democracy and restore faith in it — and in each other.

Here are a few steps we must take immediately to get started:

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y sister thinks it started in 2020 when Harry and Meghan renounced their royal perks, and a month later COVID hit. Probably a coincidence. In any event, the poop show that was 2020 caused all of us to look hard at our lives and consider what our priorities might actually be. It turns out the human lifespan isn’t infinite, and late-stage capitalism burnout and the stress of working for chiseling employers wasn’t as high on folks’ bucket lists as before. Plus, customers are even bigger Aholes than ever. 48 million people tendered their resignations in various ways last year, and the phenomenon is gaining momentum. Clearly, a nerve has been touched, and it’s even right here in Ithaca. The following happened to me yesterday, and I swear every word is true.

As is my custom, I started my day at a local caffeine outlet whose name, for legal reasons, must remain secret. (I am allowed to say that it rhymes with “Jimmy Coffee.”)

ME: Greetings, good sir! Might I trouble you for a large caffe mocha, no sugar, no whipped cream, extra dry, with half skim, half full milk. Now, I don’t want 2 % milk, just a mixture of the two.

And raspberry syrup, mix with the milk, then the coffee.

BARISTA: (removing his apron) What’re you, some kind of freakin’ wise guy? They do NOT pay me enough for this level of nonsense.

ME: Well, I… BARISTA: I am not wasting another day of my life making ridiculous concoctions for $ 15 an hour!

And with that, after pausing to prepare himself an iced latte, he exited the store, apparently never to return. I myself exited soon thereafter, beverageless, onto a nameless Ithaca Street (rhymes with “Spate Street”, or “Spartan Luther King Street”) and headed east, only to stumble upon a most extraordinary scene.

A TCAT bus sat idling in the middle of an intersection, surrounded by a smallish throng of milling passengers. One of them stopped milling long enough for me to learn that the driver had calculated the number of hours of her life she’d spent waiting at the traffic light at the corner of Spate and Spalbany Streets and had quit her job on the spot. The police had been summoned, but the responding officer

had also quit on arrival and the driver and the cop had repaired to ShortStop for traditional ‘I-quit’ breakfast slushies.

Sadly for them, the remaining clerk had just resigned her position at the store seven minutes into taking a customer’s complex sandwich order, and an unruly mob of freshly-unemployed but free-atlast ex-workers from all walks of life, all of whom had come to the store for the same purpose, were standing outside the door making ugly noises.

This had all the ingredients of a wee but respectable riot, so I hurried on my way in the direction of the Commons.

Within the block, I had to pick my way around an abandoned mailbag full of Ithaca City School Tax bills and preapproved credit card solicitations. There were other signs of the times, though I was as yet too rattled to put the clues together. An undelivered stack of Papa John’s pizzas in boxes, discarded and forlorn, a driverless Cayuga Taxi with its front door open and a perplexed-looking passenger in the back. As I peered ahead toward the Commons, it was obvious that the pedestrian traffic was not of the usual, shambling, texting, unhurried type, but rather of the purposeful, jaywalking, striding-to-my-car-before-my-shift-isover variety. It was plain that evasive maneuvers and retreat were called for.

Once safely inside the confines of home, I consulted my old friend, Wordle Unlimited on my phone. Reality hadn’t intruded on that fortress yet. Since then, I’ve been afraid to check my news feed, lest I see President Biden on Air Force One, escape chute waiting behind him, clutching a Keystone Light and delivering a profanity-laced resignation speech.

I’m told it’s a stressful and thankless job, and there’s no telling how far up the food chain this thing is going to go. Someone let me know when it’s safe to come back out.

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First, we must make it crystal clear that voters decide elections, not politicians.

The events of Jan. 6, 2021, brought the country to the verge of a constitutional crisis, and that can never be allowed to happen again. President Donald Trump exploited ambiguities in the Electoral Count Act — an archaic, byzantine, century-old statute — when he demanded that Vice President Mike Pence overturn the results of the 2020 election. Congress should update that statute for the times, clarifying the procedures by which elections are certified and insulating them from authoritarian attacks. Neither violent mob nor legal technicality should ever again be permitted to interfere with the peaceful transition of power.

Second, we must make it easier to vote, not harder. Our Democracy is strong only when everyone has a voice, and everyone has a voice only when everyone has a vote.

I served as counsel on the U. S. Senate Judiciary Committee when the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Shelby County v Holder, which gutted the Voting Rights Act, and we immediately went to work on legislation to restore it. As we have seen state after state pass restrictive voting laws that disproportionately harm communities of color, it is critical that Congress re-enacts the Voting Rights Act’s key protections.

But we also need to go further. Election Day should be a federal holiday, so working folks don’t have to choose between their paycheck and their civic duty. Same-day voter registration should be available to all. Absentee voting by mail should be a right, not something that requires an excuse. And those who are convicted of crimes should have their right to vote restored once they have paid their debts to society.

Third, we need to get dark money out of politics. America’s campaign finance system is a cesspool, with politicians bought and sold to the highest bidders.

Lawmakers must be accountable to the voters they represent, not the special interests lining their pockets. When I worked as counsel in the U. S. Senate, we held successful committee votes on a constitutional amendment to overturn the Supreme Court’s disastrous decision in Citizens United, which opened the floodgates to dark money in elections. The American people must ratify that amendment.

In the meantime, there are commonsense measures that Congress can take to mitigate the damage, including: eliminat-

ing corporate PAC money, improving campaign finance disclosure requirements, and prohibiting politicians from using campaign funds to pay their own businesses or family members. For too long, Washington hasn’t worked well for working folks, catering instead to the special interests. Overhauling the campaign finance system is a critical step toward putting people back at the center of policy.

Finally, we must end partisan gerrymandering, the practice of letting self-interested politicians draw the boundaries of the districts they represent.

When given the opportunity, politicians make blue seats bluer, red seats redder, and competitive seats non-existent. By one estimate, the latest redistricting cycle has resulted in about 95 % of congressional seats across the country being placed firmly in Democratic or Republican hands with no real chance of the opposition party winning elections. That’s terrible for the American people. Competitive districts foster real debates over policies and ideas, and they encourage candidates to appeal to as broad a spectrum of voters as possible. Gerrymandered seats reward the type of extremism and division that is destroying our country.

We cannot meet big challenges together when our politics are built to tear us apart, but that’s exactly what partisan gerrymandering does.

Josh Riley is a fifth-generation Upstate New Yorker. He previously served as general counsel on the U. S. Senate Judiciary Committee and now is running for Congress in New York’s 22nd District.

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rthur Whitman’s review (March 23– 29) of the State of the Art Gallery’s Second Invitational Exhibit may inadvertently perpetuate misconceptions about what he dismissively refers to — in quotations — as “textile art.” This can be “perilous,” he writes, as women seek to “elevate traditionally feminine craft work — mimicking modern painting in ways not always flattering.”

Setting aside the discussion of art vs. craft and the historical forces that created this conceptual distinction, the world of fiber art (no quotation marks are necessary) has become increasingly sophisticated with a national and international infrastructure including museums, galleries, professional organizations, publications, and increasingly competitive juried shows.

One has only to travel to Auburn’s Schweinfurth Art Center to view their annual Quilts=Art=Quilts show to see the work of innovative artists from around the world.

Likewise, fiber art is increasingly being included in multi-media galleries and exhibits, as The State of the Art Gallery recognizes.

While some fiber artists have roots in traditional quilting — one of the few creative outlets historically accessible to women — many have backgrounds in the fine arts. Many also design their own fabrics using dyes, paints, and other mediums, just as painters, printmakers and other artists further personalize their work. And, like all artists, fiber artists employ the same elements and principles of design — only the medium is different. I urge your readers interested in the visual arts to learn more about the exciting world that fabric and fiber presents to artists. And I encourage Mr. Whitman to do so, as well.

— Barbara Behrmann, Ithaca, NY

a rental home with Josh Katzen. After Moosewood opened, I worked as a nightly pot washer. I fondly remember the staff and how gratifying it was to be a part of the collective. More than a restaurant, Moosewood and the cookbooks introduce folks to a healthier flavorful way to cook and eat. Moosewood is known throughout the world. Over the years in various locations, people asked me about it. When visiting Italy, I mentioned that I was from Ithaca to some travelers from Germany and they asked me if I’d been to Moosewood. They loved the recipes in their Moosewood cookbook and hoped to visit the restaurant one day.

I wish Danica and Nicholas Wilcox and all the staff success in their venture to continue the Moosewood legacy as they launch it into this new stage of life.

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IN THE RUNNING

Meet Vanessa Fajans-Turner, Mike Sigler and Josh Riley — the three local candidates in the congressional race

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he road to redistricting in New York State has been anything but smooth. It began with a failed attempt from a bipartisan redistricting commission that was supposed to produce fair maps without gerrymandering. When that couldn’t be done, the commission presented two sets of maps — one that clearly favored Democrats, and one that clearly favored Republicans. With the failure to come to an agreement, the process was left to the state’s majority-Democrat legislature.

This led to the new lines announced in February — lines that not-so-subtly benefitted Democrats. Those lines put Ithaca and Tompkins County in the new 22nd congressional district, along with Cortland, Geneva and Syracuse.

The redistricting saga has not yet come to an end, as at the end of March, Justice Patrick F. McAllister, a Republican state supreme court justice based in rural Steuben County, ruled the new districts were unconstitutional due to the obvious partisan advantage it afforded the Democrats. He gave the legislature until April 11 to come up with new lines, or he would appoint an independent “master” to draw them.

Gov. Kathy Hochul and the state’s attorney general Letitia James said they would appeal the ruling. Regardless of the outcome of this latest bump, it’s unlikely that this year’s election calendar will be suspended. The Democratic primary is slated for June 28.

The new district 22 largely combines the old 22, held by Rep. Claudia Tenney, and the old 24, held by Rep. John Katko, both Republicans. Katko retired earlier this year, and Tenney announced she will instead be running for the new District 23 (Tompkins County’s now former district), which includes much of the Southern Tier west of Tompkins County.

Despite the fact Katko and Tenney are Republicans, the new district is solidly Democrat. Ithaca and Syracuse have long been Democratic strongholds, with Tompkins County voting 73.5 % in favor of Joe Biden in the 2020 election (the biggest margin in the state aside from Brooklyn), and Onondaga County voting about 60 % in Biden’s favor. Cortland County went to Donald Trump, but just barely, with results at 49.8 % for Trump and 47.8 % for Biden. However, though Ithaca has long been strongly blue, its former district has not.

Ithaca was formerly part of district 23, which included the very rural areas west of the county, stretching along the southern tier. This made the district reliably red, and in fact Republican Rep. Tom Reed, who will not be running for re-election after a sexual misconduct accusation, often made a pastime of speaking poorly of Ithaca. So despite the obvious gerrymandering, the new district does seem to provide an opportunity for more satisfying representation for Ithacans.

So with all that said, the field for the 22nd district as it currently stands is crowded. Most of the candidates are Democrats, and most are from Syracuse.

But three candidates come from outside Onondaga County and from a little closer to home.

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An Ithacan through and through, Fajans-Turner is a former student of Beverly J. Martin Elementary School, DeWitt Middle School and Ithaca High School. However, her perspective and work experience has given her a more global perspective.

Fajans-Turner worked as a sustainable development professional at the United Nations before beginning work with “James Cameron’s climate and In2 0 2 2

digenous-rights focused Avatar Alliance lot of new technology to build electric Foundation,” according to her website. vehicles and to power our houses. That She then co-launched Investable Oceans, requires larger scale manufacturing for which aims to connect climate-conscious things like renewable batteries, solar investors with climate-friendly ocean panels, heat pumps. This district has one startups. Currently, she serves as the of the richest manufacturing histories in executive director of BankFWD, a not- the country, and it’s very well-suited to for-profit that works to end Wall Street’s lead and be home to manufacturing opexpansion and fiportunities of the nancing for new future.” fossil fuel advanceShe noted ment. that district 22 After years of has lots of land, being “the person students, expertise behind the perin research and son,” Fajans-Turndevelopment, and er said, she’s ready a proximity to to become “the ports. person.”

“That re“We have two ally situates this to three years to district and this make big things region optimally happen, and I’m for what will drive running this year much of the green with the goal of economy,” Fajanssitting and voting Turner said. in Congress next She added that year,” she said. “It’s there’s an importhe way I hope and tant agricultural believe I, as an inindustry in the Vanessa Fajans-Turner is a lifelong dividual, can have district, and that Ithacan. (Photo: Provided) in achieving the should she be climate goals I beelected she’d like lieve in.” to sit on the agriculture committee “as a Despite her jobs with the UN and way of ensuring climate and agricultural fighting Wall Street, Fajans-Turner has priorities align.” also been involved in the climate fight in “As well as making sure agriculIthaca as an advisor on the city’s Green tural funding is provided in adequate New Deal. She said the knowledge of amounts to farms of all sorts in this the work that’s being done here has also district to facilitate their ability to transerved as an inspiration to how her goals sition to more sustainable pathways in for the climate and for improving the a way that increases their income and district not only coincide, but support supports them more than they are now,” one another.

Fajans-Turner said.

“This district has huge opportunities As well as the climate, Fajans-Turner to lead in fighting climate change while said she prioritizes healthcare and the growing its economy,” she said. “Fightoverall emotional and physical welling climate change is going to require a being of residents. To this end, she

tive at Park Outdoor Advertising, which has offices in Binghamton, Elmira, Utica and Syracuse. He said this has given him the opportunity to get to know businesses in the region as well.

“I know what they’re going through,” he said.

Sigler said his top priority is crime after he said he saw a lot of police officers step away from their jobs after the defund police movement started. He noted that bail reform has also been “a disaster.”

“Even the governor is saying we need to change it, but legislature said no,” Sigler said. “Democratic leadership is refusing to acknowledge what’s obvious to everyone else.”

He said close to home he’s had a front-row seat to the changes at the Ithaca Police Department and Tompkins County Sheriff ’s Office as a result of MIKE the Reimagining Public Safety initiative SIGLER catalyzed by former governor Andrew The rare Republican in the district 22 Cuomo’s executive order. Sigler was one congressional race, you may know Mike of two legislators who voted against Sigler as the long-time legislator from passing the county’s Reimagining plan.

Lansing.

Sigler His second said he had never priority is inflaplanned to run for tion. He said he congress, but after generally does his seeing the lack of family’s shopping Republican repand what used to resentation in the cost $ 80 at the field and having a grocery store is few conversations now costing him about it, he decid$ 120. ed to go for it.

“This is real “I’ve been on money, and the the legislature for speech out of the 12 years,” Sigler national governsaid. “I’ve been ment from our able to win and president was they people think it’s were ignoring because it’s a red it, saying it was district. It’s not temporary or not really. It’s because going on,” Sigler I’m a hard worker. said. “When you I care about the get into gut issues Mike Sigler has represented Lansing town of Lansing. like that, it makes on the County Legislature for more than a decade. (Photo: Provided) I’m a fierce advopeople take notice. cate for my conIt’s time to step up, stituents.” and [congress] is a He said that despite lines that are good way to do that.” seemingly not in his favor, he thinks the He said his familiarity with the issues demographics actually fit him well. plaguing residents of Lansing and Tomp“At the very least, people know me kins County will effortlessly translate to here and know I’m a reasonable person voters in the northern half of the district that they can negotiate with and argue too. with and not walk away with hurt feel“A lot of issues that are true in Ithaca ings or no common ground attained,” he are also true in Syracuse and Geneva said. “We may agree to disagree, but it’s and Oneida,” he said. “In Clay, for not from a place of negativity. […] From example, I can talk about the pressures my perspective, I’m a good candidate of development on open space. You’re going forward.” able to weave that tapestry because that’s In addition to his work as a legislator, exactly what we deal with in Tompkins Sigler also works as an account execu- County.” supports Medicare for all “wholeheartedly,” as well as new and improved investments in elder care, childcare and mental health care. She also wants to increase federal financing in education, including free community college, free state college and workforce training for green economy jobs.

Ultimately, Fajans-Turner said she wants to use her experience deep diving into policy and legislation to improve the lives for everyone in district 22, the place she calls home.

“This is the place that made me,” she Fajans-Turner said. “Ithaca is not the district, but it’s home and has always been home. I’ve built a career that I’m excited to make work for this district and for the broader good of the country.”

Learn more about Fajans-Turner at vanessaforcongress.com

Sigler said as a congressman he would hold regular town halls in each town in the district.

“That means you go and find out what the issues are in that town,” he said. “I would go and meet every single town supervisor in every town in the district, because they’re the closest to the town’s issues. The congressman works for the towns and works for the villages and works for the schools.”

Learn more at votemikesigler.com.

the senate judiciary committee. Currently, Riley is an attorney in a private legal practice and resides in downtown Ithaca.

After years in public service, Riley said one of the things that compelled him to run for congress is his fear for the state of the country’s democracy.

“Our politics right now are just being torn apart at the scenes by extremists who are more interested in peddling conspiracy theories and sowing division than bringing people together to JOSH solve big problems for the common RILEY good,” he said. “My son was 5 months Born and raised in Endicott, Josh old when Jan. 6 [2021] happened, and Riley now calls Ithaca home. Despite it became clear to me that I can’t take it his early life outside of the district, for granted that he’s going to grow up in Riley thinks many of his experiences are a functional democracy. How are we gouniversal. ing to tackle things like climate change, “One thing I’m convinced of is no mat- rising costs and income inequality if we ter what zip code you’re in, upstate New can’t even have a peaceful transition of Yorkers are facing the same challenges,” power?” he said. “Across the region we’ve lost so Riley said as he’s gotten to talking many good jobs, manufacturing jobs. to people around the district, he’s been Throughout upstate New York families inspired and excited about the opporare having a really hard time making ends tunities for the region. meet.”

“The world He adds that is facing a lot of “my story is this renew challenges gion’s story.” Riley’s with climate family has lived change, the digiin the Endicott tal divide, inflaarea for more than tion. Here, we 100 years, mainly can solve those working in local problems,” he factories. said. “We have “We lost a lot of the hardest workthose jobs as my ing people and a generation came of track record of age,” he said. “We doing advanced have lost twomanufacturing thirds of manufacand doing it in a turing jobs in the really good way.” last generation.”

Another priorSo Riley went a ity to Riley is different path. He protecting the began his career environment, working as a staff especially locally Josh Riley was born and raised in assistant in Conas the threats of Endicott, but now resides in downtown Ithaca. (Photo: Provided) gressman Maurice Bitcoin mining Hinchey’s office. on Cayuga Lake He also had a fellowship on Sen. Ted seem to be a looming dark cloud.

Kennedy’s Labor & Pensions Committee “This region’s beauty is one of the staff where he worked on legislation to greatest assets. It is one of the most raise the minimum wage. He also served beautiful places in the world, and we as a policy analyst at the U. S. Depart- need to protect that,” he said. “We ment of Labor. need to protect it because it’s the right He then graduated from Harvard thing to do for the environment and Law School and began working with the right thing to do for the economy. the American Academy of PediatWe have a strong and growing tourism rics. He then served as a law clerk for industry, and one of the things I’d be Judge Kim Wardlaw on the U. S. Court focused on doing in Congress is desigof Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in nating the Finger Lakes as a National California. He returned to WashingHeritage Area.” ton, D. C. from California to serve as Learn more about Riley at general counsel to Sen. Al Franken on joshrileyforcongress.com.

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Personal Health

‘But Seriously’ Bert Scholl’s podcast shares the stories of cancer survivors in Ithaca and beyond

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thacan Bert Scholl finds joy in writing music, playing his guitar and performing for anyone who will listen. Outside of these joys, Scholl has been mentoring people through major life-altering struggles, victories and more since 2010.

Despite his efforts to lift the spirits of others, Scholl was personally diagnosed with stage two rectal cancer in 2007. After being declared cancer-free in 2009, Scholl went on to be diagnosed with stage four rectal cancer metastasized to the liver in 2011.

As a two-time cancer survivor, Scholl now dedicates his time to mentoring cancer patients and their families, helping them navigate diagnoses, treatments, recovery, remission and life after cancer.

“For many cancer survivors, like myself, returning to life after treatment

was difficult,” Scholl said. “When you’re undergoing weekly treatments, you’re constantly surrounded by a phenomenal team, helping you every step of the way. I had never felt more supported. Suddenly, after treatment ended, they were just gone, and I felt so alone.”

In October 2019, Scholl decided he wanted to host a podcast. As a survivorship mentor, he heard survival stories on a daily basis that he thought others could benefit from. Due to the confidentiality of his practice, he couldn’t simply share the experiences of his clients, but he desired a platform to do so.

By January 2020, Scholl had started recording episodes with local cancer survivors that were interested. Suddenly, “But Seriously: The Cancer Podcast,” Scholl’s passion project, was born. He started locally because that’s where his contacts

Bert Scholl is the host of a cancer survivor podcast called “But Seriously.” (Photo: Provided)

were, but he wanted his podcast to reach further audiences.

A few months later, the pandemic hit, and Scholl had to convert his podcast to a Zoom format. Around the same time, he began using Instagram to promote his show, learning that he could find contacts

by looking through hashtags. Many politely declined, but he started recruiting future guests straight through the social media platform. Nowadays, people reach out to him directly to be a guest on the show.

In just two years, Scholl has spoken with guests from England, Australia and all over the United States, just because he took the time to network and invest in his vision.

Scholl has found great solace in hosting “But Seriously.” He regularly finds himself moved by conversations with guests, while also learning things about his own journey in the process.

“During an earlier episode, one guest spoke of failing to recognize her body after her mastectomy and hysterectomy,” Scholl said. “This was the first time someone put language to how I was feeling. My first diagnosis had been stage two rectal cancer, and I eventually needed to have a colostomy. After the surgery, I didn’t want to be in my body. The shame was real. My guest put into words what, for me, could only be expressed in emotion. Since those early days, I’ve become quite comfortable with it and take off my shirt at the beach without a second thought.” contin u ed on page 11

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Scholl considers himself an open book and encourages his guests to be vulnerable alongside him. He finds pride in the fact that his podcast will exist long after he’s gone, serving as a resource for survivors, their caretakers and their families. “‘But Seriously’ also provides listeners with conversations that can be quite difficult, like how guests and I have

The podcast can be found across all podcast streaming platforms.

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each told our children about our cancer diagnoses,” Scholl said. The intimate, judgement-free zone that Scholl has created allows for these conversations to emerge naturally.

Scholl would like to point out that the podcast isn’t entirely heavy. The title, “But Seriously,” comes from his honest attempt to redirect his conversations with guests. Scholl says that he spends a lot of time laughing with guests about some of the absurdities that come with having cancer. He went on to say that it felt right, paying homage to this phenomenon in the title of his podcast.

“I’d like to leave the Ithaca community with some advice,” Scholl said.

“Some people avoid long-form podcasts because the run-times intimidate them.

It’s okay to listen to ‘But Seriously’ like an audiobook. Listen to it in the car as you drive, in the kitchen as you cook, or while taking an afternoon stroll. Give it a chance because these stories deserve to be heard.”

You can listen to “But Seriously: The Cancer Podcast” on your favorite podcast platforms such as Apple Podcasts or Spotify. The links can also be found directly on Scholl’s website. https://www.bertscholl.com/ but-seriously-podcast1. html

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Perhaps no one knows this better than Todd Saddler, an IAUA member since the organization’s inception. Saddler, now age 57, is still playing the game to the fullest and has won more spirit awards than anyone else in the organization.

“The fact that attracted me to this sport is that there is this explicit spirit of the game concept,” he said. “It just makes it more fun.”

Perhaps even more impressive than his age is the fact that Saddler is a stage four cancer survivor. In fact, the only summer league Saddler ever missed in his 20 years with the IAUA was when he was receiving treatment for his illness.

Ten years later he is fully recovered and still deeply in love with the sport.

“Ultimate makes you want to live,” Saddler said. “It definitely helped me get my strength back and the ultimate crowd was very supportive. I’m a little bit surprised that I’ve been able to keep playing… but as long as I can, I will.

The IAUA consists of people of all ages, from teenagers in high school to people in their 60s.

“It’s nice to have a game to accommodate a wide range of physical abilities and talents,” Sacks said. “What I can say is as long as you can look around and find somebody you can cover that is kind of like you physically, you’ll be fine and you can catch up.”

“You get to meet a diverse group of people in age and all sorts of other ways,” Saddler added. I’ve always enjoyed being around both old people and young people so it’s a great way to meet new people.”

Currently the IAUA is working to help Ithaca High School set up their own high school team for the fall. They are also working on a grandmasters division for some of the older players in the group to play against each other in a casual setting.

In the meantime, sign ups for the summer league start in mid-April and anyone who wants to join is welcome.

Although IAUA is non-profit, there is a $ 65 fee to help with the cost of the fields and insurance and team gear. Sacks said there are “pay what you can” accommodations available for those who need it and that summer leagues tend to run for eight weeks between early June to early August.

“Just try it,” Lauren Trondsen encouraged. “If you show up, people are really excited to share the sport with you and to teach you how to play and to welcome you into the game.”

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The BEYOND Art Collective returns to the Cherry Gallery with interactive worlds of art.

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By Sydney Keller

ou may have visited the pop-up art exhibit that was in downtown Ithaca on the Commons for some time last summer. Due to popular demand, Ithaca’s BEYOND Art Collective is now back, but only open for a limited time.

Jump into the world of imagination and illusion by visiting the new interactive art exhibit, “Journey Beyond Time,” open April 6 to April 30 at the Cherry Gallery, 102 Cherry St. in Ithaca.

The experience includes 20 regional artists with new exhibit features ranging from a “Time Blender” to an “Enchanted Forest.”

Co-lead artist of the BEYOND Art Collective, Doug Shire, says this experience differs from the pop-up experience that was on the Ithaca Commons because this exhibit has a theme.

“What’s different about this exhibit is that there is a narrative,” Shire said. “There’s a back story that kind of ties the whole exhibit together.”

Doug says the main attraction of this exhibit is the Time Blender which allows people to travel into different “worlds.” The Time Blender sets the narrative of the exhibit because once you enter the machine, you have six different doors that lead to these “worlds” you can choose from.

Visitors can expect to encounter the following “worlds” during their experience:

• The Ancient Future • The Crystal Cave • The Wild Devonian • The Enchanted Forest • The Map Room Doug expresses how interactive art experiences differ from the traditional realm of art because you yourself are part of the exhibit.

“I think that for too long people have been encouraged to interact with art by simply looking at it and feeling whatever feelings you have when you see an image, but art experiences that are hands-on, that invite you to touch and engage your senses and explore, are kind of like an all ages playground,” Shire says. “I think it’s a visceral way of having fun with art that really appeals to people broadly…”

A suggested donation of $ 5 to $ 10 is requested at the door for all visitors, but no one will be turned away.

Save the date for April 8, the first Friday the exhibit is open. Stop by the Gala Grand Opening event called “TIMELESS,” which will include a silent disco, local music producers and DJs from 8 p. m.-midnight. The event requires

The bright walls of the BEYOND art exhibit. (Photo: Provided) Doug Shire inside the BEYOND art exhibit. (Photo: Provided)

A look inside the latest BEYOND art exhibit. (Photo: Provided)

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tickets to enter. Tickets cost $ 20 at the door or you can purchase ahead of time for $ 15 online at SeeBeyond. Art. Can’t make the grand opening? You can visit on April 9 to enjoy not only the interactive art, but featured live music for free from 7:30-9 p. m.

The gallery’s operating hours will be Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 5-9 p. m. and Saturday and Sunday from noon-9 p. m. The gallery will be closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.

Doug says visitors can expect to spend about an hour at the experience venturing through the different “worlds.”

The Cherry Gallery is located at 130 Cherry Street in Ithaca and it is located on the first floor of the Arthaus building.

For more information, visit https://www.seebeyond.art.

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The everyday and the otherworldly

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orners Gallery in Cayuga Heights offers numerous variations. Free explocontinues its program of ambirations of line, texture, and decorative tious, far-ranging exhibits. On motifs merge with a distinctive personal view for a little longer (through April 15) iconography: marine animals, spiders and are two one-woman shows: “Recent Paint- insects, flowers, leaves and what look like ings + Stitchery by Rachel Dickinson” and fungal or microbial forms.

“From Life: Paintings by Lin Price.” Both Three larger, upright pieces on silk, artists are based near Ithaca and both are hand-dyed by a friend of the artist, are familiar faces at the gallery.

Dickinson’s most engrossing pieces here, Dickinson, better known for her nongiving her space to stretch out her imaginfiction writing, is new to the visual arts. ings. “What World is This” is particularly Last year at Corners saw her debut exhibirich, with its mottled brown on white tion of paintings. Painted in oil on small backdrop and its fancifully animated topanels and hung Salon style, her “Dwellpography: part map, part aquarium. ings” explored domestic everydayness in Price, by contrast, is a painter with a time some of us have experienced as a decades of experience. She is a retired forced but perhaps not entirely unwelcome instructor — and former art student — at isolation. Inspired Ithaca College. In by the work of the her oil on canvas great American paintings she aims painter Fairfield to juxtapose a quoPorter, Dickintidian realism, ofson’s paintings are ten inspired by her endearing, albeit rural Danby home, sometimes awkwith color and ward. painterly mannerThere are a isms derived from few — too few — of abstract painting. her recent small There is an undenipaintings here. able wit and charm Most compelling to this conflais “Lightkeeper’s tion — the puns House, Monhegan” and slippages that “Cork,” by painter Lin Price. which convincingly she creates between (Photo: Provided) portrays the light these two seemand shadow on the side of a quaint seaside ingly incompatible modes. One sometimes home. wishes she’d push her talents and focus In keeping with Corners’ eclectic spirit, more in one direction or the other. the focus of “Recent” is on a very differIt’s a difficult game to play — one that ent body of work. Featuring embroidered partisans of abstraction and realism alike designs on linen mounted to small panels, may find principled reasons to distrust.

Dickinson’s stitchery combines a domes- Abstract painting characteristically orients tic, twee sensibility with surreal imagery. itself towards flatness and frontality, Featuring doodly hand-stitched lines and while realism generally aims to create a appliquéd fabric scraps in subdued colors dimensional world that one could imagine against white kerchief-like rectangles, these stepping into. aim for a quiet but distinctly contemporary Typically, Price portrays human or anisubversion of traditionally feminine handi- mal figures, often adopted from her own craft. life, as unwitting explorers of this terra Echoing the presentation of her paintContin u ed on Page 19 ings last year, an irregularly hung wall

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“Romancing” Redux Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum pay homage to a 1984 classic

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f you go to movies long enough, sometimes you see trends and fashions; like, suddenly there’s four body-switch movies (“Big,” “Vice Versa,” “17 Again” and “Like Father, Like Son”) within a year, or a bunch of films set on Mars, or whatever. There must be something in the water, because hot on the heels of last month’s treasure hunt adventure “Uncharted” with Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg comes “The Lost City” (Paramount-Fortis Films-3dot ProductionsExhibit A, 2022, 112 min.), starring Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum.

“The Lost City” is more satisfying and fun to watch than “Uncharted” for two reasons. One: Bullock and Tatum are big-time stars with big-time chemistry and charisma, and you can’t fake that. You have it or you don’t, and they have it. (I hope Bullock and Tatum are developing more movies to star in together.) Two, Bullock, Tatum and company are clearly paying tribute to one

Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum in “The Lost City.” (Photo: Paramount)

of the great exotic adventure rom-coms, Robert Zemeckis’ “Romancing the Stone” (1984). This is not a subtle homage, I could tell within five minutes that “Romancing the Stone” was the model for this movie.

Sidebar: Steven Spielberg produced Robert Zemeckis’ first two movies, “I Wanna Hold Your Hand” (1978) and “Used Cars” (1980). Both were well-made comedies, but they flopped at the box office. Zemeckis planned to make a time travel movie with Spielberg, a little something called “Back to the Future.” None of the studios wanted it, and Zemeckis told Spielberg, “If I make

another movie with you that bombs, I’ll probably never work again.” Word was getting around town: Zemeckis can’t get a job unless Spielberg is the producer. So Bob Z. told his agent that he would direct the first good script he was offered. That script turned out to be Diane Thomas’s “Romancing The Stone.” Zemeckis directed it, it was his first hit, and suddenly, everybody wanted to make “Back to the Future.”

Still with us?

In “Romancing the Stone,” Kathleen Turner plays a mousy romance writer whose sister gets kidnapped, sending her on a rescue mission to Mexico, where she meets ne’er-do-well adventurer Michael Douglas. Romance and adventures ensue.

In “The Lost City,” Bullock plays Loretta, a successful but depressed romance novelist unveiling her latest book. The twist is that Loretta is saddled with Tatum’s character, Alan, a dopey stud muffin male model who has posed for all the covers of Loretta’s novels. (Tatum likes to wear a dumb Fabio wig, and every time he appears in public, the background music inevitably is Europe’s “The Final Countdown.”)

Loretta has a background in history and academia, and she receives an invitation from eccentric billionaire Abigail Fairfax (Daniel Radcliffe), who wants her to decipher the symbols on a scrap of an ancient map. She declines, Radcliffe kidnaps her, and Alan, who feels badly about his deteriorating relationship with Loretta, takes it upon himself to hire a human tracker named Jack Trainer (Brad Pitt) and travel to the Dominican Republic to rescue Loretta.

No one’s trying to reinvent the wheel here. A lot of the B-roll action shots look like they could have been lifted from countless other jungle adventure pictures, but none of that really matters. As I mentioned, Bullock and Tatum really work well together as a Hollywood romantic duo, allowing plenty of room for Radcliffe, Pitt and De’Vine Joy Randolph (“My Name is Dolemite”) as Loretta’s publicist to be funny and steal scenes. Sometimes, a movie like “The Lost City” hits the sweet spot, and that’s what you want.

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Bug Out Museum of the Earth opens new exhibit featuring Cornell insect collection

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he Paleontological Research Institution (PRI) and its Museum of the Earth are excited to announce a new exhibit, Six-Legged Science: Unlocking the Secrets of the Insect World, now open at the Museum of the Earth.

The exhibit features hundreds of specimens on loan from the Cornell University Insect Collection (CUIC), and aims to educate visitors of all ages about the diversity of insects and the value they provide for life on Earth.

The exhibit includes a combination of fossil specimens, hundreds of pinned insects, insect sounds and videos, live insects, nests and tools from the CUIC collection, large-scale photography, specimens up-close under a microscope, hands-on interactives, and more.

With over 7 million specimens, the CUIC is one of the world’s top entomological collections with over 150-years of history and local and global notoriety.

“We are thrilled to share and tell everyone about some of the amazing scientific insect specimens on display.

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Come for the bugs and stay for the science that happens in the Cornell University Insect Collection!” says Dr. Corrie Moreau, Professor, Director and Curator of the CUIC. The exhibit was developed in conjunction with Dr. Corrie Moreau, Dr. Jason Dombroskie, Manager of the CUIC and Coordinator of the Insect Diagnostic Lab, and a team of researchers from the CUIC and with grant support from the National Science Foundation.

Dr. Jason Dombroskie says, “When you visit, you’ll see why we have a passion for the animals that rule the world.”

The exhibit will be open to the public through December 2022 and also found online at https:// www.museumoftheearth.org/ six-legged-science-exhibit.

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n a time where the war in Ukraine fills lend themselves to Peter’s survival, not our screens non-stop, it’s increasingly the least of which is the arrival of Ivan important to learn about the history Kocherga, a blind musician and a veteran of the country and its former relationship of the previous war. Ivan, provided with with the Soviet Union. exceptional multi-dimensionality by “The Guide” is an extraordinary film Stanislov Bokian, is described by Peter that transports the viewer to an era of this way: “The old blind strummer…

Stalinist oppreslooked dangerous, sion, known as but he was very the Holodomor, kind.” during which an Ivan is also a estimated 3-3.5 very perceptive million Ukrainicharacter, stating, ans died of starvain a discussion tion, malnutritionwith his peers, that related disease, he distrusted Staand, in the case of lin’s Central Comtroubadours (Komittee invitation bzari), poets and to all of Ukraine’s others who exminstrels, dancpressed criticism ers, and singers, to of Moscow’s rule, come to Kyiv for a large scale execucelebration, in the tions. Director and course of which co-producer Oles they would receive Senin and his team official documents of screenwriters indicating they were successful in had permission to making creative perform in public. use of disturbing As you can read“The Guide” is a Ukrainian film historical and perily surmise, things that shows the relationship between sonal incidents to worked out quite Ukraine and the former Soviet Union. create a high imdifferently.

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incognita. Often they find their foothold on patches of more loosely brushed paint: a common feature in expressionism, both abstract and otherwise. Although the artist has denied interest in traditional or linear narrative, these are unmistakably storytelling paintings. We are meant to empathize, as viewers of these paintings, with these figures.

The most striking of Price’s paintings here is “Cork.” In much of her work, fields of abstract color, often bright and unnaturalistic, offset figures and other realistic details. Here tonal and textural variations of an overall emerald green hue provide a mesmerizing setting for her narrative. No figures here but a trio of pink-purple-gray rowboats — absent occupants or oars and oddly adrift on the water, which we look down at from above. We are meant to step or perhaps jump in — imaginatively and metaphorically, to explore these uncharted waters.

“Search Party,” as well as the older, previously exhibited “River” and “The Jetty” (the latter on panel) explore similar tensions while adhering more closely to the conventionally flattened-out space of abstract expressionist painting.

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Linn Street and Cascadilla Park Drive,” he said.

Veronica Pillar, a city of Ithaca representative on the Tompkins County Legislature, echoed that.

“I also wanted to raise the Linn Street boundary as a weirdness as well,” she said.

“I’m not asking for anything in particular, but having lived on one side of that street, it does feel very odd for it to be split into two wards. It does feel like oddly cutting through a quiet community.”

Dullea lightheartedly commented that it could be looked at as a positive as it’ll mean Linn Street gets two representatives on Common Council, however added that the committee will be taking all comments into consideration at their next meeting.

Common Council member Cynthia Brock, who represents the first ward, said she was overall impressed with the map put forward, but did ask the committee to reconsider where it put Stewart Park, the Department of Public Works and the city’s public golf course.

“It’s just the sheer abundance of infrastructure that ward one has to address because of its size,” Brock said, suggesting it might fit better into the second ward.

Some lighter efforts fill out this modest show. Painted in a heavy handed palette knife style, “Rise and Shine” imagines a mysteriously vacant bedroom. A series of smaller, square-shaped pieces in gray are portraits: exploring mood, tone and character.

It is a mark of ambitious art — some might say art as opposed to craft or craftsmanship — that it tries things that may not work fully or unambiguously. Price’s, despite the seemingly commonplace quality of some of her observations, is an art that will be grasped fully only by painting aficionados. That it asks us to mock ourselves is key to both its appeal and its limitation.

It’s unnecessary to link what these two women are showing here in what is being presented as two separate shows. Still, Dickinson, at least in her stitched work, and Price can both be seen as explorers of the uncanny territory between the everyday and the otherworldly.

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“Distributing that park area to ward two would have no impact on population but would distribute the workload a little bit among various wards.”

Committee member Chris Proulx said they had heard similar comments about Linn Street and Cascadilla Park Drive, and said they’d take another look at it. He also mentioned that they talked a lot about where to put Stewart Park and the Department of Public Works and said it was an easy thing to reevaluate.

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Xavier Foley, double bass Masterclass for The Angela and William Haines Young Concert Artists Residency | 7 p.m. | Hockett Family Recital Hall, Gym Rd

Senior Recital: Andrew Lefferts, piano at Ford Hall | 1 p.m.

Junior Recital: Sofia Medaglia, soprano | 2 p.m. | Hockett Family Recital Hall, Gym Rd Graduate Lecture/Recital: Comfort Smith, violin at Nabenhauer Recital Room | 3 p.m.

Senior Recital: Andrew Becker, piano at Ford Hall | 3 p.m.

Graduate Recital: Emily Gregonis, mezzo-soprano | 4 p.m. | Hockett Family Recital Hall, Gym Rd Senior Recital: Alice DeRagon, jazz tenor saxophone at Ford Hall | 7 p.m.

Faculty Recital: Kyle Armbrust, viola and Vadim Serebryany, piano | 7 p.m. | Hockett Family Recital Hall Bob Moses at State Theatre | 7 p.m., 4/9 Saturday | Bob Moses, the Vancouver-bred duo consisting of Tom Howie and Jimmy Vallance, came

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Billy Prine | 8 p.m. | Center for the Arts of Homer, 72 S Main St| See Weekend Planner!

4/10 Sunday Graduate Lecture/Recital: Yu Ray Chu, violin at Nabenhauer Recital Room | 1 p.m.

Graduate Recital: Natalie Wagnon, soprano at Ford Hall | 1 p.m.

Junior Recital: Stephanie Pond, saxophone at Hockett Family Recital Hall | 2 p.m. | Hockett Family Recital Hall, Gym Rd Elective Recital: Kathleen Morrisroe, voice at Nabenhauer Recital Room | 3 p.m.

Cayuga Chamber Orchestra: Inspired Music | 3 p.m. | First Unitarian Church, Ithaca| See Weekend Planner!

Junior Recital: Laura Caridad Avila, viola | 4 p.m. | Hockett Family Recital Hall, Gym Rd Brass Faculty in Recital at Ford Hall | 4 p.m.

Elective Recital: Kaitlyn Schneider, oboe at Nabenhauer Recital Room | 7 p.m.

Mediterranean Encounters: Judeo-Islamic Soundscapes | 7:45 p.m. | Hockett Family Recital Hall, Gym Rd

4/11 Monday After Dinner Mint | 7 p.m. | Hockett Family Recital Hall, Gym Rd

4/12 Tuesday Junior Recital: Finn McGregor, violin | 7 p.m. | Hockett Family Recital Hall, Gym Rd

Big Thief at The State Theatre of Ithaca at State Theatre | 8 p.m.

4/13 Wednesday Woodwind Chamber Ensemble | 7 p.m. | Hockett Family Recital Hall, Gym Rd Faculty Recital: Pavel Vinnitsky, clarinet | 7 p.m. | Hockett Family Recital Hall, Gym Rd

4/16 Saturday Donna The Buffalo at the Center for the Arts | 8 p.m. | Center for the Arts of Homer, 72 S Main St

Stage The Chinese Lady by Lloyd Suh | Final weekend. Ends 4/10. | Kitchen Theatre Company, 417 W. State Street | Upon arrival as the first Chinese woman on U.S. soil, Afong Moy has been put on display for the American public as “The Chinese Lady.” She believes herself an ambassador to life in her native China however, to her visitors, she becomes their entertainment. Contact theater for showtimes.

Theatre Lab Presents: Grease at Emerson Suites | 8 p.m., 4/9 Saturday | Theatre Lab Presents: Grease!

The musical was put together in only one week of rehearsal time! Shows are in Emerson suites.

ComedyFLOPs 3rd Friday Improv Shows To Support Area NonProfits | 7 p.m., 4/15 Friday | Virtual, https://www.youtube.com/comedyflops | ComedyFLOPs’ 3rd Friday streaming Improv Shows in support of local area non-profit organizations. | Free

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Center for the Arts of Homer, 72 S. Main St., Homer | The Center has a slew of hot shows this weekend, catching up from several unfortunate pandemic-related postponements last year. The soulful and strong Ms. Ponder kicks off the weekend on Thursday evening, followed by Cowboy Junkies on Friday, and Billy Prine & the Prine Time Band on Saturday. Worth the drive! (Photo: Provided)

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April 2022 Business After Hours at Museum of the Earth | 5 p.m., 4/6 Wednesday | Museum of the Earth, 1259 Trumansburg Road (Route 96) | Join the Tompkins Chamber for our first Business After Hours of 2022 at Museum of the Earth! April is “Earth Month”, so we couldn’t think of a better place to celebrate. | $10.00 Double Vision | 12 p.m., 4/7 Thursday | State of the Art Gallery, 120 West State Street | Two approaches to light, nature, and abstraction by painter Ileen Kaplan and photographer David Watkins. | Free A41 Life Drawing | 12:30 p.m., 4/7 Thursday | Community School of Music-Arts, 330 E State St | Art Studio 10 First Thursday of the month is portrait session; all following are nude sessions. Drop in any Thursday!

Pysanky, Ukrainian Egg Painting Class | 1 p.m., 4/9 Saturday | Vision Church, 49 Greenbush St, Cortland | Come celebrate the Ukrainian culture and Easter season by learning the traditional egg decorating process of Pysanky!

Film Cinemapolis 120 E. Green St., Ithaca April 8-14, 2022. Contact Cinemapolis for showtimes. New films listed first. * Cow* | Academy Award ® winner Andrea Arnold returns with an intimate portrait of one dairy cow’s life.

The film highlights the beauty and challenges cows face, and their great service to us all. | 94 mins NR Mothering Sunday* | On a warm spring day in 1924, house maid and foundling Jane Fairchild finds herself alone on Mother’s Day with the rare chance to spend quality time with her secret lover, Paul, the boy from

the manor house nearby. Events that neither can foresee will change the course of Jane’s life forever.| 104 mins R Elizabeth Bishop and the Art of Losing * | Part of the 2022 Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival.

One showing only: Saturday, April 9 at 8 pm | An exploration of the life and work of Pulitzer Prize winning poet, Elizabeth Bishop. 84 mins NR The Automat | the 100-year story of the iconic restaurant chain Horn & Hardart, the inspiration for Starbucks, where generations of Americans ate and drank coffee together at communal tables. | 80 mins NR You Won’t Be Alone | Set in an isolated mountain village in 19th century Macedonia, a young girl is kidnapped and then transformed into a witch by an ancient spirit. Curious about life as a human, the young witch accidentally kills a peasant in the nearby village and then takes her victim’s shape to live life in her skin. | 108 mins R Cornell Cinema All films are shown at Willard Straight Hall on Cornell campus.

Threads: Sustaining India’s Textile Tradition | 4/13 4:45PM | A new documentary that follows the stories of fashion designers and fabric artisans as they transform traditional Indian textile practices for contemporary fashion markets. Free screening with post-screening discussion between Denise Green (Director, Cornell Fashion & Textile Collection) and filmmaker Katherine Sender (Dept of Communication / Feminist, Gender & Sexuality Studies).

Les Misérables | 4/13 7:00PM | Inspired by the 2005 riots in Paris, Les Misérables follows Stephane, a recent transplant to the impoverished French suburb of Montfermeil, as he joins the local anti-crime squad.

Working alongside his unscrupulous colleagues, Stephane struggles to maintain order amidst the mounting tensions between local gangs. (2019)

Special Events Spring Wine & Cheese Weekend | 12 p.m., 4/8 Friday | Wineries along the Seneca Lake Wine Trail, State Route 414/State Route 14 | April 8-10,

EXHIBIT: BIGGEST LITTLE MOVIE CITY: ITHACA’S THEATERS THEN AND NOW OPEN MONDAYS - SATURDAYS, THROUGH APRIL 30TH, 10-5.

Tompkins Center for History and Culture, 110 N. Tioga St., on the Ithaca Commons | A multimedia exhibit highlighting and celebrating the numerous early-20th century theaters that once populated downtown Ithaca, a Curated by Wharton Studio Museum and Historic Ithaca. (Photo: Facebook)

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Virtual Live Family Storytime | 11 a.m., 4/12 Tuesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | Easter Jam | 7 p.m., 4/13 Wednesday | Asbury Church, 2978 N Triphammer Rd, Lansing | An Easter event for kids of ALL ages | Free

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by Cabot Cheese and is an incredibly popular event, combining the classic tastes of wine and cheese into one | $20.00 - $60.00 Community Pep Rally @ the Jack Daniels Club | 5 p.m., 4/8 Friday | Watkins Glen International, 214 N. Franklin Street | Meet us at the track!

Cayuga Trails Club Hike at Various trails in the Ithaca region. | 10 a.m., 4/9 Saturday | Explore local trails on weekly Saturday hikes starting at 10:00am. Hike length varies from 2.54 miles. Click here to see the location of the hikes for each week.

Pink Moon Bike Ride | 6:30 p.m., 4/15 Friday | Ithaca Farmers market, Steamboat Landing, 545 3rd St | Family friendly 4 mile evening bike ride with costumes, lights and music! All are welcome! | Free

Sports Ithaca Women’s Lacrosse vs Bard College | 4 p.m., 4/8 Friday | Higgins Stadium | Ithaca Women’s Lacrosse vs Bard Collegen Cornell Women’s Gymnastics vs USAG Collegiate Nationals | 4/8 Friday, Newman Arena at Bartels Hall

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Cornell Women’s Lacrosse vs University of Pennsylvania | 12 p.m., 4/9 Saturday, Schoellkopf Field | Cornell Women’s Lacrosse vs University of PennsylvanianStreaming Video: Ithaca Baseball vs Bard College | 12 p.m., 4/9 Saturday | Freeman Field Cornell Men’s Tennis vs Dartmouth College | 1 p.m., 4/9 Saturday, Reis Tennis Center | Ithaca Women’s Lacrosse vs Vassar College | 2 p.m., 4/9 Saturday | Higgins Stadium | Cornell Men’s Lacrosse vs Harvard University | 3 p.m., 4/9 Saturday, Schoellkopf Field | Cornell Men’s Lacrosse vs Harvard University Cornell Men’s Tennis vs Harvard University | 1 p.m., 4/10 Sunday, Reis Tennis Center | Cornell Men’s (Baseball) Genesee Community College vs. Tompkins Cortland Community College | 1 p.m., 4/10 Sunday | (Baseball) Ithaca Softball vs Alfred University | 3 p.m., 4/12 Tuesday | Kostrinsky Field | Cornell Women’s Lacrosse vs Syracuse University | 7 p.m., 4/12 Tuesday, Schoellkopf Field | Ithaca Baseball vs No. 2 SUNY Cortland | 4 p.m., 4/13 Wednesday | Freeman Field |

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Ithaca Women’s Lacrosse vs No. 6 William Smith College | 4 p.m., 4/13 Wednesday | Higgins Stadium | Ithaca Men’s Lacrosse vs No. 2 RIT | 7 p.m., 4/13 Wednesday | Higgins Stadium | I

Books Spring Book Sale at the Newfield Public Library | 8 a.m., 4/9 Saturday | Newfield Public Library, 198 Main Street | Saturday, April 9, 2022 8:00 am-2:00 pm.Stop in for a great selection of books, DVDs, games and more!

Prices are $2.00 for books, $1.00 for DVDs, Puzzles, CDs. | Free 5th Grade Virtual Book Club | 6 p.m., 4/13 Wednesday | Cortland Free Library, 32 Church St | Meet and discuss a different chapter book on Zoom.

Registrants will receive a free copy of the book each month. Meets monthly on the 2nd Wednesday. Open to all 5th graders in Cortland County.

Kids LEGO Club | 4 p.m., 4/6 Wednesday | Cortland Free Library, 32 Church St | Come join our LEGO Club and have some building fun! Each session we’ll have a challenge and a game.

TCPL Robotics Club: AppBot Bash for Teens | 4 p.m., 4/6 Wednesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | Preschool Story Time | 10:30 a.m., 4/7 Thursday | Cortland Free Library, 32 Church St | Stories, songs, and activities with a different theme each week. All ages are welcome but this program is designed for children ages 3-5 yrs. Registration is limited and is required each week.

Tyke Tales Story Time | 11 a.m., 4/7 Thursday | Join us for Story Hour!

Snacks, crafts, stories...we can’t wait to see you!

Suggett Park Easter Egg Hunt | 10 a.m., 4/9 Saturday | Suggett Park, 108 Homer Ave | Join the Cortland Youth Bureau, CAPCO, and the Cortland YMCA at this year’s Easter Egg Hunt.

This event is family friendly and FREE for all!

Feline Follies 2022 | 12 p.m., 4/9 Saturday | Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, 602 Tower Rd. | Join us for Feline Follies, a family friendly event with crafts, lectures, raffles, and more celebrating cats and supporting local shelters and rescues that care for them! | Free Baby/Toddler Time | 10:30 a.m., 4/12 Tuesday | Cortland Free Library, 32 Church St | Rhymes, stories, and

DJ Trivia at Hopshire - Every Wednesday | 6:30 p.m., 4/6 Wednesday | Hopshire Farms and Brewery, 1771 Dryden Rd | Feeling competitive?

Bring your team and join Dave Ashton from DJ Trivia every Wednesday at Hopshire for an entertaining trivia adventure.

Indoor Cornhole at Cortland Beer Co. | 7 p.m., 4/6 Wednesday | Cortland Beer Co., 16 Court Street | Bring your finds, grab a pint, it’s indoor cornhole tournaments every Wednesday at Cortland Beer Co. Marijuana Anonymous Meeting | 10 a.m., 4/7 Thursday | Ithaca Community Recovery (518 W. Seneca St), 518 West Seneca St | Marijuana Anonymous in-person meeting every Thursday @ 10am (beginning March 3, 2022) at Ithaca Community Recovery, 518 West Seneca St, 2nd floor in the “Seeds of Hope” room. Enter from back door of building. For more info: maithacany@gmail.com Teen Advisory Board | 4 p.m., 4/7 Thursday | Cortland Free Library, 32 Church St | Play some games and be a part of planning future teen programs! Open to ages 12-18 yrs.

Registration is required.

Board of Directors Meeting | 5 p.m., 4/7 Thursday | This event is online | The CCE-Tompkins Board of Directors usually meets on the first Thursday of the month. Meetings begin at 5:00pm and typically end by 7:00pm. Members of the public are welcome to attend. | Free Cardio Dance Class | 5:30 p.m., 4/7 Thursday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | Taught

by YMCA fitness instructor Kate A., attendees are invited to this lighthearted, dance-based, cardio fitness class that will boost your mood and improve brain function. This class is appropriate for all skill levels. To learn

more & register, visit www.tcpl.org/ events/cardio-dance-class.

Chess Club | 6 p.m., 4/7 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.

Hula Hut Polynesian Dance | 7 p.m., 4/7 Thursday | Just Be Cause Center, 1013 State Street | Hula dance lessons - in person and virtual options for adults and children.

Gentle Yoga Series | 9:30 a.m., 4/8 Friday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | To learn more and register, visit https://www. tcpl.org/event/gentle-yoga.

Homer Community Blood Drive | 8 a.m., 4/9 Saturday | Homer 1st United Methodist Church, 16 Cayuga Street | April is National Volunteer Month The Red Cross is experiencing the worst blood shortage in over a decade. | Free Ithaca Farmers Market Saturdays! at Steamboat Landing | 9 a.m., 4/9 Saturday | Visit the farmers market every Saturday, rain or shine, at the pavilion.

CNY Folksmarch | 9 a.m., 4/9 Saturday | Lime Hollow, 338 McLean Road | Enjoy a 3 mile walk in this lovely nature preserve. Trails cover various types of terrain. | $1.00 - $9.00 Rosé All Day | 4/9 Saturday | Treleaven Wines, 658 Lake Road | Join us as we welcome the warmer weather and spring season! Our hope is to be back out in The Hangtime for this event (weather depending).

Sunday Morning Meditation | 10 a.m., 4/10 Sunday | Foundation of Light, 391 Turkey Hill Road | Sunday morning meditation, free and open to all.

DTHS Program Vintage Photography | 2 p.m., 4/10 Sunday | Dryden Village Hall, 16 South Street | Dryden Town Historical Society will host this event. Join us for a presentation by Luisa Casella. | Free Ithaca Sunday Squares at Lansing Community Center | 7 p.m., 4/10 Sunday | Square Dancing is a lowimpact aerobic activity that stimulates both mind and body.

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Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine, 602 Tower Rd. | The event is open to the entire Ithaca community and will include a-MEOW-zing raffle drawings, adoptable cats, educational mini-lectures, cat photography, and so much more! (Photo: Facebook)

The Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd., Ithaca | Twenty albums deep into his career, Snider is even more potent on stage, with between-song banter that weaves subtle emotional threads through his sets. A musician who loves the road, Snider makes his way to Ithaca this weekend. (Photo: Facebook)

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