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ayuga Health announced on Monday that it has launched a Coronavirus Tracking Tool on the Cayuga Health System website. The tool includes upto-date statistical data providing official numbers as they are released by the Cayuga Health Sampling Center in Ithaca.

CEO of Cayuga Health Systems Dr. Martin Stallone expressed his happiness at being able to show the data publically.

The tool will track COVID-19 tests taken at the CH Mass Sampling Center, active cases, hospitalizations, deaths, age and gender, along with Cayuga Health hospital capacity, supplies, and future planning as it pertains to COVID-19 and the greater surrounding communities. Officials will update the site periodically as significant changes occur in demographic numbers. It appears to be a larger, more comprehensive form of data delivery than what had been available through the daily coronavirus updates the Tompkins County Health Department had been sending out.

The Sampling Center will also include data from several surrounding counties. The Cayuga Health Coronavirus Tracking data can be found at https://cayugahealthsystem. org/coviddata/.

In a statement, Cayuga Health said that due to the flow of students returning to Cornell University, Ithaca College, and other colleges around the area, they have noticed an uptick, which was expected.

Stallone said that the Health Center has been able to keep up with testing demands with help from Rheonix Inc., known for its rapid testing innovation, plus Cayuga Health’s mass sampling center and its mobile testing unit.

Cayuga Health has conducted over 65,000 tests to date during the pandemic.

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Streatery on Ice

Streatery could install heat lamps to extend outdoor dining season

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he Aurora Streatery experiment could last longer than initially thought if several restaurants decide they’ll be able to successfully install heat lamps in their allotted outdoor areas to combat the changing weather.

So far, the Streatery has been a popular addition to downtown Ithaca, drawing plenty of diners to the newlyclosed block of North Aurora Street, where pedestrians can now walk in the asphalt street and restaurants can extend their eating areas to the curb in front of their storefronts. Other coronavirus-era restrictions are expected to be followed at the restaurants too, like masks for customers when they aren’t sitting and masks always worn by wait staffers.

Now, restaurants, hopeful to extend the outdoor seating season as the weather becomes chillier, have recently begun

examining whether or not they’d be able to install heat lamps at the Streatery. This would, theoretically, enable the restaurants to continue operating their outdoor dining experiences, which have been crucial to enlivening the downtown dining scene over the last few months. It was first introduced in June as a way to allow restaurants to serve customers for sit-down dining despite the ongoing coronavirus, which had closed or limited service at every restaurant in the city.

Similar plans for the 100 block of West State Street have never materialized, though they were under consideration.

The City of Ithaca has not publicly set an end date for the Streatery, at which time the block could be reopened for traffic again.

There are some hurdles to the plan, though, the largest being that state regulations are

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▶ BLM Mural - Community members are invited to come out and enjoy some public displays of art this Saturday at 11 a.m. when a Black Lives Matter mural will be painted onto West State

The Aurora Streatery’s season could be extended. (Photo by Casey Martin)

fairly strict regarding outdoor heat lamp installation. Ithaca Fire Department Chief Tom Parsons said he had been asked to provide some code information to businesses along Aurora Street, but that to his knowledge nobody has applied for any actual permits yet. The New York State Fire Code, provided by Parsons, does call for portable gas-powered heaters to not be within five feet of an entrance or exit to a building, as well as not within five feet of any awning or overhang. Those rules, among others, could make the plan infeasible for some businesses.

Monk’s on the Commons, the restaurant attached to the Marriott Hotel, has its own heat lamps already installed, but they are able to space them five feet apart from each other because of the amount of outside space they already occupy, and that its outdoor eating area is separate from the restaurant’s entrances.

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INQUIRING

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PHOTOGRAPHER

By C a se y Mar tin

WHAT BAND WOULD YOU CHOOSE TO WRITE THE SOUNDTRACK TO YOUR LIFE?

“Blink 182” -Mark Tom Travis.

IC Off-Campus

“Arctic Monkeys. They are OUR band!”

-Jason & Nelly S.

Ithaca College reverses decision, cancels in-person classes for Fall semester

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thaca College will hold all its classes online this semester, a significant reversal from its initial plans to bring students on-campus for classes starting Oct. 8.

The announcement came in a campus-wide email from IC President Shirley Collado on Tuesday morning. It's unclear whether the decision was made

by Collado and her administration or if the Board of Trustees had something to do with the change.

Collado said in her letter that she'd had "tremendous" hope that the school would be able to have students back during the Fall semester when it first closed down in March, but that the coronavirus' continued

presence in the country represented too great of a risk to the school's community.

"With this tremendous responsibility front of mind, I am announcing today that Ithaca College will be extending remote instruction for students through the fall semester. This means that we will not be welcoming all students back to campus this fall as we had hoped," Collado wrote. "This was an agonizing decision that I made in consultation with the members of my senior leadership team, informed by the best thinking of so many members of our college community and data around the evolution of this pandemic. Personally, this saddens me greatly, and I have sincerely missed seeing our campus activated with our students’ energy and their zest for learning and for life.

I also know how very much our students want to return to IC—we have heard your voices so clearly."

Collado further pleaded with students to remain vigilant and careful in the hopes that a Spring semester can still be held with students on campus, which she said is the plan.

"It is imperative for all of us to collectively act responsibly across the country while we are apart so that we can get to the other side of this pandemic crisis and be together again on a vibrant and healthy campus," she wrote. "I also want to state clearly that the continuation of

remote instruction applies to our fall semester only. We fully intend to invite all students back to campus for the spring semester, as long as circumstances around COVID shift to enable us to do so in a reasonably safe manner."

Ithaca College's announcement comes one day after Ithaca City School District announced that it would be voting on whether or not to postpone in-person classes for its K-12 students until the first week of October at least in order to upgrade building equipment. Cornell University is still scheduled to come back in a hybrid fashion, with move-in starting this week, and Tompkins Cortland Community College classes is slated to return to classes at the end of the month. Cornell's infection rate model has shown that bringing its students back to campus will lead to 1,200 new coronavirus cases, though they have argued that it is safer to have students on campus than it is to have students move back to Ithaca without coming to campus for monitoring or testing.

There are currently five active coronavirus cases in Tompkins County, though that number has declined precipitously from a few weeks ago when active cases had climbed to nearly 40.

to monitor what happens with Cornell University's plan to bring students back to campus for in-person classes to see if some tweaking could help ICSD's plans, plus to provide staff training and enhance HVAC systems in school buildings, which would theoretically help air-flow and lower the risk of infection.

ICSD's plan, initially, was to allow parents to choose one of two learning options for their child: all virtual learning or all in-person classes, with a myriad of coronavirus-related safety precautions put into place. (For a full analysis of the plan to Reopen ICSD that was submitted to the state at the end of July, check here) ICSD Superintendent Luvelle Brown has said before that he doesn't believe a hybrid format, such

as bringing some students into classrooms on some days while others would attend on other days and the two groups would rotate while also learning virtually.

Teacher and parental enthusiasm about being back in the classroom has been murky. The Ithaca Teachers Association, the main teachers union, conducted an internal survey that came back with far more teachers choosing to teach virtually as opposed to in-person. The results of the parents' questionnaire has not been released, but was due the week of Aug. 5.

Brown had previously said he did not believe the final decision numbers would cause the district's plans to change, but that appears to have changed at least to a certain extent.

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Changing Plans

ICSD Board of Education will vote on pushing back inperson learning to October “The Go-Go’s and ABBA” -Deanna W. & Ben C.

“Juice WRLD or Trippy Redd” -Sophie G. & Zoe F.

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he Ithaca City School District's Board of Education will vote at a special meeting Tuesday night on how to start the academic school year of its 5,000 plus students as the coronavirus pandemic continues nationwide.

The current proposal will be for school to start five days later than scheduled, on Sept. 14, and begin as onlineonly classes. In-person classes would then start on Oct. 5,

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with staff members coming in the week before for professional development time. According to the Ithaca ParentTeachers Association, the plan is expected to be approved by the board.

The voting meeting will take place at 6:15 p.m. via joinable Zoom call. The meeting was announced on Monday evening via the district's Facebook page.

According to a source, the reason given for the delay is

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Anchor Lifeline

City launches new recovery loan fund for "anchor storefronts"

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he City of Ithaca is expanding its efforts to help businesses survive the COVID-19 pandemic and accompanying economic downturn, announcing today a new recovery loan fund for "anchor storefronts" in the city, called the Ithaca Anchor Storefront Recovery Loan Fund.

The loans are aimed at businesses that the city considers anchors, "because of the unique service that they provide, because of their longevity, because they draw people to the area, or simply because of the large footprint or critical location," and which carry "particular importance to Ithaca's economic recovery and positive

Food Insecurity

Ithaca Children’s Garden aims to donate 1,000 pounds of fresh vegetables for food security in Tompkins County

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he Ithaca Children’s Garden has announced an ambitious new initiative that is trying to help families suffering from food insecurity during the coronavirus pandemic in Tompkins County.

So far ICG has donated 744 pounds of produce towards the goal of donating 1,000 pounds by the end of the season. The food production has been led

by ICG’s Garden Manager, Jean Gerow, with support from dedicated volunteers and ICG’s crew of 5 Teen Urban Farmers.

“Kids run through Ithaca Children’s Garden (ICG) with big smiles on their faces. One might pause as they spree through the Kitchen Garden, perhaps intrigued by the texture of a plant or in need of some quick nourishment to fuel their play,” garden officials

wrote in a press release. “Later in the day, ICG's 6,000 sq. foot vegetable garden is harvested by camp staff and campers to make an afternoon snack and the ICG Teen Urban Farmers harvest produce for their micro CSA program. The above scene is a normal summer day at Ithaca Children’s Garden. However, this summer is anything but normal for the Garden and for families across Tompkins County.”

The garden cites the burden that the COVID-19 outbreak has had on food insecurity in Tompkins County. Studies from Northwestern University show that food insecurity has tripled nationwide, and more locally, the Southern Tier has seen a 56 percent increase in local food pantry demand as of mid-June.

In April, ICG joined the

community identity."

"The fund will provide low-cost economic development loans of between $8,000 and $50,000 to key commercial storefront businesses in the City, including restaurants and retail businesses," an announcement from Ithaca's Deputy Director for Economic Development Tom Knipe. The hope is that the loan will help businesses safely and effectively re-open as the process continues.

The fund is a collaboration between the city's Office of Economic Development, the Downtown Ithaca Alliance, the Tompkins Chamber and the Small Business Development Center, as well as help from the Community Foundation which has been providing consultation to private individuals who wish to invest in the fund.

Loan recommendations will be made to Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services, who will service the loans.

Interested businesses can visit the INHS website to download the full program guidelines and application and access information about how to apply. www. ithacanhs.org/anchorstorefront Eligible businesses are invited to apply by Sept. 2, 2020 to be considered in an initial round of application review.

Solidarity Gardens Coalition of Tompkins County, a coalition of nonprofits, food banks, community gardens, and extension agencies whose goal is to strategize and maximize urban food gardens in Tompkins County to serve food insecure individuals and families.

In light of no longer needing to cultivate and harvest produce grown in the Garden for summer programs (canceled due to COVID-19), ICG worked with the Solidarity Gardens Coalition and the Tompkins County COVID-19 Food Task Force to determine how the Garden could most effectively increase the amount of fresh, healthy produce available to the community. From this collaboration came the decision to convert the Garden’s 22 vegetable beds into production to donate to Friendship Donations Network to provide food for West Village and Newfield residents, according to a press release.

“ICG’s efforts to complement the work of providing shelf-stable food by providing fresh produce is an essential component of the overall response of the Solidarity Gardens initiative, and the

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Food Task Force,” shared TC COVID-19 Food Task Force Coordinator, Holly Payne.

With the loss of over 40 percent of ICG’s annual revenue from the closure of educational programs, the Children’s Garden knew they were going to have to collaborate with community partners in order to make the donation goal a reality. Retired Cornell Plant Science professor Peter Hobbs, a member of the Garden’s Site Committee and a regular volunteer at the Garden, bought seedlings, seeds, and equipment for the Garden with a portion of his stimulus payment from the CARES Act. “This felt like a win-win decision since it supported ICG, the growers who sell seed, seedlings, inputs, and equipment but just as important helped ICG use the Kitchen Garden to help those in need,” Hobbs said.

The Community Foundation of Tompkins County and the United Way of Tompkins County T. Merrell Shipherd Fund also provided key grant funding to support the program.

UPS&DOWNS

Articles you may have missed - Here’s some of the stories we covered this week that couldn’t make the print edition. Check online for the full versions at ithaca.com.

Sheriff issues fraud warning after $20,000 theft- Tompkins County Sheriff Derek Osborne issued a warning Thursday evening, alerting local residents to a fraud that recently took place under the guise of legal action by his office. Osborne said that a resident had received a call from someone purporting to be from the sheriff’s office, and using the sheriff’s office’s phone number (likely the result of “ghosting,” Osborne said, which enables callers to mask their real phone number and use others).

Local police deactivate methamphetamine lab near Conway Park - Ithaca Police deactivated a “One Pot” methamphetamine lab on Friday afternoon following a conversation with a man who admitted to stealing two packages from nearby porches moments before. Police said that during a patrol at Second St. and Monroe St. they observed suspicious activity that led them to question a person of interest near Conway Park.

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By Ba r ba r a R e ge n spa n y family rents a downstairs apartment on a downtown Ithaca street with lots of foot traffic and many friendly neighbors exercising their dogs and themselves, and walking to work. We have screens in the windows and no air conditioning. I literally hear “the word on the street” all the time during these hot August days: - “I don’t feel safe sending my children back to school and if I were a teacher or a bus driver, I’d be terrified.”

- “You know my sister is an aide and she is feeling so worried about the kids’ ability to socially distance. She loves them and misses them, but she can’t believe there is no testing.”

- “All I read about is the Cornell kids and faculty getting tested once or twice a week.”

- “You know those students will do whatever they want. I know I did at that age! And as soon as the infection rate climbs, my nephew, who is just learning to read, will get sent home. Both of the parents work. What are they going to do?”

- “You’d think we could figure out a

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way to make our college students useful during these wild times.”

In this time of heightened awareness of the literal deadliness of racism and wealth inequality, especially as either or both target local families, I am troubled at the lack of open public dialogue about the private conversations taking place outside my window. Yet I am also not intending to focus here on the limited issue of school reopenings.

Rather, I want to ask about the broader context of the reality that Cornell and most colleges and universities in the country publish eloquent statements about the institutions’ commitment to address the profound social inequalities that led to the murder of George Floyd, yet fail to address the reality being considered on the pavement outside my apartment: that a (brown) child in town just learning to read is likely to get “sent home” when thousands of mostly very privileged students from across the country—even the globe—return to town,

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onald Trump, whose own dream of becoming a letter carrier was thwarted by a diagnosis of bone spurs in 1968, is eviscerating the United States Postal Service before our very eyes, and the consequences will ripple out long after the election. It’s hard to imagine in August, but it’s entirely possible we’ll still have Christmas this year, and a crippled Post Office could be a real pain in the Captain’s Quarters. Let’s take a look at a page or two from the screenplay for a Christmas movie currently in production...

The scene is the New York State Supreme Courtroom of JUDGE HENRY X. HARPER. Attorney FRED GAILEY is representing his client KRIS KRINGLE in a hearing to determine KRINGLE’s sanity.

KRINGLE believes himself to be Santa Claus. The state is represented by Assistant District Attorney THOMAS MARA. It’s Christmas Eve, 2020.

JUDGE HARPER: Mr. Gailey ... have you anything further to offer?

GAILEY: Yes, I have, Your Honor.

I’d like to submit the following facts in evidence. It concerns the Post Office Department ... an official agency of the United States government. [reading from a laptop] “The Post Office Department was created by the Second Continental Congress in 1775. The first postmaster was Benjamin Franklin. Last year, the Post Office had 469,934 career employees and 136,174 non-career employees. The Postal Service is legally obligated to serve all Americans, regardless of geography, at uniform price and quality...

JUDGE HARPER: We’re all gratified to know the Post Office is doing nicely, but it hardly has any bearing on this case.

GAILEY: It has a great deal, Your Honor, if I may be allowed to proceed.

JUDGE HARPER: By all means, Mr. Gailey.

GAILEY: Your Honor, the figures I have just quoted indicate an efficiently run organization. United States postal laws and regulations make it a criminal offense to willfully misdirect mail or intentionally deliver it to the wrong party.

Consequently, the department uses every

possible precaution...

MARA: [standing] The State of New York admires the Post Office. It is efficient and authoritative. We’re happy to concede Mr. Gailey’s claim.

GAILEY: For the record?

MARA: For the record. Anything to get this case going.

GAILEY: Then I want to introduce this. I have a letter addressed simply “Santa Claus.” No other address whatsoever. Yet this letter was just now delivered to Mr. Kringle by a bona fide employee of the Post Office. I offer it as positive proof that...

MARA: Um, one letter is hardly positive proof. I understand the Post Office receives thousands of these.

GAILEY: I have further exhibits, but I hesitate to produce them.

MARA: We’ll be very happy to see them.

JUDGE HARPER: Yes, indeed. Produce them, Mr. Gailey. Put them here on my desk.

GAILEY: But, Your Honor...

JUDGE HARPER: Put them here. On the desk.

GAILEY: Yes, Your Honor. [GAILEY turns expectantly toward the courtroom doors ... but nothing happens. The Post Office, stripped of letter-sorting technology, its staff cut by 60 percent, underfunded and overworked, couldn’t spare the time and resources to deliver bags of letters to the courtroom. The only sound is a lonely courtroom cricket, as a long minute passes.]

JUDGE HARPER: Very well. In the absence of any further proof, I am left with no choice but to declare Mr. Kringle legally incompetent and remand him to the psychiatric ward at Bellevue Hospital until such time as he no longer poses a threat to himself or others. [Pandemonium ensues in the courtroom, as KRINGLE is led by deputies through a side door to the holding cell.

We dissolve to the North Pole, where an increasingly worried Mrs. Claus is checking a wall clock and pacing back and forth in front of an overloaded sleigh...]

democratically negotiated public good?

And how will Cornell defend its reason Contin u ed From Page 6 for being when only the one percent can afford to send their children to college threatening the health of all essential and the endowment is gradually drained workers, including teachers and school by the cost of securing any elite institubus drivers, and making it very likely that many children—black, brown, white, tion at a time of general social misery?

I need to make it clear that I personally working class and middle class—will get love teaching young adults, and my life sent home before they master reading— has been enhanced by the public offerings before they master “taking turns”—before Cornell makes available to those of us they master kickball. And what exactly with enough security of resources to enjoy are their working parents supposed to do? them. But as is the case with most other Where is the consideration of the colleges and universities, the increasreality that the Cornell community is ing focus on the corporate institution’s supported by a broad Tompkins County survival as currently constituted requires community of essential workers whose sacrifice of the very social imagination families experience the absence or a new whose inspiration is the reason for being current loss of the security necessary to of higher education. raise children—the next generation of Imagine students being involved in college students? calculations and projections about the Why are we not publicly entertaining effects of guaranteed income, affordquestions about the repeated assertion able housing, universal healthcare, and

by Cornell administrators of the “need generous parental leave policies on the for a continuation of the prudent fiscal local community’s capacity to nurture its children, with those social policies actualized under the direction of the historians, philosophers, statisticians, economists, psychologists, sociologists, linguists, environmental biologists and creative writers who are, in fact, the faculty. Imagine students designing and building small energy self-sufficient housing for formerly incarcerated members of the community who require housing security to reinvent their lives, and/or for the immigrants responsible for harvesting our supply of fresh food (currently living in terror of the ICE raids that student-faculty collaboration with local activists could end.)

My intention here is not to delve into the specifics of Colgate Professor Barbara Regenspan (Photo by Nick Reynolds) reinventing higher education, but rather, to voice a call for ending the very privileged and management of the endowment” at a time dangerous denial about the non-sustainwhen the city of Ithaca is virtually bankability of the current system of higher rupt and all of the typically impressive education dissociated from the needs of local summer programming for children the overwhelming majority of us, includwas slated to be canceled. (Private donations have since saved the Alex Haley pool ing our children. Cornell has an opportunity to create a model for the rest of the at GIAC.) country—even for the globe—by immediRelated, why are we not considering ately committing a healthy percentage of the relationship between a potential generation of attention-deprived and haphaz- its multi-billion dollar endowment to the flourishing of all of the human beings— ardly educated children, and the viability including the very youngest ones—who of institutions of higher education, like populate the broader community that Cornell? sustains it. Holding Cornell accountable What good will an eight billion dollar in this way would be the most potent plus endowment represent when school expression of our appreciation for its districts are bankrupt and the country magnificent potential. explodes in predictable social chaos of families who cannot pay their rent or Barbara Regenspan taught “Challenges of mortgage and take care of their children Modernity” in Cornell’s summer session for at the same time? How much more likely the past years, is Emerita Professor of are erratically educated and stimulationEducational Studies at Coldeprived children to grow up to worgate University, and author of ship fascists like those who currently Haunting and the Educational sow hatred and dash faith in any kind of Imagination, (Sense, 2014) GUEST OPINION

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A Poem on Masks Dear fellow Ithacans: My way of writing a protest is often in the form of a poem. I believe strongly that the use of masks must be enforced on The Commons.

In the Heart of My Own City a magician tells me Don’t wear a mask: only sick people do it and they breathe back the virus that’s killing all fools. Jagged I pull out my traveling deck, touch The Hanged Man with checkers and wings.

Sun so strong it colors the wind makes my voice answer again: My face calls all children to know we connect in fear and sorrow, love believing lips’ protection is what we all need to find tomorrow.

Katharyn Howd Machan, Tompkins County’s first poet laureate

A Chance for Change “A crisis is both a danger and an opportunity.” ~Grace Lee Boggs, quoting her father As our community decides how we will live with the coronavirus over the coming year, we would like to encourage the Ithaca City School District to see the current crisis as an opportunity to rethink high school. We understand the District’s reasons for offering a five-day-per-week option for schooling younger children, but we question whether high-schoolers need to be in the school building for six hours per day, five days per week, with their time fragmented by class schedules. We believe that this crisis offers us a chance to reconsider school structures and learning activities and to experiment with new ideas that might carry over in the long term.

In the “Reopen ICSD” presentations this summer, ICSD administrators talked about project-based and hands-on learning. A hybrid model for instruction, with in-person school only meeting two or three days per week, could move us beyond simply paying lip service to these ideas to a school day structure that actually supports them. If school met only two or three days per week, with minimal mandatory group screen time on the other days, students could learn to pace themselves and organize their own time. They could take on larger projects and break them down into manageable pieces, set weekly goals, and check in with a teacher, coach, or mentor for accountability, guidance, and resources. In-class time would be a valuable resource to be used for activities that require conversation and collaboration. On “off” days, Au gu s t

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IHS could offer enrichment opportunities and extra support for smaller groups of students. Students could have extended time in art studios, shops, or music rehearsals. The school could offer workspaces with internet access and the cafeteria could provide meals. Small groups could meet with teachers for content support or special education services.

Each of these options could happen while minimizing all students' exposure to unnecessarily large groups of people. As our community inches back to normalcy, a less restrictive school week would allow time for students to take on internships or apprenticeships during the work day, thereby engaging in authentic hands-on learning.

Our current five-day school week structure, even with IHS’s new block schedule, is inefficient, antiquated, and insufficient to prepare students for what will be expected of them wherever they go after high school. In a hybrid model, teachers could coach students to develop the autonomy and self-regulation that will be required of them in a modern workplace or in college.

We still have much to learn about how the covid-19 virus behaves, but what we do know is that proximity, length of exposure, and ventilation all are important factors in controlling its spread. Fewer hours in the IHS school buildings this year would keep students, teachers, their families, and our community safer from a potential virus outbreak, and also offer an opportunity to re-think what high school in the 21st century could be. We urge the district leadership and the IHS administration to reconsider the in-person option for this fall and offer a safer, more moderate option.

Christina Mead, Tonya Bittner, Lazarra Leonard, Mary and David Beer

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ollegetown is beginning to make its natural, yearly evolution from summer-time ghost-town to bustling economic center, taking place each year around early August when Cornell University students lug handfuls of suitcases, bags and more up flights of stairs to their often cramped apartments.

Inevitably, though, this year is different.

Normally the students are seen as a necessary nuisance for locals—the life-blood of the local economy and a significant boon after months of quiet, but coming with some ancillary issues like a Solo cup in the front yard or loud music late at night—but the stakes are incalculably higher this year as the coronavirus pandemic continues and Cornell plans its first in-person classes since closing its campus in mid-March.

That’s obvious by the new rules the school installed for move-in weekend, which dictate that students should be tested before they get to their rooms, luggage and movein assistance should be limited and those coming from one of the 35 states on New York’s travel advisory list must quarantine for 14 days upon arrival (quarantine housing is no longer guaranteed by Cornell, a recent decision that also ruffled plenty of feathers around the area).

Cornell’s plan and its insistence on moving forward with it have come under intense scrutiny over the last several weeks.

Though the plan was met, mostly, with initial praise and optimism, a recent spate in positive cases during July in Tompkins County as well as waves in states elsewhere in the country have made community members increasingly apprehensive about the plan to bring students back.

Indeed, by the time this article is published things could have changed, as the situation remains very fluid among prominent Tompkins County education entities: Ithaca College and Ithaca City School District have both reconsidered on their plans for in-person learning in the past 24 hours.

IC announced that it would be canceling all in-person classes and “not welcoming all students back to campus this fall as we’d hoped,” wrote IC president Shirley Collado in an email to staff. Meanwhile, the Ithaca City School District Board of Education is expected to vote this week to push back the start of in-person classes to October, meaning students would start the year by learning remotely online. Staff will come to school buildings the week prior to in-person classes starting for professional development and training, and sources have said the district also wants to monitor how Cor-

conjunction with the Tompkins County Health Department, Cayuga Health System and the New York State Department of Health. “We are planning to publicly share (via our COVID website) a dashboard with key data. While the specific data to be contained in the public dashboard have not yet been finalized, it will almost certainly contain the overall results of our surveillance testing (number of tests performed, number of positive tests sent for diagnostic testing to Cayuga Health System), as well as a simple metric to indicate alert levels (we are considering a color coded alert scheme) that would summarize the comprehensive data that we will be tracking on a daily basis.”

All three higher education institutions will be holding a town hall-style meeting Tuesday night to field concerns from the community and more questions are sure to come up during that event (see Ithaca.com for a full story once the town hall is completed).

Late summer has also seen several petitions emerge, circulating online among Ithacans and others around Tompkins County, calling on Cornell to reverse its decision to hold in-person classes and to, one way or another, send students home -Resident Assistant on Cornell’s Campus in the interest of protecting the surrounding community. It’s a somewhat sent to her office from constituents about unfamiliar tone for locals to strike, as the the school’s plan. One of those questions lucrative benefits the students bring noris the threshold at which Cornell Univer- mally far outweighs the grumbling that sity would adjust its plan and either send residents do over their behavior. One turnstudents home, change to online classes, or ing point has seemed to be the announcesome smaller tweak to protocol. Presum- ment of Cornell’s decision that it could not ably, this would be higher than the 1,200 guarantee quarantine housing for students positive cases that the school has already anymore—that provoked a strongly-wordsaid it expects over the semester among ed letter from the Tompkins County Legthe Cornell community—which they have islature, which didn’t specifically mention steadfastly argued is safer than the alterna- Cornell but didn’t necessarily have to in ortive of students arriving back in Ithaca but der to make its point.

“As representatives of our entire Counnot having regularly scheduled monitoring ty, we expect that all community partners on campus or surveillance testing.

“We will be monitoring testing results will be transparent as their plans evolve, daily to help us to determine whether and and that those plans continue to mark the when to escalate or de-escalate our plan- health and safety of all community memning protocols,” the school wrote back, bers as their number one priority,” the letsaying any decision would be made in ter stated. “Every institution has an oblinell’s reopening process goes and improve its HVAC system before bringing teachers, staff and students all into the classrooms.

Upon hearing of Ithaca College’s decision mid-day Tuesday, Cornell University released the following statement from spokesperson John Carberry: “We respect the decision made by Ithaca College. Every college and university’s situation is different and they need to be able to make their own fact-based assessments. We remain committed to our science-based approach to a hybrid semester, with its aggressive surveillance testing protocol, as the best way to promote the health and safety of our faculty, staff and students and the greater Ithaca community.”

New York State Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton has been in a back-and-forth discussion with Cornell, trying to get clarity on several questions that she said are being

“Cornell communicated their stance on why they think it’s safer to bring students back, reiterating the fact that with their rigorous testing program, they will be able to control infections,”

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gation to build and maintain trust in their community, and members of the public have the right to know that they are not being put in harm’s way.”

Tompkins County residents aren’t the only ones feeling some hesitation to the students coming back. Even some Cornellians have been vocal about their fears. One person, who wanted to remain anonymous, works as an RA on campus and moved in during the past week. They said that although they were excited to come back to school, they acknowledged that so far the situation on campus has felt “pretty unsafe.”

“Cornell communicated their stance on why they think it’s safer to bring students back, reiterating the fact that with their rigorous testing program, they will be able to control infections,” the student said. “They seem to know what they’re talking about and seem confident that it will work out.

However, since I’ve moved in and started RA training, I want to go back home.”

Since arriving, the student said they have become scared the school isn’t prepared for the influx of students that will be moving to campus over the next several weeks, and that they feel the school has been fairly vague about how they plan to safely conduct classes and life on campus.

Even with a wealth of information released, the student said they don’t feel the school has been transparent enough. The experience has convinced them that Cornell should “100 percent” cancel the reopening strategy and keep students off-campus, even as the move-in process is in full swing.

“Students will break the rules,” they said.

“As residential staff, we are worried about our own safety and we have not been given information on a lot of things so we feel kind of in the dark. [...] If I were not an RA, I would’ve canceled my housing contract and urged all of my friends to do the same. If anyone is unsure about coming back, take my advice and spend this semester at home.”

They are not the only one, either. The Cornell Graduate Student Union has been very vocal over the last several months about their opposition to the reopening plans and their requests for more transparency from the school. All that being said, Cornell continues to press ahead with its plan, at least for now.

“We must expect the national landscape around the virus to continue to change,” the school wrote in its answers to Lifton.

“We will remain vigilant, and it is likely that our approach will also continue to evolve as the situation warrants.”

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y thanks to Cornell Athletics for letting me pretty much copy and paste the first part of this column. I will share a snapshot of the Cornell Athletics Hall of Fame’s first ten 2020 inductees (including my friend, the late Jim Case, who passed in March and who was featured in a column soon thereafter) and go into greater detail on the last three, given they are a “package deal,” if you will…

Lauren Benson (women’s basketball, class of 2010) was a three-time All-Ivy selection, having been named honorable mention as a sophomore and second team as both a junior and senior. She graduated as the school’s all-time leader in career assists (515), games played (109), minutes played (3,544) and games started (97).

Jim Case served more than three decades as associate athletic trainer for the Big Red and was part of the fabric of the football and men’s lacrosse programs in particular. He stood tall for the department during some of its most challenging times.

Sean Greenhalgh (men’s ice hockey, 2010) earned All-American honors twice

during his career, taking home a thirdteam selection as a senior after an honorable mention nod as a sophomore.

Colin Greening was the 2010 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award winner. A secondteam Academic All-American as a junior, he garnered the ECAC Hockey StudentAthlete of the Year award in 2010.

Alyson Intihar (softball, 2010), a twotime Ivy League Player of the Year, helped the Big Red to a pair of Ivy League titles and NCAA tournament appearances. The three-time first-team All-Ivy and NFCA all-region selection established 12 singleseason and career records while starting all 205 career games for the Big Red. Elise Menaker (softball, 2010) was a three-time first-team All-Ivy pick who graduated with the school’s career record for doubles (53) and ranked in the top five all-time in home runs (second, 37), slugging percentage (second, .643), RBI (second, 188), runs scored (third, 156) and batting average (fourth, .363).

A four-time All-Ivy League selection, Megan Mushovic (volleyball, 2010) graduated with the Ivy League record for career digs (2,040). She earned first-team All-Ivy

honors as a sophomore and junior and second-team accolades as a freshman and senior.

Troy Nickerson (wrestling, 2010) was an NCAA champion as a junior, a twotime NCAA finalist and four-year AllAmerican while wrestling at 125 pounds.

The three-time EIWA champion received the prestigious Fletcher Award in 2010 as the senior who contributes the most team points at the EIWA tournament throughout his career. With a 97-8 career record, Nickerson ranked sixth all-time in winning percentage at Cornell in a career (.924).

Tracy Quinn (softball, 2000) was a three-time All-Ivy and NFCA All-Region selection for the Big Red, capturing second team accolades as a sophomore outfielder.

Bryan Walters (football, 2010) graduated with Ivy League records for career punt (972) and kick return (2,790) yards, and finished second on the conference’s all-purpose yardage list (5,795 yards).

During his 8 year NFL career, he appeared in two Super Bowls with his hometown Seattle Seahawks, becoming the third Big Red football player to earn a championship ring in 2014.

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and Wisconsin to get to the NCAA’s Sweet Sixteen (the first time an Ivy team had done so since 1979). Dale and Wittman were prized recruits (Wittman’s father, Randy, was an NCAA champ at Indiana and an NBA player and coach) but Foote came out of nowhere (actually, SpencerVan Etten) to become a player that Kansas coach Bill Self called, “A big man that can play with anyone in the country.” Foote was a hard-working but still-growing gangly kid in high school, and his transformation into a dominant Division 1 center was as delightful as it was unlikely. He went on to play several seasons of pro basketball in Europe, and actually took the floor for several NBA games as a member of the New Orleans Hornets.

The Big Red packed the gym for the three seasons they dominated the league, and they attained rock star status on campus and throughout the region. Dale’s incredible quickness got him open to find teammates or make buckets, Wittman’s sweet and deadly jumpers were drained from everywhere on the court, and Foote owned the middle on both sides of the ball. He was the conference’s Defensive Player of the Year, and he threw down dunks that shook the rim and brought raucous cheers that lasted as long as the rim was shaking (usually about 45 seconds).

Given the pandemic, the actual date of the induction ceremony has yet to be determined.

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It's a testament both to the vitality of our city and the one thing that has been constant through over 200 years of history: change.

Mixed in with the new hotels, banks, and apartment buildings are numerous reminders of the Ithaca of the past.

It's easy to think that significant settlement of what is now downtown Ithaca didn't happen until the first decade of the 19th century, but of course there were people living here for centuries before that. At the time of the American Revolution, the Cayuga people lived in this region of the Finger Lakes, part of the Haudenosaunee, or Iroquois, Confederacy. The Cayuga presence in the 18th century in our area would have consisted mostly of temporary fishing and hunting encampments, and a network of trails. Archaeology suggests that more substantial, although still relatively small, villages may also have existed on the flats of Ithaca and on East Hill in the 1700s.

A 1790 map shows that most of what is now downtown Ithaca was swamp. Fifteen years later, Ithaca was a village of 17 families, and an 1807 map drawn by Simeon DeWitt (often referred to as the 'founder of Ithaca') lays out the grid of downtown streets that still exists today. Yet, to impose that grid of streets on the landscape required the obliteration of natural and cultural features. There isn't a lot of documentation of what those features were, in part because of the cavalier attitude of settlers toward indigenous people. Virtually none of the

Traders, on Cayuga. (Norris, Courtesy of the Center for History and Culture) removal of native artifacts and burial sites was recorded or documented in any way, making it difficult to know where, or to what extent, such sites existed.

Once American settlement did occur, Ithaca’s reputation 200 years ago was considerably different than it is today. A village of a few hundred, it was known for brawling, intemperate alcohol consumption, rowdiness, licentiousness and myriad other forms of

“wickedness.” It had earned a nickname to reflect its notoriety… “Sodom.”

As the population of Ithaca grew to over 800 in 1820 (it would be 3,000 by 1830), the grid of village streets began to expand. There was considerable earth-moving, grading and filling of the land, but an area that was once a wetland has a tendency to revert to its original state, and since those streets remained unpaved through most of the 19th century, they were prone to mud and frequent flooding.

Sporadic paving began in the 1870s, when State Street was paved with bricks from Aurora Street to Tioga Street, and parts of some roads were planked, but paving didn’t begin in earnest until the 1890s. Even as recently as 1920, more than half the city’s streets remained unpaved.

Though it was still something of a raw village 200 years ago, the area where the Commons is now was the natural location for the commercial hub of the village. It was the crossroads of the Catskill Turnpike (basically Route 79 and State/MLK Jr. Street) and the Owego Turnpike (basically Aurora Street and Route 96 south of Ithaca). And Aurora Street between Seneca and State/MLK Streets, currently blocked off for pedestrian traffic and outdoor dining, has long been a center of entertainment, hospitality and business. Probably the first pub worthy of the name was built on the southeast corner of Aurora and Seneca Streets in 1805 by Luther Gere.

A few of the very early buildings are still with us. The Barr Building at 211 E. Seneca Street dates from 1815. The Bank of Newburgh Building, now at 106 E. Court Street dates from 1820, as does the Beebe-Halsey House at 308 N. Cayuga Street, and there are a number of other less imposing houses from that time period downtown.

Even as late as the 1860s, parts of downtown Ithaca were still mottled with swamps, and settlement was largely confined to the area between Six Mile Creek, Farm Street, the Inlet and East Hill. More than a few midcentury houses survive, and the 1870 Ithacan, transported to 2020, would recognize not only the layout of the streets but many of the houses

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Throughout the 19th century, of course, horses were ubiquitous. Ithaca, with a midcentury human population of around 6000 people, was home to at least 1,000 horses. In the 1870 Ithaca directory, 36 citizens identified themselves as blacksmiths. There were also dozens more who were curriers, carriage and wagon-makers, teamsters, harness-makers, and those in the hack and livery businesses. Hitching posts lined downtown streets. Galloping in the downtown district could land you a $10 fine.

Fires were a constant threat in the 1800s, and that was in no way unique to Ithaca. The combination of wooden structures, fireplaces, stoves and kerosene or whale oil lamps was a recipe for trouble, and firefighting was a science that took some time to develop. A major downtown fire in 1840 that destroyed 14 buildings on Tioga, Owego (now State/MLK) and Aurora Streets was fought in large part by a bucket brigade of citizens stretching over to Six Mile Creek. Another major downtown fire occurred in 1871, destroying 11 buildings in the village's commercial center. Many of the buildings constructed to replace structures destroyed by that fire are still with us today.

By the late 19th century, Ithaca was becoming modern at an accelerating pace. Built in 1887, the trolley system was the third of its kind in the state, and 13th in the country. The initial line ran the length of what is now the Commons, connecting the Lehigh Valley Railroad station across town with the Ithaca Hotel on the corner of State/MLK and Aurora Streets. The system was extended in two directions: north on Tioga Street and then west on Lincoln Street to the steamboat landing in 1892, and up East Hill to the Cornell campus in 1893. Now, all that’s left are the track marks etched in the paving stones on the Commons, roughly on the place the tracks used to meet.

Fast forward a little to 1920. Ithaca was an established city, with the amenities of urban life. In a time before home radios, theaters were a booming business and Ithaca had its share

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downtown. The 800-seat Lyceum at 113 South Cayuga hosted mostly stage productions a hundred years ago, as did the 1,600-seat Strand, at 312 East State Street. The 1,300-seat Crescent Theater opened in 1916 and was a movie house.

The building still stands at 217 North Aurora Street, and is the city’s oldest surviving movie palace structure. Around the corner at 118 East Seneca Street was another movie house—the 1,200-seat Star Theater.

There were also telephones, electric street lighting, two railroad lines, a hospital, an airport, a sewer system, a department store, stores selling record players, and, of course, automobiles. There were paid firefighters and water was a public utility. A hundred years ago, Ithaca had a population half the size of what it is in 2020, and though Cornell had become the city’s major employer, there were many other businesses and industries. There were two daily newspapers (plus the Cornell Daily Sun).

The city had just enjoyed a brief period of glamour in the teens, when the Wharton Brothers Movie Studio leased a portion of Renwick (now Stewart) Park and made Ithaca one of the movie-making centers of the country.

Characters like Eddie Vogt, Fatty Arbuckle, a young Oliver Hardy, as well as big stars like Pearl White, Irene Castle, Harry Houdini, and Lionel Barrymore passed through town.

The streetcar network was still thriving and daily train service remained the most important connection to the rest of the country, but by then there were over 300 drivers licenses issued in Ithaca, and eight auto dealers had opened for business. Auto repair shops were sprouting up. The age of the automobile loomed, though they still competed with horse-drawn vehicles, streetcars and bicycles. The first traffic lights weren’t installed until the late 1920s, and the busier intersections downtown had to be manned by a live patrolman using handoperated traffic signs.

The Roaring Twenties is often thought of as a time of dissipation, jazz, fads and bathtub gin. Indeed, there were speakeasies and flappers in Ithaca. The Lyceum and Strand theaters

were venues for stage plays and vaudeville, and Basil Rathbone, Orson Welles, and Katharine Hepburn all performed there, and travelling jazz bands found ready audiences of Cornell students. In a college town like Ithaca, there was no shortage of Jazz Age revelry and excitement, but this image wouldn't paint the whole picture.

This was also a time in which the KKK revived nationwide, and Ithaca was not exempt.

October, 1925 saw a parade of some 500 hooded Klan members march through city streets in a spectacle “witnessed from the curb by thousands.” An evening rally was held at Circus Flats (where Ithaca Shopping Plaza now is) which “concluded with the burning of a large cross,” according to the Ithaca Journal.

Ithaca had already technically gone dry by local vote in October, 1918, two years before Prohibition, which is not to say the consumption of intoxicating spirits ceased within city limits.

It just went underground. There were raids throughout the 1920s at locations as varied as the Eagles Club (then where Bank Alley on the Commons is), the Lehigh Valley House and numerous West End locations near the train stations. The Ithaca City Police blotters in 1927 reported an average of 6 arrests for various forms of public intoxication (“drunk & disorderly,” “intoxicated,” and “plain drunk”) per week.

By 1930, the city had a population of 20,708, of which 640 people (3.2 percent) identified as black. (Ithaca today, with a population of 30,000, is approximately 6.5 percent African American.) Clues point to a cohesiveness in the African American community at the time. The NAACP chartered an Ithaca branch in 1921, and in 1923 The Monitor, a local newspaper “devoted to the interests of Colored People,” published three issues.

For the better part of a century, the downtown district was thriving, with theaters, department stores, all manner of businesses, along with civic structures and some of the finest private homes. But noticeable decline began in the 1950s as suburbanization and the ubiquity of automobiles took people away from the urban center.

And so, the 1960s ushered in a period of urban renewal, and Ithaca, like most Northeastern cities, got busy removing buildings deemed outmoded and rundown. Some iconic Ithaca buildings fell victim to the wrecking ball. The Cornell Public Library, donated by Ezra Cornell in 1866, on the corner of Tioga and Seneca Streets, was torn down in 1959 to create a parking lot for the First National Bank.

The old City Hall, at the same intersection, built in 1844, was demolished to make room for the Seneca Street parking garage. The Ithaca Hotel, dating from 1871, was razed, and gas stations and sandwich shops started replacing some Victorian homes near downtown. Ithaca community members were galvanized to create Historic Ithaca in 1966 to slow the pace of urban renewal, but the changes already made were not necessarily kind to downtown Ithaca.

It wasn't all bad, though. In 1967, the Urban Renewal Agency succeeded in attracting the Woolworth’s Department Store, which occupied the location now the site of the Tompkins County Public Library. They were also instrumental in pushing forward the development of the Ithaca Commons, which was opened in 1975.

This four-block, pedestrian-only section of downtown, home to dozens of stores and restaurants, is the feature of Ithaca's downtown for which it is best known. Some of the city’s most popular annual events, concerts and festivals are held on the Commons. While it has known its struggles through the past 45 years, the recent construction of adjacent hotels, apartments and business space seems to promise the continued vitality of this pedestrian area in the heart of Ithaca's downtown.

Indeed, the Commons is a good example of the old and brand new existing side by side, and there are many examples on and near the Commons of historic buildings. The 1851 Grant Block on the Commons, at 108-114 East State/ MLK Street (currently home to a shuttered vape store, a head shop and Moonie's Tavern) was the site of Grant's Coffee House, built in 1811, which served as a tavern, village hall, voting

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place, stagecoach office, recruiting center, and council chamber for at least two decades early in Ithaca's history. The building is labelled the "Old Cigar Factory" to reflect the fact that A.H. Platt's Cigar Factory occupied the upstairs floors from the late 1870s to the early 1920s, employing, at one time, 58 cigar makers.

On the other side, at 109-113 East State/ MLK Street is the Colonial Building, which began life as the Bank of Ithaca in 1830, making it the oldest building on the Commons. It's an imposing Greek Revival structure, and the lower sections of the huge columns were removed in 1934 to extend the first-floor storefront.

Currently home to Casablanca Pizzeria, it was the main post office from 1882-1910, then Atwaters Grocery and Bakery until the 1950s.

Around the corner on Cayuga Street is another Greek Revival gem of the same vintage, the Clinton House, one of the most historic and prominent buildings in Ithaca, and currently home to the New Roots Charter School. The Clinton House was originally built in 1829 as an upscale hotel and Ithaca's first professional office building, with 150 rooms, a mammoth project in a village of 4000 citizens. It has survived fires, numerous renovations, and neardemolition during urban renewal, but remains one of the most cherished and iconic buildings downtown.

At the other end of the Commons is the intersection of State/MLK and Aurora Streets, arguably the heart of downtown, and it's likely no coincidence that the brand-new apartment building on the corner of the intersection is called “City Centre.” It's been true for 200 years, since it was the intersection of the turnpikes.

The building on the northwest corner, the Griffin Block (Simeon's American Bistro is on the ground floor), rebuilt after a devastating truck accident in 2014, was originally built in the wake of the fire of 1871, when Ithaca was a quarter of its present size.

That intersection has seen gaslights, horses, trolleys, parades, Model Ts, and the flow of Ithaca humanity in all its forms—everyone from Civil War veterans to Lionel Barrymore at work to Vladimir Nabokov researching American teenage vernacular to Vietnam War protests to the shuffling, socially-distanced cell phone zombies of today. People have loitered and lounged in front of the Griffin Block since Ulysses S. Grant was president. In fact, Grant stayed across the street at the Ithaca Hotel, visiting his Cornell student son while president, shaking 4000 hands at a reception in his honor on September 28, 1876.

Two buildings west, at 212-214 East State/ MLK Street (now Silky Jones), was the Western Union telegraph office, where people would congregate during the Civil War in anticipation of casualty lists being put up in the windows after major battles. Around the corner at 110 Aurora Street (now Le Cafe Cent-Dix) was the original Zinck's, a saloon from the late 1870s until Theodore Zinck died in 1903, and known to every Cornellian then and ever since.

As Harold’s Square on the Commons nears completion, and with the opening of new apartment buildings and hotels in the last couple of years, it's good to remember that downtown has never been static. Downtown now is not the downtown of the 1960s, nor was the downtown of the 1960s the downtown of the 1920s. Still, there is plenty to remind us of the rich history of our city, and Ithaca is generously endowed with an architectural legacy that charms newcomers and long-time residents alike.

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Both of them were semi-practicing Buddhists, so after his death Love got in contact with the monks at Namgyal—known nationally as the North American base of the Dalai Lama.

They spent many weeks consecrating his ashes in a process that mixes them with clay before being molded into cones or “tsatsas” while Love acquainted herself with the town.

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Any record of her experience is resigned to whispers from locals, and a single article published in Esquire magazine by Freeville native and syndicated columnist Amy Dickinson called “Kurt Cobain’s Final Tour.” The nearly 3,000-word chronicle of the experience serves as the only semi-historical recording of the Hole singer’s venture to town.

“No one had reported on it,” Dickinson said when asked about her initial attraction to the story. “People were too cool to think it was amazing. Others just genuinely wanted to respect her privacy. What I’m getting at is that there was no one as shameless as I who was willing to wade in and tell the story.”

Dickinson first heard about the tale through her sister, whose hairdresser had rented out her house on Cayuga Lake to Love, only to find upon her return that the house had been “totally trashed.” She described cigarette butts, and glasses and bottles everywhere.

Ithacans who have stuck around and haven’t gone off along with Love are full of stories like this that often paint her with the bad-girl image the public has come to know. There’s talk of fits being thrown in former downtown businesses that have since been eaten up by the Commons, as well as bits of the ashes being accidentally inhaled by Ithaca airport security.

What Love left behind in Ithaca, besides the cigarettes and the local stories, is a glimpse into the woman that was so often mis-marketed as a purveyor of destruction. The grunge movement

“They (the monks) dealt with her with this incredible amount of compassion, which was beautiful,” Dickinson said. “I mean, she went to the right place...”

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MISS WORLD While there is no data about the percentage of Americans who agree that Love had a hand in Cobain’s early demise; her name has long become synonymous with Nirvana and is often derided in comparison to the late-great front man.

When asked the question: “Who is Courtney Love to you?” I received two common answers.

The first was “Didn’t she kill Kurt Cobain?” and the second was “She’s a mess, right?”

Born Courtney Michelle Harrison in San Francisco to a feminist psychotherapist, and a Grateful Dead groupie—who would later cash in on his daughter’s success by penning two books pinning Cobain’s death on his daughter— Love was emancipated from her family at age 16, when she began bopping around the country and following punk rock bands in addition to working as a stripper.

After a minor role in the biopic Sid & Nancy, she began putting together a band called Hole, which would eventually become the feminist grunge blueprint. Their 1991 debut album, Pretty on The Inside, became a sleeper hit and secured her place as both a rock n’ roll star and a complicated public figure.

At the time of her arrival in Ithaca, in addition to mourning the loss of her husband, she was also living in the wake of the release of the acclaimed album, Live Through This, which came out four days after the death of Kurt. She was in and out of tabloids and it was impossible not to have some vague idea of who the “dirtiest blonde in rock” was.

Losang Chogyen (a.k.a. Pema) was the Buddhist monk who first met with Love in New York City to discuss options for Kurt’s ashes.

He was quoted in Dickinson’s article as saying “She was smoking constantly. She said she really tried to quit smoking, but she’d stop and start

again…and the first thing I did right after we met was light her cigarette.”

“She was really interested in what happens when people die.”

On June 16, 1994, Kristen Pfaff, the bassist for Hole died of a heroin overdose. This shadow of double loss caused Love to lay low, avoiding the public eye for a bit. Doug Robinson, an Ithaca native, was working at Ithaca Guitar Works during the summer of 1994 when he described a run-in with the ethereal Love.

“She spent a couple hours in the store trying out different guitars,” he said. “In one moment she said she was tired and just laid down on a display of Fender amplifiers. She wasn’t particularly concerned that she was giving us a frontal display because her dress was very short and she showed us all what color her underpants were, which made me blush, but she didn’t care.”

Dickinson’s article talks of similar instances of Courtney giving in to her exhaustion around town, even during the Buddhist prayer sessions that she participated in at the monastery.

"She would fall asleep in the dining room, on the floor, she would sleep really soundly,” said Palden Choedak, the English translator for Namgyal at the time of the article’s publication.

“And even though it's not necessarily appropriate, it's okay. When she was sitting with the monks, she was like a baby. She was open. She was really there. But when she was taking a telephone call, she was like a different person. She had a chaotic thing going on, and it is so powerful, it keeps coming back."

In Robinson’s story, he talks of Love getting into a fight with her manager over the store phone, as she paced around the room, stretching the curled cord out and having an animated discussion about wanting her money to pay for the mint green 1930’s arch top guitar.

“She was not what I would call friendly,” Robinson said. “I don’t remember her really making eye contact with me. But she had a purpose: looking for a guitar and she got one. There wasn’t really anything particularly noteworthy at all.”

Love left Ithaca towards the end of July. She took with her an assortment of shopping items that she bought around town and left behind “about two handfuls” of Cobain’s ashes to be blessed by the monks.

On August 26, 1994, she kicked off the first performance of the Live Through This tour, an endeavor that would span multiple continents and continue for over a year.

Current Ithaca resident Billy Coté is a member of the alternative rock band, Madder Rose, who opened for Hole during part of the tour.

“No matter what state she was in, she was really good onstage,” Coté said. “She was volatile, and she wasn’t always happy about things going on around her, but she was a professional and a musician. She wasn’t just this figure of outrage.”

Despite varied reviews, two arrests, and several lawsuits, the tour went down as a legendary experience with one critic describing Love as: “verging on the heroic.”

“She came up as an indie musician before she was a big celebrity, so she treated us like peers,” Coté said. “She was obviously in a lot of pain and I think she’s a very insecure person— and needy as many of us are. She had a hard shell, but a soft center and you could see that in her eyes sometimes that she just…she didn’t know what to do.”

Coté talked of running into moments on tour where Nirvana would come on the radio when Love was around and it would cause the other people in the room to stiffen.

“And she’d just diffuse it by commenting on the song and say that ‘Oh, Kurt thought this was his magnum opus’ or something,” Coté said.

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The theater is set up at the City Harbor project site at 101 Pier Road and shows begin at dusk (listed at around 9 p.m.), which is currently sitting empty as the project designs move through the city planning process.

Depending on demand, showings will continue every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night for the next three months until the weather turns too cold. Attendees are asked to remain in their cars during the show to insure social distancing is maintained, and tickets are $20 per car. So far, the drive-in has featured three movies per week, including classics like “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade,” “Jurassic Park” and “Back to

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D O L L PA R T S In August of 1994, after Love had come and gone, a woodworker by the name of Henry Robertson came to Namgyal to deliver a throne he had designed for the Dalai Lama, when he was approached by Gerri Jones, the late administrator of the monastery with a special request.

“He told me that Courtney Love had been here the week before with Kurt’s ashes in a teddy bear backpack and that she had been talking about having a stupa built,” said Robertson, who now resides in California where he is the owner of Henry’s Olives.

While Robertson was not a fan of either of their music, he agreed to do the project and over the course of the next three years, he designed an elaborate shrine that would serve as a home for the tsastas that contained Kurt’s ashes.

Along with one of the monks from Namgyal, he participated in a secret ceremony with Love held in Kurt’s hometown of Aberdeen, WA where the stupa was filled with incense, the tsatsas, hundreds of rolled-up prayers, and many of Kurt’s worldly possessions including a

few CD’s and a can of mandarin oranges. It was then sealed permanently.

“I have no idea where it sits right now,” Robertson said, “but that was on purpose so there wouldn’t be a throng of well-wishers.”

While the exact location of the shrine is lost—although it can be assumed that Love has it in her possession—the tsatsas of Kurt sat at Namgyal for years until Love sent someone to retrieve them for a ceremony that was held several years after the events in Ithaca.

“After she left, we realized that she had put out a cigarette butt in an ashtray that was in the corner of the store,” Robinson said recalling his interaction with Love at the guitar store, located in DeWitt Mall. “And she was wearing purple lipstick that rubbed off on it, so that butt became a little item that we would mention occasionally.”

Dickinson also talks about the fabled cigarette butt with the purple lipstick in her article, but much like the town of Ithaca, things have continued to change in the 26 years since Love touched down here. When you ask the new salespeople at the downtown music supply store, you are met with confused looks or the occasional gripe about Love’s legitimacy as a musician.

While the ashes are no longer here, what she has left behind are stories that are reflective of the culture and make up the town like bricks.

“I think she would have been huge anyway,” Dickinson said when asked about the age old argument of Kurt vs. Courtney. “She just seemed to move through life in that way. This is somebody who has been through it, but has this real drive for fame. And these days if she’s sober she’s winning.”

In the absence of Kurt and the minor stop in our town on the roadmap of her life, Love has continued on. She has had no choice, but to live through this.

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Dickinson grappled with the lack of dignity seemingly expressed by Love in her article. At times mentioning photos of her kissing new men and stories of her acting childish in public at a time where her identity as a woman in rock and as a grieving widow were at odds with each other.

“I think post-Britney Spears’ public breakdown, people would have had much more compassion towards her,” she said when describing her newfound view of Love. “I felt much worse for Kurt than I did for Courtney.

And now I realize she didn’t have anybody with her. As someone who has experienced a lot of loss in life, I know that I wouldn’t want somebody chronicling my behavior.”

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AREA ATTRACTIONS

VISITOR INFORMATION

Ithaca/Tompkins County Convention and Visitors Bureau East Shore Drive Center: 904 East Shore Drive, Ithaca, NY 14850 Downtown Visitor Center: 110 North Tioga Street, Ithaca, NY, 14850 (607) 272-1313; (800) 284-8422 (toll-free) www.visitithaca.com Downtown Ithaca Alliance 171 East State St. Center Ithaca Ithaca, NY 14t850 (607) 277-8679 Downtownithaca.com The Downtown Ithaca Business Improvement District is a New York state-chartered not-forprofit organization charged with the revitalization, development, promotion and management of downtown Ithaca.

The Ithaca Times 109 N. Cayuga St., Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 277-7000 Ithaca.com

SHOPPING

DeWitt Mall 215 N. Cayuga St. Ithaca, NY 607-273-6464 In this smoothly converted brick building, you’ll find the worldfamous Moosewood Restaurant, the comfortable (and delicious) DeWitt Café, GreenStar Oasis natural foods market, Cat’s Pajamas, Ithaca GuitarWorks and other retail stores.

East Hill Plaza 327 Pine Tree Road Ithaca, NY 607-257-1725 An outdoor complex that includes Burger King, Collegetown Bagels, local banks and more.

Ithaca Commons Ithaca, NY The epicenter of Ithaca—located between N. Aurora and S. Cayuga Streets, and East and West State Streets—includes restaurants, clothing stores, art galleries, book stores, record stores, and much, much more.

Ithaca Farmers’ Market Steamboat Landing off Third Street Ithaca, NY 14851 (607) 273-7109

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Ithaca’s can’t-miss Farmers’ Market operates on Saturdays, Sundays and Wednesdays at two locations in Ithaca, due to the coronavirus outbreak. The Saturday market hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., the Sunday market hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and runs from Spring through Fall. During parts of fall and winter, the market reduces its hours to just Saturdays. Plus be sure to check out the Wednesday market in East Hill Plaza, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

See Ithacamarket.com for hours and vendor information.

The Shops at Ithaca Mall 40 Catherwood Road off North Triphammer Road Ithaca, NY 607-257-5337 www.theShopsatIthacaMall.com This is home to the “big-box” national retailers such as Target, Best Buy and Dick’s Sporting Goods. Around the back you’ll find Regal Cinemas, usually showing all the mainstream national releases, often on several screens.

The Triphammer Marketplace 2255 North Triphammer Road Ithaca, NY 607-273-6851 www.triphammermarketplace.com The variety of retail, dining and service offerings at the Triphammer Marketplace include Ithaca Bakery, Ithaca Coffee Company, Gene’s Barber Shop, Finger Lakes ReUse, Triphammer Laundromat and much more.

SUPERMARKETS

Greenstar Cooperative Market 770 Cascadilla St. Ithaca, NY (607) 273-9392 This market is open daily, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and features organic produce and homeopathic products and a cheap yearly membership. The first hour of shopping is set aside for customers who are considered high risk for coronavirus.

Greenstar DeWitt Dewitt Mall, 215 N. Cayuga St., Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 273-8213 P&C Fresh 315 Pine Tree Rd., Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 272-5836 This is a large full-service, up-market store that is within walking distance of Cornell graduate housing.

Tops Friendly Market 710 S. Meadow St. Ithaca, NY (607) 275-8041 2300 N. Triphammer Road Ithaca, NY (607) 257-4952 You’ll find a wide selection of ethnic ingredients, sushi and an excellent

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Wegmans 500 South Meadow St. Ithaca, NY (607) 277-5800 Keep your head on a swivel because this place is packed with shoppers, and for good reason: there’s a staggering array of baked goods, fresh produce, deli items, meats and seafood in Ithaca’s largest market.

And if you need a break from the aisles, there’s also a café, sushi bar and several buffet tables offering a variety of choices. Open 6 a.m. to 12 a.m..

Win Li Supermarket 374 Elmira Road, Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 277-6790 This is the largest Asian market in the Ithaca area. They have fresh meats, fish and produce as well as a wide variety of processed foods and specialty items.

Ithaca Halal Meat and Grocery 110 W. Green St. Ithaca, NY (607) 319-9110 One of Ithaca’s newest grocery options, offering halal foods on the border of Press Bay Alley.

WINERIES

Check ahead of time for hours Cayuga Wine Trail 2770 Ernsberger Road Romulus, NY 14541 (800) 684-5217 See cayugawinetrail.com for a listing of the 16 wineries on both sides of Cayuga Lake. The region is most wellknown for its Rieslings and Cabernet Francs. But recently some wineries have begun to focus on Pinot Noir and Lemberger, both cool temperate weather vinifera grapes.

Ports of New York 815 Taber Street Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 220-6317 www.portsofnewyork.com/ Located along the Cayuga Inlet in the Northside neighborhood. A scion of Maison La Bouche of France and a producer of Meleau Specialty Wines, includes ports and other fortified wines.

Six Mile Creek Vineyard 1551 Slaterville Road Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 272-9463 or toll-free (800) 260-0612 www.sixmilecreek.com Ithaca’s own winery features an especially lovely setting to enjoy memorable wines styled to a variety of preferences. A new line of distilled specialties, including Vodka, Limoncella and Grappa add to the tasting experience.

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CINEMAS

Cinemapolis (Online Option) 120 E. Green St. Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 277-6115 www.cinemapolis.org Independent theater features art and indie movies, showcases local filmmakers and hosts film festivals.

Cornell Cinema (Online Option) 104 Willard Straight Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3522 www.cinema.cornell.edu Screening over 300 films a year, seven nights a week, Cornell Cinema runs the gamut with classic Hollywood cinema, international movies, cult classics, documentaries and experimental films as well as Ithaca premieres. They will offer a free/ payper view virtual cinema season Fall ‘20. See website for details.

Regal Cinemas @ Ithaca Mall (Temporarily Closed) 40 Catherwood Road Ithaca, NY 14850 (844) 462-7342 Catch the latest Hollywood hit on one of 15 screens. Stadium seating means that beehive hairdo won’t get in your way.

GALLERIES

Community School of Music & Arts (Temporarily Closed) 330 East State St. Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 272-1474 www.csma-ithaca.org Aside from the “Music” side of this community school, CSMA houses excellent art by many local artists in its many galleries and hallways. With an emphasis on collaborative ventures with lesser-known artist groups, the galleries feature experimental, daring and aesthetically pleasing work.

Corners Gallery 903 Hanshaw Road #3 Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 257-5756 Located just minutes from Cornell University, the Corners Gallery specializes in Ithaca art by Ithaca artists. Here you’ll find paintings, prints and photographs depicting scenes of Ithaca, Cornell, and the Finger Lakes by local, regional and national artists.

Creative Space Gallery 950 Danby Road South Hill Business Campus

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Found in Ithaca Gallery (Temporarily Closed) 227 Cherry St. Ithaca, NY Phone: 607-319-5078 Foundinithaca.com This is an intimate art space that showcases the works of local and regional artists in all media. They emphasize artists that have a connection to “found” materials, imagery or material culture.

Handwork (Virtual Shopping Option) 102 W. State/MLK St. Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 273-9400 handworkonlineshop@gmail.com This unique cooperative in downtown Ithaca features crafts and fine art made by craftspeople and artists from all around the country.

Members are required to work in the store several days a month and “sales clerks” are actually working craftspeople, so don’t hesitate to ask them about the work.

The Ink Shop Printmaking Center 330 East State St. 2nd Floor Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 277-3884 www.ink-shop.org Previously located on a second floor walkup on West State Street, the Ink Shop relocated to CSMA last year, where they can now show their studio and print-related works with space and care.

Ithaca College: Handwerker Gallery (Temporarily Closed) 1170 Gannett Center 953 Danby Road Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 274-3018 This gallery is located on Ithaca College’s campus, but it’s worth the trek up the South Hill; sometimes featuring the work of faculty, sometimes by students or sometimes the curations of a mix of the two, the workveers on the cutting-edge and contemporary. The gallery is closed to the public on Tuesdays.

North Star Art Gallery 743 Snyder Hill Rd Ithaca, NY 14850 (607)323-7684 www.northstarartgallery.com In addition to fine arts, the North Star Gallery also offers visitors a chance to stay at their Airbnb next door. Open 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.

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MUSEUMS

Cornell University Lab of Ornithology (Temporarily Closed) 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 254-2473 The CUMV Ornithology Collection currently consists of approximately 38,300 round skins, 700 flat skins, 1,000 spread wings, 5,500 skeletons, 1,400 fluid-preserved specimens, 3,200 egg sets, 590 nests, and 1,000 uncatalogued mounts.

Tompkins Center for History and Culture 110 N. Tioga St., on the Commons Ithaca, NY 14850-4400 (607) 273-8284 ext. 228 info@tompkins-center.net With extensive and informative exhibits on aspects of Ithaca’s colorful history—everything from Ithaca’s boating history, to its most wild women—there’s much to be learned here. Look also for special events like downtown walks, festivals and silent film screenings.

Johnson Museum of Art (Temporarily Closed) 114 Central Ave Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 255-6464 www.museums.cornell.edu An internationally-renowned institution—and housed in a stunning building, designed by iconic architect I.M. Pei—the Johnson Museum is one of Cornell’s shining stars. Free and open to the public, exhibits range from avant-garde video art to iconic Impressionist works.

Museum of the Earth 1259 Trumansburg Road Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 273-6623 www.museumoftheearth.org This natural history museum takes care of a collection of about 2-3 million specimens. Family friendly and bustling with energy, the views of Cayuga Lake aren’t bad, either.

Sciencenter 601 1st St. Ithaca, NY 14850-3507 (607) 272-0600 www.sciencenter.org This kid friendly non-profit educational organization will appeal to the kid in every adult, too. This is a place where fun and science come together. Expect a large amount of

interaction to go with your serving size of learning.

THEATERS

The Actors’ Workshop of Ithaca (Temporarily Closed) 105 Harvard Place Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 339-9999 www.actorsworkshop.biz Performances are at a variety of venues around the area. The choice of plays does not hesitate to grapple with social issues. This is essentially an acting school that regularly stages productions.

Hangar Theatre (Online Viewing Option) 801 Taughannock Boulevard Ithaca, NY 14851 Phone: (607) 273-2787 www.hangartheatre.org The Hangar Theatre puts on a plethora of different productions during their season, including musicals, comedies, dramas, classics and regional premieres.

Ithaca College Theatre (Temporarily Closed) 953 Danby Road, Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 274-3345 Ithaca College brings to the stage stories from the 17th century right up into the 21st, reaffirming live theatre’s power to delight and inspire, provoke and activate.

Kitchen Theatre (Virtual Viewing Option) 417 W. Martin Luther King St./W. State St. Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 272-0403 (admin office) (607) 272-0570 (for tickets) With stage classics, regional and world premieres, family fare an oneperson shows, the Theatre is a great place to catch up on culture.

State Theatre of Ithaca (Virtual Viewing Option) 107 West State Street Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 277-8283 www.stateofithaca.org Music, ballets and plays grace the stage at State Theatre, along with some comedy and movies as well.

On March 18, for an example of the variety, Apocalypse Now will be shown, weeks after a One-Man Star Wars Trilogy and weeks before an Evening with Jackson Browne in April.

Schwartz Center of Performing Arts 430 College Ave. Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 254-2758 (box office manager) (607) 254-2787 (tickets) This regionally recognized cultural facility hosts a wide variety of performances within its three performance spaces, dance theatre and studios, film editing and

production suites, film forum, classrooms and shops. There’s an excellent range of film, theater, dance and live music.

FESTIVALS

Greater Ithaca Art Trail Open Weekend (Virtual Option) Early March through the summer.

Select studies are open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the first Saturday of each month.

Friends of the Library Book Sale booksale.org Fall 2020 dates- The first three weekends of October Spring 2021 dates: The first three weekends of May Each year, the Friends of the Tompkins County Public Library holds two book sales, one in the Spring and another in the Fall, to benefit organizations working for literacy in Tompkins County. Our special partners in this are Tompkins County Public Library (TCPL) and the Finger Lakes Library System (FLLS). The number of items available for each sale usually exceeds 250,000. Books, audio books, CDs, DVDs, records, puzzles, and games are items found at the Book Sales.

Children’s Corner is especially wellstocked and Collector’s Corner is a separate area housing many unique items of special interest which are priced individually. The Friends Book Sale is held at 509 Esty Street, Ithaca.

From Meadow Street, Esty is the first left after Ithaca Bakery. From Fulton Street, it is the first left after Purity Ice Cream. Visit website for details.

One Fest Ithaca Late May/TBD Ithacaunderground.org One Fest is a musical festival put on

by Ithaca Undergound showcasing two stages of metal, punk, hardcore, and noise - featuring regional and local extreme bands and artists.

Ithaca Festival Late May- Early June 2021 Downtown Ithaca, and the Commons This over-40 year running festival of music and art is somewhat of an Ithaca tradition. With more live music than you can shake a stick at — both on The Commons and at Stewart Park — this weekend-long festival celebrates the richness of Ithaca’s social and artistic culture, with its highlight being the endlessly bizarre and joyous parade the first Thursday evening of the festival.

Juneteenth Celebration June 19, 2021 Southside Community Center 305 Plain Street Ithaca, NY (607) 273-4190 An annual celebration of this national event symbolizing the end of slavery

— a day-long event involving music performances, a street fair, food and crafts vendors, and more at the Southside Community Center.

Downtown Summer Concert Series (Online Option) Late June through mid-September The Commons, Ithaca, NY 14850 Listen to free live music every Thursday evening on the Commons.

Local musicians perform all different styles, from classical to folk to rock to jazz. See Facebook for details.

GIAC Festival of Nations Free Admission This festival is a celebration of the world and the many unique cultures of it. This festival will have local vendors, loads of activities, local entertainers and will conclude with a special Tompkins Chamber Movies in the Park, a screening of ‘Space Jam’ in the Ithaca High School stadium. The Gus Macker 2019 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament will be held during the festival as well in the Ithaca High School gymnasium.

Grass Roots Festival (Online Option) Summer 2021 150 Trumansburg Road, Trumansburg, NY 14886 (607) 387-5098 www.grassrootsfest.org The Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival of Music and Dance started a long time back as a concert to benefit local AIDS support organization AIDS work at the State Theater in Ithaca. GrassRoots is held the second last weekend in July. It is held at the Trumansburg Fairgrounds in Trumansburg New York, located about 10 miles north of Ithaca NY on Rt. 96 on the west side of Cayuga Lake in the very scenic Finger Lakes region of central New York.

Ithaca Artist Market Early August, 2021 Each year, Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County organizes and facilitates a summer and winter juried show and sale of work by local artists. Artists exhibit paintings, drawings, photographs, collage, prints and sculpture. The Ithaca Artists’ Market has become a summer fixture after 20 years.

First People’s Festival Early December Dewitt Park, Ithaca, NY 14850 The Multicultural Resource Center’s First People’s Festival is a celebration of indigeous peoples of New York State featuring traditional music, crafts, displays and foods. Festivalgoers will have an opportunity to learn more about the traditions of First Peoples and to unlearn the stereotypes learned about their culture.

Ithaca Ice Festival Early December (Canceled 2020)

Area artists break their chainsaws and irons— seriously— and carve ice sculptures all around the Commons for the annual ice-carving competition. This wintery festival also includes the annual Chowder Cookoff and features area restaurants.

Dress warmly.

Winter Recess February 2021 During Winter Recess, Ithaca opens its doors to the pre-K – 12 community, offering you a chance to relax, refresh and renew among friends in a city built on education.

You’ll discover a discounted week of outdoor recreation, indoor relaxation and entertaining education. We’ve put the whole city on sale, just for you.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Celebration January 2021 In partnership with the Greater Ithaca Activities Center (GIAC) and many other community organizations, The MLK Day of Celebration takes place at GIAC on Martin Luther King Day every January. Workshops, children’s activities, music and a free community luncheon all staffed by volunteers makes this a day on, not a day off.

BOOK/RECORD STORES

Alphabet Soup 171 The Commons, Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 272-6885 Angry Mom Records 115 East State St., Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 319-4953 Autumn Leaves Bookstore 115 The Commons, Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 273-8239 Barnes and Noble 614 South Meadow St., Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 273-6784 Buffalo Street Books 215 N. Cayuga Street (Dewitt Mall), Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 273-8246 www.buffalostreetbooks.com Comics for Collectors 124 W. State St., Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 272-3007

SPORTS & RECREATION

GOLF COURSES

Country Club of Ithaca 189 Pleasant Grove Road Ithaca, NY 14850-2601

(607) 257-0010 www.countryclubofithaca.com The 18-hole, par-72 course at the Country Club of Ithaca facility features 6,595 yards of golf from the longest tees. Designed by Geoffrey S. Cornish, ASGCA, the Ithaca golf course opened in 1900.

Newman Golf Course (Temporarily Closed) 10 Pier Road Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 273-6262 The 9-hole “Newman” course at the Newman Municipal Golf Course features 3,055 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 36 . The course rating is 35.2 and it has a slope rating of 113. Newman golf course opened in 1935. There are men’s and women’s tees, and it has an 18hole rating of 70.3. Reservations are required on weekends and holidays.

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POOLS

Alex Haley Pool (GIAC) 408 N. Albany St., Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 272-3622 or (607) 277-6169 Cass Park Pool (Temporarily Closed) 701 Taughannock Blvd., Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 273-1090 Ithaca Swimming Club Inc. 124 Uptown Road, Ithaca, NY 148501631 (607) 266-9574

BOWLING

Bowl O Drome 401 Third St., Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 256-2695 Helen Newman Bowling Lanes Cradit Farm Dr., Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 255-4200

SKATING

Ithaca Skate Park Meadow Street and Wood Street Ithaca, NY 14850

PARKS

Allan H. Treman State Marine Park Just north of Cass Park, off Route 89 Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 273-3440, (607) 272-1460 (marina office, summer) Allan H. Treman State Park is one of the largest inland marinas in New York State. It boasts 370 seasonal, 30 transient and 30 dry boat slips. The park has picnic areas and playing fields and provides access to the Barge Canal and Seneca Lake. It is a marina only, there is no camping available and it is not the same as Robert H. Treman State Park. Allen Treman Park is located on Route 89, north of Ithaca, on the western shore and southern end of Cayuga Lake.

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Auburn Park The park is actively used all year by residents of the neighborhood.

Supervision is recommended as this park is surrounded by streets and cars using Dey Street to reach NYS Route 13 often exceed the 30 mph speed limit.

Baker Park This park is a neighborhood passive park located in the triangle formed where Elmira Road, South Plain Street and Park Street meet. Baker Park has several large shade trees, an open lawn area, and benches.

Brindley Park Brindley Park is the only remaining piece of the former Inlet Neighborhood Community Center which was built in the 1930’s in response to the social and recreational needs of Inlet neighborhood residents at the junction of Buffalo and Brindley Streets for use as a park.

Bryant Park Development of East Hill began in earnest in 1908. The land was developed by the Bryant Land company in collaboration with attorney / developer Jared T. Newman, who was then Mayor of Ithaca. 45 Acres of the old Bryant Farm were subdivided into 161 building lots. Three open spaces were incorporated into the subdivision: Bryant Park, Maplewood Park and Campbell Park, of which only Bryant park and Maplewood Park survived.

Today Bryant Park is located in the triangle formed by Bryant Avenue, Irving Place and Ithaca Road Buttermilk Falls State Park 112 Buttermilk Falls road Ithaca, New York 14850 (607) 273-2440, (607) 273-5761 (summer), (800) 456-2267 (reservations) Buttermilk Falls State Park takes its name from the foaming cascade formed by Buttermilk Creek as it flows down the steep valley side toward Cayuga Lake. The upper park has a small lake, hiking trails through woodlands and along the gorge and rim, picnic areas and playing fields. The lower park has a campground, pool and playing fields, beyond which is Larch Meadows.

Larch Meadows is a moist, shady glen and wetland area through which a nature trail winds. Park activities, including tours through Buttermilk gorge, are offered weekly from July 4th through Labor Day. Park open all year. Camping season from midMay to mid-October. Swimming area opens on June 20th All trails close November 10. Deer hunting, bow only, is permitted in season. Located on Route 13, south of Ithaca.

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(607) 273-1090 Cass Park is a regionally active park used heavily by residents from all parts of Tompkins County.

In addition to the ice rink, and swimming pool, there are four tennis courts, 20 athletic fields, four of them lighted, playground equipment, an exercise trail, and a large picnic pavilion.

Columbia Street Park Columbia Street Park is located between Columbia Street and Hillview Place, across the street from Hillview Park. This park is heavily vegetated and contains a stairway which connects to Hillview Park.

Conway Park Conway Park shows up as public land as early as 1835. The park was known for decades as Lafayette Park, being renamed Conway Park in 1920 to honor of former City of Ithaca Alderman Michael Conway, who died in action in France with the American Expeditionary Forces.

Today Conway Park is an active neighborhood park located at the triangle of Cascadilla Street, Madison Street and Third Street. It has a half basketball court with three hoops, a play structure, and a large lawn area used for informal play. The play structure was built, using Community Development Block Grant moneys, by residents of the surrounding neighborhood in the spring of 1997.

Cornell Botanic Gardens 124 Comstock Knoll Drive Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 255-2400 As the arboretum, botanical garden, and natural areas of Cornell University, Cornell Botanic Gardens has a lot to offer – 40 natural areas spanning nearly 4300 acres of rich and diverse habitats. Collections include maples, oaks, crabapples, conifers, dogwoods, urban trees, and other species in a 150-acre pastoral setting. Specialty gardens in the arboretum include the Zucker Flowering Shrub Collection and the Treman Woodland walk. The 25-acre botanical garden features 14 specialty gardens.

DeWitt Park De Witt Park, the oldest park in the City of Ithaca, is at the corner of Buffalo and Cayuga streets. Before it became known as De Witt Park, it was called Public Square Park.

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in The Civil War, WWI, WWII, The Korean War and the Vietnam War. Each year on Veteran’s Day, De Witt park is home to ceremonies honoring these local heroes.

Hillview Park Hillview Park is located on the corner of Turner Place, Columbia Street, South Aurora Street and Hillview Place. This park is heavily vegetated, with many large trees, and contains two small play fields with a backstop Ithaca Falls Natural Area Ithaca has many beautiful gorges and waterfalls. One of the most famous is Ithaca Falls, which is 150 feet high and 175 feet wide. These stunning falls are visible from Lake Street, a short walk from downtown or Cornell.

McDaniels Park McDaniels Park was donated to the City of Ithaca by Cornell University Professor Laurence McDaniels. He lived next to the land that is known today as McDaniels Park. He donated a portion of his land to the City for use as a park a few years before his death. This Park is a neighborhood passive park. The entrance is located at the intersection of Hook Place and Warren Road. The park is heavily vegetated with trees and shrubs. It contains benches, a picnic table and a grill.

Robert H. Treman State Park 105 Enfield Falls Road Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 273-3440, (800) 456-2267 (reservations) Robert H. Treman State Park is an area of wild beauty, with the rugged gorge called Enfield Glen as its scenic highlight. Winding trails follow the gorge past 12 waterfalls, including the 115-foot Lucifer Falls, where visitors can see a mile-and-a-half down the wooded gorge as it winds its way to the lower park. Campers can choose from tent or RV sites or cabins. Enjoy nine miles of hiking trails, or swim in a stream-fed pool beneath a waterfall.

Swimming is allowed in lifeguarded area only. Open year round. Camping season runs from mid-May to November 30. All gorge trails close November 10. Bow hunting for deer is permitted in season. Located on Route 13, 5 miles south of Ithaca, on Route 327. South end of Cayuga Lake.

Stewart Park Stewart Park Road Ithaca, NY 14850

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Stewart Park is a regionally active park with several facilities including tennis courts, a playground with several play structures including a carousel, athletic fields, a duck pond, a spray pool, a municipal golf course, and a bird sanctuary. Swimming is no longer allowed due to pollution and turbidity.

Strawberry Fields The history of Strawberry Fields is connected to the Belle Sherman Elementary school off Mitchell Street in Ithaca. Previously, the land was owned by the City of Ithaca School District. In 1940 and in 1960, apartment complexes had been proposed for this land. On July 21, 1970, a 9.9 acre parcel was sold to the City for park use.

Taughannock Falls State Park 1740 Taughannock Road Trumansburg, NY 14886 (607) 387-6739, (800) 456-2267 (reservations) Taughannock Falls State Park’s namesake waterfall is one of the outstanding natural attractions of the Northeast. Taughannock Falls plunges 215 feet past rocky cliffs that tower nearly 400 feet above the gorge. Gorge and rim trails offer spectacular views from above the falls and from below at the end of the gorge trail. Campsites and cabins overlook Cayuga Lake, with marina, boat launch and beach nearby. Boat Launch Site not suitable for any type of sailboat. The park also offers organized activities including tours through the Taughannock Gorge and summer concerts along the lakefront.

Open year round. Camping season runs from April 24th to mid-October.

The rim trail closes in winter; the gorge trail remains open.

Thompson Park Thompson Park is a small, triangularshaped neighborhood park on North Cayuga Street. It is primarily used for passive park uses, although it has been known as an outdoor volleyball site.

Titus Flats/Ithaca Skate Park Titus Flats is located on South Meadow Street and Wood Street. It is a neighborhood active park with a full basketball court, a handball court, four softball fields, and a playground that was the result of a community build effort, funded by a Community Development Block Grant in 1994.

Ithaca Skate Park is the first public concrete skatepark in CNY.

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Titus Triangle Park Titus Triangle is a small neighborhood passive park located in the triangle formed by Fair Street, South Street and Six Mile Creek.

Washington Park The City blocks surrounding the park was laid out in 1832 by Simeon De Witt and his son Varick De Witt. By the end of the century homes were built on all the streets around the park. (For more information see De Witt Park) The park has been under municipal authority since 1847.

It is located in a square created by Washington Street, Court Street, Park Street and Buffalo Street.

GOVERNMENT & LOCAL INSTITUTIONS Municipal Government (closed to public) City of Ithaca 108 Green Street Ithaca, NY (607) 274-6570 www.cityofithaca.org Town of Ithaca 215 N. Tioga Street Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 273-1721 (Town Hall); (607) 273-1656 (Public Works Facility) www.town.ithaca.ny.us/ Located on beautiful Cayuga Lake, the Town of Ithaca is home to about 20,000 residents and is home to Cornell University and Ithaca College.

Village of Cayuga Heights 836 Hanshaw Road Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 257-1238 www.cayuga-heights.ny.us/ A largely residential suburb located next to the Cornell campus within the town of Ithaca. It has one shopping area called Community Corners and ready access to shopping in the adjacent village of Lansing.

Tompkins County Clerk County Clerk 320 N. Tioga Street, Main Courthouse (607) 274-5431 www.tompkinscounty.gov Tompkins County Legislature 121 E Court St, Ithaca, NY 14850

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HIGHER EDUCATION

Cornell University General Information: (607) 254-4636 www.cornell.edu Ithaca College General Information: (607) 274-3011 www.ithaca.edu Tompkins-Cortland Community College (TC3) 170 North St. Dryden, NY (607) 844-8211 www.tc3.edu Empire State College (Ithaca office) 118 N. Tioga Street – Suite 502 Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 273-4536 or 4537

EDUCATION

Ithaca City School District 400 Lake Street Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 274-2101 www.icsd.k12.ny.us Grades K-12 are served in 12 school buildings, and the district has a total enrollment of approximately 5,500 students. The schools include: Ithaca High School (grades 9-12); Lehman Alternative Community School (grades 6-12); Boynton Middle School and DeWitt Middle School (grades 6-8); Belle Sherman Elementary School, Beverly J. Martin Elementary School, Caroline Elementary School, Cayuga Heights Elementary School, Enfield Elementary School, Fall Creek Elementary School, Northeast Elementary School and South Hill Elementary School (grades K-5, some with pre-K programs).

New Roots Charter School 116 North Cayuga Street P.O. Box 936 Ithaca NY 14851 (607) 882-9220 www.newrootsschool.org A high school (grades 9-12) charter school, tied to the Ithaca City School District, New Roots is open to all students in Tompkins County. Curriculum is focused on sustainability and entrepreneurship.

Students will earn a Regents diploma.

Cascadilla School 116 Summit Avenue

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Ithaca, NY 14850-4734 (607) 272-3110 www.cascadillaschool.org Cascadilla School is a preparatory school in Ithaca. It was founded in 1876 as a boys’ preparatory school for Cornell University. Serves as a high school, grades 9 through post graduate.

PARKING

Parking in Downtown Ithaca is easy because you have a number of options. You can park on the street or in garages for your convenience.

Parking is FREE on weekends, and special holidays on the street. In the Garages, parking is FREE on weekends.

On-Street Parking The City of Ithaca has installed pay stations downtown in order to provide multiple payment options.

These have replaced traditional coin meters. Parking pay stations accept cash, coin and debit/ATM or credit cards.

How Parking Kiosks Work: These pay stations use license plate recognition technology to track your parking, so you will need to know your license plate when you go to pay at the machine. Pay stations are currently located 1 station per every street block, but will soon increase to 2 per street block (one on each side of the street). For your convenience, you can also receive notification by text or phone call when your time is running out. Follow the prompts on the screen to enter your phone number. You can also pay for parking on your smartphone by setting up a Park Mobile* account either on your phone through the app store (Apple and Android) or online at a computer.

Street Parking Rates: At metered spaces, the hourly rate is $1.50/hr with a minimum 1 hour purchase when paying with ATM/ credit card. You can purchase smaller time increments using cash or coin only. *Park Mobile parking transactions are subject to a convenience fee ($0.300.35 per transaction depending on Park Mobile subscription rate) Parking in Garages The parking garages charge $1.00 an hour to park between the hours of 2:00am and 11:00pm. The parking attendant is on duty at the garages until 11:30pm to collect any parking

Ithaca Fest 2019 (Photo: Casey Martin) fees that may have accrued between these hours. You can pre-purchase hourly tokens/tickets for garage parking at $0.65/hr through the City Chamberlain’s office inside City Hall.

Cayuga Street Parking Garage 235 S. Cayuga St. Ithaca, NY 14850-5509 (607) 256-7275 Long-term parking is offered by the Cayuga Street Garage located between Green and Clinton streets in downtown Ithaca. It’s $73 per month.

Dryden Road Parking Garage Dryden Road Ithaca, NY 14850 Seneca Street Garage East Seneca Street Ithaca, NY 14850 Green Street Garage Green Street Ithaca, NY 14850

WASTE REMOVAL SERVICES

The City of Ithaca provides a trash collection service for residents within the City limits, and trash is collected once a week. To determine the day of collection for your address, please call the Streets and Facilities Division office at 272-1718. Office hours are Monday-Friday from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Residents need to place trash at the curb the night before the scheduled collection day as the crews start their day at 4 a.m. Criteria for placement of trash is as follows: Trash cans or plastic bags may be used.

There are no specific rules governing the type of can or bag that may used.

Trash Tags Trash collection is paid for through the purchase of trash tags. Residents can purchase tags at City Hall or at any of the local grocery stores.

Full Tags are for up to 35 pounds of trash. One tag is $4.50 while a sheet is $27.00. Whole tag strips are to be used; tags torn in half will not be accepted. One tag is needed for each can or each bag of trash that is placed at the curb. If more than one bag of trash is put in a can, be sure that the total weight of all the bags does not exceed the weight on the tag. The tag must be placed around the neck of the bag or on the bag itself. If trash cans are used, be sure to place the tag on the handle of the can so that it can be readily seen by the collectors. The

weight of a can containing multiple bags/tags cannot exceed 70 pounds.

Recycling Recycling is collected in the City of Ithaca every other week. More information about recycling can be obtained by calling the Tompkins County Department of Recycling and Materials Management at w(607) 273-6632. There is no fee or tag needed for this service, and Recycling bins may be purchased at 122 Commercial Avenue, Ithaca, NY. The Department of Recycling and Materials Management site is www. recycletompkins.org Yard Waste Note: Leaves and grass clippings are not to be raked into the street.

Yard waste is collected in the City of Ithaca on a regular basis from April 1through late fall. Once snow falls, crews work on snow removal and yard waste collection is suspended.

There is $1.50 fee per can or bundle for yard waste collection. Tags can be purchased from the City Chamberlain office at City Hall across Green Street from the public library.

Yard waste is collected every other week on the weeks opposite recycling weeks.

Yard waste may also be taken free of charge to the Tompkins County Recycling and Solid Waste Center at 160 Commercial Ave., Ithaca, NY 14850.

Criteria for placement of yard waste is: Only natural materials are considered yard waste (grass, leaves, branches, brush and the like). Yard waste must be placed in garbage cans (with the lids off) or in untied plastic bags. All brush must be tied in bundles. No brush or branches can be longer than four feet in length, and no branch can be larger than two inches in diameter. No bundle or container should exceed 50 pounds.

VOTING

Vote by mail subject to change in response to state regulations.

Tompkins County Board of Elections 128 East Buffalo Street Ithaca, New York 14850 (607) 274-5522 www.tompkinscountyny.gov/boe Voting in the City of Ithaca takes place in five different wards, with several polling places in each ward.

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Polling places are based on Election Districts. The election district is not the same as your County Legislative District number, but is printed on the voter registration acknowledgement card. Call the Board of Elections office for more information.

City of Ithaca polling places: FIRST WARD District 1 & 2 – Lehman Alternative School, 111 Chestnut St. District 3 – Titus Towers II, 798 S. Plain Street District 4 & 5 – South Hill School, 520 Hudson Street SECOND WARD District 1 & 3 – GIAC, W. Court Street District 2 – Titus Towers II, 798 S. Plain St. District 4 – Ithaca Town Hall, 215 N. Tioga Street THIRD WARD District 1, 2 and 3 – Belle Sherman Annex, Cornell Street FOURTH WARD District 1 – St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, 109 Oak Ave. FIFTH WARD District 1, 2 – Tabernacle Baptist Church District 3 – Alice Cook House, Stewart and University Avenue Town of Ithaca polling places District 1 – Museum of the Earth, 1259 Trumansburg Road District 2 – Tompkins County Public Works, 170 Bostwick Road District 3, 12 – College Circle Community Center, 1033 Danby Rd. District 4, 11 – Ellis Hollow Apartments, 1028 Ellis Hollow Rd., East entrance District 5, 6 – BOCES, 555 Warren Road District 7 – Kendal at Ithaca, 2230 N. Triphammer Rd. District 8, 9 – First Congregational Church, 309 Highland Rd. District 10 – Linderman Creek II Community Bldg., 201 Cypress Court

LIBRARIES

Cornell University Libraries (closed to public) Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-4144 libpublicservices@cornell.edu www.library.cornell.edu The libraries offers guest borrowing privileges to qualifying individuals (see below). Users should apply at

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the Library Public Services Office, 116 Olin Library, and provide the appropriate documentation. Users applying for contract college Privilege Cards should apply at Mann Library.

Fees are payable by cash, check or credit card. Hours: see www.library. cornell.edu for individual library hours.

Ithaca College Library (Closed to public) 1201 Gannett Center Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 274-3182 Hours vary by season, people should check the library’s Web site — www. ithaca.edu/library — for hours.

The library is open to the public for browsing, but only students and college staff may check out materials or access the databases.

Tompkins County Public Library (Open for pickup and curbside delivery) 101 E. Green St. Ithaca, NY 14850-5613 (607) 272-4557 tcpl.org Curbside Hours: Monday, Wednesday and Friday 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. – 6 p.m.

In-Lobby Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.

– 6 p.m. Saturday 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Library loans can be arranged through the library’s online loan system. Curbside delivery is by appointment only.

POST OFFICES

U.S. Post Office, 757 Warren Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850-9998 (607) 375-6003 U.S. Post Office, 213 N. Tioga St., Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 275-8777 U.S. Post Office (Cornell University), 135 Ho Plaza, Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3907 U.S. Post Office (Ithaca College), 953 Danby Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 274-3367

TRANSPORTATION

Ithaca Tompkins International Airport Terminal Address: 1 Culligan Drive Mailing Address: 72 Brown Road Ithaca, NY 14850-1248 (607) 257-0456 www.flyithaca.com Ithaca Tompkins International Airport is owned and operated by Tompkins County. Airline services available at the airport: Delta Air Lines Direct service from Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport to Detroit. Delta Reservations: (800) 221-1212 American Airlines Service from Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport to its hub in Philadelphia.

American Airlines Reservations: 1-800-433-7300 Local Customer Service: (607) 2570808 United Airlines Flying from Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport.

United Reservations: (800) 864-8331 Arrivals & Departures: (800) 8246200 TCAT – Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit Inc. 737 Willow Ave. Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 277-7433 www.tcatbus.com The fare is based on where you board, not your destination or how far you travel. Single-ride trips originating in rural areas (Zone 2) cost more than trips originating in the Greater

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Ithaca area (Zone 1). Those fares are $2.50. Single-ride fares that originate in the Greater Ithaca Area (Zone 1) are $1.50, whether traveling in either zone.

Ithaca Dispatch Inc. 615 5 Mile Dr., Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 277-7777, (607) 277-CABS, 277-TAXI toll-free at (888) 321-1149.

Operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week Ithaca Dispatch, Inc. operates Ithaca’s largest taxi fleet. The company dispatches for University Taxi, Yellow Cab and Cayuga Taxi, in the City of Ithaca, Tompkins County and surrounding areas. Employees are fully licensed taxi drivers. It also provides delivery service for small and large packages, short or long distances. University Taxi, Yellow Cab and Cayuga Taxi are licensed by the City of Ithaca Police Department.

Collegetown Cab 630 Elmira Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 588-8888

HEALTHCARE Visitation may be impacted due to state and institutional guidelines Tompkins County Health Dept.

55 Brown Road Ithaca, NY (607) 274-6600 www.tompkinscounty.gov Tompkins County Environmental Health Division (607) 274-6688 Bridges/Cornell Heights 407 Wyckoff Ave. Ithaca, NY (607) 257-5777 Family-style rental housing with coordinated aide service.

Cayuga Medical Center 101 Dates Dr. Ithaca, NY (607) 274-4011 www.cayugamed.org Cayuga Medical Center houses 204 beds, employs over 1,200 health-care professionals, and has a medical staff of more than 200 affiliated physicians.

Convenient Care (Cayuga Medical Center Branch) 10 Arrowwood Dr. (off Warren Rd.) Ithaca, NY (607) 274-4150 Five Star Urgent Care 740 South Meadow Street Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 319-4563 Guthrie Medical Group 1780 Hanshaw Road Ithaca, NY (607) 257-5858 Ithaca Health Alliance 521 West Seneca Street, Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 330-1253 The Ithaca Health Alliance is a nonprofit community health organization which helps members pool their resources in order to create community health care.

Kendal at Ithaca 2230 N. Triphammer Road Ithaca, NY (607) 266-5300 A continuing care retirement community situated on 106 acres in the heart of the Finger Lakes District.

Longview, an Ithacare community 1 Bella Vista Drive Ithaca, NY (607) 375-6300 A residential senior community offering both independent apartments and assisted living located

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Planned Parenthood 620 W. Seneca Street Ithaca, NY (607) 273-1513 Cortland Regional Medical Center 134 Homer Ave. Cortland, NY (607) 756-3500

ORGANIZATIONS & CLUBS American Legion 1231 Danby Road, Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 272-1129 American Red Cross 618 West State St., Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 273-6684 Big Brothers Big Sisters 1 James L Gibbs Drive, Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 273-8364 Cayuga Bird Club c/o Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, NY 14850 (800) 843-2473 Cayuga Trails Club P.O. Box 754, Ithaca, NY 14851-0754 Family & Children’s Service of Ithaca 127 W. State St., Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 273-7494 Finger Lakes Independence Center 215 Fifth St., Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 272-2433 Finger Lakes Land Trust 202 East Court Street, Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 275-9487 Foodnet Meals on Wheels 2422 N. Triphammer road, Ithaca, NY 14850-1014 (607) 266-9553 GIAC 301 West Court St., Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 272-3622 Human Services Coalition 171 E. State/MLK Jr. Street, Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 273-8686 Ithaca Community Recovery Inc. 518 W.Seneca St., Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 216-8754 LifeLong 119 West Court Street, Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 273-1511 Love Living At Home www.lovelivingathome.org (607) 319-0162 Southside Community Center 305 S Plain St, Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 273-4190 www.sspride.org Tompkins Community Action 701 Spencer Rd, Ithaca 14850 (607) 273-8816 309 S. Corn St., Ithaca 14850 (supportive housing services) (607) 216-0457 Tompkins County Workers’ Center 115 E. Martin uther King Jr. St./The Commons Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 269-0409 Tompkins Workforce New York 171 E. State St. #241 Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 272-7570 United Way 313 North Aurora St. #2, Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 272-6286 Veterans of Foreign Wars 423 W. State St. Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 273-5222

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Bruce Levitt Creating Theater inside Prison

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ver a decade ago, Steven Cole, a retired Professor of Theatre at Cornell, asked Bruce Levitt to travel to Auburn Correctional Facility and join him in facilitating a theatre group formed by incarcerated men residing there. (See Ithaca Times 2011.) Every Friday night since, Bruce and fellow facilitators have made that drive year-round for their 7:00 p.m. session with the Phoenix Players Theatre Group (PPTG).

“That first Friday night I witnessed how intelligent, perceptive and deeply reflective the men were about life’s conflicts and its deeply troubling social and political structures. For two hours a week these men, eager to rediscover their own humanity, take off their prison masks that protect them from the harsh realities of incarceration and explore their own lives. They tell stories, they write performance pieces, do improvs, explore psychological and physical techniques and rehearse.”

By Marjorie Z. Olds Since 2011, members of PPTG have continued to find this work transformational. No matter whether members return home after prison, or are transferred to other prisons, membership is lifelong. Wherever a member goes, they are always connected to the work.

They are Phoenix Players for life.

The men run the group.

“We who arrive Friday nights support and assist, but all the decisions are made by the members,” she said. “They have agency over the work. It is their ‘process.’ We come as facilitators, lending our knowledge and expertise, and as witnesses. The administration at Auburn and the Department of Corrections have been very supportive. PPTG has never been censored or asked to preview our public presentations that are shared every two years.”

Those who come from Ithaca and those who come from their prison cells seem to savor the collaboration and lack of hierarchy. “There is a

certain unstructured nature in which everyone discovers a useful path together.”

Co-facilitators over the years have included Alison Van Dyke, Norm Johnson, two graduate students from Cornell, Jayme Kilburn and Nick Fesette (now a professor at Oxford College of Emory University), Mary Rolland, Danielle Newmark and Bruce’s wife, Judy, also a renowned theater professional.

The members continue attending weekly meetings for as long as they are at Auburn, and they take a long time at the beginning of each two-year cycle to figure out who to invite to join PPTG. The men know that many aren’t ready to do the deep, self-reflective work that evolves in the weekly sessions. They are aware that one person could be disruptive to the ever deepening and highly personal discoveries that emerge. The men suggest who should be approached and after a seven-page application of continued on page 34

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Bruce Levitt and the case of a recent show from the Phoenix Players Theatre Group. (Photo provided)

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GREEN IDEAS

have yet to see a political documentary that made me want to get involved in politics. I like the idea of getting into politics to make a difference, but before you know it, you have a campaign manager and a team and suddenly it’s about image and show biz and talking points and sound bites and people are

coaching you to be something you’re not.

No thanks.

In the new political documentary “Represent” (Backbone-KartemquinMusic Box-PBS, 2020, 94 min.), playing at Cinemapolis, filmmaker Hillary Bachelder profiles three Midwestern women running

for office in the “pink wave” (ugh) of the 2018 midterm election.

Black college graduate Myya Jones hopes to start a youth movement and defeat the white male incumbent mayor of Detroit, Michigan; Republican Julie Cho runs for State Representative in a liberal Chicago suburb; Ohio farmer and mother Bryn Bird wants to win a spot as a town trustee. Bachelder introduces the three women in segments, and then cuts back and forth between them as their campaigns are established and begin picking up steam. But she also withholds certain important aspects of each candidate at first, deploying revelations and surprises.

Election Day gets closer and closer and “Represent” plays more and more like a thriller.

I was born in 1963, and HannaBarbera’s “Scooby Doo, Where Are You?” premiered on TV in 1969. Since then, the Mystery Machine gang has spawned many spin-off series, countless home video movies, two live-action flicks, and one classic Eddie Izzard stand-up piece. Aside from Izzard’s bit, is “Scooby Doo” actually worth anything beyond kitsch and the rosy glow of nostalgia? I think not.

Case in point: my favorite iteration of the series was “The New Scooby Doo Movies”: hour-long episodes that teamed up Fred, Daphne, Vilma, Shaggy and Scooby with animated versions of celebrities like Jerry Reed, Cass Elliot and Don Knotts. (It’s 2020, people, it all comes back to Don Knotts.) A few weeks ago, I found the show on DVD and brought it home.

Guess what? They weren’t all that great.

Second case in point: “Scoob!” (Warner Bros. Animation Group, 2020, 94 min.), which puts the Scooby group into a Hanna-Barbera “shared universe” format, not because it’s a good idea but because that’s the fashion. In fact, “Scoob!” feels like it’s more for the parents than their kids.

(You know how much kids love Tindr and Simon Cowell gags.)

They sure won’t get all the fanboy Easter eggs aimed at Hanna-Barbera animation buffs, like a bowling alley named after H-B conceptual artist Iwao Takamoto, who conceived the original ‘69b character designs. (“Hey, look, Mom! Isn’t that Hong Kong Phooey on the back of that arcade video game?”)

“Scoob!” starts out as “Scooby Doo Babies,” as we see how Shaggy and Scooby met, runs through a greatest hits montage of series moments and then turns into a space adventure for no really good reason. Frank Welker as Scooby is the only original cast member, and everyone else is recast with “hip” new voices like Will Forte and Zac Efron, again for no really good reason. Ken Jeong (“Community”) is funny as Dynomutt, but I’m not sure it was worth 94 minutes of my life to get there.

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Review: Too Much and Never Enough

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tupid” and “vicious”––that’s how Donald Trump has described the recent book exposing the toxic Trump family dynamic, written by his only niece, Mary L. Trump. (As usual, his accusations of others unintentionally describe himself best.) Her book, of course, is neither––it’s restrained and rational, full of detailed memories and observations relayed remarkably without rancor or selfpity, no matter how painful the recalled events.

“Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man” isn’t exactly an equivocating title, and the memoir, for all its evenhanded tone, does ultimately pass devastatingly negative judgment. Mary’s conclusion: that her uncle is “a petty, pathetic little man–– ignorant, incapable, out of his depth, and lost in his own delusional spin.”

After long silence, incredulous in the face of the President’s last three years, Mary Trump decided to speak out before the upcoming election. (As has former

national security advisor John Bolton, whose book was also published by Simon & Schuster this year; Trump’s fixer Michael Cohen’s tell-all is just being released.)

The day Trump was declared President, Mary was traumatized: “It felt as though 62,979,636 voters had chosen to turn this country into a macro version of my malignantly dysfunctional family.”

Not that her book will change your mind, however you may already be aligned. Anyone who’s listened to the news or followed the tweets has abundant information to evaluate Trump’s character and presidency. Those dismayed by the wreckage the President has made of the economy, the judiciary, the Constitution, the press, the right to free assembly and dissent, the health and environmental systems (and now even the voting process) need no further evidence. What Mary’s book offers is an insider’s look within the family, the routine events that add up in our daily lives, starting with the child’s point of view. Mary herself––now

a trained psychologist, businessperson, and mother––feels nearly faceless in this account, her childhood presence bland, almost mousy. Like everyone else in the family, she fell under the all-enveloping power of her grandfather, Fred Trump, for over seven decades a successful if ruthless Queens real estate developer.

From a psychologist’s perspective, Mary identifies her grandfather as a sociopath, known for his absolutism and cruelty, dismissive of his wife’s illnesses, tyrannically determining the fate of his five children, and measuring everyone’s worth only in financial terms. She cites core symptoms of sociopathy: lack of empathy, facility for lying, an indifference to right and wrong, abusive behavior, and a disregard for the rights of others.

His elder son and first designated successor, Fred Jr. (Mary’s father) was a charming man who tried out the family business but preferred his own path, as a TWA pilot (which Fred Sr. derided as “a bus driver in the sky”). For a time, until he was roped back into the family empire, yet destined to fail––as Fred Sr. ridiculed and belittled him mercilessly and publicly.

Anyone who hasn’t grown up in a 20thcentury patriarchal household––one that’s distinctly destructive, not toughly benevolent––may be astonished at Fred Sr.’s callous treatment of his family members.

His behavior stemmed from the entitled assumption that his will and desires were all that mattered: he was “the ultimate arbiter of his children’s worth.”

Fred Jr. couldn’t resist the pressure–– turned to alcoholism; threatened and was eventually left by his wife, Linda; died early, at age 42 in 1981, neglected for three weeks in his final illness in a bedroom in his parents’ home. (Donald and his sister Elizabeth went off to the movies the night Fred died in hospital.)

Fred Jr. had understood that “in family, as in life, there could only be one winner; everybody else had to lose. Freddy kept trying and failing to do the right thing; Donald began to realize that there was nothing he could do wrong, so he stopped trying to do anything right; he became bolder and more aggressive because he was rarely challenged or held to account by the only person in the world who mattered––his father. Fred liked his killer attitude, even if it manifested as bad behavior.”

Mary’s account is clear-eyed about her father and Donald both. Fred Sr. had already elevated Donald to heir apparent, favoring him at every turn. She recounts the self-perpetuating cycle: Fred would throw money at Donald, who’d grow even more confident, taking on riskier projects, failing even more spectacularly, requiring more infusion of cash. She describes a developmental behavior we can see in office today: “By continuing to enable Donald, my grandfather kept making him worse; more needy for media attention and free money, more self-aggrandizing and delusional about his ‘greatness.’”

And years later, by the 2016 election, she writes that “Donald met any challenges to his sense of superiority with anger, his fear and vulnerabilities so effectively

buried he didn’t even have to acknowledge they existed.”

Donald was “Fred’s monster,” his creation and myth. No great businessman or dealmaker, he was in reality expert at self-promotion, a marketer, a builder of brands. Some in society saw him only as “the court jester from Queens”; for Fred Sr., his puppeteer, he was of extreme use.

In portraying all Fred’s children, Mary shows their dependency and squelched autonomy, as well as their understandable survival mechanisms––lying, concealing, hiding emotions. For Donald, she says, a sense of shame, vulnerability, and unaffirmed self-worth led to the bully’s swagger––his cruelty an exercise of power and distraction from his inadequacies and failures. When Fred Sr. died in 1999, Mary and her brother Fred III (Fritz) found themselves effectively cut out of the inheritance once promised to their father; the patriarch had hated his son’s flight attendant wife and was determined neither she nor her offspring would reap his riches. They were minimally included with the other grandchildren, receiving “less than a tenth of 1%” of what their aunts and uncles inherited. Eventually, they decided to sue but finally gave up when intimidated with tax threats and removal of their health insurance, which Fritz depended on for constant nursing care for his son’s cerebral palsy. Only much later, repeatedly approached by New York Times journalists and re-examining legal documents, did Mary discover the extent of the family fortune, which had been concealed by lawyers on both sides. Her materials allowed the Times to publish its extensive expose of Trump family finances in October 2018.

“Too Much and Never Enough” provides a fuller understanding of the personalities within the Trump dynasty, following the fault lines in the family structure, the continued gaslighting and revisionism. Despite Fred Sr. being a generous donor to charities, stinginess prevails. What’s perhaps most striking are the moments of smallness throughout the family––the chilly, substandard apartment that wouldn’t be repaired; at holidays, the wealthiest regifting inappropriate gifts (with part missing). Or the image of Donald, watching his young sons wrestling: “Every once in a while, he’d stick his foot out and kick whichever boy was being pinned to the floor.”

And saddest of all, to my mind, was Mary’s final treatment and rejection at the hands of her grandmother she’d dutifully attended over the years, likely hoping for some crumbs of normal affection. To re-appropriate one of Donald’s favorite insults, this memoir illuminates a family dynamic that can only be summed up as “nasty.”

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Mary L. Trump, “Too Much and Never Enough,” Simon & Schuster, 2020, 225 pp.

Barbara Adams, a regional theatre and arts writer, teaches writing at Ithaca College.

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essay questions is submitted, the nominator presents the nomination to the group.

Only after this vetting are new members invited to attend for a six-week trial period.

There have been additions to the weekly session over the years. Levitt began teaching a course on Prison Theatre. Five Cornell students enroll in the class, which has weekly seminars. In addition, the students join the facilitators and men of PPTG every Friday night for an entire semester. As a culmination of the fifteen-week collaboration, the Cornell students and PPTG members spend four weeks considering the similarities and contrasts in their lives. Each Cornell student is paired with two group members. After three weeks, these conversations culminate in five-minute vignettes.

Noted filmmaker and documentarian Peter Carroll has filmed these stories for several years. Bruce Levitt: “The impact of the sharing these stories is powerful, both for the students who have spent time studying prisons and for the men who have done time in prison studying theater.”

When the two hours are up on Friday night, all the facilitators retrace their steps

back through the prison yard, through eight locked enclosures, to make the long drive home in the dark. “We are exhausted, yet recharged. We feel deeply moved, yet energized after the evening’s workshop.”

Judy Levitt tells this story to sum up the group’s closeness: “The men of PPTG have taken it upon themselves to keep track of all the members’ birthdays and other special occasions, including those of the facilitators, and these are celebrated together on the appropriate Friday evening. Two years ago, the men discovered that Bruce and I were celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary on a Friday evening at the prison.

One member said that he was extremely moved that we had chosen to spend it with PPTG, when we could celebrate anywhere in the world. Another teared up and said ‘No one has ever done anything like this for me before.’”

“To celebrate our common humanity in an overwhelmingly negative environment has been a great strength and inspiration for all of us in PPTG.” This past March the Phoenix Players’ workshop was suspended due to pandemic concerns. Everyone is anxious for the Friday evening sessions to resume.

Arts

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The mural is a collaboration between Southside Community Center and Ithaca Murals that will showcase the artwork of four Black artivists: Jackie Richardson, Miriam Adib, Cyepress Rite and Terrance Vann.

"Being a part of the group of people that is working to awaken the Underground Railroad mural is one of the most rewarding things I’ve done in my life," said Rite. "The artists involved in this project are all Black, most of us Queer, and we represent different generations. The Underground Railroad Mural is beyond the wall, it is the collective imaginings of our ancestors, it is embalming their blueprint, and passing on our present stories."

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One of the newer murals is expected to replace the Black Lives Matter mural that was recently placed beneath the overpass last week.

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A letter of remembrance

For Joel Harlan from Newfield

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’m writing in to write about my sadness to hear about the passing of Newfield resident Joel Harlan this weekend.

He was something of a character around City Hall and a really interesting character, and I wanted to write something more immediate than the brief death notice you sent me this week: I first heard Joel’s name as a rookie reporter at the Ithaca Journal in 2015, just a few months after graduation and covering one of my first town planning meetings: the 210 Hancock Project that raised a lot of hell.

The first few I covered were full of lots of angry people waving charts and reading off printed paper. It wore down on you for a while.

I forgot when this meeting happened but I remember all the reporters in town were there and, not knowing anyone, tried to watch what they were doing in order to get a hang of the place. When they were writing something down, I wrote something down too, and when I heard something I thought was interesting, I’d write my own notes.

Then I heard this: “I’m Joel Harlan, and I’m from Newfield.”

Joel Harlan wasn't a big mover and shaker in city hall. Joel was just an everyday dude who to the best of my memory, never missed a planning board meeting, common council meeting, you name it.

And the first time he spoke, I was transfixed. He had this gravelly voice and this inexplicable presence about him, dressed in jeans and suspenders, leaning over the table like he owned it.

He may as well have: knowing how long those meetings get, Joel had probably spent more time in that room than most people in City Hall.

“The first time I remember seeing him was my first day reporting for the Ithaca Times,” said Seph Murtagh, an Ithaca city councilman and former staff reporter for the Times. “It might have been a town planning board meeting, and Joel was there. I just thought, ‘Wow, this guy is fired up!’”

believed was Joel had right, often in a lot to say the face of a at those meetlot of public ings. He was pressure,” a big develMurtagh said. opment guy, “I always backing some thought that of the openwas kind of ing waves of interesting. construction He seemed downtown to sense that and in Colthis was a big legetown, if deal for us, only to prebeing elected vent the city officials from “burnand making ing down,” decisions a fear he that impact expressed at the commuone meeting nity for years, I remember. even decades.

He favored "He was bringing kind of like a city that the chorus didn’t want it of one of even more big those Greek box developJoel Harlan at City Hall Council tragedies,” ment on chaChaimbers (Photo: Matt Butler) he added. otic Route 13, “He was just arguing we the voice in were losing the background, reminding you what’s atcommerce to other cities like Elmira, and stake with whatever you’re doing.”

Corning. He was also a quote machine.

Outside City Hall, you’d sometimes In an August 2017 hearing on issues at see him around town, at the bus stop or Six Mile Creek, he accused young people around the park. He had a brush with of “making messes, doing drugs, alcohol, fame in 2011, after the Cornell Daily Sun that's what makes mistakes – they get overconfident, they get stupid and they kill profiled Harlan and the challenges he faced after University officials placed new themselves […] I've been up there quite a restrictions on frat parties; a move that few times. They have freedom of expresdirectly led to a shortage of empties. sion. Skinnydipping!”

“I’m more or less the king of the can Other times he was bleak, tailing off into tangents about nuclear bombs and ar- pickers,” he said at the time. “When I die, I’m going to be dying a legend.” mageddon. But when he was on, Joel was Legend, for Joel, was all about persisthe grounding voice in heated conversations about a changing city, the guy always tence: The thing about these meetings at City Hall is that the only time anyone ever sitting in the back of the room, and had shows up, they're usually there to combeen for years. plain about something specific and, a lot of "He would often tell Svante very loudly the time, you would never see them again. that you should do this thing that he

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Not Joel. He was there every time. No specific agenda at all, just opinions about his city.

“There are some characters in Ithaca that take their civic duty very seriously,” wrote Aryeal Jackson, a journalist in town I sat with often at those early meetings.

“Myself included. But Joel was always an adventure. His mixture of pro-rt 13 development mixed with near prophetic warnings were delivered sternly and with a solid grip on his suspenders. He didn’t complain, he was in it with us. He was a genuine participant in the civic process.

Everyone’s voice matters and sometimes the voice that dissents can be the most impactful.”

It’s been a few years now since I’ve worked in Ithaca, but I still remember a lot of things fondly. I miss watching basketball at Pete’s on cold Tuesday nights, and walking by the same people every day on my way for a sandwich or a slice of pizza.

I miss the occasional times we reporters would get called up the hill to witness something exciting happening at the University, or some of the late nights on election night at the Hotel Ithaca, watching election results come in. But every time I’ve come back, a piece of the city I knew has changed. The buildings are a little bit taller, or a new business is open on the Commons.

Now, even more things are changing.

And while it saddened me to learn of his passing, in times like these, it helped me to think about Joel.

As we barrel into this year’s elections, I’m reminded of how Joel reminded me how government only works when common people take the time to engage.

Whether out of boredom or concern, Joel Harlan never took that right for granted.

In times like these, we need more of those people. He will be missed.

Thanks for letting me write in.

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8/23 Sunday Michael MacDonald Solo Acoustic | 4:00 PM, | Boathouse Beer Garden, Romulus

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Music in Mill Park: Whistlin’ Dyl | 6:00 PM, | Mill Park, Newfield

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8/29 Saturday Maddy Walsh & The Blind Spots | 6:30 PM, | Supernatural Lake, Interlaken | 25 Concerts/Recitals

Scott Ainslie - Online Concert | 7:00 PM, 8/22 Saturday | Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts, Congress at McLallen St, Trumansburg | Considered a master of American roots music, Scott Ainslie brings a wealth of personal and musical history to the stage.

With engaging stories he provide historical context for a repertoire of Delta Blues and ragtime guitar, gospel, and the banjo and fiddle traditions of the Southern Appalachians. View concert on Facebook..

Stage In Good Spirits With Adam Zonder | 6:00 PM, 8/19 Wednesday | Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Join the Hangar Theatre’s production manager of 25 years as he sits down and shares a (virtual) glass of whiskey with the designers and technicians who have been responsible for

your favorite shows over the years.

This event will be available on the Hangar’s YouTube page.

In Good Spirits With Adam Zonder | 6:00 PM, 8/26 Wednesday | Hangar Theatre, 801 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca | Join the Hangar Theatre’s production manager of 25 years as he sits down and shares a (virtual) glass of whiskey with the designers and technicians who have been responsible for your favorite shows over the years. This event will be available on the Hangar’s YouTube page.

Art Jane Dennis / Harry Littell Exhibit | 12:00 PM, 8/20 Thursday | State of the Art Gallery, 120 W Martin Luther King, Jr./State Street, Ithaca | State of the Art is open in August for an exhibition of new work by multi-media artist Jane Dennis and photographer Harry Littell. Thursday & Friday, 12-6pm and Saturday & Sunday, 12-5pm.

Guild of Natural Science Illustrators Show | 1:00 PM, 8/21 Friday | Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts, Congress at McLallen St, Trumansburg | Throughout the month of August TCFA will be open to the public with all required safety precautions on Fridays from 1-5pm and Saturdays 10-2pm. If you missed this beautiful show (cut short in March), this is your chance to see it in person!

Jane Dennis / Harry Littell Exhibit | 12:00 PM, 8/27 Thursday | State of the Art Gallery, 120 W Martin Luther King, Jr./State Street, Ithaca | State of the Art is open in August for an exhibition of new work by multi-media artist Jane Dennis and photographer Harry Littell. Thursday & Friday, 12-6pm and Saturday & Sunday, 12-5pm.

Guild of Natural Science Illustrators Show | 1:00 PM, 8/28 Friday | Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts, Congress at McLallen St, Trumansburg | Throughout the month of August TCFA will be open to the public with all required safety precautions on Fridays from 1-5pm and Saturdays 10-2pm. If you missed this beautiful show (cut short in March), this is your chance to see it in person!

The Drive-In Ithaca: Jurassic Park | 8:30 PM, 8/20 Thursday | The Drive-In Ithaca, 101 Pier Rd, Ithaca | | $20/car Virtual Cinemapolis: Son of the White Mare | All Day 8/21 Friday | Cinemapolis, 120 E Green St, Ithaca | One of the great psychedelic masterpieces of world animation, a swirling, color-mad maelstrom of mythic monsters and Scythian heroes, part-Nibelungenlied, partYellow Submarine, lit by jagged

bolts of lightning and drenched in rivers of blue, red, gold and green.

(81 mins NR) | 3 day rental for $10 Virtual Cinemapolis: Desert One | All Day 8/21 Friday | Cinemapolis, 120 E Green St, Ithaca | Using new archival sources and unprecedented access, master documentarian Barbara Kopple reveals the story behind one of the most daring rescues in modern US history: a secret mission to free hostages of the 1979 Iranian revolution. (107 mins NR) | 72 hour rental available for $9.99 Virtual Cinemapolis: The August Virgin | All Day 8/21 Friday | Cinemapolis, 120 E Green St, Ithaca | The journey of one woman, a dreamy, sensual summer story of delayed coming of age, dancing in the streets, and good conversation. | 3 day rental available for $11.99 The Drive-In Ithaca: Spaceballs | 8:30 PM, 8/21 Friday | The Drive-In Ithaca, 101 Pier Rd, Ithaca | | $20/car The Drive-In Ithaca: Sonic the Hedgehog | 8:30 PM, 8/22 Saturday | The Drive-In Ithaca, 101 Pier Rd, Ithaca | | $20/car

Special Events So You Think You’re Anti-Racist Competition | 7:30 PM, 8/20 Thursday | Virtual Event, Ithaca | This year, the Comedy on The Commons brings to you the ‘So You Think You’re Anti-Racist Competition’. An exciting program showcasing the best of the best of Ithacaís aspiring Anti-Racists.

Womenís Rights National Historical Park Hosts Virtual Equality Weekend | 11:00 AM, 8/22 Saturday | Women’s Rights National Historic Park, 136 Fall St, Seneca Falls | A schedule of events, including full details of the weekendís programs, is available on the park Facebook page at https:// www.facebook.com/womensrightsnps/† Womenís Rights National Historical Park Hosts Virtual Equality Weekend | 11:00 AM, 8/23 Sunday | Women’s Rights National Historic Park, 136 Fall St, Seneca Falls | A schedule of events, including full details of the weekendís programs, is available on the park Facebook page at https:// www.facebook.com/womensrightsnps/† Awaken the Spirits at the Heritage Village | 7:15 PM, 8/29 Saturday | Heritage Village, 73 W. Pulteney St., Corning | The Heritage Village of the Southern Finger Lakes and the Paranormal Association of the Southern Tier are hosting a guided ghost hunt for ages 14+.

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launching and discussing her new book, Words Matter: Meaning and Power, with Anne Adams.

Books

Kids

TCPLís Four Seasons Book Club: Long Bright River by Liz Moore | 6:30 PM, 8/20 Thursday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | Participants will read and discuss Long Bright River by Liz Moore, a suspense novel about a Philadelphia family torn apart by an opioid addiction. Originally chosen as the Clubís Spring pick, this rescheduled date will allow patrons to attend via Zoom. Visit tcpl.org for registration information.

Sugar and Salt: Using Fiction Techniques for Writing Nonfiction and Vice Versa | 12:00 PM, 8/22 Saturday | Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E Green St, Ithaca | This two-part workshop will be led by Monika Dziamka, a freelance writer and editor who specializes in developmental editing and ghostwriting. Please visit https://www. tcpl.org to register.

Childrenís Reading Connection presents The Mayor Reads For All | 7:00 PM, 8/24 Monday | Facebook Event, | Mayor Svante Myrick loves to read and share books, and he is delighted to share some of his favorites with children, families, and everyone.

Sally McConnell-Ginet in Conversation with Anne Adams | 7:00 PM, 8/27 Thursday | Buffalo Street Books, 215 North Cayuga Street, Ithaca | Join BSB for a virtual book launch event! Ithaca’s very own Sally McConnell-Ginet will be

Legendary Legos | 11:00 AM, 8/20 Thursday | Seneca Falls Library, Online virtual program, Seneca Falls | Get ready to make some legendary Lego creations this summer on Zoom! Kids entering grades 1 and up will hear a story and then build a unique Lego creation based on that story. Space is limited. Registration by emailing tmontoney@senecafallslibrary.org Outdoor Movie Night | 9:00 PM, 8/21 Friday | Seneca Falls Community Center, 35 Water Street, Seneca Falls | Join us for an extra-special Drive-In style movie night showing ‘Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase.’ Popcorn will be served and restrooms available.

Cub Scout Rocket Launch | 10:30 AM, 8/22 Saturday Lansing | Lansing Cub Scout Pack 48 welcomes rising K - 5th grade boys and girls and their families to join us in launching rockets during our August Pack meeting.

Notices Ithaca Rotary Club Weekly Luncheon Meeting | 12:15 PM, 8/19 Wednesday | The Ithaca Rotary Club meets weekly via Zoom! This week’s speaker is Tompkins County Communications Director Dominick Recckio with an update on the county’s response to COVID-19. Go to ithacarotary.com†to request a link to the zoom meeting.

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Candor Farmers Market | 3:30 PM, 8/20 Thursday | Candor Town Hall, 101 Owego Rd, Candor | Candor Farmers Market runs from June 25- Sept 3. Every Thursday at the Candor Community† Pavilion on the grounds of the Candor Town Hall.

Over 15 local vendors with fresh produce, soaps,† maple products,† jams, honey,† tool sharpening, hand sanitizer and so much more! Free admission.

Check It Out Shoppe | 9:00 AM, 8/21 Friday | Check It Out Thrift Shop, 6609 Turnpike Roaf, Mecklenburg | Fridays and Saturdays from 9-2PM. High quality used items at reasonable prices. Sponsored by the Mecklenburg United Methodist Church Ovid Farmers Market | 3:00 PM, 8/21 Friday | Papa Bear Building (Ovid Courthouse), 7175 Main St., Ovid | Come and find local, fresh produce of all kinds! Fresh picked right down the road. Also, there will be farm fresh eggs, local maple syrup, local honey, fresh baked goods including pies, breads, cookies, and sweet rolls and cut flowers and flower arrangements.

Outdoor Movie Night: October Sky | 8:00 PM, 8/21 Friday | Newfield Masonic Temple, 186 Main Street, Newfield | Sponsored

by Newfield Public Library.†Be sure to bring your own chair or blanket.

Masks are required but once youíre seated you may remove them.

Families may sit together but please respect social distancing guidelines for the safety and comfort of others.

Candor Farmers Market | 3:30 PM, 8/27 Thursday | Candor Town Hall, 101 Owego Rd, Candor | Candor Farmers Market runs from June 25- Sept 3. Every Thursday at the

Candor Community† Pavilion on the grounds of the Candor Town Hall.

Over 15 local vendors with fresh produce, soaps,† maple products,† jams, honey,† tool sharpening, hand sanitizer and so much more! Free admission.

Check It Out Shoppe | 9:00 AM, 8/28 Friday | Check It Out Thrift Shop, 6609 Turnpike Roaf, Mecklenburg | Fridays and Saturdays from 9-2PM. High quality used items at reasonable prices. Sponsored by the Mecklenburg United Methodist Church Ovid Farmers Market | 3:00 PM, 8/28 Friday | Papa Bear Building (Ovid Courthouse), 7175 Main St., Ovid | Come and find local, fresh produce of all kinds! Fresh picked right down the road. Also, there will be farm fresh eggs, local maple syrup, local honey, fresh baked goods including pies, breads, cookies, and sweet rolls and cut flowers and flower arrangements.

Health Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings | 9:00 AM, 8/24 Monday | Every day, 9:00am, Daily Ithaca Group, Zoom ID 567 306 773, Dial in: 929-205-6099.

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Coping with Grief During COVID-19 - Webinar | 4:00 PM, 8/25 Tuesday | Hospicare, 172 E King Rd, Ithaca | This one-hour webinar will address the ways COVID-19 has affected our lives and will provide a chance for reflection and discussion of how we can cope with the many kinds of grief we are experiencing right now.†For questions about this event, contact Librarian Teresa Vadakin at tvadakin@tcpl.org.

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