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Schumer announces $ 8.5 million for Cornell’s CHESS lab

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enate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer visited Cornell University on April 14 to celebrate the expansion of the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source ( CHESS ) lab and bring news of additional federal funding.

The $ 32 million expansion is funded by the National Science Foundation, in partnership with the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, to build a high magnetic field beamline. The current high-energy synchrotron x-ray at CHESS is one of only two in the country, and the addition of the new beamline will reportedly exceed scientific capabilities of any other facility in the world. Schumer said the new capabilities will “ help spur scientific discoveries in a range of fields, from quantum materials research to chemistry and biology. ” He also noted that CHESS has already played a role in a multitude of medical discoveries and scientific breakthroughs, including contributing to two Nobel Prizes.

Schumer added that the expansion will support more than 150 new jobs in the science and tech fields at CHESS, plus another 150 construction jobs.

The high-energy synchrotron light source has a wide breadth of uses. Assemblywoman Anna Kelles joined Schumer and explained that the specialty x-ray machine can be used for archeological purposes such as picking up on the metal particles in ink to read print on scrolls that can’t be opened, or in horticulture by tracking and tracing metals through plants without damaging them.

Schumer also announced an additional $ 8.5 million in federal funding for CHESS, which he said will help “ further

solidity America’s position as the global leader in cutting-edge technology. ” This funding will allow the U. S. Air Force’s Applied Research in Materials program to use a sub-facility at CHESS consisting of two high-energy x-ray beamlines optimized for Air Force research needs. This

will reportedly enable researchers, collaborators and equipment manufacturers to employ real-time, three-dimensional x-ray characterization methods to test a range of structural and functional materials.

Cornell President Martha Pollack called the day “ an amazing milestone for CHESS. ” “ CHESS is one of the crown jewels of scientific exploration here at Cornell, and Sen. Schumer deeply understands and appreciates the vital role CHESS plays at Cornell and beyond, ” she said.

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WHAT’S THE ONE GAME SHOW OR REALITY TV GAME SHOW THAT YOU ARE SURE YOU COULD WIN ?

“ Jeopardy. I would take the World History category every time. ” — Alex P.

“ I’d take Cash Cab ! ” — Elionai W.

“ Family Feud ! ” — Samara W.

“ …Naked and Afraid. ” — Shalini S. & Mira A.

“ The Price is RIGHT ! ” — Stacy M. & Aaron B.

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By St ev e L aw r e nc e Were I ever to try my hand at writing a screenplay for the Feel Good Sports Story of the Year, the trailer would say something like this : “ It was a cold, wet and gray April day in Ithaca, New York... A small crowd of lacrosse fans huddled under ponchos and umbrellas, and while most were there to watch the host team — the Big Red of Cornell — a player from the visiting team, who grew up in Ithaca — had his own fan base in the stands. Would he get in the game ? Would he make the most of his time on the field ? ” Any movie script could not have matched the actual unfolding of events for excitement, as the clouds dissipated, the sun lit up the stadium and the local kid — Army midfielder Ryan Sposito — lit up the scoreboard.

It was a surreal experience sitting in the press box with Pat and Richie Moran and seeing them not wear a pained expression when an opposing player fired three laser beam shots into the back of the net within a few short minutes in the third quarter.

Indeed, a scoring explosion such as that would, under normal circumstances, be difficult to watch, but these circumstances were anything but normal. Ryan Sposito is their grandson, and all in attendance gave the Morans a pass for being so happy and so proud.

As each goal was tallied, a cheering section across the way erupted, as Sposito’s extended family and a few dozen lifelong friends celebrated the elite performance.

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I wrote about this special day a few weeks ago, pointing out that when Ryan was growing up he attended many games at Schoellkopf Field, heard countless stories about his grandfather’s three national championships and Hall of Fame career, but he had never stepped onto the turf as a player. While he was thrilled for the opportunity, he knew that he would be just one of well over 50 players suited up for Army, and at the DI level, you don’t play unless you deserve to be on the field.

Sposito’s first career collegiate hat trick led the way, as Army and Cornell both walked off the field with 10–2 records. As for Cornell, evLocal boy Ryan Sposito on the field as an Army player. (Photo: Provided)

of place, but she said, “ I’m sure people understand. It’s always Family First. ” ●●●

The book cover “We Showed Baltimore.” (Photo: Provided)

eryone knew they were coming off a dramatic and draining 16–15 overtime win over Syracuse five days earlier, and while every team wants to win every game, the Big Red will take some lessons away from Saturday’s defeat.

As she mingled with the Army players and families after the game, Pat Moran — the undisputed First Lady of Cornell Lacrosse — looked a bit out

Longtime fans of Cornell lacrosse are aware of the Big Red’s place in the history books, and a new book takes a deep and compelling look into the program’s glory years. “ We Showed Baltimore — The Lacrosse Revolution of the 1970s and Richie Moran’s Big Red, ” by Christian Swezey ( published

by Three Hills, an imprint of Cornell University Press ) takes an in-depth, 350-page look at how Moran — the brash young coach from Long Island — “ unseated the lacrosse establishment ” and transformed the college game. When Moran took over at Cornell, the national championship was determined by committee, but when that injustice was rectified, the Big Red won the first NCAA tournament. Five years later, the program went

on a dominant run that has yet to be matched — an incredible 42-game win streak and two more national championships over the course of three seasons. In the words of Cornell’s Mike French — one of the game’s great players and a cornerstone of the dynasty, “ Swezey’s sense of character and his knack for story are superb. Reading these pages, I relived my ride to the top of the game with Coach Moran. ” As stated in the book’s intro, “ Pulling from interviews with over 90 former players and coaches, ‘We Showed Baltimore’ paints a vivid picture of lacrosse in the 1970s, and how Moran and the Big Red helped create the game of today. ” It is by any measure a must-read for all Cornell — make that all college — lacrosse fans.

Christian Swezey will be signing copies of “ We Showed Baltimore ” on April 23 at the Brown game at Schoellkopf Field.

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Police culture at the center of Council’s ‘Reimagining’ debate

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he debate around the Reimagining Public Safety report released by the city’s working group last month continued at the April 13 Committee of the Whole meeting. A Committee of the Whole meeting is just a meeting of the entire Common Council outside of its regularly scheduled monthly meeting. The group continued to discuss the recommendations about creating a Department of Community Safety, which would include the Division of Police and Division of Community Solutions.

A large portion of the discussion focused on the culture at Ithaca Police Department, prompted by a question from Alderperson George McGonigal. “ I’d like to understand what culture means when it comes to the police department, and what we want to change and what we want to replace it with and how we measure that, ” he said.

Acting Mayor Laura Lewis said the new culture should reflect minoritized communities’ desire to feel safe in interacting with the department, while Alderperson Phoebe Brown said culture refers to the history of policing and the protecting of property over people.

Acting Police Chief John Joly said he’s willing to work with his officers to make improvements in culture, but that he needs more specific conversations around what the issues are and what goals they need to me. “ I think it would be valuable to know what

part of the culture we want to change, how we would do that and how this plan makes that happen, ” he said.

Alderperson Cynthia Brock was more specific in her issues with police culture, citing a statistic that 20 % of the Jan. 6, 2021 rioters were former military and law enforcement personnel. “ We want to make sure that we are able to identify any ties to white supremacists, or violent racism or extremism, and make sure they have no place in our department, ” she said. “ I’d like to see implementation of screening for officers.

We do ask about prior drug use. We should ask about white militia or white supremacist groups. ” She added that they have the ability to build systems into how the police department is managed. “ We can create a culture that corrects any kind of behavior when there is bias in policing or use of force that may not be reported because minoritized communities are fearful of retaliation if they report these incidents, ” Brock said. “ We need structures that protect individuals, and protect officers that [ report other offices ] and make sure we put into place systems where those behaviors are investigated, addressed and corrected. ” Alderperson Robert Cantelmo said that he agrees with the need to create qualitative and quantitative indicators of culture to create a baseline measure for the effectiveness of the changes.

“ We need to know what successful change looks like, ” he said.

Eric Rosario, a co-lead of the city’s working group, said that there were two examples of culture issues that came to mind immediately. The first was when IPD officer Kevin Slattery was recorded telling another officer about how he treated a civilian, including dragging the person down the stairs. “ The thing that got me about that is the ‘joke’ was said when the person didn’t know he was being recorded, but the reaction of the other person wasn’t ‘hey, that isn’t cool. That isn’t what we’re about,’ ” Rosario said. “ That speaks to the culture that you have, the systems that feed that, and the beliefs that you have. ” He also cited the SWAT vehicle, which had the words “ Knock Knock ” painted on it. “ Why did it take executive order 203 to take Knock Knock off the SWAT bus ? ” Rosario asked. “ That’s a symbol. When I accepted this role I had to look at those things. ” Alderperson Jeffrey Barken asked how the recommendations from the task force would remedy a culture issue like the incident with Slattery ( who was suspended for 30 days and demoted from sergeant to officer as punishment ).

Rosario said the proposal is not a magic bullet, and is not pretending to be, but that adding unarmed responders and civilian oversight to the police department better centers the community. “ I’ve heard if you hire the right police chief you can change culture, but continuing the same model and hoping for a different result doesn’t seem to make a lot of sense, ” he said. “ The model we’re recom-

mending gives us a greater chance to center community, center civilian oversight, and then build in a greater level of accountability which will give us a greater chance than we have now at changing culture. ” Brock said she agrees with Rosario that changing nothing and expecting a different result is “ the definition of insanity, ” but that they could affect change by adjusting the job description of the chief of police. She noted that a police chief does not have to be a law enforcement officer, and that the job description the city currently has does not reflect their actual desires for a police chief. Brock said their current description said they want a candidate who would prioritize quality of life issues, but after speaking with Sgt. Mary Orsaio she realized that in police lingo that means you want a zero tolerance for minor infractions approach. “ Which is 180 degrees from what we want, ” she said. “ But that’s what we built into our chief of police. So I would just argue to say we did get the result we designed for. ” The conversation was cut a bit short, as Lewis reminded the group they would have more opportunities to further discuss the report. A tentative timeline going forward is the Council will have another discussion in May, and then start moving toward a decision to endorse the working group’s report in May or June. If there are decisions that will require a referendum in November ( such as adding a civilian director overseeing the police chief ), that information needs to be prepared and ready by July.

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UPS&DOWNS Ups

Ithaca College alumnus Tim Locastro got some attention on Twitter for making an “unbelievable catch” in his return to the Yankees outfield. Go Bombers (both Bronx and IC!).

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OK, we know we complain about the weather a lot but come on. How could we not? A snowstorm in mid-April is too much.

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Tompkins County is currently averaging the second-highest number of COVID cases per day per capita in the state. Wear those masks and stay home if you’re sick!

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Employees of the newly unionized Collegetown Starbucks location held an impromptu strike on Saturday after a grease trap failure and reported poor working conditions.

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Final “Reimagining” Report Will Deliver Critical Reforms

The Replacement

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ntil last week, the government of our fair state was known across the land for the probity and rectitude of its members. The halls of our capital echo with names virtually synonymous with integrity: Silver, Skelos, Bruno, Spitzer. Then, last Tuesday, scandal rocked Albany.

New York state Governor Kathy Hochul, who was Andrew Cuomo’s lieutenant governor before he resigned in a sexual harassment scandal last year, said she had accepted current lieutenant governor Brian Benjamin’s resignation, hours after Benjamin was arrested on federal bribery charges for allegedly conspiring to funnel illegal contributions to his failed 2021 bid for New York City comptroller. He was charged with one count of federal program bribery, one count of honest services wire fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit those offenses and two counts of falsification of records. Hochul, who appointed Benjamin her deputy last year will now have to find a replacement for him, our thirteenth lieutenant governor in the past twenty years.

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few years ago, when my son was in eighth grade, he and his friends wanted to get out of the house, and decided to take a walk around Fall Creek. A neighbor saw them, and didn’t recognize them, and ended up calling the police on them. My son and his friends were soon stopped and questioned by Ithaca police. My son, an honor roll student and athlete, was mortified and visibly shaken by the experience. While the officer was courteous, to a 13-year-old boy who is terrified of dogs, dispatching the canine unit in Fall Creek had a negative impact on his trust in the police.

His experience is not unique. Even in Ithaca, a supposed bastion of progressive ideology, people of color are regarded with distrust by our law enforcement. My son’s experience gets at the heart of why our community must push for reform in our policing.

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e recently found ourselves in the kitchen of the Timson family. For generations the Timson clan has been planted squarely on the wrong side of the law and supported itself by various sorts of petty malfeasance, mostly theft. Greatgrandfather Henry worked a successful long con on mobster Doyle Lonnegan in the 1930s, but since then the Timson capers, though numerous, have been strictly small-time affairs. Sitting at the table is matriarch Mabel Timson, her salad days as a grifter mostly behind her. Her kindly face was careworn, and she sniffled and twisted a handkerchief, damp with tears.

Mrs. T. was startled by her son Nigel bursting into the kitchen through the outside door, his outfit accessorized with a court-ordered ankle monitor. “ I came as soon as I got your text, ” he exclaimed. “ It sounded urgent ! What’s going on ? ” [ Note : Timson family dialogue is best imagined with a vaguely Cockney accent.] “ Oh, it’s most urgent, Nigel lad, it is, ” she said, patting the chair next to her. “ You’d best be having a seat. ” Nigel sat down, and she put a hand on his forearm, looking straight into his eyes. “ There’s no easy way to say this, so I’ll just come right out and tell you. It’s your brother. His guidance counselor called me. ” She let out a sob. “ He wants to accept an appointment as...lieutenant governor ! ” Mrs. Timson buried her head in her hands and dissolved into uncontrollable weeping. “ No ! ” cried Nigel, jumping up. “ It can’t be ! This is a catastrophe. Wait until I get my hands on him ! What a scandal. We’ll never live it down ! What are we going to tell Pa ? He gets out in nine to 12 months. ”

At this point, young Ted Timson, the subject of discussion, skulked into the kitchen. “ You, ” sneered Nigel, pointing. “ Yeah, you’d better look sheepish. Do you have any idea the disgrace you will bring on the Timson family name if you go through with this … this scheme of yours ? ” Ted went over to his mother. “ Ma …

Nigel … don’t you get it ? It’s pay to play in Albany ! We’ll be on Easy Street.

Why, the kickbacks alone will pay off the mortgage on this place in a fortnight. ” “ It ain’t the money, Teddie boy, ” said Mrs. Timson, momentarily regaining her composure. “ It ain’t the money at all. We Timsons have a code of honor.

There’s lines we never cross. I just can’t believe you’d tarnish the family legacy like this. ” She lapsed into renewed tears.

Ted Timson folded his arms. “ I don’t care. My mind is made up. I’m going to be the next lieutenant governor of New York State, and that’s final. ” Mrs. Timson howled at these words, and there was a long moment as the two brothers glared at each other. Nigel strode over and opened the door to the outside. “ If that’s your final word, then leave, ” he said. “ And if you do, you reject all that we stand for. You are a blight on the family tree. ” It was a dramatic and poignant moment. Ted Timson turned at the door with a last, pleading look to his mother, but she wouldn’t meet his eyes. He walked out, never to darken the Timson house towels again.

Next week : Lieutenant Governor Ted Timson uses vintage Moreland Commission subpoenas to paper the upstairs bathroom in his guesthouse.

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nity, and have deep rooted connections with each other. Our law enforcement should be no exception.

I’ve often thought about what my son’s experience would’ve been like if an unarmed civilian had responded to that citizen’s call. It would probably have prevented my son from an upsetting experience. But more importantly, it would have been an opportunity to build connections within this community. This goes to the heart of reimagining policing. Connection is what makes Ithaca a unique place, and while I’m confident that that connection will continue to grow, it is critical we make those deep-rooted connections stronger, to build a more inclusive and unique experience that other communities will want to replicate.

I, like many others, was excited to see the dedicated work of many community members that fostered the creation of Ithaca’s Reimagining Public Safety plan.

Some of us believe that the plan doesn’t go far enough ; others believe it goes too far.

I hear and empathize with both concerns.

But I also know that this is what democracy is : it is pushing the envelope forward toward compromise and continuing to grow and revise. We have a real opportunity to engage in a groundbreaking process that has the potential to transform the connections we hold so dearly here.

Reimagining can heal our community’s rifts and help community members like my son finally feel at home here in Ithaca. [ In March ] the Reimagining Public Safety Working Group released its much anticipated final report for the implementation of Reimagining. This final report was the result of an enormous amount of hard work, hours upon hours of discussion and compromise, and extensive research into real-life outcomes of hard-won reforms. The process included numerous opportunities for public input, including listening sessions, focus groups, website and newspaper submission opportunities, and both virtual and in-person options. I am grateful to the members of the Working Group for their hard work in formulating this common sense, well thought-out, and long overdue set of reforms.

The final Reimagining plan recommends the enactment of a number of critical reforms that will restructure the broken policing system here in Ithaca, and go a long way toward mending the relationship our law enforcement officers have with Black, brown, poor, and other minoritized communities in our city.

The implementation of a civilian leader to head both departments will be hugely important in transforming policing culture in Ithaca. The report also recommends the hiring of five community solutions workers in its first year. These critical workers will take the place of or assist armed officers on a diverse array of calls for service. While the number of community solutions workers is disappointingly low, I believe that these workers will quickly prove their worth, and I’m hopeful that in coming years the force of unarmed workers will grow.

Perhaps most importantly, the recommendations lay out an innovative and critical new call delineation plan. After extensive research, the Working Group determined that a significant number of emergency calls to our 911 dispatch center should not be handled by armed police officers. The delineation means armed officers will have more time to focus on the calls and cases that truly require their energy and expertise. We’ve heard a lot recently that IPD officers believe their roles are being stretched too thin and that they don’t have enough time to properly respond to all calls. This new plan will ensure they are properly utilizing their limited time, while at the same time removing armed law enforcement from situations where they might make things worse.

While there are many other important issues addressed in the plan and some critical reforms recommended, they are beyond the scope of this short review. All of these recommendations, however, serve to increase accountability for our public safety force, and to better the outcomes for our community members, especially those in minoritized and traditionally underserved communities.

We’ve got a long way to go and a lot of work ahead. These Reimagining recommendations are not enough to singlehandedly transform the public safety structure here in Ithaca, and they alone will not repair the ingrown erosion of trust between minoritized communities and law enforcement. But without them, we have the same old system that’s not working. These recommendations give me hope. I believe our community is headed in the right direction. Every call for service where an individual is not in danger of being hurt or killed by a cop is a net positive. I look forward to the hearty public debate on these recommendations and to the work ahead.

Stacey Dimas ( she/her/ella ) is the senior advisor for Ithacans for Reimagining Public Safety

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YOUR LETTERS One of the many reasons I support Leslie Danks Burke for senate

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hile Leslie and I usually see eye-to-eye, there was a time that we totally disagreed. It was 2016, and I was an ardent Bernie Sanders supporter. Meanwhile, Leslie supported Hillary Clinton. Leslie took the time to sit down and listen to me, make sure she understood me, and then share her own very personal reasons for supporting Ms. Clinton.

We walked away from that conversation with a deeper understanding of, and respect for, each other. As a result, I appreciate Leslie’s rare and valuable commitment to honest, compassionate conversation. We need more people like Leslie Danks Burke in government, and that’s why she is my choice in the Democratic primary for New York State Senate.

— Deborah Dawson, Ithaca, NY

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Ithaca was $ 111,990 and the second greatest cost for families is taxes, only behind childcare. And this year, over 20,000 properties in Tompkins County will see dramatically increased tax assessments. 68 pages of bureaucratic legalese in the Ithaca Energy Code supplement regulates everything from the surface area of windows to the amount of lighting deemed permissible in a room. The unintended consequence is the cost of building in the county’s largest neighborhoods is astronomical, only a few builders are familiar with the code, and old housing stock remains grossly outdated. How can the legislature encourage single family development ? By getting out of its way.

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urt Vonnegut, in his sublime essay, “ How to Write With Style ” wrote : “ Find a subject you care about and which you in your heart feel others should care about. It is this genuine caring, and not your games with language, which will be the most compelling element in your style. ” So, I’m on track here. Ithacon, which is almost upon us, is something I care deeply about.

Ithacon is Ithaca’s annual, homegrown comic book convention. And, yes, I have written before about what an odd miracle it is that a city as small as Ithaca ( population ~30,000 ) hosts an annual ( sometimes bi-annual !) comic book convention.

Ithacon is put on by the Comic Book Club of Ithaca ( CBCI ) and Ithaca College.

Curiously, the Comic Book Club of Ithaca is the oldest, continuously running comic book club in America. It grew out of a middle school comic book club and was formally established as a community organization in 1975. They held their first Ithacon in the bicentennial year of 1976. ( Which seems so long ago, it feels like some kind of parallel universe.)

Over the decades, Ithacon has had several homes — the Greater Ithaca Activities Center, the Hotel Ithaca, the Masonic Temple, the Boynton Middle School, the Women’s Community Building and the former Race Office Supplies storefront.

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The partnership with Ithaca College began in 2014 with Ithacon 39. Dr. Katharine Kittredge, a professor of English at IC, chaired IC/Ithacon. ( She is the co-creator of the “ From Pippi to Ripley ” conferences at IC, which are seminars on the role of women and girls in the science fiction and fantasy genres.)

And, since 2014, Ithacon has been held at the beautiful Emerson Suites at IC, which has a staggering panoramic view of Cayuga Lake in the valley below.

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic arrived. And, like many public events, Ithacon was canceled. In 2021, the convention was reconfigured as a virtual event.

Now, in 2022, Ithacon 45 is returning as a live event at Ithaca College.

And, here in our dystopian future world, Ithacon is gradually being taken over by young people.

Professor Ed Catto is teaching a course at IC called Ithacon : Promoting & Managing Conventions. And the students, as part of the class, are helming this year’s Ithacon.

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The class has been going on for a while — in 2020, it was taught by Catto and Professor Darlynne Overbaugh ( who directed Ithaca’s beloved Wizarding Weekends ), and, in 2019, it was taught by Catto and Kittredge.

And some of the students are returnees … honing their skills at running a comic convention.

Metaphorically speaking, the professors are handing over the keys to the starship to a new generation.

In the past, Ithacons have attracted some worldclass guests. A partial list would include : Joe Simon, who created “ Captain America ” with Jack Kirby ; Curt Swan, the definitive “ Superman ” artist for three decades ; Kurt Busiek, who writes the “ Astro City ” books ( who should be given the Nobel Prize for Comics ); Frank Miller, the writer/artist of “ The Dark Knight Returns, ”; Jim Shooter, the former editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics ; and Julius Schwartz, the DC Comics editor who gave us the Silver Age “ Flash, ” “ Green Lantern, ” “ Justice League of America, ” “ Batman, ” “ Hawkman, ” “ The Atom ” and the concept of the DC Multiverse.

And there is a great lineup of guests for this year’s Ithacon, too. There are so many guests that if I listed them all, we’d risk the reader’s eyeballs rolling back in his or her head, so I’ll just sketch in some of the starring guests …

Mike Gold : Gold co-founded the independent comic book company First Comics in 1983, serving as president and editing several of their titles. He later

ic book imprint including Mirage Studios (“ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ”), Image Comics (“ 1963 : Tales of the Uncanny ”), Fantagraphics (“ King Kong ”) and DC (“ Wasteland, ” “ Secret Origins, ” “ Action Comics Weekly ”).

Hart Seely : Seely is the publisher and co-founder of AHOY Comics, a wonderful new comic company located in Syracuse. He has written numerous books, including “ The Juju Rules : A Memoir of a Fan Obsessed ” ( Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012 ), “ Mrs. Goose Goes to Washington ” ( Simon & Schuster, 2007 ), and “ Pieces of Intelligence : The Existential Poetry of Donald Rumsfeld ” ( Simon & Schuster, 2003 ). His work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Slate, and on National Public Radio.

Frank Cammuso : Editorial cartoonist Frank Cammuso is the artist/writer of the “ Max Hamm : Fairy Tale Detective series ” and “ Knights of the Lunch Table ” ( Scholastic ). He is also AHOY Comics Chief Creative Officer.

Garrison Excelsior : Excelsior is the featured Cosplay guest. He is a member of the 501 Legion of ImD o n S i m p s o n , c r e at o r o f M e g at o n , perial Stormtroopers, a professional costuming group w i l l b e at It h ac o n . ( P h o t o : P r ov i d e d) that constructs movie accurate costumes from the became a senior editor and director of editorial devel“ Star Wars ” universe. ( Their work is astounding.) opment at DC Comics. He is currently a columnist at In addition to the guests, the Ithacon will, of Pop Culture Squad. course, feature numerous vendors selling comic J. G. Hertzler : Hertzler has spent a lifetime books and related merchandise. acting in television and film and on the And, there will be all kinds of acstage. For those of us who love scitivities for families and kids. A seence fiction and fantasy, he is lection would include : Fantasy best known for his portrayCrafts for Kids, Quidditch al of the Klingon General for Kids, Movies for Kids, Martok on “ Deep Space Lightsaber Training for Nine. ” He has also writKids, Comic Drawing ten two “ Star Trek ” novfor Kids, a Graphic els, “ The Left Hand of Novel Reading Room Destiny : ” Books 1 & 2. and Make Me a Will Dennis : DenSuperhero ( where kids nis was an editor at Vercan make their own tigo Comics for more than superhero costumes ).

15 years. His award-winning And, speaking of costitles include “ 100 Bullets, ” “ Y : tumes … costume play is an The Last Man, ” “ Joker ” and important part of any comic many more. Since then, he has convention, so there will be a worked as a freelance editor for Cosplay Runway where cosplayTh e o f f i c i a l 5 0 1 s t l e g i o n w i l l b e at It h ac o n t h i s Image Comics, comiXology and ers can showcase their work. y e a r . ( P h o t o : P r ov i d e d) DC Entertainment.

And there will be gaming.

Don Simpson : Simpson is There will be a full range of games best known as the creator of the satirical superhero including board and card games, role playing games, and series “ Megaton Man ” for Kitchen Sink Press and more. There will be gaming both days of the convention, Image Comics. He has worked for every major comand Saturday evening gaming from 7–11 p. m.

And for the adults who love comics, there will be a plethora of panels including Spotlight on AHOY Comics, Spotlight on Will Dennis, Spotlight on Don Simpson, a Batgirl/ Batwoman Presentation, “ Wasteland ” ( DC Comics ), Self Publishing, Storytelling Fundamentals, a “ Doom Patrol ” Presentation, Chester Gould, American Original ( a viewing of a new documentary on the creator of Dick Tracy ), an “ Ultraman ” Presentation, a Rod Serling Presentation and LGBT Representation in Pop Culture.

To wrap up here, I’m going to recommend Ithacon 45. I think Ithacon is a marvelous human event appropriate for a general audience and families.

When I was young, the world of comic conventions was a cult world frequented by people referred to as “ fans. ” These fans had a reputation for being somewhat socially dysfunctional. ( Older readers will recall that hilarious Saturday Night Live skit where William Shatner was set upon by a platoon of obtuse “ Star Trek ” fans.) But it seems to me that modern 21st century contin u ed on page 10

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comic conventions are largely attended by attractive young people and families.

In a similar way, comic book characters now reach a much wider and more diverse audience than in my youth. When I was 12 in 1965, being a Marvel reader was like being in a secret club or lodge. Now, here in 2022, both the Marvel and DC characters appear

in blockbuster films and a blitzkrieg of merchandising.

The Marvel films are particularly extraordinary : scores of interlocking films and television series that postulate a coherent fictional universe. ( And, despite what grouchy old Martin Scorsese says, I think the Marvel films are high art.) The result is that people all over planet Earth know and love these characters.

Comic books in my youth were considered a low-rent pulp medium with a

certain amount of opprobrium attached to them. ( Indeed, there was a Senate investigation of comics in the 1950s.)

Now “ comics ” have lengthened and morphed into “ graphic novels, ” and are reviewed in major publications like prose novels and film, and win major awards like the Pulitzer. Libraries have comics and graphic novel sections. Every city of any size has a comic book store or two. All this would have been science fiction in my youth.

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Another phenomenon I have noticed is the astounding inroads young adult fantasy fiction and manga ( Japanese comics ) and anime ( Japanese animation ) have made with youth.

Here in my Twilight Years, I have private students to whom I teach cartooning.

They are mostly Hogwarts age. (My joke is that I am in my Dumbledore period.)

As their ostensible teacher, I should be giving them books to read, but it mostly works the other way. It was young people who turned me on to YA fantasy series like J. K. Rowling’s “ Harry Potter ” books, Philip Pullman’s “ His Dark Materials ” trilogy, Rick Riordan’s “ Percy Jackson ” series, Ransom Riggs’ “ Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children ” and on and on.

The same goes for manga. My favorite student made me read One & Yusuke Murata’s remarkable “One-Punch Man” series.

My point here is that the comics/scifi/fantasy/manga/anime realm has become an accepted part of American culture… and the superhero genre in particular has become a sort of planetary mythology.

Ergo, I think human events like comic conventions are no longer the provenance of a cult world of “fans,” but rather are for a larger, more general audience.

These fictional universes are part of our collective consciousness now, and these characters belong to all of us. And an event like Ithacon is for everybody.

Finally, remember that the COVID-19 pandemic is still ongoing — the virus hasn’t left the Earth and decamped to Mars or anything. If you attend, make sure you are fully vaccinated and boosted. And even though Gov. Hochel has foolishly rescinded the mask mandate, I suggest wearing a mask.

Think of yourself as a superhero.

Ithacon 45 : Saturday April 23, 10 a. m. — 5 p. m. & Sunday April 24, 11 a. m. — 4 p. m. Saturday evening gaming, 7–11 p. m. Campus Center & Williams Hall, Ithaca College, 953 Danby Rd., Ithaca, New York. For info & tickets : www.ithacon.org.

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THE NEWEST RESTAURANT ON THE COMMONS, LEV KITCHEN, AIMS TO TREAT EMPLOYEES BETTER AND OFFERS WORK TO REFUGEES.

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nyone walking the Commons as of late may have noticed a new addition to the Ithaca food scene : Lev Kitchen. The restaurant boasts Middle-Eastern inspired cuisine in a quick sit-down and graband-go style. Located at the former location of BōL, the space has been totally redesigned, enticing customers with its bright teal facade and the smell of lamb, roasted chicken and more.

Lev is owned by two Cornell alumni, Ben Plotke and Yen Wu, who got their masters of management in hospitality degrees from the school’s hotel administration program back in 2019. Plotke and Wu, who are married and have a young child, initially moved out to California upon graduation after securing jobs in the hotel industry. Everything changed, however, when both found themselves laid off during the pandemic. Realizing they wanted more control of their future, the two decided to move back to Ithaca and open a restaurant. “ We had time to reflect on whether or not we wanted to send out a bunch of applications again … and I think it was a point where we were just like ‘it’s

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time to do this for ourselves and see if we can do our own concept,’ ” Plotke said. “ We really saw this as an opportunity to come to a community that we’re comfortable with and where we know where we can get support. ” Plotke had previous experience in the restaurant business, working for Sanctuary Kitchen, a non-profit based out of Connecticut that employs refugees in the restaurant industry. It was there, working alongside refugees, that Plotke learned the fundamentals of the Middle Eastern cuisine that inspired Lev Kitchen as it exists today.

At first glance, the menu may appear a bit daunting. With items like Haloumi Malawach, featuring apple saffron jam and toasted pistachios and Za’atar chicken served with a Kabocha Squash puree and Urfa aioli, Plotke admits there’s a bit of a learning curve for first-time customers. The base for most of the dishes, for example, is Malawach, a Yemeni flatbread, which Plotke describes as a crispy and flakey flatbread, as if “ a croissant and pita were to have a baby. ” Ultimately, Plotke said he thinks the distinctive menu will make Lev stand out and he remains optimistic about customers’ sense of adventure.

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Ben Plotke and Yen Wu, owners of Lev Kitchen on the Commons. ( Photo : Kyle VanDelden )

“ It’s funny because people truthfully have no idea what they’re ordering … yet a lot of people are coming and sort of taking a leap of faith, ” Plotke said. “ What’s great is that they have their first bite and you can see on their face that they love it and they’re amazed, so that’s been really good. ” The food isn’t the only unique aspect of Lev. Plotke and Wu have

also partnered with local organizations such as Open Doors English and Ithaca Welcomes Refugees to employ refugees living in Ithaca in their restaurant. For Wu and Plotke the entire restaurant revolves around the idea of social sustainability. contin u ed on page 14

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Communique’s President and Founder Laurie Linn shared, “Alexis has been such a wonderful addition to our team. Her unique background and skillset combined with her positive attitude and strong worth ethic will enable Communique to continue to provide exceptional service to our clients and community.”

Smullen has a background in the education and medical fields and earned a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Minnesota Duluth in 2018. She previously worked with Cornell University, The Stepping Stones Group, LLC, and Zynex Medical.

Smullen and her partner moved to the Ithaca area in 2020 with their two cats, Luna and Jasper. “ I am really grateful for the opportunity to join Communique. It has been a pleasure getting to know the team and our clients, and I look forward to getting fully immersed in all of the work Communique does, ” stated Smullen.

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Warren Real Estate Named Diamond Award Winner by Realogy Leads Group Warren Real Estate has been named a Diamond Award winner by Realogy Leads Group for its outstanding performance during the past year. Realogy Leads Group is a dedicated organization within Realogy Holdings Corp., the largest full service residential real estate services company in the United States, focused on delivering highquality referrals to its affiliated brokersand agents in the Realogy Advantage Network.

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“Achieving a Diamond Award is an outstanding accomplishment,” said George Conrad, national vice president, Network Success. “Warren Real Estate routinely demonstrated superior performance in a variety of areas, including addressing customer needs, understanding local market conditions, and executing best business practices, so our customers could reach their real estate goals. Our clients, their relocating employees, and our Partner Program organizations and their members have received a high level of support in 2021 from Warren Real Estate, and the Emerald and Diamond Awards are results of their dedication.”

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On the clock LOCAL CLOCKSMITHS REFLECT ON PRESENT, FUTURE STATE OF PROFESSION

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or Chad Sopp, all it took for him to “catch the bug” was being given an old, beat-up Waltham pocket watch from his father as a kid.

“The fascination for me came from the fact that it required some outside intervention to provide the potential energy winding gravity,” Sopp said. “But after that it was just a self-contained tool that could also be decorative on the other side of being an instrument.”

In particular, he recalled feeling a great sense of intrigue toward “little things that go.”

“The diminutive scale of everything is fascinating,” he said. “That in the early days, like a cottage industry pocket watch, literally everything was cut by hand. So the other attraction for me is yes, there’s a lot of engineering involved as things evolve. But it all starts with geometry and bare hands and files in the very beginning. That was just, ‘Wow.’ That impressed me a lot.”

The idea of repairing and restoring time-keeping instruments as a full-time profession was not something he found serious until early adulthood. Sopp studied mechanical engineering in college and worked in that field for roughly a decade before deciding to venture out and start his own business, Timesmith Antiques located in Dryden.

“This all started with watches,” he said “Just fixing them up for friends and then flea markets and then, of course, it just grew into the brick and mortar. But when there were lulls in watch service, I started doing clocks. And then the clocks outpaced the watch work almost three to one, at least in this area.”

Sopp tinkers with and mends antique clocks, pocket and wrist watches, and some automaton devices. He describes clocksmithing as an “immersive field” that requires a significant amount of “patience and research,” and he enjoys every second of it.

“This is the labor of love,” he said. “It never feels like work.”

Trumansburg resident Joel Warren also developed a keen interest in time-keeping machines, particularly calendar clocks, at a young age. His father introduced him to

Chap Sopp works on the tiny mechanics of a clock. ( Photo : Ash Bailot )

Harry Dean — a former employee of the Ithaca Calendar Clock Company, which was no longer in business at the time — when Warren was 11 years old. He explained to Warren that Dean helped build clocks such as the large calendar regulator his father owned, a clock that Warren was always captivated by.

“I just started asking him [Dean] a whole bunch of questions like rapid fire,” Warren said. “You’re 11 years old, your brain’s going… and he just looked at me towards the end — and he was answering the questions, nice and patiently and so on — and towards the end of it he says, ‘You know, the kind of questions you’re asking, someday you could be a pretty good clock maker. I thought to myself, ‘Yep, I’m gonna be one of them one day.’”

A couple years later, Warren recalled finding a pre-owned clock in a rummage sale and bought it.

“Took it home, and I took it apart, only I had the presence of mind to take shoestrings and tie them around the springs, so when you took the plates apart it didn’t just fly all over the place,” he said. “So I had it all apart on the dining room table, and my dad comes home and he looks at it and he goes, ‘You damn well better be able to put that back together,’ and I did.”

Warren, along with Michael Porter, revitalized the Ithaca Calendar Clock Company in the early 1980s and reproduced several hundreds of the company’s original models through the early 1990s. (The company is currently owned by Porter and based out of Newfield. Warren repairs and crafts clocks out of a woodshop at his residency.) The two of them possess multiple decades of experience working with Ithaca Calendar Clocks.

“Mike and I are kind of like living museums, and everybody in the clock world knows who we are, because we’ve been at it for so long,” Warren said. “That’s kind of a nice feeling, but it would be nice to be able to pass this off to somebody. But logistically, monetarily, it’s just not going to happen.”

It is a line of work that has seen its number of participants decrease over time. (Warren likes to say that he and Porter are “extinct,” but they “just don’t know it yet.”) The reason why that is so? Well, there are a litany of possible causes, but a lack of demand for the services is not one of them. Sopp’s backlog for repairs and restorations stretches into next year, and Porter said he receives dozens of requests to have work done on a clock per week.

“I get calls from 100 miles around every week, and people beg me to work on their clock,” Porter said.

The tediousness of the work could be one reason.

“I think the challenge is, it’s sometimes not for the faint of heart,” Sopp said. “In other ways, it really is involved for the payback. It can be very expensive, which can turn away clients. With a clock market, it’s generally low and has been on the decline for a few decades. … Then the market value of the piece — nine times out of 10 the justification is sentiment when you’re having the work done, and I think that’s part of it. Generational lack of interest, or really even awareness that these things exist.”

Porter is someone who is well aware of the dip in the market value of antique clocks. His shop in Newfield is decorated with various calendar clocks along the walls and on the floors.

Many of those clocks Porter salvaged from yard sales or purchased online to restore and flip for a profit, but once the interest in antique clocks diminished so did the resale value.

“I paid going rates at the time, but now they’re all worth a third of what I paid for them,” he said. “So I’m just trying to fix them up and I can sell them and get probably three quarters of my money back by fixing them all as well.”

Maybe it’s societal? Sopp said society does tend to steer individuals in the direction of obtaining a college degree rather than attending a trade school. contin u ed on page 19

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“ For us it goes back to reflecting on our experiences in the hospitality industry and recognizing that the industry has not necessarily been the best place to work in the last decade or so and us wanting to create a concept that actually prioritizes people, ” Plotke said. “ All these opportunities that we’ve found up here have been truly amazing and we’re hoping to employ more individuals through those organizations as they refer them to us. ”

Wu added that being laid off certainly gave the two of them a new perspective on the industry. “ I think we realized that we were kind of disposable workers, in a sense, ” she said. “ We now have the chance to make a difference and not make the same mistakes that our past employers have made. ” Currently, Wu and Plotke have hired refugees from Cambodia and Angola and are actively looking for more refugees interested in working at Lev. The other gap Plotke said he hopes to fill with the restaurant is a lack of graband-go food available in downtown ithaca.

He said his inspiration comes from visiting

the Machane Yahuda market in Jerusalem in 2016. “ In talking with employees who work down here … they have like a 45-minute break so they don’t have time to go on their lunch break to sit down, ” he said. “ There’s very few food options actually for people here in the middle of the week if you’re just looking for a quick lunch, so we’re definitely hoping to fill that void. ” Since opening at the end of March, Wu said business has been good so far, albeit very dependent on Ithaca weather.

When the sun is shining they add outdoor seating in hopes of attracting more customers.

“ That atmosphere that we really want to create is people out on the patio enjoying themselves, ” Plotke said. “ Once we’re cranking food out, you know you can smell the food as you’re walking past us and people sort of float their way in. ” As for future plans, the couple hopes to expand into catering and sell packaged products of their food at places like the Ithaca Farmers Market. Right now, however, Plotke said he’s just caught up in the rush of owning a new restaurant. “ I don’t sleep much any more, but for now that’s fine, ” he said. “ I like the excitement. ”

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Q&A with Paul Sinclair ahead of his band’s show at State Theatre

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o paraphrase Kermit the Frog, it’s not easy being a tribute band. Just ask Paul Sinclair, lead vocalist for the Led Zeppelin tribute band Get The Led Out, playing at the State Theatre on April 21 — the day after Richard Linklater’s “Dazed and Confused” screens on April 20.

“To try and please everybody is an ongoing challenge because [imitating an irate customer], ‘Oh, I don’t know if I ever wanna hear ‘Stairway to Heaven’ ever again. Why don’t you just play all the deep cuts?’ ‘Well, sir, that would be nice, but there’s always first-timers at the show, and they come to our show knowing ‘Stairway to Heaven’ [and] they’ll probably be disappointed.’”

Paul Sinclair spoke to the Ithaca Times about COVID, getting back to work and Bob Denver as Gilligan.

Ithaca Times : I feel like all my show business interviews start with how COVID impacted their lives.

Paul Sinclair : Yeah. Well, obviously for COVID, it shut us right down. We got shut down here in Florida two years ago, we had

our second show of the tour, we were in Melbourne, and we do the whole state, so we do Key West, Lauderdale, Daytona Beach, everything. And we’re two shows in, we did Jacksonville on the 12th, Friday the 13th, 2020, we’re in Melbourne, Florida, and that’s the last show we performed ; we basically had to turn around and go home. So, yeah, we stopped working for 15 months, and finally in June of last year, 2021, we got back out there, and I think we just completed our 101st show since June 10.

IT : Wow, that’s nice. Getting back to a new normal.

PS: Thankfully for us, it’s been so many years doing this that our fan base is so huge at this point in time, thankfully, that really, except for the weirdness of going back out into the world after being in my house for 15 months…that was strange. There are certain things that I’m used to doing or saying throughout the show, and I hadn’t done it in over a year. And it was funny to be like, “Wait, what do I say here?” [laughs] But what I did during the pandemic myself was, I spent a lot of time doing what you would imagine most people wouldn’t be doing that have been doing a Led Zeppelin show at that point for 17 years. I listened to Led Zeppelin incessantly, and tried to fix things in my performance specifically that I thought I had wrong, and tried to train myself to sing differently, because I’d never sung correctly. I’ve sung using my throat, like most rock singers do, and relied too heavily on that. I just wanted to be better at what I do. And I just went through the catalog. As a result, I’m very pleased at how it worked out, ‘cause I think the band is better than it’s ever been.

Paul Sinclair and Get the Led Out performing. ( Photo : Provided )

It’s just so weird. I see there’s an interview with the guy from [ A ] Flock of Seagulls, and he’s like, “ I hate the song ‘I Ran.’ If I have to sing ‘I Ran …’ ”, and I’m like, “ Dude, it’s what everyone knows you for. Like, be thankful.

What about the guy who doesn’t have any of those songs ? He sat there trying to get a career going. ” I don’t know. It just rubs me the wrong way. [ Laughs.]

IT : You have no control over how you’ll be remembered, so you might as well face up to what’s real.

PS : Yeah ! Like Gilligan ! I mean, Bob Denver, for God’s sakes ! I feel bad he got typecast. He was one who seemed to be okay with it. Others really resented that. You can’t speak for people and their shoes and that life.

I mean, people have a different perspective probably of what my existence is just from seeing me on stage. And to finally get here and have a very solid show and following, we do 130 shows a year around the country.

We’ve been touring the entire country since 2014, we play Red Rocks. We’re out every week somewhere. It’s a wonderful, wonderful life that we have notched out for ourselves doin’ this stuff, so I got a beautiful career and I’m so grateful for what I’ve got. I just wanted it so bad, and the fact that I get to sing rock ‘n’ roll music that inspired me for other people, thousands of people every week, and I make a nice living doing it... I’m pinchin’ myself. I can’t believe it.

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‘The Torch’ New documentary sheds light on Buddy Guy and his legacy as a Blues legend

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uddy Guy is a revelation. He’s could use some form of this method the Moses of the Blues. He with students who are having trouble parts the sea, ” Carlos Santana articulating their thoughts in standard said when interviewed in “ The Torch, ” linear form. It occurred to me that I’ve a fascinating documentary about the life actually had a few students who have and work of the iconic Blues writer and demonstrated some noteworthy rapguitarist. ping skills. “ I didn’t know what running waBuddy Guy started out in Chicago as ter was, ” said Bluesman extraordinaire a young fellow, and he won the respect of Buddy Guy when the “ elder statesdescribing his earmen ” of the Blues, ly life as part of a like Muddy Waters sharecropper famand Howlin’ Wolf. ily. On the screen, Now he encourages we see vintage footyounger musicians age of several Black to come to the people working in stage and play a cotton field. It apwith him. Carmen pears that they’re Vandenberg, a taking note of the respected contemcamera that’s on porary performer them, providing a who is quite striksurreal “ time traving with her short el ” effect. Those blonde hair, as well who are being obas her guitar skills, served become the describes Mr. Guy observers. We are as “ my idol. ” led to wonder what Quinn Sula bemused woman livan, an extraorbeing filmed may dinarily talented Buddy Guy performing in 1983. have been thinking. musician, also ( Photo : Provided ) Buddy Guy began playing with then tells us how, as a youngster, he Buddy Guy when his parents brought made his “ first musical instrument ” him to a concert at age 7. “ I’ve encourby cutting out the center of an empty aged Quinn to go to college, ” Guy notes, lighter fluid can and then wrapping a “ because in our business, in 10 years couple rubber bands around it. Eventuyou might have to be a rocket scientist ally, he was able to get an old guitar and to do music. ” taught himself how to play.

Reflecting on his first encounters with After Guy’s father could no longer Waters and Wolf, Guy said that Muddy work in the cotton field, Mrs. Guy told “ slapped me, ” and said, “ whatever you her son he had to “ figure out a way do, keep the ( expletive deleted ) Blues to make some money. ” So, Buddy left alive. ” In similarly emphatic language, Louisiana for Chicago. Buddy reflects on Howlin’ Wolf encouraged Guy to keep the being impressed with John Lee Hooker Blues going strong. and his album “ Boogie Children. ” They Those moral and musical missions became friends, but it was hard to talk helped Guy to become, as Carlos Santana with John Lee, “ because he had a strange and others have noted, the connective stumble-way of speaking. So, when he thread, going from Waters and Wolf to tried to tell a joke, I told him to sing it, Cream, The Rolling Stones, Tina Turner because he didn’t have trouble saying and beyond. things that way. ” You can stream “ The Torch ” by This prompted me to wonder renting or purchasing on Google Play, whether speech or English teachers iTunes, Amazon Instant Video or Vudu.

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s soon as I knew there were actors really nice overhead shots and effective use of and musicals and plays and movies, I all our natural beauty. Kai Cerar contributes a knew what I wanted to do. I’m grateful wonderful song to the soundtrack, and there’s to have grown up in a college town like Ithaca; a great fourth wall break where Cerar moves if you were passionate about performing, ev- to Mexico and introduces us to the actor playery year brought in talented students eager to ing his role in act three. make their mark. There were more audition The soundtrack is a bit disjointed here and opportunities than the grade school play, like there; a large portion of the dialogue appears an original opera based on the “Roadrunner” to be dubbed, but as Joey “The Lips” Fagin cartoons, staged in Risley Hall’s black-box says in “The Commitments,” “I believe in theater. (That was starts.” I hope that when I fell in love Stern and this young with the “Louie’s cast and crew keep Lunch” food truck telling stories. And I across the street. Actwish I could attend ing and hamburgers? the Cinemapolis Sign me up!) By the screening just to see time I left Ithaca to how much everyone study theater, I had a has grown. lot more experience and stage time than Also screening if I’d grown up in a is Stern’s “Ithaca’s less creative environBrand of Sustainabilment. ity” (2021, 59 min.).

On Sunday, April Like a lot of us, Stern 24, two locally prohas been looking duced video projects around Ithaca at all will double-bill at the houses being Cinemapolis at 5 p. razed and “sustainm. able” apartments As an Ithaca nabeing built. He wants The movie poster for the Ithaca Kids tive, it makes me hapto remind us that it’s Film Project’s “The Inheritance.” py that endeavors like just as important to “The Inheritance” maintain and repair (Not Ready For Netflix-Ithaca Kids Film Ithaca’s wooden structures, that as a society Project, 45 min.) are happening. The film, we’re far more comfortable tearing down the conceived by a group of local students, is a old to build anew. But is all this new housdirect response to the pandemic. I don’t know ing for Ithaca’s one percent? Are all these if these kids are familiar with much pandemic high-rises actually affordable housing? Many fiction, but “The Inheritance” feels like their people interviewed in Stern’s film think not. take on Stephen King’s “The Stand.” A rural Stern’s video is well-structured and welladventure centered around the woods and shot from top to bottom. In my day job I’m a Ecovillage on West Hill, the film features a delivery driver and I immediately recognized world where all adults succumbed to COVID, the first shot, a residential house on Elm and the youngsters — Xena Rakovitch (actor, Street. The piece is divided into chapters and script supervisor) Kai Cerar (actor, songone of Stern’s stylistic flourishes has the Elm writer, musician) Zolan Stern (actor, director, Street house narrate its century of history, camera operator) Drew Thomas (actor) and played by Cortland Reperatory Theatre favorYasna Cerar (actor) — are left behind to keep ite Nancy Kane. We also see a lot of the West the species going and learn how to survive.

Hill neighborhood seen in “The Inheritance,” Adult supervisor Tom Stern acts as where Kane and Jack Carr play parents in a producer and director — most of the scenes flashback. are shot in and around the Coy Glen woods, For more information or to buy tickets, Six Mile Creek and Ecovillage. Stern and his visit https://cinemapolis.org/film/theyoung cast and crew have pulled off some inheritance-2/. ●●●

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he last thing that and imposing on an imtheatregoers promptu assistant. (I’ll want to see is a say no more.) theatrical disaster, unless The dusty red curof course, it’s part of the tain lifts to show us the plan — which is the case dead man, Charles, lying for the murder mystery in his mansion’s drawspoof, “The Play That ing room. (OK, so the Goes Wrong.” curtain comes up while Written in 2012 by he’s still moving about, three young Brits — but he gets another friends Henry Lewis, shot at it. And another.)

Henry Shields and Designer Czerton Lim Jonathan Sayer, the provides a traditional show won the Olwood-paneled grand ivier Award for manor, lit by Matthew best new comedy Webb; you’ll also come and is still running to appreciate the work in London’s West End. of Jacqueline Herter When it came to Broad(sound design) and way, a friend (admittedly, Mara Rich (properties), a comic playwright) recas the set basically falls ommended it passionateapart magnificently ly, so I went and found it entertaining, for the next few but more silly than substantive. hours.

I’m happy to report that Syracuse Everything Stage’s production, under artistic directhat can go tor Robert Hupp’s inspired direction, wrong in this comhas dimmed that memory, replacing it munity production does: doors with one of pure comic genius. It helps fail to open, elevators crash, that the stage here is more intimate mantels give way and sconces and the actors more familiar to us. But fall — even the entire upstairs study finally, it’s their expressive acting, incollapses, while its occupants try to keep credible energy and splendid timing that from tumbling. But these amateur actors bowl us over. gamely carry on, faking it when props fail or Plot: A local drama society is putting disappear. (My favorites: removing a body on its annual show, this time the creakily on a clothless stretcher or restraining an old-fashioned “The Murder at Haversham invisible guard dog).

Manor.” The less-than-professional cast is led The tight ensemble includes Charles

by Chris (Jason O’Connell), who both directs (Seth Andrew Bridges), his dolly-airhead and plays the inspector investigating the fiancé (Angie Janus), her lover/his brother murder. We are hooked irresistibly by Chris’s (John Tufts, also the gardener), her jealous pre-show curtain speech, complete with fake brother (Rishan Dhamija), the trusty butler British accent and knowing air undercut by who mispronounces words and drops lines his apologies. (No, Lin-Manuel Miranda isn’t (Blake Segal), and the two feisty stagehands in the audience, and this isn’t (Kate Hamill and Shabazz “Hamilton.”)

Green). All sport period Brit Seth Andrew Bridges, On opening night, his mystery garb (by Suzanne Kate Hamill, Rishan Good Friday joke was tasteChesney), with occasional Dhamija, Shabazz Green lessly hysterical. But even bewardrobe malfunctions. and Angie Janas in “The fore his welcome, we’ve been This over-the-top farce Play that Goes Wrong,” amused watching two overinvolves pratfalls, slapstick at Syracuse Stage. (Photo: worked stagehands wrestling Brenna Merritt) contin u ed on page 19 with a less-than-perfect set

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and every sight gag in the book ( not to mention subverting the old Agatha Christie formula ). You might think yourself above such nonsense, but you’re probably not : Along with the entire audience, I found myself laughing ‘til it hurt, roaring actually, and cheering whenever these earnest actors triumphed over an obstacle ( or opponent ).

Swept up in the comic schadenfreude, I did give a passing thought to whether the actors,

who displayed such amazing stamina amidst the mayhem, remained safely unbruised.

But then the next gag erupted and bore me onward. Such immersion in the moment is rare indeed (especially so in these fraught times): This production offers us a real gift.

“The Play That Goes Wrong,” by Henry Lewis, Henry Shields and Jonathan Sayer.

Directed by Robert Hupp. At Syracuse Stage through May 1. Tickets at syracusestage.org or call 315-443-3275.

Barbara Adams, a regional arts journalist, teaches writing at Ithaca College.

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“Trades are on the down, and there’s a big need for that,” he said. “There’s not a lot of competition, so that hurts the price point as well. A lot of… tradespeople are extremely busy all the time because they’re at a shortage, too.”

The invention of smartphone and watch technologies has contributed to the decrease in not only the interest in antique clocks, but also the overall necessity of them. As elegant as the designs may be for some of these clocks, the aesthetics may not be for everyone either.

“A lot of times an antique clock just doesn’t fit in your home,” Sopp said. “The styling, some of them are enormous and imposing. But sometimes it’s a good match.”

As someone who works on wrist and pocket watches, Sopp said he has seen the trend of those two devices swing upwards, primarily due to their fashionable appeal.

“Throwaway culture” could be another culprit, as it can be more expensive to have an item repaired compared to having it replaced.

However, the demand for high quality craftsmanship is still there, according to Sopp.

“People want things that are well made and serviceable, especially now we really would like to just buy things once, and

honestly the stuff is just better made in some aspects,” he said. “I think we’ll see more on the watch end, and certainly I think there’s going to be a shift in more growth of small business, so hopefully some of the craft will find some renewed energy and interest.”

Instead of seeing more shops pop up down the road — which, along with purchasing of the necessary equipment and materials to do the repairs and restorations, can be very pricey — Sopp said he could envision the profession become more of a “side hustle,” especially for households with multiple sources of income.

“A lot of shops in this field, many of them are out of a home or done part time because they can stand to lower their cost without the overhead of maintaining a storefront,” he said.

In general, there is hope for a resurgence in the industry among those currently in it.

Warren said the work itself will hopefully attract more people to the profession.

“It’ll come back around because it’s a challenge. It’s a mental and physical challenge” he said.

“It teaches you self-discipline. It teaches you to really pay attention, big time. And it’s the mastering of that that is really a satisfying thing, as well as being able to make stuff for people and have them really like it and enjoy it.”

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4/20 Wednesday Taksim Middle Eastern Music and Dance | 7 p.m. | Ithaca Bike Bar, 314 E State St Ste 100, Ithaca, NY 14850

4/21 Thursday Atwater After Hours: Singer-Songwriter Series with Mike Lucey | 5 p.m. | Atwater Vineyards, 5055 State Route 414 | Free

4/22 Friday Friday Night Music - Zydeco Trail Riders | 6 p.m. | Hopshire Farms and Brewery, 1771 Dryden Rd

4/23 Saturday Live Music feat. Shawn Halloran | | Treleaven Wines, 658 Lake Road Concerts/Recitals

4/20 Wednesday Midday Music for Organ: CU Music | 12:30 p.m. | Anabel Taylor Chapel, 548 College Ave | Free Piano Vocal Duos | 7 p.m. | Hockett Family Recital Hall, Gym Rd Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble at Ford Hall | 8:15 p.m.

4/21 Thursday

4/22 Friday BASE in Yo’ Face 2022 | 7 p.m. | State Theatre of Ithaca| BASE Productions, Cornell’s oldest co-ed dance crew, presents its annual spring showcase.

Organist James Kealey in Recital | 7 p.m. | St. Luke Lutheran Church, 109 Oak Avenue, Ithaca George Winston | 8 p.m. | Center for the Arts of Homer, 72 S Main St Cornell Concert Series: The Percussion Collective | 8 p.m. | Bailey Hall, 230 Garden Ave Jazz Repertory Ensemble at Ford Hall | 8:15 p.m.

Elective Recital: Naya Griles, soprano | 9 p.m. | Hockett Family Recital Hall

4/23 Saturday Senior Recital: Greg Savino, percussion at Ford Hall | 1 p.m.

Junior Recital: Emmie HooperMorgan, flute | 2 p.m. | Hockett Family Recital Hall, Gym Rd Senior Recital: Evan Hawkins Sacco, bass-baritone at Ford Hall | 3 p.m.

Graduate Recital: Timmy Yesudasan, tenor | 4 p.m. | Hockett Family Recital Hall, Gym Rd Senior Recital: Aspen C. Earls, composition | 7 p.m. | Hockett Family Recital Hall, Gym Rd CRT Presents Claude Bolling Jazz Experience | 7:30 p.m. | Cortland Repertory Theater, 24 Port Watson St John Jorgenson Bluegrass Band | 8 p.m. | Center for the Arts of Homer, 72 S Main St

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4/24 Sunday Graduate Recital: Claire Park, flute | 1 p.m. | Hockett Family Recital Hall, Gym Rd Junior Recital: Byron De Leon, baritone | 3 p.m. | Hockett Family Recital Hall, Gym Rd Trombone Troupe at Ford Hall | 4 p.m.

Ruby Throated Sparrow - The Music of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young | 4 p.m. | Center for the Arts of Homer, 72 S Main St Senior Recital: Michael Blum, piano at Ford Hall | 7 p.m.

Lindsey Buckingham | 8 p.m. | State Theatre of Ithaca, 107 West State St | $49.50 - $229.50 Junior Recital: Joel Spiridigliozzi, tuba | 8:15 p.m. | Hockett Family Recital Hall, Gym Rd

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4/28 Thursday Judy Collins in Concert | 8 p.m. | Center for the Arts of Homer, 72 S Main St

Stage The Monkey & the Pirate at Community School of Music and Arts | 4 p.m., 4/21 Thursday | Ithaca Community School of Music and Arts, 330 East State Street | A monkey, a pirate and some very valuable bananas! | $8.00 - $12.00 ComedyFLOPs 3rd Friday Improv Show To Support One World Market | 7 p.m., 4/22 Friday | Virtual, https://www.youtube.com/comedyflops | ComedyFLOPs’ 3rd Friday streaming Improv Shows in support of local area non-profit organizations.

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Art Double Vision | 12 p.m., 4/21 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 Pop In Studio Night | 4 p.m., 4/21 Thursday | Artist Alley at South Hill Business Campus, 950 Danby Road | Several artists studios and the gallery

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Museum of the Earth, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca | James Balog is an acclaimed photographer featured in The Human Element and Chasing Ice, who has become a global spokesman on the subject of climate change and human impact on the environment. Admission to this program is a pay-what-you-wish donation, and includes admission to the Museum. (Photo: Provided)

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Rachel Philipson photographs at The Gallery at South Hill | 5 p.m., 4/22 Friday | The Gallery at South Hill Exhibition of Rachel Philipson Photographs. Rachel Philipsons “Morning” is a one person exhibit of Black and white and color photographs focusing on a morning theme.

Guided Tour - Around the Block (Downtown Ithaca) | 5:30 p.m., 4/22 Friday | The History Center in Tompkins County, 110 North Tioga St | Join The History Center for a guided walking tour of the downtown city block as we share stories of people, businesses, and buildings from Ithaca’s past. This one hour tour will explore the city block which now houses the Tompkins Center for History & Culture. | $15.00 Meet the Artist: Erika Medina @ South Hill Cider | 6 p.m., 4/22 Friday | South Hill Cider, 550 Sandbank Road | Come by our tasting room and see the beautiful artwork adorning our walls for the month of April!

Psychic Geometry : New Paintings by Ellen Weider | 3 p.m., 4/23 Saturday | Corners Gallery, 903 Hanshaw Road | Psychic Geometry : New Paintings by Ellen Weider will be on view through May 28. Join us for the opening reception on Saturday, April 23, 3 - 5 pm.

Film Cinemapolis 120 E. Green St., Ithaca April 21-28, 2022. Contact Cinemapolis for showtimes. New films listed first. * NT LIve: The Book of Dust* | (4/21, 6:30pm & 4/23, 1:30pm only) Live theater on the big screen! Set twelve years before the epic His Dark Materials trilogy, this gripping adaptation revisits Philip Pullman’s fantastical world in which waters are rising and storms are brewing.| 180 mins NR The Human Element* | (4/21, 7:00pm only) For four decades, environmental photographer James Balog has traveled the world capturing the connections between humans and nature in vivid detail. Here he explores the intersection of humanity and the rest of nature, documenting the increasing rates of animal extinctions and catastrophic wildfires, floods, and storms.| 76 mins NR

The Northman* | From visionary director Robert Eggers comes The Northman, an action-filled epic that follows a young Viking prince on his quest to avenge his father’s murder.| 140 mins NR We’re All Going to the World’s Fair* | Late on a cold night somewhere in the U.S., teenage Casey sits alone in her attic bedroom, scrolling the internet under the glow-in-thedark stars and black-light posters that blanket the ceiling. She has finally decided to take the World’s Fair Challenge, an online role-playing horror game, and embrace the uncertainty it promises.| 86 mins NR The Inheritance*| (4/24, 5:00pm only) A Presentation of the Ithaca Kids Film Project. Screening as a double feature with Ithaca’s Brand of Sustainability in which a hundred-year-old home reflects on her destruction in the name of sustainability.| 105 mins NR Everything Everywhere All At Once | 140 mins R Paris, 13th District | 105 mins R Cornell Cinema All films are shown at Willard Straight Hall on Cornell campus.

Night of the Kings | 4/20 7:00pm| A young man is sent to La MACA, a notorious prison in the middle of the Ivorian forest ruled by its inmates.

With the red moon rising, he is designated by the Boss to tell a night-long story to the other prisoners or else lose his life.

Flee | 4/21 and 4/22 7:00PM | Amin arrived in Copenhagen as a teenage refugee from Afghanistan under the Taliban. Now, 20 years later, he relates his story to director Rasumussen as he struggles with secrets from his past on the brink of marrying his boyfriend, in a stunning animated documentary which won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance. The film was nominated for Best Animated Feature, Best International Feature and Best Documentary Feature Oscars.

West Side Story (2021) | 4/21 9:00PM; 4/24 7:00PM |Spielberg, working with book writer Tony Kushner, has fashioned something new that takes the best of the musical (especially its stage version with book

by Cornell alum Arthur Laurents ‘37) and finally gives authenticity to the Puerto Rican roles.

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Bailey Hall, Cornell campus| The Cornell Concert Series presents …The Percussion Collective reinvents the concert experience through uncommon performances that surprise and engage audiences at a profound emotional level. (Photo: Provided)

Virtual Teen Writing Workshop | 4:30 p.m., 4/26 Tuesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | Storytelling with Chirine El Ansary | 6 p.m., 4/26 Tuesday | Virtual | This program for all ages is held in conjunction with the Johnson Museum’s exhibition Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World 1950s-1980s. Visit TCPL.org for registration info for this Virtual event.

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South: Ernest Shackleton & the Endurance Expedition | 4/23 7:15pm| With the recent discovery of the wreck of Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance vessel on the Antarctic sea floor, CU Cinema is pleased to present a new digital restoration of the classic 1919 silent documentary, which tracks the English explorer’s Sisyphean attempt to cross Antarctica.

A Shape of Things to Come | 4/25 7:00pm| with filmmaker Lisa Malloy in-person.Aa borderlands Western that follows Sundog, an herbalisthunter-homesteader who lives off the land in the Sonoran Desert. As Border Patrol encroaches on his relative freedom, he becomes increasingly unnerved and ventures beyond the bounds of his survivalism.

Still LIfe | 4/27 7:00pm| In the ancient city of Fengjie, partly dissembled and filling with water as part of the Three Gorges Dam project on the Yangtze River, a miner searches for his long-lost wife and daughter and a nurse seeks her estranged husband.

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Special Events Cayuga Trails Club Hike at Various trails in the Ithaca region. | 10 a.m., 4/23 Saturday | 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.

ITHACON 45 | 10 a.m., 4/23 Saturday | Ithaca College, 953 Danby Road | ITHACON is the nation’s second longest running comic convention and 2022 marks its 45th edition of celebrating pop culture, fandom, and comics for enthusiasts of all ages. | $5.00 - $20.00

Sports Cornell Softball vs Ithaca College | 3:30 p.m., 4/20 Wednesday, Niemand-Robison Softball Field | Cornell Softball vs Ithaca: Cornell Baseball vs Binghamton University | 3:30 p.m., 4/20 Wednesday, Hoy Field | Ithaca Men’s Lacrosse vs No. 12 SUNY Cortland | 7 p.m., 4/20 Wednesday | Higgins Stadium | Cornell Women’s Tennis vs Princeton University | 2 p.m., 4/22 Friday, Reis Tennis Center |

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Ithaca Women’s Lacrosse vs No. 5 St. John Fisher College | 4 p.m., 4/22 Friday | Higgins Stadium | Cornell Baseball vs Dartmouth College | 11:30 a.m., 4/23 Saturday, Hoy Field | Cornell Men’s Lacrosse vs Brown University | 12 p.m., 4/23 Saturday, Schoellkopf Field | Ithaca Softball vs Skidmore College | 1 p.m., 4/23 Saturday | Kostrinsky Field | Ithaca Baseball vs University of Rochester | 1 p.m., 4/23 Saturday | Freeman Field | (Softball) Ithaca Baseball vs No. 37 University of Rochester | 12 p.m., 4/24 Sunday | Freeman Field | I Cornell Men’s Tennis vs University of Pennsylvania | 1 p.m., 4/24 Sunday, Reis Tennis Center | Niagara County Community College vs. Tompkins Cortland Community College | 1 p.m., 4/24 Sunday | (Softball) Cornell Equestrian vs Ivy Show | 4/24 Sunday, Oxley Equestrian Center | Cornell Softball vs Colgate University | 3 p.m., 4/26 Tuesday, Niemand-Robison Softball Field |

Books YA Book Club | 4:30 p.m., 4/20 Wednesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | Robo-Sexism: Gendering AI and Robots with Jennifer Robertson | 4:30 p.m., 4/22 Friday | Goldwin Smith Hall G64, 232 Feeny Way | Robo-Sexism: Gendering AI and Robots in Japan and the United States Jennifer Robertson, Professor Emerita, Anthropology and History of Art, University of Michigan Goldwin Smith Hall 64 | Free The Sea Forsaken by Cheran (11th Annual Tagore Lecture in Modern Indian Literature) | 4:30 p.m., 4/22 Friday | Kahin Center, 640 Stewart Avenue | Tamil-Canadian poet Cheran will be reading from his poetry about the sea and other water bodies in the 11th Annual Tagore Lecture in Modern Indian Literature.

Poetry Reading with Kathleen Kramer | 3 p.m., 4/23 Saturday | Newfield Public Library, 198 Main Street | Local author Kathleen Kramer reads selections from “Everything Matters,” her newest volume of poetry. Kramer has used her own photographs as sparks and seeds for the poems in this collection. | Free

The Monkey & the Pirate at Community School of Music and Arts | 4 p.m., 4/21 Thursday | Ithaca Community School of Music and Arts, 330 East State Street | A monkey, a pirate and some very valuable bananas! | $8.00 - $12.00 Groton Public Library Storytime at Groton Public Library | 6 p.m., 4/21 Thursday | Join the Library for a monthly storytime. This months theme is around The Winter Olympics.

IPEI Scavenger Hunt | 9 a.m., 4/23 Saturday | Downtown Ithaca, 171 East State Street | Scavenger Hunt Fundraiser to benefit IPEI’s grants for education. April 23 & 24, Downtown Ithaca- Family Friendly- Individual, family/pair, and pay what you can options. www.ipei.org | $25.00 - $40.00 Art-Full Family Day Shapes Alive! at Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art | 11 a.m., 4/23 Saturday | Johnson Museum of Art, 114 Central Avenue | The Johnson Museum and its collections are filled with shapes, from the geometry of our building to the rotund belly of a snarling jaguar jar to the striking forms in the exhibition Taking Shape: LGBTQ Youth Group | 4 p.m., 4/27 Wednesday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street |

Notices Marijuana Anonymous Meeting | 10 a.m., 4/21 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

Hula Hut Polynesian Dance | 7 p.m., 4/21 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., 4/22 Friday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street | To learn more and register, visit https:// www.tcpl.org/event/gentle-yoga.

Newfield Old Home Days SAM’S SPAGHETTI DINNER | 5 p.m., 4/22 Friday | Newfield Fire Hall, 77 Main Street | The BEST Spaghetti and Meatballs by Sam Kopf. Includes: Bread, Salad, Dessert. Takeouts available & bringing your container is welcomed!

All proceeds benefit the 2022 Old Home Days festival! | $8.00 - $12.00 Earth Day 2022: The Human Element: A Time Capsule from the Anthropocene with James Balog | 7 p.m., 4/22 Friday | Museum of the Earth, 1259 Trumansburg Road (Route 96) | Environmental photographer James Balog, best known for his groundbreaking efforts to document human modification of nature, including the impacts of climate change on global glacier melting, will give short presentation and participate in a panel discussion. | $0.00 - $20.00 Montour Falls United Methodist Church Bazaar and Craft Show | 9 a.m., 4/23 Saturday | Montour Falls Fire Department, 111 Lee Street | Multiple vendors; come and find that special gift that you have always wanted. Lunch available | Free Food Pantry | 12 p.m., 4/23 Saturday | GYM-Southside Community Center, 305 S Plain St | Ithaca Sunday Squares at Lansing Community Center | 7 p.m., 4/24 Sunday | Square Dancing is a lowimpact aerobic activity that stimulates both mind and body.

Mineral Mondays | 12 p.m., 4/25 Monday | CCE-Tompkins Education Center, 615 Willow Avenue | Learn about the macro and micro nutrients that keep us going in this class series on Mondays in April, and learn how to make some tasty food that is full of vitamins and minerals as well! | Free

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Campus Center and Williams Hall, Ithaca College | ITHACON began in 1976, and has been held every year since with the exception of 2020, when we had to cancel due to COVID. Over all those years, ITHACON has maintained a primary focus on comic books. If you want to experience a comic con as they were in the 1970’s, come to ITHACON! (Photo: Provided)

State Theatre of Ithaca, 107 W. State St. | It is always special when a legend comes to Ithaca. (Photo: Facebook)

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